Arizona republican., 1898-02-01

NO, not that, returned HenuTlckS, flor there were the specks onthe gown.
 '1u know. I was, you see, convinced that the specl1s were made by revolver ;it short range, and woman of nerve made them, captain. for the ball passed very near the arm"
 T begin to see what you suspect" said Welsh. "but I am so much aston ished that I am unable to grasp it all. Surely she could not be-
 Wait till I have finished" the detect i've interrupted Don't jump to con- clusions. I don't think you were watch ing my work in the mayors study. for you seemed on pins and needles to get away"
 You don't mean that you did not really want to write that note"
 ''No; for I wanted her to do it. said the detective, with a smile, taking from his pocket the threatening letter ad- dressed to the mayor, and the note Lillian Walters had written at his die tation. He opened them side by side on a table, and cont ;nued: Notice this, captain; in the letter to the mayor the writer has misspelled the word re- ceived. It struck me, you see, that in nine cases out of ten person that mis- spells word once will do it again; so in my make-believe note I purposely made use of that word. You see the mistake occurs on both these sheets.
 And you infer that"
 ''That the two communications were written by the same person" But evidently not on the same ma chine," said Welsh. This is purple, and the other black"
 "True; but don't you remember I surprised them all by telling Round i tree he had discarded an old machine?"
 "Yes. An, that's fact" i Well, while you and the others were at the telephone, the mayor showed me upstairs to look at the grounds from the lumber-room. There 1 saw the typewriter, examined the ribbon, and found that it was purple and beaten in 1 holes, as the writing in the threaten ing communication shows by the badly printed letter through it.
 "I understand so far" said Welsh. ''But what kept you so long in the rose | brella? I thought you would never come"
 l Hendricks smiled. ''I went to find i her revolver. I knew it must be some where near, for I had seen freshly broken boXwood twig near the tracks, | and knew that she would not have wished to be seen with the revolver l after the report. I found it carefully ] hidden in a thick cluster of long grass about two yards from her footmarlis. I would have brought it with me, but 1 she will go for it tonight, and if it were not there she would suspect that l know''
 ''You have taught me a lesson,' l laughed Welsh. "I should have brought t away. and told the reporters about it. Shall you arrest her?" "No; but I want you to watch her and report her actions to me. I have 1 other things to attend to-" Hendricks
 was silent for several minutes. He rose | and walked to and fro ill the office, 1 thoughtful expression on his face.
 "Anvthing else?" asked Capt. Welsh, when the silence was becoming embar- 1 raSSlng.
 Il hardly know" said Hendricks. stop ping suddenly. But perhaps you can i do something for me. You know this town better than I do. I want you ta l discover if there is any reason for Mrs. 1 Walters desiring to leave the city at i present. Find out, if you can. what sort of girl she was before she mar 1 ried. Was she in love with Walters? :? and does she know Whidbv personally | be sure about that-and has she ever had any affair of the heart with him ?"
 "Ah, I get a little light" exclaimed 1 Welsh. If she is interested in Whidby and knows him to be guilty, she may have played that part to mislead us, to establish an alibi for him, which would not be hard to do, since he is under watch in another part of town. An! she is a clever girl.''
 (COntInued Tomorrow.)