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CHAPTER xIV.-Continued.

Maurice. I've got to find that young
woman if have to chase her halfway
round the globe, and it's tough luck to
figure out that if you hadn't been in
such a blazing HI of a hurry to
get your supper that night, l might be
able to catch up with her in the next
forty-eight hours or so. But what's
done is done, and can't be helped
Chase out and get your passenger
list for that trip. Wen take the wom-
en- as they come, and when you've
helped me Gull out the names of the
ones you're sure it wasn't, I'll screw
my nut and quit buzzing you"
The clerk went below and returned
almost Immediately with the list To-
gether they went over it carefully, and
by dint of much memory-wringing
Maurice was able to give the detec-
tive leave to cancel ten of the II
names in the women's list, the remain
ing seven including all the might-have-
beens who could possibly be fitted
into the clerks recollection of the
woman he had seen clinging to the
saloon deck stanchion after her inter
view with the deckhand
1t was while he was waiting for the
departure of the first north-bound
train that he planned the search for
the young woman, arranging the
names of the seven might-have-beens
in the order Of accessibility as indi-
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CHAPTER XIV.
In the BurqTar-Proof.

A week and day after the opening
of new vistas at Miss Griersons eve
ming. acknowledgements interces-
sion with the Widow Holcomb having
paved the way-took a favorable op-
portunity of announcing his intention
of leaving Mereside. 1t figured as a
grateful disappointment to him-one
OF the many she was constantly giving
him-that Margery placed no obstacles
in the way of the intention. On the
contrary. she approved the plan.
Il know how you feel.'' she said,
nodding complete comprehension
You wsnt to have a place that you
can call your own; a place where you
can go and come as you please and
settle down to work. You are going
to work. aren't you?-on the book, /
mean?"
Griswold replaced in its proper
niche the volume he had been reading
II was Adam Smiths Wealth OF Ma
tions," and he had been wondering by
what ironical chance it had found a
place in the bankers library.
Yes; that is what / mean to do"
he returned. But it will have to be
done in such scraps and parfngs of
time as I can save from some bread
and-butter occupation. One must eat
to live. you know"
She was sitting on the arm of one
OF the big library iounging-chafrs and
looking up at him with a smile that
was suspiciously innocent and child
like
You mean that you win have to
work for your living." she asked
Exactly"
What were you thinking of doing ?"
i don't know" he confessed
Again he surprised the lurking
smile in the velvety eyes. but this time
1t was half-mischievous.
We have college here In wahas-
ka. and you might get a place on the
faculty.. she suggested: adding: AS
an instructor in philosophy. for exam
pie"
PhilosoDhvf that in the one thing
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: dergarten work, and was cheerfully
shown the records. When he turned
to the pages signed Charlotte Farm
| ham" the last doubt vanished and
assurance was made sure. The anony-
! nous letter writer was found
1t was just here that Matthew Brof-
| fin fell under the limitations of his
trade. Though the detective in real life
is as little as may be like the Inspector
Buckets and the Javerts of fiction, GER
tain characteristics persist. When he
found himself face to face with the
straightforward expedient, the craft
limitations bound him. He thought of
a dozen good reasons why he should
make haste slowly; and he recognized
in none of them the craftsman's slant
toward indirection-the tradition of
the trade which discounts the straight
forward attack and puts a premium
upon the methods of the deer-stalker.
Sooner or later, of course, the at
tack must be made But only an ap-
prentice, he told himself, would be
foolish enough to make it without
mapping out all the hazards of the
ground over which it must be made
In word, he must place Miss Farm
ham precisely; make careful study
of the young woman and her environ
ment, to the end that every thread of
advantage should be in his hands when
he should finally force her to a con-
fessiOn. For by now the assumption
that she knew the mysterious bank
robher was no longer hypothetical in
Broff1n's mind; it had grown to the di-
mansions of a conviction.
With the patient curiosity of his
tribe he suffered no detail, however,
trivial. to escape its jotting down. To
familiarize himself with the gofngs
and comings of one young woman, he
made the acquaintance of an entire
town He knew Jasper Grierson's am
bition, and its fruitcge in the practical
ownership of Wahaska- He knew that
Edward Raymer had borrowed money
from Grierson's bank-and was likely
to be unable to pay it when his notes
fell due. He had heard it whispered
that there had once been a love affair
between young Raymer and Miss Farm
ham. and that it had been broken off
by Raymer's infatuation for Margery
Grierson. Also, last and least impor-
tant of all the gossiping details, as it
seemed at the time, he learned that
the betwitching Miss Grferson was a
creature of fads; that within the past
month or two she had returned from a
Florida trip, bringing with her a sick
man. a total stranger, who had been
picked up on the train, taken to the
great house on the lake shore and
nursed back to life as Miss Grierson's
latest defiance of the conventions
1t should have been a memorable
day for Matthew Broffin when he had
this sick man pointed out to him as
Miss Grierson's companion in the high
trap But Brofin was sufficiently hui
man to see only very beautiful young
woman sitting correctly erect on the
slanting driving-seat. To be sure, he
saw man, as one sees a vanishing fig
ure in kaleidoscope. But there was
nothing in the clean-shaven face of the
gaunt, and as yet rather haggard, con-
velescent to evoke the faintest thrill
of interest-or of memory.
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In the world that know least about .
"Oh. but do mean it. honestly. she
averred- You are a philosopher,
really and truly. and can prove it
Do you feel equal to another little
drive DOWNTOWN"
Being a philosopher. ought to be
equal to anything" he postulated; and
he went upstairs to get q street coat
and his hat
She had disappeared when he came
down again. and he went out to sit on
