Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-15
N 4 Saturday evening

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- N 4 Saturday evening
I H&N in January two years
liz ago Lawrence Rand
n E was dining with me at
II the Ember club. Five
II rial : other men, who failed
NS8 to recognize In. the
tSAA.. quiet, plain7appearing
-" SoS Mr.. Rand. to whom
' they had been casual
~ introduced, the famous investigat-
Ing expert, filled out the smoking.
storytelling group about the library
fire.
by the way, Duncan" said Hender-
son, the broker, did you ever know.
OF Sullivan drinktng?"
.What Sullivan" said L. :,
+ "Benator George J. I never did. and
yet was telling tho crowd about .
oaper Of his this afternoon that Ger:
tainly looks very bad. l heard 1t at
0ilmer's studio and Gilmer saw It.
1T, happened on Broadway just below
Hexaid 6qu&re: ~~~:: 49,.
Sullivan was on IN uptown car on
tho back platform and Gilmer was on
the sidewalk waiting to cross. Sud.
denly Sullivan sprang OF the car.
walked By 0ilmer without speaking to
him, though no saw him and they are
old friends. and picked up dirty it,
tie brown half-collie pup which boy
about eight years old was leading
along by = string. Gilmer says that
Sullivan. without saying anything to
the boy. broke the string, bundled tho
dog into both arms like q sack Of
-four, and started OF up the street.
i When tho boy saw his dog being
taken away he set up howl. Several
mon and women. who had seen the
queer action. followed Sullivan and
demanded an explanation. Sullivan
said he wanted to take 1t home, and
kept repeating this; also. 40 he 10 =
great burly fellow, nobody dared pre-
vent him from getting into = cab at
the corner and being driven on until
Gilmer, to keep Sullivan out Of trouble
over such foolish trick, gave the boy
two dollars for the dog, which salts
fed him and the crowd scattered.
i0ilmer says he is going to have =
swine-dinner on Sullivan.
"Mr. Duncan, Mr.. John Ogilvie Emer-
son wants you on the phone" said
q page at my elbow.
Hello! hello! IL this Mr.. Dun
CAM" Queried an excited voice 90 I
picked up the receiver in the booth
and answered. Il want Mr.. Van
Rennsalaer Duncan"
This is Mr.. Duncan r. r..
Il have been struggling :. for two
hours, Mr.. Duncan, to ind Mr.. Law
renee Rand. who, believe. ID connect
ed with your Arm. A terrible thing
has happened. involving the honor Of
my family. and the confidential serv-
ices of Mr.. Rand are required at once.
Can you come to my assistance your
self, or tell me where can ind him7''
Fortunately he Is within min
ute's call. - he 10 dining here with
me this evening""
''Thank Heaven. I wish you would
come at once to my house. 900 Central
Park West. You shall have my check
for . thousand a. q retaining fee"
every we'll, will sec Mr.. Rand. and
II there IL nothing to prevent We will
come. II he cannot. win come alone
and telephone you At your house In
ten minutes. should be glad to give
him some idea Of the nature Of the
case?"
1T is this. Mr.. Duncan: Ny brother.
tn-law, Rev. Herbert Carson, for no
apparent reason. failed to keep four
important appointments this after
noon. at which no was to sign some
papers involving large sums. and to.
eether with the papers. has absolutely
dropped out Of sight"
Il see. Good-by, Mr.. Emerson: II
you don't hear from mo in ten min.
utes We shall be ut your house in an
hour"
When We arrived at the apartments
In which the Emersons lived We
found the three other sisters were
there. guests Of Mrs. Emerson. and
all four were In various stages Of hys-
terra, while tho unfortunate Emerson
was nearly at his wits end, dealing
with them. They had shut themselves
off from the servants. fearing that an
inkling of what looked to be . very
nasty scandal might get out. before
they were prepared for It.
The facts were simple enough.
Corson was the trustee Of his Il.
TIERS estate and full division was to
have occurred that day. The total
funds, securities, ETC.. In his posses
sion were thought to be very nearly
two million dollars in value. His sis.
ters had come to the city one from
the west. another from Canada, and
the third In his company from Eng
1and. whore be had been clericall1