The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29

ed q hanson and given the address In \
Cromwell Gardens. Tie driver of this 4
hanson has since been founs land be- II
lleves he can Identify me as the person
whom he drove there. TTe declares
that paid him and dismissed him
him at the door OF the house, I am
.,'t'' said to have deliyere the papers
to the footman to give to his MASTER
and hat appeared very Hurried and
agitated. ,5i3
4. II MY answer to all this is that at
the very time was hurrylng to and
from the address at F'inchley. And at |
this point comes the greatest mystery.
I told exactly what I have said here,
and Immediately went out to the adj
dress with a. detective inspector to
verify my story. But a different SER
5vont opened the door to US, and I was
told tina It. I had mot been to tho house
before that day. and that no such%ser-
want as 1Hdescr bed---tl, e one I had seen
earlier. OF! course; q s tout, fair. Sflorid
woman OF about thirty, and a German,
I think--was there or ever had been.
In a word, my statement, instead OF
Questioning could shake the girls
story; and a%search OF the house re-
suited in nothing which tended II in
the least to discredit her orr to con-
firm my statement III may add. how
ever, thatjthe house was, at once placed
under police observation. Late the
same evening the girl went out in cap
and apron, with Jug, and was seen
to enter public house, but was not
seen again. The jug was left on the
counter: and the girl, it Is y supposed,
took off her cap and apron, slipped a
shawl over her head and left by an
other door. The house is now un,-
tenant ted. ,$ s$ 8. go S s4
81 can offer no OK PLANTATION other.
| than the facts as / have told them. I
know. Of course, that I have been made
boldly executed: conspiracy that Twas
purposely decoyed sway in order that
some one made up to n resemble me
1 might get into the building for the;
4 robbery. But Il am also aware that
two other views are held. One Is that
4 1&myselfS was the thief, and the other;
4 that in fit OF temporary alteration
1 Z acted as described 4unconsciously and
4 abstracted the papers. s3 81 5tg
Both those suggestions are the
q veriest rot. ~ am neither a thief nor
4 a mad man. Meanwhile I an, all but
4 ruined. have nothing but my own
word In proof OF my, statement. and
nothing but my consciousness Of in
/ nocence to$support me In 9 very dark
I Ehcur.""S52 NJ Il ~ 55; 5
The paper made but one short co M
| mcnt. S9 II n;
8"Of course we must not fall to recog-
nizeS that Mr.. Fenwtck's statement may
be true and his explanation the correct
/ solution. Meanwhile. where are the
f. stolen papers 2" IS ss$s:
Olives cheeks famed with indigna-
q ton as she read this last sentence. She
: knew where to look for the perpetra-
y tors Of the theft, and when she i read
81 for the second time the description Of
"A the servant whom Jack had seen or
: his first visit to the house. she ;recog:
8 nized 1t as fitting Anna hartmann
7 # What was she to do The problem
: was4a dlstrncting one, and during al
= the rest OF IA the long Journey he
:, thoughts were full 55of 1t. Sh 9 could
9 Of co urse, give information that would
place the woman at once In the hand
9 Of the pollce;$ but what would result
I The wholes gang would in,lnediatel,
! take alarm and disappear; ma n !,
= her sto I'D 5$s way, III wo vi d ss deny j aclk
9 statement, n and even II she were hell
9 in 4 gu stody 1t 5{wo uld not really clea
q Jack. All the dutter caused BY til,
9 arrest would render the ultimate dis
covery vastly moro d. filc cult &extremel!
. lmpro bable indeed, while Olive's Il owl
= Investigation would at the same tim
y be iimpeded. II one arrest was made
: there must be many theirs !; tn Q ne
= must beEspread as vide as possible.
: She was shrewd enough to&see thu
: the question which tn newspap ers ta
: = asked Swas5reallyl the vital point. VIII r
q were the stolen pap ers Olive ha
y, learned enough OF matters ito be abb
- to guess the answer to this. s the
a they h ad already been handed over t
III the people tor whom they had bee
Il stolen, or they were IN the keeping Q
n Mrs Taunton or N1erridew. Pro babl
90 the former. " 5 gsyst
ii It must be her w rlS to ascertain ttt
a. same time hit ton the means Of helpin
!. to solve her own pro blems. i5.53
It # She already had " s# thou ht In til
"a connection She had ~ not played Il til
s spy iii the Minister'S house for nothing
"a The experience had taught her tn
Ia value OF such me thod. and she wa
,e quite ready to i make another attemp
1 She had before recognized that
e. attacking Merridew first she had mad
a q mistake. II was the mother W no Shu
=, been at the DO tom eiof the schen
ID against her and It was Mrs. Merride
4 who must be watched for the futur
"a Olive s idea had been to gain adrA
r tance to silverbeech. II getting q plae
a In the household H there--Just as st
IL had in Cromwell Gard lens. S2 si$ss II ~
rs It was there, IL anywhere, that ST
h. would gain the information she eede
vs. to expose tho fraud Q that early ma
Of r1nge; and MS soon rs the 81 idea be
III taken firm root It strengthened wit
5s3!f every mile Of her journey Ely Fl ~
IA 5{ Then another aevel opment occurrt
as to her. II she could contrlye to for
G Merr!dew Ito sllverbeech.8 rs and the
"a, manage#to overhear5 the conversation
ed batween mother an d son she might u
Of deed discover their secrets. She kne
! a every nook and Granny OF tho bi
he rambling house, It 4 was " a very Q
rill house, with more than. one & seer
On cham Der. staircase and hiding plac
IS constructed cunninEiy IN the tim
as when the former masters of til man
ny had been involved III plots and cou
80. plots againsttthe governmentain t
to times OF tho Rebellion and lator. Is 3i Il
81 88s43 Her quick Inventive wit soon SUI
n Eested a. scheme, and before she reac
TX cd London she had firmly resolved Z
|st put II inFeXecution, q II q y .
yn In stead OF going at once to N
dy Easement, at $Franpton, she would Il,
nd to- II the rooms she had taken If IN h