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FHE CHICKGO LEDGER. SK'l'URDRY.s 1l7lKR;CH 28. I903:
(‘CI rried
the latter
The "
n er
. d
“"3 ‘M ‘'“'’'e' h“ Doe he person who
3 o( the worltl.
rson has
tound."
mperi
ztbber
ment dissipated till the vi
a would a
risge certincnte it at one
d to EDl1Ie’W0m'nin in
roet. “ “D-
e la i. n. when questioned. declared
t he hittl not heard any noise during the
previous nioht, and Mrs. Parsons intornied
Jce. the night clerk. thnt she always slept
disturbed by the work or s.
on Prest-0
his breath.
“Did I say so?
down.”
Secret killer.
E hel Pal-sons seemed to take 8 good deal
11 the terrible tragedy hf The
rlY
the moment she saw Habbenon.
c.
oi
“=-
0
ous or otiliging the dashing creature. as
red all the news he cou tor her special n. and
-He liked to be with it Her Jus tlien she caught
Patterson, whose
or ey h d ‘ h d
anti during the hex t ree sys p 1
her all the news he could con erning the had been
don't mean to say tint
was I'iei'lrl)' thrown oi‘! his feet.
killed Alva
H litglns
ip ..
not been
answered
‘cl . .
'1 would like
tion.
Higgs‘ marriage eertllicater
ton. toiling
e was
grin crossed the brownish (ace and tar
l
es.
n be doing with :1 mar-
time he hadn't
the holY
you know that he carried such
8. paper?" stammered Joe, when he caught
‘Collie. I guess well go
As they left the room who should come
oslte but
smiled Datronizlllgli
ust a moment, Mr. Hzbberlon." she ex-
" going dou'.n to Portobello
sight at little Mr.
, ---rnis is Mr lilark P. Patterson at New
gr]fvl‘:o"“"L:lF:DnnS ‘could not bring herselt to York." sai "He h curiosity to see
look upon "the nice or tho murdered nisn, the room ot the late zrage som-"
sh, Sam PM M, a,,,.,,,., M, 8 ,,,,m,, or lrs Parson made one or her bewitching
our at it must he a. eritngo ii-s. topu-tileh the thin little man repue
lroln her mother, and Joe thought this with l1 alight Inclination of his head- .
(“me “K Y. see you. “ betore 1 leave
bberton. continued the dash-
litennwnllc. the grip oi. the dead man re-
mained iit police headquarters until one day
e. man came an as o see He was is
- ii sharp. he-tilted
nose like 1) hall'k's hill. iiiid is cast in one
- tty Years old,
a ct.iid‘s.
e whisk
locker.
the elevator.
‘X sh uld
a. regular at The have
“Rich. Y4 E
“Delt-tdediy 802
it
v.
to
ri
it?"
the widow ot
rk,” and aske to be shown
iliooirl 82!.
Young Mr, Hablierton took the little gen.
’ en he opened the
so took ii pair of glasses
out 0! his Vest pocket, adjusted. the same
over his thin nose, and looked around.
Patter
elevator shot downs-sr
“K
said the night clerk,
' “Why don‘! You? She’
“O! course We're
e taken her out
bachelors in Preston
3 a. catch.
jab than what ycltfve got. my boy.
on Brett)’ 800:1 terms.
over some at the richest.
ed herself into her
eh '3" sztid
Patterson. as he and J-Iabherton stepped into
0 say." answered the clerk. "Sl'le‘3
M...
3. money
ng.
“Doesn't care to marry. I suppose?" and
son smoothed his slurp chin
as the
sally. I haven't sskud her yet; ha, ha,"
Better
“ 29:“. 212$ iii: . -ice has me i is
the time telling hoi e ori was dis ov- 1855'." Sm” '50" "1 ?0“SI"‘““l3‘e
e ed, but i h dwarf he rd him he did not 0“ in 5d"R""E> WI - '0 ;13m>91"0" 3 5"‘;
mnniiest it by the slightest motion. 3 "‘ ""1 "‘ “ W2 9 "Md 3"
“The grip is at police headquarters," sold SIIWK R “M” he N"5h9d- ,
Jae Hahberwm . As hey emer ed in the eiesator. Catn-
..Y“.. lano, the Itcilltln, strolled into the olnce and
. ‘. . H, i r lighted a cl Ar. '
m“"‘;’,‘9"’a“,:" ',‘,“‘2,‘,‘;’f, ’f,‘;:;i, ‘;a’w.;' ,f.,,f,.‘;’, yt l g new. Joe?" he asked the clerk,
‘dammed the Wner" and .. hose 1 cs wzi s ii a little red.
