The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-11-11
The Strange
Case of
CHAPTER W Continued.

IuIhe uflbff IN MI NY iIe ilii Junt
now. Come ter think Of II, believe
that was the name IN that la Rue
girls letter. got II yere In the
desk It's torn some. m don't mean
nothin' 20 ne sounds kinder nutty."
He threw open II drawer. rummaging
within. but without pausing In speech.
'Then fellow blew In yere this
mornin' on the Limited, asking about
you. Jim. an DANCED n | don't be-
lleve be said his name was Cayendlsh.
The register WIS full 40 he didn't
write II down. but that was the name
all right And now you tote IN an
other one. what Is this anyhOw--a
family reunionT
you say n man by that name was
here-asklng for meT
yep; ] reckon he's asleep up
stairs. for be never showed up at sup
per-"
''In what room. Peter"
"Nlne."
Westc0tt, with swift word OF ex-
cuse 10 Stella, dashed into the hall,
and disappeared vp the stairway. TAX
ing three steps at time. A moment
later those below heard him pounding
at door; then his voice sounded:
"rhls Is Jim westcott; open up"
Timmons stood gazing blankly at
the empty staircase. mopplng his face
with bandanna handkerchief. Then
he removed HIS horn-rimmed specta-
ella "a 81. sl..t
mind he possessed had become com
pletely dazed.
He turned around and noticed Miss
Donovan, the sight of her standing
there bringing back n reminder OF his
duty.
''lIe was sayln' as how likely yer
wanted to go to bed, miss"
mot now; I'll wait until Mr.. West
colt comes down. What Is that paper
IN your hand7 Is that the letter Miss
In Rue leftT'
lie held II up In surprise. gazing at
II through his glasses.
"why. Lord bless melt is, isn't III
Must have took Ii out o. ther drawer
an never thought OF the darned thing
agin."
MAY see III"
"Sure; 'taln't o. no consequence ter
me; | reckon the woman sorter packed
IN hurry, and this got lost. The
Chlnk found II under the bed"
She took II in her hand, and
crossed the room. finding seat be-
meath one OF the bracket-lamps. but
with her face turned toward the hail.
IT was just n single sheet Of folded
paper, not inclosed In an envelope.
and had been torn across, so that the
two parts barely held together She
felt that here was the key which was
TO unlock the secret OF this strange
crime. whoever the man upstairs
might prove 20 be--the real Cayen-
dish or some lmpostor-this paper she
held In her hands was destined 20 be
a link In the chain. She unfolded Il |
slowly and her eyes traced the written
words within. II was hasty scrawl,
written on the cheap paper OF some
obscure hotel In Jersey City. extreme
ly difficult 20 decipher. the hand of
the man who wrote exhibiting plainly
the excitement under which he la |
bored.
II was n message of warning; he
was leaving New York, and would san
that evening for some place Ia South
America where he did not say. Love
only caused him 20 tell her what had
occurred. A strange word puzzled
her. and before she could decipher Il,
voices broke the silence, followed by
steps on the stairs. She glanced up
quickly; II was Westcott returning.
by tall, rather slender
man with a closely trlmmed beard.
The two crossed the room, and she
met them standing. the opened letter
still In her hand.
"Afss Donovan. this Is Frederick
real Frederick Cav
endish. ! have told him something OF
the trouble he has been TO us ALL"
The real Frederick Cayendish
smiled down into her eyes. while he
held her fingers tightly clasped In his
own. She believed In him. liked him
instantly.
"A trouble which I regret very
much" he said humbly. 'Westcott
has told me a little, very little. of
what has occurred since left New
York so hurriedly two months ago.
This is the first knew about &C. and
the mystery OF the whole affair is as
puzzling us ever"
Her eyes wldened wonderlngly.
"You cannot explalni Not even
who the dead man was found muir
dered in your apartmentsl"
81 haven't the least idea"
Fred has told me all he knows"
broke In Westcott. "but II only ex-
tends to midnight when he left the
city. He was In his apartments less
than ten minutes after his valet re-
tired. He supposed he left everything
I'm good order, with note on the |
instructing yalols what |