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Holladay
Case
A Mystery
Of Two
Continents
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We are reiiablv informed that tbt
B.
railroad bridge will be built aaroas
th* river at Springfield before aprlng.
BURTON E.
It ia said that juet as aoon as the flrat
STEVENSON
flood occurs aud carries tb« drift
Copyright. 1903. by
Prompt attention to customers
down than active work will com- I
Beery Holt and
is something we insist upon at
Company
meuca ou tile bridge.
our store. You’ll never have
The grade for tbe road ia about 1
to wait long or beg a clerk to
completed and in a abort time the i
wait upon you here. We real­
Instant 1 was tempted to c.osz ro n -
CHAPTER XI.
rails will be laid from Heudersuu tc
ize how exasperating it is,
IIRED niture asserted herself and get b in out of danger. Then 1
th“ bridge.
whether one is in a hurry or
am! too* the full twelve hours smiled nt the absurdity of the thought
Tbe bridge will be placed on fshe-
’not. to stand at a counter wait­
but I felt like another man It would take a clever man to tie
work, but cables will be used io cte*-
when I left the bouse next Martigny, and I recalled bls str.
ing for the attention that should
of a re| eating flood so as to protect morning, aud I was eager to grupplt face, Ills masterful air. He was no f
be" given the moment you step
tbe bridge.
anew with the mystery. 1 found twe no lamb ready for the shears. He w.i i
into the store.
reports awaiting me at the otllce. Mr perfectly able to look out for himself—
We pride ourselves on three
Itoyce had passed a good night nml to wield the shears with power and ef
At a meeting of a number of men was better; tlie clerks wbo had spent feet. If need be.
things; promptness, purity of goods
,ni accuracy. We endeavor to
I turned west toward Broadway,
interested in tins poultry held last the afternoon before In visiting th.
e;-e perfect service in every way.
evening in the of ties cf Deputy Dis­ stables bail as yet discoveretl nothing still. I suppose. thinking of him sub
Th; volume of our business allows
I consciously, for a few moments Intel
trict Attorney J. M. Williams er aud were continuing their search.
us to provide many conveniences
I looked up a time card of the Long some Irresistible Impulse caused
that the smaller store cannot. When
rangements for organizing a poultry
to glance around, aud there be
in n--ed of drug store goods of any
assoclatloh were made.
The follow Island railroad and fotiml that M’ss i walking after me on the opposite
1
kind you'll find this a most satis­
ing committee ou organization was Holladay's coachman could not reach of tlie street! Then in a flash I
factory place at which to trade.
appointed: J. M. Williams, F. G the city until 9:30; so I put on my hat dersto«x1„ He was follovipg mvl
again, sought a secluded table nt Wal-
riiird and H. F. Keeney. The orgzD
It is nnfietnt to dhscrTbe the Btioc*
iack’s, aud over a cigar aud stein ot
ization will be effected at a meeting back drew up a resume of the case— that ran through me, that left in*
_l|>e Red Cross
be held tn the city ball Monday. to clear the atmosphere, as it were. It numbed and helpless. For an lnstan
liil 5 Drug Store to
1 stumbled on, half dazed; then grad
January 22, at 1 :.1O p. tn.
ran something like this:
ually my self control came back an«
March 13, Thursday. — Holladay found
murd«*red; daughter drives to Wash- with It a certain fierce joy. a hot exul
tation. Here at last was something
* lngion square.
’»larch 14. Friday. — Coroner's inquest: definite, tangible, a clew ready to mi
*-'V-
Miss Ho’! : .’ay released; mysterious hand. If only I were clever enough to
note received.
follow It up: a ray of light In the dark­
March 16, Sunday.—Holladay buried,
li.arch 1?, Tuesday.— »»'ill opened and pro­ ness. I could feel my cheeks burning
bated.
and my heart leaping nt the thought.
March 28, Friday —Mtss Holladay returns
But wbat bad been Ills part In tin
from drive, bringing new maid with
affair? For a moment I groped blind
her and dlschar-r-’s old one.
March 29, Saturday.—Ghes orders to ly In the dark, but only for n moment
open summer house.
Whatever Ills share In the tragedy, lit
April 1, Tuesday.—Asks for MOO.000.
hail plainly been left behind to watch
April 2. Wednesday.—Gels it.
