Pittston Gazette

              KutablhtheU 1*30. I Vol. XLVU, No. 37. f Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1897. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. 1*1.00 per Year f in Ailviini'*-. "You are sensible. You would be n me, without my having to facie such a fool to try it." said the Clo«rtor. "It's nil horror as that!" "Aot it the pervon n.wl ever been h.vp- reau your letters togeiner. ana nope lor tne notized before." replied the woman, best, It was not so very bad; but now-oh, ..1,1 . , . 1 1 it.- 1 could never describe the depth of my woe! Those fDeople who had been under ht« ,t R{,ema that the wholp war,S i3agalnat us. illflvienee more than once woukd prompt- as soon as 1 heard of the arrest, 1 went ly do his bidding." down to the prison In a cab, but they would FRpM( Uf UE TO UMAX. is niv brother, and— "Pardon me! I must do it!" and Hendricks caught her arm. pushed her back towards the hall door, and signaling to IDr. Lumpkin, who haCl determined to be as ugile as his friend, sprang up the stairs. Hendricks was as active as a greyhound, and he was half way up the flight before the doctor hat! started. for stealing, and the other for being the lDer«ion who would eventually get the benefit of the money, but 1 could not let another suffer for a deed of mine. If you come, as soon as you get thl3, to 567 Mott street, where 1 have a room—top ttoor front—you inuy do with me as you like. 1 shall wait for you. "I hope." Hendricks remarked, with a shudder, as he planeed at the (lead man's features, "your friend v.ould not argue that the horrible expression* oil the faces of some suicides uould prove that.—that they have no—chance, you. right for him; his neck is at stake. I "1 am aorrv to say it looks very much What next?" is if he did it," Hendricks replied, tH| 1 AUTHOR OP I MARIE" ■ALMOST PERSUADED" CONFESSOR" \S ■ ' TOE LAND C.TX6 HCHAMCtNfc SUN"ETC "(iet out at the first ntfctton and go fart. I have rather strong evidence back to where he descended." ; (gainst hi-m." "1 presume he sometimes culled his ,lot s*"e h'm" a.'l waa,, 8U,r .... . rounded by a great crowd, hooting and yell- victims by the name of: jnK VV|th au their might. They say Mr. Strong," Hendricks remarked. "It Whidhy would have been mobbed If he had would be natural, after all he has "ot b«-en Jailed secretly The crowd even borne " I anC' laughed at me, and father ' came down almost frantic with rage. He " 1 es. quite frequently. Some of his forced me Into a cab and brought me home, friends knew the name of the man who 1 don't know what to do. There Is not even had wronged him. and it became a sort ,a so"1 who 18 *u.1,nJf1 lo B° °" Mr Whidbya , . , .. . . bond, except Col. Warrenton, and he has of joke at the gatherings; but it was no | tioen unable to arrange It. Every newspajoke with Tom. ami that is why I hoped per but «.e has declared editorially against he would not meet his old partner again. tbe likelihood of Mr. Whldby's Innocence. v„. . „ ,, 4 i Oh, If only he could be cleared now, what Not long ago he heard somehow that u happy happy girl , sh£Duld be, If on,y Strong was to be married to a pretty you or Dr. Lampkln wera here to advise young lady, and it infuriated him be- me! CoL Warrenton Is good, but he is yond description. Perhaps—" i helpless; public opinion la somewhat _ . . , , . against him. If you never get the proof The woman paused and looked at y0U are seeking, or never catch the real Rendricks suspiciously. She lowered criminal, X shall still be grateful and love her head, and began nervously to stroke you and the doctor to the end of my the hair of the child. Then she said, life' abruptly By this time the puards through the 1 Drawiujr her child to u sofa with taer, entire train knew thut Hendricks wsis j ihe woman sat down. Hendricks was a detective. The one on the front of afraid she was g-oiup to faint, she had the fourth car volunteered some infor- turned so white, but when he started j to rise to her assistance she motioned "THOMAS HAMPTON FARLE1GH." "Is it a trap?" asked Dr. Lampkin, when he had read the letter. Hendricks was silent. know." BY "Not at all," replied the doctor. "He says the soul is simply separated from the body so hastily that there is no time for it to leave its real expression. But we are certainly cn a gmeeomesubject, ] suppose Farleigh used the cotton batting to close up the chinks in the door, to deaden the sound of the pistol." Dr. Lumpkin caught up with him at the closed door of the back room on the second floor. He was trying- to force it ojDen with his right hand, while in the left he held his revolver. WillN. nration "Any answer, sir?" The messenger boy stood waiting in the open doorway."lie saw you come in" at the end. air. blni back. find made a breek for the door. I "Now I understand." she said. "He thought something was wrong with the went away about three weeks ago, and fellow, so I tried to hold him l«wk when would not tell me where he bad been, lie started over the gate, but he slipped j [q it irritated him when we asked through my hands like '»n eel. Br fore I about his absence. Fred!" she cried, as knew what he was about he was swing- ghe hel(J ,he boy a ,iule waD frolll h,.r in down at the side of the car, m white "your unele Tom has killed n man. He us a corpse, but smi.l:n all the tirse. a QlurijC,rerC und will have to be exe- Then he come to a place where the eute(j any other oriminal. That's Blanks wen? wider between the two w]|ut bas be;n the matter with him •ailroads and let go. It knocked him la-telv. That's why he has been so restlown, but he got up agnin. un(j unab|e to sleep, and why be is Do you think it hurt him at all. to anxious »o read the newspapers. Poor isked Hendricks. Tom! He used to be a good brother to "Not a bit in the world, «ir; he s as Q]e wtw.n | was a girL Oh. Mr Henlimble » a oat. rben the guard slid , dncklj , bear ,t} ,t H%rful_,wful he doors open and began to call out _to th,nk of what m c()me of u he next statmn. The tram was slow- thpre nQ hoper ng "P- , "If be is not brought to justice, an "Let s be the flint out.' said fhe de- innocenl man will mosl likel sulTer ln ective. pressing past some men to the h js .. nendricks_..a maD wjth loor and drawn* h,s fr.end by the thp world him, ttyounp man en. Lrm" gaged to a lovely girl. She. too. wil HarbeiJ. "Ilanjr him. he's on to us!" panted the detective. "That kid made too much noine. Get out your f?un, and come against the door with me. Quick! we must smash it. The lock is strong-." "No. Hut wait," cried the detective. "Do you know what time this message was left at your office?" Hendricks nodded, lowered the gas, and led his friend down to the street. He hastily explained to the policeman, what had happened, and told him to stand guard at the place til] he oould summon the coroner. "About nine, sir, I think. The instructions were to deliver it exactly at one o'clock." c They struck the door simultaneously. It did not yield at first, and the house shook, and resounded with the hollow