The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-05
CHAPTER III.
On the Track Of a Crime.

On tnc rack OF Urine.
In the city room Of the Star Farriss,
the city editor, sat back In his swivel
chair smoking a farewell pipe pre-
paratory to going home. His thoughts
were suddenly interrupted by clatter
Of footsteps, and, slapping his feet to
the floor, he turned to confront Willis
and Miss Donovan.
Miss Donovan smiled at him. "Great
luck! We've got something; and we
dug all week to get It,"
well. for Pete's sake. shoot /" de
manded Farriss. @Cavendlsh, I sup
poser
The two nodded. Their eyes were
alight with enthusiasm.
"In the first place." said the girl
with grave emphasis, Frederick
Cavendish did not die intestate as sup.
posed. He left a WILL"
Farriss blinked. "That's interesting.
There was no evidence of that before"
II got that from the servants of the
College club" Willis interposed.
"The will was drawn the night before
the murder. And the man that drew
II was Patrick Enright, of Enright and
Dougherty. Cavendish took away
copy Of 1t In his pocket. And, Mr..
Farriss, l got something else, too
Enright and young John Cayendish
are In communication further. ! saw
him leaving Tnright's Office all excited.
Following my hunch, | cultivated Miss
Healy, Enrights stenOgrapher, and
learned that the two had an alterca-
tion and that 1t was evidently over
some document"
Stella Donovan began speaking now:
Celeste La Rue, the blonde of the
Revue, has got some kind of hold on
John CavenGish. 1t isn't love, either;
it's something stronger. He jumps
when she holds the hoop"
LA Rue's mixed up In this deeply,
too" Willis cut In. "While she was
playing with young Cayendish and
seeing him almost daily, the lovely
Celeste was also In communication
with-guess whor
"Enright?" Farriss ventured.
"Exactly-Enright," he concluded
lighting his half-smoked cigarette.
Well" the city editor tapped his
desk you two have done pretty well
so far. You've got considerable dope.
Now, what do you make Of it?"
1T may be dream" Willis said,
smiling, "but here is the way I stack
1t up. The night after he quarreled
with John, Frederick Cavendish called
IN Enright and made a Will, presum-
ably cutting John off with practically
nothing.
Immediately after Frederick's de-
parture, Enright calls Cartoons cafe
and talks to John Cavendish. who had
been dining there with Celeste La Rue
IL Is reasonable to suppose that he
told him OF the will. Less than five
hours afterward Frederick CavendIsb
is round dead In his apartments.
Again It is reasonable to suppose that
ne was croaked by John Cavendish.
VINO wanted to destroy the will so that
Sh0 Soulu cidlIn tne estate.
The dead man is buried, and John
starts spending money like water.
One month later he receives a letter
asking him to call at Enright's office.
what happened there Is probably
this: Young Cavendish was informed
OF the existence Of the viii, and 1t was
offered to him at a price which he
couldn't refuse to pay-just then.
perhaps he was frightened into
signing a promise to pay as soon as
he came into the estate-tricked nv
Enright. John Cavendish may be in
nocent, or he may be guilty, but one
thing is certp'l-he's being badgered
to death by two people. from what
little we know. One of them ia the
La Rue woman; the other is EnrightD
Farriss sat rejecting deeply, chew.
Ing the stem Of his dead pipe.
'There's one thing that conflicts
with your hypothesis. valois' state
ment that he was almost positive that
The dead man was not Cavendlsh."
II now believe valois is mistaken.
n view of Developments" said Willis
With finality. $50 does Stella--Miss
Donovan, mean. Remember the
,ody was charred across the face
md chest and valois was excited" /
Farriss was silent a moment.
"Stick to It q while longer" he rap
'ed out; "and get La Rue and Caven-
lish together at their meeting-place. II
on can discover 4" y