The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-26

E-sFtEN asked t.FG 10 D. sE4FtG ana
| drew out chair for him
And how do you fud>the patient a.
/ inquired, when he had SAT down
Quite normal In every respect save
one. He is in a highly nervous state
He is endeayoring 70 maintain The rc-
tion that he is the gentleman We sup
posed he was. He evidently learned
his lesson from Mr. Bryan. before He
suspected anything. 1t is really won
derful how well he does It, consider
ing that he never saw the man he is
trying to impersonate.
But he must know that he has been
| discovered. He certainly knows | have
this letter"
A desperate man will battle against
/ the most oyerwhel lining odds, DR. Mas
sey observed, and he is desperate
/ man"
You gave no sign that you knew
| Evelyn asked.
Not the slightest. l pretended that
: l believed him Mr.. Cameron"
| But Mr. Bryan must have" !
began
| On the contrary" said the doctor,
Mr.. Bryan knows him only as the
/ Mr.. Cameron he has nursed from the
/ first. He would be the last man to In
dicato to his patient a knowledge Of
anything untoward"
Miss Grayson and ! were just dis
crssing d course Of action ~hen you
arrived, Doctor" ! explained, but had
reached no conclusion. Last night l
4 a ,4rft 10 h.
ably the most prominent and best edu-
Gated Chinaman in New York. and his
friend the Chinese Vice Consul to
meet me here today at noon. The
chances are they will bring United
States deputy marshal with them.
with warrant for McNishs arrest,
/ NOW II "" give him up, what will be
/ the result? lie will still maintain that
h" is Cameron in spite Of our kuowl-
/ edge TO the contrary. Yup Sing and
/ his clan Will insist that he is right
and that We are wrong. ard our
/ chances Of finding Cameron will dwin-
I die. 1t isn't reasonable TO expect that
/ those engaged in the abduction plot
/ viii confess to their error and inform
/ us as 10 Cameron's place OF detention,
/ is it?"
DR. Massey knitted his brow behind
the bow of his glasses and pursed his
thin lips.
We are certainly confronted by
very trying complication" he admitted
with characteristic gravity.
Miss Grayson has suggested tina.
We send McNtsh abroad at once, on
n steamer sailing this morning"
Mr.. Bryan could go with him."
Evelyn volunteered
If the United States authorities
have warrant for him." the physi-
elan argued, that would only delay
matters. They would arrest him on
landing
| There was no question as to the ac-
| curacy of this deduction
1 And the newspapers" added.
would be sure to publish columns of
/ speculation. .. If we could only
wiring an admission from McNish it
would simplify matters"
| Isn't there some one you could
/ confront him With" Dr. Massey ask
/ ed, and hope rose within me at the
/ suggestion.
/ As far as l can make out. from
what O'Hara tells me- was my re-
! iolnder. the police have in custody
now the Eurasian cook who, | believe,
has been McNishs Nemesis these six
teen years II we could bring those
two miscreants face to face. McNish
| would be sure to betray himself"
Then arrange it. by all means"
urged the doctor.
Have McNish taken there, you
mean?'
"Or have the Eurasian brought
here"
And so. ultimately through the Of
fees of O'Hara, who all this time had
been awaiting me in the tonneau of
my car which still stood al the door,
John Soy. accompanied by two plain
clothes men from the Detective Bu-
reau, was brought from the Tombs to
that sumptuous home on upper Fifth
avenue.
l say ultimately" because his com
ing was delayed beyond all patience.
Hour after hour passed, The morn
ing dragged by with periodic tele-
phone excuses from O'Hara. The
hearing was in progress before the
police magistrate, Soy had been
held for the grand jury. e., The mag
istrate would have to sign permit
and he could not be approached until
he came off the bench. Soy had
gone to the Tombs. =. The warden
was at luncheon and could not be
seen for half an hour.
Meanwhile DR.. Massey, impelled by
the necessities of his practice, had
departed, and Yup Sing and the vice
consul, Chen Mok, had arrived and
been relegated to the reception room.
To my relief, Checkabeedy reported
that they were unaccompanied. Mean
while, too, Evelyn had received call
from Miss Clement and had learned