The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-03-15
CHAPTER VII.

fellows in many directions. AS for me,
am just now studying cremation"
"You want to see if"
"If a one-handed man has been taken
to regular crematory."
"Ah, a good idea, of course. Have
you read the papers?"
"Only the headlines. They are
enough for me. Denham's star is in the
ascendant, but it will sink eventually
into mud-puddle."
"He seems not to have got word out
Of Gielow's servant" replied the doctor.
"He didn't know how to do it,"
grinned the man of experience in such
things. "There are many theories ad-
vanced, presume?"
The doctor nodded.
"All of them point to Gielow's love
affair and his recent flight They make
Miss Huntington disagreeably con-
spicuous."
"And blasted shame, tool" NUT
tered Hendricks. "She belongs to the
swell gang and all that, and was born
with the proverbial spoon in her pretty
mouth. but all the same she is credit
to womanhood-th stuff mothers Of
great. men are made Of"
"If she reads the papers she will feel
sorely hurt, for not one Of them cred
its the poor fellow with even temporary
insanity. They have made him out a
cold-hearted, cool-headed villain, who,
not satisfied with killing his man, Gre
mates his body simply to show the ma
llgnity of his hatred"
Hendricks was moving away, his
hand outstretched, when sudden
thought lighted up his face and he
said
Anything in the papers about his
having been last seen in the company
of Count Bantinni?"
"Not word"
"Then Denham is minus the chief
clew to the whole business. Poor Gle
lowl One of the headlines dubs him a
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde, man who
paints Madonnas and angels, and at the
same time is the devils vilest agent"
~ hope you will run across some
thing in Gielow's favor" said Lamp
kin.
MAY God help him if can't" said
the detective, with feeling. This fore
noon went all the way out to Kola's
place on the Palisades, hoping he might
aid me in some way. l found him abb
sorbed in crystal-gazing, and I knew
it would irritate him to be interrupted
till it pleased his fancy. His eastern
servant had led me into the great dark
room where Kola sat and whispered
that must wait till the prince of occult
balderdash had received some psychic
impression or other. From where was
placed could see Kola behind screen.
His profile was towards me. His lips
were moving constantly, and his eye
balls standing out from his cheeks on
stiff muscles. He is fit subject for a
museum. He has had some accident
with an explosive with which he was ex-
perimenting and his hair was singed of
close. He actually looks uncanny. !
sat without word or sign of recogni-
tion from him till I got tired and stole
away"
81 didn't know he had moved out
there" said the doctor.
"Oh, yes, and he place suits him to a
I. He found an old colonial mansion
built half of brick, half of stone, in a
wooded portion of Cliffside Park, the
most inaccessible part of the Palisades.
He found out by accident that it was
under contract to be torn down before
long, and got couple Of years lease on
it, and recently he received carload OF
oriental rubbish from somewhere and
has turned the interior into the queer
est looking retreat you ever saw. /
got onto his idea not long ago, and,
while it is not exactly above board, ]
have nothing to say, for New Workers.
the wealthy ones-love to be hum,
bugged, and Kola has discovered that
they are willing to pay for IL to boot.
The vast mystery with which the rascal
invests his personality does the work,
He couldn't have chosen better place.
The old mansion is reputed to have been
the headquarters of gang of thieves OF
long standing, and when they we're dis
banded ten years ago / heard much
about the place. One Of the thieves
who died in prison said gang of coun-
terfeiters had operated there for fif.
teen years and had the most perfect out
fit In the cellars beneath the house that
was ever owned in America. As said.
the mystery does the work for Kola,
lie receives applicants for psychic mes
snges in the dark or when he is cowled,
gowned AID masked. heard OF one
multi-millionaire who wanted his ad.
vice and went out there one afternoon
in coach with six armed attendants
to drive off possible highwaymen.
Kola's ambition is to get rich rapid.
~, and think he is making consider.
able money. He has founded sort OF
cult, and assure you none but the rich
are admitted"
"Do you think he can really tell peo.
pie things they don't know?" asked DR..
Lampkin.
"He often gives me valuable hints. "
answered Hendricks, with a shrug. 81
have no idea how he gets his informa.
tion. You know my weak point is sn.
perstition; I can't help 1t. shall talk
with him about this case before II is
ended. He is sensitive cuss and would
take offense II didn't. I want to know
particularly If he has ever met Ban,
tinni, and II he has want to know what
be thinks of him. called at the counts
rooms this morning and found he had
left the city. His housekeeper was as
mum as gravestone with the tor
knocked off. l interviewed Caruthers'
valet. ! wanted TO see the letter he re.
ceiyed from Philadelphia, but Denham
has 1t. The valet admitted thatit was
typewriter. however"
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