The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-14
Continued from wednesdays 1nteln-
geucer.}

No. d. not. she almos, Sn aIrSI.
"Ycu-yoG are detectives. N'S' 'i"||
ton has san: yoU. Jan,
us insisted Kennedy. never TOR an IN
slant showing his surprise d. "e'
You ar. You.cau. tel! her. YOU can
toll SSerybody. iii iell--1'n tell my,
self. Won't wait. That child IS "''ie
-minc--nDt hers. N""-So.
Kennedy. silent. Saw that the case de-
nanIed nuhk actipu shall never iTr-
scr tho GREATNESS ride down from tns
santtarium u the Hazletpn house on
Nh Mr. Hazelton." he cried as We hur-
ried in. YOU will pardon me for thus I'M
acrimonious intrusion. but II IS tn"S ,,, a'"
portaut May | trouble YOU I" place
YOUR fingers On this paper-sp.
He held out 10 her ii piece OF the pre-
pared papcr, She looked at him once.
,hen saw from his face that he was NOT
TO be questioned Almost tremulousiE
she did as hH said. SAElne r npt !, Now,
if | may Sce Norton? .,o
Twas the first time wc had seen the
bahx about whom the rapidly thlckeh-
ms events wsrc ernwdinS. he was
perfect speciment OF wetl-Cd''u ''
Kennedy took the little chubby fingers
pla$fully in his own. he seemed at -, "'t he
70 win the child's contidcnCe. though hc
may have violated scientific rules. 'ohf
t hw S,nn he pressed the little fingers ~,
the paper. until httle Morton tro"so
with delight as on" llttle pissy "i'e' al
oemTt nill do" announced Kennedy
finally, carelessty folding up the paper
and slipping it into his pocket. lou
must excuse me now. >,
You 500" he explained on the way I"
,ba laboratory, that powder adhereS 70
fresh finger prints. taking all the sTau-
a,inns Then thr paper with its parai'he
and glycerine coating taxes OIL '"e ~"
=, ,he laboratory ne buried himsel: IN
n:nrL with microscope. cntupaSSes. ca,i-
ptrs, while | fumed impotently at the
!:Wali.r." he called suddenly get
mr. N;Msiev. on tho telephone Iril
him 20 come Immediately to the iaoo-
ratbry. ,.. ,,.,--
ing what he had discovered IN t"f
nrder and putting on it the finishing
~ Or. Maudsley entered. KENNEDY
crested him and began by r4unSinis s
DIRECTLY into tho case in answer l" ms
rather d:scourteous inquiry as 10 why
he had been so hastily snmmonHq.
"Dr. Maudsley,' sad crals. nn nsS1 7
am on the verse of discovering inc
t-m-h in an important case affecting
morton Hazleton and his wife. am
frankly perplcxcd as to no" 10 80
Tho doctor seemed 70 sha ke with en-
element as Kennedy proceeded.
"Dr. MaudSley." Craig added. drop
Of :Millicent Haz!cton or not: You Nv were r ;,
tho physician in attendance on ner at
the birth. Is he?
Maudsley had been watching kenneSy
r,,rtivelv at first. but AS he raped out
the words I thought the doctors eyes
would pop out OF his head;
"p-profcssor k-Kennedy, he NUT,
tered frantically rubbing his tf face sind Hnd
ton he could so i'll conceal. let me cX-
plain
Mrs. IIazleton's baby was born
dead. l knew how much she and I'd the ne
heir. how much it meant. And sun
stttuted for the dead child NEWBORN
baby from the maternity hospital. II
1t belonged to Veronica HaverSham-
hen poor chorus girl. I did not in,
lend that she should ever know It. |
intended that she should think her BABY
was dead. But in some way she found II
OUT. Since then she has became Ia
nous beauty. has numbered among her