The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-14

Continued from 3oh12Ss
Had he been there
.svot only had he been there. hut ~
had taken a tourist ticket 70 France -
was quite a sxnarf move 3n Il way h'4
see fl was the sort % tleksC that lets you
do pretty well what you Ike, yon haFs
she choice Of two or three difsre1- Fo'' IS
40 begin WiIh. and you can break your
Journey where x0u please and make ati
sorts % variations. 50 thai a man "iih
a ticket ike fiEat and few hours slstF (
could tggist a60ug on some remote nFafictl
route and strike of ia another 9iFerti2
altogether. with a new ticket Tor some
s9l-s8G- Kiss-way place. while we were CAR
falls sorting out and inahiring along me
different routes be might have taken. NOT
half a bad move for new hand. Dut ne
made one bad mistake. az ali ne~ hanaS
always ao-aid hands 40. Ia fact, very
often. lie WAS fool enough 20 give MS
.Nn name~C IAker. Although that
dlanst matter much. as the description
Was enough 10 TX him. There ne was
wallet and all just ~ ne had come from
the Eastern Consolidated bank. re went
stratgit from there 70 PalmeTs oy t1a
bye. and probably in a cab. We judge
4hat by the time. He left the Eastern
ConsolIdat ted bank a. a quarter past one
and vas at Palmers by twenty-five past
lien minutes BE ftttF a. . htAAtN+ . a.
rrlembered the time. because he was anx-
ioux 10 get out % his lunch. and kept
looking AZ the clock. expecting another
clerk ga TO relieve him Laker didn
take much IN the way OF luggage. /
fancy We inquired carefully AZ the sta
tions and GOT tho porters 20 remember
M passengers for whom they had been
carrying luggage, bat none appeared TO
have had any dealings with our man.
That OF course. il as one would expect.
He'd take as little a. possible with him
and buy what ne wanted on the way, OF
when he'd reac ned his hiding place. OF
course. I wired to Calais ct was Dover
to-Calafs route ticket), and sent a couple
Of uen off by the S.i5 mail from Char
smg Cross expect We shall hear from
them ~ the course OF The day. ! am
being kept in London in view OF come
thing expected al headquarters, or /
should have been of myself.
H.
Tina, is all then up 10 the present?
Have sou anything else in view p
That's all I've absolutely ascertaaned
a present As for what I'm COINS 20 do"
"a slight smile eurled Plummer's lips
well. shall see. I've a thing or two IN
my mind.
Tewint smiled slightly himself. he
recognized Piummer's touch OF prOfes-
ssonal jealousy. VERY we'll" nc said.
risiag. 'Ili make an inquiry or two for
myself al once Perhaps, Mr. Neal. you II
allow one OF your clerks 20 show me the
banks la their regular order al which
I.aker called yesterday. l think I'll be-
gin at the beginning"
Mr. Nea' offered 10 place at Hewitrs
disposal any thing or anybody the bank
contained. and tho conference broke up.
.f4l. ..
the rooms separating Dir. %eaFs sanctuTh
from the outer office ne fancied he saw
the two yelled women leaving by a side
door.
The frat bank was quite close to
Iiddle. Neal * Liddle. There the cash
Ser who had dealt with Iaker the day
before remembered nothing IN partie-
ular about the interview. Many other
waIk-clorks had called during the morn
ing. as they did every morning. ana the
only circumstance OF the visit that he
could say anything definite about were
those recorded in figures in the books.
lie did not knew Laker's name tll Plum
mer had mentioned Il In making inquir-
ies on the previous afternoon. As tar
as he could remember. Laker behaved
much as usual. though really he ala not
notice much, ne looked chiefly AT the
bills. he described Lakcr in way that
GORE ponded with the photograph that
Hewitt had borrowed from the bauk-a
young man with a brown Inusgache ana
ordinary looking fairly regular face.
dressing much as other clerks dressed
tail hat. black euiaway coat and SO on.
The numbers or the notes handed over
had already been given TO Inspector
Plummer, and these Hewitt dld not
Sroublc about
The next hank Was in Cornhul. and
hera the cashier was personal friend 81
Lakcv's-at any rate. an Acquaintance
ana he remembered a little more. LAX
es's manner had been quite as usual. he