Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
CHAPTER XVIII.
"Be At my Office at five o'clock sharp. and
wait till come.

be al my ONCE at flVe O'CLOCK sharp, AM
wait till come.
HENDRICKS"
As soon as he received this message
DR.. Lampkin turned patient over Il
his assistant, and went down to Hen
bricks Office In Park Row, arriving G
few minutes before five. The office boy
said Hendricks had not come. The doc
tor went in and took O seat.
An hour passed, and still there was nc
sign Of the detective. Another hour
dragged by. 1t was growing dark. The
office boy came in, lighted the gas, and
laid down an evening paper.
"Any message from Mr.. Hendricks
yet" asked the doctor.
mo, sir"
"You have no idea where he ISL"
mo, SIR"
us there restaurant near here?"
Gust round the corner, sir"
81 have had nothing to eat since
lunch" said the doctor. III Mr.. Hen
bricks comes In, tell him he can find
me there, or will meet me on the way
back"
DR.. Lampkln went to the restaurant,
remained there 20 minutes, and re-
turned to the office. Hendricks had not
arrived, nor sent any word Of explana-
ton. The time passed very slowly to
The doctor. He smoked a cigar, stretched
himself ON a lounge near an open win
dow, and, concentrating his mind upon
the idea that he would wake at the
slightest sound, allowed himself to
sleep.
At half past II he was aroused. It
was Hendricks step on the stairs. He
opened the door, entered slowly, as if
wearied, and, with u sigh, sank into an
armchair.
"By heavens!" he exclaimed, sudden
ly noticing his friend on the lounge,
you must forgive me, doctor, for not
showing up. All the afternoon and
evening have been on dead run after
that chap, but he has given me the slip
half a dozen times. would have sent
you a message, but I could not tell you
where to meet me"
"You have not given up the chaser"
asked Dr. Lampkin.
"Iam stumped for tonight, 1t seems"
was the reply. Hendricks rose and be-
gan to walk the floor excitedly. He
paused suddenly in front of his friend,
and, with his hands deep in his pockets,
sad II was never SO absolutely cut
up in my life. I'd give my right arm to
have that man, dead or alive, tonight"
"Why, has anything particular hap
pened%
Hendricks took from his pocket some
papers, kilograms and letters, and hand
cd one to the doctor, rs that not
enough to make a man desperate? I
received it two days ago.
The telegram ran as follows:
Mr.. WILDLY arrested. What shall do?
! ANNETTE DELMAR"
DR.. Lampkin's face fell.
"That's bad" he said--"very bad in
deed"
"0f course it is bad" grunted Hen
| bricks. "rhat's why haven't seen yor.
have never given any mortal such a
dead close chase in my life, hoping
every minute to be able to telegraph the
little girl that ! had nabbed the right
man, and that her sweetheart was safe"
"But," said DR.. Lampkin, "why
wouldn't they wait down there? Sure
ly--"
"That blasted blockhead Welsh! The
other day the papers began to ridicule
him for turning the case over to New
York man, who had gone away without
doing anything. l was afraid that
Welsh would weaken; and he did the
minute the Times published the truth
about the shooting at the mayors and
Fred Walters took his wife away for a
change of scene. You see, that knocked
the alibi theory into cooked hat, and
the police were obliged to lay hold Of
WILDLY to satisfy the public. The pool
boy has been in Jail two days, and 4
you want to weep and kick yourself
for not doing more up here, read thu
little girls letter. got 1t this morn