April 3. Thursday.—Leaves home, osten­ us; to make sure that we did not fol
sibly for Belair. In company with new low the fugitives; to warn them In
maid.
* April 14. Monday.—Butler reports her dis­ case of danger. I understood now Ills
appearance; Royce taken 111; 1 begin solicitude for Miss Holladay—"in her 1
take such an Interest!” It was Im
my search.
mo-
There I stopped. The last entry portHnt that he should know the
*
brought me up to date. There was ment we discovered her absence, And
was
nothing more to add. But it seemed he had known; be knew that I
even at this moment commencing the
Impossible that all tlie developments
Mrs. R. Roberts, living on Rural Route No. 1
search for her. My cheeks reddened
of this mystery should have taken only
at the thought of my lndlscreetnen;
a
month.
For
years,
as
It
seemed
to
was fortunate enough to get the set that we pre­
yet he was a man to command confi-
me, 1 bad thought of nothing else.
dence. Who would have suspected
I looked over the schedule again
sented to our customers last Saturday evening.
him? And an old proverb which be
carefully. There was only one opening
had repea ted one evening flashed
that I could see where it was possible
through my mind.
to begin work with the hope of accom­
“Silly Is the sheep who to the wolf
plishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holladay had herself confess«*«,” I hail translated It
driven to Washington square; she had, with that painful literalness character
I felt certain, visited her sister; I must Istlc of the beginner. Well. I had been
discover the lodging of this woman. the sheep and silly enough, heaven
Perhaps I should also discover Frances I knows!
I had reached Broadway, and at the
Another one of these sets next Saturday evening
Holladay there, lu u^y event, I should
corner I paused to look at a display of
have a new point to work from.
The police bail been over the ground, men's furnishings in a window. Far
I knew. They hnd exhausted every re­ down the street on the other side, al­
source In the effort to loente Mr. Hol­ most lost In the hurrying crowd, Mar­
laday’s mysterious visitor and had tigny was buying a paper of a news
found not a truce of her. But that fact boy. He shook It out and looked quick
did not discourage me. for I hoped to ly up anil down Its columns, like a
start my search with information man who Is searching for some special
which the police had not possessed. Item of news. Perhaps he was a spec
Brooks, the coachman, should be ablo uhitor: perhaps, after all, I was de
N. E. Corner 9th and Oak Sts
reiving myself In imagining that he
to tell me—
'Phone Main 63.
Recalled suddenly to remembrance was following me. I had no proof of It:
of him, I looked at my watch and saw It was the most natural thing In the
that it was past his hour. I was pleas­ world that he should be In this part o’
ed to find him awaiting tne when I tho town. I must test the theory lie-
opened the office door three minutes fore accepting It. It was time I grew
later. I had only a few questions to wary of theories.
I entere«l the store and spent ten
ask him.
"When your mistress left the ear­ minutes looking nt some necktie*
rlnge the day you drove lier to Wash­ When I catne out again Martigny was
lngton square dkl you notice which just getting down from a bootblack's
street she took after she left the chair across the street. His back was
toward me, aud 1 w.-itelied him get out
square?”
IF YOU WANT THE MOST HEALTHFUL
“Yes, sir; she went on down West Ills little purse ami drop a dime Into
AND THE PUREST MANUFACTURED
the bootblack’s hand. 1 went on up
Broadway.”
"On which a|Ae?’’
Broadway, loitering sometimes, some
YOU WILL ALWAYS USE
"Tir left hand sl«ia. sir: th' east side." times walking straight ahead; always,
"She must have crossed the street to away behind me. lost In the crowd,
was my pursuer. It could no longer br
get to Hint side.”
“Yes, sir; she did. I noticed per- oonbtcd. lie was really following me
tlc'lar, for I thought It funny she *’ioilgh he did It so adroitly, with such
shouldn't've let me drive her on down
nsummate cunning, that I should
th’ street to wherever she was goln’. never have seen him. never have sus
It's a dirty place along there, sir.”
ported liim. but for that fortunate In
“Yes, I know. When you drove her tuition at the start.
out on the 28th—the day she brought
A hundred plans flashed through my
back the maid—where did she go?”
brain. I had this advantage lie coul«’
“To Washington square again, sir.”
not know that I auapected him. If 1
“And left you waiting for her?”
could only overmaster him In cunning
wrest his secret from him—and then,
••Yes. sb ; jus? —
FURTHERMORE
ns I remembered tlie strong face, th««
“And went down the same sU’eeti”
“Yes, sir; crossed to th' east aids piercing eyes, the perfect self control
The Results Obtained From Its Use Are Always Uniform
I realized how little possible It was
fist th’ same as th' time before.”
that I could accomplish tills. He was
and Satisfactory. You Do Not Meet With the
“How long was she gone?”
