The new age., December 21, 1901, Image 8

THE NEW AGE, POUTLAXD. dBKGGN.
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CriAPTRIt Xlll.-lContlnurd.)
"Suicly, Mr. Dulilii." Hiild Hi-rinnn, ti
nil iiiH'iirmii'CH not In tliV Ifimt iltnturboil,
"ymi niiiHt be Hiitlnlled tlint my IovimI uncle
liiid every loiilldeiKc In tne. I cimnot be
trny It. My conocletipp would not nllow
me to vole for other tlinn Ilormnn Cra
ven. Until my KimnliiiiiNlilp or my deiid
nneleV iIiiiikIiUt Minll expire I limit hold
the reiim of thin Imnk In my own linmlx,
nnd lo yonrxplf nnd the directory I look
for nli) nnd encouragement. I desire Mr.
Glindlmiirn to ri-mnln our rice-president,
nnd there hIiiiII lie no chniiRe In the policy
or the hunk. You, Ita nble ntlomey and
my uncle'H llfutoiiK friend, will, I know,
he here lo counsel me. 1 denlre you to
tnlk wllli the other director before the
meeting thin evening' nnd to nssure them,
for me, llmt It Is not iimhltlon that Impels
me, hut ii feelliiK thnt I Hhnll l curryln
out the wished or my murdered uncle. You
under.stniiil, Mr. Dohlis?"
"Ych, yei4, I underHtnnd," nnswered the
Inwyer. "The dlrectorn will he Krently
Hiirprlneil. I hud bent nee them lit once,
hIiicc you linve fully determined on this
eonrne. I ciinnot nnswer for whnt.Houie
of them limy do. They limy withdraw
their InterestH from the hank."
"I trust not, Mr. Dublin. You will Ntlll
be our counselor Mr. Chadbourn, our
vlce-preMldcnt. The directory will remain
iinchniiKcd, and If after my dulleM a
Kuardlaii and nilmliilMtrntor hIiiiII cense,
thedlrectorydenlre, I will Kindly Join them
In placing any one of ihelr number at the
head of the bank. You mimt underHtnnd
how I feel iiImiiiI the matter."
"Yen, certainly! I think 1 do, and I will
lose no time In roiiforrlni,' with the direc
tors. At 7 o'clock this cvenlnu we an
Kcmhlc here In this room. I may drop In
anil xce you before that time."
'Trny do; hut In any event I idinll rely
on you, and In nil mutters be Kuldcd by
you and the directory."
The old attorney arose rrom hln chair
nnd left the ntllce.
"Thnt wnn Hinooth work," thought Her
iniin, "nnd It will win. I don't believe n
man will vote nmiliiHt me after thnt. Child
bourn will be In nud I will promise to
withdraw In his favor nt the expiration
of two years. They may have the bank
then and welcome, or what there is left
of It. 1 think before, for I don't believe I
can otniiil two years or this humdrum lire,
now that I have money. I hoe Doblm
won't visit . lilt t lo and confer with her on
the matter," ti ml Herman drew u i-lirar
from his pocket, lighted It nnd puffed the
wreaths of smoke contentedly aloft.
Attorney Doblm had left the bunk with
the full Intent of dolni; the very thine Her
man Craven did not want him to do
namely, of consulting the youtiK helrens
mid cnuuscllui; her to appeal to the courts
for protection ngiilimt the wiles of her
Kuardlaii and the ndmlulKtrator of her
father's estate, and straightway he bent
his steps In the direction of the late bunk
er's residence.
He had reached Market street nud turn
ed the corner when he snw before him the
tall form or Lung Solium.
"(iood iiiornliiK, Mr. Dobbs," said the
detective. "1 am just from your otllce. 1
desire to see you on Important business.
You look annoyed,"
"I am, Solium, 1 am, and n very linpor
tnnt matter takes me nt once to the resi
dence of our lost friend. I ki Id consult
his daughter. I fear for the future, Sel
lars. I will see you later."
"Have you spoken of rears to anyone
i'IhpV"
"Not In the matter that Is now iiKltntliiK
me. Or course, you Know we are all at
sea. Hut I must not delay, I will be at
the otllce later."
"I must see ynu now, Mr. Dobbs nt
once, before you visit Miss Deltosette,"
"Hill, Mr. .Sellars "
"The mutter itKltutiiiK you Is that Her
man Craven has decided to become presi
dent of 'The Ciik I-Vnr Hunk.' "
"True, Cellars, but how "
"Never mind now, Mr. Dobbs; but
plense return to your otllce with me nud
I will convince you thnt it Is to the Inter
est or nil parties concerned that Herman
Craven he not thwarted nt this time."
