Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-14

l country, had many important matters 10 ! engage his attention. Immense interests
 Were involved. and the numerous tasks
 which he supervised and undertook were
 often of a difficult and trying character.
 But hc had grown to feel deep inter
 est in the affair of the rajah's ruby, for
 1t roSS. S>gd many features unique of
 themselves Max Manson and Folsom
 Simpson were among his most valued
 employees, and the fact of their being intruStcd with the unraveling of the mystery Was a compliment to their acu- men and sagacity which would have been bestowed upon few besides them. l When the day succeeding the inter l view between Narick and Manson passed without bringing the chief any word ! from Simpson. he became somewhat un- 1 easy That rotund detective, though ] genial and good naturcd. was full of pluck and never hcsitated to face any | plriI. But nothing short of the certainty on his part that he was about entering upon a more dangerous task than usual ] could have induced him to request the ! chief to send Manson to his aid in the l event of three days passing without a | word from him.
 its now three whole days, and not ! syllaile has reached mo-" reflected the | chief in his private office, more uneasy ] than hr would have been willing to con fcss. II will not delay any longer" ! It was on the following morning that 1 Manson at his home in the interior of 1 the state received the following dispatch l in cipher from his chief:
 Have heard nothing from s. Some thing k wrong with him. Go to Ellen vile without delay, and if you need more 1 help telegraph me. Don't fail to kecpme | aplsri>.ji of the progress of events. That same afternoon Narick received q dispatch from Manson notifying him of his arrival "t Ellcnville.
 The detective was sO convinced that some i'll had brtallrn his friend that he ir,Varrl himself i'll the fullest possible Hammer for duty. convinced that only by duiu-s so could he expect to unravel the mystery which was growing deeper every hour.
 Whatever has befallcn Fol" was his conclusion. pr Maidhotf is at the bot tom of il. lie knows that l am detect 1 i've and will recognize me and be placed vl hi~ guard the instant show myself to ELLllt- l4tItLt'It lLt IIltlSl llOl Stt lDtlOCl- i've Max Manson again.
 This observation to himself was what might he called an explanation of his course ill li>-cIi>inE his personal appear ancr tu that extent that his own wife would uut have recognized him had she uot hrlIsrl i'll the transformation. With thr disguise II need not be said that he duIuu,ei another name, the landlord of thc inn at EIlrnvillc scrutiniziny him carefully and certain that he had never s,-.u him before.
 Thr guarded inquiries which he put f"r;h revealed an alarming fact at the very beginning. Folsom Simpson had left the hotel several nights before, tell ing the landlord that he was not likely to return until a late hour, and possibly not until morning. Since then nothing had been seen or heard of him. COnse- qurntly the proprletor could not give any further information. except to say that the valise containing his small amount of luggage was still in his room.
 Manson had not forgotten a disturb ing truth which he had learned some days before. The last he knew of the two East Indians they were proceeding uNl lt'N GlN -NtN l 1L hs Dtli III lllt blI tC- tion of Ellenville. It was impossible for him not to connect the two facts. This connection was rendered the more alarming when he learned from the land lord that on the evening of Simpsons disappearance. when on tho outskirts of the town. he caught sight of the two scPoyS. who appeared so anxious to avoid identification that he pretended not to know 'Lru..
 This discovery So impressed Manson that he WAS ou ilu loiut of tclrgraphing Chief Nar,ck to send him help or to com" himself, but h. decided to wait until h" picked up another clcw or two.
 ''IJ lrokS darker and darker for poor Fol; there must have been d collision be tween him and those scuundrels, and they have proved too much for him. Having made way with him, they will make all haste out of the country unless tl, : mcditata another effort to get at the rajah's ruby"
 He wired the chief to keep lookout for the couple, and he was assured ill re- ply that they would be arrested on their arrival ill the metropolis.
 Nothing could be gained by hesita- ! tion, and Manson decided to beard the ! lion in his den; he would go straight to ! Dr. Maidhoff and without revealing his ! own identity subject him to a cross eX- animation. which Manson was confident must result in something. It did not add to the detectives peace of mind, on calling at the physicians office to be told that he had been gone for some time, and there was no saying when he would be back. Manson did not wait, but started on his return to the hotel to decide what his next step should be.
 The night could not have been more dismal. The sky had been overcast all day, and fine drizzling rain soon be- gan falling The weather was cold and raw, and no one would be abroad at such a time unless there was urgent need for his exposure.
 After reaching the hotel and smoking a cigar Manson incased himself in a mackintOsh, lit another cigar and saun- tered out in the chilling drizzle and wet darkness, determined that he would not come back to the hotel until he struck upon something.
 Inquiries made earlier in the evening were answered by the statement that Miss Glider and her servant had left the homestead two days before. The place was locked up and would not be occu- pied until it passed into the hands of a new owner. Nevertheless a strange i'm pulse caused Max Manson to turn his footsteps toward the lonely building standing among the grove of trees on the outskirts of the town.
 The lamp in front of the gate cast weak light for a short distance, being maintained by the town of Ellenville, which was obliged to keep it going every night unless the moon was kind enough to render 1t unnecessary.