Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-01-20

And hv the way. believe him 10 he
perfectly sincere In his conviction that
Ais letters OF advice 10 exalted per
so,r-.~ have helIcd IA snap" the des-
tiny 81 ra'inns. 4 mild enthusiast. not
.ir,ifr riei.i Ia lis mind. you'll say. and
,et mo rril. iui. Va. sir: that mans
M, ari thought have been far ateld
from any paths NJ crime.
81 toll no some conventional things
about my life such MS any one might
guess that had been student oi
hooks and not unfamiliar with the pen.
tl.nrgh trained 10 business ways and
raii'y she, - 'ful In the scramble Tor
nnncy
lyon have been worried about III
t,e ila.tc- connected with your bust
reSs' snid he. And then he proceeded
IN tie simplest and most natural man
rar. without trace Of mystery or no
rus pacus. To tell me the precise facts
- ru, our is; Of money and my suspi-
lions alout Gee.
".You were Ilistaken about Cole
sail hc. bit "a no great harm. Your
letter was Unnecessary; that's all
My lester: sid |.
".Y,S' he answered gel tly. And he
proceeded to rrueit il word for worn!
What 40 YOU think II that"
1 ~! MIR. pinsmorc with perfect
honesty that | did not know what 10
think Of it, II he had put his letter
,nvwlerp else but into one or Uncle
SANS mill boxes | might have sus-
pected me form Of trickery. II was
absurd. however, to suppose that TINS
affair inval,cI 4 robbery of the mails
And e,e"y theory or he case encoun-
tered one big. solid obstacle. HOW
could anybody have known that Mr.
Dinsmore WAS gong t. see \almondl
He hadn't decided ~ do SO until he
had boarded the c.E His letter was
then in the custody of Uncle sam and
had 50 remained uAt long after the
interview with \alM.onl had ended.
"NalmJnd is aims, stranger In
New York." said Mi. D.a more Hes
! been here only lew v IS. lie has
no friends He Is in troubIe'-
In troubleE"
lie was arrested ALOut an hour aft
,r left him. The eN eh.ng extras have
lie news. Now, what ought to dor
| emitted snoke but no words.
CHS Linn" said DiAsmore AS II an
swcriA3 an urgUheu, Of mine. mas
done ne II service He IL relieved my
mimi about Cole. The, nothing SUI
pernatur.I about il. ne simply has a
certain power that is within the scope
Of natural law just as II hounds sense
OF smell Is. But this is no time for phi
losophy. Put on your hat and coat and
come over to the station with me. I'm
going TO bail this man out.
He did "Dt move except ~ put up his
hand u his forehead. which WAS wet
with Precipitation.
"Of coul,e the newspapers will get
hold of This" said he They'll ridicuit
me; but, ~ George, it's my duty, and
I'm gunL.'
Still hc did not move. And | smoked
suddenly light came into his eyes
! If | should go down 10 headquar
ters.' said Le, perhaps Captain Crosb,
could tx the thing for me and keep my
name out of it. But if you think that
do that because I'm afraid TO COM
light out
certainly not" said |.
rs good idea" he exclaimed. g
owe ii to you, and I'm obliged. TAX
another cigar"
We went down to headquarters ant
We're gratifed to learn that Captain
Crosby was present. The detectiv
chief came forward with cordial man
ner, ana just as he clasped hands wit
Mr.. Dinsmore | saw my friend start
His eyes had lighted upon blond, blu
eyed man sitting in corner and look
Ing very melancholy.
so you've brought Naimond dow
here" said Mr.. Dnsmore i'll 10,
voice.
Crosby stared and then threw bac
his head and laughed.
That's Sergeant Moore" said b,
Hes friend of your man Coz,
When Cole found that you suspecte
him of robbing you he appealed
Moore, who came TO me about 1t, and
told him to so ahead, SO lie put on
carpenters rig and went down 10 you
shop and kept his eyes open.
Pretty soon lie began TO suspect or
of your boys, and this afternoon L
made it sure thing. You gave lie
ter to this boy to mail, Il letter Il,
dressed to me. The boy pretended
mail it, but mailed an old envelope il
stead. He'd seen the address, and
had scared him. So he came back
the office and read your letter al
tore ii up. Moore got the pieces M
patched them together in half Il mil
ute. Then he went out and telephone
to me. told him to lnsider the cas-
CLOSED down to your place and tn;
I'd put shadow ON to the boy Mea
while I'd be obliged IL Sergeant Mool
would go uptown and arrest vel
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