The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-01


he makes his acquaintance In a bun-
dreG ways and then proceeds to fleece
him. In a word, Mr.. Beecot. you may
put it that Mr.. hay is Captain Hawk
and those he swindles are pigeons
Paul was quite startled by this rev.
elation, and 1t was painful TO hear II |
Of an old school friend. "He does not /
look like a man of that sort" be re-
monstrated
you are rich now through vour /
promised wife, and Hay will find If |
OUT
Miss Norman's money has nothing |
to do with me. And l may mention |
that as soon as the case is in your
hands, Mr.. Hurd"-
which 1t is now," interpolated the
detective
u intend to marry Miss Norman,
and then we viii travel for a time"
That's very wise of you. Give Hay
q wide berth. OF course If you meet
him you needn't tell him what 1 have
told you. But when he tries to come
Captain Hawk over you, be on your
guard"
Il shall, and thanks for the warn
ing"
So the two parted. Hurd went away
to have the bills printed, and Paul re-
turned to Gwynne street to arrange
with Sylvia about their early mar
riage. Deborah was in the seventh
heaven of delight that her young mis-
tress would soon be In a safe haven
and enjoy the protection of an honor
able man. Knowing that she would
soon be relieved from care. she told
Bart Tawsey that they would be mar
ried at the same time as the young
couple and that the laundry would be
started as soon as Mr.. and Mrs. Bee
cot left for the continent Bart, of
course, agreed-he always did agree
with Deborah-and so everything was
nicely arranged.
Meanwhile Pash worked to prove the
will, pay the death duties and to place
Sylvia in full possession of her prop
erty. He found in one of the safes
the certificate of the girls birth and
also the marriage certificate of Aaron
Norman in the name of Lemuel Krill.
The man evidently had his doubts OF
the marriage being a legal one If con-
tracted under his alias. He had mar
ried Lillian Garner, who was describ-
ed as q spinster. But who she was
and where she came from and what
her position in life might be could not
be discovered. Krill was married in
a quiet city church, and Pash, having
searched, found everything in order.
Mrs. Krill, or Norman, as she was
known, lived only year or two after
her marriage and then died, leaving
Sylvia to the care of her husband.
There were several nurses in success
sion until Deborah grew old enough to
attend alone on her young mistress.
Then Norman dismissed the nurse, and
Deborah had been Sylvias slave and
Aaron's servant until the tragic hour
| of his death. So, everything being in
order, there was no difficulty in plac-
ing Sylvia in possession of her prop
erty.
! Pash was engaged in this congenial
work for several weeks. and during
that time all went smoothly Paul paid
I ,
house, which was to be vacated as soon
as he made Sylvia his wife. Deborah
searched for her laundry and obtained
the premises she wanted at moder-
ate rental. Sylvia basked In the sun
shine of her future husbands love, and
Hurd hunted for the assassin of the
late Mr.. Norman without success. The
handbills with his portrait and real
name and description of the circum-
stances of his death were scattered
broadcast over the country from Land s
End to John O'Groat's, but hitherto no
one had applied for the reward. The
name of Krill seemed to be rare one,
and the dead man apparently had no
relatives, for no one took the slightest
interest in the bills beyond envying
the lucky person who would gain the
large reward offered for the conviction
of the murderer
Then one day Deborah, while clean.
ing out the cellar. found a piece of pa
per which had slipped down behind
one of the safes. These had not been
removed for many years, and the pa.
per, apparently placed carelessly Oh
top, had accidentally dropped behind
Deborah, always thinking something
might reveal the past TO Sylvia and af
ford a clew to the assassin, brought
the paper to her mistress. 1t proved
to be a few lines of letter, com
menced, but never finished But the
few lines were of deep interest
MY dear daughter" these ran, ''wher
: 1 die you will find that married your
: mother under the name of Lemue
Krill. That is my real name, but
wish you TO continue to call yoursel1
Norman for necessary reasons. If the
: name of Krill gets into the papers
there VIII be great trouble. Keep 4
from the public. l can tell you where
to find the reasons for this, as I have
. Written Here the letter ended
abruptly without any signature. Nor
man aDDarantly was writing IL wher