Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
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PARTNERS !
By HOWARD FIELDING !
Copyright, 1901, by Charles w. Hooke. I
Continued from Page Three.
Copyright, 1901, by Charles w. Hooke.

Elmendorf glanced at Alden with an
anxious eye. He seemed to have some
thing on his mind, but he said only
= 'I'm surprised. There are shadows on
the force who can't be picked out SO
easily"
Alden regarded him intently over the
top of the desk upon which he was
leaning.
''See if I've got any more letters out
side, Jack" he said and added when
asobinson had left the room. DO you
mean to say there's another one?'
Sure" returned Elmendorf. lone
for trouble and one for business.
don't know why tell you these things.
except that | hate Neale. He wants to
know where you were yesterday. and
he thinks you'll go there again He ex-
poets you to throw the man with the
grip and never notice the other one"
''i'll remember this, Elmendor.," said
Alden.
ITS a gift" replied the detective.
AS for that, you've paid me already
with the information that you don't
use blotter Good morning. III see
you later in the day"
1t may have been about half an hour
afterward when he presented himself
at the house where John Robinson
lived and introduced himself to the
landlady thereof. with the result that
he was presently ushered up two
flights of stairs to large room at the
rear of the house. Left alone there, he
remarked to himself. This doesn't
seem to go 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 a watch, a winter overcoat
and ring of small value, and in a
waste paper basket part of an envel-
ope which had been addressed to some
person in Philadelphia, but the name
was missing. Remembering that Rob-
lnson had thought of Philadelphia rst
when cropping about for falsehood.
the latter discovery assumed some little
Importance as a guide for subsequent
investigation.
The particular object of the detect
ives search eluded him, however, and
when he left the house he was far
from satisfied with his luck.
Il thought l knew why Robinson
went home,' he said, but either
didn't or he changed his mind"
He spent some hours in verifying
Robinson's statement about the place
where he had passed the night and in
to ascertain the young
mans favorite haunts and the names
of his companions. The verification
was easy. but the search for the mans
associates yielded little Apparently
Robinson had not a wide circle of ac-
uuaintances.
Returning to the lower regions of the
city. Elmendorf encountered a bit of
better fortune in learning that Robin.
son had visited his place of employ
ment on the previous day between 5
and 6 o'clock.
IF he's the man." reflected the de-
tectlve. che took that money home, and
then not finding satisfactory place to
hide 1t. he brought it down here. By
the everlasting, he must have had it in
his pocket right there in Elsie Nliller's
room. NO wonder he had nervous pros
tration"
Alden, as was to have been expected.
had left his office long before Elmen-
dorf returned to it. Robinson also had |
gone away, but might come back soon.
bv the exercise of Il little tact the de- I
tectlve secured permission to wait in
the private office. and while there he
1amiiiarized himself thoroughly with
the contents of Rohinson's desk, but it
was not worth the trouble.
1T was difficult to suppose that Rob
lhsoh 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 nave done in the same cir
cumSlances" 1t came into his mind
ut last that Robinson had been present
when Alden was arrested and for
THIS reason would not have expected
to see him at the office again imme.
diately. Thus rejecting, Elmendorf
drew some keys of convenient design
from his pocket and cautiously raised
the lid of Alden's desk. 1t was fairly
clear on its working surface and the
pigeonholes did not look promising. so
at random Elmendorf opened a little
drawer IN which, under some naper,
winch seemed to have lain there a long
time. he found an envelope addressed
IN typewriter characters TO Holm p,,