New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-21

had waited thirty-five years to find
the right woman, and when found
her some one else had won her. I waB
In the depths that day when Burton
came In. 's'
He walked into the office }auntity
and put something on the desk In front
Of me. 1t was Russia heather bog.
The leather bag!.' be pointed proud
". 1T was found in Boston" ~
It was not locked, and l got 1t open
IN a minute. AS had expected. 1t
was empty.
Then perhaps Wardrop was telling
the TRUTH" exclaimed. by JoTe,
Burton. he was robbed by the woman
in the cab. and he can't tell about her
on account 2 Miss fleming. She
made a haul. for certain" 2
I told him then OF the two womea,
who had left Betiwood on The night of
Miss James disappearance and showed
him the purse and II Enclosure. The
q puasaed hin a. 4, bad me. s'9t msht
be anything" be said as be gave Il
back, from a book. chapter and verse
h tho Hthae 70 Z peescsipttm 1u rhsa-
matism at a drug store. As to the lady
In the cab. think perhaps you are
right" be said. examining the interior
OF the BAG, where Wardrops name 10
ink told It's story. T
''How ON earth did you get the bags r.
! ASKED &
W.T. nnAro1A1v,o0 grhnr0 h0r IVA
been q shrewd lot Of baggage thieves
In two OF three eastern cities lately,
mostly Boston. The method, the po-
Nee say. was something Hike this one
Of them. the CHIEF OF the gang. would
get a wagon. dress like an express
man. and 60 round the depots hooking
al baggage He wonfd make mental
note Of che numbers. so away and
forge check to match. and secure the
pieces he had taken fancy 20. Then
he merely drove around to headquaR-
tiers, and the trunk was rif1ed. The
police got on. raided the place and
found, among others. our Russia leath-
er bag. 1t was shipped back, empty,
to the address inside. Bellwood." :,
"At Bellwood7 Then how
1T came while was lunching with
Miss Letitia," he said easily. Were
very chummy-thick as thieves. What
I want to know is'-d1sregarding my
astonishment-"wher Is the hundred
thousandT'
Find the woman"
did you ever hear Of Anderson, the
nerve specialistr be asked. wathout
apparent relevancy.
y have been thinking OF him..
answered. III we could get Wardrop
there on some plausible excuse t.
9 would take Anderson about ten min
utesy with, his instruments and expert
mental psychology. to know everything
iWardrop ever forgoe- 49, Z.
It'll 60 on one condition." Burton
said, preparing to leave It'll promise
to get Wardrop and have him on tho
spot at ? O'Clock tomorrow"
About 4 O'Clock woman came who
refused to be turned away. She was
Of medium height, quietly dressed and
fairly handsome. My FIRST impression
was favorable She moved with a GER
tain dignity. and che was noe laced.
crimped or made up. Lam more So
phisticated now. The lady who tells
me things says that the respectable
women nowadays outrouge, outcrimp
, and OUTAGE the unrespectabbe.
However. the Illusion was gone the
moment she began 10 speak. Her
voice was heavy. throaty. expression,
less. She threw Il like a weapon. I
am perfectly honest In saying that for
moment the surprise Of her voice
outwelghed the remarkable thing she
was saying.
II am Mrs. Allan Fleming" she said.
with q certain husky defiance.
II beg your pardon" said after
minute. You. mean the Allan Flem-
ing who has tsst died2'' :.
She nodded. I could see she was
unable Just then TO speak She had
nerved herself to the interview. but
Il was evident that there was real
grief saw now that she was In
mourning.
-Do you mean," asked incredu-
,lously, that Mr.. Fleming married a
second time p
i "He married me three years ago in
,Piattsburg. I came from there last
night. I couldn't leave before"
''Does Miss Fleming know about
this second marrlageY 3
mo. Nobody knew about Il: .Ihave
had TO put up with a great deak Nj.
Knox. It's hard thing for a woman
TO know that people are talking about
her and all the time she's married as
tight as ring and book can do it, :