Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-04

ington square.
March H. Friday. - Coroner's inquest;
Miss Holiday released: mysterious
note received.
March Is. sunday-Holladay buried.
March Is. Tuesday.-Will opened and pro-
March Is. Friday.-Miss Holiday returns
from drive. bringing new maid with
her and discharges old one.
March %. Saturday. - Gives orders to
open summer house.
April /. Tuesday.-Asks for 100000
April 2. Wednesday.-Gets 1t.
April 8. Thursday.-Leaves home, osten-
sibiy for Belair. in company with new
maid.
April II. Monday.-Butler reports her dis
appearance: Royce taken Ill: I begin
my search.
There I 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 1t seemed to
me, had thought Of nothing else.
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, I should
have q new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground,
knew. They had exhausted every re-
source In the effort to locate Mr.. Hol-
laday's mysterious visitor and had
found not trace Of her. But that 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. I looked at my watch and saw
that 1t was past his hour. l was pleas
ed to find him awaiting me when I
opened the Office door three minutes
later. had only a 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
squarer'
Yes, sir; she went on down West
Broadway"
ION which sider'
'Th' left hand SIDE sir; tn east side"
"She must have crossed the street to
get to that side"
"YeS, sir; she did. I noticed per-
tic'lar, for thought 1t 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 28th-the day she brought
back the maid-where did she gor'
ITO Warrington square again, sir"
And left you waiting for herr"
Yes. sir; Just tn same"
"And went down the same streetf'
Eyes, sir: crossed to tn east side
just tn same as tn time before"
How long was she gomez"
"Over an hour, sir; an hour an
half. I should say"
did you notice anything unusual In
her appearance when she came back7"
mo, sir; she was wearin' q heavy
veil. She had tn other woman with
her. an she Just said Homer in kind
o hoarse voice as l helped them into
tn carriage"
That was all that he could tell me,
and yet felt that 1t would help me
greatly. In the first place, it narrowed
my Investigations to the district lying
to the east Of West Broadway, and ]
knew that the French quarter extended
only a block or two In that direction.
And, again, it gave me a point to insist
on in my inquiries-I knew the date
upon which the mysterious woman had
left her lodging, or, at least, l knew
that 1t must be one of two dates. The
lodging had been vacated, then, either
on the 18th of March or the Sd of April.
AS a last resource 1 had the photo
graph. was ready to begin my search
and dismissed Brooks, warning him 10
say nothing to any one about the mys.
terry.
AS passed out the door to the pave
ment I happened to glance across the
way, and there, In the crowd Of bro