Daily camera., 1897-07-26
copyright, 1896, by j. B. Llppincott Col

People guilty of crime will do the
most foolish things in the world, Hen
bricks answered; "but / have to resort
to my own vanity to account for his
having done as he did. / flatter myself
that he knew something of my skill in
in detecting crime, and once he found
himself guilty he regarded me as the
man he had the most to fear. He dis
covered, as his note to my mother
shows, that l was out of town. That
made him uneasy. The thought
troubled him so much that he simply had
to satisfy his mind on that point. He.
supposed his little game with my
> mother would succeed, and that she
would think no more about it after re-
plying to his note"
"Ah, yes" exclaimed Miss Delmar.
"and when he got your letter and tele-
gram it must have frightened him to
find himself in direct correspondence
with the man. of all others. he was most
anxious to avoid"
Exactly" the detective agreed; "and
L shall lose nothing by what he has done,
for his letter shows me where to look
for him. He is in New York, and has
been there ever since he committed the
murder and scattered those notes about
town. They were designed to make us
think the murderer lived here"
But" said Miss Delmar, "surely you
have overlooked the fact that Mr..
Roundtree has received a warning since
then, and that Mrs. Walters has been
shot at by the man h;mself?'
Hendricks looked alittlc embarrassed.
81 can't explain that now" he said;
"but I know whereof l speak. He is in
New York. l am going tiaere tonight,
and shall do my best to lift the cloud
from over your two heads. If fail, it
won't be my fault. / shall not leave
stone unturned."
"Whether you succeed or not, we shall
never forget you for all you have done
and are trying to do" said Miss Delmar.
81 really don't know what we shall do.
My father is threatening to disinherit
and disown me, and if half the world
continues to believe Mr.. WILDLY guilty
we shall be miserable enough"
You are, indeed, in a disagreeable
situation,' said Hendricks, in kindly
tone. mo one knows better than l. To
be franb-though the bare fact may
pain you little-I must tell you now
that it has only been on my earnest
assurance that had hopes of producing
the real criminal that have kept Welsh
and his gang from arresting you, Mr..
WILDLY
There was silence for moment. Miss
Delmar changed countenance, though
she strove hard to keep her self-posses-
sion. ..l
Father mentioned something about
the probability of IN immediate arrest
she said, in q wavcring tone. But |
thought he did it out of spite
"No; l presume he must have got
it from something the police have set
afloat," Hendricks replied, land think
you ought to know what to expect But
even if they should arrest you, Mr..
WILDLY, try to put brave face on the
matter, and hope for a clear acquittal
at a trial in court. l shall hurry up
matters in New York, ! promise you.
DR.. Lampllin has agreed to join me, and
together we are going to track the rep
tile"
"Do you expect to find anything about
the man at that Brooklyn address?'
asked WILDLY, gloomily.
perhaps so; but it may only be
private letter box place, and those peo-
pie are very hard to get anything out
Of AS rule, their business is little
off color, you know, and they dread ex-
posure. The return of my letter shows
that the murderer is on his guard, and
he may steer clear of that address"