Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-30


of my leg" answered Quinton. 1T
| teels like 1t. l should have had him
| if 1t hadn't been for that hedge
| do you think it was Stead ask
! ed the detective, stifl hanging about
| the edge of the wood IS il loath TO
| leave it.
NO" answered the manager. 1T
was not Stead-Im certain OF that.
! 1t was much bigger man than
! stead in every way
| Well, We might as we'll so back
and see what he was after" said In
| spector Cortelyou. He was up TO
| something, and we can't Go an% good
here. Hurry on. Perrett, and get
! that lantern
When they reached the orcht d
Perrett had procured lantern. AID
inspector Cortelyou proceeded L. cs-
| anime the ground lying between the
! little wicket-gate and the old well.
Here you are" he suddenly ex-
claimed, drawing his companions at
tention to a small cavity in the soil,
| by the side of which lay q small
| gardening trowel. What luck! If
we'd only been ten. even five
minutes sooner. That's where those
| stones have been planted, Mr..
| Quinton, and whoever the man that
| we followed just now is, he's in COLI
| fusion with Stead and knows where
! Stead's got to. Confound it'd
have given a pension TO lay hands
upon him.
At that moment voice sounded
| from the road outside the orchard.
rs Inspector Cortelyou there
| among your"
Yes" answered the inspector.
Who's that"
Mr.. Illingworth sent me to find
you. sir replied the voice of the
young constable upon whom Stead
| had successfully carried out his
| Plan of escape. DIR. HILBERT wants
| YOU urgently at the cottage. where
| the strange mans lying, sir"
! Inspector Cortelyou muttered some
| thing to himself and left the orchard.
followed by Quinton and Perrett.
Where is DR.. HILBERT" he asked
| the constable.
Gone on to the cottage, sir. He
| begged YOU would join him there at
| once" replied the man.
You don't know what he wants ="
asked the detective.
| well. sir, l heard something said
! about the mans having come TO his
! senses. and something about con-
/ lGSSIuD. DuS MI
| off, the constable said. Il think
they're going to take his deposition.
I sir. because Mr.. Chalmers, the
! magistrate has gone down.
All right" said Inspector Cortel-
| YOU. You can come with me il
! YOU like, MIR. Quinton: it's only
round the corner of the waste. Now.
! Perrett. YOU know what you have to
/ DO, and where you can find me IL you
/ want me-
He moved swiftly away in the
! darkness, and Quinton. after n word
| to the driver of the brougham.
! whom they passed at the end of the
lane. followed him. Inspector Cor
| tclyou was unusually quiet. but he
/ spoke on coming within sight OF the
! lights in the cottage window
Il wonder what we are going 10
! hear now" he said. Il have come
/ across this man Steinthal before. 1
was once mixed up in case with
( him. He is Il bit of a crank, and |
should say not too well balanced,
/ and, like all of a certain class of in
ventors, he could be awkward to
| deal with"
Il have heard OF him. of course ="
! said Quinton. ~He used TO poster
Sir Robert a good deal
DR.. HILBERT was awaiting them at
/ the cottage door. Within stood H.
J lingwerth and an elderly gentleman
whom Inspector Cortelyou recognized
! as one of the magistrates whom he
! had seen on the bench. HILBERT
came forward
! Il am glad YOU have come" he
! said. THE patient has come 10 his
! senses. and wants to see YOU. By
J I
fall out of bed this evening in the
momentary absence of the nurse.
! and the shock has restored his
memory. But there is another COM
! plicauon-lis heart is seriously af-
! fected. end I am afraid OF collapse.
| He Ia very urgent that n magistrate
| should take his deposition. and Dir.
| Chalmers is here. ready to do so.
/ but the man won't speak until he ha :
! seen You. So will you come up. with
/ me?'
Inspector Cortelyou followed the
d9ctor upstairs to the sleeping
! chamber which he had previously
| visited. The sick man was lying in
an attitude which suggested indif-
/ ference as much as WEAKNESS. He
! looked alphabetically at the detective
I as he walked gently up TO the bed.
I and greeted him with an unconcerned
| voice.
! They told me you were here.
Cortelyou," he said. land thought
| would rather speak first to you of
what | have to say than to strangers.
You know how ] came here?"
Yes" answered the inspector.
You fell oyer quarry, and had a
nasty accident, and lost your
memory
Yes" answered the patient. with
grim smile, and this evening I
fell out of bed and bumped my head.
and that has brought my memory
back. Oh, yes. I remember every
thing now. But I want to make
opposition before magistrate. Cor
telyou-K will clear matters I'D"
But why such haste" asked the
! inspector.
Simply because I am going TO
die" answered the man. You look
incredulous; but I know. Now.
there's just one thing want you TO
do for me. Hand me that waistcoat,
If YOU please"
The detective handed him the gar
ment he pointed out, and from one
or the pockets he took a piece of
folded paper, from which he pro-
duced pawnticket. This he passed
over to Inspector Cortelyou.
This refers &c case of mathemat-
lcal implements of some value; you
VIII see where they are pawned." he
said. But inside is the formula OF
new explosive. As I am going TO
die. you can hand IL over to any OF
your chief men interested. 1t will
reyelutionixe warfare. Now let me
see the magistrate"
At the detectives signal. Or. Hib-