The Huttig news., 1913-02-08
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Geerce Anderson ana wife see remarkable man come out q. the Ctefmolt hotel look around fGr itelV wash his hands in the snow and u1sS OF oun9ton attracts them to the Clerm0af where Il Is tound that the beautiful Mis- Edith Challqner has fallen dead on the meZZanine floor
 GH PIER Henderson describes the .nan he saw wash his hands in the snow Ee hotel manager declares him to b. 9rtan62 Brotherson,
 .sHA APTER -Physieians find that Ass ctfsiloner was stabbed and not slot pie.on
 CHAPTER fv-Grvee, an aged d-tee= tive. and Swe water his assistant. ta'se up the ease They believe Miss Challonet stabbed horscIf
 &II.z. l--l "A paper cutter foune near the scene of tragedy is believed L. De the weapon used.
 CHAPTER VT-Mr ChaIloner tells of q batch of letters found in his daushtcr. s desk, signed with initials strange to him All are love letters except one whlCf shoWs that the writer was dispieased
 CHAPTER VII-This letter was signed bN Orlando Brotherson. The others bore sitials which lead te the conclusion that Brotherson wrote all Of them.
 zCHAP1 FER VIII-Anderson goes with Sweetwater to Identify Brntherson. who is to address meeting of anarchists The place is ra;ded by fhe police and Rrathersen m escapes without being identi fled
 CHAPTER K Bretherson is found liv. ing in q tenement under the name of Dunn .He is an inventor.
 CHAPTER x=Brotherson tells the cor ener of his acquaintance with Miss Chal- loner and how she repulsed him with ss.orn vixen he offered her his love.
 CHAPTER xT-Sweetwater recalls the mystery of the murder of q washerwom= trl 9r4t4 tile f#Fat1 z th. Challoner affair Brotherson was a tenant of the building adjoining the ont in which the woman died.
 CHAPTER 1f1 ,-m5fler comparison of the two cases spurs Giryce and 5weetWa- ter 10 renewed activity
 CHAPTER XIII-Challoner admits his daughter was deeply interested, fl not in love with Brotherson
 CHAPTER XTV-Brotherson gives the police d plausible explanation of his con duet. Gryce and SweetWater are given permission to pursue their investigations independently
 CHAPTER Sweetwater plans to disguise himself as q carpenter and seek lodgings in the same building with Broth erson.
 CHAPTER XVI-He watches the inven= tor al wark at night and is detected hy the latter The detective moves to a room adjoining Brotherson's.
 TIT you go up Henry street it's like ly enough that you've seen me not once. but many times. I'm the fellow who works at the bench next the win dow in Sehupers repairing shop. Ey- erybody knows me"
 I've seen you. I've seen you some where else than in Schuper's shop. Do you remember me-
 No, sir; I'm sorry to be imperlite but I don't remember you at all Won't you sit down? It's not very cheerful but I'm so glad to get out of the room l was in last night that this looks all right to me. Back there other building," he whispered T didn't know, and took the room which had window in it; but" The stop was significant; so was his smile. which had touch of sickliness in it. as we'll as humor.
 But Brotherson was not to be caught.
 T saw you" said he. "You were standing in the window overlooking the court. You were not sleeping then. I suppose you know that a woman died in that room?'
 "Yes; they told me so this morn ing"
 Was that the first you'd heard of it?"
 "sure!" The word almost jumped at the questioner. Do you suppose I'd have taken the room if
 But here the intruder. with dis dainful grunt. turned and went out. disgust in every feature-plain, un- mistakable, downright disgust. and nothing more!
 This was what gave Sweetwater his second bad night; this and cer- tain discovery he made He had count ed on hearing what went on in the neighboring room through the parti- tion running back of his own closet.