SUNDAY, JILXR U, KNirt
THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Daughter.
By HOWARD FIELDING.
topyt'lKlit, Jl7, by C. W. Jltmka.
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WHEN , Alfrwl JSmitltcHntid.
pinker at Htnte street. lUm
lull, discovered ilmt uj hml
ken roltiiccl, lie put tliu case
Into the hands of Edgar Ittwton. The
latter had liven n iiM'tubcr of Ua Ma.
hscuuwU di'ii'ctlvo force Hint used to
be calltnl Nlntw pollen, hut hud re
signed nud rot up lu business fur him
self. .' " . :' '
fleeurltlt valued at about iiw.iwu
were intmdiiK front one of Km aUm lu
Bouihortiuid ' ttl!lc. There wn unli
log to show when they liml been taken,
but they liM'l nut all beim abstracted 11 1
the sumo Hi in. It nan probable Hint
the wife hml liecit "vlsiid" on four or
Ave occasions. .There hml beeu 110
bronklug of lucks or drilling of boles.
Tula fact put four wen,, under sus
picion, but Iunitiu's Investigation
speedily cleared two of them. Tho
others wiir Mr, Ituiul. the cashier, and
Mr. Packard, his assistant. Iloth were
past fifty, of excellent reputation, quite
cli'itr of debt or speculative entangle.
mettt and altogether the most unlikely
uifii for such a deed that could well
fts Imagined, Moreover. It wn Mr.
Packard who hud itlcuvwri;d the theft
lie bud Immediately reported It to Mr.
Hand, and the two of them bud laid
tho matter before Mr. Houtbcrhtud. Yet
on or tho other of these iiii'ii or Mr.
Botithcrlnud himself must have taken
the securities from tho wife, If the
thing hml In ch done at all.
Now, there could lx 110 doubt that
the securities were missing, and If
tuoy had not Uhii tiikett from tho
safe It must bo because they hud now
been In It. Could this be possible T .
Mr. Soutuerlnnd bad been (jut of
bcnlth. Tor several mouths be bud
been under a doctor's ordcra to takt
thing easy, and be bad been send
ing two or three days each wek at bit
couutry place lu Marblchcnd. There
) 110 rl. however, for the nurtneier.
Instend of living out of doom, a be
hal promised the doctor, bo bud con
ducted mauy Important negotiations,
and be admitted, In rwiwuno to Duo
ton't questions, that alt the missing
securities bad Iho delivered to blui
at bin home lu Marblcbead and brought
to he city by blm.
here was a young man named Kesri-
i(ald Varuey n bo bad on olllee for
tonography and typewriting In the
ame building wltb Southerlnnd & Co.
(e bad done some work for Mr. South-
erland In a notably satisfactory man
ner and bad made a farorable Impres
sion personally, bctnf bandaome fel
low of exceptionally good addrena.
Thus It fell out that when Mr. South
erland found himself In need of a ec
ivtary at bl Marblcbead house be bad
employed Varney.
It was physically rnwodble that this
young man might bo the culprit lo the
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case. Io would have peeo In a posi
tion to know of tho delivery of bonds
and other Becurltlos to Mr. Souther
land at tho country place and to have
abstracted some of them from the
satchel In which tho broker was ac
customed to carry thorn to BoHtou.
Varuey bad not lived In Boston very
long. lie was supposed to have como
from New York, wherefore Detective
Dunton communicated with a profes
sional brother In tho metropolis, by
whom Varney's record was hastily In
vestigated. It appeared that he had
left New York under a cloud, having
,been suuimnrily discharged from a po
sition .In a broker's office.
