The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-10-03

advice and handles the family pocket
book himself"
Igo laughed raminigcc1tly, and I
chuckled with him.
Eyes. no went On, "the old man
had to be advised a little BIT some
time ago. I advised him. Mrs TIol-
lister fine woman, lovely lady but
Inexperienced in handling large sums
Of money. you know had been given
free swing at the colonefs bank
account BY iove! ! tell You she tore
hole into 1t for two or three years.
Yes, SRI Nearly had the colonel on
his feet said to him, Colonel only
one thing for you to do, Shut down
ON Mrs Eoilister. Don't let her handle
"a dollar otherwise youli be selling
ghat happy home Of yours UP on the
sound
And he shut DOWN. / asked
eyes, yes. Closed down on her
tight For about year she's had
Ia 70 to the colonel for every cent she
got, and believe rae, sir, the colonel
has been careful, very careful, indeed
10. yes, the colonel is safe enough
ananeially Anything up to million
q should say
thanked my new found friend for
bis ffiendIsness and confidence, and
went further on ray way rummaging
around Wall street TO find all ] could
about the state Of HOLSTERS finances
There Yves little enough to find. Ap
parently the colonel was sound 80 far
It's money was concerned, and Claws
was the only man who knew tina
thore ever had been any financial dir
ficulty between him and His wife
Everywhere that | investigated J
found HOLSTER spoken Of in the hig
est terms. He was a fne honorable
eentlemnn. Mrs, HOLSTER WASH sc
Wen known among the colonel's
friends. IN order to make my inyes
tigations thorough got on Broadway
ear and rode up to the theatrical dis
trict, to the office Oh friend Of mine
who conducted booking agency
There / gathered that Mrs. HOLSTER
formerly Margaret Wynderly. was no
IS happy with her rich husband az
she had expected to be. 1t seemct
that Mrs. HOLSTER had expensive
tastes The colonel did not approve
Of them. At one time, SO tho gossip
OF the Rialto had 1t, Mrs Hollister
had gone so far as to threaten to go
hack to the stage to earn money to
crafty her whims.
All these minute Investigations may
seem 20 the layman TO be supeffiuous
ia d case like this. What could the
Hollisters family affairs have to do
With the advent Of a. burglar in their
homer / could not answer this cues,
tlon any bettor than Che reader at The
beginning Of my search. but success
fill detective work is LARGELY a mat.
ter al Watching tho small things 1T
is the small things that the WRONG
doer fails to cover, not the large ones
and 81 IS among these small Things
that tie careful detective VIII often
find the tiny item that PUTS him on
the trail Of something bis { had n
definite plan in so carefully looking
up the Holuster family circumstances.
l only knew that it was my Duryea's
I'm investigator Of this case to fnd
out I'LL about them that ] could,
ran down all the information i
could scare up in New York; then,
next morning, bought 3 ticket IL
tie station an the Long Island Road,
where the HOLSTER home was To-.
Gated.
/ arrived at the station. Sound
hurst near noon and registered at
the little hotel in the village. The
clerk at the hotel dined at my table
and led him to talk about the Hollis
ter family ] was surprised to iind
that even there the news OF the bur
glary had not become known, an6
the clerk did not hesitate in discuss
ing the people who lived in the bic
house on the Sound.
i've got a cousin who takes care
OF their launches and boats, said he
and 1 know about al that's going on
up there And let me tell you. mister,
those rich folks don't have 50 much
smoother sailing than us poor ones
40 sir, they have their rows Just like
we do Why, here two months ago
this spring, Mrs. Bollister had some
OF her old theatrical friend out for
visit, and they We're raising Ned
out ia one Of tho big launches. ana
old Eollister came cunning out in
smaller launch and ordered the whole
lot OF 'em back to shore. They had
a merry old row that night, him and
her. and She was going to leave him,
and then he cooled down, and at last
she agreed to stay. / guess he must
have given in to her because she's
had that bunch of show people out
every Saturday since And believe
me. they have some times, then. One
Of them is her brother A young fell
low; great sport. After the rest If
'em have gone to bed at night he
comes down here and has a few
drinks with the bunch in the bar
here. Great little fellow
After dinner I went out an / strolled
down to the nearest telephone olice
and called up my friend in the book
ing Office in New York.
DO you know anything about Mrs.
HOLSTERS brother. little fellow with
ennrfsrs fnpSanrfse 81 asked