The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23


Thus much the lawyer learned, but from
the strange ledger himself he learned
nothing. For when Krook took him TO
tho room Memo occupied they found
the latter lying on the bed; dead whether
by accident or design no one could 9tell)
Of an overdose of opium. =.
Curious to see how Lady 0edlock would
receive this news, Mr.. TulkinGhorn called
on her and told her OF the unknown mans
death She pretended to listen Will: little
interest, but his trained eye saw that she
was deeply affected by 1t. ana he became
more anxious than ever to find out what
connection there could be between this
proud and titled woman and the msera-I
BILE copyist who had lived and died In
squalor. .s
Chance favored Mr.. Tulking horn's obs
tect.i& One night he saw Joe, the ragged
crossing sweeper, pointing out 10 a Wo-ii
man whose face was hidden by veil, and
whose form was closely wrapped N q
French shawl, the gate OF the cemetery
where Memo, had been buried. Later.
ut Sir Leicester's, he saw Lady L edlocK,s
maid, SHortcnse-a black haired, swatchlul-
eyed Jealous French woman, with wolf
like ways-wearin the same shawl ldt e
cunningly entrapped the maid into coming
to his house one night wearing both Ven
and shawl, and there detective Whom
he had hired to help him brought heri
unexpectedly face to face with Joe. NJ +.
Tulkinghorn decided at once by the boy 8
actions that Joe had never seen Hortense
before, and then. that instant. he guessed
the trutll-thnt the yelled woman VINO had
gone to the cemetery was Lady31 tsK
herself, and that she had worn her maid S
clothes In order to mislead any observer.
This was a clever tri ok In the lawyer
but it proved too clever for his own good,
for, finding she had been enticed there for.
some deeper purpose I1ortcnse flew into
passion with him, He sneered at her
and turned her out Into the street. threat
cning If she troubled him to have her
put into prison, anu because OF this sho
began to hate him with flerceness which
he did not guess.
Mr.. Tulkinghorn felt himself GETTING
nearer to his goal. But he now had TO
find out who Memo really had been
If he had only known it, there was a
man who could have told him. This was
a sharp. unprinciped little law clerk
named Guppy, who had fallen In love with
Esther Summerson, nlld who would have
worried herto death with his attentions
II she had let him, ~
ISrook one day showed Guppy n bundle
of old letters found in Memo" room
after his death, and these were all adj
WI
a name In whchsthe inqulsitye law clerk
had a SPECIAL Interest for an old servant
OF Esther's godmother. whom he CHANGED
to run across, had told him Esther y name,
when a baby girl had been. not SUM,
mcrson, but Hawdon, also.
Krook himself could not read, except
enough to spell out an address, and he
had no idea what the letters contained.
!, But he was quick to SEQ that tho worry
name Interested the law clerk. and this
made him think the bundle might DO
worth some money. So he put II away
and would not lot Guppy satisfy Ills curl
osity, s%s. #
The next day a strange thing hap
pened that forever destroyed Guppy's
hopes Of seeing these letters; Krook had
drank SO much gin In HIS life that lie
had become perfectly soaked with aleo-
hol, so that he was just like q big
sponge fill Of IT, Now, At is n curious
,5fact that whenSa great mass Of inlam-
mable material is heaped together, some.
times 1t will suddeny burst into flame
and burn Up all IN q minute, without