The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-03-04
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By HOW..RD FIELDING
Copyright, 1901, by Charles w. Hooke.

Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke. i
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He spent some hours in verifying
Kooinson's statement about the place
where he had passed the night and In
attempting to ascertain the Young
mans fayorlte haunts and. the names
or his companions. The veritication
was easy, but the search for the mans
associates yielded little. Apparently
Robinson had not wide circle of &C.
quaintances.
Returning to the lower regions of the
city, Elmendorf encountered bit of
better fortune in learning that Robin.
son had visited his place Of employ.
mcnt on the previous day between s
and q o'clock.
"lf he's the man." reflected the de.
tectivc, "hr took that money home, ana
then, not finding n satisfactory place to
hide 1t. he brought 1t down here. by
the everlasting. he must have had II In
his pocket right there in Elsie Millers
room! No wonder he had nervous pros.
tration!"
u,
had left his Office long before Elmcn.
dorf returned to it. Robinson also had
gone away. but might come back soon.
by the exercise OF Il li!tlc tact the de.
tectlve secured permission to wait in
The private Office, and while there he
familiarizcd himself thoroughly with
the contents Of Robinsons desk, but Ii
was rot worth the trouble.
1t was difficult to suppose that Rob,
nson was still! carrying that money in
his pocket lie must have put It some.
where. And Elmcndorf racked mis-
brains. asking the conventional ana
generally useless question. what
would l have done in the same cir
eumstances"' 1t came into his; mlad
1t last that Robinson had been present
Wien Alden was arrested. and for
his reason would not have expected
10 see him Mt the office again imme-
hintely. Thus rejecting, Elmcn,iurr
drcw some keys Of convenient design
from his pocket and cautiously raised
The lid Of .Aldrn's desk. 1t was iaifly
clear on Its working surface ana the
DigeOnhO!cS did not look promising, so
1t random Elmendorf opened little
srawer in which, under some papers
which seemed to have lain there y Ion.
time, he found an envelope addressed
IN typewrittcn characters to John FOB.
inson.
The envelope looked fresh nn.1 the
papers on top Of it did not The infer.
cnce that the thing had been slid into
little used drawer anI under those
old documents .or purposes Of conceal.
Mcnt was rs easy as possible. Elmen.
slorf closed the drawer and the lid of
the desk and walked to the window
with the envelope In his hand. 1t
looked suspicious. and the detective
gently m,lrmurcl that he woulu
"chancc IT,
with the thin blade Of q penknfc he
vcry adroilly raised the @unlne,, lap
pct without in''icting any iliury
which could not he repaired. The en-
velope contained i've 500 bills
wrapped in Il blank Sheet OF the FIRMS
paper.
A'E!''tN taG Aolf'i'' vi ttih'ihtS,
This WAS not necessarily tie money
mentioned in Allen's note to Elsie. If,
for instance. Mr.. Robinson should say
that he had frugaiiy laid 10y that sum.
Rnd had thought his employers des:
The safest place for it, the statement
would be equally bard to believe or to
disprove. For this reason Elm ':idorf
scrutiniZnd thu bills With IN eager eye,
and wien lie found upon one OF! item
4 pec,!;Hr inaCH. as If a word Ut II
strange !augEt.," had been scrHWlcu
there, he Was inrTr than pleased.
EHiGin. t." lower u. Ii Ui tie Njtli.nN'.
he made Il nirru" @! III" glass by hold
ium the rll.T Of his !'0ri. coat NgHill.:t
II. Placing The tfil - fore HIS mirror.
he hfhy!d .t,r strange word reversed. t.
ana it became I.'::.ti4lr rs "tl;r"nrr.'
"Nhe si~;,@tl;, H"l tiut?r,l against
the money" said he. AT couldn't be
anything rl"v. !r bis were fn!ti,t
into tie noe "hi'r the signature MAS
wet. aud Of roiirse II prinlvl itself On
one Of 'hp.n"
II Echinson had entered III" ruoin at
that lnHnrMt, l!H would have lirru.ar
rested fox attempted murder. but he
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