The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-08
My Invisible
Client
I SEQ. - serve Her - -
Illegal Prscse<Ezf

By r FOrsythe Emery

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I was sa1nterl1g % 4 tAor1ughfzr.
linsd with dwellings. Passing uzder q
uinEow slfuated hat . few feet aboTs
~ hesd ! lard > gToznzn's vozce pro
1osscs NJ naze Il tone slzssr IN
auAlbse. I steppea ard locked up.
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All belag dark within. I coaId Sc
EethsnE
How % yOu know that I an . Law
yeryr / zs1ed How can serve youy =
There Fzs 10 rely. / lLstened. but
e11ld hear nothing u0re- There was
hut one interpretafi0n- EoEe one must
hare e1fefed The room whose presence
put an end 70 the conversation I
waited fss momenfs; thea thlnklng
that M lurking fheEs under The win
dow night compromise ny invisible
client. I walked On
Tbs ne1t evening and the next for
several days I strosled b. the house at
the sane hour and eTen lostered few
moments under tie window. bat not
whisper came from behind the blinds
formed many theories as to what
had occurred II was evident that
some one-fhe voice seemed 70 belong
( % a young wonan-was detained un-
willingly. But whys TO this there
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was one that caused me to doubt the
expediency of pursuing the matter any
further The person might be feeble
minded -perl4s,s insane. II this were
true I would make q mistake. doing
great injury to ny client as wen as
myself. by an interference
lam a netbOdicaI man and defermin-
ed ia begin methodirally at the be-
ginning must 2earn from the out
side who occupied the house, then
something about the occupants.
hired boy 10 watch the premises at
that hour IN the morning when trades
men deliver provisions. note the names
on the wagons calling ana make list
OF them. In this way easily secured
several firm names. one Of a grocer Of
whom ! bought ny own supplies, and
be gave INC the name ~ the person 10
whom he sent goods ~ the premises
ia question II was Miss Elizabeth
siarkIey. a rich lady about CITY years
old.
Ny next move was to obtain perTnis-
sion 0f the grocer to 80 on bis wagon
and deliver goods myself Putting on
Old clothes, did 50. took basket Of
provisions into the kitchen and By
chatting with the cook learned that
the occupants were Miss Marley and
her niece. Miss Irene Benham. a girl
between seventeen and eighteen. This
was ali the Information ! could secure.
but IL was enough for beginning. II
Miss Markley was rich I might be able
to fnd something through records Of
her property-that is. II II were real
estate. / went % the Offices Of the
receiver OF taxes. but the name Eliz-
abeth Markley was not on his list II
occurred 70 me 70 look for the name
Of Benham. and found ''the estnte
OF Adoniram Benham. deceased" Here
was q pointer II Irene Benham wal
heir to this property IL was possible
that her aunt was holding her a pris-
oner while she was attempting 10 get
her estate into her own hands At the
court OF chancery was shown the
will of AdDnlram Benham and the
ease was plain. Irene Benham was
belr to property worth about bali
million
II Miss Markley were wicked enough
to fulfH the theory | had formed Of
her 1t would be necessary 10 fight her
with fire. I dare not make any open
move whatever lest she should remove
her niece TO some hiding place where
she could not be found 7 must get
into cIandestine communication with
Miss Benham-
I bought book suitable for pres
enf 10 a young lady. prettily iIlustrat-
ed. aud sent II to her through the mail
| sent no note Of explanation with i
nor wrote anything on the fyleaf. but
The book itself contained a communica- /
lion. BY delicate underscorlng Of I
words I informed her who / was. my
address. h5w ste could reach me. what
| had learned about her and my sus-
Dicion. | was doubtful Of the success
Of this maneuver. for II her aunt were
her she would examine The
book closely before allowing her niece
10 have It For this reason did not
begin nay message before the fifteenth
cage and made my interIineatious so
faint that no one except one reading
the book would nofice them.
/ waited week for a result to my
axpcdlent. when It came was sure
40 ordinary message could leave the
,farlEiey home without being carefully +
Inspected. The reply was an adver-
lising card Of a secondhand bookstore.
should not have thought Of It's being
1 reply 10 my message had not the
name Of the arm been underscored IN
pencil. / went 70 the bookstore and
,elfed II they had any communication
'or me. They said tbey had not !
vent away disappointed and while
walking along thinking Of a possible
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