The Cairo bulletin., 1912-10-25

"Mr Hardsykes," said, will yon
give me a list Of the names Of the
men who knew of Clarence's little al
fair with the Battery Trust"
Certainly" sold he. Here they
are: Dawson the president; Jamos,
the FIRST yicc-presidont and old Davis.
the cashier, Davis served a year in
jail; hos an old retainer of the family,
rs you might put it. The other two
have had their mouths stopped with
wad Of bills largo enough to Keep
even Wall street fn2ncicrs silent"
Is there any enc eise who might
by any chance know Of this AFFAIR."
None
"Then ono Of these gentlemen is
behind young MandevilIc's artistic lei
ter said l. "Mandeyil'e hasn't the
heart to hurt flea. lie would rather
starye than steal q cent-ror himself.
Are these other men friends OF yours
Nj Ha0asykcs?"
WHY do you ask?"
because It's probably ore at them
that We will have TO put tie screws
on"
They IRE all friends Of miao,' saii
he. The best friends in TIE world.
And the tighter YOU pat The screws
on, Cornell, the better I'll be pleased
no matter how dear the friend, Is
that quite claar?'
THANK YOU" s2id
sand | don't care how you set tho
screws ON, either said he, as lie
bowed nc out.
few days work on the Fart of 9TH
or mon of the agency showed me that
Of the trio in question Davis was in
England, James in sanitalium In
South Carolina and Dawson living in
retirement in his country home M
the Hudson So began to watch Wal
ter Vaudeville again BY watching
him. I don't mean that watched only
his person; | watched everything
that might concern him or his affairs,
including everybody that called on
him, every letter or note that he re-
ceived. every telephone call that he
answered Naturally | didn't do all
this myself but from the minute this
espionage was established | knew
what Vaudeville vas doing about as
well as he knew himself He didn't
move without my knowing whore or
why, Therefore when he made a hur-
ried trip to DaWson's place IN the
river it wasn't remarkable that knew
he did IL in answer to a peremptory
call from Dawson And Dawson's telc-
phone call didn't surprise me, either;
for | had been looking up Mr. Daw-
son.
Vaudeville went up on the New
York Central TO New Rochelle, where
automobile was waiting for hia.
Dawson wasn't in the automobile at
the station; he stopped it and got in
when The Car had gone out Of town
about FIVE miles You see, Clutter, M
partner, had taken the place Of DaT-
sons regular chauffeur, who had been
taken suddenly i'll two days previous
after Clufrer had shown him roll
OF bills. SO Clutter go' all chat passed.
between Dawson and Vaudeville on
the road up 10 The Dawson house AnI
that was enough 70 give me the lead
! sought 10 work On.
We'll" Dawson said as he climbed
in, have you heard from tie CD
goat?"
NO" said Vaudeville. Not a
word"
We'll" continued Dawson, ansrily
you write him another letter tonight
and give hu just another week to
come across. Ii he doesn't give up
you give the story to the public
But, Dawson" protested Mande-
ville at which Dawson said: Either
! that or--you know what happens, You
will never. never know where your
wife is living
Vaudeville almost chokrd at this,
Great heayeas. Dawson, no pleaded.
| how can q human heug have such
stone for a heart as you have2 You
| know that there is Just one thing in
| this world that makes me want to
live; that's to see my wife aed son
Just once more--iust once. Aad you
happen to have found where they are
! living
i "And hidden so that you never viii
!, find them sneered Dawson. she left
YOU because Of your drinking az col