The Raymer enterprise., 1912-07-18
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advice and handles the family pocket.
book himself"
He laughed remlniscently, and l
chuckled with him.
YES" he went on, "the old man
had to be advised little bit some
time ago. / advised him. Mrs. Hol,
lister-fine woman. lovely lady, but
inexperienced In handling large sums
Of money, you know-had been given
free swing at the colonels bank
account. BY jove! tell you she tore
hole into 1t for two or three years.
Yes, sir! Nearly had the colonel of
his feet. ! said to him, Colonel, only
one thing for you to do. Shut down
on Mrs. Hollister. Don't let her handle
a dollar. Otherwise you'll be selling
that happy homo OF yours up on the
Sound"
And he shut DOWN." | asked.
"Yes. yes. Closed down on her
tight. For about year she's had
to 80 to the colonel for every cent she
got, and, believe me, sir. the colonel
has been careful. very careful. indeed
o. yes, the colonel Is safe enough
financially. Anything up to a million
l should say.
! thanked my new found friend for
his friendliness and confidence, and
went further on ny way. rummaging
around Wall street to find all could
about the state OF HOLSTERS finances
There was little enough TO find Ap'
parently the colonel was sound SO far
as money was concerned. and CLAWS
was the only man who knew that
there ever had been any financial dlf
fculty between him and his wife
Everywhere that investigated
found Hollister spoken OF In the hign'
est terms. He was a fine. honorable
gentleman. Mrs. Ho.lister WASH SO
well known among the coloners
friends. In order to make my lnyes.
legations thorough got on Broadway
car and rode up to the theatrical dis,
trict, to the Office OF friend OF mine
who conducted a booking agency,
There | gathered that Mrs. Hollister
formerly Margaret Wynderly. was no,
as happy with her rich husband as
she had expected to be. 1t seemed
that Mrs. Holiister had expensive
tastes. The colonel did not approve
OF them. At one time, so the gossip
OF the Rialto had Il, Mrs. Hollister
had gone so far as to threaten to 60
back to the stage to earn money tC
crafty her whIms.
All these minute Investigations may
seem TO the layman to be supertuous
in a case like this. What could the
Hollister's family affairs have to do
with the advent Of a burglar In their
home? could not answer this ques
| ton any better than the reader at the
beginning OF my search, but success,
ful detective work is largely mat,
ter OF watching the small things. II
| Is the small things that the wrong,
doer fails to cover, not the large ones !:
| and II Is among these small things
that the careful detective will often
find the tiny item that puts him OH
the trail OF something big. had NJ
definite plan in so carefully looking
up the Hollister family circumstances
| only knew that 1t was my duty as
an investigator OF this case to find
out all about them that | could.
ran down all the information
could scare up In New York; then,
next morning, bought a ticket TO
the station on the Long Island Road,
where the Hollister home was 10.
Gated.
arrived at the station. Sound.
hurst, near noon and registered at
the little hotel in the village. The
clerk at the hotel dined ut my table
and led him to talk about the Hollis.
ter family | was surprised to find
that even there the news OF the bur.
glary had not become known. and
the clerk did not hesitate In discuss.
Ing the people who lived in the biz
house on the Sound.
"lve got cousin who takes care
OF their launches ind boats" said he,
"and | know about all that's going on
up there. And let me tell you, miste.,
those rich folks don't have so much
smoother sailing than us poor ones.
No sir, they have their rows Just like
we do. Why, here two months ago
this spring, Mrs. Holllster had sorc
Of her old theatrical friendI out for
n visit, and they were raising Ned
out in one OF the big launches. and
Old HollIster came running out In q
smaller launch and ordered the whole
lot Of 'em back TO shore. They had
merry old row that night, him and
her, and shs 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. tlen. One
OF them is her brother. A young fc'.
low; great sport. After the rest u
'em have gone to bed at night he
comes down here and has feT
drinks with the bunch In the ba.
here. Great little fellow"
After dinner went out an strolled