"Nothing else?" interrupted the little miin,
turning so suddenly upon Hztbberton that
, glance, wh
.. tn
BETTER SHOW
went towards the elevator.
- 0 tourth
For hzr children than slzf had. ‘ Parsons‘ W 0 a
will do it because they don't think
. but pnrents “ o g -e coitee to V ‘
children rellp t r-ir own punishment in the Lam no was ex
sickly looking little ones.
El Child has been started
by‘beini: lmi>l'0DerlY fed and
h wris not perceived by that
y.
bberton replied by saying that ii’ the
questioner referred to the late tragedy there
bso utely nothing new, and cntaiano
hour he nearly ran into Mrs.
out. 0 el-
woman
which is 21 rank poison to msny it highly or- value
gonlzed humun bod . --1 VA’ t my money," he s id to Mrs. Par-
A lady or Atlnnta, c.a.. s.l)‘s. “lily lilother sons, as he looks her squarely l the face.
was ii slave to the whims or her children his dark eyes nashln up with ii light that
and let us cat and drink anything we cal 1! seemed to rrlghten e
for, poi-ilculiirly she gave us col-tee and lots "You shall hnve,it tomorrow '
., , "I W-iillt then. I will have it then.
‘-1 grew up delicate. nervous. halt sick and msdam. The money or something else. You
miserable. vnen 1 was about grown 1 be- now what!"
gsn aving serious spe s vlt my art Por hall’ a second the pair stood in the
and y co l n same so bud my rriends corridor looking at one ilnoth hen Cata-
E widow
8. ginnce that got one like
ln
erlon ca
you're really going?“ cried
on the 8:20. You e no
De...
No
leaped into his throu
last
it was the tlrslt time she had e
m thus. and he tel
and c erln
the
swept DY
It in re-
"Ladies-
me up.
the night
ler .
“Certainly; business of importance takes
me down to Portobello city, but I'll be back
going to lose
wonder the heart of the clerk almost
L
ver Called
It th
had not played the game at love in vain.
Mr. Jtlstwed-Tou‘t‘e made an April (col 0! me.
lllrs. Justlvetl-Nothing of the sort. You here it tool. when you married me]
that he was the person who was yet to Win
the widow and her illlons. and he thought
that Mark Patterson’: congratulations were
indeed B prophet-5'.
would hays nccompanled Mrs. Parsons
entered he was
ret any longer.
honor, Col-
y congratulations you have
advance."
“I thought so. Mrs. Parsons is devilishly
sweet. e . Joe?"
Something seemed to strike Hallberton at
the heart and chill his blood. His han
tightened on the back of the chair near
stoo . -
’Ve're to be married, Joe; don't you think
I'm in luck?"
Hnbberton tried to speak. but something
l-oat, Yeti to speak
it not give
He Could only look and turn
:1‘
E
him uterance.
it . -
"Why don't you congratulate me. boy?
You'll not lose your place. I can t get along
without '
"You‘r 1 ms- ltoionei." broke in Hab-
berton. "You're not going to marry Ethel-
Mrs. Pa H mean?"
9 any I'm not!" cried Colonel
his chair. "“’hat have you
Th
Bell. whirling’ in
You haven't been mak-
an
got to say abou
ins love to her. I he
"I didn't suppose Yliu had!" cried Hab-
rton. “We . you‘ve got the thing
cinched, I suppose I will have to step out."
“She's mine all to the marriage bonds,
sir.
Poor Habbertt>n's senses seemed ti) swim.
All his idols fell nt his Ieeli ilmi for B mo-
men! he W '
meet
It was more than
is an . .
or the lvuman? Had she drawn
is by her smiles and attentions?
eet, and
forget the tatiii hlarldishmellts or :1. mere
adventures
At one time he thought or going to Colonel
he '
Bell and telling him tha did not believe
the story or his t um it its retailed by him
'li.ll much gusto. Af . Ethel would
not take p “ man like Dell, she
“could W t a i unger h sliaiid, and not
the bloated hisky laced owner at e m-
rlal. But n
e night clerk
made his way to the lourth tioor and paused
at liirs. Parson r.
r se ng that the coast
opened it wit
was clear he
itle m ii.
Habberton uttereil oi lie cry and roll
back. but Patterson stepped xorwsrd quickly
and laid is d m.
