Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13

dangerous stuff that he wished to get rid of the rats
board his yacht and to wait week till the
quantity he needed obtained from New York.
"Would you recognize Waverton again if you saw
him?" demanded Clancy.
a tink so,' said the spaniard who spoke broken
English under compuson. He was Americana;
but | remembare heem YER we'll"
Then Clancy teegraphed the message to Steingall
that had supplied strange addendum to Waverton's
letter.
THE detective travelled straight to New York by the
1 first train He went to the Waldorf-Astoria, and
inquired for Don Miguel Santander, that eminent
because revolution had broken out in the neighbor
hood of Rosala
Cancy's interview with the stockraiser took pc
ciar turn-t dealt entirely with the history of
the dead tutor, Charles Scott, to whom Don Miguel
gave an exemplary character.
II met him at Buenos Ayres six years ago. he
planned. 1In fact he came to me, friend having
told him that wanted American tutor for my chill
dren. Americans of education and good address who
will take that sort of employment not plentiful
in the Argentine; glad to Senior SCOTS
services especially as life was rather quiet my
tates, where breed cattle and horses"
"Where had Scott been engaged previouSly?8 asked
Clancy
"On rubber plantation in Brazil, far inland, in
very wild part He had contracted fever there, and
compelled to seek less exposed occupation"
Had he been there long? Did he ever speak of his
past life?"
a never questioned him, and he was sngularly re-
served man in respects. But my wife and
thought very highly of him, and my children adored
him: They weep even now when his name mentioned"
@Dd you see him after the acc1dent?"
Don Miguel shuddered. @Ah,' he said, at pitt
full frighHul!'
at hardly possible, if it had not been for his
papers and his clothing
aPardon me, Sir, but do you return to Rosala?"
certainly, in November or since my visit to Europe
is postponed, it may be in April
aAnd, if Scott had lived, would he have gone with
you?"
without doubt He often said that when the little
ones grown up he would ask me for post in
nection with the estate"
@Would you have given him one?"
with the greatest pleasure and confidence
@He quite denationalized, then? He had
wish to return to the States?"
with us he was happy. But"
II have the most urgent for these inquiries
Sir. Suppose it possible that strange had
been ade-suppose Scott were 1vlng,-you and other
members of your family would know him again and be
glad to him."
The Spaniard smiled sadly. II repeat that he lived
with friend for six years, and he has been dead
hardly ten weeks. Believe me- Senior, would pay
very large sum to see Senior Scott alive and in good
health"
"And you would take him back with you to Rosala,
put full faith in him more?"
Don Miguel knew he was talking to trusted ennis
sary of the New York Detective Bureau he might
have shown the anger he felt at this stupid question
As it was he contented himself with emphatic yes
Zone minute and l have done," said Clancy
@Have you photograph of Scott?"
"He always refused to be photographed. He used to
explain laughngly that he Mohammedan with
regard to wine and portraits If you drive me to it,
broke with his world for youthful fault and asked
nothing better than to be left in peace in strange land
l t1ink-indeed, am sure-he aristocrat, and
Beach by daylight, lest he should meet some old
quantance.'
@Thank you, Don Miguel, said Clancy gravely.
The detective sought his out-of- the-way apart
,oc 1o,,rS hill