Arizona republican., 1898-01-31

Hendricks said nothing until they were inside and he had closed the door. Then he coolly lighted another cigar and went on:
 "You must pardon me, really, cap tain, but I have always worked with men who understood my awkward ways. They usually let me alone; and I forgot that you don't know my meth ods. I am a great economist of time when I am in thinking trim, and, as I had already arrived at the only conclu- sion possible ir your case, at least at this stage, I was working on the other mat ter I mentioned.'
 "Conclusion? What conclusion ?'' cried Welsh.
 Why, I thought you were following me step by step, up at the mayors; though now I do recall that you mada one or two proposals that rather seemed to indicate lack of proper cautiou."
 "Why, I saw absolutely nothirg," re piled Welsh. ITO be frank, thought you were helplessiy stunped, and were simply trying to kill time and make a favorable impression on the ladies'"
 T was trying to be agreeable, Welsh I confess it. That's my style. It makes an unpleasant job pleasanter to ali cuff woman, tell her she has pretty wrists, and she won't mind it half so much"
 q am at sea-" said Welsh, land con- pietely overboard.''
 Hendricks leaned Lack, threw his feet on a desk and chewed the end of his cigar. ''I did not expect to find what discovered up there" he said, musin gly. ''but when 1 once got started the whol, chain of circumstances began to unroll and was so easy to follow that 1 felt as if I were playing with a toy. coul have kicked myself for having to ar pear to take it all so seriously. wa. tempted to make joke of it. When was half through, I wanted to throy down my hand and say: Look here, 1 hold so and so, and I'll bet my reputa- tion you haven't thing.'"
 ''Im still in deep water" said Welsh ''I saw the bullet hole, her tracks, thu fellows tracks, and that was all. Tn nervousness of the ladies and the may or's anxiety absorbed me-"
 q did not go there to sympathiz- with anyone" answered the detective F'I was looking for facts. But follow r2e now, and draw your own conclusion. as we go. We'll, what was the first ir- congruous thing that happened af. (, we arrived? Why, if you remember Mrs. Walters said she was sure s;c, heard the report before she felt the ba:. pass through her sleeve. The d.stancc was about 100 yards, and if the differ ence were noticeable at all it would have been, scientifically, you know, cx- actly the reverse"
 ''RCt surely" protested Welsh, "you'd hardly expect an excited woman to be correct about such a minor detail as that
 Mrs. Walters was not excited, Hendricks answered. You must have noticed that. If she had been, 1 should SC, have made a point there. However that was only little thing to star rom, but it was sufficient, as 1 fount put later. The next thing 1 did was to ,.Xainine the hole in her sleeve. Wha1 id do that for? To find out if It were made by a bullet. 1t was rather tot lark in the house to see well, but ou1 n the sunlight 1 got another look. saw that it really was q bullet hole. 6firad q faxy hI.,.,I, cr,acl,c np fbo ,l,f h but, without being openly inlpertinent, could not decide whether they had been e;;used by powder or soOt, for the gown f:;,s gray
 (ContInued TomorroW)