“Over nn hour, sir; an hour an' t my superior In diplomacy and deceit:
Failures in Baking So Common in
be would not pause now at any mean“
half, I should say.”
Other Brands.
“Did you notice anything unusual in |o assure the success of Ills plot.
Yes, I could doubt no longer tin’
her appearance when she came back?"
there was a plot, whose depths I ha«'
“
No,
sir;
she
was
wearin
’
a
heavy
AND NOTE THE PRICE.
veil. She had th' other woman witt not before even suspected, ar.d I drew
her, an’ she just said 'Home!' In a kin«1 back from the thought with a little
o' bourse voice as I helped them lute shiver. What was the plot? Wbat lu
tricata, dreadful crime was this whirl
th' carriage.”
That was all that be could tell me, he was planning? The murder of th.
and yet I felt tbnt It would help me father, then, bad lieen only the first
imitations are worthless - refuse them
greatly. In the first place. It narrowed Stet« The abduction of Frances Hol
my Investigations to the district lylug laday was the second. What would
to the east of West Broadway, and I
could
knew that the French quarter extended the third be’:
jorl«
rent
his
t
ik.ng
it':
only a block or two In that direction.
And, again, it gave me a point to Insist b<* unsuccessful? Imi CiUl»' •
on in my Inquiries—I knew the date chance of suv rss i .1 we 1
upon which the mysterious woman uau lug in the dark again <t lu: ’
thread
left her lodging, or, at least, I kn«w pllslied scoundrel? He luid th»’
he contro 11. I t! -
that it must be oue of two dates. The a!l In his fingers;
lodging had been vacated, then, eitbei situation; we were »truggünff !iid!y.
fro.u
on the 28th of March or the 3<t of April ■narled in a tut of
•
3
Ui»
»Mer
.'.u
which
there
secnied
As a last resource I had the photo­
graph. I was ready to begin my search Imagination chitlied him with sup«-
For a moment a
and dl’mi*-««’*! Brmik*. warning him ic human attribut
say nothing to any one about the mys­ wild desire p-»s.« led me to turn upif.
Mini. . to confront hltn. to accuse ina».
tery.
Choice breakfast bacon, sugar, lb.
'onfj...«d him with the very
As I passed out tb flrior to thp pave- to <
tnent I happene.1 to rUnce ncnwis th»' tain ty of my kuowledg •. to surpri
Choice ham, sugar cured-—..........
14c
way. and there. In ic crowd ->f bro­ seer «•t, to trample him down!
Pure leaf lard, 5 lb. can------------- -
65c
Bi ut th*- frenzy passed. No, he i.. s’
ie tlie Street. 1
kpr-i vliO fllWilVS
1
perceived Martigny. lie was listenink not discover that I suspected him.
We sell fresh meat lower than anybody.
Intently to one of je brokers, wbo mti-t not yi. 1«1 up that advantage, I
was talking arnestly in hls ear—tel! miiflit yet surprize him, mislead him.
him, get him U> say more
ing him hot to make bis fortune, 1 set a trap f *r him
auiiDos*—-and did >ot see me. For au lh-u I. wished to say. That battle of
wits would come Inter on—tots very » nut lue uocio,
uight perhaps—but for the moment I a long vacation- u thorough rest."
"I’m glad he's better. I’ll be care­
could no nothing better than carry out
my first plan, yet lie must not suspect ful." I assented, and left the office.
While 1 waited for a car 1 bought
the direction of toy search. I must throw i
him off the track. Why. this was for a copy of the last edition of my pa; *r.
all the world just like the peuuy ilreau ffmi force cf bibit mire than any­
fuls of my boyhood. Ami I smiled ..t thing. then, settling myself In a seat
the thought that I had become an actor still from farce of habit—I turn« 1 to
fl:r m.'.tl < ,!";.in uial looked It over,
in a drama fittol for a red and yellow
there was uu.u.ug of special Intercut'
cover!
