The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10
Wife and therefore
Drew Document
in Her Favor.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Annerly, detective. has been called by
Major Fairfax. OF The Orchards, to make
some Investigations. Arriving al the sta
tton' he is met BY Antrim, the majors sec
rotary, who tells him that Fairfax died
suddenly that morning. Foul play is
peCted.
The family al The Orchards consists of
Major FairfaLs sister-tn-law Walter and
rSosatIloua OsIeE, aho laura ana Jeanne
FAIRFAX al orphans, children OF the majors
own brother and sister There are also ser
wants housekeeper CMrs. Edmunds). and
Jefferson, the majors body-servant.
Reynolds. lawyer OF uncertain reputa-
ton, conducts the Inquest. Lr. Dalton is
OF the opinion that the major was poisoned.
Mrs Fairfax Is certain that the death was
caused by one Of the household. OstensibIy
the beneficiary OF the majors will. which
AdolPh Myers, the family lawyer, has charge
or At the inquest Myers discovers that he
has brought away from his onice the wrong
papers, and the will is not read. After the
Inquest. Annerly and Myers start to drive
70 town The lawyer speaks Of the mutual
hatred OF Mrs. Fairfax and the housekeepeF
and declares that there has been a cruel
wrong in the entire proceeding. On the
bank OF river the horse SHES and they are
pEecipitated into the stream Myers Is
life MS
Jean Fairfax. meeting Auuerlv. tells mir,
OF secret visitor she says Major Fairfax
received at his front door the last evening
he vas alive. and who told him OF some
mysterious woman whom he had found for
Fairfax at Qutvering Bayou. Miss Fairfax
had been an accidental eavesdropper. She
Was quite certain She knew the visitors
voice. Annerly goes to Quiverfng BAYOU
where she finds a man and woman with an
imbecils child. News OF the death OF Fair
fax throws the woman into commissions
de enters their hut to get some medicine
Jean tells Anneriy that on the night be-
FORE her uncles death he talked with a man
on the veranda who made him a present OF
small parcel The mans voice was ia
miliar. She heard him mention finding
something st ouiverins Bayou
Annerly goes 70 the bayou On the next
DAY, ana comes upon an elderly colpIe
living there II an old cabin. TTpon hearing
OF the majors death. the man seizes An
nerly's horse and sets on TO fnd Myers.
being ignorant of his death
On the way back Annerly stumbles upon
Walter Foster and a girl Statia g-Itb
whom he is IN love. She lives with the Ola
couple, but Is obviously of a different sort
Foster takes Annerly home.
Way also refers TO the veranda interview
previously mentioned by Jean. Walter ds-
clares that the man was Antrim, as does
visitor. From Antrim, Aunerly hnds that
there was someone IN the house who pos
sessed a great influence over the major. No
one seems 10 know who II Is
Dalton discovers that the top LAYER Of
cigars in the box that he received from his
visitor with the exception Of that which
the major was smoking when he diedl has
been changed. He forms a theory that they
were poisoned with a newly discovered and
very deadly drug. The purchaser OF the
cigars answered 70 the description OF An
trim.
Myers partner knows nothing Of the will
but shows note which he has found among
penitentiary.