Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
,Con;inued from Thursdayo
t'l,.,,.nr VIII

Lancdon surveyed the huge pile O:
mail on his desk with half whims'-
cal smile Despite the fact That ne
had worked half the night his cold
plunge and a cup of strong coffee had
sent him down town carly. filled with
energy. and he hau planned to clean
I'M his letters At the Office before pro-
Cecdinr 10 court
= lie had not. however, counted upon
the sympathy and the antipathy That
the now famous trial of Mary Page
was arousing.
. Nor had he counted upon the pro-
pensity Of the American public to write
letters, and in consequence 1t was not
a few hours work. but the labor of
days that lay before him in that null
,t!tudiuous array OF envelopes.
Beside the le,t1fs lay the morning
of the trial marked heavily with blae
pencil, ready 10 he clipped and past
ed in the office sccap-hook. AS Lang
dou drew out his chair and sat down
the headlines OF the topmost paper
caught his eye.
+. With u little Whistle Of surprise,
I.anEdon dropped INTO his seat and
Scanned the article. which wa. an in
tervicw With D.lnie!s. Its details were
non essential. dealing mostly with the
question of the superstition cling ing
about thcatcrs connected in any way
with tragedy, but the main fact stood
gut boldly. Daniels had secured fresh
backing and WAS t" start again.
With the paper crump!ed in his hand
I.angdon stared cu; OF the window,
trying 20 II; this uew fact into the
Intricate puzzle that had srown out
OF the death of David Pollock
Everyone knew now that Daniels
himself had lost ell he possessed and
had also los, the money Pollock had
promised h'm THROUGH the death OF the
latter.
Who, :hcu, was III" new angel. whose
name did not appear in the carefully
wnrtlcd announcement from Daniels.
Was it not possible. after all. that
Daniels had secured more money from
Pollock than anyone knew of. and
chose This method OF using il to avoid
clasiling With the lawyers OF Pollock
estate?
He had so, 40 further than this
point in his >ol,ioaut. when the onic,
boy appeared at The door little hush.
ed and apologize.
II know YOU don't wan, 10 lie dis
turhcd. M ianGdon. he said I'M
easily. "but there's man out here in
sists on seeing YOU Says he'll wait
I'LL it's convcnicn; for YOU 10 talk tc
hin."
Tell him I'm Very busy now, and
mus, - INTO court soon Ask him &c
tall, - Mr.. Jarrett or Nj Rogers"
Tn" boy went ont. hu; III a moment
o. - returned.
"i!e Says thcy Won't 10, sir. II,
mus see YOU. Ii Says 10 tell you his
name is Daniels and he has come about
Lanedon ltr.@@t ,fjad quickly.
~ short, -, man" he uucricd. anc
tho hoy nodded a, II him 10 come in, ;,
said tie young attorney. and smooth
ing on; tho crump Id morning pape,
he laid 3; back With the others ant
sn!lrl. e triilc cglnly.
rlvsncrity had already laid its hanc
upon i)anicls--at least his clothe:
made that evident He was sprucely
dressed, aud recently shaved and car
ricd cane. There was indeed an as
sumption Of jauntincss about him tina
wou!G have decided almost anyone. bu
iangdon's keen eyes saw the harsl
lines AT the corners OF the mouth, an,
the snmhcr anxiety in the restless ewes
You didn't expect to see me- di,
you, Lanedon?' he said as the lawye
.roso 10 greet him. Philip smiled.
10 he answered. Il didn't hon
for ans t!iin2 so oppor,unc | was tus
wondering where ! could get YOU O,
.fhe phone. I've just seen this morn
ing's paper ne added sicni;,cap,ly
ana Daniels shifted uucnsjly in hi
chair
10 lio Continued To-Morrow.l