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ing for the patrol, Molly had a chance
for sober reflection, Five minutes ago
she had been in despair because the‘
young man who was trying to make
good had carried on the red gown. Now
everything was changed. After all. it
was Molly Finnegan, the clever dc-
tective, who would free the innocent
and jail the guilty, as she had set out to
do. lllolly hit her under lip.
Would the young man be at the po-
lice station when they arrived, and
would he again forestall her by flash-
ing his silver star? Molly wanted all
the credit that was coming to her. She
felt that her future depended upon her
success in this case
She looked up at the police officer.
In the lampllght he caught the flash
of a pair of tip-tilted, long-lashed Irish
QYES.
"Mr. Officer," said Molly, flashing her
dimples. “I have worked hard on this
C356.
this man's confession 21.114 Send bac
to Washington. You see, I'm a pri-
vate detective, and this is my iirst case.
There's a young man likely to be at
the station who'll take it away from
me if he can. Ile’s already got part of
‘it. Couldn't: we go to some real quiet
place and get Tizzoni to tell us his
story, sort of privately?"
“Sure, miss." said the othcer. entirely
won over by Molly's charms. “We'll go
straight to the chief of the detectives.
If this little Dago is the bad egg that
you say he is, you ought to get ‘all
credit that's coming to you for landing
him." He paused, looked admiringlj’
at Molly. “My, but you're a youngster
for this business."
Molly stood as high as .
“I'm close to 21, sir," she said.
good bit older than I look. you see."
Before the officer could reply the
patrol wagon rattled up. and lllolly,
Tizzoni, and the officer climbed into it.
she could.
CHAPTER XV.
AAIELIE VAN HORN sat propped up
in bed with the evening paper
spread out upon her knees. Iler oval
cheeks had thinned duringthe pasttwo
days, her small,'tenderl)' dished mouth
had lost its color and had taken on a
pathetic droop. There were shadowy
lines between her brows. bluish cres-
cents under her eyes. Ihlen ‘phleg-
matic Katie, who had come upstairs to
'sit with her mistress, while the nurse
noticed - the
and was
took her constitutional.
change in her appearance
touched by it.
"The woman warned me againstlet-
ting yea see the pape Alissus Van
Horn, but I thought it was but right
for yez to see what they are saying
about yez so you could be afther see-
ing a lawyer and preparing a. defense
for yerself, as that novel-reading Molly
Finnegan would say. who has disap-
peared just whin she was naded-"
“ ' ’ el“ said elie Van Horn,
holding up remoustrating hand.
"Please go into the other room. I do
not wish to be disturbed until I call
you”
Katie turned away with a sigh,.and
Amelie Van Horn adjusted the shade
of the electric light at the head of her
and began to read. Beneath a
caption that ran across the entire front
of the first page were printed the new
developments in the police investiga-
tions into the Van Horn and Colton
mysteries. As Amelie Van'Ilorn read
the opening paragraphs she gasped and
clutched at her throat.
“New and interesting complications
have arisen in the mystery surround-
ing the death of Major Ritchie Van
giops Tobacco Hahn
in 0ng'9ay
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CHICAGO‘ LEDGER
Horn, the popular young army otlicer.
who was found on the floor in his li-
brary Wednesday morning with his
desk spindle imhedded in his side. The
police feel coniident that the young
man who called upon the Major early
in the evening and whose identity they
were unable to establish, was Freder-
ick Colton, the ‘young Californian, who
was later found dead in the Knicker-
bocker restaurant, from poison injected
into the fatty portion of his palm by
means of a poison ring or a hypoder-
mic needle.
“On the night of Major Van Horn’s
murder Mrs. Van Horn attended ‘Par-
sifal' in a red gown that attracted much
admiring comment. This gown was
heavily trimmed with spangles, and was
only completed on the night of the
opera. The police have been anxious
to locate it ever since the death of
Major Van Horn, but its whereabouts
e still a mystery. The .police are
confident that when found this gown
will have telltale traces upon it. These
traces would explain lllrs. Van llorn‘s
reluctance to acknowledge its posses-
sion. She has persistently denied hav-
ing a. dress of the kind, ever since the
murder, and has been upheld in her
denials by a housemaid, who this aft-
ernoon boarded a train for New York
and is now under police surveillance.
“This red dress also figures promi-
nently in the mystery surrounding the
death of Frederick Colton. It seems
that Mrs Van Horn left the opera. early,
on the night of her husband's death,
and going to the Knickerbocker res-
taurant met Mr. Colton, remained but
8 few moments, then started home on
foot, driving the last. half-block of the
w . ' Bellows, head of the local
detective force, who has been doing
magnificent work in solving the two
mysteries, this morning located the
cabman who took Mrs. Van Horn home
on Tuesday night, after she had walked
almost the entire distance. Chief Bel-
lows, who has had a police nurse in
the Van Horn house since Tuesday, has
also found that the seal on the letter
found in Mr. Colton's pocket was made
with a carved ivory-headed hatpin be-
longing to Mrs. Horn. Having
placed the beautiful widow in the res-
taurant on the night of her husband's
death, all that seemed remainln for
the police department to learn was a
motive for the crime that killed young
Colton. It is now almost certain that
a motive can be proved.
