Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-04-12
XXI.
I UNMAsK MY ENEMY.

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Royce had passed a good night and
was better; the clerks who had spent
the afternoon before in visiting the
stables had as yet discovered nothing
and were continuing their search.
| looked up a time card of the Long
Island railroad, and found that Miss
Holladay's coachman could not reach
the city until $3.50. So l put on my
hat again. sought a secluded table at
Wallack's, and over a cigar ana stem
of book, drew up a resume OF the case
To clear the atmosphere as IL were. II
ran something like this: +,
March 10, Thursday-Holladay FOUND
murdered; daughter drives TO WASH
iEgton square.
March IA. Friday-Coroner's inquest;
Miss Holiday released; mysterious
note received.
March 16, Sunday-Holladay buried.
March Is, Tuesday-Will opened
probated.
March %. Friday-Miss Holiday re-
turns from drive bringing new maid
with her and discharges old one.
March 20. Saturday-Gives orders to
open summer house.
April /. Tuesday-Asks for 500, 900.
April 2, Wednesday-Gets it.
April 3, Thursday-Leaves 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 1t seemed impos-
sible hat all the developments of this
mystery should have taken only a
month. For years, as it seemed to me,
/ had thought Of nothing else.
/ looked over the schedule again
carefully. There was only one opening
that / could see where it was possible
TO begin work with the hope Of ac-
complishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holiday had
driven TO Washington Square; she had.
l felt certain, visited her sister; / must
discover the lodging of this woman
Perhaps | should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In event., should
have a new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground,
/ 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 / hoped to
start my search with Information which
the police had not possessed. Brooks,
the coachman, should be able to tell
me-
1ktCdi1Cd ouddtiity w SAiNS ~
him, I looked at my watch and saw that
1t was past his hour. / was pleased TO
find him awaiting me when l opened
the office door three minutes later. /
had only a few questions to ask him.
When your mistress left the car
riage the day you drove her to Wash
ington Square, did you notice which
street she took after she left the
square,"
"yas cir. ohio want on down West
Broadway"
ION which side""
9Th %left-hand side. sir: tn east side"
She must have crossed the street
to get to that side"
Yes, sir; she did. l noticed pertic'-
lar, for / though it funny she shouldn't
we let me drive her her on down tn
street to wherever she was goin'. It's
q dirty place along there, sir"
Yes. l know. When you drove her
out on the 2Sth-the day she brought
back the maid-where did she go?"
ITO Washington square, again sir"
"And left you waiting for herr"
Yes, sir, just tn same"
And went down the same street,
YES, sir; crossed to tn east side
Just tn same. as tn time before"
How long was she gomez"
"Over an hour, sir; and hour an a
half, l should say"
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 | helped them
into tn carriage"
That was all that he could tell me,
and yet l felt that 1t would help me
greatly. In the first place 1t 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
And, again, 1t gave me a point to in
sist on in my inquiries knew the
date upon which h mysterious woman
had left her lodging. Or, at least ]
knew that Ii must be one OF w dates
The lodging had been vacated, then
either on the twenty-eighth OF March
or the third OF April. AS a last re-
source, / had the photograph. / was
ready to begin my search, and dis
missed Brooks. warning him not to say
anything to anyone about the mystery
AS / passed out the door to the pave
ment. / happened to glance across the
way, and there, in the crowd of brok-
ers which always lines the street, / per.
ceived Martigny. He was listening in.
tently to one of the brokers, who was
talking earnestly In his ear-tellins
him how TO make his fortune, ! sup
pose-and did not See me. For an in.
slant, / was tempted 10 cross to him
and get him out OF danger. Then
smiled at the a~bsurdity of the thought
1t would take a clever man to fleece
Martigny, and l recalled his strong face
his masterful air-he was no fool, nj
lamb ready for the shears. He wa.
perfectly able TO loo out for himself
to WELD the shears with power and ef'
feet, IL need be.
/ turned west toward Broadway, still
I suppose. thinking of him subcon'
sciously; for a few moments later
some irresistible impulse caused me t
glance around. And there he was
walking after me. on the opposite sid,
or the street, Then. In a flash. / un.
derstood. He was following me!
1t is difficult to describe the shocl
that ran through me, that left IN,
numbed and helpless. For an instant
stumbled on, half dazed: then, grad
nally, my self control came back, an,
with a certain fierce Joy, a hot exulta
ton. Here, at last. was something
hand. II only ! were clever enough Il
follow II up; a ray Of light in the dark
ness! / could feel my cheeks burning
and my heart leaping at the thought!
But what had been his part in tn
affair? For a moment. / CROPPED blind
Iy In the dark. but only for a moment
Whatever his share In the tragedy. h
had plainly been left behind to watcl
us: to make sure that we did not folloy
the fugittyes: to warn them In case Q
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