The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
y ONE OF MY SONS X
THRILLING DETECTIVE STORY
KATHARINE
NextD Door" Etc.
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pardon me-" interposed the district
attorney. Explanations will come later.
Mr. Gryce says he has no time to lose, |
the woman being a very restless one and
liable at any moment to fit. Her name is
Mllefeurs; or, rather. that is the name
by which she is known on the police
books. You have seen her, and have only
to follow Mr.. Gryce; he will explain the
rest"
| bowed my acquiescense and joined the
old detective at the door.
1T will be rough night" that venera-
BILE official remarked with keen glance
at my outfit. And with just this hint as
to what was before US. he stepped out
into the street, where l hastily followed
him.
We did not carry umbrellas, Mr.. Gryce
looking upon them as a useless en-
cumbrance, and as WAITED there in the wet
while my companion exchanged some
words with a man who had stepped up to
Kim, marvelled at the impassibility OF
this old man and the astonishing vigor he
showed in face of what most young and
able bodied men would consider the dis
advantages of the occasion. Short. was
the whispered conference, it seemed to in
fuse fresh life into the rheumatic limbs
had frequently seen limping along in much
more favorable weather, and it was with
gesture of decided satisfaction he now
| leu tuO wa w q tdD L .uau oii SooJ oSStA
dimly outlined through the mist which
now enveloped everything in sight.
| Eve shall have to cross the city he
announced, as he followed me inside
"It's a bad night and gives promise, OF be-
| ing worse. But you are young, and i
we'll, have been younger but, young or
old. have always managed so far to be in
at the finish s-, ..
1T Is the finish, then?'' ventured, with
| that sinking of the heart Leighton might
| have felt had he heard his own doom
| foreshadowed
The old detective smoothed out the lap
robe he had drawn over his knees.
| There is reason to think SO, unless
some mistake or unseen misfortune robs
us of success at the moment of expected
| triumph. Is your interest a friendly or
professional one? The affair is one
which warrants either
It was a question I was surely entitled
to evade. But l had already decided to
be frank in my explanations to the dis
trict attorney, and why not with the man
most in his confdence?
81 am a friend of Miss Meredith said
L; lin other words, her lawyer. She is
more than a friend to the Gillespes as
her relationship demands. To serve her
interests l have mediled more in this
matter than was perhaps judicious. was
anxious to prove to her that her cousins
lives would bear scrutiny. -
81 see and discovered that one Of them,
at least. would not. . Poor girl! she has
my sympathy. You are without doubt
man we can rely On, no matter into what
complexities our errand takes u.s.?
Il don't know; l have never undergone
any great test. l am willing to assist you
in the identification Of this girl; but l
would rather not be present at her ar
rest"
We we're crossing Broadway. He looked
out gave one rapid glance up and down
the busy street,-busy even at that hour
and in the. wet.-and quietly remarked:
cor at his, suppose?"
The jolting of the cab over the car
tracks struck my nerves as ms questlcn
did my heart. To this day never cross
street track in carriage, but the
double anguish of that moment comes
back; also the mist Of lights which daz-
zled down the long perspective as l cast
glance through the dripping windows
"His?" l rt-eated. as soon as | could
trust M voice.
eyes, Leighton Gillespies. We expect
, to take him to-right in her company he
[ added. H.
That last phrase startled me.
you are going to take him, in the pres
ence OF Millefleurs!' I exclaimed why
, saw kim ar hour ago standing in his
own hall in Fifth avenue X -.
mo doubt. but if you have made a
study of Mr.. Glles1ie's hahts,' you have
learned shat he is Given to sudden sal
, lies from his home. He will be found,
assure, lou, in the same house as Mile
| fleurs | hcce we may make no mistake
$ III locating this house correctly. Il hard
" think we shall The men have chos-
en- for the job are both keen and reliable;
| besides, for a gentleman of his ante
cedente, Mr.. Gillespie shows a startling
:, Indifference to the result of his peculiar
, escapades. a strange man, Mr.. Outh-
waite -.-..e-
| Very" calculated abStractly enough
t NV thoughts we're with Possibility sug-
| gested by his words. Pursuing it, said
{. 1.-THE letter l saw Mr.. Gillespie read was
from her, then? | noticed that it caused
d him great agitation, even from where /
d stood en- tire ether side of the street.
t The old detective smiled instinctivell
] at my reckless betrayal of the part L hat
$ played in this scene. but made no: refer
d ence to TIE fact itself, possibly because
e he was as we'll acquainted with my: move
II ments as was myself He only gave ut
e terancc to an easv-toned, Exactly
: which seemed not only to settle this mat
q fer hut some others then inf1aming m,
u curiosity.
eve have been waiting a long time to-
!. some such communication to pass between
" them, he presently FeSlllLeu Will c, !'e
u nevolent condescension. springing, per
. hans, from our close contact in that Jolt
e ing cab. "Otterwise we should hav
- taken him to-day. and iii his own house
- We have had great difficulty in holdin
:. the reporters back and even in keep!n
- our own men quiet. 1t was desirable, 70
!. see to take them tcsether.'
= And couldn't SIZE be fond? Wash
she at Mother Merry's?"
IA mot lately. No one answering to he
- description has shown W there for days
~ She seems to lave fled from that place
20 alarmed, ND doubt, By the interest show
IN in her by the young gentleman who go
10 speech with her "a the cost Of coupl
y of silver dollars"
. l began 20 note the corners as W
m passed them
# # Then we are not going to Mothe
,r Merry's?''>I observed.
l. mo, we are not going to Mothe
We Merry's."
= "Yet we are not far from the docks
D. remarked, as caught transitoyy glimpse
of the uDmistakable green and red light
in of the ferry-boats8 Shining mistily on th
ed left.
.No. our errand takes us in the regio
- of her old haunts. ! hope you. feel n
~ concern as 10 your safety?'
he Concern"
% a"Oh. there's cause enough, or would b.
NJ II we were not in force. But our pref
DO arations have been made very CAREFUL
an and YOU can trust us to bring you out.
Id right =,
A. signihed my entire satisfaction. III
r. prospect of physical struggle or son
rl omen adventure was welcome to me-.
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