Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13


., ease they were not open to the public
ernaps II B lodging houseY / observed,
whiie we were looking over the building in
great esr doubt and some trepidation.
EIo9dgers do not put their names on signs
Maddy ~ i''"U'"'
!, But my fathers letters must be brought to
this house !" | said
Probably they are" agreed AIaddy as much
perplexed as | was. II think we had better
retire Tor consultation"
re called hanson cab again, and we drove
back to the hotel. | asked him what the new
luea was but he declined to answer me in the
the door.
we shall not make anything by being in a
hurry, Gay, said he, as he threw himself into
an arm chair. 1--WE can have all the time we
wan want Tor the business, and if we use up six
months or year on our travels no one will
hnd any fault. | told Mr.. Waxall to cable
our arrival to my father this morning, and /
nave no doubt he has done So"
But don't think there is anv use wasting
piled. F'
~ don't mean to waste moment of ie.
NOW Tor the new idea. l suppose you expect
ed, as did to find the name of p. Grantham
on the door of his Office, as we should that of
any legal gentleman or business man in the
United States?"
THAT is what I expected, and confess I
am wofuIly disappointed at the result of our
visit to Little Queen street"
/ And ! felt just then as if the bottom of our
enterprise had dropped out.
| When look at the matter | think we
ought not to be surprised. | have come to
the conclusion that p. Grantham' is fictitious
| name"
What makes you think SOP"
First, because we do not find his name on
the door of his office, if he has any office at
the place we have visited. Second, the chief
conspirator in this business must be very
wealthy man, and able to employ frst-class
| villain to do his nefarious work for him. Such
an agent would not have Office in such
| place as we looked att
rs this the new idea ?''
1T is only part of it. If p Grantham is
a fictitious name, | am satisfied that it is used
only in the communications relating to the
GUS and very thoughtful.
1t doesn't matter what it is used for, if
we can only find the owner of the name"
answered, fearing that my friend was so eau
tlous that we should not get ahead at all.
We'll, what do you think we had better
do? y asked Maddy, who seemed to be lit
tie touched by my implied dissent from his
views.
Explore that house, and find if there is
any such person as P Grantham there | re-
piled, with some energy.
Very good; and the moment that P. Grant
ham, real or fictitious, is informed by the per-
son who attends to the door at the house that
inquiries have been made for him he will know
| that an enemy is on his track said Maddy,
very earnestly. II think it would be equiva-
! lent to telling him that we had come to claim
what belongs to you.'
We discussed this matter for two hours, and
then we took another drive to Little Queen
street
As we entered the street we saw postman
come out of a house nearly opposite the one
| we had visited before
! Good morning, my FRIEND" said Maddy,
| approaching the man. do you happen to
know if there is lodging house in this
street,
"This is not the right quarter for such
| houses, but there is just one in the whole
street, and that is kept by my mother" re-
piled the postman.
@In what part of the street is the house? %
inquired Maddy.
"I Just came out of the house. / am the
bit of dinner" he explained as he led us to
the house and called his mother, Mrs Gar
vile, who showed us the rooms.
The apartments were a front parlor
and a rear chamber on the second floor.
L followed Maddy to the front windows, and
we took look at the house opposite, at which
we had called before. The rental was mode
rate and we became tenants.
you will find them very nice rooms, gen.
tlemen," said Garville, the postman, as he con-
Quoted us down the stairs MY mother is a
very good cook, and if you will please to tell
her the night before what you want for
breakfast, it will be ready for you any hour
You desire it, and if there is anything
can do for you 1 viii be very glad to serve
you" assured the postman, as he took off his
hat and bowed to us.
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