Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18
CHAPTER Y.
My Client Puzzles Me.

My Client Puzzles Me.
Punctual as | was to my appointment
next morning. was not more so than
Captain Arncwood. whom l found
eagerly awaiting my arrival. He was
scanning the Morning Post as 1 en-
tered; but he had not noticed the re-
ward notice in the agony column. and
was, apparently, greatly pleased when
showed it to him.
can excellent idea of yours. Mr..
Weston" he remarked "and one which
--strange to say-never occurred to
me. However, what with the newspa-
pers and the bill posters, matters
should become lively for the man who
straEgled Luke Arnewood. eh?'
LET us hope So l answered. "The
readers of the great dailies must num-
Der several millions. and they are of all
classes. Within few days the news
of the reward will have spread
throughout the United Kingdom, and
your posters Will serve to keep public
interest alive in the matter. But. can
didly, | am not over-sanguine of any
good results
'Why so:" he demanded, pausing-
in the act Of decapitating an egg-fo1
my reply.
Simply because no actual accom-
plices i'll the crime could claim the re-
ward without putting rope around
his own neck as well as around that Of
the actual murderer: and believe that
the man who planned your COUSINS
death is too clever a villain to allow
any accidental discoverer of his secret
to live. This, I may add, is also In
spector Trails opinion. Indeed, he
goes the length Of asserting that the
missing ledger. Webb, was made way
with in obedience to the old murder
adage that dead men tell no tales"
''For goodness sake. don't quote that
addle-headed inspectors theoriesr' he
exclaimed, .irritably. Il have placed
the affair in your hands, not in his!''
every well, Captain Arnewood, re-
Joined, feeling strongly tempted t.
smile at his persistent antipathy to the
police. My own individual opinion is
that. for the reasons have stated, too
much reliance must not be placed upon
1t may. however. bring us such in
formation as will fully justify your lib.
erality and foresight
Will (cl1. was SOAAAuCAI
upon the lot over-hopeful forecast.
meanwhile, want to get those post,
ers off my mind. How am l to pro-
ceed?'
"Simply write me an order upon
your printers for their delivery to
Hawkins & Co. Our people will do the
rest through the big agencies"
Come! That's what call business!"
he exclaimed, hastily swallowing his
coffee as he proceeded to write the re-
quired order.
1 then urged him, as gently as I
could to write to the Home Secretary,
and. if possible, see one Of the Upper
Secretaries forthwith at the Home
Office.
"We stand to lose rather than gain"
I pointed out, ''by appearing to act IN
dependently of, or at cross purposes
with, the police, however widely our
methods of inquiry may differ from
theirs"
~ suppose YOU know best in mat
ter Of this sort" he answered, some
what reluctantly, "and I'll follow your
advice. What is the use of employing
an expert and ignoring his instructions!
It's some comfort to know that the adj
vertisements are out and the posters
well under way. Oh. by-the-bye. my
solicitors want me over in Ireland.
There's no reason why Iyshould not run
across Tonight, is there?'
None that am aware Of replied.
4'What L mean is that my presence in
London is not essential, SO far MS you
are coneerned?''
Certainly not In fact. there are
one or two points in connection with
your late COUSINS antecedents which
you might ellcidate better on the spot
than / could by mere correspondence
with Messrs. Grudgery 4 O'Brien.
you make a note of them?"
with pleasure he assented. Selling
a sheet of note paper with almost
childish eagerness. Fire away
s TASK them whether your cousin. in
any of his later letters to them. gave
any definite information as to his ,po-
sition financially. WhatI want TO get
at is whether or not be would be likely
to arrive in London with any consider.
mile SIM IN, his l0SSpSsiOll Z"