noit»e. There was a startled cry from below, a woman's voice, and then steps on the stairs. ULUSTRJktlO\i dfFtJhlW "Ah!" Hendricks pulled his beard thoughtfully, as he looked at a clock on the wall. "You are punctual." "I suppose you are going to notify the "ANNETTE DELMAR." Dr. Lampkin folded tie letter with trembling' bands. Hendricks paused in front of him, and smiled coldly. "Now it is youx turn to whistle with your sympathies, old man. I have been at it all day." "Do you think you'll ever get within a mile of the scoundrel?" asked Lampkin, gloomily. "I don't know," said Hendricks, with a frown. "I have told you several times that J was a blasted ass, haven't I? Well, get up here and kick me, and don't let up till daybreak. At eight o'clock tonight I was as near our man as 1 am to you; I even sbook hands with him; and yet God only knows where he is now." "What! You don't mean—" "Yes, I do. Mean everything. Read this." Hendricks thrust a sheet of paper at the doctor. "What do you think of that?" Dr. Lampkin stared at the lines tn growing surprise. "Mlnard Hendricks, Detective, New York," the letter began—"I am the man you are looking for. I did the deed, and the game Is up with me. i am tired of dodging you, and am ready to surrender like a man, I would come to you at once, but I have an engagement this evening that I want to fulfill before losing my liberty. I have agreed to give a little lecture on •Hypnotism and Its Practical Uses' to some people at Albrldge hall, In Grand street. It Is a small place, but you can easily And It. I begin to talk at eight o'clock, and the lecture will last an hour. If you will let nie finish, I shall be obliged, as I owe a man some money and have promised him the door receipts. Please take a seat in the front row, »3 near the center of the hall as you can. You will be In tough company; but you won't mind that. If all the ad- "The man said that it mu6t be taken exactly on time." coroner the first thing you do." observed Dr. Lampkin, as they were entering a telegraph office on Broadway. "Quick! come again!" grunted the detective; and shoulder to shoulder they struck the door once more. The fastenings gave way, and they plunged into the room, only keeping their feet by falling against a bureau which had been rolled against the door, and which now, with its broken mirror, stood in their way. "Somehow, I trust you, sir. I have heard so much of your kindness to women that 1 feel down in my heart that you are sorry for me in spite of the duty you have to perform; but I don't want to say anything- thoughtlessly that would go against my brother. I couldn't bear to think that—" The woman's eyes began to fill, and Hendricks rose. "Tall, gray-haired, dark-fikinned fellow?"Hendricks took a blank from the desk, aud. without replying, hastily wrote a message. When he had finished it. he handed it to his friend, with a hearty, smile. "That's the first thing1 oa the programme, and 1 thank Uod that 1 am able Do do it." ICopyrtgbt. i8g6, by J. B Llppincott Co.] "Yea. sir." "Has anyone called to ask about it since it was left?" CHAPTER XVI. thing is radically wrong with me. *Sh!" "No, sir. 1 have been in the office ever since." In the afternoon two days later, Hendricks called at the office of Dr. Lajnpkin in New York. He was shown into an anteroom where half a dozen patients sat in a row against the wall, each awaiting his turn. Hendricks sat down at the trod of the row, crossed his legs and soon became deeply absorbed in thought- There was a sound of footsteps on the floor overhead, a clatter on the stairs, and a boy 11-or IS years of age, very neatly dressed, came into the room hurriedly. He stopped short, and his eyes wideued in astonishment. The conversation paused for a moment; then the detective seemed to collect his thoughts with a start. He gave the boy a qoiarter. "Miss Annette Delmar," ran the message -"Murderer of Strong Just suicided, leaving complete confession. Whldby shall be released to-morrow The room was empty. An open window told a story. Hendricks swore linden hiR breath as he made his way to the window. He pointed to the sloping root of a shed and a pile of boxes below. hinp the str«.,t below. IT,.mlHok. tQ 8llffer Your broTher'.V with turned the direction otll douht piI,,tyD and { really see li«JC wtienee thev ha*l come. . _ e . „ „ 44T * - chance for him. "I suppose it is Cabout four mocks. .... . , . ... .,1 1 . — a ... .. You came back to search his room he sand. a.s he started into a brisk walk. . ,. . _. M, .. ' , . , I suppose. answered the woman. "Yoi "All we cnn do now is to cd back where . 1 . , ... .. .. , . . know where it ir. 1 shall offer noobiec be let h:msolf down from the railroad. |ion , wan, fo wba4 .„ rj hu lf hC We may pick up something tber. huK done deliberately. he mus though 1 doubt .t. take .ho consequences." It WH*ca«y enough to find the -pot sha„ m)t 8earch f desired. for quite a crowd of people bat ..XhiR is houM. gathered under the flfvnlea irai'K. nod _ , , ... , . , e . vou are suffering enough already. I shal two police men seemed to be trying tc (o Hnd i|nder yQur  1 t denee against bim. 1 think 1 can dC **V\ here did the fellow go thai go* ... /V . , ,. . .# _ . . « i , m without it. 1 only thought you miirh off that trainT asked Hendnck. of a no| tinwilllnff te|1 me metbinf pouemun. am a c lettive. about his past business relations witl tiorh The policemen star«*d ' . , ., , . . . Strong- I suppose your brother ha4 "Was vou ehasin im? asked one ot . V . , 0„ . • . er*veil you the tacts in the case ? them, in astonishment. , , .... "Yes. Where did he go?" es- he hus f/,en ,done *°- a"d 1 ™ "lie colled a cab and got in It. He *e'' Dou- as well w 1 can. all about it. said he fell off the train and hurt him- I T -elf a little and wanted to go home." thoughtfully for a mronent then si, •Did vou hear the direction he gave teuton: "I really believe this R.cban the driver?" V Strong did my brother a grea "No: did vou, John?" . wronS; """J w;ere e^uul l«»-tners h The other policeman shook his head. 8eve,ral 8m*n miniu» ventures in Col -1 couldn't hear, the crowd kept up °,rado 20 D'^ra »"d seemed to ge such a racket. Wha. s the chap done?" ! alo,l« P[e,tD; we" together, bot .t hap Hendrwkti ignored the question, and oed lbat JU8t Bt they wen at ouce went up in th* eslimat.on ot trym* to get possession of a o^rtau ,k„ ...i., tract of silver mininir lanC] which ni1 both the iDolicemen. i _ « , , . . , •I» vou know the cabman?" blro,he1r ™ confident would enr.cl 'I'be ,xDli«*men exchanged tht'm r°» compelled tore _ . ... ° ~l, ,.V. *• turn to New \ork on important busi i nc crlarices. and then answered: No. ... 1 ... 