the sun-warmed veranda while he wait
ed He had already forgotten what
she had said about the object of the
drive-the proving of the philosophic
charge against him-and was looking
forward with keenly pleasurable an
ticipations to another outing with her.
the second for that day. 1t had come
to this. now; to admitting frankly the
Charm which he was still calling sensu-
Gus. and which. in the moments of in
sight recurring, as often as they can
be borne to the imaginative, and
wayfaring. he was still disposed to
characterize as an appeal to that
which was least worthy in him
Passing easily to Miss Farnham the
ideal from Miss Grierson the f1esh-and-
blood reality, he was moved to won
der mildly why the fate which had
brought him twice into critically init
mate relations with her was now deny
ing him even a chance meeting For a
week or more he had been going out
daily; sometimes with Miss Grierson
in the trap, but oftener afoot and
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She had risen to meet him by the
time he had mounted the steps. and
he knew that her first glance was ap-
prafsive. He had confidently counted
upon being mistaken for strange pa
tient in search OF the doctor. and ne
was not disappointed
You are looking for Doctor Farm
ham?" she began. He In at his OF
fice-201 Main street"
Broffin was digging in his pocket
for a card
Il know well enough where your
fathers office Is. but you are the one
wanted to see," he said; and ne
gave her the round-cornered card with
it's blazonment OF his name and en-
ployment
He was watching her narrowly when
she read the name and its underline
and the quick indrawing of the breath
and the little shudder that went with
it were not thrown away upon him.
But the other signs; the pressing OF
the even teeth upon the lower lip ana
the coming and going of three straignt
lines between the half-closed eyes
were not so favorable.
"Will you come into the house.
Mr." she, had to look at the card
again to get the name-"Mr. Brofhn 2?
she asked.
Thank you, miss; it's plenty good
enough out here for me if it ia for
YOU, he returned, beginning to fear
that the common civilities were Civ
ing her time to get behind her de-
lenses.
4 guess we can take it for granted
that you know what / want. Miss
Farnham.'' he began abruptly. when
he had shifted his chair to face her
rocker Something like three months
ago. or Whereabouts, you went into
bank in New Orleans to get a draft
cashed. While you were at the pay
ing tellers' window a robbery was
saw the man that did it. I've come
to get you to tell me the mans
name
Il have told it once. in q letter to
Mr.. Galbraith.''
Broffin nodded Eyes; in a letter
that you didn't sign. I've come all
the way from New Orleans to get
you to tell me his real name, Miss
Farnham."
why do you think 1 can tell your"
was the undisturbed query.
"A lot of little things" said the de-
tective. who was slowly coming to his
own in the matter of self-assurance.
In the first place. he spoke to you
in the bank, and you answered him.
Isn't that SOP
She nodded again. you know SO
much, it is surprising that you don't
know it all, Mr.. Broffin,' she COM
mented. with gentle sarcasm.
1.-THE one thing 1 don't know is the
thing you're goin' to tell me-his real
name" he insisted. That's what I've
come here for"
In spite of her inexperience, which.
in Mr. Broffin's field, was no less than
total. Charlotte Farnham had imagi-
nation. and with it a womanly zest for
the matching of wits with a man
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alone. The walking excursions had
led him most frequently up and down
the lakeside drive, but the doctors
house stood well back in it's enclosure.
and there was much shrubbery. Once
he heard her voice: she was reading
aloud to someone on the vine-screened
porch. And once again in passing, he
had caught a glimpse of a shapely arm
with the loose sleeve falling away
from it as it was thrust upward
through the porch greenery to pluck
a bud from the crimson rambler, add
ing it's graceful mass to the Chamber
ing vines. 1t was rather disappoint-
ing, but he was not impatient. In the
fullness of time the destiny which had
twice interviewed would intervene
again. He was as certain of it as he
was of the day-to-day renewal of his
strength and vitality; and he could af
ford to wait. For, whatever else might
happen in a mutable world, neither an
ideal nor it's embodiment may suffer
change.
AS if to add the touch of definiteness
to the presumptive conclusion, a voice
broke in upon his reverie; the voice of
the young woman whose most alluring
charm was her many sided changeful-
ness, as if she had marked his preoc-
cupied gaze and OWNED its object:
You must have a little more patience,
Mr.. Griswold- All things come to him
who waits When you have left Mere
side finally. Doctor BERTHE will some
time take you home to dinner with
him"
For his own peace of mind, Girls
void hastily assured himself that it
was only the widest of chance shots.
Since the day when he had admitted
that he knew Miss Farnham's name
without knowing Miss Farnham in per-
son, the doctors daughter had never
been mentioned between them.
How did you happen to guess that
was thinking of the good doctor?" he
asked. curiously.
You were not thinking of Doctor
BERTHE; you were thinking of Doctor
Berries only" was the laughing con-
tradictson; and Griswold was glad that
the coming of the man with the trap
saved him from the necessity of fall
ing any farther into what might easily
prove to be dangerous pitfall. 1t was
not the first time that Miss Grierson
had seemed able to read his Utmost
thoughts
The short afternoon drive paused
at the curb in front of Jasper Grfer-
sons bank and a moment later he
found himself bringing up the rear of
a procession of three. led by a young
woman with a bunch of keys at her
girdle.
Number three-forty-hve-A, please"
his companion was saying to the young
woman custodian. and he stood aside
and admired the workmanship of the
complicated time-locks while the two
entered the electric-lighted safety de-
post vault and jointly opened one of
the multitude of small safes When
Miss Grierson came out. she was car
rying small. japanned document box
under her srm, and her eyes were
shining witt. a soft light that was new
to the man who was waiting in the
corridor Come with me to one OF
the coupon rooms" she said. and
Evening star., 1915-04-11
COMPANY K RIFLE WINNER.
Takes 1st Infantry Silver Cup Prize
Offered by Lieut.. Fehr.

