The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-03-15

was at that time twenty-seven years
old. and when the next day dawned.
my courage and energy had returned.
The superintendent was right when
he had read in my face the determine
ton to leave no stone unturned in order
to prove the innocence of my hancee--
for she was still my 6ancee. But !
was not to proceed far in the matter
before Iziiscovered that my position at
the tinne&for / was no longer at the
head of large detective department OF
the police-made my work both difhcult
and unremunerative. 1t seemed as II
an memorable fate had decided that the
drama, as ithad begun, should be played
out to the end, and that no human In
PREVENTION would be tolerated.
Didn't you see Sigrid at once" asks
Clara, suddenly.
"No; it was impossible; I'll tell you
lust how matters stood; the very next
day all the papers in the town began
to speak of the conduct of the police,
as it was called. Some even limited that
| should be prosecuted, as my conceal
ment of the truth had almost led to an
innocent person being convicted. This,
however, soon passed over, as my resig-
nation was accepted without delay. But
the result was that in many places | was
received with distrust and that the SD
perintendent, with whom | had corrs-
sponded about the matter, dared on
no account to give me permission to
see the young girl who was under ar
rest.
| have here some notes from my d.
airy, following from that time on; let
me read them to you 1t is not my
habit to keep diary; that kind of SELF
confession has never been to my taste,
but at that time did ii from purely pro-
fessional reasons-in order to have
notes to help me in my wofk.
Monk pulled out small ttAck note
book and began to turn over the leaves.
"Oh, no, DON'T" said ClaR, at the
sight Of it; put away the book. |
would rather you told it to US instead"
Monk could not help smiling. Il
shall not use the book for long, Mrs.
Viller; but I think it is best to get
to the end of the story-the sooner the
better. And it will save me much time
if may be allowed to read a few
pages" So Clara gave her permission
and Monk read:
"Jnns 23.-Not possible to obtain per-
mission to sea Sigrid.-Tried, therefore,
to see old Prick III couldn't see me
l don't, believe much in that illness.
In the afternoon went to see Evelina's
counsel, and asked him about the let
ter which had been delivered TO him in
court at che time when he asked for
bostponement. He refused again to
give me any information about the let
ter or its contents; he was bound to
secrecy, he said. | think very much
hangs on this letter; some one must
have given the lawyer weapons to use,
not only in defence of Evelina, but
against Sigrid. Who can it be1 What
can the motive be. and what is the OBJ
ject7
! then spoke to the court attendant.
He had received the letter from COM
missionairs, with injunctions to deliver
it to the counsel for the defence, with
out delay. / shall try to find the COM
missionaire, but that will perhaps take
some days-in the meantime, time flies.
June 25.-Now have spent two days
In looking for the conmissionaire |
began with No. 1, and only when got
up to 81 did | find the right man. He
had had the letter from a little news
paper boy outside the grand cafe At
last I got hold of the little newspaper
boy. He had received 1t from a gen
tlemen," but whether the gentleman was
old or young, fair or dark, he could
not remember-in fact, nothing-and
there / stand
| tried again to see old Frick He
said he was not at home, but in the
afternoon he sent me the following let
ter:
HoNoRED S1R,-I had better at once
inform you that ! do not consider we
two can any longer have any pleasure
in each others acquaintance. Neither
Einar nor SIgrid Prick will ever again
set foot in my house, and your name
will never be mentioned here.
Your part, Mr.. Monk, in the latter
months events, am not so sure about,
and ! do not intend to trouble myself
about it any further.
1t is sufficient fer me to know that
you have assisted in the Attempt to een-
ceal the criminal conduct of my brothers
children. That there may be circum-
stances which render your conduct ex-
cusable, l know well enough; but at
any rate, do not see why we should
meet or see each other again
Yours truly,
BARTHOLOMEW FRIcK.
Monk looked up from his netes.
"Sincc then | have never spoken TO Cd
Frick."
But you surely tried to get some ex-