4" . .. n®88 of his own. Now, my brother A street crrchin spoke up. "ItBODeof . f. .. . , r. . \ - . i . Thomas Farleiirh. was known to be ai Jimmv McGuire's rig-s, but 1 don t know . I% • • . _ . , .. Who ririvin* it" exceptionally good judge of mineral in .... , iv _j Lt dicatiowi, and it often happened tha -Jimmv turns em off and hires new . . , A • . tt , . . ... when he showed interest in property ones every da v. explained one of the po* « . ,I1 \ the owners would refuse to sell at air licerocn. Hendricks thanked them and . D . .. . • . , .. . reasonable price. So, in this case, Mr turned away, a look of disappointment c. r « ' . • , * , . Stronir proposed to him that he be no on his face. They had pone a block , ® 4 . . : . . . .. . . . known in the transfer at all, bu* tha back towards the elevated station which . . . . . . ... . i i he leave in his hands his part of the pur they had just left, before he spoke. . . . . 4f _1 , Dr- . , chase money and let the property b\ -i . ' . ,, made over to him while Tom was ii -1 shall leave you. doctor. 1 know you v. . u . .. .. .. . i . . / New York. Mv brother thought it .• want to eel back to business, and you , . . , ' . , . . I .... . • f. . , _ rood idea and con«ent€Ki% leaving all hi can t reallv help roe just now. , t _ ... ~ . * , . * . '. . . . _, . savings, something over $.D.000, witl Dr. Lampkin understood that the de- . i *1 . •, . t . . . , . . Stronp, simply on the assurance that ot ective wanted to be left alon*. so be hi8 shouH hC|ve a (ieed to , ic out us anc. half interest Id the property. You are goinir to follow up that cab. . i a u "Stroufr no doubt meant to be honest I suppose, said he, and hud out where * , , 1 _ . . „ and 1 believe only an accident to mj the man was taken.' . . . . » • # . . .^n, , . . . - brother prevented him from beine so r-here would be no use in that, v y r« . . .. . On Tom 8 way to New l ork he fell fron Hendricks replied. "He was sini|H.v „ . . . . ' .. a train at Cincinnati, struck his hea( driven to some raalway or ferry station. » . . . .... . . .. v. . . ... against a stone and was taken raseosi and will soon be in New York, lost like 77 a needle in a havsUick The truth is. b,e to a hosPltal- The doctors said hi . .. . . |, , skull was fractured and he became io I iiave irot to find some otiDer line to . , . rii u sane, rrom the hoepitaJ I had hin 1 work on. lf the fellow should take «. . .. .1 u f, . . # . taken to a private a«yium, where I re notion to leave the city he might never h , (.onJ(J be caught, and we should not be able to f ]eff Mr * heart help that .voung man and hu, girl out of | him the.r trouble. I II see you before long. My bro(her dW uot re^)(nji7,. hiln. and . ,Kri,'o yvii believing that Tom would never be re CHAt ilk „ , stored to his right mind, Mr. Strong Hendricks walked back to 234 Union wi(j nothing to anyone about the monej street and rang the bell. Mrs. Champa 1 t iuU) hi„ hantls b}. my brother. ft, i »ey canie to the door, holding her son went ahead and organized a big comby tlie huiid. She was pale, and her eyes p®ny of eastern capitalists to operat« were red with weeping. tjle jnjne. They struck a rich vein, and "Come in, ' she said, coldly. 1 sup- strong- became wealthy at once. pose you did not catch my brother, aud "About five years afterwards a skillnow waul to searoh the house. fuj surpeon trepanned my brother's "We did not catch him( tha\, true, j relieved the pressnreon the brain madanie," replied the detective, as the and restored hi* reason. Tom. of course, three went into the parlor, "but 1 did j remembered the last transaction with not come to do anything that would be hie QId partner, and. hearing of StroDg's unpleasant to you. I came chiefly to great success, at once set about trying apologia for my roughness just now recover an interest in his fortune If 1 had reflected. 1 would not have Mr. Strong was not, I believe, a very Ixid pushed you aside a«. 1 did; but. as it nian. and he would have been willing was. It seemed our only chance of se- to undo what he had done, but to divide curing him. and we already had been his profit* with my brother would have delayed." j. been an open admission of guilt, so he "I am, indeed, in full sympathy with you. Mrs. Champney," he said. "You have had a mighty big load to bear, and if 1 can possibly make it lighter I will do so." "Call a cab for us at once, as you go out. Have it at the door." He turned to the doctor as the boy went down the "1—I beg your pardon," he stammered, flashing. "Sarah told me my teacher had come—and—and wanted to see me." "LAMPK1N AND HENDRICKS." "Will it be so soou as that?" thedocor asked. "That's the. way he went, Come on I we must not wait to run round the block. We are as nimble as he is. lie went over that rear wall into the alley. I see where he dislodged some of the bricks." "1 thank you," replied the woman, "but there Is only one thing I can ask, uid I shall be grateful if you will do it for me. I want to know the worst as soon as possible. If—if you—arrest him, please let me know at once where "We must go to Mott street atonoe. Are you sure you feel like it?" stairs, "Yes; a telegraphic report from the chief of police here will do the work. Presently he heard a cough, and, looking up, saw the doctor beckoning to him from the office door. Hendricks rose and went in. A look of perplexity darted across the face of the detective, and for a moment there was an awkward pause. Then Hendricks said: "Nothing could please me more. It seems to me that you have been doing •11 the work. I want to get into it." 1 can manage that. But the little girl will be happy enough when she gets this telegram." l)r. Lumpkin was laughing heartily "Now you will inform the coroner, I suppose," said Lampkin! "You don't, know how comical you looked," he said. "You were sitting beside the worst old morphiDe reprobate in New York. He had a sleepy stare in his eyes, and with yours you were try' tng to dig an idea out of a spot in the carjDet. Why didn't you come right in ? If you had only sent up your name, you need not have waited a minute." "We wanted to see Frederick Champney on a matter of business. Does he live here?" Hendricks thrust his revolver into his coat-pocket, crawled over the wiudow-sill, swung down to his full length, and then let go. Dr. Lampkin was in the window when Hendricks struck the roof. The next instant they stood together in the yard, and a minute later bad scaled the brick wall and were in the alley. 1 can go and comfort him. Poor fellow! he is not so very much to blame. His whole iife w«s ruined by that man's act, ami if he did kill Mr. Strong he hardly knew what he was doing." CHAPTER XIX. "Not before I tire a message at Whidby," said Hendricks. "There is no. hurry about the other. It won't taker a coroner's jury long to give a verdict; when they read the confession.