The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-23

aligned Ailliosnt. Have a. many man
a. poSslbls Eet busy among the
hotels. l want to trace the woman
who wrote that signature. They Ntli
have to look through every register
for year past. It's got to be done
thoroughly. and want It done
Quickly. Here. III give you . list,"
ana ne hastily sctbbled the names
OF halt hundred hOstelries Of class
such a. he thought the fair Mlliosnt
might patronize.
Meantime. the man with the eiis.
tening eyes who had passed Brtts In
the hall OF the tumbledown loft build.
ing was 81 the door OF Burdens work.
shop. strAining the angle Of his vision
10 ioliow the phOto-enHraver At work.
Patiently waited the owner Of the
eyes. lie was Ut race that had Gull
tivated patience through the centuries.
Soon or late. undoubtedly. the man
inside would go from the Dencn beside
that great white light to another part
OF the room. A few yards would sur
nee for the man with the eyes, and
even while Britx stlll was talking to
dawson In Police Headquarters Bur-
len briskly covered those dozen or so
feet TO got chemical In the row of
bottle In the rack at the far end of the
shop.
The man outside, crouchinR until
he was little higher than an uprearsd
cobra OF bis native land, slipped
@rough the doorway. crawled across
the intervening space between the
threshold and the camera, whisked
the Mlllicent note from the board and
az silently made his escape before
Burien had replaced the cork In the
bottle.
Burlen was ono Of tho most aston
ished young men In lower Manhattan
whom. turning from his row of bot
ties. he found the note intrusted to
him by Brits had vanished. At nrst
he assumed he had fastened II care
iessly ana that II hsd fallen - the
floor.
It solaced him only In part to ma
on taking the plate from tho camera
and putting 1t through a developing
process that the lens had done its
work more faithfully than he. lilo
held In his hand . perfect duplicate
OF the letter. That would not satisfy
Britx. OF course. but II was better
than II would have boon II the note
had disappeared before tho photo
graphing was complete. Burlen hast.
ened to subject the little plate OF
copper to tho acid bath. and a. the
minute points Of tho halftons oams
out with gratifying distinotness, the
young man rejoiced that he at least
was able to produce tho facsimiles
the Headquarters man had ordered.
Remorse spurred him 80 effectively
that all the hundred Impressions
were ready when Rawson sent for
them. Half an hour afterward, ns
many detectives were comparing tho
halftone prints with the signatures Of
all the Milhcents In the regtsters of
New Yorks more fashionable hotels.
An hour later Britz's investi "a tons
located the woman he sought. She
was Mrs. Millicent Delaroche and
she had suite at the Rensesaunce
Hotel. He also learned the following
Facts from the management:
MRS. Delaroche had few viators
The most frequent was n man about
town who sent many roses and huge
boxes OF bonbons to Madame's apart
ment. Did tho management know
him? Oh. yes. II his name was OF
any real Importance to tho interro-
gator. the manager did not mind tell
Ing II. What was II? Why, II was
Mr.. Oriswoid--CurtisG rlswoid, score.
tary OF the IroquOis Trust Company.
and a leading member OF the Stuy-
vesant Club.
II would have been we'll for Britz
n the young photographer had ac-
quainted him promptly with the fact
OF the disappearanoe Of the Miliicent
note. The detectives acute intslli-
genoa would have argued from that
incident the need Of even greater
haste than he was making In pushing
his pursuit OF the Missioner diamond
to close. But Burlen. conscience
stricken though no was. was loath 10
send the information to the Head
quarters man until he could have
time 20 make further and moro OK
haustive ssarch OF his shop. AZ well
- Of the courtyard IN the rear Of the