The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-24

FFs K. Try company st senf1auy all there was to know of WatnHrightss family, of his boykood of his lffesan school, ,.in- college, and aft. erward in the world of affairs, where though still young man, he had won distinction from the respectful liking of his feliows.
 Butsthe Master Mind found no solace in stfting the mass of material thus placed at his command concerning the foe From all the evidence the truth appeared 4ncontestab1e that Covtland Wainwright had lived clean life; that there was no stigma of scandal hidden within his experience to be fearfully guarded from the public eye Finally, when all other methods of search had avaiied- naught, the departure of his in tended victim for a vacation trip to Europesinspired him with plan of ac ton characteristically audaciouS-
 His resolution once taken, Andrew Allen lost no time in the accomplish nent of his scheme. He was possess ed of money a-p4enty, and bribery will accomplish modern miracles, especially when accompanied by guaranty oi humanity from any i'll consequences of discovery As messenger for him self he held an interview with the  Wainwr1ghtss apartment. The result was that within week of the district attorneys sailing the. Master Mind was snugdy at home in his eneny's house there to live and there to study at his leisure the owner of the place, there to Iearn- the vulnerable point toward which toY 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 anywhere; against the good qualities, since the evil were of HnHt too tEfding to serve.
 Other dwellers in the building never guessed that a stea1thy guest furke0 in the apartment which the district at torneyg had left untenanted for the pc riods of his trip abroad By day as well as by night the shades remained drawn. Over the whole inner surface Of the windows, A1ldrew had arranged light proof coverings, through which no least ray from the electric lamps could penetrate to give a hint of his occu- pancy. A very slight opening of tha 1 windows gave him sufficient fresh air. and throughout the hours of day as of l darkness the artificial illumination suf- dced him.
 l Indeed, the Master Mind found him self strangely content in this curious sort of intimate association with the man against whom he maneuvered So, craftf1y. He experienced a subtle, sim l ister joy in feeling this nearness to his l prey which was the product of the surroundings. Here were the books Wainwright read, the letters he receiy- ed, the pictures he esteemed, the va. l nf1 Tn l the assembling of the varied articles within this home, there must be a 1 massing of testimony from which to 1 judge the inner, vital nature of the I owner. It might easily be that some l record. would suggest the precise coursa to bring down on him shame and de spa4r.
 Having thus naoIded circumstances I to his will, the Master Mind spent two l weeks in exhaustive research into the mind and heart of Wainwright as they I were respectively indicated by his per- ] sonAl accumulate His pa1nstaking 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
 
 ruled his life according to the dictates I of a, lofty ambition.
 Convinced of the twain truths, the Master Mind determined broadly the manner of his attack. It must be the contriving of some situation that would 1 strike its agony into the deeps of the mans being, .soraething to wound be- yond remedy both brain and heart.
 The exact plan could be left for future arrangement, depending on facts yet to
 be marshaIed. And then, within twen- ty-four hours, the Master Mind came l on the thing he sought
 This was. a journal, with entries GOV ering a number of years, in which Wainwright had jotted down rough notes of many things. Andrew had ] early found it in one f~thez locked l drawers of the desk in the district at torney's study The searcher had glanced through the volume hastily l Gro Be Continued.)
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