** "That's my name, sir,*' said the boy, timidly. Hardly a more disreputable spot •ould have been found in all New York than the immediate vicinity of the bouse to which they had been directed. Along the street were several opium dens, dimly lighted, and on the corner, not far away, a man was selling hot sausages from a steaming vessel over a charcoal Are. "Perhaps it is your father's also," suggested Hendricks, in a reassuring tone. "My father is dead," replied the boy. "His name was Stephen H. Champney." "I will keep you posted," said Hendricks; and he bowed and left the room. The next day at 12 o'clock Hendricks called at Dr. Lampkin's office. He found the doctor alone. CHAPTER XVIII. "Re at my office at five o'clock sharp, and wait tlU 1 come. "Then you are the only Frederick Champney in the family?" "It's all right!" he exclaimed. "Ii thought you'd want to feel sure about' It, so I ran u p. The news has just reached the police here that everything is satisfactory. Whidby is out by this time.1 Here's something you are interested in." He handed the doctor a telegram. It was as follows: "I didn't want to get in ahead of anybody." replied the detective, with a good-natured smile. "I thought Pd take my turn, and get you to focus some of your magic on me." Vehicles and workmen were going to and fro, but the pursuers saw no one who appeared to be trying to escape them. The driver of an ice wagon said that only a minute before a man bad •prung over the wall, and, laughing ftvartily, had run towards the street on the right* The iceman thought he was playing a joke on some one. as he had often seen h-ini about there. "HENDRICKS." - As Boon as he received this message. Dr. Lampkin turned a patient over to his assistant, and went down to Hendricks' office in Park Row, arriving a few minutes before Ave. The office boy said Hendricks had not come. The doctor went in and took a seat. "Y-e-s, sir." The boy spoke slowly, and then ended with a start. His glance wavered under the sharp gaze of the detective, whose face had undergone a remarkable change. When Hendricks spoke, his voice sounded to Dr. Lumpkin strangely harsh and firm: As Hendricks and the doctor were Blighting from the cab near the house to arbich they were going, a solitary policeman approached, and was about to pass, when Hendricks called to him. The detective introduced himself and told the astonished fellow to stand in readiness near the door of No. S«7 The policeman consented, evidently highly naiterea at Detng in tne service oi uic famous detective. "What is your complaint?** "Stupidity. I understand you can cure a great many mental troubles." "How does the disease affect you ?" "Minard Hendricks and Dr. Lampkln,! New York: "Keeps me from attending to business. I am continually chasing fancies which lead nowhere. But. jokes aside, I want you for awhile this afternoon, if you can get off." "I - received a letter from this street and nunilDer. It was signed Frederick Champney. Did you write it?" An hour passed, and still there was no sign of the detective. Another hour dragged by. It was growing dark. The office boy came in. lighted the gas, and laid down an evening paper. ventures told of you are true. You not fear any foul play on my part. I have nothing against you. Tou are simply doing your duty, and I admire you for It. "Sincerely yours, "THOMAS HAMPTON FARLEIGH." "God bles? you both! I never was so happy In my life. Papa went with me to the tall to see Alfred. 1 am dying to thank you personally. Do come down if you possibly an. "Come on," said Hendricks. "He may make for the Union street elevated station. It is about our only chance." The boy suddenly fell to trembling, and his face worked in an effort to control himself, but he hung his head in silence. Hendricks repeated his question, but still the boy would not reply, j'lle looked towards the hall, as if he f wished to escape. Turning into Union street, the pursuers made all the speed possible towards the station, looking about them 03 they went. As they went up the steps to the little stoop Hendricks advised the policeman o jkiss on, so as not to be noticed by whoever opened the door. The detective rung. There was a faint light shining through the grimy transom over the door, but no sound came from within. . "I'm at your service.** "Any message from Mr. Hendricks "Did you go?" asked Lampkin, lookyet ! asked the doctor. in-g up from the letter. "No, sir." Hendricks smiled grimly. "Yes, 1 ou have no Idea where he is?" was on hand early enough. It was a "No, sir.' frightful place, a little narrow hall, Is there a restaurant near here?" used for lectures, political meetings. Just round the corner, sir. an(j i0w-class concerts. About a bun-1 have had nothing to eat since dred people were present, mostly inen. lunch, said the doctor. If Mr. Hen- You can judge what the crowd was when dricks comes in, tell him he can find j say tbat tj,e Df admission was 15 me there, or will meet me on the way x gnt a seat near the center of the little stage, in tfte first row. The Dr. Lampkin went to the restaurant. drop_curtain was downC but promptiy remained there 20 minutes and re- ,t c, ht it waa drawD u turned to the office. Hendricks had not „A came QUt on „ from  sent any word of ex plana- hfnd' the 8Cenes, brluging the lecturer's tion The time passed very slowly to tableC and placed it near the footlights. thedoctor. He smoked a cigar, stretched Tbe crowd b toapplaud with sticks himself on a lounge near an open w.n- and umbrellaSi and the u our dow, and, concentrating h.s m.nd upon heroa pearedDbowingandsmi{ilip,qllite the idea that he would wake, at the MS JfReaJ, j adm'ired flight eat sound, allowed himself to . . - . . , „ *  * • him for his coolness. He was exactly b i* v the style of man described by Matthews At half past 11 he was aroused. It . ' ., .. . . . .4 A was Hendricks' *eP ou the stairs. He £ having paid the mystenous vis.t to , 4, , . j i i Strong. His hajr was white, and hew as opened the door, entered slowly, as if „ A , , f , v . , , , . very thin, sallow, and dark skinned, wearied, and, with a sigh, sank into an „ ' . ' . , arti) 'hair looked as if he had not eaten any- heavens 1" he exclaimed, sudden- | thin* had a uare n^ht'8 sleeP for Iv noticing his friend on the lounge. a * , , . . . . "you must forgive me. doctor, for not He recognized me. and singled me showing up. All the afternoon and out with a bow and a smile, then stepped evening I bave been on a dead run after down from the stage and held out his that chap, but he has given me the slip baud cordially. Dr. Lampkin folded the telegram Mid" put it into the envelope. Hendricks had thrown himself on a lounge, and was jazing up at the ceiling. C "ANNETTE DELMAR." "But the—these patients?** "Oh, my assistant can dispose of them easily. Business is very light to-day. Besides I am dying to do something in the Strong case. The truth is, 1 want to help that voting man out. I took a great iiking to him the night I saw him lying there helpless, going through that bloody role. And his girl—Miss Delmar—did you ever sefi her?" "You know I know hear. What are you talking about?" When within half a block of the station Hendricks cried out excitedly: Seeing this, Hendricks stepped between him and the door. "I'll bet, my life I saw him going up the steps on this side. It wr»* just for skhsifthf ftF.