The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-19

trouble, can me up. I want you to be
careful about this"
n understand, sir"
How is Rogers?" I asked.
much better, sir. He wanted to get
up, but I told him he might as well stay
m bed, and I'd look after things. I
thought that was the best place for
him, SIR"
at s." I agreed. Keep him there
NJ long as you can. IN come In during
the day, II possible; in any event. MI.
Godfrey and I will be there this even
fng. Call me al the office, II you need
very good. SIR" said Parks again.
/ Glanced through Godfrey's
account OF the affair while ]
ate my breakfast, and noted with
amusement the sly digs taken at Com
missioner Grady. Under he photo
graph OF the unknown woman was the
MIR. vANTINE's MYSTERIOUS
CALLER. \
GRADY Please Notice.)
And II was intimated that when
Grady wanted any real information
Ebout an especially puzzling case, he
bad to 60 to the Record to get Il.
This. however, was merely by the
way, for the story of the double
tragedy, fully illustrated, was flung
across many columns. and was plainly
considered the great news feature OF
the day.
Fglanced at W or three other papers
On my way downtown. All Of them
featured the tragedy with a riot of
pr pictures-pictures Of dAureiie and
Vantine. OF Grady very large), OF
Bimmonds, OF Goldberger, Of Freyling-
huisen, OF the Vantine house, diagrams
OF the ante-room showing the position
In which the bodies were found, an
atomicaI charts showing the exact ma
ture OF the wounds. pictures of the
noted prisoners Of history with a high
~ colored list OF their achievements
but, when IT came to the story Of the
tragedy itself, their accounts were far
less detailed and intimate than that In
the Record. "
They were, indeed, for tho most part.
mere farragos of theories, guesses,
tous hints Of important information
confided to the reporters but withheld
from the public until the criminal had
been run to earth. That this would
soon be accomplished not a single paper
doubted. for had not Grady, the mighty
Grady, taken personal charge OF the
case2 (Here followed q glowing his
tory OF Grady's career.)
1t was evident enough that all these
reporters had been compelled to go to
Grady for their information, and ]
could fancy them damning him between
their teeth as they penned these
panegyrfcs. I could also fancy their
city editors damning as they compared
these incoherent imaginings with the
admirable and closely written story in
the Record, and / suspected hat II was
the realization OF the Records triumph
which had caused the descent Of the
phalanx of reporters upon the Vantine
place.
I went over the whole affair with Mr..
Royce, as soon as he reached the office,
and spent the rest Of the day arrang-
ing the papers relating to Vantine's
affairs and getting them ready TO pro-
bate. Parks called me up m % twice
for instructions as to various details,
and Vantine's nearest relative, q third
where Il the west that he was starting
for New York at cnce. And then, to-
ward the middle Of the afternoon. came
the cablegram from Paris which I had
almost forgotten to expect:
Royce q Lester, New York
Regret mistake In shipment exceed
ingly. Our representative win call to
explain. y,
Armand ct Fills"
30 there was an end OF the romance
Godfrey had woven, and which I had
been almost ready to believe-the ro-
nance Of design, OF a carefully laid
plot. and all that. II had been merely
accident, after all And I smiled a 1T
tie sarcastically at myself for my
oredulity. No doubt my own romance
Of q secret drawer and a poisoned
mechanism would prove equally fabu-
lous. In my over wrought state Of the
night before. It had seemed reasonable
enoughi but here. In the cold light OF
day. 1t seemed preposterous. How
Grady n Goldberger would have
I put the whole thing impatiently
away from me. and turned to other
work; but Ilfound I could not conuue
q certain deep seated nervousness; So
at last I locked my desk. told the boy
I would not be back. and took a cab for
a long drive through the park. The
sight OF the children playing along the
paths, did me good, and I was able to
greet Godfrey with a smile when he
called for me at z o'clock.
I've engaged a table at a little place
around the corner" he said. ut Is
managed by a friend Of mine. and !
think you'll like It."
/ did. Indeed, the dinner was so good
that It demanded undivided attention,
and not until the coffee was on the
table and the cigars lighted did we
speak of the business which had
trough us together.
Anything new?" I asked, as we
pushed back u II chairs.
mo. nothing of any Importance. The
man at h morgue has not been iden-
titled. In the first place, the Paris
police have never taken his Bertillon
measurements"
Then he's not a criminal?'
He has never been arrested"
Godfrey qualified. More peculiar
IN the fact that he hasn't been rec
ognized here. Two million people prob
ably. saw his photograph In the papers
this morning. Some Of them thought
they knew him and went around to
the morgue to see his body. but nothing
came Of II. The police have no report
Of any such man missing"
That is peculiar. isn't It'll" I COM
mented.
TITS very peculiar. It means one of
two things-either the fellows friends
are keertng dark purposely, or he
didn't have any friends. here in New
York at least. But even then, one
would think that whoever rented him
a room would wonder what had be-
Come of him. and would make some
inquiries"
Perhaps he hadn't rented a ROOM"
/ suggested. Perhaps he had just
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