Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-05-06

Other jewellers in the building never
guessed that stealthy guest lurkeu
IN the apartment which the district at
torney had left untenanted for the pc
Rod of his trip abroad. BY day AS well
as by night the shades remained drawn.
Over the whole inner surface or the
windows. Andrew had arranged light
proof coverings, through which no
least raw from the electric lamps could
penetrate to give hint Of his occu-
pancy. very slight opening Of the
windows gave him sufficient fresh AIR
and throughout the hours of day as or
darkness the artificial illumination sur
feed him.
Indeed. the Master Mind found him
self strangely content In this curious
sort OF Intimate association with the
man against whom he Unanswered so
craftily. He experienced a subtle, sin
ister ioy I'm feeling tits nearness 10 his
prey which was the product OF the
surroundings Here were the books
Wainwright read, the letters he receiv-
rious souvenirs he most cherished In
the assembling OF the varied articles
within this home. there must be a
massing of testimony from which to
Judge the inner. vital nature of the
owner. Ii might easily be that some
record would suggest the precise course
to bring down on him shame and de-
spair.
Having thus nodded circumstances
TO his will the Master Mind spent two
weeks in exhaustive research into the
mind and heart Of Wainwright as they
were respectively indicated by his per
sonal denominations. His painstaking
Investigations convinced Andrew Of
two facts that were beyond question
the first. that the young lawyer had a
heart capable of tenderest affections,
as was witnessed by the letters from
mother and sister, which were TO one
manifestly fond: the second. that he
ruled his life according to the dictates
OF lofty ambition.
Convinced Of the twain truths, the
Master Mind determined broadly the
manner of his attack. Ii must be the
contriving Of some situation that would
strike its agony into the deeps OF the
mans being. something to wound be-
yond remedy both brain and heart
The exact plan could be left for future
arrangement. depending on facts yet to
be marshaled. And then within TWEEN
ty-four hours. the Master Mind came
on the thing he sought
This was "A journal. with entries Gov
ering u number OF years. in which
Wainwright had jotted down rough
notes OF many things. Andrew had
early found IL i'm one OF the locked
drawers OF the desk in the district at
torney's study. The searcher had
glanced through the volume hastily.
He h I'd given il no more than n cur
sorry attention after the outset OF his
readh 2. The items were uniformly OF
n barren kind-notes concerning cases.
financial statements and estimates.
brief itineraries OF trips. some men
ton OF a few trihing illnesses. refer
ence to particular events OF purely
personal interest. There was. for ex-
ample. rather lengthy account OF an
automobile accident In which Vain
wright had been injured nearly a year
ago I'm Chicago. Already Andrew had
received a circumstantiaI history OF
this happening from one OF his agents
So. on his first scanning Of the diary.
he had merely read enough Of the en-.
try 10 learn the nature of the event de
scribed therein and had omitted the re-
mainder OF the narrative.
Now. nj last. be returned to the jour
nal and read IL slowly and attentively
without missing word. When finally
he was come to a full scrutiny OF the
Chicago episode in the life OF Vain
wright he was suddenly filed with JOY,
unholy in its exultation. Wainwright
himself had put the weapon In his
hand.
The text Of the entry as well as the
date showed that the account had been
written after the district attorneys re-
turn to New York. The narrative ran
In this form:
New York. April 90 1907.
ran into a heap OF trouble on my Chi
cago trip. Rather, Billy Clarkes chauf-
feur did the running into something
Steering gear went wrong car skidded
into curb and over we went The chauf.
feur got a broken leg. and my ribs were
mussed up a lot. But the serious part
was a cut in my wrist where the broken
wind shield sliced open the artery. The
chauffeur was pinned under the machine
and there was nobody else to do any.
thing AS the doctor told me In the hos.
pital. a severed artery can get In its work
mighty quick. IL was just a huke thai
saved me No. don't mean that. I sup
pose II was Providence. The fact Is, 4
was just a girl-and such a girl Tn,
other women on the scene gabbled anf
had Mysteries and were worse than gooS
for nothing. And the men ably seconded
them. But there was one girl. I'll under
line that. 1 guess. I'll write IL: The On
Girl Well. when she saw the bloc,
squirting out In jets that were sending m
to kingdom come In a hurry, she dldn'
scream OF faint or even run. Anyhow
she didn't run away. for I have a mem
DRY Of seeing her darling toward me.
heard a little cry from her. a pitiful kim
OF cry. wondered VIII she cried on