The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
CHAPTER Y.
TIE Woman il tire Next Car.


lower ten broke up, to reform in
smaller knots through the car The
porter remained on guard With
something Of relief ! sank into a seat
wanted 10 think, TO try to remember
the details OF the previous night. Bat
my inquisitire acquaintance had other
Intentions He came up and sal down
beside me. Like the conductor, he had
taken notes Of the dead mans be-
lnngings. his name, address, clothing
and the general circumstances Of the
crime. Now with his little notebook
open before him, he prepared to en-
joy the minor sensation Of the rob
berry
And now for the second victim"
lie began cheerfully. What is your
name and address. please
eyed him with suspicion
n have lost everything but my name
and address. parried What do you
1 want them for2 Publication
nOh, no; dear. no." he said, shocked
at my misapprehension. Merely for
my own enlightenment. like to
gather data Of this kind and draw my
own conclusions Most interesting and
engrossing Once or twice have
forestalled the results OF police inyes'
tigation but entirely for my own
amusement
nodded tolerantly Most of us
have hobbies, knew a man once who
carried his handkerchief up his sleeve
and had mania for old colored prints
cut out Of Godeys Lady Book
II use that inductive method orig
mated by Poe and followed since with
such success by Conan Doyle. Have
you ever read Gaboriau? All, you have
missed treat, indeed And now, to
set down to business. what is the
name OF our escaped thief and prob
able murderer"
"How on earth do | know" ! de
manded iInpatiently "IIe didn't write
Il In blood anywhere. did he?"
The little man looked hurt and dis
appointed
NJ do you mean to say he asked,
"that the pockets Of those clothes are
entirely empty?"
The pockets, In the excitement I
had forgotten entirely the sealskin
grip which the porter now sat at my
feet, and had not investigated the
Jackets at all With the inquisitive
mans pencil taking note of every
thing that found, einptied them on
the opposite seat
Upper left-hand waist-coat. two lead
pencils and fountain pen; lower
right waist-coat, matchbox and small
stamp book; right-hand pocket coat,
pair of gray suede gloves. new. size
seven and half, left-hand pocket,
gun-metsl cigarette case studded with
pearls, halffull of Egyptian cigarettes.
The trousers pockets contained gold
penknife, small amount of money in
bills and change. and handkerchief
With the initial s. on it.
Further search through the coat dis
covered card-ease with cards bear
ing the name Henry Pinckney Sulli.
van, and leather flask with gold
mountings, filed with what seemed 10
be very fair whisky, and mono
grammed H. p s.
His name evidently is Henry
Pinckney Sullivan said the cheerful
follower of Poe. as he wrote 1t down.
Address as yet unknown Blonde.
probably. Have you noticed that It is
almost always the blonde men who af-
feet very light gray. with touch
OF red in the scarf9 Fact. assure you.
] kept record once Of the sumner
attire OF men. and 80 per cent fol-
lowed nay rule Dark men like you
affect navy blue, or brown.
In spite Of myself was amused at
the mans shrewdness
'.Yes; the suit he took was dark
a blue" said
He rubbed his hands and smiled at
me delightedly.
Then you wore black shoes not
tan he said, with glance at the az.
sressive yellow ones wore
Right again" ! acknowledged.
"Black low shoes and black embroid.
cred hose. II you keep on youl have
motive for the crime and the muir
derers present place OF hiding And
n you come back 10 the smoker with
me. I'll give you an opportunity to
Judge II he knew good whisky from
bad"
put the articles from the pockets
back again and got up. Il wonder II
there Is diner on?" | said u need
something sustaining after all this.
was conscious then Of some one
at my elbow | turned to see the
young woman whose face was so
vaguely familiar. In the very act OF
speaking she drew back suddenly and
colored.
"oh--I beg your pardon" she said
hurriedly, Thought you were
some one else" She was looking in
puzzled fashion at my coat ] fell
all the cringing guilt of man wht
1as accidentally picked up the wrong
ainht Oh my neck.
s'rm sorry said idiotically TN
nnrry. but---I'm not ] have learned
since that she has bright brown hair
with loose waye In it that drops
over her ears. and dark blue eyes