Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-25

with Mr.. Royce
Here he is!'' he cried. 'No, no;
don't take off your coat; don't even
take off your hat! Come along; it's a
mighty close thing now" and he caught
me by the arm.
"Its all right, Lester" said our
Junior, seeing my astonished counte-
nance. "Mr. Godfrey will explain on
the way out"
That was enough; 1 needed no Sec
ond bidding and ran after Godfrey to
the elevator. At the curb a cab was
waiting and we jumped into it.
"James Slip" called Godfrey, and in
an instant we were off.
The driver seemed to realize the need
Of haste, for we bumped over the paw
ing stones at q prodigious rate, thread
ing the dirty streets and finally pulling
up with a whirl in the shadow of
Brooklyn bridge.
Come on!" cried Godfrey, and we
crossed the ferry house at a jump,
slammed our tickets into the chopper
and sprang aboard the boat just as 1t
was casting loose.
THAT was close shave" said God
frey, sinking into the nearest seat and
taking off his hat.
l sat down beside him and mopped
away the perspiration. 1 had need of
all my breath for moment, but Mt last
managed to blurt out question.
"What's it all about?'
"Well," began Godfrey, putting on
his hat again and looking at me with a
quizzical smile, "in the first place the
eminent and widely known firm of
Graham & Royce has been engaged to
defend one John Tolbert Drysdale now
under arrest charged with murder and
| robbery. You are on your way to
Babylon, Long Island, to look over the
ground, have a talk with your client
and get the case ready"
"So!" 1 nodded. Eyes, read of the
case in last nights papers. But Mr..
Drysdale has never, 1 think, been a
client Of ours. How did he happen to
choose us?"
HE didn't; l chose you. l wanted
him to have the best In the market"
thanks" said, coloring little.
"But how did the Office come to take
the case? We're always rather shy of
criminal cases, you know"
Yes, know you are. But 1
chinned your Junior bit"
THAT explains it!' 1 said, laughing.
"Of course We'll do our best for him"
you'll acquit him. said Godfrey,
with conviction. II was at Boston
yesterday, or I'd have gone down to
Babylon at once and taken you with
me-"
"Then 1 shouldn't have got to say
goodby to Cecily."
ITO whom?"
ITO Cecily-Tremaine's sweetheart,
you know. He shipped her back to
Martinique this morning.
"Oh, did he?" and my companions
eyes narrowed suddenly. "Why was
that?"
l related briefly the incidents Of the
| preceding evening and Of the morn
ing.
Godfrey" 1 added impulsively, eff
you knew Tremaine personally 1 think
you'd realize what a poor case we've
got against him. Why, it's no case
at all! Theorizings all very well, but
what jury wants is evidence-plain,
! straight out, direct evidence-and we
haven't enough Of that to build a cob
web. l thought I'd found some yes
terday afternoon but it was all the
effect Of self induced hypnosis" and I
told him of my visit to Sing Sing.
He listened with intent face
I'm not so sure it WIS hypnosis"
he said, when / had finished. cat
least, I'll have look at those photo
graphs myself before accept that
theory. In fact, rather think it's
Tremaine who has hypnotized you,
not l."
II don't believe he's guilty." 1 re-
peated
Then who ISL"
"Cecily" said bluntly. II believe
she's the one who killed Thompson,
anyway"
where's your evidence?"
Il haven't any," said helplessly;
"only kind of intuition"
"Well, I've the same kind of intuition
1t was Tremaine"
But we haven't any evidence
against him, either; not shred Of real,
direct, convincing evidence"
Perhaps not" he agreed, "but we're
going to get it-enough to convict him
and some to spare"
| Convict him of what?
"Of two murders and one robbery"
'"Then you believe he's implicated in
this Edgemere affair?'
"I'm sure of it."
"But there isn't shred of evidence
against him." protested again, COM
ing back to my old objection. Really
Godfrey was allowing shis prejudices
to carry him too far.
mot a shred, apparently" he assent
ed readily.
well, then, how
"Here's the landing" he interrupted.
eve can talk it over on the train.'
We left the boat and fastened across
to the station. The train was waiting
the word to start and was in motion a
moment after we stepped aboard.
There were not many passengers, for
the morning travel is toward the city,
not from it, and we had no difficulty
in finding seat where we could talk
without fear of being overheard.
"Now," began Godfrey, "as you say,
there isn't shred of evidence, appar-