Company X. 1st Infantry. N. G. D. c.,
finished in the lead in the nine-Week
intercompany rife shooting tournament
of the Cd Battalion. 1st Infantry, \. q.
D. c., which ended last night.
The score of the winning team was
ss1. and this organization is to receive
the first prize. a silver cup presented
by Lieut. j. Ralph Fehr, adJutant OF
the Sd Battalion.
Company KS record for the tourna-
ment was eight matches won and one
lost.
All of the shooting took place In the
Center market gallery range. the dis
tance being so feet with the army sub,
caliber rifle. The highest individual
score of $50 was made by Private MILO
B. Atkinson of Company X. Following
are last nights scores:
Company k-Atkinson, 14s; Firth,
143: Furbershaw, 141; Smith, 13S; Birth,
121 Total, 691.
Company M-Crandall, 14e; Holmes,
14I; Move, 139; Johnston. L. L.. 1874:
Muschlitz, 100. Total. 6s6.
Company L-Davis. 139; Johnston,
13S: Bomar, 1856: Mccormick, 1873;
Keene, 130. Total. SIS.
Company I-Marke. 1874: Verde, l34;
o'Neai 1873: Atwell, 116; Weeks, SO.
Total, 610.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
STOMACH SUFFERERS
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Maryland and Washington Folks
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derfuI Remedy.

Hundreds OF people in this vicinity
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Many have tried and proven the
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ivertisement.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Building Permits.

