The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

LIN busting to get on loT Weeh-Snu az @h0o"NAN
" City Kennedy tugging at the straps OF
his grin and demonstrating with it under bis
breath Wien the door opened and a messenger ooS
stuck his head in.
,eDoes Mr. Kennedy live hcre7'' be asked
Craig impsticnty seized the pencil, signed his pane
in the book, and tore open night letter
Tin afraid the Atlantic City trip is on, waiter,
he said seriously. ''Tou remember Tom Langley Ia
our class at the university Well, read that.
laid down my safety and took the message
Dear old X it began, regardless OF expense
can you arrange TO up here by next train after
YOU receive this? Uncle Lewis is dead Most mysterl
aus Last night after retired noticed peculiar door
about house Didn't pay much attention. This morn
ing found him lying 6oor of living room, head and
chest literally burned to ashes but lower part OF pooJ
aud arms untouched. Room shows no evidence OF hre
but full of sort Of oily Otherwise nothing un
usual On table near body sphon of sezer bottle OF
imported gin, lines, and glass of rickeys Have re-
moved body. but keeping room exactly as 1ounu
until you arrive Bring Jameson Wire if you cannot
come, but make every effort and spare no expense
Anxiously Tom Langley
Craig was mpateptly looking at his watch as
hastily through the letter.
''Hurry. Walter he exclaimed 'We can Just
catch the Empire State, Here put the rest OF your
things in your grip and jam il shut. We II get some
thing cat the train-I hope | II wire ere com
ing
1t was good ten.bour journey up to the little sta
ion nearest Camp Hangout and at least two-hour
ride after that We had plenty of time to reflect over
what this death might mean 10 Tom aud his sister
md to speculate the manner of it. Tom and Grace
Langley were relatives by marriage of Lewis Langley
who after the death OF his wife, had made them his
proteges. Lewis Langley principally noted as far
] could recall for being member Of some Of the
fastest clubs of both New York and London. Neither
Kennedy nor MYSELF had shared in the worlds opinion
Of him for we knew how good nc had been TO Tom IN
college and, Tom how good no had been TO Grace
-I, fhoT apr1oNy .nN
and in every had treated the brother and sister
as il they had been his own children ~
Tom met us with smart trap at the station a lie
unaffectedly glad 10 and 1T was not dth,
cult to read in his face the worry which tho affair ha
already given him. .
when warned by Langley look at the curious crowd
that always gathered at the railroad station at train
time he cut it short. We stood silently moment while
40 wo swung around the bend in the road that cut
of the little station and its crowd of ookerS.on Ken,
nedy was the first to speak. ''Tom he said, FIRST
OF all, let ask that when get TO the camp We
to be simply two old classmates whom you bad
asked 10 spend few days before the tragedy occurred
Anything will do. There may be nothing at all to
any rate, play the game safely-don any feel
ing which might unpleasaptness later in case you
II quito agree with YOU answered Tom. You
wired, from Albany think, to keep the facts out of
late for that. OF course the thing became vaguely
known IN saranac, although the county officers have
been very considerate Of as aud this morning New
York Record correspondent was over and talked with
us couldn refuse, that would have put very bad
Too bad, = J exclaimed. II had hoped at least
70 be able no to keep the report port down to feT lines in
about i that II simply have TO do something to coun
Eyes" assonted Craig. But-wai Let's sec
the Record story first The Office doesp know You 're
up here You can hold up the Star aud give time
Sos and pg @ Sg Gyow @ tS' s CR ie Is
That certain We must work quickly, Tell me; Tom
who arc at the eamp--anTone except rcatlVcs?'
- No. he replied, guardcdIY his words
niece aud nephew, Isabelle and James. Jr.-wc call hin
Junior. Then there Grace and myself and "A dis
iant relative, Harrington Brown, aud-oh, of course
'Who is Harrington Brown!n asked Craig
- lie 5 on the other side Of the Langley family. OF
thinks that he is quite in love with Isabelle Harrng
ton Brown would be quite catch. OF course he ism
Craig sighed Langley, 81 wish he hadn't done it
Uncle Lewis / mean, Why did he invite his brothc
up when he needed to recover from the swif
pace OF last winter in New York; You know-or yol
don Z know; suppose. but You II know it now-wher
but one drink after another. Dr. Putnam was quit,
disgusted, at least he proessed to be- but, Crag' HI
had ears, they're all ake-they we been Just wait
ing for Uncle Lewis to drink himself 10 death Oh
he added bitterly there's love lost between m,
and the relatives that score, can assure YOU -
How did you find him that morniug'" asked Ken
nedy as II to turn OF this unlocking OF family secrets
That S the worst part Of the whole affair." re
Of his face tighten. You know Uncle Lewis was
hard driukcr but he seemed to show it much
We had been out on the lake in the motor boat fsbn
ali the afternoon aud-well, l must admit both m,
uucles had had frequent pocket pistols
and remember they referred to it each time as halt
Then after supper nothing would do but fzSes and rick
oys. was disgusted, and after reading bit went L
bed. Harrington and my uucles sat up with DR. Put
nam-aceordiug TO Uncle yim--for couple Of hour
longer. Then Harrington. DR.. Putnam aud Uncle jim
went bed, leaving Uncle Lewis still drinking
''I remember waking in the night and the hous
seemed saturated with peculiar odor 1 never smel
apythng, like il in my life So got up and slippc
into my bathrobe. met Grace in tho hall. sbo wa
shifting
Don Z You smell something burnng?' she asked
said did and started dowpstair TO investigate
Everything dark, but that smell all over th
house. ] looked in each room downstairs as | went
bat could nothing. The kitchen and duiug roor