The Springfield herald., 1912-04-05

/ other men, who failed
NM to recognize In the
IT, quiet, plain-appearing
&S Mr.. Rand, to whom
M they had been casual
ly introduced, the famous investigat-
ing expert, filed out the smoking.
storytelling group about the library
fire.
by the way. Duncan" said Hender-
son, the broker. did you ever know
OF Sullivan drinking?"
What Sullivan" said I.
Senator George ]. never did. and
yet l was telling the crowd about a
caper of his this afternoon that GER
tainly looks very bad. l heard 1t at
Gilmer's studio and Gilmer saw It.
1t happened on Broadway Just below
Herald Square
Sullivan was on an uptown car on
the back platform and Gilmer was on
the sidewalk waiting to cross. Sud-
denly Sullivan sprang on the car.
walked by Gilmer without speaking to
him, though he saw him and they are
old friends. and picked up a dirty lit
tie brown half-collie pup which boy
about eight years old was leading
along by a string. Gilmer says that
Sullivan. without saying anything to
the boy. broke the string. bundled the
dog into both arms like a sack Of
-four. and started off up the street.
When the boy saw his dog being
taken away he set up howl. Several
men and women, who had seen the
queer action. followed Sullivan and
demanded an explanation. Sullivan
said he wanted to take 1t home. and
kept repeating this; also. as he is
great burly fellow, nobody dared pre-
vent him from getting into cab at
the corner and being driven OF until
Gilmer. to keep Sullivan out of trouble
over such a foolish trick, gave the boy
fed him and the crowd scattered
Gilmer says he is going to have
wine-dinner on Sullivan.
Mr.. Duncan. Mr. John Ogilvie Emer-
son wants you on the 'phone," said
a page at my elbow.
"Pello! hello! Is this Mr.. Dun
can?" queried an excited voice as l
picked up the receiver in the booth
and answered. Il want Mr.. Van
Rennsalaer Duncan"
This is Mr.. Duncan
81 have been struggling for two
hours, Mr.. Duncan, to find Mr.. Law
renee Rand, who, believe, is connect
ed with your firm. A terrible thing
has happened. involving the honor of
my family, and the confidential serv-
ices of Mr.. Rand are required at once.
Can you come to my assistance your
self, or tell me where can find him?"
fortunately he is within min
ute's call. as he is dining here with
me this evening"
THANK Heaven. / wish you would
come at once to my house, 903 Central
Park West You shall have my check
for thousand as a retaining fee."
"very well, will see Mr.. Rand, and
II there is nothing to prevent we will
come. If he cannot, will come alone
and telephone you at your house in
ten minutes. / should be glad to give
him some idea of the nature of the
case?"
1T is this. Mr.. Duncan: My brother
in-law, Rev. Herbert Carson, for no
apparent reason, failed to keep four
important appointments this after
noon, at which he was to sign some
papers involving large sums, and to-
gether with the papers. has absolutely
dropped out of sight
Il see Good-by, Mr.. Emerson: If
you don't hear from me in ten min
utes we shall be at your house in an
hour"
When we arrived at the apartments
in which the Emersons lived we
found the three other sisters were
there, guests of Mrs. Emerson, and
all four were in various stages of hys-
terra, while the unfortunate Emerson
was nearly at his wits end. dealing
with them. They had shut themselves
off from the servants, fearing that an
inkling of what looked to be very
nasty scandal might get out before
they were prepared for it,
The facts were simple enough.
Corson was the trustee of his ia
TIERS estate and a full division was to
have occurred that day. The total
funds, securities. etc. in his posses
sion were thought to be very nearly
two million dollars in value His sis
ters had come to the city-one from
the west, another from Canada, and
the third in his company from Eng
land, where he had been clerically