My plan was soon made. I crosse’ f.' ! t-rned hack to the gi- .e li'
Broadway and turned into Cortland! “‘•ws, g.c.ut :ig care!« sly from It. u
to item. Sv«’«'« uly one (•might my c<»
d brought
Item -«»n<l
T
42-Piece
China Dinner Set
Free!
We Will Give Away
I. T. Nicklin
?
BAKING POWDER
25 ounces for 25c
SAVE THE COUPONS
Special Sale on Meats,
BRODERS
BROS
j
64 West Uouhtun Mreei
In lua
pocketbook An inquirí
the fact that his ¡ ..me la r„ . re LeUlua.-.
that he Is recently from France an<l has
no relatives In this country.
In a moment I was out of the car
an<l running westward to th.- elevated.
1 fell Unit 1 held In my bund the ad­
dress I needed.
Continued
A Conwldrrntr JudK’e.
Kentucky congressman tells of a
considerate Judge In his state who
p issed sentence on a mini convicted of
murder Tlie Judge said:
"Mr. Dodsou. the Jury says you arw
guilty of murder, and the law snvs yon
lire to be hanged. It Is uiy wish that
you and all your friends on the river
know that it Is not I who condemns
you. It is the Jury and the law, Mr.
Dodsou. At what time, sir, would you
like to be hanged?"
The prisoner made answer that It
was a matter of Indifference to him
and that he was prepared to be swung
off at any time. The judge continued:
•'Mr. Dodson, it Is a serious matter
fo be hanged. It can’t happen to a man
but once lu life unless the rope should
break before the neck Is broken, and
rou bad better take all the time yoi
can. But since It makes no difference
to you you may hang four weeks from
today at 12 noon, but you may have a
good dinner tirst.”
He »tagyered nnd Deemed to fall.
street, sauntering along It until the ele­
vated loomed ahead? I heard the roar
of an approaching train and stopped
to purchase some fruit at tlie corner
stand. My pursuer was some dlstauci
behind, closely inspecting the brlc-a
brae in a peddler's cart. The train
rumbled Into the station, and, starting
as though I had Just perceived it. 1
bounded up the stair, slammed my
ticket into the chopper and dashed
across the platform. The guard at the
rear of the train held the gate open for
me for an instant and then clanged it
shut. We were off with a jerk. As 1
looked back I saw Martigny rush out
upon the platform. He stood staring
The Firiit Atotor and the
after me for an Instant; then, with a
John Jacob Astor and hlH son rigidly
sudden grasping at his breast, stag­ attended to business In the same otBce,
gered and seemed to fall. A crowd a little one story building In Prince
closed about him, the train whisked street, just east of Broadway. Tbelr
around a corner, and I could see no constant companion there was Fitz-
more.
Greene Halleck—Marco Bozzaris Hal­
But at any rate I was well free of leck. Halleck became a clerk for Astor
him, and I got off nt Bleecker street, In 1832 and worked seventeen years.
walked on to the square and began The employment, he himself said, was
my senreh. My plan was very simple. not “profitable, but iwrnianent” Astor
Beginning on the east side of West warned him when lie liegan not to talk
Broadway, It was my intention to stop to any one of Ills wealth. Tlie two men
at every house and Inquire whether became great friends. Halleck spent
lodgers were kept. My experience at months with his patron at his country
the first place was a pretty fair sample seat and became one of the trustees of
of all the rest.
the Astor library. The poet frequently
A frowsy headed woman answered rallied the old man on his wealth.
my knock.
"Why, Mr, Astor,” lie would say, “If I
"You have rooms to let?" I asked.
had $200 a year and was sure of It I
"Oh, yes. monsieur,” she answered, would be content” The great land-
with an expansive grin. “Step zb owner took him at his word, and In his
will, much to the amusement of bohe­
vay.”
We mounted a dirty stair, and she mian New York, left Halleck an an­
threw open a door with n flourish nuity of $200.—Burton J. Hendrick In
meant to be Impressive.
McClure's.
“Zese are ze rooms, monsieur; zey
The Chilly House of Common*.
are ver’ fine.”
