The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-13
CHAPTER XIV.


steadily for ten minutes. Then there
was rap at the door TWAS a servant
TO say that Capt. Welsh was downstairs,
and that he was anxious TO see him.
"Send him up" said Hendricks, and
he put the envelope into his pocket.
He picked up newspaper two or three
DAYS old, and was hidden behind IL
when the captain raped.
"Come in" the detective called out.
at am sorry 10 disturb you," began
Welsh, "but the truth is we are making
so little Roadway that the mayors peo-
pie are showing good deal OF impa-
thence. Mrs. Roundtree says we are
entirely too slow, and she Is laying IL |
all on me and my men. The mayor
himself has just left my Office. or
course, could not tell him what you
suspected about his daughter, and"
81 should think not, captain, since
you yourself don't know what do or
do not suspect" And Hendricks threw
his paper on the floor.
"Of course, OF course; but aren't you
really going any further with your In
vestigations up there? Thought when
told you that / spent the night in front
OF the house, and saw her come out and
secure the revolver from the grass,
that"
Hendricks brolce into low laugh,
bent forward and rubbed his hands be-
tween his knees.
"You didn't see me, captain, that
night. We were both n pretty pair of
fools. recognized you in the flaming
disk OF your cigar block away. You
looked like headlight, and ! made for
you as soon as / turned the corner.
/ knew the gate must be near where you
stood"
"What do you mean2" cried Welsh, in
surprise.
81 was in Mrs. Walters room from
half-past nine till ten o'clock that night
and made thorough examination OF
her belongings"
"Why, was on watch at that timel
You could not have gone in ut the
front, and my men were in the rear.
Hendricks smiled broadly.
81 never go in ut n back gate IL can
help Il. / was the driver OF the cab
that took the mayor home from his
Office that night. overheard him ask
the fellow 10 wait for him. / called
the man into n barroom, explained who
/ was, promised him five dollars, ex-
changed coats and hats with him and
took his cab. OF course, l wore my
whislkers. would not be without them
when i go driving on cool nights.
catch cold easily, and they protect my
throat.
81 pulled up when you waved me
down 20 tell the mayor you were watch
ing his house personally, on account OF
, your special interest in his family, and
that you would see 10 IL that they
were not disturbed through the night
When the mayor got out at the side
door OF his house took my fare, eX
planned that a piece OF my harness hao
given way and was tinkering with 9
strap under the belly Of the horse wheI
the mayor went in 20 his supper. Their
I ran my rig out of sight behind sor
u OF woodshed and went up the bacl
stairs 10 Mrs. Walters room. / knew
= Il by her dresses in the closets"
"What were you looking for?"
"Books, chiefly. had found out tina
|
J. New York the other day and / wante'
u 10 see them. thought they might b
=, treatises on hypnotism and things Il
that outlandish line; but they were onl
modern yellow-backed novels, transla
a tions OF Emile Gaboriau and dctectiv
stories by Doyle and Anna X. Greer
u They put mo on new scent. A ne'
" light broke on me. felt like fool.
m went down, got on my cab and drove OF
U Ike mad. passed you at the earring
TX gate and asked you the time. You tol
me, and / said i had 90 catch trai
5; and whipped up my horse"
II remember. What blamed fool
a was!" said Welsh, with q deep flusl
nj "What did you do nextg'
n Turned the cab over 20 it's own'
and went and had a private talk wit
on the family physician OF the Roundtrec
<e After that, to use slang, ! kicked m.
self soundly, and in 20 minutes WI
In dogging the footsteps of the distii
Quished stranger Of whom j spoke
IN you"
d. But don't you think Mrs. Walter
Id had anything 70 do with the murder
m asked Welsh.
n 'sNothing at all. Here IL is in nu
ad she'll: She will be a mother in aboi
ed three months. In her condition she
ID always queerly imaginative and decel
ed full. She lost a child year ago in chill
birth, and for several months befo
II was born she almost ran her fami
Tor wild with her strange fancies. She h
me been reading sensational literature Z
he a long time, and when that murder
rld Cured and her father offered n rewa
he for the capture OF the criminal II stru
,ht her that the murderer would be apt
INT resent IL. She tried 10 rouse the fea
n OF her father and husband on this In
by but. as they failed to sec IL her wa
zen she determined 20 make them do
She invented tho yarn about havi