The Washington times., 1912-05-19
.. CHAPTER II.
The Legacy of Sounds.

~ OR fully a minute MIR. Banks
- meditated upon the catastrophe,
while the crowd began to dissi-
pate and two of the policemen
climbed into the machine and, presuni-
ably, instructed the chauffeur to come
and be incarcerated.
well, dear mel" remarked Mr.
Banks, and returned to the library.
He found his place by the table and
one; then he leaned back and muir
INJURED:
How really extraordinary it all was!
wonder what the dickens he wanted
In cold truth his mind was wandering
to Seabright again, and he was.-entirely
unconscious of the fact that his elbow
rested upon the photograph lately han
he spent the better part of a quarter
hour in meditation; and in the end he
had just concluded that Seabright-thc
telephone bell at his side-rang briskly.
, "Oh-hello!" said Mr.. Banks. impa-
Hello! worden Banks?"
This is police headquarters. A man
; was killed in front of your house a little
while agoi" raped out one of the pleas
ant voices that reck not of wealth or
position.
~ know it. What's that got to do
with .me?" inquired the millionaire.
Paper was found on him directing
that you be informed at oIce of his
death. Who was he. and what do you
know about him, Mr.. Banks?"
Banks WINGED hard.
Nothing he answered sharply. Il
have no idea who he was"
Most emphatically he knew nothing!
Not that Banks was a confirmed liar!
But if you happen to know poor
looking devil who has been killed on
the streets and unclaimed by anybody
21H aAktwS
ly to look to you for the provision OF
decent burial, And not that Banks was
close-fisted. But when Banks and
nickel parted company for anything but
listener could usually hear a faint
shrek Of pain from the goddess on the
front Of the coin.
your houseH' the voice continued.
''Well, bring the somebody up here
and let me have a look at him. the
the man He may have come out Of
! here. He may have been a friend of
some of the servants or crank they
threw out. The latter, probably. Good
The receiver banged down and Banks
/ confounded fools. Why had they in:
terrupted his train of thought? Why
| the deuce had they brought him back
20 that seedy person. and-he shook
his head savagely.
well, ne De6n uTdB66u pdCk 10 d
renewed consideration of him now: He
why, there was his Internal package!
Banks picked 1t up and looked 1t over
TO be- opened only after proved
death of the maker" said a pencil
scrawl on the outside.
Well the proved death part seemed
to have been accomplished In rapid
He broke the seals and unrolled the
paper with mild interest. He removed
the tissue beneath and went td fTrthes In her
hand lay the conventional plain brown
cylinder. ,
Minute by minute ii grew, until IT
gained sufficient force to bring Banks
around to a study of the phonograph
itself. He knewu how to work the
thing, Half ashamed at dallying Win
trivalities, he wound 1t up ana put
the cylinder in place.
And then he rose and looked about.
Suppose the thing should be or some
importance! 1t was rather star starting ing
made him lock It tightly. IT brousht
him back to the table hurriedly and
made his hand almost yank out the
starting lever
From the machine came:
"'If you wish to know the Where-
abouts of John Scabrtght =
A gasp came from Banks. He all
but dived. at the strange. modern con-
trivance, and his hand fell upon the
lever and stopped the speech: His
eyes popped out as he thrust the bit
of steel back into place shakily and,
with head very nearly thrust into the
horn, listened to:
-"go to No. 66 Palling place and
ask for brrr - brrr - brr - kins =
brrrr-Say that Staub told you the
truth about seabright, and II he
doesn't do so as we'll you-(cough'
cough)-arrested. If he refuses
There was a long series OF purrings
and coughings.
go to - brr - brr - brr - ison avenue
and see Dr. -brr-brr-in person. Say
YOU must see Mr.. Seabright instantly
or expose the whole
The record came to the usual cheer
full whir at the end-and was done.
Banks sat down in his chair and
painted.
Was II conceivable that a kind Prov,
dence had really sent him news OF
Seabright In this bizarre fashion? Was
It? Why 1t must be! This poor dew
who had been killed must have known
something about their connections
something about Seabrights where
abouts at present-something-
With a slap, the record went back e
the start With ears strained. the nil