The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-18


actions that the as sassin had been here J,
for Caesar immedl ely Ok q ncsy trail al
back 10 the sshouse. Try as ~ ~ might q
could earnnolthing fT HIN a no
that tho murderer made his escape IN Al
boat land took with him the pole he had
8clt.#the boards he had Wo m. ana every
Ibis crime. One thing seems clear. an q z
that Is that we are ling with no ordi.
nary would wager a. - gpehat.
will he found to be q. man OF mr. " sat
DOM pla CO much confidence In tho Chs
&nese theory, Doc, but as have no1 ~
row. n her father has ever had any, deal ga
$irg s with Cinnamon. we si,al PROBABLY
{, deem aG Il wise 10 look the orlentalss UP ". =
I'VE Immediately ted upon =. this sug ges-@
ton, waiting upon weI.. at my house. n,e:
She said sheS and $her. iather haa SPELL AZ
year In San Francisco wh tu se Ssrs
their household was looked after BY two ~,
Chinese servants named t,Npah sing una
sam Lee ,S The latter had been discharged
81 her father because of his refusal 70 /
perform q certain minor duties hlcl,,E
through oversight had not been set down
L SO ia + as she knew, no alteration hnd
taken place and there were no nara 4
feelings on Ell Their side. San, Lee had sbade \
leave i Notwithstanding which. however
he refused, with true Chinese pertina city.
.to assume III he new duties. She q dM not (
men had been nstrumentaliing her 2 sfather's 4
death, .yetsshe agreed win Maitlandatnais
It would be ~ point gained to &c assured q,
Of this q fact. Maitland accordingly de- &
terlnined to depart Mt once for San Fran Z
cisco, and tho next day he was of.
no letters from u hm !, during IN
Ills absence. AND were fncco l ~.
back. Since his return from india Gwen Yen
lad gIyen evidence Of a reYlving Interest
In life nut now that ne was aEain aondi
ton, from which we found It impossible
+ t. arouse her Alice, who did nor .,gtm.o 70,
please sra
Would Invariably express herself sa !, !,
fed with either md o6 4 dia q not o. sefnhi n
have any choice in the matter. Alice was /
Quite at a loss. 70 understand this I state i;ld
to e Sem .hs1 fa
which even tho effort Of choice. seemed {; an q
table outlay she SIMPLY aladnt
care what happened - she 1 ICY! NJ !y1,a
she saw was viewed as from ,arar,l a nf
seemed 10 her a drama In which she took
oher pars tsa p
ioaans Do ia our utmost 70 arouse III, to
stimulate her wil awaKe y ileF ~ aver
eMaitland had been gone, think, about
Ettreo weeks when my sister and ] \ hit IL
upon a plan which we thought m ght,
have the desired effect upon Gwen. BE,
Il fore her father'stdea Il Is he had been ono 4
Peoples Club, which devoted every !, Wed
snenre. She had attended mono q OF It's
meetings since her terea yement but 4
Alice and i soon persuaded q her to acr
scompany3l,ls on the following week, and
II slicceeded, by a little quiet Wre-pul Ing, &
In getting her appointed to take charge
Of the following meeting ! Which Y was st9
be devoted to thu st ~ or !, "a ntony and
which had been Imposed upon her. Gwen
the most Alice and 4 were able to do d
was to get her to .promlse to think At
\, Tho next morning Maitland walked IN x
upon lls. He Ind found both Of Mr., Dar-
rows former servants and satisfied him
self that they were In, San Francisco on
abhsse e c he R Who He a ESsa
were discussing the ma tier, I took occa .H
5sIon to draw Maitland aside, and told &
him Of Ovens appointment to take,
charge of tho Cleopatra night, and how
necessary 1t was to her health that she J,
should be aroused from her torpor, AZ I I 4
doesn't tal{e long for Maitland TO see q /
hing, and before I had whispered dozon8
s}taaf,ap, Ise egSssea "
ssIoarroW,' he ,bera nj am afraid You
Viii h have Ia poor opinion Of me asFI q
detect i've: This is the, second time II have II
fall " a NJ XII 8-g ~ 81 SSiss
NJ lro be Continued tuesday,