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“Initials Only By Anna Katherine Green
J Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Tinies
XConyrigM. 1911, Street & Smith.)
»lox>\rlght, 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co.)
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
Time and a Villain's Heart.
"Our first difficulty is this IVe must
prove motive Now. Ido not think it will
be so very hard to show that this Broth
erson cherished feelings of revenge to
ward Miss Chailoner But I have to ac
knowledge right here and now that the
most skillful and vigorous pumping of the
janitor and such other tenants of the
Bicks street tenement as I have dared to
approach, fails to show that he has ever
held any communication with Mrs. Spotts,
er even of her existence until her
remarkable death .attracted his attention.
I have spent all thV afternoon over this,
a.nd with no result. A complete break in
the chain at the very start.”
"Humphl we will set that down, then,
as so much against us.”
"The next, and this is a bitter pill too,
is the almost insurmountable difficulty
already recognized of determining how a
man. without approaching his victim,
could manage to inflict a mortal stab in
her breast No cloak of complete invis
ibility has yet been found, even by the
cleverest criminals ''
"True The problem Is such as a night
mare offers For years tny dreams have
been haunted by a gnome who proposes
juat such puzzles
"But there’s an answer to everything,
and I’m sure there’s an answer to this.
Remember his business He's an invent
or, with startling ideas Ko munh I've
seen for myself You may stretch prob
abilities a little in his ease, and with this
conceded, we may add byway of offset
to the difficulties you mention, coinci
dences of time and circumstance, and his
vtllatnous heart Oh, I know that lam
prejudiced; but wait and see' Miss Chal
toner was we!) rid of him even at the
eoet of her HJe "
"Rhe loved him Even her father be
lieves that now Koine lately discovered
letters have come to light to prove that
«he was by no means so heart free as he
•opposed One of her friends. It seems,
has also confided to him that once, while
•he and Mies Chailoner were sitting to
gether. she caught Miss Chailoner In the
act of scribbling capitals over a sheet of
paper They were all R s with the ex
ception of here and there a neatly turned
O. and when her friend twitted her with
fondness for these two letters, and sug
gested a pleasing monogram. Miss t'hal
loner answered. ‘O. R i transferring the
letters, as you see, and the initials of the
finest man in the work!
"Gosh' has he heard this story"
"Who?"
"The gentleman In question
Mr Brotherson"
"Tea
"1 don’t think so. It was told me in
confidence
Told you, Mr Gryce* Pardon my cu
riosity '
"By Mr Challoner ”
"Oh! by Mr Challoner"
"He is greatly distressed at having the
disgraceful suggestion of suicide attached
to his daughter's name Notwithstanding
the circumstances notwithstanding his
full recognition of her secret predilection
for a man of whom he had never heard
till the night of her death, he can not
believe that she struck the blow she did.
Intentionally He sent for me in order
to inquire if anything could be done to
reinstate her In public opinion He dared
not insist that another had wielded the
weapon which laid her low so suddenly,
but he asked If. in my experience, it had
never been known that a woman, hyper
•ensitive to some strong man’s magnetic
Influence, should so follow his thought
■s to commit an act which never could
have arisen in her own mind uninflu
enced He evidently does not like Broth
erson either."
“And what what did you sat ?”
Sweetwater, with a halting utterance and
his face full of thought
"I simply quoted the latest authority
on hypnotism, that no person oven In
hypnotic sleep could be Influenced by an
gler tn do what was antagonistic to his
natural Instincts "
Iciest authority That doesn’t mean
• final one Supposing that It was hyp
notisn ' But that wouldn’t account for
Mrs Spotts death Her wound certainly
was not a self-inflicted one
"How i an you be sure’.’"
■■There was no weapon found In the
room, or m the < our' The snow was
searched and the children too No weap
on. Mr Gryce not even a paper cutter.
Resi*’ s bm how did Mr Challoner take
what you said’’ Was he satisfied with
this assurance? '
"He had to be I didn’t dare to hold
out any hope based on so unsubstantial a
theory But the interview had this effect
upon me If the possibility remains of
fixing guilt elsewhere than on Miss Chal
loner’s inconsiderate impulse I am ready
to devote any amount of time and
•trength to the work To see this griev
thg fathet relieved from the worst part
of his burden is worth some effort and
now you know why I have listened so ea
gerly to you. Sweetwater. I will go with
you to the superintendent \V« may not
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prematurely. When will you be ready for
this business?”
"I must be at headquarters tomorrow "
“Good, then let it be tomorrow. A tax
icab. Sweetwater. The subway for the
young I can no longer manage the
stairs.”
