Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-13
CHAPTER XI.
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| Royce had passed a good night ana
| was better the clerks who had spent
| the afternoon before in visiting the
| stables had as yet discovered nothlng
! and were continuing their search
i 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 / put on my
| hat again, sought secluded table AT
! Wallack's, and over cigar ana stem
/ of book, drew up a resume of the case
! TO clear ,he atmosphere as IL were, II
/ ran something like this:
March 13, Thursday Holiday found
! murdered; daughter drives 10 WASH
! hgton square.
/ March ia, Friday-Coroner's inquest;
/ Miss Holiday released; mysterious
! note received.
| March 16. Sunday Holladay buried.
| March Is, Tuesday win opened and
| probated.
March 2s, Frlday-Mss Holiday re-
! turns from drive bringing new maid
| with her and discharges old one.
! March 29, Saturday-Give orders 10
| open summer house.
ApiIl /, Tuesday-Asks for 100000.
April 2, Weduesday-Get it.
| April 3, Thursday-Leaves home os-
| tcnsibly for Belair in company with
new maid.
| April IA, Monday-Butler reports her
| disappearance; Royce taken III; begin
/ my search,
There | stopped The last entry
I brought me up 20 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 IT seemed TO me.
| l had thought OF nothing else.
| | looked over the schedule again
| carefully. There was only one opening
| that l could see where il was possible
! 10 begin work with the hope of ac-
! complishing anything. That was i'm the
/ very first entry Miss Holiday had
/ driven to Washington Square; she had,
! [ felt certain, visited her sister | must
/ discover the lodging Of this woman.
! Perhaps | should also discover Frances
! Holiday there In any 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 20 locate Mr., Hol-
! ladays 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
] NE
Recalled suddenly to remembrance Of
/ him, looked at my watch and saw that
/ 1t was past his hour. / was pleased to
! find him awaiting ne 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
| lngton Square, did you notice which
street she took after she left the
| square,
/ Broadway
ION which side?"
"Th' left hand side, sir: tn cast side"
Il
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'. Its
dirty place along there. sir"
| "Yes, | 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 nour, sir; and hour an
| half, | should say"
Did you notice anything unusual in
her appearance when she came back p
mo, sir; she was wearin' a heavy
veil. She had tn other woman with
kind OF hoarse voice, as l helped them
into tn carriage"
That was all that ne could tell me,
| and yet / felt that IL would help me
greatly. In the first place il 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, ii gave me a point to in
sist on in my inquiries knew the
date upon which the mysterious woman
had left her lodging. Or al least
knew that 1t must be one OF two dates.
The lodging had been vacated, then,
or the third of April. AS 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 l 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
tentIy to one of the brokers. who was
talking earnestly in his ear--telling
him how to make mis- fortune, l sup
pose--and did not see me. For an in
slant, | was tempted TO cross to him.
and get him out OF danger Then
smiled at the absurdity 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, no
lamb ready for the shears. He was
perfectly able TO look out for himself
to WELD the shears with power and eff
feet, If need be.
turned west toward Broadway still,
i suppose, thinking of him subcon-
sciously; for a few moments later,
some irresistible impulse caused me to
glance around And there he was
wal llxfpU after pna "a 70 gY1 10
of the street! Then, in a flash un-
derstood. He was following me!
Ii is difficult to describe the shock
that ran through me, that left me
numbed and helpless. For an instant,
j stumbled on, half dazed; then, grad
with a certain fierce joy, a hot exulta-
tion. Here. at last, was something
definite, tangible, q clew ready To my
hand, II only We're clever enough to
follow it up; ray Of light in the dark
ness! l could feel my cheeks burning,
and my heart leaping at the thought,
But what had been his part in the
affair? For a moment, / groped blind
ly in the dark, but only for a moment
Whatever his share in the tragedy, he
had plainly been left behind 10 watch
us; to make sure that we did not follow
the fugitives, to warn them in case OF
danger. l understood, now. his solicit
tude for Miss Holiaday--" in her /
take such an INTEREST," Ii was import
ant that she should know the moment
we discovered her absence. And he had
known; he knew that l was even at
this moment commencing the search
for her. My cheeks REDEEMED at the
thought of my indiscretness; yet he
was man to command confidence
Who would have suspected him? And
an ola proyerb which ne had repeated
one evening, flashed through my mind:
'Folle est la brebls qui au loup sc
confesse."
silly is the sheep who to the wolf
herself confesses." had translated 1t,
with that painful literalness character
istic of the beginner. Well, / had been
the sheep, and silly enough, heaven
knows
l had reached Broadway, and at the
corner paused to look at a display of