&sssE°t' i.lender fellow, and he was going too fast not to be trying to ewwpe something. We may get him after all. Hang it. here comes the train! We must catch it." "Well, shall you go?" Dr. Lampkin asked. Hendricks rang again, and when the clanging of the bell had died awaj a ioor beneath the stoop opened, a chain rattled against an iron gate, and a worn en half clad and with hair disheveled ;ame out amidst a heap of garbage a«d ash barrels and glared up at them. "I hardly know," said the detective. "I may as well be plain with you, my lDoy," he said. "1 am a detective, legally authorized to arrest anyone suspected of law-breaking. A letter of very grave importance has been written over your name. If you know anything about it, and won't tell me. I shall be sompelled to arrest you on suspicion." "It would be nice to see that boy  girl bappy together and know that we bad something to do with it. If I had failed to carry my point in Whidby's case it would have driven me crazy; I ,hould never have tried to do another piece of detective work so Iong as Ij lived. But 1 can't get away easily just now. for I have the Sixth avenue jeweler's matter to dig at. Perhaps wb can both go a little later." THE END. { "That's a fact. Pd forgotten. She is simply lovely; and I admire h«r pluck. Pd liks to thrash that father of hers. But what do you propose?" Hendricks broke into a run, but the long train slowed up overhead and oame to a stop just as they reached the foot of the steps. A wild look of mingled anger and disappointment swept over the face of the detective as bedashed flt the stairs. Up he ran, like n deer, taking three or four steps at a time. It was with the greatest difficulty that Dr. Lampkin kept up wath him. .lust as Hendricks plunged through the swinging door leading to the train steam was heard escaping from the engine. The guards on the platform of the cars were jerking the bell cord and closing the gates. "What do ye want?" she asked crust- The boy stared into Hendricks' face for an instant in abject terror; then he burst into tears. He darted towards the door, but the detective caught his nrm, and drew him, struggling, back into the room. Hy. "We have an appointment with a Mr Farleigh. who has a room here, 1 think,' Hendricks replied. ~A purty time o" night for it!" snarled the woman. "But 1 promised the gin lleman to let ye in. an* so. if ye'll wait till 1 come up, 1*11 open the door." "Have you found out anything about a hypnotist answering the desoription I have given you of our man?" "Not,a thing, so far, but I don't despair of doing mo soon. But what are we going to do to-day?" "Mamma! mamma!" shrieked the boy with all his strength, and he rolled cn the floor in Hendricks' clutch and teat the legs of his captor with his ists. Just then a white-faced, middleuged woman ran into the room from the rear stairs, followed by the maid v\ ho had admitted them. Oa seeing hw. ami being released by the detective, the boy ceased his cries, ran to his mother and hid his face in her lap. She could only Stare at the two visitors in speechless amazement. NEGRO PRODIGY. In a minute she admitted tbeua, Though Uneducated Be I* ■ "Ye was to go up to bis room—the top floor front; ye can't miss it, I would go up ahead o* ye, but I'm that stilt that—" Robert Gardhire is a negro, and an uneducated one, but when it comes to figures he can't be stopped by any mathematician in the world, says the Augusta Chronicle. He is a humble resident of Augusta, and is employed as a laborer at the Interstate Cotton Oil company. In multiplication Gardhire is as quick as thought. Before the average person can set the figures down with a pencil Gardhire has given the correct answer, and yet he cannot say bow he does it. 9UI hematlclan. "I want you to go over to Brooklyn with me. I think the oaly thing now is to find out how the fellow used that address.""We'll get there all right," HendHck* interrupted, passing her. "We won't be long. Would you mind leaving th* door unlocked?" "Perhaps he Uvea there." "Hardly likely; but we shall see." In IS minutes the two men were on the bridge cars, crossing the river to Brooklyn. Reaching the other side, they continued on the elevated road to Union street, where they alighted. Then they walked along the pavement, looking at the numbers on the plate glass over the doors. ■ "Walt, for God's sake!" yelled the detective, as he darttfi past the man who was receiving the tickets, and reached the nearest car. But the gates were closed and the train was moving. The guards, as they swept by, stared in astonishment at the two men and motioned them back. "Not at all. sir," she replied. The detective thanked her, and went up the Hendricks bowed very low and stammered out an explanation. half a dozen times. I would have sent i " '1 am glad to meet you, Mr. Flenyou a message, but 1 could not tell you dricks,* he said. '1 ho|De my talk will where to meet me." not bore you; that is, if you have de"Y'ou have not given up the chaseV" cided to let me make it.* tskcd Dr. Larapkin. I "'Go ahead, by all means,' 1 replied. The door of the room in the front, on the top floor, was closed. There was a transom over it, but no light shone through. Hendricks knocked and waited. Then he put his hands on the latch As he did so. Dr. Lampkin drew his revolver.stairs. "I am a detective," he said. "A very Important letter has been written nnder the address of this house and over the iiunie of Frederick Champney. I can't th'nk this little fellow could be guilty uf any misdemeanor,you know, madam, but firom his actions it U plain to me that be kcowssome.thing about the matter. lie started to run away, and I had to hold him." He was asked what was the sum total of 99 times 67, and without repeating the figures to himself Gardhire answered offhand: "6,663." "How much," asked one, "is 501 times 52?" Without stopping a second Gardhire replied: "16,032." And thus for over half an hour numbers were thrown at him and he gave the correct multiplication like a flash. In the multiplication of fractions the man is equally proficient, and there seems no limit to his powers, which are almost occult. "By Jove! there you are—directly opposite," exclaimed Dr. Lampkin. "That's 234, and no mistake about it. Now for an interesting climax or a downright failure." And he started tc cross the street. But Hendricks did not heed their wiarning. Grasping the gate on the front end of the last ear while the guard was closing the sliding door of the car ahead, he swung himself first to a foothold on the platform, and then, before the guard could prevent it, leaped over the gate. "I am stumped for to-night, it seems," •] shall be interested.' iv»« the reply. Hendricks rose and be- "He thanked me. and went back 01 to walk the floor excitedly. He the stage. He talked for 20 minutes ii '.mused suddenly in front of liis friend, » very eloquent, smooth way abou ind, with his bauds deep in his pockets, hypnotism, and called several men u| laid: "I was never so absolutely cut be hypnotized. He made them do t ip in my life. I'd give my right arm to number of laughable things, and then »ave that man, dead or alive, to-night," asked them to take their seats in the "Why, has anything particular hap- nudience. While he wus doing this, jened?" I saW a change come over his face that Hendricks laughed grimly. "Put it up," he muttered. "You wont need it." "Stop, d—n it!" cried Hendricks, looking straight ahead of him and walking on. "Come along." The door was not fastened. Hendricks pushed it open, and as he did w some strips of cotton batting fell to tb» floor from the side and the top. Thf room was very dark. The outside blind* bad been closed, and thecurtain* drawn bo that no light came in from tbestreei below nor from the moon above. "Fred!" The woman almost gasped as she forced the white face of the boy towards her own. "Fred, do you know anything of what this man is talking about?" Dr. Lampkin, determining not to be left, swung on to the platform of the "What's the matter?