The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-27

fine contempt Even now, with the whole
case put under their very noses, they are on
the wrong idea altogether, and will let her
escape. So ] must 60 myself"
But, said. thought the police had
atlast discovered something in Edinburgh"
THE polce2" said Charler, still more
contcmptuously. They discovered it rot
They were helpless--all out at sea, as you
say--till by anonymous communication j
gave them my hints Inquire, said, at
the cloak-room- first at York, then at New
castle, then at Edinburgh. And now, with
all the facts before them, they bungle il
again--not only publishing what ought TO
be kept quiet as the mouse, but actually
missing the whole point Of The clue put in
their hands and yet the case is 50
simple.
"Simplc2" said do,htfully. OF course,
tho idea Of Hindu conjuror like Chanlcr
teaching our trained police and detectives
how to do their work was prcpostcrous; but
! WIS entertained by his bumptious pre-
tensions.
Perfectly simple" he replied you
start with tic asccrtaincd facts. The lady
is bent on getting to her lover in Texas; but
there are several obstacles. | put them
under three heads. First, the difficulty Of
arranging anything under the eyes OF the
uncle and aunt who will smell the rat, and
viii wstch her closely Secondly the i'm
po.aibility Of getting away from Briyton
without her flight being at once discovered
aid stopped. Thirdly, the difficulty Of
povcrty-thc absenceofa all means ofmeeting
tie heavy expefise Of the voyage out.
1.-The first and second difficulties are met
BY this proposed visit TO Scotland; there, in
the house Of these friends, she will be able to
make al the plans, map out her arrange
ments, and, at the right moment, upon some
specious pretext- possibly pretended sum
mons to return to Bnxton-she will leave,
make her journey to Liverpool, and, hey
prcstol be Hallway to America before the
old people in London know anything about
ii. The third Gifiieulty want Of means
lis solved by her fraud Oh the jewellers
And here, too, the Scotch visit is help.
From Abcrdeer-a place where she is not
known she will be able best, with the least
Suspicion, 10 turn the jcwclry into the
money SIC rcsdsfcr Ler journey to America.
This, | believe, was clearly Miss Daven-
ports plan, carefully thought out and ar
ranged for, when she consented 50 readily to
make thai Scotch visit"
Perhaps so, ! remarked. But since it
certainly was not carried out, don't see
how it helps you now"
1T helps good deal, replied Chanler,
"bec2useit forces one to ask, why was it not
carried out1 And find the answer in that
communication from one OF the defrauded
jewellers which reached Mr.. Arkwright on
the morning Of lis niece contemplated de-
parture. That communication seriously
alarmed the young lady, nor would she be
al all ccmiortcd, guess, by Mr.. Arkwright's
promise to call on the jeweler at once; SIZE
feels that everything is q. the very pin
point Of discovery that there must be no
further delay And ! find the plainest indi-
cations that she started on that Scotch jour
nov resolved not to meet those friends at
Aberdeen at all, but to disappear on the
way"
But" | objected, "if that were really
her purpose. why 20 travelling on TO Edin
burgh2 Surely some earlier stop York,
for instance, with direct run to Liverpool
would be her obvious line Of escapc2"
Obvious" said Chanler; but she did
not take it. Again, we ask why2 And the
answer is plain; there is something ON the
way which she wants to get before she dis
appears. Hence my idea Of inquiry at the
cloak-rooms. And this bag, which she
claims at Edinburgh is the solution very
much what | expected"
"Ah," ] said, you think that bag CON
tanned the jewelry, which, suppose, she
had sent on for safety two days before2"
Possibly" Chanler replied; but I
think also that it contained something else
that she wanted even more than the jew
elry. And she got it. We have the clcarest
evidence that it was duly conveyed to her
place in the train. So, then, beyond Edin-
burgh. you have Miss Clara Davenport still
seated in her reserved compartment being
whirled away towards Aberdeen, where her
relatives-and possibly tie police, warned
by telegraph from those London jewellers
are waiting TO receive her. Now, don't you
see what she is going to dor"
D j sflookmy head
z rWhy," said Chsnler, you are as slow
as the police they don't see either. Andit
is just because they don't, that the whole
search is useless--they will never hnd her
knoU what she did with the hall of the
eye can see the one thing she would be GER
tain to try. And it Is just because | know
it, that | 60 to Aberdeen. Within iour
days ! expect TO lay my hand upon this
lady and to give everybody surprise"