Building permits have been issued
TO the following:
James {. Marsh. TO build dwelling at
1902 Dogwood street northwest; archi-
tect, W. Talbot; builder. J. {. Marsh;
estimated cost, $4,000.
George O. Frey. to build garage at
1928 F street northeast: architect and
contractor, George o. Frey; estimated
cost, $50.
Samuel koblin. to build seven dwell
ings from 1922 to 1924 18th street
northeast: architect, Isaac Topper:
builder, :. koblin; estimated cost,
$1,000.
Charles J. Happier, to build dwelling
at fo2a Connecticut avenue northwest; /;
architect and contractor, W. c. Bra
shears: estimated cost, $500.
+. r. Gordon. to build dwelling at
55o3 33d street northwest: architect
and contractor. F. r. Gordon; estimat-
ed cost, $3,Ioo.
Harry Wardman, to build eight dwell
ings from 1929 to 1943 Lincoln road
northwest: architect, +. r. White:
builder. Harry Wardman. estimated
cost. 100000.
William A. Wimsatt. to repair dwell
ing at 20S Sth street southwest, eSti-
mated cost. $1,000
Evening star., 1915-04-11
MEDICAL FRATERNITY
GATHERS AT BANQUET
First Celebration of Chi Chapter of
Phi Beta Pi of George
town Is Held.

Addresses relating largely to the
profession of medicine were feature
of the first annual banquet given by
Chi Chapter of Phi Beta Pi Fraternity
of the Georgetown Medical School at
the Continental Hotel last evening,
The speakers and their subjects We're:
Dr. James Dudley Morgan, on The
Ideal Physician": DR.. d. Percy Hick-
ling. The Hospital Interne"; DR.. Will
liam c. Gwyn. Tuberculosis AS Spe-
First Impressions of Phi Beta Pi.'
A. NJ. Macdonald, archon of the fra
ternity. introduced DIR. James A. Can
non. who acted as toastmaster. DIR,
kober, who is dean of the medical
school. was the guest of honor.
Those present. other than already
named, We're: Drs. j. J. Madigan. +. 5.
Madigan. Thomas F.. Lowe. j. J. Nc
Carthy. LIE Roy T. Howard, J. A. Flynn,
J. Thomas Kelly, jr.: J. Z. Campbell,
vice archon: G.. w. Williams. financial
secretary: NJ. G. Healy. recording sec
NJ. A. Selinger, historian; w. p. DAILY,
editor: A. F. Roach, assistant editor;
F. l.. Ryan, chaplain: ]. c. Brady, w.
l.. Connery, w. F. Tolson, NJ. H. Spell
man. B. J. Burns, w. +. Colbert. F. ].
Eichenlaub, V. Hernandez. w. H Nell
son, ]. w. Schaffer, Roy l.. Sexton and
]. NJ. Whelan.
The committee in charge consisted of
Maurice A. Selinger, chairman; Joseph +.
Campbell, Henry J. Collins, j. NJ. Whelan
and Frederick l.. Ryan.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
LATE MAILS POPULAR.
Postmaster Says Collections Are
Growing in Size.

The late mail collections at four
downtown mail boxes which are being
tried out by Postmaster Praeger are
growing in size steadily, as the public
is learning that tehy can post letters
after midnight and have them col
lected in time for the early morning
mail trains.
On the third night of it's operation.
Friday night. forty-seven letters were
taken up, TIVE parcel post packages
and two newspapers. The first night
only sixteen pieces of mail were col
lected, and on the second thirty-eight
If the increase is maintained, the col
lections, which are made between 1
and o'clock in the morning, undoubt-
edly will be made permanent, it is said.
The boxes in which mail may be de-
posted for this after midnight co.lec-
tion are located as follows: 7th and
Pennsylvania avenue. lis am; con-
tract station, 18th and Pennsylvania
avenue. 1:20 am; 14th and streets,
1870 am. and 9th and F streets, :45
am.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
WIFE DEAD IN ROCK PILE
Boys at Play Uncover Murdered
Woman Wearing a We'd
ding Ring.

