The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-06


1t was perfectly evident, said Hem
bricks. / could see indications of its
having been regummed and resealed. 1t
is almost impossible to put paste ON an
envelope as smoothly by hand as it is
done by machine"
so you thought" began WILDLY.
THAT when the Individual who had
written my mother under the name of
Frederick Champley had received the
letter coming on the heels OF my tele-
gram, his first impulse was to return it
unopened. being afraid the reception of
it would tend TO show his whereabouts.
But, being curious to know what had
to say, he first opened it, read it, and
then sealed and returned IL, Not sad
idea, eh?"
WILDLY nodd.d ut failed. however,
20 tane You in.
.-And. moreoer, it put me ON to SUBJ
siantial clew. See, here are the two
envelopes side by side-the one ad-
dressed to my mother and the other to
Mr.. Strong. Now for points of re-
semblance. The handwriting, though
disguised, is the same; the ink under
tions; the tNo letters were sent from
the same postal station in New York;
and. though the color and quality of
each envelope are different, yet under
the faps,in raised letters, are the names
of the saneIretail dealers in New York
See-RauaS3 g. Co., Stationers, East
Fourteenth street. The tive envelopes
were pureipsed at the same shop"
But SAID WILDLY, doesn't it strike
you that Il IS rather an unnatural thing
for manguilty of murder to do-to
openly writ to the mother OF a detective
TO get hii jddress?"
People suilty of crime will do the
most foolish things in the world" Hen
bricks answered; ''but i have to resort
to my own vanity to account for his
having dine as he did. flatter myself
that he lnew something of my skill in
in detecting crime, and once he found
himself ;uilty he regarded me as the
man he ad the most to fear. He dis
covered,is his note to my mother
shows, tat was ont Of town. That
made hp uneasy. The thought
troubled i'm so much that he simply had
to satisf,h mind on that point. He
supposed his little game with my
mother ,ould succeed, and that she
would thik no more about it after re-
plying toiis note
'Ah- w" exclaimed Miss Delmar.
''and whe be got your letter and tele-
gram it lust have frightened him to
find himslf In direct correspondence
with the lan .of all others, he was most
anxious tiuvSid.''
EXACTLY" tie detective agreed; land
Ishall losesotli ling by what he has done.
for his Letter }hows me where to look
for him Ie j in New York, and has
been thereevei since lie committed the
murder an sc.ttered those notes about
town. Thy wfre designed to make us
think the iur{erer lived here"
.But,- sal Mss Delmar, surely you
have overIpkdl the fact that Mr..
Roundtree as deceived warning since
then, and Vat Mrs. Walters has been
shot at by te nan himself?"
Hendricksooteda little embarrassed.
~ can't epldn that now," he said;
''but I knovwfreof speak. He is in
New York. an going there tonight,
and shall dtmj best 10 lift the cloud
from over y,irkwc heads. If fail. it
won't be mlfa}lt ! shall not leave
stone unturtd.i
"WhctherpuBucceedo or not, we shall
never forgeto} for all you have done
and are tryit tddo," said Miss Delmar.
II really dot lhow what we shall do.
NV father threatening to disinherit
and disownle, had if half the world
continues toelfve Mr.. WILDLY guilty
we shall be ise able enough"
"You are, ,ld$d. in q disagreeable
situation" Sd hendricks, in, kindly
tone. mo Of krpws better than !. To
be frank-tlugi the bare fact may
pain YOU He i must tell you now
that it has ly been on my earnest
assurance thiI hid hopes of producing
the real criniii hat have kept Welsh
and his ganfrcn arresting you. Mr..
WILDLY"
There MAS sn4 for d moment. Miss
Delmar chand couptcnance. though
she strove -ha I'd keep her self-posses-
sion.
Father ml;oned something about
the probahlipf an immediate arrest
she said, in wavering tone. But
thought he dt out OF spite"
.No; l pfme he mnst have got
it from somfng the police have set
afioat," Hendks replied, "and think
you ought topw what to expect. But
even II thehould arrest you, Mr..
WILDLY, try put brave face on the
matter, and ye for clear acquittal
at trial inurt. shall hurry up
matters in ! York, / promise you.
DR.. Lampkinb agreed to join me, and
together we jgoing TO track the rep
tile. .''--a-s
.Do you ext TO find anything about
the man at u Brooklyn address?"
asked whidiyloomily.
"Perhaps but it inay only be a
private letteix place, and those peo-
pie are veryd 10 get anything out
of. As ruheir business Is little
off color, yo5ow, and they dread ex-
posurc. Thenrn Of my letter shows
that the muer is ON his guard, and
he may steerar Of that address"
CETER XVI.
In the aftesn two days later. Hem
bricks calledthe Office Of Dr.. Lamp
Lin IN New X. He was shown into