*" asked tne doctor, in a low tone, as he caught up with his companion. I J "Nothing serious; so harm done; but we must approach the place more— more casually, so to speak, than that. Buppoee we had crossed there, some oue in the house might have seen (ts and been aware of our approach." Hendricks took from his pocket some ; j coujd not interpret, lie seemed to be papers, telegrams and letters, anil hand- come depressed. He leaned forward ed one to the doctor. "U that not wjtjj a j,and on each side of his table enough to make a man desperate? 1 and said: "Now, gentlemen. I am goin{ received it two days ago.' i0 show you a mechanical arrangemen The telegram ran as follows: that will interest you.' Then beturnei "Mr. Whldby arrewejl What shall I do? and went behind the scenes. A IN h. I I b UhLMAiL .. , , ,, Dr. Lampkin'a face fell. l* d,d DOt tak,e me h*lf 8 m'DU!e " "That's bad." he said-"very bad in- sm«n a m°"8e- sP, °ver thKe f°ot JjpoCj.» lights, and surprised the boy who huC ••Of course it is bad." grunted Hen- j assisting him by suddenly rusbinf rtricks. "That's why I haven't seen you. ! dre8s,n&-ro°m. I have never given any mortal such a ' '^,here •» ' J^Far ' as dead close chase in my life, hoping "'Gone.'the boy replied He told m. every minute to be able to telegraph the *° ««■» D •»« had changed his mind anC little girl that 1 had nabbed the r.glit w°u'd not wait for you. The lecture., man. and that her sweetheart wassufe." off W* to-night "But." said Dr. Lumpkin, "why "'Wh.cb way did he gO? l asked, wouldn't they wait down .here? Sure- " "The stage door, sir. sa.d the boy. . "I tried the door. It was locked or blasted blockhead Welsh! The the outside It would have been folly tc other day the patpers began to ridicule force il- Ue had escaped me. 1 wen him for turning the caoe over to a New quietly out at the front door leaving York man. who had gone away without the audience impatiently waiting foi doing anything. I was afraid that , the return of the lecturer and his me- Welsh would weaken: and he did the chanical arrangement. Since then I minute the Times published the truth have been search.ng every possible hole iil»out the shooting at the mayor's and llDat a man might have run into, but am Kred Walters took hie wife away for a dead tired, and have been taken in worse change of scene. You see. that knocked than 1 ever was before. the alibi theory into a cocked hat, and "Remarkable,' said Dr. Lampkin. the police were obliged to lay hold of thoughtfully. '*1 can't make it out. Do W hid by to satisfy the public. The poor you think he did it for the fun of the boy has been in jail two days, and if thing?" you want to weep and kick yourself "No. 1 m sure he really meant to | for not doing more up here, read the keep his word.' said Hendricks, and httle girl's letter. 1 got it this morn- that something suddenly caustd him to change ins pluns." "Perhaps it was the awful fear of the gallows brought vividly to his mind bj seeing you there," suggested Dr. Lampkin.Gardhire cannot remember when he first became aware of his power, and does not even know how he discovered it. He says that when the figures are given to him he sees their answer immediately. Simply by glancing at • long line of figures he can tell immediately what their sum ia. The boy darted towards her lap again, but she held him firmly in front of her and shook him fiercely. The detective struck a match, and I'ghted the gas near the door. The yel low glare tilled the room and revealed a gruesome sight. A bed stood in tht righthand corner, and on his side, his face to the windows, lay the body of a mutt. A 44-caliber. old-style pistol baCD been tied to the back of a chair in such a way that the muzzle was within thre» inches of a dark hole in the man's tem pie. "Speak, I say! What is the matter with you? If you have been up to any devilment—" "You are right: I never thought of that. Henceforth f*m going to hold my tongue and act only as you direct," said Dr. Lain pk in. "Why, you must be—" She paused. "Minurd Hendricks." the detective in terpolated. disputed the claim. 'Tom told me often that Stronp privately offered him at one time "I didn't write it, mamma," the boy whimpered. "Good gracious!" she cried, putting as a settlement of all cla-ms signim Iver arm around her son and drawing I him. but that he had indignantly n him to her. "I knew it wan you. because fused it. Another time Stronsy offere I huve heard bow considerate you a)-' him $50,000. They were alone in m, wnysare with women. Is it—isil.then.so brother's room in a hotel in Denvei —so serious? At first I hoped it wa» Tom answered the proposal by strik only Hi»ni« trifling act of misconduct; ing Strong in the mouth and shooting but if—if—1 suppose you are employed at him as he ran downstairs. DECAY OF FRENCH CUISINE. I Slowly Being Destroyed by the Harry, "WeMI go to the end of the block, and craw over," Hendricks returned. Ilia brow was wrinkled, and the doctor saw that be wu inwardly disappointed about something. They had reached the end of the block and crossed over before Hendricks spoke again: "1 may be sadly mistaken, but 1 am afraid we are on a wild-goose chase. The house looks like the respectable home of middle-class people. If it hud lDecn a lodging house, or a cheap boarding place, the outlook would have been more encouraging.""Well, who did? What do you know about it? Speak, I tell you. or I'll thrash you within an inch of your ii*e." and Anxiety of Modern Life. The tendency in all the French restaurants of the present day is to propare meals for their chance customers who may happen in at any time of the day, says the Chautauquan.' Meals are eaten in a greater hurry than formerly, even in France, where it used to be the habit during the fiercest revolutionary and communist struggles when the time of de jeuner came lor each side to stop fighting for an hour or ao and devote themselves to the midday meal. The hurry and anxiety of modern life is slowly destroying whatever was distinctive in French cooking, which cannot be properly done in haste or when footf is required in very large quantities. The development of club life is partly responsible for this, and the latter is only another sign of the