Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-16

Sdlu ne hileW uileSS HS uiu' lSiI |
my pulses pounding to be off on the
trail.
"wnl' ~ oI gloated. "Well-iust
watch me-"
Il shall,' said Semi, with faint
smile.
l jammed on my hat and left the
tower, passed through the garden,
and ran down the stairs to the
twentieth floor.
An express had just come up and
was disgorging its passengers, and |
scuttled in. Swiftly it dropped me
back into the roar and surge of
everyday life.
1t was like waking from quiet
dream. Yet there remained with me
those last few words of Dual He
knew already the person who sought
to destroy two lives last night.
/ Alone in his tower he had decided
without ever seeing the scene of the
crime. And if he said he knew. he
did.
Furthermore, he said that much
depended upon me.
took long breath and resolved
that would not fail in the trust he
was placing in me.
There was taNi-stand near the
building, and / made my way toward
it without delay found disengaged
cab, and sprang in. The chauffeur
bent to his crank, leaped aboard, and
we lurched away from the curb while
called my destination to him and
received nod of his head.
Now again l had time for reverie.
What, | wondered, did Dual eX-
pect me to find? What had the police
overlooked? What did he mean by
saying that one word might point to
the truth of the case?
Yet, with all the questions which
whirled through my brain, l could
not doubt.
/ remembered time in the winter
before when he had sent me to a
presumably empty storeroom, even as
he was now sending me to this house,
and told me to find what l could.
l had gone, and picked up the
thread which led straight to the So
luton of the mystery.
Would l to-day find something like
that? Would Johnson be waiting for
me? What did Dual mean by saying
that we should examine both inside
and outside of the four rooms involv-
ed in the crime?
l found myself trembling with a
species of nervous excitement as the
cab rushed along. was fretted by
an impatience to arrive and get to
work, demonstrate and justify the
faith Dual held in me. And again
as before l felt that l was content
to work blindly under his guiding
hand because was certain of what
the end would be.
Eternal justice, eternal right. Dual
was the priest of right and justice,
and | was his acolyte-the lesser
agent whom he used to bring his ends
about.
The cab turned in at the drive and
came to a stop at the door. ! sprang
out and, without exactly knowing
why, told the man to drive back to
the street and wait.
Then as he let in his clutch and
turned his car | began to mount the
porchsteps.
johnson met me at the door, a
somewhat quizzical grin upon his thin
features.
"Just what is the program, Mr..
Reporter ?" he asked.
Were going to play detective and
try to detect something" | gave him
back.
What, if you don't mind?" he
jeered. "That friend of yours call
ed me up this morning just before
twelve, and insisted that / meet you
here. | was just leaving, after the
coroner had viewed the body and de-
cded not to hold an inquest, as he
agreed it was clear case. But this
friend of yours said you was comm
anyway, and I'd better stick around.
Now, what sort of bug have you
and him got?"
at isn't bug, and we haven't got
it yet, anyway" | retorted. 81 came
here to find it, and want you to help
me. that's all"