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

another nan whel L left the house next
morning. and | Yas eager to grapple
anew with the MYSTERY. | ound Two
reports awaiting ne at the ofiice: MI.
Royce had passd a good night ana
WIS better: the derks who had spent
the afternoon beore in visiting the
stables had as VT discovered nothing
and We're continuing their search.
l looked up a tine card of the Long
Island railroad, and found that Miss
Holladay's c%oachnan could not reach
the city until 80. So ! put ON my
hat again. sough, a secluded table at
WallacN's, and oer IL cigar n stein
Of hook. drew up 6 resume of the case
to clear the atmosphere rs IL We're. 1T
ran something like this:
March 10. Thursay-Holladay found
murdered: daughter drives to Wash
iE~ton square.
March IA. Friday-Coroner's inquest;
Miss Holiday released; mysterious
rote received.
March 16. Sunday-Holladay buried.
March Is. Tuesday-Will opened and
~pIobated.
March IS. Friday-Miss Holiday re-
turns from drive bringing new maid
with her and discharges old ne.
March 90. Saturiay-Gives orders to
open summer house.
AplIl /. Tu~esday-Asks for 800. 900.
April 2. Wednesday-Gets 1t.
April 3. Thursday-Leaves home. os-
company with
new maid.
April IA. Monday-Butler reports her
disappearance. Royce taken i'll: i begin
my search.
There 1 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
mystery should have taken only a
month. For years, as 1t seemed to me,
1 had thought of nothing else.
carefully. There was only one opening
that l could see where 1t was possible
to begin work with the hope of ac-
compllshing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holladay had
driven to Washington Square: she had.
l felt certain. visited her sister: 1 must
discover the lodging of this wom;ln
Perhaps I should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In any vent, | Mould
have a new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground.
I 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
did not discourage me: for l 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. l looked at my watch n saw that
1t was past his hour. / was pleased to
find him awaiting me when l opened
the office door three minutes later. l
aad only ii few questions to ask him.
when our mistress left the car
riage the day you drove her to Wash
tngton Square. did YOU notice which
street she took after she left the
square,"
Yes sir: she went on down West
Broadway"
'On which side"
"Th' left-hand side, sir: TIL east side"
"She must have crossed the street
to get to that side"
Yes, sir: she did. l noticed pertic'-
lar. for l though it funny she shouldn't
we let me drive her her on down tn
street to wherever she was goin'. Its
a dirty place along there. sir"
Yes. l know. When you drove her
u on the 2Sth-the day she brought
back the maid-where did she go?'
ITO Washington square. again sir
"And left you waiting for her."
Yes. sir. just tn same"
"And went down the same street."
Yes. sir: crossed to tn east side
Just tn same as TIL time before
How long was she one"
"Over an hour. sir; n hour am a
half. l should say"
Did you notice anything unusua In
her appearance when she came back? p
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 1 felt that 1t would help ms
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
n again, 1t gave me a point to in
sist on In my inquiries-I new the
date upon which the mysterious woma
had left her lodging. Or. at least
knew that it must be one of two dates
TIL lodging had been vacated. then
either on the twenty eighth of March
or the third of April. AS a last re.
source. l had the photograph. was
ready to begin my search, and dis.
missed Brooks. warning him not to sa.
anything to anyone about the mystery
As I passed out the door t. the paw
ment. I happened to glance across tn.
way. and there. in the crowd OF brok
ers which always lines the street, l per.
cetved Martigny. He was listening in
tently to one of h brokers, who wa:
talking earnestly in his ear-tellinf
him how to make his fortune, I sup
pOse-and did rot see me. For an In
slant, l was tempted to cross to him
and get him ont Of danger. Then
smiled at the absurdity OF the thought
1t would take ; clever man to feec,
Martigny. and recalled his strong face
his masterful air--he was no fool. n,
lamb ready for the shears. He wa
perfectly able to look out for himself
to WELD the shears with power and eff
feet. II need be.
1 turned west toward Broadway. still
l suppose. thinking Of him subcon
sciously: for a few oment later
some Irresistible impulse caused me t
walking after re: on the opposite sid