Coliicldently with the receipt of this
ttuArt one of the stolen bonds turned
up in New York. It had been cleverly
negotiated by means of a trick In
which a messenger boy had played the
moBt conspicuous role, a perfectly In
nocent agent, of course. Tho real
trickster hnd got away with the sale
price of the bond, a little more than a
thousand, dollars. . '
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Could Varuey Imve initdo 11 dying trip
to New York for thin purpime? In or
der to unitwer this question the detec
tive decided to nulc the fauna. man
few questions, though he bnd hitherto
avoided meeting ulin. In fact, Dunton
hml not visited the Mnrbloliead resi
dence, but hud depended upon a veiled
questioning of Koutherlnnd for such In
formation iln he deMred, At this singe
of the cttso, however, n persuuul luves
tlgJUlou seemed necessary , and he ac
cordingly paid a visit to the broker In
his summer lumie, . , . ,
t'p to ihU point Dunton' hnd not dis
poned his theory of the rubbery, ' sud
now, when he told Hmitberland of his
simplcloiis, he wns 'untaxed to learn
that Varney had k'en dismissed from
Routherland'H employ suddenly about
ten dnys before and that nothing was
known of hint since that time. Why
I'ltd he been discharged? A personal
dllToreiire; he had been disrespectful, ;
"You'll waste your time If you work
on the Varuey theory," said the broker,
"1 advise you to leave him out of It."
Dunton returned to Boston and en
deavored to locale Vurney at tho young
man's olllee, where two or three asslwt
nuts were carrying on the business,
but he learned that Varney was seldopi
there, and his bouse address could not
be obtained. In view of this situation
the detective decided to take up the
clews lu New York. Including Varney's
record there.
Accordingly Dunton telegraphed his
professional brother In the metropolis
that he would be In that city ut 3
o'clock on the following afternoon, end
he received a reply directing blm to go
to a certain address, engage a room
and xpcet a call at 6 o'clock, The
address was not far from the Grand
Central station, where Dunton's train
set hint down a little after 3, and a
few minutes later he had engaged
what Is called a back parlor In a very
ordinary Isiardlug bouse.
There was time for a bit of work bo
fore the hour of ttte apiwlntment, and
Dunton did not linger In bis new quar
ters, As he approached the street door
on his way out a key was thrust Into
the lock from the other side. Tho form
of 0 woman was dimly visible through
the ground gkiss panel, and Dunton,
who was In uo hurry to encounter ony
of the other lodgers, hnlted sharply,
tint before he could liegltt a retreat the
door swung open and the woman en
tered. Dunton noticed In the Orst
glance that she was young and strik
ingly attractive,' that she was smartly
dressed and had been heavily veiled,
but at the moment of entering the
bouse she hud pushed up the veil to
the brim of her hat.
She stopped stock still and looked t
him as if dated. He saw that she took
In her breath wltb a fluttering gasp.
"80." said she. "you've caught me."
ml with that she fell at his feet la s
profound swoon. ,
For some minutes tho natural human
Impulse to give old was stronger In
Dunton thnn all other feelings. Amaze
ment wos forced to the background of
bis consciousness, while sympathy rush
ed to tho front, nor had be any time for
such reflections ns would have been ap
propriate to his calling. Whom bad be
caught? What had this beautiful girl
been guilty of that she should faint at
the sight of a detective? How did she
know who Dunton was? Ho would
have staked his life that be bad never
seen her. Did she mistake blm for
somebody else? No: there was perfect
recognition In her glance.
Assisted or at least accompanied by
tho landlady, who bad beard tbo sound
of tho fall. Dunton carried tho uncon
scious girl into the room which bo had
Just engaged and laid her upon the
couch. Then he summoned a physician
from an adjoining house. Meanwhile
be had learned only that the girl bad
taken a room In the bouse that morn
ing ond glveu the name of Mary Stone.
A Itttlo later, however, when the
doctor hnd taken charge of the case
upon the medical side, Dunton was
able to give his undivided attention to
that aspect of It which appertained to
his own profession. Miss Stone bad
carried a small black shopping bag,
and It had fallen upon the floor of the
hall. Dunton thought himself priv
ileged to examine Its contents, and the
first thing be found wos a roll of bills
amounting to almost a thousand dol
lars. Delving deeper, he came upon a
small green memorandum book, which
bore upon its first page the name of
Mildred Southcrland.
Dunton was aware that Mr. South
erluud hud a duughter named Mildred,
but he had not seen her on his single
visit to Marblcbead. It , was clear,
however, that she must have seen him
nud known his errand. Meeting him
thus after her 'flight from home, how
could she doubt that he had pursued
and passed her and, having learned
her destination, had awaited her there?
