Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-23
CHAPTER XvI.-(Continued.)

ItLSnI llcre let me 10 not become
familiar with the name Sellars; it might
fall from your lips at a time when it
world thwart my purposes. | shall soon
assume the role of John Thorn"
Il shall address you as that gentleman
But This young man?'
rs the cashier of your fathers bank,
Lawrence Terry l think DR.. Strong
informed me that your elder sister is his
intended wife,
Very probably. This marriage will
take place the first of September. On the
same day, suppose, my father will lead
his brothers. widow to the altar
you 'supposen 1t seems that the idea
81 of the union is not agreeable to you
Il hardly know why / referred to it,
but to tell the truth, it is not. Surely,
Elmer Kellogg. is but an aunt by mar
riage. She was very attentive to my
mother in her fatal illness. By might and
day she was at Janette's side. But some
how / am not pleased at the prospective
N union
"Humph! And your sisters?'
Il think they are not"
1--WE will take the cashier into our con-
& tdence. VIII you accompany him here
ut seven this evening? Caution him as I
have YOU
You may expect u.s."
After some further conversation, the
young man left the hotel and as he walk
cd nOrthward thus communed with HIM
self:
"Intuitions? That man has eyes CAL
cu.ated to read ones soul. | fail to I'M
Gerstand why he should wish father kept
in ignorance of his movements; but no
one could fathom his motives
After Robert had taken his departure,
Sellars Lighted his favorite pipe and thus
unused:
THE coumtenance of that young man
is as open as day. I can trust han.
Through him l will be able to inspect the
contents of the three trunks that coflstj-
tUted the baggage of Elinor Kellogg on
her trip from Wilmington. Much time
4 has elapsed. but there may be papers,
4 letters, photographs, pitfalls with labels,
or something that will enable me to take
up that back trail. Possibly something
that will help determine as to how tender.
ly the widow was administering to ia
nette.
Consult your father? Oh, no, my boy.
Lovers, young or old, are blnd-blind as
bats. Stephen Kellogg would upset all Of
m} plans and marry the woman who, if
DR. Strong is right, murdered his brother,
perhaps his wife, and brought one daug!h-
ter to the brink of the grave.
Il can devote little time to the robbery
case until have fathomed this more i'm
portant tier / must visit the bankers
residence. TO Robert it must appear that
it is with q view to ascertaininG some
thing that will aid me in regard to the
robbery case What could | be supposed
to learn there? | have it, And the right
hand of the detective descended to the
surface of the table before him with a
startling force. Il wish" he resumed,
that DR.. Strong could have remained
longer in the city. He failed to find a
thing cr:minating-not phial even. Well,
81 l have promised to leave no stone ulrturn-
ed: nor shall L.
A half hour later, Johp Thorn of
GEORGIA. descended the stairs. He was
an elderly looking man with a full. iron
gray beard, dark gray hair, and coCrsih-
erably stopped at the shoulders. Ills
suit was dark gray. He wore frock
coat carried a heavy cane, and the ulster
of his piercing eyes was lost behind pair
of green tinted spectacles. He had the
appearance of being substantial OLD
farmer of the Southern cEme-one, per-
hans. retired from business; and as he
~ lplSurcly maze HIS way up lAlt SuhVSI, VIC
would little have dreamed that he was
the noted Southern detective.
So great, indeed, was the change in his
ary,r2arance that when, at the stated
81 time, he opened the door of his room to
d the summons of Robert, that young man
remarked:
Il beg your pardon, SIR; fear have
made Il mistake.
Of
rcr Il have but just returned from an
insrcct;on of your city and have not had
time TO divest myself of the apparel of
John Them"
Robert uttered an exclamation OF
amaZeqncnt. but soon recovering himself.
presented the cashier.
pray be seated" said Mr. Thorn. And
turning to bureau, in a tr!ce, spectacles,
flowing beard and gray hair were depos-
tied in one Of its drawers, and SelDars
the detective smilingly seated himself
bv the side of the young men.
The conversation that followed merely
hrorrht from the lips of Lawrence Terry
facts already known to the reader.
The cashier stated again what parties
we're in the bank at the time the money
nackace was made up and their location
in that institution.
Not Il bill in the package would l be
oh,a to IDENTIFY he SAID, ''for the reason
that not of one had kept a record of the
number. OF the banks of issue can fur
nish YOU complete list. l furnished a
list to Inspector Hunt of our city, but l
think it did not aid him."
Have any private detectives taken up
the case?" asked SellarS.
"Gh. a number, l presume. The last
one have knowledge of was'-and
here Terry gave an account of the Incl
dent relating to the gentleman IN blue,
III fully describing him. but stating that he
.4 had not appeared at the bank since aeav-
Ing it on that occasion.
The detective questioned him and re-
questioned him in regard to the appear