The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
NJ.

Dut u ltlt INV ullDlItI man
when l left the house next
morning, and l was eager to grapple
anew with the mystery. found two
reports awaiting me ut the office. Mr..
Royce had passed Il good night and
was better: the clerks who had spent
the afternoon before in visiting the
stables had as yet discovered nothing.
and were continuing their search.
l looked up a time card of the Long
Island railroad and found that Miss
Holidays coachman could not reach
the city until $3.50; so l put on my hat
again, sought a secluded table at Wal
lacks, and Owe n cigar and stein Of
book drew UP Il resume OF the case
to clear the atmosphere, AZ It were. 1t
ran something like this:
March 10, Thursday. Holiday found
murdered; daughter drives to Wash
ington square.
March IA. Friday. Coroncr's inquest:
Miss Holiday released; mysterious
note received.
! March 1C. Sunday.-Holladay buried.
March IS, Tuesday.-Will opened and pro-
batcd.
March 2S, Friday.-Miss Holiday returns
" Nv ib6i ~" ht'ahA wan
her n discharges old one.
March 20, Saturday. - Gives orders to
open summer house.
April /. Tuesday.-Asks for $1,000
April 2. Wedncsday.-Gets 1t.
April 8, Thursday.-Leavcs home, osten-
sibly for Belair. in company with new
maid.
April Ia. Monday But reports her dis
appearances; Royce taken i'll. l begin
my search.
There ] stopped. The last entry
brought me up to date. There was
nothing more t. add. But it seemed
impossible that all the developments
Of this mystery should have taken only
a month. For years, as it seemed to
me, | had thought Of nothing else.
looked ove- the schedule again
carefully. There was only one opening
that | could see where II was possible
to begin work with the hope of accom-
plishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holiday had
driven to Washington square; she had
| felt certain, visited her sister; l must
discover the lodging of this woman
Perhaps ! should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In any event, / should
have II new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground
| knew. They had exhausted every re
source In the effort to locate Mr.. lIOl
laday's mysterious visitor and hat
found not IA trace of her. But that fac'
did not discourage me, for ! hoped t
start my search with information
which the police had not possessed
Brooks, the cOachman, should be abb,
to tell me
Recalled suddenly to remembrance,
of him, | looked ut my watch and saw
that il vas past his hour. ! was pleas
ed to find him awaiting me when
opened the Office door three minutes
later. | had only a few questions t.
ask him.
when your mistress left the ear
riage the day you drove her to Wash
inTlon square did You notice whicl
street she took after she left tn
square?"
Yes. sir; she went on down Yves
Broadway"
ION which side?"
9TH left hand side, sir; tn east side.
"She must have crossed the street {
get TO that side"
"Yes, sir; she did. I noticed pei
%tic'lar, for l thought 1t funny sh
shouldn't we let me drive her on dow
/ tn street to wherever she was goin
/ It's a dirty place along there, sir"
( Eyes, ! know. When you drove lie
out On the 2Sth-the day she brough
back the m~aid-where did she goT'
= "To Washington square again, sir"
"And left you waiting for herT'
) Yes, sir: just tn same"
And went down the same streetT'
r "Yes, sir; crossed to tn east sid
just tn same as tn time before"
How long was she gomez
"Over an hour, sir; an hour an
half. I should say"
did you notice anything unusual l
e her appearance when she came back 2
mo, sir; she was wearin' a heav
Y veil. She had tn other woman wit
n her. an she Just said Home! In a kin
e o. hoarse voice as I helped them int