The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-16


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started to go Mr.. Barnes touched him
| M tine arm and said.
.,p,;o,,a 70 40, ,ro ,o;,,o to Mo-,
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Market III thank you to give ME hit
if you would be SO kind 1t will save
ma n lony walk -
"Who n,e you?" EVERY was suspi-
cious of strangers.
II live up OIL the Nottingham road
and am going to New Market to try for
work on tie new factory they are build
ing. am Il currentcr by trade"
Gan ric,'t," ,qid EVERY, after lit.
tie ,:.c.a tts...a;it"; "look out for me as
leone lac, cuu III rick you mp"
As seen Us he Id gene Mr.. Barnes
took a IotrLn,N tom his pocket and,
tear.rg cat u PAGE, wrote as follows:
DEAF -ay-1t is Ct no usc, She saw the
boat to" LES t>ncn The alarm. think she
means "t"nd the letter to the post at New
it rrer, '"" vi, KNEW that tbi sV s mns
on INV pait is correct. In that case will take
care of the letter. Tell no one where I have
gone, even though ! should hot return ior ~, a
;myv tur n tho BODY over to n doctor for a
post mortem and then adjourn until get back
Meanwhile keep your eyes open. Watch young
LENS; idet, nr dnght ' nsrs suau
# will turns up drawn in his favor. Pump
him all you can without his suspecting that
you have motive. BARNES
Having written this note, the next
thing to do was to give it to Burrows
without arousing suspicion of collision.
1t must be borne in mind that every
one present knew that the man by the
window was detective, and, further,
that Burrows had failed to recognize
Mr.. Barnes in his disguise. The latter
went to the door and stood there few
minutes, whistliDg tune that was
great favorite with Burrows. He kept
this up until at length he attracted his
notice. As soon as this was accomplish
ed, having his back to the others, he
slightly lifted his false beard, thus re-
vealing his identity, and then held up
the note Sure then that Burrows I'M
derstood him, he dropped into a chair,
picked up copy of the Boston Herald
which lay there ana pretended to read,
until Everly at length appeared in the
road. He then simply laid the paper
down, having hidden the note therein,
and, joining Everly, was taken into the
wagon. Thus nothing was left to Bur-
rows but to possess himself of the news
paper and note, which he easily did.
Reaching the house into which Vir-
ginia had gone, the horse was stopped,
and EVERY jumped out. He started to
enter the gate leading to the dwelling,
when the main door was opened, and a
young woman, emerging therefrom,
came down the gravel walk to meet
him. She greeted him familiarly, and
they stood conversing in low tones for
few moments. Mr.. Barnes watched
them closely in his endeayor to see
whether she intrustcd letter to his
care. He did not actually detect her
doing SO, but he saw by the motion of
Everly's arm that he carefully placed
something in the inner pocket of his
coat. Satisfied that this was the letter
the superscription of which he was SO
anxious to see, he determined to keep
his seat and accompany Eyerly to New
Market. On the road thither he at
tempted but little conversation, fearing
to reveal his identity and thus destroy
all hopes of success. AS his companion
seemed little inclined to talk, the trip.
which occupied about three quarters of
an hour, was made in comparative
silence.
Arrived at New Market, he deemed
it best to alight as soon as they reached
the hotel. Entering, he posted himself
30 as to watch whittier Everly should
drive, and the latter, entirely uncon-
scious as to whom he had brought with
him, went straight to the postoffice sit
uated about block farther With con-
siderable satisfaction Mr.. Barnes saw
him presently emerge again and imme-
diately turn his horses head homeward,
thus showing that his sole errand to the
town had been to post the letter.
As soon as Everly was out of sight
Mr.. Barnes removed his disguise and,
making bundle of tho overalls, in
trusted it to the care of the hotel clerk
to be kept until he should call again.
He then hurried over to the postotfice,
where he asked for the postmaster. To
this official he declared himself to be
detective and, stating that i'll his belief
a letter had just been mailed to an i'm
portant witness in a case which he was
investigating, received permission to
examine the letters uncanceled. This
no proceeded to do, and at length he
found the object of his search. He held
in his hand letter the contents of
which he thought would throw consid-
cradle light Oh the mystery. He copied
the address, which was as follows:
Walter Marvel, Esq, Portsmouth,
N. H. Keep till called for.
Leaving the office, Mr.. Barnes hur-
ricd over to the railroad station, and
purchasing ticket for Portsmouth was
soon on his way thither