Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
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lsstr aAA To 0estssasss' 3oint whit
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their dash IN separate GALS 70 . ~.
slee Apartment In . s1le street 1uot
~ Central Park. whsrs. shortly A3tsr
tAslr several arrivals. hey we've n
eloee ooasaltatlon for Al hour or mesO
wteA Al, ~ supposedly Devised -.
tanner OF The rich NEs. Miesieaer.
yef he secea1 note - Curtis 0ris-
weld that fell into he hands Of TIE
Hindooo-tAo one Prince Kanaada a.
tsrceDtsA at The door Of the FIFTH Ave-
was hsld-was writtsa On . lsttsfhssA
that revealed to Mandy ana the
swami m address they very much de-
sired to know. Had that address found
IL way to Objective Lieutenant Brits
- soon, It would have saved him
much delay. and would have spared .
large part OF the city's detective force
mo leesssity Of . laborieus search
through Manhattaa's hotel registers.
Rurlsn was one Of the most aston.
ished young mon In lower Manhattan
whom. turning from his row OF bottlss.
ne found the note entrusted to him By
Brits had vanished. At Arst ho -.
sunoA Ae had fastened It carslossly
and that It had fallen to the door. A
quick hunt showed him he was wrong.
He extsndsd his search to every part
Of the roon, and Il was not until 10
had disturbed the dust Of ages that
10 realized the scrap Of paper actually
was gone. HIS sensations following
that realization were net Of the pleas.
antsst Britz was ono Of his hest Gus.
toners. and he knew from the detec.
tive's earAsstnsss the note was Of ex.
ceDtonA Importance. It solaoed him
only in part to Ind on taking the plate
from tAs camera and putti.E Il
through developing process that the
lens had done it, work more faithfully
than he. He held In his hand . perfect
duplicate Of tho letter. That would
not satisfy Britx. Of course, but 1t was
better than It would have been II the
note had disappsars1 before the photo
graphing WAS complete. Burlen hasten.
to subject the little plate Of copper to
the acid batha and - the minute
zo::ts of tie Hai;toz. Ss=s Gu: VIE.
gratifying distinctness. the young man
rejoiced that he ct least was able to
produce the facsimiles the HoaAQuar-
ters man had ordered. Remorss
sDurred him 20 effectively that all the
hundred impressions were ready when
Rawsoa sent for them. Halt an hour
afterward, as many detectives were
comparing tho halftone prints with
the signatures Of all the Millicents in
the registers Of New Yorks more
fashisaable hotols.
Drttx. % at ~ fiddle after his Par.
boiling. walked briskly to the narbae
lobby 81 the Holland House aud join
q Fitch In the bar. That Aotel Il not
patrontzed By the Bright Light set,
one reason being that IL sturdily ~
pols all attempts at such patronage.
Halt . dozen men o. undsubteA fash.
Ion were In the cafe whom Brits ana
Fitch draped themselves over one end
Of the bar. and began absorbing long.
cold Arinks IN punctuation Of their In
tsresteA talk.
We're getting warm, a. the young.
sters say said Britz. and he told
him OF all that had happened since
their last meeting. Your young lady
won't have to stay in the Tombs much
longer, I'm thinking. unless We have
q stroke Of bad luck. I'm puzzled o.
one point, however, and that's what I
wanted to see you about. What do
you know about Bruxton sands?"
Il know he's all right" Fitch 70.
Piled. "One Of the best ever"
Known him long!"
Several years. I was fortunate in
the case of brother OF his, and that
made me pretty solid with the whole
family. Bruxton has done mo several
good turns"
you think that square look Of his
Is not front, then?" inquired the de-
tective.
NO" said the doctor, who talked
moro 1T bis ease with the detective
than 10 would have dreamed q doing
with any Of his fashionable patients.
Hes the gseAs.'"
WELL" rsJeined the slsuth. I'm
glad to hear you say 90. don't mind
telling you he made me . little sus.
picious this evening must Say thai
for IN honest man his attitude was .
little queer"
In what wayT
Well" said Britx. he wouldn't lee
mo see bit Of paper that might have
helped me whole lot in this matter:
and just for moment began to won.
der whether he was 40 eager to have
the Missioner mystery solved a. he
pretended to be-"
There's no pretense about Bruxton
Sands." said Fitch very positively.
He does want this thing straishtened
out, and he wouldn't do anythinr In