The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-08

Tnat Gay, DOWNTOWN, Six or the same KIND Oh iec
tiers were handed me by friends of mine. They
had been received at their respective houses.
Every letter was ealike and contained the threat
to hurt me with Mrs. Stanton" Again there was
a short pause, and Stanton continued:
You see, could have all mail diverted from my
house to the ONCE, but that would cause Mrs.
Stanton to be suspicious, 80 have watched the
mail ever since, tntercepting the postman when
possible and have so far succeeded In keeping
them from her; but sooner or later one Will get by
me and then there will be the devil to pay" sss'
Cheney was interested; the young man was 80
earnest In his manner. and Judge Treat had sent
him. Et TEf* Hg M
"You say these letters began coming about two
months ago?" ssS5 IN IN $&
Eyes, sir, and they've come about ten days
apart ever since" sl Ey lC NJ
"Your friends always receive theirs atsthe same
timer sE
Eyes, sir" ,< a .4 N
'You say they refer to your past ID there any.
thing In hat past You would not want known Any.
thing wnlcn might be considered disfeRc
you W.. pardon my questions Mr.. StatOp, yAald U
Cheney. noting the mans rising color IA IN mot
mean to be personal or inQusitiye but it III essen
tial that know all. \ want TO help yolsi now
help me do It." s kYsl sss IS Il .s WI
X, Stanton had risen, but again seated himselfAhd
replied: fs sss " II n SSs IN ~ sss M Ss
.Well. colonel, Il am no better and no worss than
most young men. was educated at Vale college;
my father gave me a liberais allowances and slowed
fair crop OF wild oats but there was nothing dis
grcaeful. there were mo- acknowledgements After
left college 1 came here. went la buhipesa with
father. Last year, as said was merfieds'
That all" s3s WA s,Ss
d. @You know q % q. who would nave any mo-
tive In injuring your s
mo. sir; not living soul" Y IA ,.Et Y IN 5g
Have you any Of the letters with your 't n
only two; the rest DESTROYED. replied stan
ton, handing over the letters Cheney placed
them In desk drawer and said \.
do you keep a butler, Mr.. Stanton?
Il did keep one, but he left yesterday and !
haven't as yet secured another one" ai@
That Is indeed fortunate I'll send you a young
man today. Hire him, trust him implicitly, and
60 about your business as II nothing had happen.
ed Your butler VIII look after the mail coming
to your house and be assured no undesirable let.
ter will reach MRS. Stanton. The case does not
look easy, but think perhaps can help you. One
thing: Not word OF this to anyone, and as soon
as your friends give you any more letters bring
them 70 me- Good morning, Mr.. Stanton"
An soon as Stanton had gone Cheney sent for
Sid Guthrie and explained the case to him.
where do come In. Cheney" asked Guthrie
when he had finished.
You're Stantons new butler. You 60 out there
and keep watch on the incoming mail. Keep
Mrs Stanton from getting undesirable letters.
Any that are addressed as these are give to
Stanton and let me know It as soon as possible.
You're great on lunches the one you
had IN Smedberg Neb.. when we were on that
7 Paymaster Case? Get some more on this mail
business. You sabe?"
Sure thing: I'm ON all right But this butler
business does not appeal to me. II spill hot soup
DOWN Stantons back or wine on his wifes dress
don't you blame me- and with laugh he was
gone. taking with him card Of Introduction TO
Stanton.
Cheney studied the two letters carefully He
. recognised the paper from which the words were
cut as the GlobeD Democrat from the print and they
were both sent from q substation out ON WaShing-
ton avenue. There was nothing obscene In their
contents. but they breathed vengeance and c0v-
ertly intimated that the writer. or more properly
"paster" was after Stanton with n eharn stick
Handwriting or typewriting might have given q
ciew, but the paper pasted letter did not OrdI-
nary scratch paper had been used and the envel-
ope was plain white. There was not even wa
ter mark
"Puzzlng." unused Cheney. land damned ingen.
iously done but the person doing IL must have
had lots Of time. To cut paper and paste six of
these letters In one day. was not q small Job"
Cheney determined to walt for developments and
ct the same time find out what he could about
Stanton. Y
Guthrie was duly installed as butler in the
stanton home and madeedaily reports TO Cheney.
Nothing uut0WAP0 hannAt.aA Me- M an.