New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-18

Eot about q thousand dollars fbp them
'|-eleeye4 hundred ana something. ] be.
lieye" Il sE'.s 7 .s'
!. ! think Margery was fairly stunned
to learn that her father had married
again, that he had been the keystone
in an arch Of villainy that, with him
gone, was now about to fall and to as
sociate him with so small and mean a
thing as the theft of a handful OF
pearls.
"Then," I said to bring Wardrop
back to his story, "you found you had
been robbed Of the money, and you
, went in to tell Mr.. Fleming. You had
Some words. didn't your"
lie thought what you all thought"
| Wardrop said bitterly. HE accused
me Of stealing the money. felt worse
than a thief. He was desperate, and
took his revolver from him.
| Il came back here to Bellwood, and
the first thing learned was about
Miss Jane. When I saw the blood
print on the stair rail thought she
was murdered, and I had more than
could stand took the letters out of
the secret closet before could show It
to you and Hunter, and later I put
them in the leather bag gave you and
locked it. You have 1t, haven't you,
Knox?''
nodded.
"As for that night at the club, told
, the truth then, but not all the truth
suppose I am coward, but I was
afraid to. II you knew Schwartz you
would understand"
With the memory Of hts huge figure
and the heavy undershot face that I
had seen the night before could un-
derstand very well. knowing Wardrop.
I went to that room at the White
Cat that night because was afraid
not to 60. Fleming might kill himself
or some one eise. went up the stairs
slowly, and heard no shot. At the
door hesitated, then opened 1t quiet
~. The door into the built In staircase
was just closing. 1t must have taken
me only an instant to realize what had
happened. Fleming was swaying for
ward as caught him. jumped to
the staircase md looked down, but I
was too late. The door below had
closed knew in another minute who
had been there and escaped. 1t was
raining. you remember, aud Schwartz
had forgotten to take his umbrella
with hts name on the handle"
"Schwart1"'
Nov DO you understand why was
being followedT he demanded II
! have been under surveillance every
minute since that night There's prob
ably some one hanging around the gate
now. Anyhow I was frantic. I saw
how It looked for me. and IL I had
brought schwarts into Il I would have
been knined in forty-eight hours. I
hardly remember what did. know
ran for doctor, and took the UNI
brella with me and left 1t In the vesti-
bule Of the first house I saw with
Doctors sign. I rang the bell like
crazy man. and then Hunter came
along and saM to 60 back; DR.. Gray
was at the club
THAT Is all I know. I'm not proud
Of It. Margery, but It might have been
worse. and it's the truth. Ii clears up
something. but not all. It Doesn't tell
where Aunt Jane is or who has the
hundred thousand. But it does show
who killed your father. And IL you
know what is good for you, Knox. you
viii let it go at that. You can't fight
the police and the courts single hand
ed. Look how the whole thing was
dropped and the most cold blooded
kind Of murder turned into suicide
Suicide without weapon! Bahr'
Il am not so sure about Schwartz"
said thoughtfully. I'VE haven't yet
learned about eleven twenty two c."
Miss Jane Maitland had been miss
ing for ten days. In that time not
one word had come from her.
Some things puzzled me more than
ever in the light Of Wardrop's story.
For the third time asked myself
why Miss Letitia denied the loss Of the
pearls There was nothing In what we
had learned, either. to tell why Miss
Jane had gone away-to ascribe mo-
tive.
How she had gone, in view OF War
drops story Of the cab. was clear. She
had gone By street car. walking the
three miles to Wynton alone at 3
O'Clock In the morning. although she
had never stirred around the house at
night without candle and was pri-
! vately known to sleep with a light
when Miss Letitia went to bed first
and could not see it through the tran
som.
The theory I had formed seemed alb
surd at first, but as thought It over,
its probabilities grew ON me. took
dinner az Bellwood and started for
town almost Immediately after.
Margery had gone 30 Miss Letitia's