Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25


He extended his search to every part
OF the room. aAA It was not until he
had disturbed the dust Of agss that
he realised the scrap Of paper actually
was gone. His sensations following
that realization were net sf The pleas
antsst- britx was oas sf his best ous-
tomers. and he knew from the aetsc-
uve's sarneEtusss the note was Of sx-
oeptionA Importance. II sAlacsd him
sAly In part t. anA sa taking the plate
from tAs cansra aAA putting Il
through developing Drscsss that the
lens had done It's work more faithfully
than he. He held in HIS hand q n~rfscs
duplicate Of the letter. That would
not satisfy Britx. sf esvrss. but It was
better than II would havs been II the
note lad AisaDDsareA befors the photo
graphing was complete. Burlsn hasten.
to subject the little plate Of copper e
the acid bath. ana ~ the minute
points Of the halfteas came cut with
gratifying distinctnsss. Tie ysuAs man
re1oiesd that As at least was able to
produce the faesinilss the HsaASuar
tiers maa had srdsrsl. Rsmorss
spurrsA him 80 effectively that all the
hundred Impressions were ready whom
Ra~son sent for than. Hall an hsur
afterward. a. many. detectives were
comparing the halftons prints with
the signatures Of all the Millicsnts in
the. registers Of New Ye~ks mere
fashionable hstsls.
Britt. 10 fat a. = hddls after his par
A-A-
lobby Of the Holland House and Join.
Cd Fitch in the bar. That hotel II not
patronized by the Bright Light set.
one reason being that It sturdily re-
psls all attempts at such patronage
Half dozen mon Of undoiibted fash
ion were In the cafe whom Britz and
Fitch draped themselves over one end
OF the bar. and began absorbing long.
cold drinks in punctuation Of their in.
terested talk
We're getting warm. a. tho .eung.
sters say" said Britt, and he told
him Of all that had happened since
their last meeting Your younr lady
won't have to stay in the Tombs much
longer. I'm thinking. unless wa have
stroke Of bad luck I'm puzzled on
one point. however. and that's what I
wanted to see you about. What do
you know about Bruxton sands?"
Z know he's ali right Fitch re-
piled. One Of the best ever"
Known him lonG?"
"Several years. was fortunate in
the case Of a brother cf his. and that
made me pretty solid with the whole
family. Bruxton has done me several
good turns"
You think that square look Of his
is not front. thsn7" inquired the de-
tsctivs.
NO" said the doctor. whs talked
more at his ease with the detective
than he would have dreamed Of do,ns
with any Of his fashionable patients.
Hes the goods"
Well rejoined the sleuth. Tn
glad to hear you say go. don't mind
telling you he made me 4 little sns.
picious this evening. l must say that
for an honest man his attitude VA.
little queer"
In what wayf'
We'll" said Britx, no wouldn't LEI
me see bit OF paper that might havs
helped me whole lot IA this matter:
and Just for 4 moment began to wen.
DER whether he was a. eager to have
tho Missioner mystery solved a. he
pretended to be."
There's no pretenss about Bruxtsn
Sands" said Fitch very positively.
He does want this thing straighteneA
cut. and he wouldn't do anythius IN
any way. II he could help 1t, to hinder
you
Brftz then told the physician more
fully how stubborn Bands had been
IN regard to the note the millionaire.
himself had taken from one Of thsi
Hindoo burglars. W
III admit II seemed strange" sale,
Fitch. But II you 70 On the sssumn
ton there is anything wrong behind
It. you'll lose your point sanls 4. A.
square ~ they make ON"
You don't think. then" asked the
detective. ut 10 possible his infatus,
ton for Mrs. Missioner would lead
him 70 dc anything - queer his nv.
alsr'
Most assuredly nst," replied Fitch.
In the first place, he u net infatuat,
Cd. Bruxton Sands Il gsnuinsiy in
love with Doris Missiensr, an1 he 10
the kind Of man who known the ssrs
OF woman he wants. In the next
place he wouldn't dream Of doing any.
thing underhand, even n he saw thai
the other fellow was und oubtedly win.
ming out. He always plays the game"
We'll. maybe he does," said Brfts,
but, from what I've observed In my
journey through life, this love game
Is ono that is played without any
rules. I've known men who would take
a million If II were handed to them ON
a platter. yet whsd gs pretty close to
mix-up with the Grand Jury to cut
out fellew wAs was after the sane
girl"
You talk as II ysur experience in
the heart line were all ssosaA -hand,-
said Fitch. smiling.
Never been in lsvs In ny life anA
never expect 10 BE-" said Brits But
| have eyes IN my hsal and ears be-
hinl them. ! alse know what wemsn
can DO to mans commsn sense even
whom they don't know they're doing
It. Tho lady who gets tie Isst isn't
always a party to the crfns"
WELL" responded Fitch, T wsnr