The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-08-05

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one thing for YOU TO 90. Shut down
on Mrs. HOLSTER Don't let her handle
n 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 70 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 million
I should say.
] thanked my new found friend for
his friendliness and confidence. ana
went further on my 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 diff
ficulty between him and his wife
Everywhere that investigated
found HOLSTER spoken of in the high
est terms. He was fine, honorable
gentleman. Mrs. HOLSTER WASH so
well known among the coloners
friends. In order to make my inves-
legations thorough got on a Broadway
car and rode up to the theatrical dis
trict, TO the Office OF a friend OF mine
who conducted q booking agency,
/ There / gathered that Mrs. HOLSTER,
/ formerly Margaret Wynderly, was not
! rs happy with her rich husband as
/ she had expected to be. 1t seemed
/ that Mrs. HOLSTER had expensive
I tastes. The colonel did not approve
of them. At one time, so tho gossip
/ OF the Rialto had It, Mrs. Hollister
/ had gone so far as to threaten to so
/ back TO the stage to earn money to
crafty her whims.
All these minute Investigations may
seem to the layman TO be superfuous
! in q case like this. What could the
| HOLSTERS 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
] full detective work is largely a mat
/ ter OF watching the small things. 1t
is the small things that the wrong
| doer falls to cover, not the large ones:
and it is among these small things
that the careful detective will often
find the tiny item that puts him on
the trail OF something big. / had nc
definite plan in so carefully looking
up the HOLSTER family circumstances,
! only knew that it was my duty as
an investigator OF this ease to find
out all about them that I could.
ran down all the information l
could scare up in New York; then,
next morning, | bought ticket to
the station on the Long Island Road,
where the Hollister home was To-
Gated.
1 arrived at the station, Sound
hurst, near noon and registered at
the little hotel in the village. The
clerk at the hotel Gfned at my table
and led him TO talk about tho Hollis.
ter family l was surprised to find
that even there the news of the bur
glary had not become known, and
tho clerk did not hesitate in discuss
ing the people who lived in tho big
house on th3 Sound.
I've got n cousin who takes care
| of their launches and boats" said he.
and | know about all that's going on
| up there. And let me tell you, mister.
those rich folks don't have so much
smoother sailing than us poor ones
40 sir, they have their rows just like
we DO. Why, hore two months Ggo
this spring, Mrs. HOLSTER had somo
OF her old theatrical friends out for
visit, and they were raising Ned
out in one OF the big launches. and
Old HCllister came running out in a
smaller launch sEJ ordered the whole
lot of 'em back to shore. rhcy had
a merry old row that night, him ana
her, and she was going to leave him,
and then no cooled down, and at last
she agreed TO stay. ] guess he must
have given I'm TO her because she's
had that BUNCH Of show people out
every Saturday since And believe
me, they have some times. then Ono
of them Is her brother A young fell
low; great sport. After the rest II
'em have gone to bed at night he
comes down here and has a few
drinhs 4:ih the bunch in the bar
here. Great little fGllyA
After dinner ] went out an stroi4oG
down to the nearest telephone Office
erd called up my friend in the book
ins office in Now York
DO you know anything about Mrs.
Holsters brother little fellow With
sporting ieudcncies?' I asked
"fcs. know Of him came the slow
answer Hes a little uo-good. Tries
o be an actor sometimes, and q press
agent occasionally, and falls down on
Soth jobs"
what does he live on?"
Search me- lie always has onoy,
though I've heard chat old HOLSTER
sort OF takes care OF him Don't be.
icyo 80. though Tho boy i3 r. cheap.
br.gutl.sht sport"
went back to the hotel and sat
around and smoked for awhile until
the clerk again fell into conversation
with me- 7 led tho talk back TO tho
HOLSTERS
"Waa thaJ bunch of theatrical po0.
yIa HD there last Saturday night7" /
ueEa1.
"suro thing" was the reply
"Was The brother with them1"
go. yes But ] didn't sec him drink.
Ing around here that time"
bought tho clerk "a cigar and
stTolod away toward the HollBtor