The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
CHAPTER xll-contInu.d.


CHAPTER xlI-contlnued.
Only the Dunn of today seemed to
have all his wits about him, while the
huge fellow who brushed 30 rudely by
me on that occasion had the peculiar
look Of man struggling with horror
Or some other grave agitation. This
was not surprising. of course, under
the circumstances. / had met more
than one man and woman In those
halls who had worn the same look;
but none Of them had put up sign
on his door that he had left for New
York and would not be back till $3.50.
and then changed his mind 80 sudden.
~ that he was back in the tenement
at three, sharing the curiosity and the
terriers OF It's horrifled inmates.
But the discovery. while possibly
suggestive, was not Of so pressing q
nature as to demand instant action;
and more immediate duties coming
up. l let the matter slip from my
mind, to be brought up again the next
day. you may we'll believe. when all
the circumstances Of the death at the
Clermont came to light and l found
myself confronted by a problem very
. nearly the counterpart Of the one then
occupying me.
"But did not see any real connec-
ton between the two cases. until, In
my hunt for Mr.. Brotherson, came
upon the following facts; that he was
aot always the gentleman he ap-
peared; that the apartment In which
he was supposed to live was not his
own but friends named Conway;
and that he was only there by spells.
When be was there. he dressed like q
prince and It was while 80 clothed he
ate his meals in the cafe Of the Hotel
Clermont.
"Of Brotherson himself saw moth.
ing. He had come to Mr.. Conway's
apartment the night before-the night
of Miss Challoner's death. you under.
stand-but had remained only long
enough to change his clothes. Where
he went afterwards is unknown to Mr..
Conway, nor can he tell us when to
look for bis return. When he does
show up. my message will be given
him, ETC., etc. have no fault to find
with Mr.. Conway.
"You have heard how Brotherson
bore himself at the coroner's ONCE;
what his explanations were and how
completely they fitted in with the pre-
conceived notions Of the inspector and
the district attorney. In consequence
Miss Challoner's death 10 looked upon
as suicide. A weapon was In her
hand-she impulsively used It, and an
other deplorable suicide was added to
the melancholy list. Had l put in my
oar At the conference held In the coro
ner's ofiice; had I recalled to Doctor
Heath the curious case Of Mrs. SPOTS
and then identified Brotherson as the
man whose window fronted hers from
The opposite tenement. diversion
might have been created and the out
come been different. But l feared the
experiment I'm not sufficiently ir
with the chief as yet. nor yet will
the inspector. They might not have
called me fool-you may; but that'I
diherent-and they might have lis
tened, but II would doubtless hav,
been with an air could not have helt
up against, with that fellows eyel
6xed mockingly on mine. For he ant
are pitted for struggle, and l dt
not want to give him the advantag,
Of even q momentary triumph. He'l
the most complete master Of himsel
Of any man I ever met, and II will
take the united brain and resolution
Of the whole force to bring him :,
book-lf hFsvsr is brought to book
which ! doubt. What do you thinl
about III"
"That you have given me an anti
dots against old age" was the rinsinI
and unexpected reply. a. the thought
ful. half.puzzled aspect Of the old mai
yielded impulsively to . burst Of hi
early enthusiasm. III we can get
good grip on the thread you speak oi
and can work ourselves along BY Il
though II bs by no more than incl
at . time. We shall yet make our va.
through this labyrinth Of undoubts'
crime and earn for ourselves 4 n
Snph which will make some Of thss
Nv and inexperienced young fellow