Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
THE DIAMOND RIVER
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~ DAVID MURRAY


had evidently been written In great haste,
and It ran thus. without date or preface:
II am going AWAY TO lie low for A
while. | have good renson. and Won
shall know about it by and by. Mean.
time do one thing for me. Stop on In
my rooms here under your own name"
The last four words were bca willy I'm.
derlined.
lie was wondering what new develop.
ment in his strangely altered fortunes
this might portcnd, when he found on the
inside of the envelope flap the words.
"You may hear from me N any mo.
mcnt."
lie walked upstoirs. Wondering deeply,
but beginning TO feel as if the bottom
| had fallen ont of his norton of the uni.
verse. Standing upon the hearth rug
with his back TO the fire. and nursing
n polishcd silk b,t in both hands. was
Stranger. who bowed cercmopiously and
| silently,
MAY I ask If Won have business
here. asked Harvey.
II have. sir" the stranger answered.
with n certain brisk poli,cncss. 81 he.
| licve this room is occupicd by Mr.. Ilnr-
yey Martin Jc,hroe."
"'rha, is NV name" said Harvey.
"Excuse mo" said rho stranger. "but
Won are not the man who took these
roomsy"
"'The rooms wore ,,ken for me. sir"
s,id Harvey. "onJ. os Won see. I occupy
thcm."
II must really hog Won to excuse mo.
sir. NV nnme is Tn y,or--.Ioseph Tn ylor.
| have business. serious and important
business. with Mr.. Harvey Martin Jeth.
roe. I,te of Rrazi, Thai ia n nortrai,
Of Tho gentleman and thar Ia tho gentle.
man who took those rooms"
Uorvev ,ont from M, out.,rctched
hand the cnbinct nortro;t rho other ton.
dered ,o him ana iootod M n and M no
knew VERY we'll without raising his eyes
n ver;fv his own cer,o,n,v Wr Josenh
T.vlnr iooted n, him and ,ootaJ hard
Tho voun. man ,onk nj. limo with LITTLE
moro ,hnn n socnn,i,s hesitation Eor
nm. r.a.on mr. onn,h.r hi. unclo had heon
nrofounJly avita,cd nv tho mention Of
,his mans name and business Hs Ind
evidently gone away to avoid the man,
and had evidently had In his own mind
some hint of the strntcyem which his
nephew had nut in practice.
"You nre quite right, sir" he said.
handing back the photograph. "That is
the gentleman who took the trouble to
retain these rooms for me-"
This IL the person with whom I have
business. sir" said Mr.. Taylor. with con.
siderable asperity.
IF YOU have business with that gen.
tleman." Harvey returned. II shall be
very glad TO convey to him anything you
may sny. or npy communication YOU may
contide 10 me-"
Every well, sir" said Mr.. Taylor.
"You moy tell him from me TINT the
. Ezekiel firm IL not likely to nut IN with
any subterfuge. sir. You may tell him
from me that he was accompanied on his
massage from Brazil BY a member of
that Arm. You may tell him from me-
TINT the firm will insist upon it's rights,
. and that II its ends are NOT TO no secured
nv peaceoble means. II IL prepnred "a
leave no stone unturned in order IA
achieve them. You may 90 40 far ma IA
tell him. sir, that Little William IA on
. the warpath."
, A., Io.enb Tavlor. who wo. n ro,
haired man OF saneuine complexion. bod
|. talked himself into a red heat NV thi,
time. He snatched his hat from the IN.
bIe md waved II to his head with n
gesture which bespoke fpality.
Little William. SIR" he repeated,
"don't forget Little William. Perhan.
. Mr.. Jethros may see fit TO change his
, mind when he henrs Of Little William
, Harvey thought he had heard a top n,
the door through the storming voice of
Mr.. Taylor, and as that gentleman turn.
|, cd TO 90 he walked straight into the
. arms Of last nights inspector. The ON.
Ger was In plain clothes now, but Harvey
recognized him In a flash.
, "Good morning." said the inspector
! marching strainght to business. "l'm
afraid this is a little bit of an indiscre
ton on your part, Mr.. Jcthroe. l warn
/, ed you last night, sir, that II you wanted
. to make any sort Of move it might be
. sensible to let me know beforehand"
II think" said Harvey, tive can dis
, pense wit hthis gentleman's presence
: Good morning. Mr.. Taylor. You may re
!. ly upon me to deliver your message"
|. Mr.. Taylor withdrew. having appar
a emily exhausted the resources Of diplo
a macy for the moment. and the inspector
4 went ON impassively:
Q "I'm afraid you've made an error IL
Q running away from inquiry, and 1t viii
be my duty to zee that the maneuvel
Q isn't repeated. There's my warrant fol
4. the action 1 nm taking Mr. Jethroe"