A Concession.
"It Is true; there seems to be some
thing extraordinary in the coincidence ’
Thus Mr. Brotherson. in the. presence
of the inspector
"But that Is all there is to it,” he
easily proceeded. "I knew Miss Chal
loner and I have already said how much
and how little I had to do with her death.
The other woman I did not know at all:
I did not even know her name. A prose
cution based on grounds so flimsy as those
you advance would savor of persecution,
would it not?”
The inspector, surprised by this unex
pected attack, regarded the speaker with
an interest rather augmented than dimin
ished by his boldness. The smile with
which he had uttered these concluding
words yet lingered on his lips, lighting
up features of a mould too suggestive of
command to be associated readily with
guilt That the impression thus pro
duced was favorable, was evident from
the tone of the inspector’s reply:
We have said nothing about prosecu
tion. Mr. Brotherson. We hope to avoid
any such extreme measures, and that we
may the more readily do so. we have
given you this opportunity to make such
explanations as the situation, which you
yourself have characterized as remark
able. seems to call for "
“I am ready. But what am I called
upon to explain? I really can not see. sir.
Knowing nothing more about either case
than you do, I fear that I shall not add
much to your enlightenment.”
"You can tell us why with your seem
ing culture and obvious means, you
choose to spend so much time in a sec
ond-rate tenement like the one In Hicks
street."
Again that chill smile preceding the
quiet answer:
"Have you seen my room there ’ It is
piled to the ceiling with hooks When I
was a poor man, I chose the abode suited
to my purse and my passion for first - I
rate reading As I grew better off. my
time became daily more valuable. I have
never seen the hour when 1 felt like mov
ing that precious collection. Besides, 1
am a man of the people I like the work
ing class, and am willing to lie thought
one of them I run find time to talk to
a hard-pushed mechanic as easily as to
such members of the moneyed class as I
encounter on st ra t evenings at the Hotel
Clermont 1 have led I may say that I
am leading a double life, but of neither
am I ashamed, nor have I cause io he.
Dove drovi me to ape the gentleman in
the halls of the Clermont; a broad human
Interest in the work of the world, to live
as a fellow among the mechanics of
Hicks street.”
But why make use of one name as a
gentleman of leisure and quite a different
on. as the honest workman’.’”
"Ah. there you touch upon my real
secret. I have a reason for keeping my
identity quiet till my invention is coni
pleted."
"A reason connected with your an
archistic tendencies’.’"
"Possibly." But the word was uttered
in away to carry little conviction "1
am not much of an anarchist.” lie now
took the trouble Io declare, with a care
less lift of his .shoulders ’ 1 like fair play,
but I shall never give you much trouble
by my manner of Insuring it I have too
much at stake. My Invention is dearer
to me than the overthrow of present in
stitutions Nothing must stand in the
way of its success, not even the satisfac
tion of inspiring terror in minds shut to
every oilier species of argument I have
uttered my lasi speech; you can rely on
me for that ”
'We are glad to hear it, Mr Dunn
Physical overthrow carries more than the
immediate sufferer with it '
If this wore meant as an irritant. It did
not act successfully The social agitator,
the political demagogue, the orator whose
honeyed tones Jiad rung with biting in
vective in the ears of the United Brother
hood of the Awl. the Plane and the Trow
el. simply bowed and calmly waited for
the next attack
Perhaps It was of a nature to surprise
even him.
"We have no wish.” continued the in
spector, “to probe too closely into con
cerns seemingly quite removed from Ihe
main Issue You say that you are ready,
nay more, are even eager to answer all
questions. You will probably be anxious
then to explain away a discrepancy be
tween your word and y our conduct, which
has come to our attention You were
known to have expressed the intention ot
spending the afternoon of Mrs. Spotts'
death in New York and were supposed to
have done so. yet you were certainly seen
In the crowd which Invaded that real
building at the first alarm Are you con
sclom* of possessing a double, or did you
fall to cross the river as you expecteq
to?"
"I am glad this has come up." Th.
tone was one of self-congratulation which
would have shaken Sweetwater sorely
had he been admitted to this unofficial
examination "I have never nonfilled to
any one the story of my doings on that
unhappy afternoon, because I knew of no
one who would take any interest in them
But this Is what occurred 1 did mean to
go to New York, and 1 even started on
my walk to the Bridge at the hour men
tioned But I got into a small crowd on
the corner of Fulton street, in which a
poor deoil who had robbed a vendor's
cart of a few oranges, was being hustled
about There was no policeman within
I sight, and so 1 busied myself there for
a minute paying for the oranges and drag
ging the poor wretch away into an alley,
I m here I could have the pleasure of see-
I ing him eat them When 1 came out of
the alley the small crowd had vanished.