“This afternoon word came from
California that Frederick Colton was
interested in the establishment of a
colony of new settlers in the southern
part. of the State.
bought an enormous tract of land,
paying for it a small amount of cash,
and giving notes for the remainder. He
immediately began laying out a town
and selling lots. For these lots he gave
the subscribers bonds for which deeds
to the land purchased would be ex-
changed at u later date. For a year
and a half everything went smoothly.
Altho no deeds had been given, alarge 1’
‘he verra seeck. Da leetle seester ees each
number of colonists located in
town, building upon and improving
their land, to which Mr. Colton prom-
ised to give them title in a short time.
About two months ago Mr. Colton at-
tempted to clear some of the land in
order to give title to his settlers, and at
the same time attempted to renew sev-
eral notes. To his amazemen he
found that all of the notes had passed
into the hands of Major Ritchie Van
Horn, who refused to renew them. It
seems that Major Van Horn had also
discovered the existence of some old
mineral rights against the land, and
had bought them for a song. These be
r Mr. Colton found him-
self unable to raise money to take up
his notes until the mineral rights could
62 secured, and as Major Van Horn re-
fused to dispose of the mineral rights
at any price. altho they were virtually
worthless, lllr. Colton found himself in
a nasty predicament, as he had sold
land to which he could not give title.
lie came East to see Major Van Horn,
and it is now believed that, failing in
his mission, he seized the Major's desk
spindle, and, in a moment of passion,
delivered the fatal blow. This is the
theory held by the police. It seems
tenable, especially since it brings to the
fore again an old scandal that was the
talk of nrmy nnd navy circles at the time
of Zllajor Van llorn's marriage with the
beautiful Amelie Wheeler. Miss Wheeler
was engaged to a young man nanlr-ll
Colton. Everything was ready for the
marriage, which was to take place in
Venice, when the lovely Miss Wheeler
cloped with young Van Horn, then 3
Captain in tile: United States Army.
When Major Van Horn llnnl his wife rc-
turned in this country, the Major was
few years ago he’
bearing a. scar across his check which
he had not carried to Europe with him.
It was whispered at the time that the
gallant army officer had been given a
caning by the jilted suitor. a
“Now comes the question of Mrs.
Van IIorn's part in the mystery. The
police theory is, that learning of her
old-time lover's presence in the city,
she wrote the note signed ‘Carita,’ ask-
ing for a. meeting in the Knickerbocker,
restaurant. It is supposed that she
went there and in some way discovered.
that young Colton had taken her hus-
band's life, Did she then, in a fury
of revenge, retaliate by. striking Colton
with 8. sharp instrument previously
charged with bundare, the deadly
South American secret poison? Or did
she prelneditate+-"
With a groan Amelie Van Horn
crushed the paper in her hands. Katie
hurried to her side just as the door
opened and the nurse appeared.
Amelie Van Horn looked at the
woman; in her eyes there was ahunted
expression. She clasped her hands
against her bosom.
x "Oh, I am helpless, helpless. in this
terrible mesh they have woven for me!”
she sohbed. .
CHAPTER XVI.
I TELLA all-da. vendetta-all, eef you
giva me da time, eef you no speaka
een soocha loud roughness,” said Tiz-
zoni, moppin his forehead with his
handkerchief, from which he had care-
fully removed the bit of‘spangled silk,
placing it on the chief's desk. .
“I moosta nrstrbegin tree-four year
ago. I am one so happy citizen in
Venezia. I hava da mudder, da leetle
seester, verra pretta, nama Lucia. She o
..
ees young and all da day singa. lika
da leetle birds in da trees in Sicily, mun“
whera we hava been born. I worka
for da tailor. We maka da robe for all do.
so granda womans who come to maka
da veeslt in Venezla. I maka da man.
I buy for da leetle seester da beads for
da neck, da. slippers for ha‘ so leetle
foots, for I am an arteest. I maka da
man sufficient for all. We havarda
cottage verra nice. Eet ees near to
da llotel Chiaventoni, where ees a gar-
den verra beautiful for serva da wines
and da. foods for da so reech guests of
da hotel. Lucia has moocha amuse-
ment seeing da womans verra grand.
I hava. da. proud in da chest to see how
all regards my so leetle seester. Da
ladies turn to look after her, da mans
behold her wid admiring eyes. Den
one day, so unloocka, my mudder has
falla seeck. She standa. no-more on
da feet. Da leetle seester maka da
promenade alone. But always she ees
happa. She singa most sweet. Da
fly away wid themselves. Da
wecnter comes. Lucia sing
9.
av
hava demand, ees she
seeek? She shaka do head. I am sceck
n ma heart. But always moosta I
work in da. shop. I hava moucha occu-
ation. Da mudder ees in da bed,
day mora meager.
"Den coma. da spreeng. Eet ees
morning. Sudden my heart ect ees
lifted up. lily so leetle seester I hear
in her chamber. She seenga. She
dressa herself verra tine. I go to my
work. I coma home queeckly in da
night."
Tizzoni paused and buried his face
in his hands. Molly wiped her eyes
sympathetically. The stenographe
who was taking down the '
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