The Huttig news., 1913-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

Edith Challoner has fallen dead on the mezzaniue floor
 CHAPTER Henderson describes the man rs he saw wash his hands in the snow The hotel manager declares him to be ')rl3ndo Brnthcrson.
 Cf1A PIER TIf-Physicians find that Mss Challoner was stabbed and not shot Nhteh seems 10 clear Brothef'son of sus- picion
 CHAPTER Iv-Grvee. an aged dctec- uVe, and Swr water. his assistant tat' up the case. They believe Miss Challone stahbe9 hc-self
 CH5tI I1-Ss "A paper cutter foEn near the scene of tra gedy is believed t' be the weapon used
 CHAPTER VT-Mr Chailoner tells of Z batch of letters found in his daughter Al are love letters except one whiei shows that the writer was displeased
 CHAPTER VII-This letter was signed by Orlando Rrotherson. The others bore sttiaiS which lead to the conclusion that Brotherson wrote all of them.
 CHAP1 FIR VIII-Anderson goes wit Sweetwater to identify Brothersen. wh.' IS to address meeting of anarchists The place is raded by the police and fled
 CHAPTER K Brotherson Is found liv Ing in a tenement under the name of Dunn. He is an inventor.
 CHAPTER X-Brotherson tells the cor
  loner and how she repulsed him vii ssorn when he offered her his love.
 CHAPTER XI-sweetwater recalls the mystery of the murder of a washerwom an in which some details were similar t2 the Challoner affair. Brotherson was tenant of the building adjoining the on' 'n which the woman died
 CHATTER +--urfiier comparison of the two cases spurs Gryce and Sweetwa ter 10 renewed activity.
 ND T is daughter was deeply interested, if not in love with Brotherson.
 CHAPTER XIV Brotherson gives the police a plausible explanation of his con dHct GryCe and Sweetwater are gwen permission to pursue their investigations tndepe ndently.
 CHAPTER XV-Sweetwater plans to disguise himself as a carpenter and seek lodgings in the same building with Broth erson
 CHAPTER xvI-He watches the inyen- tor al work at night and is detected by the latter. The detective moves to a room adjoining Brothersen's. CHAPTER XVfT-He hores a hole in the wall to spy on Brotherson. He visits him and assists the inventor in his work
 CHAPTER XXuI-Repetition of the 1 Miss Challoner's death arouses the sleep ing Brotherson ta uneasy mutterin9s CHAPTER XTX-A girl scnt by Sweet water with Ed1th ChdHonef islteTS " ordered out by Brotherson He declares the letters were not written to him.
 CHAPTER XX-Sweetwater is pn- masked by Brotherson. who declares he recognized him at once
 CHAPTER XXI-Sweetwatar gets a message that GIyce has made dis ov- cry which changes the whole situari0n.
 Flow will the finding or another ,. B. alter MT. Brotherson's position? To my mind, this discovery of more fa- vored rival. brings in an element of motive which may rob our self-reliant friend of some of his complacency. We may further, rather than destroy. our case against Brotherson by iocat- ing second O.. B."
 MT. Gryce's eyes twinkled
 That won't make your task any more irksome." he smiled. "The loop we thus throw out is as likely to catch Brotherson as his rival"
 The prospect grows pleasing Where am l to look for my man?"
 Your ticket Is bought to Derby. Pa If he is not employed in the great fac tories there, we do not know where to find him. We have no other clue"
 Il see. It's short journey l have before me-"
 You will start tomorrow ]"
 Wish it were today"
 And you will first inquire, not for o. B., that's too indefinite; but for a young girl by the name of Doris Scott She holds the clue; or rather she is the clue to this second o. B."
 Another womant"
 "No, a child-well, I won't say child exactly; she must be sixteen.'
 Doris Scott"
 She lives in Derby. Derby Is a small place. You will have no trouble in finding this child It was to her Miss Challoners last letter was ad. dressed. The one"
 T begin to sec"
 No, you don't, Sweetwater. The af. fair is as blind as your hat; nobody sees. We're just feeling along a thread. O. B's letters-the real o. B.. 1 mean, are the manifest effusions DOS sible. He's no more of a milksop than this Brotherson; and unlike your in- domitable friend he seems to have some heart. I only wish he'd give us some facts; they would have been serviceable. But the letters reveal nothing except that he knew Doris. He writes in one of them: Doris is learning to embroider It's like fairy weaving cobweb!' Doris isn't a very common name. She must be the same little girl to whom Miss ChalIoner wrote from time to time"
 Was this letter signed O. F. ?"
 "Yes; they all are. The only diff. ference between his letters and Broth erson's is this: Brotherson's retain the date and address; the second O. B.'s do not
 How not? Torn off, do you mean?"
 "Yes, or ratheE neatly cut away; and as none of the envelopes were kept, the only means by which we can locate the writer is through this girl Doris"