The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-09-11

at the house where John Robinson
lived and introduced himself TO the
landlady thereof. with the result that
be was presently ushered up W.
flights Of stairs to n large room at the
rear of the house. Left alone there. he
remarked to himself. This doesn't
seem to 60 against me so much as It
usually does"
Then he proceeded TO examine the
personal effects Of Mr.. Robinson The
examination was thorough, but the
product was singularly meager. He
discovered an envelope containing
some pawnbroker's tickets, showing
loans upon q watch, a winter O~vercoat
and a ring Of small value, and In a
waste paper basket 4 part Of an envel-
ope which had been addressed to some
person IN Philadelphia. but the name
was missing. Remembering that Rob
inson had thought Of Philadelphia first
when cropping about for Il taiSehood
the latter discovery assumed some little
importance rs a guide for subsequent
investigation.
The particular object Of the detect
ives search eluded him. however. and
when be left the house he was far
from satisfied with his luck.
II thought ! knew why Robinson
went home he Saki. but either |
didn't or he changed his mind
He spent some hours In verifying
Rob!nson's statement about the place
where he had passed the night and In
attempting 10 ascertain the young
mans favorite haunts and the names
of his companions. The ~veriication
was easy, but the search for the mans
associates yielded little. Apparently
Robinson had not q wide circle Of &C
Quaintances.
Returning TO the lower regions Of the
city. Elnlendorf encountered a bit of
better fortune In learning that Robin
son had visited his place Of employ
ment on the previous day between .
and o O'Clock.
IF he's the man" reelected the de-
tectfve, "he took that money home, n
then, not finding II satisfactory place to
hide II, be brought It down here. BY
the everlasting. he must have had 1t in
his pocket right there in Elsie Miller's
room. No wonder he had nervous pros
tration'~
Alden. as was to have been expected.
bad left his office hong before Elmen.
dorf returned TO II. Robinson slso had
gone away, bat might come back soon.
BY the exercise Of a l!:tle tact the de-
tective secured permission TO wait In
the private Office. and while there he
faIailiarized himself thoroughly with
tie contents Of Robinson's desk, but It
was not worth the trouble.
1t was difficult to suppose that Rob
inson was still carrying that money In
his pocket. He must have put It some
where. And Elmendorf racked his
brains, asking the conventional! and
generally useless question, What
would I have done In the same cir
cumstancesT' 1t came into his mind
Mt last that Robinson had been present
when Alden was arrested. and for
this reason would Tot have expected
to see him ut the Office again imme-
diately. Thus rejecting. Elmendoff
drew some keys Of convenient design
from his pocket and cautiously raised
the lid Of Alden's desk. 1t vas fairly
clear on its working surface and the
pigeonho4es did not look promising, SO
at random Elmendorf opened a little
drawer In which. under soIDe papers
which seemed TO have lain there a hong
time, he found an envelope addressed
IN typewriter characters to John Rob
ipSon-
The envelope looked fresh and the
papers on top OF II did not The infer.
epce TINT the thing had been slid into
O little used drawer and under those
old documents for purposes OF conceal.
ment was as easy as possible Elmen.
dorf closed the drawer ind thu lid Of
the desk and walked to the window
with the envelope In his band 1t
looked suspicious. and the detective
gently murmured that BIO would
chance tt"
ITO be Continued