, 1915-04-22

tended victim for IA vacation trip 10
Europe inspired him with n plan of ac'
ton enthusiastically audacious.
His resolution once taken. Andrew
Allen lost no time In the accomplish
ment of his scheme. He was possess
ed of money a-plenty, and bribery will
accomplish modern miracles. especially
when accompanied by n guaranty OF
immunity from any Ill consequences OF
discovery. As a messenger for him
self he held an interview with the
janitor of the building in which was
Wainwright's apartment The result
was that within a week of the district
attorneys sailing the Master Min was
snugly at home in his enemy's house,
there to live md there to study at his
leisure the owner of the place, there
to learn the vulnerable point toward
which TO drive attack, for. now, the
plotter had come to believe that he
must seek to trap his quarry by some
device against the strength OF the
mans nature, since he could discover
no vital weakness a%nywhere; against
the good qualities. since the evil were
of n kind too trifing to serve.
Other dwellers in the building never
guessed that II stealthy guest lurked
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 OF the
windows, Andrew had arranged light
proof coverings, through which no
least ray from the electric lamps could
penetrate to give n int of his occu-
pancy. A very slight opening of the
windows gave him sufficient fresh air,
and throughout the hours of day as of
darkness the artificial illumination suf-
feed lin.
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
lister joy In feeling this nearness to his
prey which was the product of the
surroundings. Here were the books
Wainwright read, the letters he receiv-
ed, the pictures he esteemed, the va
rious souvenirs he most cherished. In
the assembling Of the varied articles
within this home. there must be n
massing of testimony from which to
judge the inner, vital nature of the
owner. 1t might easily be that some
record would suggest the precise course
to bring down on him shame INT de
spair.
Having thus nodded circumstance
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 accumulations. 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 a lofty ambition.
Convinced of the twain truths, the
Master Mind determined broadly the
manner Of his attnck. 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 eXac 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 n number Of years, In which
Wainwright had Jotted down rough
notes of many things. Andrew had
early found II In one of the locked
drawers OF the desk In the district at
torney's study. The searcher had
glanced through the volume hastily.
He had given 1t no more than n cur
sorry attention after the outset of his
reading. The items were uniformly of
a barren knd-nOtes concerning cases.
financial statements and estimates.
brief itineraries of trips. some men
ton of a few trining Illnesses. refer.
ence to particular vents of purely
personal interest. There was. for ex
ample. n rather lengthy account of an
automobile accident in which Vain.
wright had been injured nearly a year
& in Chicago. Already Andrew had
received a clrcumstnntlal history OF
this happening from one OF his agents.
SO, Oh his first scanning of the diary
he had merely read enough Of the en-
try to learn the nature of the event de
Berlbed therein and had omitted the re-