The Columbus journal., 1910-09-28

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Have you seen the evening paper,
Mr.. Blakeley?" he inquired.
| ! glanced to where they lay uu
opened, and shook my head
| Then have a disagreeable task.
he said with evident relish. %
course. you had considered the mattel
Of the man Harrington's death closed
after the wreck. I did myself. As fal
as / was concerned. I meant to let Il
remain so. There were no other sur
vivOrs. at least none that I knew of
and in spite of circumstances. there
were a number Of points in your IL
vor.
Il verified your identity. for In
stance. as soon as I recovered from
the shock. Also-I found on inQuirinG
Of your tailor that you invariably wore
dark clothing"
ly. Who are you. anyhow" he de.
manded. And how Is this any bust.
ness Of yOurs?' Mr.. Hotchkiss was
entirely unrufled
I Il have minor position here" he
| said. reaching for a visiting card. Il
am very small patch on the seat Of
government. sir"
Mcknight Muttered something about
certain offensive designs against the
said Patch and retired grumbling to
the window. Our visitor was opening
the paper with a tremendous expendi.
ture Of energy
Here it is. Listen" He read rap
idly aloud:
The Pittsbu-s police have sent to
Baltimore two detectives who are
looking up the survivors OF the ill
fated Washington Flicr. 1t has trans
pired that Simon Harrington. the
Wood street merchant OF that city.
was not killed in the wreck. but was
murdered in his berth tie night pre-
ceding the accident Shortly before
TIE collision. John Flanders. the con-
dUc:or of the Filler. sent this telegram
to the chief OF police:
Body vi Simon Harrington found
stabbed In his berth. lower ten. On
tariO. at $50 this morning.
JOHN FLANDERS. Conductor
1t is hoped that the survivors Of
the wrecked car Ontario will be- found.
to tell What they know of the discov-
cry Of the criEe.
MIR. John Gilmore. head of the
steel company for which Mr. Harring-
ton was purchasing agent. has signiied
his intention oi sitting the matter to
the bottom
So you see" fIotcilkiss concluded.
there's troable brewing. You and I
are the only survivors OF that unfor-
tunatr ear
did not contradict him. but knew
Of two others. 4, least: Alison West.
and The. woman We had left beside the
road that morning. babb!inS incOher-
emily. her black hair tumblirg over
her whit. face.
Unless We can find the man WHO
occupied lower seven" ! suggested
Il have already tried and failed To
find him would not clear you. OF
course. unless we could establish some
between him aud the muir
dered man. II IS the only thing I
Src. however. I have learned this
much" llCtchEiss concluded: Lower
seven waa reserved from C-ssson''
CressOn. Where Alison West and
Mrs. Curtis had taken the train.
Mcknight came forward and sud-
denly held ont his hand. Mr. Hotch-
kiss" he said, fin sorry If I have
been offensive. thought when you
came in. that. like the Irishman and
the COVE rnmcnt. you were 'fGrninst'
Is. II YOU will put those cheerful
relics out of sight somewhere. should
De- glad To have you dine with re at
the Incubator" His name for his
apartment Compared with
johnson. sou are the great original
The strength of this was lost Oh
liStchIiss. but the invitation was
clear They went out together. and |
from my window l watched them get |
INTO Meningitis car. 1t was raining,
and at the corner the Cannonball
skidded. Across the street my detect |
i've. Johnson. looked after them with !
his crooked smile. As he turned I'D /
his collar he saw me. and lifted his |
nat
l left the window and sat down in |
he growing dusk. So the occupant CT |
lower seven had got ON the car ut
rresson. probably with Alison West
md her companion. There was some
ore she cared about enough to shield.
went irritably to the door and SUM
nOned Mrs. KlOpton.
You may throw out those roses"
said. without looking at her. They
are quite dead"
They have been quite dead for
hree days." she re;orted spitefully.
'Euphemia said you threatened to
tismisS her II she touched them"
ITO IF: CONTINCEDJ