deep-lying* social problems which confront modern existence at every step. Men in fashionable society dine more frequently at the club than they do at their own; homes. Fewer people marry than formerly, home life is decreasing and club life increasing. Hence, the la«t refuge of t he Parisian chef is at the fashionable clubhouses, which are now counted by the score, and most of which set very; "Don't be hard on him." Hendricks interposed. "I think I understand. He will tell us all about it. That is the best way." "Original idea!" was Hendricks' first observation. He pointed 'o a faint lio* of ashes from the chair, across the ban floor, to the airhole of a little stove in the fireplace. The boy dried his eyes, and took his head out of his mother's apron. For a moment there was a deep silence as he stood hesitatingly before her. only on criminal cases. Hue be—" Hendricks sat down. , "Strong' escaped unhurt, but mv brother was arrested and tried for at- "'1 can't understand it," said Dr Lampkin.stoopingtoexaminetbe ashes "1 am afraid it i« a serious charge, tempting manslaughter. At the trial Mrs. Champney: but it is only achurge. Tom made a srtatement of his wrongs you k now: of course be has not yet b*«ri but Mr. Strong brought proof that tin "Uncle Tom," faltered the boy. "ne did it. 1 promised him not to tell a soul —not even you; and I wouldn't, but you made me." Hendricks opened the door of tht stove. -A mi Ml •H!" she crM. convicted." 1 claimant had been in an insane asylun The woman's face fell, and the arm and testified that he had never been around the boy was trembling visibly wholly restored. He even pleaded for "I have never seen this method be fore," he said, reflectively. "The lint of ashes was made by a fuse running from the tube of the pistol to acandlt in the stove. See, here are the remain; of the wick, and some of the tallou The fuse was fastened in the end of thC candle; be lit its closed the door of thC stove, to keep the light from disturbing him, and lay there waiting for it b burn down to the fuse and thus tire tht pistol. It must have been bis intention to have death come upon him while he was asleep." "How do you know it isn't one or the other?" asked the doctor. rear car. where there was no guard, ond with some difficulty, slowly climbed over the iron railing. "Ah,- I see," said the woman, angrily, and her pray eyes flashed a* she turned to "It is some of ray brother'* mischief; but I will not have him ro'sing uiy innocent children up in his miserable affairs. It is shameful, the way be has been acting!" "What bos he done?" she gasped. "You Tom's release on that soore. and was may us well let it out- I want to know prased in the papers for so doing. My What has he done?" brother was let off with n small fine, but "There was a certain man whom your . the wrong rankled in bis mirwl, and for brother hated," replied the detective. ! the past 15 years he has thought of j nothing but getting even with the man i who had wronged hiin. "lie has had no regular employment, but lias lived in a sort of hand-to-mouth I way in several cities ic the east and j west. Most people thought his mind impaired, but I believe he is as sensible ! os he ever was. I hove a small income. | and for five years—since my husband ! died—he has lived with me. He has ' been studying hypnotism for the last 1 two years, and experimenting on every one who would allow it. At first I did i not object, because it neemed to keep i him interested; but lately he lias almost ; frightened me with his wonderful skill. ! fie can make people do anything he wishes, and on Friday nights the tveighj bors pome in this parlor to hear him I pot object, as it Is now the only way lie has of earning anything." "You soy that of late he has fright ened you with his experiment*?" said nia mime was Strong—.Richard N. Hendricks. "Would you mind tellinp Strong." me rbe nature of some of the most ob The woman stared, then Hendricks ! jectionable?" saw her eyes waver. "We seems very fond of making his "Yes. iierhaps he did hate him. He hypnotized subjects imnpine they are had good reason for doing so; Strong murdering some one, and they alwayrobbed him of every oent of hus savings go through with it in buoIi a way thai when they were partners in mining en- ft makes my blood run cold, lie iKuall.t terprises out west years ago. That has a pillow, a chair, or some piece oi . was my brother's one weak |Doint; he . furniture, to represent the man to be was really a sort of monomaniac on the killed, and then subject. 15ut what has that to do "1 tliink I know the process. Interrupted Hendricks, as if a thought had "Strom? was murdered In his bed suddenly come into lite mind. "He would three weeks ago," said Hendricks, im- "tick up a knife somewhere, and make pressively his 8ubJect t4lke 11 of hls (nvn accord #"Oh. my God! you don't mean it? My «"Dd stab ttm imaginary man." brother could not have killed himl "Exactly." Tom could not have done such a thirgl wo;,ld' however, fail "™etime« Oh. Mr. Hendricks, don't tell me it is C»De detective; "lie -ouldnowand 1 true! He lias been eiuiiurh broubl. to 1 "»en to control a subject?- "Door plate, for one thing; and then H ia too clean," was the reply, just as they reached the steps. "Now we'll see what name is on the plate. By Jove! Jiang roe if it isn't Cham pney! I don't like things that look ao easy." Hendricks smiled grimly when he saw that the doctor was safe, and, passing the guard. Who was speechless with amazement, ran through the crowded car to Dr. Lampkin ou the rear platform.A servant girl answered the ring. "Does Frederick Champney live here?" asked the detective. "He asked me to let him use my name," said the boy, who had grown calmer. "lie told mc it wasn't anything but a joke on a friend of his—a woman, vho thought she was writing to a man she never saw. I took the answers to Uncle Tom." "Come with me," he whispered, pnnt- I iog from his hard run. "We mutst nab ; him before we reach the next station. He'll be desperate, anj we must cove? hiro with our guns. He must not escapt us. He is a regular devil!" The girl stared for an instant in surprise, then she recovered herself with a start, as if she had suddenly recollected something. 