"Is it possible';" exclaimed the attor
ney. "Well, there would In fuel be but
one way to thwart him."
"And that one way must not be resort
ed to."
"I nm clad I encountered you. Thnt
you have reasons for your statement I tun
well nware. Come!"
Ten minutes Inter the two men were
seated lu the lawyer's office In close eon
vcrsntlon, and for fully uu hour were they
there closeted.
At last SoIIhm arose to his feet, nud lb
attorney accompanied him to the door.
"You have convinced me, Sellars." said
the lawyer. "Then shall be no obstruc
tion. Herman Cruveu shall be elected
without n dissenting voice, mid his eiery
inovemeiif shall be watched."
"It is ell," said Sellars, as he strode
from the door.
Ten minutes Inter Attorney Dobbs des
patched n messenger for Directors Chad
bourn, Hammond and Hoyt, mid when
they were arrived there was another con.
Miltntiou, the result of which whs that at
7 o'clock, when the directors convened,
Herman was unanimously elected presi
dent or "The I'npe IVar Hank," and when
uu hour later he wended his way home
(hero was u look or triumph on his fea
tures. "(Julto ii raise lu the fortunes of Ste
phen Craven's son, my dear uncle," he
muttered. "I hnve stepped luto your shoes
very nicely. Your foul murderer soou
comes to trial nud will die on the gallows.
Your fortune mine, your daughter mine!
So much for Stephen Craven's soul" Ami
onward strode the new bank president in
funded security.
CU.U'Tl.U XIV.
At S o'clock on the night of the tlrst of
September a lull, raw-boned man, dressed
In the garb of a Southern planter, entered
the oilUv of the Chesapeake Hotel lu Hal
tlniutv, and on the register Inscribed the
name. "0. A. Maltb.v, Houth Carolina,"
"Supper, Mr. Mallbyr asked the clerk.
w$ftnr2. -.efi?Z
"No, no, thank you; hnd supper on the
boat. Save me n room on the second floor.
I have some friends I wish to look up and
mny be out Inte."
"Yes. Well, there Is n directory on the
counter there. If you don't know exnetly
where to locate them, you will find their
Hitmen anil places of residence there, it
they nre Itnltlnioreatm."
"Thanks," said Malthy, ns he moved to
wnrds'tlie directory. "I will avail myself
of It."
Mr. Mnltby turned over the leaves of
the directory, casually glancing from leaf
to tear, until he hnd reached n page nt the
hend or which appeared the letter S.
Four piikch or names commencing with
S he passed, then bent over the book.
"St St Here we nre! St-St-Ste-phens!
I should And thetinme here Ste
phens Adam Stephens Alrred Stephens
Ilenjnmln Stephens Hruee, nnd here Is
Charles M. Stephens, wholesale grocer
Clarence Stephens, attorney nt law -Stephens
Stephens Stephens Humph!
There Is no C. A. Stephens recorded here,"
thought Mr, Mnltby, its he closed (he book.
"Well, hnve you locnted your rrlends,
Mr. Multliy'f" naked the clerk.
"No, I ntn disappointed, too. The nntne
or the one I most desire to Hnd does not
appear here."
"Then your friend Is not nn old resident
of Hnltlmore. Thnt book Is this year's di
rectory, nnd unless he has taken up his
residence here, since April Inst his name
would appear there; but perhaps I enn ns
sist you. What letter were you trnclng?"
"S. My rrlend's nntne Is Stephens C.
A. Stephens."
"No such mime here," snld the clerk,"
"and I never heard or a O. A. Stephens.
Here Is the wholesale grocer, Churles M.
Stephens. He is nn old man near seventy,
mid resides on Laurel street. Here me a
dozen others commencing with C, but no
C. A. Whnt business Is your friend en
gaged In?"
"Oh, he Is not n friend, merely n friend
to parties with whom 1 urn acquainted,
nud who wished me to look him up. They
were not certain that he was in Haiti
mure. It does not matter In the least. If
I encounter him, well nud good; If not, the
Hume," and so saying Mr. Mnltby turned
nwny nnd u liulf hour later entered the
ottke or John h. Thorp, chief of Haiti
mure detectives.
"Could I see the chler?" he nsked of the
young limn who was seated at the desk
within the railing.
"He Is engaged In his private ofllce,"
said the secretary, "but I will take in your
cord."