I but a big one was collecting up the street
] very near my home. I always think of
i my books when I see anything suggesting
fire, and naturally I returned, and equal
ly naturally, when I heard what had hap
pened. followed the crowd into the court
ap>: so up to the poor woman's doorway
I But my curiosity satisfied. I returned at
once to the street and went to New York
las 1 had planned.”
| Do y ou mind telling ns where you went
jin New York””
Not at all I went shopping I wanted
; a certain very fine wire, for an expeert
ment I had on hand, and I found it in a
little shop In Fourth avenue. If I remem-
I bet rightly, the name over the door was
I Grippus Its oddity struck me
| To Bo Continued in Next Issue.
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| ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * By Beatrice Fairfax I i
YOU WERE RIGHT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young lady of twentj ami
have been keeping companx with a
young man of 23 for the last two
><a s. and became engaged to him i
three months ago. ;
About three weeks ago I was in- (
formed by a very dear friend that
she saw him on the street intoxi
cated. which I would not believe, !
but I asked him qjid he admitted it. i
I lost faith, in him and told him
that I would have to break off our
engagement, as I had lost all re
spect for him and didn't want him
to cal! again. He felt badly about
it and wants me to overlook this
and make friends again, but I think
that, as he lias this awful habit, it
would not be safe for me to marry
him, although 1 think the world of
him, and will have to make a great
effort in giving him up. Last even-
Up-to-Date Jokes
And so this is the end.” said the '
hero, as he bent over the form of the
dying heroine, w hile the orchestra play
ed soft, sad music.
"Thank heaven for that!" exclaimed
a Io .i ribroken voice from the gall' ry.
"My husband is too tender-hearted
altogether to get on" said Mrs Mug
gins, dolefull). "It shows lii< good
points, eertainlx. Why. lie w on't even
speak a cross word to me, nor whip
the children, nor even kill a fly."
"(>h. that's nothing." said Mrs. Hug
gins. "My busband is so tender-hearted
that he c.n’t even bun a carpet."
Trani) —"1 jus' dropped in to offer
my new cure for indigestion and kin
dred ailments, mum. It may prove a
g eat blessing to your family, mum,
and I charge nothing for the prescrip
tion."
Housekeeper 'Well, I must say that
is reasonable enough. What’s tile
cure?”
Tramp- "Live on plain food and give
your rich and indigestible dishes to ttie
poor. I'm the poor, mum."
A few days ago two young ladies en
tered a car and found only standing
room
"I’m going to get a seat,” said one to
her companion. "Now. you see!"
Selecting a sedate-looking gentleman,!
she walked up to him.
”.My drat Mr. Green!" site exclaimed. >
"How delighted I am to meet you! You
are almost n st anger. Will 1 accept'
vom seat" Wei!, 1 do feel tired, I ad- j
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The man rose.
Sit down. Jane. m\ girl," said he. as ,
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•eat "Don't of en see you out on a
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tion now will be nothing compared with
the disgrace and shame and suffering
you would experience as the wife of a
drunkaid. I wish more girls were like
you.
LOVE KNOWS NO DOUBT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
1 am 23 and ; o going with two
young men, one 2:! and the other 27
years. Both want to marry me.
No. 1 is not earning enough to
start a home, but expects a better
position in the near future No 1
is a soldier, and his time is up in
July, and he wants me to go out
VY est and live with his mother.
I like both, hut would like your
advice, as I have no parents to go
to. Both have propos?d. R. S.
Aou don't love either one wot!
enough to marry him. If you did, there
wouldn’t be room in your mind for the
second man.
Refuse both, and give your heart a
ehanee. Don't imagine it must be one
of these two.
A HUSBAND NOT FOR YOU.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 21. with a future. A cer
tain voting man two years my
senior has written to me and also
called on me. Judging from his ac
tions. I know he cares for me. I
have given this .voting man no en-
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couragement. He has a very small
salary, and has no bright prospects.
F. U.
You do not say along w hat lines your
future lies. If you seek fame, a hus
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hamper you in your ambition, is not for
you.
This man's salary would seem large
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. him, don't try to love him. That is the
most senseless of all efforts.
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Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am engaged to a gii! with w hom
I went with about two years. She
asked me to marry her, but my par
ents object to it for another year.
I am 21 years of age and earning
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