The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-25
JAMES HOPE,
 INSPECTOR

!
 Inspector Hope was at the zenith of
 his fame when be was given the case
 of ''The Brown Eyes" to work up. The
 beginning of the ease was murder committed in London omnibus. While the vehicle was rolling along with only two passengers in it-one
 banker and the other q Iady-the bank | CT was stabbed to the heart, dAd the | lady swung herself off the step and dis
 appeared among the crowd The bank
 CT lived long enough to say that she was a young and handsome woman, richly attired, and that she had large | brown eyes. She had not robbed him, nor could he tell why she had sought
 hls death. She sat near him. but they
 had not spoken word when she sud | denly drew a dagger ard plunged 1t into his side. Fifty different people saw the young woman leave the Omnl-
 bus, but five minutes later, when the alarm was given, no one could say in
 which direction she had disappeared.
 Even in his dying hour, as was after l ward ascertuucd, the banker had lied. Many years previously and in another
 city he had wrong2j a trusting girl and left her to die in shame and dis
 grace. That girl had a sister. and the
 murderess of the omnibus was un- doubtedly she The banker had two sons, both of them young men. One | held a responsible position in large | iewelry house, and the other was just | setting up as a harristor. The police | thought it would be an casy natter 10 pick up the woman with tEe brown eyes, but they found to the contrary | She did not have half an hou's start
 of them, and yet they failed to dis l cover a trace For weeks anj weeks
 they were looking for brown oycd wo- men and keeping them under survcil- ! lance, but nothing came of iD
 One day three months Inter 2 young woman who spoke French fairly we'll ! but who was undoubtedly En%l sh. call | ed at a iewelry house in Boul street
 and looked at a lot of valuable gems
 and asked that they be sent to her rooms at certain hotel at a certain
 hour. She would then pay for what she | finally selected. It was the house in which the bankers san was employed and he was selected to 9 with the val
 uables. He reached the hotel, vas con ducted to the lady's rooms and two | hours later was found dead there. He | had also been stabbed. As none of the | gems had been taken and as the wom-
 an had mysterlously disappeared 1t was set down as a case of revenge. l According to the clerk and the servants
 of the hotel, the murderess had large brown eyes, and her general dcscrip ton fitted that of the woman of the cab.
 At this time two events happened In
 the life of Inspector Hope, He was
 given the case of the brown eyed wom. | an to work out, and h.s wife had par tlal stroke of paralysis and engaged a young woman to act as nurse and com- Danion. She had advertised. and in au-
 swer came a stranger who knew a good | deal about nursing and who brought | the very best of characters. Inspector
 Hope saw and talked with her himself
 and was pleased to find her intelligent
 and anxious to please. She freely an | swered all questions and took the place
 on probation. The Inspector was to
 write to certain parties in regard to her l recommends. When two weeks had passed she asked if he had written. He
 had not. His wife was so well pleased
 with her nurse that be decided to take | chances.
 For five weeks the nurse never left
 the house, and for five weeks Inspect | or Hope brought all his luck, logic 1 and aC":den to bear on the last n.l?. der case, but he made no progress. lie
 was in despair, but still at work, feel | lng that his reputation was at stake.
 when a third mysterious murder wns committed. The soI Of the banker | who was in law hal received aS | client one afternoon y)-.G aAa | handsome woman wearing a E.I T'.. | She was in his office n hour. Dur.u2 | the first half hour two people .lW her l there. No one knew when Shc d.
 parted, but when a caller opcucI thc door the young lawyer was toUad breathing his last. Ue had lc.u st2J 1 bei as his father and broL.r had
 been. and by the same dagger and ihC
 same hand. Again the murdcr.sS bud disappeared and left no trace.
 AS a member of the family, almos, the nurse heard a great deal of talk about rhe strange murders and seem. ed interested to an extent, She knew
 how fervently the inspector desired tt make a capture and was kind enough ! to hope that he would succeed. Two 1 days after the murder of the lawyer ! Mrs. Hope and the nurse went to the country for a two months stay, and
 the inspector set to work as he never
 had before SpurreI by the rewards
 offered. a thousand detectives and
 constables were on the lookout for the woman with brown eyes. When six
 weeks had passed and their orjor had
 begun to cool Inspector Hope received word that his wife's nurse was strangely missing. He went down t.