I
A speaker In the house of commons
I looked around them with simu­
lated interest, smothering my disgust has to addreaa “the most chilling, nerve
destroying audience In the world.”
as well as I could.
"How long have they been vacant?” Even such a cool headed, seasoned ora­
tor ns John Bright once said, toward
I asked.
"Since only two days, monsieur. As the end of his career, too. “I suppose I
ought to be nshanied of myself, but the
yon s<-e, zey nre ver' fine rooms.”
That settled It. If they had been va < fact Is that I never rise lu the bouse
cant onlv two days. I had no further without a trembling at the knees and
Interest in them, and with some excuse a secret wish that somebody else would
I made my way out, glad to escn]»e cuffli the speaker's eye and enable me
from that fetid atmosphere of garlic to sit down again." And Disraeli, who
and onions. Bo I went from house lc boasted that be had no nerve«, declar­
house, stumbling over dirty children, ed: “The blare of trumpets, a thou
climbing grimy stairs,catching glimpse? sand lookers on, have Induced men to
of crowded sweatshops, peering Into lead a forlorn hope. Ambltlou and
nil sorts of holes called rooms by cour­ one's constituents have Induced men
tesy, inhaling a hundred stenches in ns to do a far more desperate thing—
many minutes, gaining an Insight that weak in the house of co\nmona."
sickened me Into the squalid life of t'ie
quarter. Hornet hues 1 began to hope
The I'aeful Droom Baft.
that at last I was on the right track,
For the Impossible places to dust—
but further inquiry would prove my
walls and room corners—a broom bag
mistake. So the morning passed, and
la Invaluable. Make It of canton flan­
the afternoon,
I had covered twe
nel, with the nap Inside, and make It
blocks to no purpose, and I turned
just big enough to slip over the whole
eastward to Broadway and took a car
downtown to the office. My assistants ••head” of the broom. Run a drawing
had reported again they bad met with string of tape in to hold It In place at
the handle. A couple of these bags
no better success than I. Mr. Graham
will be enough for ordinary usage.
noticed my dejected appearance anti
They
should be washed each time aft­
spoke a word of comfort.
er using to keep them always ready to
"I think you're on tlie right track.
pass over delicate colored papers in
Lester,” lie said. "But you can't hope
to do much by yourself—It’s too big a search of dust and cobwebs.
job. Wouldn’t It be better to employ
Glycerin For In.lIteration.
half a dozen private detectives a.vl | it
Glycerin is a really valuable remedy
them under your supervision? You
could save yourself this nerve trying for indigestion, and in th« course of a
work and at the «ante time get over t'<» few days or at most of a fortnight a
ground much more rapidly. Besides, sufferer may expect to be cured. Mix
experienced men may be able to sug­ a small teaspoonful of pur« glycerin
gest something that you've ove-, looked.” with wa’or and take It with or Immedi­
ately after each meal. Of course tho
I had t >o
t' nt—T h',4 won- patient should also use discretion In
flered if I wu- i.isii : the best pus- the selection anti In the amount of food,
slble use of my opi>ortuiiltie«—and the for If the diet lie at fault It Is folly to
suggestion tempted me.
But some­ expect health.
thing rose Within lue -pride, ambition,
stubbornness what you will—and I
Barter For Fryiwa.
shook my head, determined to hang on.
Rift four ounces of flour Into a basin,
Besides, I had still liefore me that bat­ add a pinch of nV It, stir In half a pint
tle of wits with Martigny, and I was of lukewarm milk In which a quarter
resolved to make the most of ft.
of an ounce of buffer has been dis­
“Let me keep on by myself a day or solved and work It till quite smooth
two longer, sir,” I said. “I believe I'll with a wooden spoon. Allow It to stand
purree«! yet. If I don’t there will «till for an hour or more, then beat th«
t>e time to call In outsl 1e Leip. I fancy white of an egg to u stiff froth, mix It
I've made a beginning, and I want tc gently with the butter and u»e when
sec what corr.es of It.”
required.
He shook uie kindly by the hand.
"I like yonr grit," be said approv­
he landed
ingly, "and I've every confidence In
feet, and
you. It wasn't lack of confidence tha
proti.p- -1 tha suggestion. Only don't
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