"I declare I forgot to provide myself
with our," said the planter. "Just tell
him that O. A. Mnltby of South Carolina
is anxious to see htm."
The secretary vanished, but soon return
ed mid conducted Mr. Mnltby to an Inner
otllce.
Trny be heated, Mr. Malthy," said the
elder.
The planter complied, and the secretnry
withdrew.
"What can I do for you, sir. You nre
n planter, I Judge. Kunnway negroes that
you are trying to locateV"
"No, sir! No, Thorp, no! I hnve come
to Interview you," snld Mnltby, lu mi en
tirely different voice from thnt the chief
had heiird when he Inquired for him lu
the outer otllce,
"Hey!" exclaimed Thorp, jumping .to his
feet. "Well, I'll be Ho you hnve turned
phinter, Mr. Sellurs plnnter! (live me
your hnml. I have not seen you In a coon's
age. What wind blows you here?"
"Thorp, you sized me up nbout
right when I entered the otllce. I am
Planter Mnltby or South Carolina, for the
time being, mid I nm here to Int'ulrc if In
your department you have any record or
one 0. A. Stephens."
"I can answer thnt without even refer
ring to the books. I never heard the nam a
before. Hnltlmore contains no man of
that name."
"Are you sure, Thorp?"
"Certain! To be sure, some one or the
many crooks that lurest the city may on
occasion hnve used the name,"
"I understand thnt. Whnt I wished to
nscertnln wns whether there was n mnn
known to your department as C. A. Ste
phens." "There Is not; but what crime has 0. A.
Stephens committed?"
"None that I know or. I merely wish to
locate the man."
"1 see! He may have committed a
crime! Well, I can't help you without a
description of your man, perhups not then.
What does he look like?" '
"I have uever seen him, to my knowl
edge." "No?"
"Nor have I hla photograph. I under
stand he Is about sir feet in height, of
middle age and has a grayish mustache.
That Is all I know about him."
"Humph! You will lind live hundred
men In Hnltlmore, who would answer to
that description."
"I know It. I Imngine he Is sportiug
diameter perhaps a drummer."
"You might make a round of our gam
bling houses, No one uu earth would
know you. True, some sharps might try
to do you."
"1 nm willing," snld Sellars.
"Yes; well, 1 will give you a list of the
new houses. Yon know the old oues, or if
you will wait teu mluutes I will go with
you."
"(Sood! I will."
Two planters were soou making a round
uf the gambling houses,.
They explored fully a dozen, and several
men whose faces Planter Maltby closely
scanned would hnve come up to Adam's
description of O, A. Stephens, but some
thing was lacking. Of course, Thorp knew
them all, mid Sellurs was fully satisfied
that he had not yet cucouutcrcd his man.
"There Is but one more of any uote,"
observed Thorp, as they stepped from the
door of Hartridgc Hrothers about 1
o'clock. "And thnt?" .
"Abbott's, on Calvert street."
"Well, It's ou the way to the hotel," said
Sellars.
Ten minutes Inter our two friends enter
ed the gilded dive of Abbott, which at the
time was the most notorious gambling
house In Hnltlmore. As late as It was, ths
large rooms were yet filled with men from
all stations of life.
Two roulette wheels kept up a ceaseless
hum in their circles, and players were
seated at three faro tables, while the old
fashioned game of poker monopolized the
attention or many.
The two planters laid n dollar or two
here and there to divert any suspicion,
nnd soon left the plnce.
As they nenrcd the door a flnshlly dress
ed young sport entered It,' nnd Hollars
heard him ask on attendant If Abbott had
returned.
"He's doing the boys In Vashlngton,"
was the nnswer.
"Thnnks, Thorp," snld Sellars, when
they were ngaln on the street. "I hnve
at least accomplished nil I expected to this
trip. I hnve lenrned that If C. A. Ste
phens Is n Haltlmore mnn he was sailing
under an alias on the seventeenth, of Inst
month. That Is not much, but It will help
me to shnpe my course."
"You nre entirely welcome, Lnng. 1
am nt your service at nny time I enn be
of assistance. Good night."
At 7 o'clock on the night of the third,
Sellars entered the door of his home tn
Wilmington.
After supper he entered the ofllce, light
ed his pipe, snt back In his armchair urn!
sent for Cnlbnn,
'Tn got nothln' to 'port, Mars Lang,"
sntd the negro, as he entered the otllce.
"I has watched dc banker's house ebery
night close, nud no one ain't gone In or
come out 'ceptln' them I know."
"That was nil you could do, Cnllmn.
There, see who Is nt the door."