NEW YORK, April 10.-In the finding
of the body Of a woman under small
pile of stones in a vacant lot in Rose
dale avenue, the Bronx, late today the
local police were confronted with one
of the most mysterious murder cases
in recent years.
An autopsy tonight revealed that the
woman, who was about to become a
mother. had been killed by blows on
the skull from an ak. She was foreign
born and wore wedding ring.
Hoops and slaves from a broken
barrel, found near the body. and the
close proximity to the scene of the
New York New Haven and Hartford
railroad tracks caused the police to-
night to work on the theory that the
woman had been murdered at some
distant point and her body packed in
a barrel.
Apparently the woman was about
twenty-five years old. She was of me
dunn height and weight and of fair
complexion. The clothing was dark
and of inferior quality Two rings ami
two cheap pins were the only jewelry
found on the body.
Short dark hairs, which detectives
thought were those of a man, were on
a comb found near the body. and also
inside a torn glove taken from the
woman's hand.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Cavalry Colonel to Retire.

The President has approved the ap-
plication of Col Charles II. Grierson of
the cavalry. who has been stationed at
Fort Huachuca. Ariz.. for transfer to
the retired list August S. after more
than forty years service. and the officer
has been granted leave of absence to
that date. Col. Grierson is from Illi-
nois and was graduated from the Mil
itary Academy in June. 1879. During
the Spanish war he served as lieu
tenant colonel in the subsistence de-
partment of the volunteer army. With
that exception his entire service has
oeen in the cavalry arm. most of the
time with the fighting 10th. He reached
the grade Of colonel in September. 1914.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
BRITISH SHIP LIBELED.
Anglo Australian Held at New Or
leans on Cruelty Complaint.

NEW ORLEANS, April 10.-Charges
that George Farmer was shanghaied
aboard the British mule ship Anglo Aus
tralian here, and that severe handling
afterward was contributory to his death.
are made in a ten-thousand- dollar libel
filed against the vessel here today by
Edward Farmer. the father.
Young Farmer died three days after
the vessel left New Orleans, February
II, for Avonmouth, loaded with mules, ac-
cording to reports of the vessels officers
when they arrived Thursday. They said
he had been seized with an epileptic fit
soon after going aboard, and died. al
though the ships surgeon gave him care
full attention.
One Of the sailors Of the Anglo Aus
tralian is credited with a statement that
he helped shanghai Farmer
Evening star., 1915-04-11
LECTURE ON SOCIALISM.
George Preston and Prof. William
M. Coleman the Speakers.

A socialist propaganda meeting is to
be held at Sis O'Clock tonight at the
headquarters. Sll + street northwest
when George Preston is to speak on
Socialism In the Early Days.
Prof William Macon Coleman is to
lecture at o'clock this afternoon. This
morning. at / o'clock the sunday school
classes held under the auspices of the
socialist party of the District of Co
lumbla meet at the headquarters. All
the meetings are open to the public, ii
is announced.
The Young Peoples Socialist League
mixers went on a hike yesterday
afternoon
Evening star., 1915-04-11
mR. TAFT BUSY IN NEW YORK
Former President Makes Three Ad-
dresses. Afternoon and Evening.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Former
President William Fl. Taft spent busy
day in New York and vicinity, deliver
ing an address at the laying of Y. NJ
c. A.. building corner stone in Yonkers
in the afternoon and speaking at two
dinners in this city tonight.
One of these was given in honor of
former Representative William NJ
Calder, in paying tribute to whom Mr..
Taft took occasion to express the hope
that all republicans would be found
together in 1916.
AS guest of honor at dinner by the
Phila Club, the former President talked
on the Philippines and praised the work
Forbes.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
DISCUSS MORSE SAGAS.
Geographer Thinks 'Vinland" May
Have Been North of United States.

NEW YORK, Auril 10.-Members of
the Association of American Geograph-
ers and of the American Geographical
Society attending their annual joint
meeting here discussed with interest
today a suggestion made by Prof. NJ,
L. Fernald of Harvard that the Ninland
described in the sagas of the Morse
men would be found not in the United
States, but in Newfoundland or Labra-
dor.
Prof Fernald said that the bota nical
and physical features of the country
described as Ninland must place that
land far north, and he suggested that a
search for traces of the settlement be
made about the Straits of Belle Isle
the northern peninsula of Newfound-
land or Hamilton inlet. ..
Evening star., 1915-04-11
DAClA CLAIM EVIDENCE
NECESSARY IN 80 DAYS

PARIS, April 1o.-The French min
lister of marine, in an official state
ment issued today. gives notice that
the interested parties must furnish
evidence regarding claims applying TO
the seizure OF the American cotton
steamship Dacia within one month
from date. Final disposal Of the case,
consequently. will not be reached be-
fore the second week in May.