The Cairo bulletin., 1912-10-08

After dilner | went ont an / strolel
down to the nearest telephone osce
and called UP my friend in the book
ing Office III New Yo9l:, 2 -
90 You knoFv anything about Mrs.
FFollistcr's brother. . little fellow VITA
sporting tendencies? ~ askea
Yes. know of l.;ln. came the slow
answer. Hes q. little no.goed. Tries
10 be an actor sometimes. and, a press
agent occasionally, and falls down on
both Jobs"
"Nhat does he five on?p
search me, He always has money,
though rye heard that old fIolllster
sort of takes care of him. Don't be
slieve it, though, The boy Is q cheap,
bright.li&ht sport
went back TO the hotel and sat
around ana smoked for awhile until
the clerk again fell into conversation
with me led the talk bacl, to the
HOLSTERS.
WAS that bunch Of theatrical peo-
pie up there last Saturday night?' |
asked.
Sure fling" was the reply.
WAS the brother with theme
20, yes But / didn't see him drink
ing around here that time"
bought the clerk a cigar and
strolled away toward the HOLSTER
home
Instead OF going at once to tie
house walked twice around tie
place sizing it up as if / were a Bur
glar looking for a place to enter. One
could hardly imagine a harder pros.
pect from the burglars point of View.
'The house was upon d bluff overlook
ing the Sound. All around it ran a
red brick wall Il feet high On top
of the wall We're long iron spikes. On
the side fronting toward the Sound
was the lodge of the boatmah; in the
opposite corner of the grounds was a
small living house, evidently the
home Of tho gardener, while in all
other corner were the stables and gar
age, with living quarters for coach
man and chauftsur,4To enter that
house burglar would have to scale
The WALL risk detection from one Of
the three outlying houses, cross Il
long open space, and break into a
house which obviously was we'll pro-
tected with safeguards. The more |
looked at the house tl1e more | be-
came Interested II a burglar had en-
tered and stolen those Jewels he must
be man whom 1t would he an in
terestins task to run down. But had
a burglar entered? We're there any
burglars out Of Prison Just then who
would venture such q task?.5
/ ran over the list OF two,story men
whom knew to be at liberty then.
None OF them seemed Of a. class to
perform o job like this. There was
one man whom thebdoh fitted Peters,
the gentleman burglar but Peters
WAS in the Federal prison 4at, Lcayen-.
worth and so was eiimiRated
4 spent a long hour studying The
house in this fashion; then T Went
back to the hotel and called up the
aseney to report for the day. Chef
Burns himself answeree my call.
Say, Cornell" ho said, "lIoIlister
has been phoning the Insurance COM
pany asking Why they don't send out
an investigator to look up his claim.
What's the Natter"
As briefly and sGcclnGtly as could
! related all that ! have. here told
"The thing doesn't look right from
the outside said J. That's why
I'm not reporting at the Hollster
house" iI
The chief was silent FIR moment.
Are Fon s1r9s hvr h @pheu n, atsyouk
thsre sa'IrIa ~. Il soHsh edn..s 80.
STh8ts the information got here
| replied
Well" said he, you 90 UP to thc
house and report, and make your In.
Come back to your hotel
loE the evening And for heavens
sake don't do anything TO make them
think you may not believe things arc
all right"
He rang off
rssAttthe Hoilister house Tcwas usher
edsat once In to Col Hollister on I'M,
forming the butler Of my mission
Rather late in getting here said.
the colonel He was an old man, and
he was not happy, Judging hy bis eS4,