Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

Nnpn ItII Ine HOUSE u'NJ
morning. and I was eager to grapplc
anew with the mystery. | found two
reports awaiting me nj the office. Mr..
Royce had passed n good nigh: and
was better: the clerks who had spent
tile afternoon before in visiting the
stables had as yet discovered nothing.
and were continuing their search
looked up II time card of the Long
Island railroad and found that Miss
Holidays coachman could not reach
the city until $3.50; so put on my hat
again. sought Il secluded table at Wal
lacks. and over n cigar and stein of
book drew up Il resume of The case
to clear the atmosphere. as it were. ii
ran something like this.
March ~, Thursday - Holiday found
murdered; daughter drives To- Wash
ington square.
March Il, Friday. 49, Coroner's inquest:
Miss Holladay released. mysterious
note received.
March &c. Sunday.--liolladay buried.
March is. Tuesday. VIII opened and pro-
bated
March IS, Friday-Miss Holiday returns
from drive, bringing new maid with
March 20, Saturday. Gives orders TO
open summer house.
April ], Tuesday.-Asks for 100000
April 2. Wednesday .--Gets it.
April =, Thursday Leaves homo. osten-
sibiv for Belair. in company with new
maid.
April "a. Monday. Butler reports her dis
appearance. Royce taken Ill. i begin
ms search.
There stopped. The last entry
brought mo up to date. There was
nothing more to add. But it seemed
impossible that ali the developments
If this mystery should have taken only
| month. For years. as it seemed to
ne. had thought of nothing else.
looked over the schedule AGAIN
carefully There was only one opening
that | could see where il WAS possible
to begin work with the hope of accom-
plishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss IIolladay bad
driven To Washington square. she had,
] felt certain. visited her sister: must
discover the lodging of this woman,
Perhaps should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In any event, ! should
The police had been over the ground,
| knew. They had exhausted every re
source in the effort 10 locate Mr.. IIol-
'aday's mysterious, visitor and had
found not Il trace of her. But that fact
Md not discourage me, for | hopcl TO
ftart my search with information
which the police had not possessed
In Sh Lao uhl d,
to tell me
Recalled suddenly to remembrance
Of him. ! looked ~ my watch and saw
ihat ii was past his hour | was pleas
Ell to find him awaiting me when |
Opcne! tn" office door three minutes
latcr. In / ony n few questions to
ask him.
"Wlh'l your mistress l"ir the car
riago the day you drove her to Wash.
ingtol square dil You notice which
street SD" took afto. she left the
square:'
YES, sir; she Went on down West
Broadway"
"On which, sidc:'
"'rh' left hand side. sir: III east SIDE"
get to that side
Yes. sir: she did noticed per
tic'lar. for ! thought it funny she
shouldn't we let me drive her on down
III street to wherever she was goin'
It's n dirty place along there, sir"
yes. | know. When you drove her
out on the 2Stlh- the day she brought
In oil "a mail v.l,,.n III 81,
''TO Washington square again. sir"
"And left you waiting for herr"
"Yes. sir: just III same"
And went down the same street,"
"Ycs, sir; crossed to III east side
lust tn same as III time before"
How long was she gomez
over an hour, sir; an hour an q
half. should say
Did You notice anything unusual IN
her appearance when she came back"
NO, sir; she was wcarin' heavy
veil. She had tn other woman Will
her. an she just said Home in n Eind
o hoarse voice as | helped them into
tn carriage"
That was all that he conld tell me
anu HtL ! Itlt NIiul II WOlN l'lp IUs
greatly. In the first place. it narrowed
my Investigations to the district lyin.
TO the east of West Broadway, and
knew that the French quarter EXTENDED
only n block or two in that direction
And. again. ii gave me a point to insist
on in my inquiries knew the dat
upon which the mysterious woman hat
left her lodging, or, mt least. knew
that it must be one Of two dates. TIN
lodging had been vacated. then. cithe
on the 2Sth Of March or the 81 of April
AS Il last resource had the photo
graph. was ready To begin my searcl
and dismissed Brooks. warming him u
say nothing to any one about the mys
terry.
As passed ont the door to the pave
ment | happened to glance across til,
way, and there, in the crowd of bro
kcrs who always line the street
perceived Mnrtgny, He was listenin;
intcnty To one of the brokers, wh
was talking earnestly in his ear-tcll
Ing him how to make his fortune,
suppore--apd did not see me. For al
instant ! was tempted To cross to hin
aud get him out Of danger. Then
smiled at the absurdity of the thought
1t would take Il clever man TO fecc
Martlgny, and ! recalled his stron
face, bis masterful air. He was no foo