Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
CHATTER Nj.
/ uSMAs MY ENEMY.

the full twelve hurS. Eut l felt Ike
another man whei l left the house next
morning, and | vas eager TO grapple
anew with the mystery. l found TWO
reports awaiting ne at me on VA MA
Royce had passa a good night and
wsts better. the derks who had spent
the afternoon beore in visiting the
stables had as VT discovered nothing
and We're continuing their search.
! looked up a TINE card of the Long
Island railroad. and found that Miss
Holladay's coachnan could not reach
the city until 80. So | put on my
hal again, sought a secluded table at
Wallack's, and over d cigar and stein
" hook. drew up 6 resume of the case
TO clear the atmosphere as IL We're. IL
ran something like this:
March l3. T'hursiay-Holladay found
murdered. daughter drives to Wash
ircton square
March IA. Friday-Coroners inquest;
Miss Hollaeay released, mysterious
rote received.
March IS. sunday-Holladsy buried.
March Is. Tuesday-WNl opened and
p,obated.
March 2s. Friday-Miss Holiday re-
turns from drive bringing new maid
with her and discharges old one.
March 90. Saturiay-Gives orders to
open summer house.
AplIl !. Tuesday-Asks for 100000.
April ?. Wednesday-Gets 1t.
Apr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. home. os-
tensibly for Belair. in company with
new maid.
April IA. Monday-Butler reports her
disappearance: Royce taken i'll: l begin
nv search.
There stopped. The last entry
brought me up to date-there was moth
ing more To add. But it seemed impos-
sible that all the developments of this
nvsfaru Shnt1l bav tuknp only "a
month. For years, as it seemed TO me,
l had thought of nothing else.
l ooked over the schedule again
carefully. There was only one opening
that ! could see where 1t was possible
to begin work with the hope of ac-
very first entry. Miss Holiday had
driven to Washington Square: she had.
l felt certain. visited her sister: l must
discover the lodging of this woman.
Perhaps I should also discover rance
Holiday there. In any event. j should
have Il new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground,
1 knew; they had exhausted every re-
source in the effort to locate Mr.. Hol-
laday's mysterious visitor. and had
found not a trace of her. But that fact
aid not discourage me: for / hoped to
start my search with information which
the police had not possessed. Brooks.
the coachman. should be able 10 tell
NE
Recalled suddenly to remembrance of
him. I looked at my watch and saw that
1t vas past his hour. i vas pleased TO
find him awaiting me when l opened
the office door three minutes later. /
nad only IA few questions to ask him.
When your mistress left the car
riage the day you drove her to WASH
ington Square. did o notice which
street she took after she left the
square,"
yes. sir. she went on down West
Broadway"
On which side?'
18th left hand side. sir: tn east side"
She must have crossed the street
to get to that side"
Yes. sir: she did. I noticed pertic'-
lar, for though it funny she shouldn't
street to wherever she was Eoin'. Its
q dirty place along there. sir"
"Yes, l know. When you drove her
out on the 2Sth-the day she brought
back the maid-wheie did she go?"
7 Washington square. again sir"
"And left you waiting for her"
YES. sir. just tn same"
"And went down the same street,
Eyes. sir: crossed to TIL cas-, side
just tn same as tn time before"
How long was she ne"
'Over an hour. sir; II hour an a
udII, i SNOulu SLY.
Did you notice anything unusual In
her appearance when she came back?"
mo. sir; she was wearin' a heavy
veil. She had tn other woman with
her, an she just said 'Home!' In a
kind of hoarse voice. as 1 helped them
into tn carriage
That was all that he could tell me,
and yet l felt that 1t o help me
greatly. In the first place it narrowed
my Investigations to the district lying
t the east OK West Broadway. and l
knew that the French quarter extended
only n block or two in that direction.
And. again. 1t gave me a point to in
date upOn which the mysterious woman
had left her lodging. Or. at least l
knew that it must be n OF two dates.
The lodging had been vacated, then.
either on the twenty -eighth of March
or the third of April. AS a last re-
ready to begin my search. and dis
missed Brooks. warning him not to say
anything to anyone about the mystery.
As I passed out the door to the pave
ment. l happened to glance across the
way. and there. In the crowd OF brok-
ceived Mart;gny. He was listening in
tently to one OF the brokers. who was
talking earnestly In his ear-telling
him how to make his fortune. l sup
pOse-and did rot see me-. Fol an in
slant. l was tempted to cross to him,
and get him out OF danger. Then /
smiled at the ahsurdity Of the thought.
It would take \ clever man to fleece
Martigny. and Irecalled his strong face,
his masterful air-he was no fool. no
lamb ready for the shears. He was
perfectly able u look out for himself
to WELD the shears with power and eff
feet. II need be.
turned west toward Broadway. still,
I suppose, thillxing OF him subcon-
sciously: for 8 few moments later,
some Irresistible, impulse caused me to
glance around. And there he was,
walking after ne. on the opposite side