Omaha daily bee., 1895-05-11
Copyright, 1882
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Plummer looked casually in the direction
indicated, and then Immediately turned his
eyes in another direction. IL see her." he
said, she's just taking a look around the
corner. That's a thing not to be neglected.
or course, the LakerS house is being
watche1-we set a man on it at once yester-
day. But I'll put one on now to watch Miss
Shaws place. too. I'll telephone through to
Liddles-probably they'll be able to say
where it is. And the women themselves
must be watched, too. AS a matter of fact
had notion that baker wasn't alone in it,
And it's just possible, you know, that he has
sent an accompllce of with his tourist ticket
to lead us a dance while he looks after him
self in another direction. Have you done
anything?"
We'll" Hewitt replied, with faint repro
duction Of the secretive smile with which
Plummer had met an inquiry Of his earlier
in the morning. "Tve been to the station
here. And I've found Lalser's umbrella in
the lost property office
ooh! Then probably he has gone. I'll bear
that in mind, and perhaps have word with
the lost property man"
Plummer made for the station and Hewitt
for his Office. He mounted the stairs and
reached his door just as l myself, who had
been disappointed in not finding him in, was
leaving | had called with the idea Of taking
Hewitt to lunch with me at my club, but he
declined lunch. 81 have an important case
in hand" he sail. Look here Brett. See
this scrap of paper. You know the types of
the different papers-which is this?"
He handed be a small piece Of paper. 1t
was part of a cutting containing an adver-
tisement, which had been torn in half 81
think" | said, this is from the Daily Chron-
lcle, judging by the paper. 1t is plainly from
the agony column but all the papers use
pretty much the same type for these adver-
tisements except the Times. If it were not
torn | could tell at once, because the Chron-
Cle columns are rather narrow"
The torn scrap read as follows:
roast sla You !. Ns !st. ,,E TGSg T'a i l.
Never Mindful send for them all"
Hewitt rang and sent for a copy Of each
morning paper of the previous day. Then he
took from a large wardrobe cupboard a decent
but well-worn and rather roughened tall hat
Also a coat little worn and shiny on the
collar. He exchanged these for his own hat
and coat, and then substituted an old necl;e
for his own clean white one, and incascd his
legs in mud-spotted leggngs. This done, he
produced a very large and thick pOCketbook,
fastened by broad, elastic band and said,
"Well, what do you think Of this? viii it
do for queens taxes. or sanitary inspector, or
the gas or the water supply?"
Very we'll indeed, should say" l replied.
whats the case?'
"Oh I'll tell you all about 1t when it's over.
Oh, there you are, Kerrett. BY the bye,
Kerrett, I'm going out presently by the back
way. Wait for about ten minutes or quar-
ter of an hour after / have gone and then
just go across the road and speak to that
lady in black with the veil, who is waiting in
that little foot passage opposite Say Mr.
Martin Hewitt sends his compliments and he
advises her not to wait. as he has already
left his Office by another door. and has been
gone some little time. That's all;-it woul1 be
a pity to keep the poor woman waiting all
day for nothing. Now the papers. Daily
News. Standard. Telegraph, Chronicle-yes
here it is-in the Chronicle.
The whole advertisement read thus: