, 1913-02-06

ton would nstAat thss blood stains Or
the fact that she had gone, a. far ~
We could 1ndsout.r III her night FcT5thes.
9ttIlIa she had lefei the village that
hfght..either- BY Jcab-o2 On foot IL the
lriver had been correct In his time.
however, the taxicab was almost elm
inaUsd. He SID the woman got into the
cabs At I 80. 1t WIS 'bStweep 40 ana
14o wtsfI lMsresry shsagd the fuSsstspe
In the attic.
Isthink- fes the -nsse ttmsit came to
meg that day. that there was 1t least q
p~ossfbility- that Mfss Jane had not been
eta dked, robbed and injured; that she
nad left home voluntarily, undes stress
Of great excitement. But II she had,
whts
Iswssanst proud Of The part i playsa
30 sfa1, ! had blundersd.' It seemed t.
meS at every point where q blundef
W. possible. I had been a half hour
too llts tosave. Allan Fleming I had
BEEN q aAdAwsHes ana Mhs Jane haa
got oat.els the house under ny vestl
%. Last and by no means least !
hao waited thirty-five years to ind
The right woman, and when ! found
he's some ohe else had won her. I was
I'm the depths that day when Burton
cane In.
He walked into the once jauntily
ana put somethiag on the desk in front
ef-me. 1t was a Russia leather bag.
'Theleather bagt', he pointed proud
~. at was found IN Boston,
u WISE noti locked, and I got Il opepI
ma minute As I hAd expsctsd, II
was empty.
'Then-pefhaps wardrop was telling
The tfutb,"i 1 e1claimed.1 by JOvss
Burton, he wAs robbed by the woman
inAthe cab, and he can't tell about hefa
q = account OF Miss Fleming. She
made q hauly for certainlr
told HIM then Of the two wsmen
who had left Bellwood on the night Of
Miss Janss disappearance and showed
him the purse and its Enclosure. The
Cpuzzled him as II had me. ut might
- ahything.r he saidr as he gaveii 10
back. from a book, chapter and verse
In the Bible to q prescription for rheu.
Inatism at a drug store. As to the lady
In the cab. 1 think perhaps you are
right be said. examining the interior
Of tho bag, where Wardrop's name in
fnk told Its story.
"Howson earth did you get the baef
! asked
ut was a coincidence. There have
bsen q shrewd lot of baggage thisves
fni two or three eastern cities intely.
mostly Boston. The method, the 20
lice say. was something like 1this-one
Of them. the chief OF the gang. would
mar, and 90 round the depots looking
at baggage. He would make a mental
note Of the numbers, 60 away and
forge q check to match, and secure the
pieces he had taken a fancy to. Then
he merely drove around to headquar-
tiers, ana the trunk was rified. The
police got on. raided the place and
found, among others. our Russia leath-
er bag. II was shipped back, empty,
to the address inside. BelIwood."
"At Beiiwood? Then how
ut came while / was lunching with
Miss Letitia,'' he said easily. Were
very chpmmy-tnick as thieves. What
I want 10 know is''-disregarding my
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES d the hundred
thousandY'
Find the woman
'Dfd you ever hear OF Anderson, the
nsrve specfaiist7' he asked, without
apparent relevancy.
II have, been thinking Of him." ]
answered. III we could get Wardrop
there on some plausible excuse It
wouid tAks Anderson about ten min.
utes, with his instruments and expert
mentai psychology, to know everything
wardrop ever forgot"
'Tn go on one condition" Burton
said, preparing to leave. "I1 promise
ID, get Wardrop and have him on the
spot &C 2 o'clock tomorrow"
About 4go'cl0ck woman came who
refused to be- turned away She was
OF medium height, quietly dressed and
fairly handsome. Ny frst impression
was favorable. She moved with a Ger.
tain dignity. and she was not laced,
crimped or made up. I am more 70
~phisticated low. The lady who tells
me things says that the respectable
women nowadays outrouge, outcrimp
and OUTAGE the unrespectable.
However, the Illusion was gone the
moment she began 70 speak Her
voice was heavy, throaty, e~xpression.
lhes She threw It like Q weapon. i
N perfectly honest In saying that for
q moment the surprise Of her voice
~outweighed the remarkable thing she
was saying.
II am Mrs. Allan Fleming" she said,
with q certain husky defiance.
~ beg your PARDON" I said after a
minute. "You mean the Allan Elem
ing who has just diedf'
She nodded. I could see she was
unable just then to speak. She had