The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-02-09

the afternoon before IN visiting thu
stables had as yet discovered nothing
and were continuing their search.
looked up time card Of the Loni
Island railroad and found that Mis-
Holidays coaehman could not reacl
the city until $50; so put on my hai
again, sought secluded table at Wal
lacks, and over a cignr and stein Of
book drew up resume of the case
to clear the atmosphere. as it were. Il
ran something like this;
March 10. Thursday. = Holiday found
murdered: daughter drives to Wash.
ington square.
March II, Friday. = Coroners inquest
Miss Holiday released; mysterious
note received.
March I6 Sunday-Holladay buried.
/ March Is. Tuesday.-Will opened and pro-
bated.
March %. Friday.---Miss Holiday returns
from drive. bringing new maid With
her and discharges old one.
| March 70, Saturday. = Gives orders to
open summer house.
April l. Tuesday.--Asks for 100000.
! April 2, Wednesday.-Get 1t.
| April 3, Thursday home. osten-
sibly for Belair, in company with new
maid.
| April IA. Monday.-Butler reports her dis
appearance; Royce taken i'll; begin
my search.
There stopped. The last entry
brought me up to date. There was
nothing more to add. But it seemed
impossible that all the developments
of this mystery should have taken only
a month For years, as it seemed to
me, / had thought of nothing else.
l looked over the schedule again
carefully. There was only one opening
| that | could see where it was possible
to begin work with the hope Of accom-
plishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holiday had
driven to Washington square; she had,
felt certain, visited her sister; must
discover the lodging of this woman.
Perhaps should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In any event, should
have a new point to work from.
The police mad been over the ground,
/ knew. They had exhausted every re-
source in the effort to locate Mr. Hol-
laday's mysterious visitor and had
foI,r5 net Z trace of her. Dat ;nai fact
did not discourage me, for hoped to
start my search with information
which the police had not possessed.
Brooks, the coachman, should be able
to tell me-
Recalled suddenly to remembrance
Of him, looked at my watch and saw
tho4 ~ x.voe, ,,oef b;o h<.r, I was x.1oar
ed to find him awaiting me when 1
opened the office door three minutes
later. had only few questions to
ask him.
when your mistress left the car
rage the day you drove her to Wash
ington square did you notice which
street she took after she left the
square?''
Yes, sir; she went on down West
Broadway"
ION which side?''
eth left hand side, sir; TIL east side.
"She must have crossed the street to
get to that side"
Eyes, sir; she did. l noticed per-
tic'lar, for I thought it funny she
shouldn't We let me drive her on down
tn street to wherever she was goin'
It's dirty place along there, sir"
Yes, / know When you drove her
out on the 2Sth-the day she brought
back the maid where Gid she go?1
ITO Washington square again, sir"
"And left you waiting for herr"
YES, sir; jusx tn same"
''And went down the same streetT
Yes, sir; crossed to tn east side
just TIL same as th time before"
How long was she gomez"
"Oyer an hour, sir; an hour an
half, / should say"
Did you notice anything unusual in |
her appearance when she came back?'
mo, sir; she was wearin a heavy
veil. She had til other woman with
her. an she just said 'HonneH in a kind
o. hoarse voice as helped them into T
tn carriage"
That was all that he could tell me,
and yet felt that 1t would help me
greatly. In the first place, 1t narrowed
my Investigations to the district lying
to the east OF West Broadway. and J
knew that the French quarter extended
only a block or two in that direction
And, again, it gave nee point to Insist
on in my inquiriesI knew the date
upon which the mysterious woman had
left her lodging, or, at least, / knew
that it must be one Of two dates. The
lodging had been vacated, then, either
Dnsthe 2Sth Of March or the 3D. of April.
AS last resource / had the photo
graph. was ready to begin my search
and dismissed Brooks, warning him 10
say nothing to any one about the nays
terry.
AS passed out the door to the pave
ment I happened to glance across the
way, and there, in the crowd of bro
kers who always line the street,
perceived Martigny. He was listening
ntently to one Of the brokers, who
was talking earnestly In his ear--teIl-
ng him how to make bis fortune,
suppose and did not see me. For an
instant was tempted to cross to him
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