Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-14
The Woman In
the Above.
by ANNA KATHARINE GREEN,
Author Of 1.-THE Millionaire BABY" 1.-THE
FIIigree Ball." THE House 10 the
Mist," "The Amethyst
Box" Etc.
Copyright, 1903, The Bobbs-Merrin Go.

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HAD he hired him without recon.
mendation? He would not be likely to,
yet the page was clear of all reference;
only the name and the date. But the
datei You have already noted It's sig
nificance, and later he did too. The
day of the Ramsdell ball! The day OF
the great murder! AS he recalled the
incidents of that day he understood
why the record of Wellgood's name
was unaccompanied by the usual refer
ence. 1t had been difficult day all
round. The function was an important
one and the weather bad. There was,
besides, an unusual shortage In his
number of assistants. Two men had
that very morning been laid up with
sickness, and when this able looking,
self confident Wellgood presented him
self for immediate employment he took
him out of hand with the merest glance
at what looked like very satisfactory
reference.
Later, he had intended to look up
this reference, which he had been care
full to preserve by sticking it, along
with other papers, on his spike file.
But in the distractions following the
untoward events of the evening he
had neglected to do SO, feeling per
fectly satisfied with the mans work
and general behavior. Now it was a
different thing. The man had left
him summarily, and he felt impelled to
hunt up the person who had recon-
mended him and see whether this was
the first time that Wellgood had repaid
good treatment with bad. Running
through the papers with which his file
was now full he found that the one
he sought was not there. This reused
him in good earnest, for he was GER
tain that he had not removed it him
self and there was no one else who
had the right to do so. He suspected
the culprit, young lad who occasion
ally had access to his desk. But this
boy was no longer in the Office. He
had dismissed him for some petty fault
the previous week, and it took him
several days to find him again. Mean
time his anger grew and when he final
ly came face to face with the lad he
accused him Of the suspected trick
with so much vehemence that the In
evitable happened, and the boy, con-
fessed. This is what he acknowledged.
He had taken the reference of the file,
but only to give 1t to Wellgood him
self, who had offered him money for It.
When asked how much money, the
boy admitted that the sum was ten
dollars-an extraordinary amount from
n poor man for so simple a service, If
the man merely wished to secure his
reference for future use; so extraor-
binary that Mr.. Jones grew more and
more pertinent in his inquiries, elicit
Ing finally what he surely could not
have hoped for in the beginning-the
exact address Of the party referred to
IN the paper he had stolen, and which,
Tor some reason. the boy remembered.
1t was an uptown address, and, as
soon as the caterer could leave his
business, he took the elevated and pro-
ceeded TO the specified street and num-
Der.
''Miss Van Arsdale, surprise await
ed him, and awaited us when he told
the result of his search. The name at
tached to the recommendation had
been Hiram Sears, Steward He did
not know of any such man-perhaps
you do. But when he reached the
house from which the recommendation
was dated, he saw that 1t was one of
the great houses of New York,
though he could not at the instant re-
member who lived there. But he soon
found out. The first passerby told
him. Miss Van Arsdale, perhaps you
can do the same. The number was
Eighty-sixth street.
A." repeated, quite aghast "Why,
Mr.. Fairbrother himself The hus-
band off,
name you may have heard mentioned
1t the inquest, though for very good
reason he was not there in person, ID
his steward and general factotum."
'Oh! And it was he who recon-
mended Wellgood"
Eyes"
And did Mr.. Jones see him%
No. The house, you remember. Is
closed. Mr. Fairbrother on leaving
town gave his servants a vacation.
His steward he took with him-that is,
they started together. But we hear
no mention made of him in our tele-
grams from Santa Fe. He does not
seem to have followed Mr.. Fairbrother
into the mountains"
you say that in peculiar way" l
remarked.
Because it has struck us peculiarly.
Where is Sears now? And why did
he not go on with Mr.. Fairbrother
when he left home with every appar-
ent intention of accompanying him to
the Plaeide mine? Miss Van Arsdale,
we were impressed with this fact when
we heard Of Mr.. Fairbrothers lonely
trip from where he was taken Ill tc