Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-19


Jimmy vcntured on, and made dcs-
pcrat" efforts to break the lock Of that
closet door. In vain he struggled.
The far-famcd product Of the lock
makers art held. Jimmy continued to
tour the room-but he could fin! no
documents III evidence.
Down In tho library Allie. and
were having goodnight chat with
her guardian. whose amiahility ac-
tually annoyed me. | was glad when
the girl suggested that she was sleepy
and asked me IL were ready TO come
to bed. As we were ieaNin.: the room.
Mr.. Harvey asked nc /" wal; a mo-
ment. and however little liked re-
manning, courtesy demanded that /
acquicsce.
Alice wen, from the room almost
timidly. /, seemed rather pathetic to
see grown woman So afraid of the
dark.
Poor Eiri-you can sac for Yourself
that she has Authorizations and morbid
fancies. can't you. Miss Fairfax -
asked Harvey. Il hardly know what
is my duty by her. just to try keep
ing her here quietly in the hope tina,
alienst down to examine her. She is
going mad-mad like her mother. 1t
makes me very unha3py."
Suddenly the air was fairly torn by
shriek-shriil. piercing, filled with
horror and despair We rushed TO the
hall and found Alice ~ The foot Of
the stairs. The girl lay huddled in !.
faint that looked alruos, like death
itself. Harvey turned on the lights
and then he picked up his ward and
carried her into tho library.
"Oh. i; WAS horriblc--l saw y uian,
hand--it reached gu, and clutchcd for
ine-just as ! thought il would seize
me in another moment. everything
went black" moaned Alice when AT
last We woke her 70 consciousness OF
her terror. She fell TO sobbiny ana
moaning. and there seemed nothing to
do but carry her TO her bedroom and
see whether the quiet. familiar sur
roundinSs Of her own silk -drapod
bower would not cushion and sootho
her tangled nerves. The rirl begged
her guardian TO go and leave her alone
with ,nc-and with show of SYM
paihy had not expected from him. lie
retired.
oh. Miss Fairtax-t know now /
didn't sec II. of course couldn't
have seen it. But | thought did
Mother was like that. She had nor.
rible hallucinatious before she Ven;
mao. too. There mustn't lie any dauch-
Ter after me to suffer as am suffer
ing. have given David up
Al las, Alice was sufficiently calm
so that she felt she could slecr I
huhS myself on couch in order to
be near AT hand III case III" girl wok.
during the night TO a rcinemir,uce
OF her fer.ors; and ntfully diirin.. mo
long hours of the nigh, | walked and
slept and walked again 10 wonder
whether Alice Masters would ho driven
by forces did not understand across
The delicate line which lies between
mental health and mental sickness
insanity.
We lef, Jimmy wandering around
itarNcEs bedrc.ua--and upoa Il IS pur.
sui, Harvey himself entered So pul
denly that Jimmy had just time to
conceal himself under the heavy four
poster bed when the future OCCUPANT
OF tina. bod entered tho room. Win
nun came Jenkins. who hclpcd his
master prepare for the night. aud then
aid the key Of tho closet door ON ),
iittie table which stood at the head
OF the bed
AS soon as Jenkins had left him,
Harvey took from his pocket two Sins
OF yellow paper on which he focused
an almost anguished attention lie
read them over and over and then he
gan trampinG up and down tho room
with every sign Of distress Al Last
ne crurnpled the yellow papers into a
ball and flung himself into he'd
lien there were signs of sIumbcr
from the man upon the bed. the mau
under the bed crept out. seized the
crumplcd yellow telegram and then
appropriated tho key of tho closet, and
Slipping over noisclcsSly to tho door.
entered the Bluehcard chamber and
cam" gu; bearing in his hand a black
bag
Equally n"iselessly, he slipped ont Of
INC Wihd"" again and hurried down 10
a quiet spot on the ground. Ono after
another ne tried all the keys on his
rjnE-but in vain: the has would not
open. Then Jimmy remembered tho
tiny brass key he had picked up in
the Office OF Clifton Wells. lie took il
out aud tried it. II fitted into the
lock,
Jimmy turned the little brass key
eagerly. The black bag refused To
open.
suddenly he became aware Of q queer
whirrinG noise The black bag was
buzZinE like child's toy which is
wound IN and ready 10 u" jimmy
held the bag Gnecrly AZ arms length
Mr. BartSn felt momertary access of
fear. And then tn" explanation came
10 him. In that bag was the MUIR
dercr Of Clifton Wells. Young Collins
was guiltless
In quick panorama the entire theory
He had only TO fasten tho crime on the
criminal Flo had only to take him in
the act-"infla granite delictu"-.hut how
TO do that rather puzzled even clever
Jimmy Rartom.
Rag in hand. he hurried down to
the nearest polio" station and told his
story 10 his friends there. They gave
him interes,-even faith---and when
the bag itself proved his theory. they
were almost as eager as he TO proceed
to save Collins and find the real crimi-
nal
But iurics do not convict on circun.
stantial evidence. II must lie proved
that this very bag had been in WcllS's
Office at the time OF his death. How
to do that puzzled even Jimmy.
Just then he remembered the crum-
pied yellow kilograms he had in his
pocket. lie pulled them out and
looked at them Both were addressed
to Henry Harvey and one read: send
more margin" And the other: Forty
five thousand dollars needed at once
TO save |. L"
.Iimmy's mind. trained in the school
of journalism. sharpened by contact
with men of all types in mans world
and with Il natural as we'll a Guilt
waited detective instinct. reacted at
once to the situation. lie knew what
y,a hoIi oh no thin,r tn n ~,