The Holly chieftain., 1904-03-11
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The new client. who had with him
small leather bag. opened it. and
| produced three articles, which he
| placed upon the table before him
! They consisted of a square. fiat pack
age, photoglaph and a ball from a
| revolver. p. ,.,. ...-1
| Suppose you begin from the, begin
ning and tell me all about it. | shall
not interrupt you" said Mr. Sharp,
AS he opened the notebook and mois-
I tened a stump of lead penciTwith his
| tongue.
1 yIIe kept his word though he made
copious notes, and for some moments
there was only the monotonCus sound
,of the one voica. .asathe new client re-
F., capitiIiated all the circumstances
which had led to his seeking Mr..
Sharp's assistance. and which have
| already been fully gone into.
When he had finished, Il thought
,the name seemed familiar to me" said
the other. To be sure, | remember
all the circumstances connected with
the sad AFFAIR. And so you think you
have hit upon the guilty partyG"
~ am certain of It,'' was the deter
mined answer. Il b.IeSasl know his
name, and have proof in my own
mind that he committed the deed.
What IFwant you to do is to trace him
for dmezzor rather put me on his
track and let me run. him down."
Phew." whistled Mr.. Sharp, softly.
under his breath This is something
| quite out of the common, tliis Is. Sup
pose,"' he said, addressing the young
man, that we exarhine the evidence.
This is the bullet, you say; and this
q photograph you fo,nd among the
deceased gentleman's papers. Might
| inquire what this is?" laying his
hand upon the other article. y
THAT is the letter l spoke of, which
made the appointment which my
father kept. and, was thus, indirectly,
the cause Of His death, 1t lis partly
destroyed; but enough remains to
show that there was"-here he hesi-
tated for the, first time-"ssmething
f$sths ,tl nature sf, a secret between
Mr.. Sharp ran his eye down the
page. = 'Humph,'y he remarked =
Something vague and Unsatisfactory.
1t certainly seems, to hint at some.
thing of a suspicious nature between
the two
Don't make any mistake" put In
Ted Burritt at this point; whatever
there may be of that nature does not
--capnot apply to my father" ~
4 .Dr,I,hh1y pDf - I1rrI,o XIV ppti put
you must allow certain amount of
ambguity-of cutting both ways. II
we could prove the knowledge of some
nefarious-sOme''-h he referred
to a sentence in the copytof the letter
some criminal proceedings con
cerning the writer on the part of the
| -er--the unfortunate gentleman who
was shot-something which lay be-
tween those two alone. Why, then.
we should be able to see our way.
Suppose there was strong provoca-
ton Suppose those two to be alone
in trst-class carriage. Suppose
that sudden quarrel arises between
them that the deceased, as | have
| just said, is provoked to utter9threats
Isas, to what he may or may not do.
] Suppose the one threatened, who car
ries a revolver, makes up his mind to
silence him once for all by the
means of a bullet through his brain"
His client nodded
4 Now" continued Mr.. Sharp, be
fore proceeding farther, just let us
come to an understanding as to what
you want me to do?"
II want you" was the answer. ito
trace this other from the time that he
was last seem = ...ts4 "
Very good from Mr.. Sharp.
=, And to, trace jhis history back
wards from that time"
And the partys name?" IT,.
| { Ted handed him the photograph and
showed him what was written on the
back.
| Very good, sir. think we under
stand each other. And you would
wish me to begin my inyestiga.
| tions--?"
AT once!", at
There was little discussion here
about terms. expenses. etc, which, be.
ing satisfactorily arranged. the client
rose and prepared to take his depar,
turcys NJ n vtr,
You will leave me this'-the de-
tective indicated the photograph
land your copy of the letter."
Ted Burritt assented and replaced
| the other articles.
Il shall make point" said Mr..
| Sharp, "of going through the report
| of the inquest again to refresh my
| memory, and in case there should be
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