The ueifro opened It, nud Aunt Hnnnnh,
looking much iigitntcd, entered, followed
by her daughter Millie.
"Ah, you, Hnnnnh, nnd Millie, too? Two
chnlrs, Calban! Here, set them close to
the desk. You have something new, Han
nah?" "Mars Lang," said the ncgress, excited
ly, "Millie de one what's got news, and It
mny be 'portant news. I Jes line it out
to-dny."
"Well, Millie," snld Lnng, encouraging
ly, "whnt Is It?"
"Mnrs Lnng," snld Millie, looking wild
ly nt the detective, "you won't let Mars
Herman sell me?"
"Sell you, Millie? No, no, he can't sell
you. Your mistress, I doubt not, will soon
free you, and until she does you cau rest
assured that she will not part with you.
No, no, or after, either. Speak up, I will
defend you lu case of necessity. Ilcmem
ber your murdered muster. Much tuny
depend on you."
"Mnrs Lung, Mummy say to-day dat
Mnrs Herman nebber bring any one 'sides
hisself Into de house."
"Well, did he?"
"Mnrs Lang, on dc night befo' dc mur
der, Miss Huttle hub du huldache, nnd
I wus In her room rubbln' her hnld .wld
camphor 'til twelve o'clock. When I come
out or her room luto dc hall, I close de
do' behlu' me, and start down de hall to
my room. As I open de do' I glanced
back, and I seed a light shlnlu' as dough
somebody wus comlii' down de stairs rrom
de llo' nbove. Dar wus no light buruln'
lu de hall, and I slipped In my room; but
let' de do' ajnr, and soon two meucome
down de stairs." LS
"Two men?" exclaimed Sellara.-.. o
men?"
"Yes, two men, Mars Lang. One was
Mnrs Herman, nud de odder was a taller
and nn older man, wld a mustache. Mars
Herman wus carryln' n lump, and dn wus
both lu dar stockiu' reel, Da looked
ililghty nerboiiH, leastwise, Mnrs Herman
did, ami dn walked mighty kecrful. Da
come on down de hull mid went in Mars
Herman's room.
"I was ditt skee red I Ink to fell down.
First, I tought I go tell Miss Hnttle. Den
I wus skeered, nud 1 dussent, so I locked
my room do' and laid down wld my clothes
on, mid dur I luld 'til uiuwnln', when
mummy culled me. I nebber snld nothln'
kuze I wus skeered of Mnrs Herman,
Now, dnt's nil."
"Does your mistress know of this, Mil
lie?" "Not u soul know It, Mnrs Lung, 'cept
ln' whnt's hyur."
"Then not n word, Millie; nor you, Han
nah, to a living soul. You lire sure Her
mnu'Crnvcn did not see you, and Is Ignor
ant of the fact thnt you snw him mid hl
companion?"
"Certain, Mnrs Lang!"
"You uever saw this man that was with
Herman before or since?"
"Nebber, Mnrs Lang, dat I knows of,
dough de light was dim nnd I couldn't
see berry well,"
"Well, that is all. Ileturn home. Your
Information may be very Important.- I
shall Im at the house nt 10 o'clock to.
morrow. Look for me nt the rear door,
and If your mistress starts to leuve the
house, detnln her. Otherwise, sny uothlug
to her. Itcuicmlicr, not u word. Uood
night. Show them out, Cnlbnn."
"(Iood night, Mnrs Lang."
"So, so!" exclaimed the detective, as the
door dosed behind the ncgress aud her
daughter. "Another link In the chain
O. A. Stephens visited the banker's house
on the night of the seventeenth, and more,
he was on the second Hoar lu company
with Herman, and In his stocking feet.
"Gods! They had visited the attic!
Fool that I was not to have explored it
on the night of the murder. Fool! Fool!
Then nnd there, I should have captured
O. A. Stephens, the murderer of Alviu De
Hosette." (To be continued.)
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tween Sweden and Scotland. Accord
lug to auotliur, they had a core of tin,
aud were bound round with cordnjjo.
In neither cuso could they ho ex
pected to last Ions;, though we are told
that they could lw "brought to ills
chargo" as often as ten times' lu suc
cession; hut when wo reflect how few
are the rounds that cau be tired from
tho moustcr guns of our own day with
out renewal of the Inner tube wo can
not ufford to sneer at the shortness of
their life. They were, at auy rate, mo
bile, for they could bo carried on a
pouy'a back or stacked together by the
hulf-dozeu In "barricades of wood
borue ou wheels."
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