The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-31

Boyd glanced sharply about the front
office, at the drawn curtains, the two
desks, the table and several chairs in
| orderly arrangement nearby, and at
the various other objects which went
to furnish the rather inferior office. The
only indication of anything wrong,
/ however was the closed door of the
rear ROOM and this Boyd FASTENED to
open, with the central office man close
AT his heels. ON the threshold he quick
! ~ TeCOiled. however. and gTipped Cole
man hard by the arm.
/ Wait bit-till / have a lookH' he
muttered brOkenly, with eyes suddenly
glowing brighter. This is murder,
/ Jimmie, murder most foul!'
/ With half-an-eye one might have
read the dreadful truth in the shock
/ ing picture the room presented. The
| curtain at the one rear window was
/ drawn down, lending to the scene a
subdued yelowish light which served
greatly to augment its ghastliness.
/ y large safe in one corner stood open,
/ the small steel drawers of which lay
/ scattered upon the floor rifIed of their
, contents. ON an open TOll-tOp desk
nearby stood a large oil lamp, which
evidently had burned out, for the wick
showed chdrred and black above the
! burner, and a stuffy, smoky atmosphere
I pcrvaded the room.
PROSTATE upon the floor near the
chair at his open desk. with his limbs
contracted and his gray head lying in
a pool of CONCEALED blood, was
stretched the body of the bond broker,
slain by as foul a blow as ever mortal
man delivered. So -s SSH
The central office man taught his
breath, used though he waste startling
scenes and repulsive pictures. No long
er restrained by officer Burke. whose
curiosity also was Sroused, the crowd
had pressed into the front office. and
with voices hushed and eyes awed were
peering into the inner office at the
murdered man.
Not d sound had come from Janwav,
who was the first TO follow Coleman
and Boyd into the room; and while the
latter still stood studying the scene of
the crime, with MS fTCWninS eyes seek
ing even the slightest clue To its Der-
petrators, the brief silence was broken
by another
This was Hislop, who had arrived
quite bre2thlessly upon the scene. and
quickly wOrmed his way into the bro
kers Office. the moment his eager gaze
fell upon the CORY figure of Collamore
at sight of which he did not so much as
shrink or shudder. he gave unre-
strained expression to his sentiments.
Aha! aha" he cried shriIly. almost
al Boyd's elbow. What did tell YOU?
Something wrong here. eh?- / should
say 50! 1 should say so. indeed, This
Is what comes of employing a man
whose character is none of the best.
and who
But he got no further with his noisy
msinuatiOn, for Janway had turned
upon Elm as if suddenly dashed with a
whip.
What's that?" he fairly roared. livid
TO the lips. DO you dare intimate. you
hell-kite, that l know aught of this?
BcoaI those words, or I'll throttle them
down your throat old man though you
arer'
For a moment it looked as if the
room would be the scene of a second
murder, for Janway had leaned upon
Hlsiop as a terrier springs upon a rat.
and appeared bent uTcn shaking his
very he out. With violence that
brooked no opposition, however. Boyd
quickly tore the two men apart. hurI-
ing JanWay back against the wall. and
crying steTnly:
Silence, both of YOU Are you mad.
Hlsiop' that you venture thus? And
you, Janway-"
Pardoni l was wrong" Janwav
hoaFsely cried, with imnulsive gestures
OF appeal Il knew not what / did. II
forgot MS years, and that his-his-"
lie would have referred 10 Hislon's
daughter, and to his own love for her
Out the words seemed to choke i'm his
throat, and again Boyd Interrupted
No more of that Let the matter
drop This is no time or place for such
a braWL Another word from you. His
Top, and I'll place you under arrest.
You, Burke, see that l am not inter-
rupted- Step in yonder with me- Jim
ME ana Wen see what may be
learned OF this appalling crime. Knock
on the door, Burke, if l am wanted"
coleman already had entered the in
ner office, but Mr.. Felix Boyd halted
FOR a moment On the threshold to
glance sharply at the men addressed.
tuntins and snarling under his
breath, Htslop was engaged in replac-
ing his disOrdered garments
With nearly every eye i'm the room
fixed upon him. many of which now
evinced QUickened suspicion. Janwav
stood motionless at one side. with his
tall figure reared against the wall. and
his drawn features as coiorless as the
linen at his throat. in his burning blue
eyes, however, and the rigid line of his
regular lips, one might have read that
some great resolution. obviously grim
and infieXible had taken the place of
his momentary passion.
II
what do You think of that, Felix?'
asked Coleman, rs Boyd Joined him in
the inner Office and closed the door
'Of what. Jimmie?"
"Of that crack from old Hislop. Does
he know something of this affair, or of
Janway?"
Every little of either, Jimmie. is my
present belief" Boyd hurriedly an
swered. Wen consider it later, how
ever Just now time is of value
Byrnes may show no at any moment,
for i'll news travels quickly, and 1 want
the first whack at the evidence here
C0llamOre was my client, and I'll AT
least hound his assassin to the scat
fold, since that now is the limit of ser
vice | can do him. Run uD that cur
tain and let daylight in here
Boyd's voice had become brusk even
TO harshness. His diiated eyes had
taken on a f5verish. unnatural glitter,
seen in them only when the hound in
the man was let loose and his brain
stimulated to intense activity. At such
times he was rude even to ugliness, and
his every move was made with decision
and dispatch that seemed to preclude