4 "My God! what an idea!" exclaimed Dr. Laiupkin. "1 see. lie calculate*! on a painless death by hypnotizing himself to sleep." Ti "Oh, I suppose you're the teacher." •he said. "lie is upstairs, arstudyin' his lessons. I'll call him." Hendricks bowed. "Outrageous!" cried the woman. "I am ashamed of my own name when one who lDears it can do sueh things." Just then the guard come up. "See here, what does this mean?" he j asked, sternly. "Don't you know—" "Detectives," whispered Hendricks. "Murderer on this train. Let us alone. If you interfere"—as the guard seemed to hesitate—"I'M have you slapped into jail. Get out of the way. Come on, doctor. He is likely to be about the middle of the train. He may have seen us get on." "Can it be done?" asked Hendricks "Hardly," the doctor replied. "I don't think the creature was ever born who could, in that way, put himself to sleep while facing eternity, especially committing a crime. Ilia consi would not allow it." Dr. Lumpkin forward, and made a close examii. of the dead man's features. "Poor low!" he said. "lie evidently tr sleep. I think he wanted to be with a smile on his face. But he f Even in death he shows the awful he must have had. There is no that he mentally suffered. Do know what a friend of mine is d lie is making a study of the featu the dead, for the purpose of sC'n«n» ly proving to people who don't lDe in the immortality of the soul there is a future life. He savs our sight were educated lufllcicni, could read on the faces of dead peo expressions that could not be pu' by mortal thought—expressions are formed just as the awakened is leaving the body. I agree wi' that it is a great field for stud; is un artist, and has painted tbes est picture that i have ever seen, the living face of a man distor the worst of human passions, a ik side is the same face, after death, ing the spiritual expression i mentioned.""Where Is he?" asked Hendric'.'.s. with sadden craftiness of look and manner. *It is only a trifling matter, that, can easily be settled, but I'd like to see him." Hendricks made no reply, but, with corrugated brow and impatient stride, continued his walk to and fro. "Lie down here," said the doctor. "Relax your foody, and let me put yon 10 sleep. This sort of thing will do no pood; you won't foe able to work tomorrow."Hendricks threw himself on the lounge, but at the sound of footsteps 1 on the stairs Rprang up expectantly. "Thank God!" he muttered. The door opened, and a messenger boy in bhie uniform entered and handed the detective a letter. "It is from our man," said Hendricks, as he opened it. "Dear Sir." the letter said—"1 did not want to break faith with you this evening, but I had to do It. The truth Is. something recurred to me that I must attend to before 4,-lvlng myself up, and 1 was afraid you would not Rive me the time. I want as little sensation over this matter as possible, on. account of my Bister and my little nephew, whose name I so thoughtlessly used. Through them you have me In your power. I would not otherwise give up so easily. 1 confess 1 killed Richard N Strong. He deliberately robbed me, and Mas wrecked my life. I heard he was ubout to marry a young lady, and that was* the straw." as the saying Is. 1 hypnotised Whldby. and tried to make him commit the deed, but failed. My first Intention was to lay the crime on him, but after I left the house I wrote the notes and scattered them about town to keep the young man from 1 I iuiUil Ihezn both, one "We'll wait tor him In the parlor," he said, glancing into a room on the right of the ball. jftei-  ience or#r bent RTftV *LL NAT'o*/^g at ion Hr of the Globe for f rheumatism! fOUnd ■ NEU&ALQIA ftnf! nimflar J tiled. and prepared under the stringent irT' MEDICAL LIWS.^ by eminent pfaysioiaDB^^H St' Km 0R- Richter-s (K| S  ;; fPAIN EXPELLERl ■ World renowned! Remarkahly successful! ■ ODh I ■Only genuine with Trade Mark " Anchor, v wV ■*- Ad- Hichter AC&, 2151'earlSU, New York. ■ ,».; I 31 HIGHEST AWARDS. ♦ hiDrC ■ 13 Branch Own Glassworks. , hal Endorsed and recommended by j Fai rer Jt Peck. :Di Luzerne Avenue, soul U. (I. Glirk, 50 North Main St. h j,jn, H Houek. 1 North^Mam It is RICKTCR-S  .(i bV 1 "ANCH°K'D STOMACHAL, bent fori ) V I CCTDlQv!Dy«gepwDa & Stomach r»,n„l».n,. 1 vear j __ "Very well, air. He'll be right down." "He's upstair*, asleep, now," the woman replied, still angrily. "He's sleeping off one of his all-night prowls around town. I have been willing to give him a bed and board here when he U with -us. in spiteof his being a regular disgrace to us all with his queer notions. Sarah," she broke off suddenly, seeing that Hendricks had moved nearer the door and signaled to Dr. La.tnpkin, "run up and tell him to come down here, and to be quick about it. I want an explanation of his eondnet, and I'll have it now." The girl closed the outside door, and went up the stairs. Dr. Lampkin sat down, watching his companion's face curiously. Hendricks remained stand- The train was now going at full speed. ! They had passed into the fourth car ! from the end, searching ou each side for the fugitive, when tliey heard a startled cry from a woman at a window on the left. lng where he could observe the stairs through the half-open door. He bent towards the doctor. Mr*. Chimfney cmm I* (be 4—r. Til do the talking. It is well that she takes us for some one be is waiting for. It may throw him off his guard, unless he suspects—Hang it! I feel as "A man fell off!" she cried, her face pressed against, the gfciss. At once the jieople in the car rushed over to the side she was on. The windows were so crowded that Hendricks could not get to them. He ran out on the platform of the ear and looked back. A tall, grayhaired man without a hat stood on the track, leaning against the iron railing. He did not seem injured, for he began to walk easily along the narrow plank. Presently, just- as the train was turning a curve, he lowered himself between the cross-tics and vanished. If I ought to have gone up to his room." lis put hia hand Into his sack ooat pocket, and, with a cautious look into the hall, drew out a revolver and handed it to Lampkin. "Hide it, but have it ready to draw. Remember, we don't know what sort of man we are going to meet, nor his humor. Let me manage Hendricks sprang int|» the hall and caught the girl's arm. •• tar nwiff from Mr. Hm*rkk» ret?" ashed the doctor. "Where's his room?" he asked, under his breath. "Second floor back," answered the grrl. ing. She wrote it soon after she sent the telegram." Lainpkin opened the envelope hanC!eCl him by the detective. Hendricks turned and continued his nervous walk. him, but if he ahould happen to get the drop on me, come to my assistance." "All right," replied the doctor. "You can depend on me." Hendricks took another look into the hall. "J hadn't the slightest idea we ahould rw» up on this," he said. "I told you I foe aiupUUty. Suiue- Hendricks turned to the doctor. "Quick!" he said. "Follow me." "Pear Mr. Hendricks," the letter ran— "as I telegraph Just now, they have arrested poor dCrar Mr. Whldby. It aeems to pie I cannot bear any more. I am completely broken-hearted. We had kept up hope, knowing that you and Dr. l.ampkin, two of the best men on earth, bellevrd In hla Innocence and were trying to establish it. So Ions 03 wo could meet occasionally, Mrs. Champney's mi ml. however, had acted with the rapidity of lightning. Rhe ran between Hendricks and the foot of the stairs, and with outstretched arms stood in hiBway. "Beat!" he said, simply. "He is the most reckless fellow I ever chased. I have gCot a mother to support or I would follow him. But I can't jump off » tiy(iur tnun avm Ia» Kim H Hendricks turned to Lampkin, i "What baa he done? What are you t* WnnhamPiimw cot RW HUM a. C4x* wfcAK HAOKfiLAtflru/stets.oolt*V poing to do with him?" aim said. "Ha