The sun., 1908-10-11
THE OLD ANNE AND
l,s THE YOUNG ANNE
Herbert vat2s~~neath- CFonkite
Tests SuSpiejonS-The To9I That
7a4l Became Superfluous.

Wn8t BoTt Oi young tliAu u ttAo iaONoiN ~
Bergen, who seems 10 touch tho circum-
ference Of the mystery In 10 many places
only TO fly on each time into space like a
tangantf' asked Abe Cronkite.
"A useless young man. 9nswered
Judge Marcellus grufffy. Il wish might
say an impossible young man.
sHe was born with silver spoon In
his mouth. which he threw away at the
first opportunity. He came into a fine
property from his father at majority;
and he was out of IL and without 1t before
he was rs.
sSinoe then he has been looping the loop
OF receiving lnheri'ances and getting rid
OF them. His relatives have had as con-
firnsd habit Of leaving him something
as be has Of keeping nothing
'Diadpated. suppose?' suggested the
detective. '..s
~Not especially" returned the Judge,
mot more so than the normal type OF
young man Of good family who has never
had TO work. He b simply an inveterate
wastFeI.'
swell. why not2 Why should the ownor
Of Q gravel pit be sparing Of pebble to
shy ct SPARROW
sAh, but he IL down 10 BEDROCK ex-
planned the Judge. Herbert Vail. his
fathers cousin. didn't leave him a cent
and Vail was the last relative
"Eot the last, sir corrected Cronkite.
ssince Wallis daughter. Gertrude. the sole
heiross, must be his second cousin
sIi you will kindly wait until I am
finished, Abe said the Judge irritably,
before you begin 20 animadvert. Vail
was the last relative from whom Bergen
could have any expectations. Not only
is Gertrude younger than he, but she has
bean ostranged from him for year or
more. Besides. she is going 70 marry
Abel Rhodes ..r..
'sThe note broker. sir? Well. her aver
sion to Bergen certainly drove Miss Vail
to the Antipodes. Rhodes is elderly.
austere. eminently respectable and prac-
tical. saying-I might say avaricious.
suppose the match was satisfactory to
Mr.. Vail?' .,,
Entirely 30. never saw q man more
at peace with himself and the world than
Vail was when | spent the evening with
him a week ago. He went with me to
the front door and we spoke of the beauty
asNot a cloud in the sky. Marceilus. ;
he said. 1t reminds me Of my own
felicity.
sThe next morning he was found dead
in his bed-poisoned, murdered beyond
the shadow OF doubt. The water In
drunk during the night contained deadly
poison. Think of II! Slipping back re-
freshed into bed to die like dog!'
But who?
aAh, there's the Of the problem which
Gertrude vows she will spend half her
fortune to solve. Who. indeed Vail
is not known 70 have had an enemy in the
world: scholarly valetudinarian, living
in retirement. His room was inaccessi
BILE 10 any intruder; the door bolted and
barred inside. the windows wired with
burglar alarm
bat The water. sir? Who fetched IL
to him fresh just before he was about to
soid Anne, family servant Of two gen.
erations. who had waited on him like a
child since Mrs. Vail died. Gertrude saw
her with the pitcher adrip from the well
and later as she returned without 1t to
lock up the house. She would as soon
suspect herself and g OIts would we ,Sa all crin,.
was committed by some one who had ac-
cess to the room. Apply the process OF
Summation and II this old woman remains
and alone renainsi why"
That's just why have been telling
YOU about Ber gen. retorted the Judge.
He has acted in a way that lays him open
TO suspicion.
sHe tried to see Vail the very night
was there. He put himself repeatedly
in Gertrude's way until she was COM
pelIed to keep indoors to avoid him. Since
the murder ne has tried to intercept old
Anne until the poor old soul became 50
nervous about it that Gertrude packed
her OF TO visit her sister.
"Now, Abe, an idle man at the end OF his
-esources is desperate. A desperate man
ia dangerous We want to you to ingrati-
ate yourself with him.
THAT is apt to be costly proceeding.
sir.'
I see you apprehend the trend OF my
remarks. E.-
Bergen will take any risk, any chance:
Z money is in sight. You shall be well
supplied with It, never fear.
Any risk any chance-see the sinister
significance OF my words, spoken only
with reference to the past. He may have
thought from my presence at VaiPs house
that Vail had not as yet changed the will
made several years ago in which he was
named as a legatee to considerable
amount. From his knowledge OF the house
he NAV have managed to secrete himself
in Vails room.
sBut what's the use Of theorizng when
suspicion already gives you lead? Why,
the Bible itself says that the love OF money
is the root of all evil
sAIl very well,- .grumbled Cronkite as
he prepared To carry out his master g
instructions. But TO my mind no one
truly lovos money Who throws 1t away
Bergen had his bachelor Quarters II
n house that symbolized somewhat hii
fortunes. The fine old aristocratic resi-
dence, its stones ornately carved IL!
trimmings Of teak and ebony and ma
hogany. had come TO the low estate o
offering temporary lodgings. Cronkitt
had no difficulty in renting the middle
room on the same floor with him.
Almost as readily Cronkite formed
: an acquaintance with Bergen. reqnes
for light and then chat as to the com
parative merits OF various tobaccol
forming the agreeable medium. Pres
emily he was seated In an easy ohai
before Bergen's cosey hearth trying &
pipeful Of what the young man unquali
nedIy termed "the finest
A young man. little given TO qualifica
ton, Bergen seemed to the detective
His expression was candid even II a httl
reckless. There was directness in hi
glance, even as there was no shadow o
reserve In mis- speech
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