"This is a very bad business," Bald
the detective to himself, ."and it's up
to me to see that It gets no worse,"
Miss Southcrland had been carried
Into Duutou's room because tho one
which she hiid engaged was up two
flights of stairs, Dunton hnd learned
from tho landlady, and he knew also
that , the girl hud brought n small
trunk with her. To get into this room
and to open the trunk cost only the
Inbor of picking two easy locks, and
the result amply Justified the exertion
In the trunk there wits u scaled packet.
Unci in the packet were all the stolen
securities except the one bond that
hnd been sold.
, When this Investigation waa com
pleted Dunton returned to the lower
hall, where he awaited the appearance
of the doctot.
"The young lady will do very well
now," said that gentleman. "You are
a frlend"-
"A friend of the family," said the
detective.
"She seems to have been laboring
under a severe nervous strain," con
tinued tho doctor, "1 understand that
sho desires to seo you."
Dilnton knocked on tho door of the
back parlor and was Invited to enter,
lie found Miss ftoutlitrlimd reclining
In an easy, chair and seomliftly not
much tho worso for her experience.
Tho extraordinary beauty and seeming
Innocence of the girl knocked bard
upon" the detective's heart.
"Hero Is your shopping bug," said be.
"It contains a little book wltb your
nnnio."
"My name," she repented. "Yes,"
"I think wo ought to take the 6
o'clock train buck to Boston." said
Dunton. "Do you wish to say auythlng
to mo before wo start?"
"What can 1 say?"
"Why did you rob your father?" .
The girl stared at him, her eyes
growing larger and brighter. Kho rose
slowly, and as she did so she pulled
open the little black bag.
"Do you mean to tell me," she cried,
"that my fatbet mentioned this paltry
money, that ho thought of these mis
erable dollars? My ducats and my
daughter! Hero, take It bock tolilra!"
Sho switched the money out of the
bag and thing It against Dunton's
breast. The loose roll of bills seemed
to burst like a bomb, and the air was
full of the national currency.
"I ventured to suppose," suld the girl,
wltb scorn, "that he had sent you after
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TOUt UAH'S IN TUB HOU8B MOW."
me and not after my quarterly allow
ance," ond she laughed bitterly.
Dunton looked keenly Into ber eyes
during an Interval of silence.
"How did you know that I was a de
tective?' he asked at laBt
"Mr. Varney told me so," sbe replied.
"He was at Marblcbead when I was
there?"
"Yes; In the garden."
"And you were with him? A secret
tneetlng-I sec. I see. He bad been
discharged because of bis attentions to
you?"
"Wby, of courser
"What did Mr. Varney say to you
about me?"
"ne snld that my father bad engaged
you to watch me to see whether I bad
any communication wlth'Mr. Varney.
But you must know all this. Why do
you ask these questions?"
"Did you know of any other reason
why your father should employ a de
tective?" "No."
"Ho did not mention a robbery?"
"No."
"You kuew nothing about It?"
"Certainly not What do you mean V
"One moment, please. Did Mr. Var
ney Intrust a packet to your'
"Yes; It contains documeuts relating
to bis dead father's estate."
The detective drew the packet from
under his coat and laid It on the table.
The girl quickly extended ber hand,
and as she touched the packet Dunton
laid his hand on hers.
''Walt said he. "Have you married
him?"
"No." ' ' : .
"Have you seen him since yon left
your father's house?"
"No."
The detective released her hand and
raised his own to his forehead.
"I am not, a religious man ordinari
ly," snld he, "but when, I thank God I
menu It. Now look at that-at those
papers relating to Mr. Varney's esr
tatcs" ' v
"Why, these are bonds!" exclaimed
tho girl.
"Right," said he; "$89,000 worth,
stolen from your father. Mr. Varney
did not want to be caught with tho
goods on him, as we say In my busi
ness, so he gave them to you. And
you knew nothing. WThen you saw
me, you thought I had como to Inter
rupt an elopement?" -
"Certainly."
' "I suppose Mr. Varney used to live
In this house," Bald Dunton, and the
girl nodded. "That's why he sent you
here, nud It's why my correspondent
advised me to come, thinking that I
might pick up a clew in the bouse.
And so we met, and"
He was Interrupted by a cautious
tap at the door. It was the profes
sional brother.
"Your man's In the house now,"
said that worthy. "He's gone up
Btairs. He asked for a Miss Stone,
and a servant told him where her
room was."
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