Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08

of securing TIE lake 1f0El III ScsttSH VI
the mysterious holdup .laa. Two plain
clothes men remained to question the
witnesses and to inspect the neiShbor-
hood in which the crime was commit
ted.
Word came from the inner room that
Mrs. Cable was regaining conscious
ness.
"Does-can she throw any light on
the AFFAIR."" asked Elias broom.
.'She has uttered no word except her
husbands name. think she IS still
calling upon him for help, poor thing
said the young woman who bore the
news.
"Cable ought to be notified" said one
of the men.
Don't do it over the phone" said
broom quickly. Pm going past his
house. I'll stop In and tell him. Let
me out. officer. l must get out of these
wet garments. I'm an old man, you
know"
The probable solution had come to
| broom like a flash. AS he hurried up
| the street his mind was full of the
theory. He scarcely could wait for the
door of David Cables house TO be
| opened In response to his vigorous
! ringing. The maid announced that
Mr. and Ms. Cable were out. 1t was
enough for broom. He put the puzzle
| together in that instant. David Cables
| face was the one he had seen. not
James Bansemers. The maid set up
historical shrieking when he bluntly
told her of the mishap to her mistress,
but he did not wait to answer ques-
tions. He was off to find James Banse-
mer The volcano he had been watch
ing so long was about to burst, and he
| knew it.
Forgetting his wet garments, he en-
tered drug store and telephoned to
Bansemer's home. His employer an
fwered the call so readily that broom
knew he had not been far from the In
strument that evening. There was a
note of disappointment in his voice
when Droom's hoarse tones replied tO
his polite "Hello!"
IN be over in half an hour" said
broom. Every important business. Is
Graydon there?"
He's just gone to Cables. Some
one telephoned for him minute or sc
ago. What's wrong? Do you know?
I'm be there in fifteen minutes" was
all that broom would say.
Elias memory could not carry him
back to the time when he had hired 8
cab. A cab was one of the luXuries
lie had not cultivated. One can only
imagine his surprise, then, when he
found himself hailiDS a passing han
som, and greater the surprise he must
have felt when he clambered in ant
ordered the driver to 90 In gallop t
certain place in Wells street. Tel
minutes later he was attired in dry
warm clothes and in the cab again
bound for Bansemer's home. What b,
said to James Bansemer on that mem
orable occasion need not be repeated
1t is only necessary to say that hi:
host was bitterly impressed and will
ing to admit that the Development
might prove serious. They could onl!
speculate as TO what had transpiret
between David Cable and his wife on
J there by the sea wall, but it wa
} enough for them to know that criSi
: was at hand.
We'll see what the morning paper
: say about the affair."" said Bansemer
+! uneasy and cold.
The morning papers were full of tn
sensational robbery, the prominence o
the victim and the viciousnesS of tn
J attack. Elias broom read the az
counts eagerly as he breakfasted Il
t the dingy little restaurant near hi
home, bright and early. He grinne
= appreciably over the share of glor
that fell to him, and he actually Gao
e killed. over the new developments in tn
great mystery.
He had observed with relief that th
name of James Bansemer was nc
mentioned. The reports from the bee
side of the robbers victim were mos
optimistic. She was delirious from th
e effects of the shock, but no serious II
e suits We're expected. The great hea(
d lines on the first page of the paper h
S was reading set his mind temporaril
$ at rest. There was no suggestion @
e truth in them.
y 1ue EpduSE VI tulS NARRATIVE, WI
/. knows the true facts in the case,
e doubtless more interested in the move
r, ments and emotions of David Cab
than in the surmises of others.
d would be difficult for a certainty I
ask one to put himself in Cables plaC
l. and to experience the sensations {
that unhappy man as he fled along tt
, dark shore of the lake. Perhaps muc
e will be taken on faith If the write
n simply says that the fugitive finall
n skunk from the weeds and refuse {
= what was then called ''the district
g Lake n"-"Streeterville' in l
e cal parlance-to find himself pantin
n and terror stricken in the bleak east en-
e Of Chicagoavenue. 1t was not until the
Il that he secured control of his nerve
y and resorted to the stealth and cul
It ming of the real criminal
= From that time until he stood shive
e ing and white with logged intention
). a theater foyer bent upon establishir
y an alibi, his movements are scarce
s worth the details. Between the acts