The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-08

an which, the robbery or the mur.
DER"
My God, l don't know. You and l
have been the best Of friends ever since
we first mot | have stood by you and
believed in you IN spite Of all that your
enemies have said against you. But
now a&
"Wcll?"
well, | don't know what to think.
You bet me that you would commit
crime Ina few hours there is a robbery,
and little later woman is killed in
the very house where the Remsens lived
1t is known--thcro is another account
in another paper herc--it is known that
you were IN that house for an hour after
40 at night and that while you We're
there Il woman was heard to scream
from that apartment where the corpse
was found Then here they find the
jewels, and the case had your name on
it"
he woman 5 name, You mean The
paper made that deduction, think. "
THAT is true Ibid not think of that
OF course it was her name, hut don't
You see lam alImuddled up and excited
| came here to ask you to say outright
that you have had nothing TO do with
this thing
That is impossible.
What, you refuse? Yen viii not
claim that you are innocent: Then you
practically admit that you are guilty." |
i do not Ineither deny nor admit
anything Do you remember our wager?
| told you then that this crisis would f.
alise-that you would hear Of some
crime and como to ask me about it. !
warned you that | would refuse to en-
Tighten yen | simply keep my word
This was followed by silence Nj
Randolph seemed much disturbed. Jam
ming his hands into his pockets he went !
and looked out Of the window. Mr..
Mitchell looked at him for some minutes
with q smile Of amusement hoyefing
about his lips Suddenly he said;
Randolph, does your conscience trou-
BILE you"
Most decidedly = answered his com
panion sharply, turning toward HIM
why not 90 and uuburden your soul |
to the pohcc:"
/ think it is my duty to do SO. But /
| feel like a coward at the idea II /
seems like hetraying friend
All, you still count me your friend t.
Then,. my dear friend--for | assure you |
lvaluc your good will viii show yon |
how TO act SO as to satisfy your con
science and yet not iniuro me.
i wish 10 heaven you would"
Nothing castor Go to Mr.. Barnes
and make a clean breast Of all that you
Lnow.
But that is bepaying you to the pc |
lice.
mo; Mr. Barnes is not the police. |
He is only a private detective If You
remember he is the very one about
whom we were talking when the wager !
was made You We're Boosting Of his /
skill. it should satisfy you then to have |
him on my track, and it Will satisfy me .
if you agree to talk with no other Is it .
1 bargain"
"Yos, since you are willing. | must /
tell some one in authority. 1t is impos
sible for mo to withhold what may bo .
the means Of detecting a criminal
Mr.. Randolph, upon leaving the ho
tel, went in search Of Mr. Barnes /
Meanwhile that gentleman was holding .
Il conversation with Wilson
You say, ~ said the detective, "that I
Mr.. Mitchell gave you the slip again .
yesterday aftemom*
Yes; he doubled so often on his /
tracks on the elevated road that at las. .
be eludcd me, getting ou a train which /
| failed tohomd You see, it was impos
sihle to tell, till the moment Of starting, /
whether he would take train or not |
He would mix with thecroWd and seem .
anxious to yet ON, and then at the last .
moment step back J had to initiate /
him at the other end of thccoaqh, ind I
finally he got On just rs tho guard at /
my cud slammed the gates Il
"This was at Forty second stIoetP" 1
Yes; ho took the down train y. T
Did hcnuiico you in any Nayj'
II suppose so, but no enc would have .
guessed it, lie appeared entirely igno
rant uf The fact that no was followed, 80 !
far as watching me was concerned. "
"You arc not 20 blame. Go back to .
his hotel and dotho best yuucan Leave /.
the rest to mc Ivill discover where it .
is he goes on these mysterious trips" /
Loft to himself Mr. Barnes thoughts f.
took this form:
Wilson il no match for Mr. Mitchell .
That is evident wonder whether there
is any real object in this game Of hide
and seek or whether it is simply an in
timatim to ne that he cannot he shad
owed If the lattcr-well, we shall see.
Now let me think about those jewels
found in New Haven. They tally exact
" with the description. Their discovery
conpliCates the case once more had
almost concluded that those III the safety
vaults were the ones stolen and fliat as
they really belong 10 Mr. Mitchell, as
proved by his receipts, he stole them t0
win his wager In this way he ran no
risk, since, if the crime were brought
homo 20 him. he could not be imprisUn-
cd. though he would lose the bet. Now
here j. another set, evidently the right