" d s little on
mail min. "This
ctly. You h:lveil't popped the lies.
tinn yet, Mr. Hahherto '2" Q
Joe turned B. triile pale and then rinmod
deep ,
"s : I haven't, Dliil, rroin what I‘ve been
cold, 1 don't‘thlnk lur Etkliitl the ghost oi: 3
ch. re 1 did.“
‘ xeiioivs in town-
ut you told inc. you remembe , [h t
had cut out some t e most f:isK‘li'aiat’ill:
" the night
h little
“So I did, but, hang it nil, there was one
mzln I didn't Count on."
“Ah! A horse, I see."
and I‘ll call him
ed llaoliertoii.
to ii. .
‘Tha s b my oy. grinned Patterson
upld is a tickle fellow and pays some
strange pranks whe he es s notion. l've
seen it ore this once in
Hubberton looked toward the window and
said nothing.
“NmX‘." continued
Patterson, “since we're
both in this room, which until lately has
been occupied by this adorable angel (ram
EVel'Y“‘hef%" s
“ rom everywhere?" interrupted Habbt>l--
ton. “Vi'hat o ou mean‘! told me
that she was the widow or a. mine magiiato
wild convenisnti died and lett her it tor.
un 3’ ,
he did die, but not until very lately."
“According to her story, he died more
world." >
The litti est or The Imperial tell back
and leaning against the handsome dresser,
burst into is musical l -
her test while she has trltled with Your at‘:
factions only to throw them upon some old
curmudgeon who is not worthy of them ill
the le'a‘st. But she has not been a, widow El
wee s
“VVhat’s that?" cried the 'night clerk.
“You don't dare to assert that Ethel-Mrs,
Patterson-vills 3. married W man all this
in and tho I have vim-shiplled er be-
lieving that she “RS - st nny
time‘? Not a it ldow ole . an’!
understtlnd it It all seems a. horrid dream
t me-a nig.tma zt:-"
“It's true, thong Habberton. He
n. Mr. r
husband died in this hotel on the night or
the thirds"
“Old Higgins, the money leech?"
“Exatltl
Habberton seemed to grip the back or the
chair at Whlc
o m 1 .
that Ethel was that old man's wife 1: gasped
him at
door. She 2 down to Portobeilo
Y the other day. didn't she?"
“Yes." .
her return .
.. V
is
“Vi'eH. between you and I. Mr. Habberton.
ns will not come back." , ,,
colonel Bell, I
presume YDII m .
“Yes: the proprietor or The Imperial. He
told me that he was to m
m r, Hilbberton."
The night clerk followed the little [nan
mm the room and was is into as.
when Pntterson hiid shut the door he turned
to Joe and so d: f‘
M '0 one occupied t
the murder, I lieve
at is true, so tar as 1 know
send any guest to it. I ut Higgins in the
next room. catsilano, ins ,1r,.iian mania
player, occupis son-
“ , you had to break lll the door or as
to set to the murdered rnsn. iscov.
one could have entered by the
93;: room the night of
' I did not
Hnbberton.
OW. look here," and Mr. Patterson
stepped to one side of the room and pressed
on the We in n. certain 8 0
Immediately ai slide began to rise. creep.
l D
said
..N
was revealed.
had been murdered.
Hzbbt‘.-rlon fell back and started at the 5
e whole
h tiring ll same
path and leaving behind him R0 ciew t0 hi;
ldentlt .
Patterson, the detective. did not break in
upon ’H.obbel-ton‘s thoughts for some time.
He seemed content to let him farm his own
Ohinion as he unite for him to S Oak
“I see the whole damnable thing!"
clerk. as he turned at last upon
man. “You h
Parsons wa
usband's arrivol that h was in the
hotel; but how d'd h k i
that secret panei7"S E “W anything abmn’
"H ever intimated that she killed
Alva Higgins?" ssked Patterson.
He had not thought
itlood uiiiing to accuse her of anything In
1: mind, due at he had hea no one
e s ad cause to kill lliggins, the money
“I ‘e did. never even thought ta siiy
that she killed old l v- - '
detemm I Igg, said the little
' Her room is Just across the hull
"rhat is true. she probably held her door
lfggrniihen the boy brought Higgins to his
H'er asked the little felioiv what he
‘I h
Mil‘. if any-thillg
"Well. I have,’
said Patterson.
ago and she‘s been all‘
It
the tall dresser in Room is where Higgins '
"And you've been waiting tevei-ishly ‘tor, ' '