Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-29

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follow detective when he uses brains ;,
"Tho name as registered-and Ier
amined the registry myself to mai.
sure-was odd. Three initials are mn
usual A man without memory. and
therefore not quite sound mentaIIv
would hardly have chosen so NAM
Then why had it been done In this n,
stance! What moro natural than tia,
these initials represented the true name.
1t is the most, in assuming an ALA
common method to transpose the re.i
name in some way. At least il w,.
a working hypothesis. Then the lac,
name might be very significant. Now
this man was bicycle rider. | was
sure. II he chose his own initials a.
part Of an alias, it was possible tina.
he selected Remington because il wa.
familiar TO him. l even imagined he
might be an agent for some kind n,
bicycles, and had arrived at that poin,
during our interview when | advised
him not to buy anything until his iden.
tity was restored. But was sure Of NV
quarry when / stole handkerchief
from him at the park and found the in.
itials NJ. J. q. upon the same
Marked linen on your personrp e..
claimed MIR Mitchell. Worse and worse
Well never make successful criminal
Of you, Goldie. -
Perhaps not. / shan't cry over itn
II felt sure Of my success by this
time" continued Mr. Barnes, "yet a,
the very next step 1 was baked.
looked over a list of l.. A. W. members
and could not find name to fit my mi.
tials, which shows, as you will see pres.
emily, that, as 1 may say, too many
clews spoil the broth. Without the
handkerchief / would have done better
Next | secured catalogue OF bicycle
makers, which gave me list Of their
authorized agents, and again l failed
Returning to my Office, l received in.
formation from my spy, sent in by
messenger, which promised to open
way for me. He had followed you
about, Mr.. Goldie, and ] must say You
played your part very well, so far as
avoiding acquaintance is concerned.
But at last you went to public telephone
and called up some one. My man saw
the importance of discovering to whom
you had spoken and bribed the telephone
attendant to give him the information
All that he discovered, however, was
that yea had spoken to the public sta.
ton at the Fifth Avenue hotel. My spy
thought that this was inconsequent, but
IL proved to me at once that there was
collision, and that your man must have
been at the other station by previous
appointment. As that was at noon a few
minutes before the same hour on the
following day-tliat is to say, yester.
day. went TO tie Fifth Avenue hotel
telephone and sucreted myself in the
middle compartment, hoping to hear
failed in this, as the boxes are too we'll
made to permit sound to pass from one
to the other, but imagine my gratifica-
ton TO see Mr.. Mitchell himself go into
the box 3"
'And Why" asked Mr.. Mitchell.
"Why, as soon as l saw you / CON-
pretended the whole scheme. It was
you who had concocted the little diver
sion to test my ability. Thus at last |
understood the reason for the pretended
loss of identity. With the knowledge
that you were in it, was more than
ever determined to get at the facts.
Knowing that you were out, FASTENED
to your house, hoping for a chat with
little Miss Rose as the most likely
member of Your family to get informa-
ton from.
ooh, fie. Mr.. Barnesn' said Mr.
Mitchell, Ito play upon the innocence
of childhood. am ashamed of you.'
"All's fair, etc. Well, succeeded. I
found Mr.. Goldie's bicycle in your hall
way. l took the number and name and
hurried to the agency, where readily
discovered that wheel-No. 50S6-is
ridden by G. ]. Mortimer, one of their
regular racing team. / also learned that
Mortimer's private name is Mortimer J.
Goldie. l was much pleased at this, be-
cause it showed how good my reasoning
had been about the alias, for you OBJ
serve that the racing name is merely
transposition of the family name The
watch, of course, is prize, and the in
scription would have proved that you
were imposing upon me, Mr.. Goldie,
had you permitted me to see it.
"Of course. That was why / put it
back III my pocket.
Il said just now," said Mr.. Barnes.
that without the stolen handkerchief
would have done better. Having it,
when l looked over the L. A. W. list,
went through the 'G's' only With.
out 1t should have looked through the
e, Us and MS, not knowing how
the letters may have been transposed.
In that case l should have found 'G. J.
Mortimer, and the initials would have
proved that was on the right track.
You have done well, Mr.. Barnes"
said Mr.. Mitchell. Il asked Goldie to
play the part of nameless man for
few days, to have some fun with you.
But You have had the fun with US. it
seems, though am conceited enough TO
say that had it been possible for me to
play the principal part Won would not