Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1923, Page 32

ABOVE S By Robert Orr Chipperfield. Author of “The Second Bullet,” “Unseen Ha “The Trigger of Copsright, . | inst "ipon. gotog & Thin"a dend of the | bench, | was serving them, whe I { e man, | e et | Bl wi|and a little later {fire in his study. | formal veception that afternoon and | geounds, Topes rep {same, only Mf 1 who | at_boarding ) m um 1y 1dze i iiance ot gaers sived ANODFWOUS ieLieTs — Jany | The CHAPTER V. The Curiosity of Letty. save for of the Tor a ther dining room ard ich Geoff | his ears. | as though to himself, Willlam | snoke. rking does to say. T've at the office, never bite, u them come to ng und bully- | ing. the men ir own game, and aughed at them all. but he didn’t at this thing that hung ov 1 might have kuown that 8o ferrible was happening to me and at last T In and went out. to walk imlessly till nearly morn- clearsd his throat 1 say that perhaps Mr. 1y did tenkard did vas threate him. but knaw the cau me had parrel with him “Parhaps, Doctor. : as close to another day after d: I have to Mr. Benkard thesae vears without getting to know him pret v, and to a cer- say that he confided hat he would let him- jonally, show his ings without the re- ited toward almost Dunn paused and yes with one thin hand. moment it fell to the . and _he continued: aken up another's A man_cannot | » the contents. ¢ - was threaten- imaginary cause | but when he r\f them he o s wonder man’s . It wast n he spoke fl' the alleged | reason for insane [wrl-l‘lll(iun that his tone assumed the 1 always thought ler ters themselvgs o came 0’ regy Incident in the past in which he had gotten the hest of a deal and the loser nursed a grudge.” | Hood shook his head. Fhat woul@n't account for murder, | Dunn it were somé | srudge and | le to k‘.\‘.! regularity ! coverini he was on the one subject, had er it until it had become m; and that would hardly ! ase if it concerned a mere financial deal with a third. party, at Junn's faded eyes blinked rapidly. It might. if that deal involved ruin for others, Doctor, and the writer of those letters were one of them and; helieved Mr. Benkard to be responsible. | You don’'t know what it is to have evervthing ewept away! I do, but my failure was my own (lul' an frror in judgment or perhaps lack of | mnerve in a crisis, and T had no one to blame but myself. T was present less than two vears ago when a man who hiad been wiped out on the mar- b Mr. Ben- | it away he had courage. as Carp wasn't afraid of anyvthing ; the man ever trouble h!m‘ * the doctor asked. No. sir.” Junn’'s voice sank to' = husky whisper. “He blew his own Trains out that night. Of coyrse, Mr. Tenkard had nothing to do with his | fatlure: he just imagined it. and 1| only meéntioned it to show you to What lengths despair can drive a man sometimes.” i “On the blind impulee of the mo- ! ment. maybe, but not in the calenlated Persecution which your storv of these letters indicates” Dv. Hood re- moved his spectacles and began to polish them absentminded] “‘On what dates did they come? Were they sent to his home or to his office?” “On the. tenth of October and the first of Janua Sometimes they came to the office. but more often to his home.” ¥ “But wasn't it your custom as his secretary to go through the office snail yourself”’ demanded the doctor. “Not on those dates.” Dunn shook his head. “The first letters had gone 10 his home, you see, Doctor, and had instructions arter that mot to touch the mall in either October or Jenuary until Mr. Benkard turned it over to mé agaln, but it was always back in my hands on the eleventh of October and—except this year—by the second of January. The letters came prnmp\l) “T call to mind well when the first one came to the house”” It wa Henry who spoke, and although s | tones were feeble they were (a"l)l Burlington Hotel 1120 Vermont Ave. Little table d’hote .$1.00 Regular table d’hote $1.50 “Main 8980 1923, by Robert M, 4! his place, and Mrs. Cayley's and Miss | he was losing his grip. akes to question the various | N use. ;nd in the i to have, and told her not to med 9, and As he younz lin his afra a's ¥ the | We all three w * | pened. old. but =l\ll\lh||\5! about it, hy strove tu N-kn u control l‘flflhxl hapnened the pre: 1\\) {and he {no less, 1ow who it was that | kind e e that he |us and we could tell! Do vou mean that | Of envelopes {each time. for THE EVENING STAR, ing more actively into the game than ever: that s, until January. He paused and the dpctor observed: | It no anonymous “etter reached him then. either at home or his office. | it might have been sont to one of his | T elubs.” Henry shook his head. ted quickly: Tt wasn't. Doctor. because all that {month he insisted on opening and examining his own mall. and his busi- ness affairs went to pieces. Bvery “That was four years ago|deal he undertook fell through, and New Yea I'd sorted the |y pegan to be whispered about that ar's day. never .thinking. and put it at . > breaking up! then USPICION ana Dunn | Consciance,” Etc. McBride & Co. controiled, mail, Mildred's at the breakfast table. I|They were all down on him 11 at_once 1| 1) pack of wolves. but toward rd Mra. Cayley cry out and ask |the latter part of the month he be- what was ~the matter. Mr.igan to change grudually sard lanughed und crushed the let ;! It was in his hand, and said it was noth- | slipping from L Umt some orank or practical |cach day. and on tho first sent him an anon-—anony- | ruary he flung the whole heap of mnll | mnu\ threat. ‘T noticed, though, that |he only pretended to eat after that. [ saw him burning the letter and envelope There nd has thrown up the In the open | spong Since then Mr, Benkard was an in- | Las been just he was before the first of those letters came, nd e ut night—they jtot only made up for his Janua so much then. |losses but h f Mr. Benkard looked | most sens vas seelng ghosts!”™ lof his care did the second letter| “He was the same at home | Hen supplemented. “From the tenth of October, sir. as on he scarcely ate or slept and | DURD. savs. and 1t sae Juet the hour he was waiting, waitiug: Mildred being ,,“-,\-i'rn»u littie Ly little his old spi (nonymous fr a small dinner party dldn’t Ko in for but all da though he when succe hool Mrs. Cayiey made |came back. and it's been as if tho; a bit of a scene. if you'll excuse m. ‘Ibllvvrs was never written. But aying R0, wanting to sea the let- | must have come at last, sir. the thing what it [he was waiting for! It must have last night!" veak tears of age sprang to threatened 1o Hood rose | was all @ rage, the worst T eve rs or—or she would re once more Dr. it. T don't know that Mrs. Cayler would lfke me to s of i H, yow'd better ack and rest mow. and try n |to think about it! 11l give vou a little something that'll help you t slacp. Walt here till T got down stuirs again, AMr. Dunn. and me should happen to come iv ! mention th mversation derstand, d The secretary nodded, and th two left the room while through the | kitchen. which | I|opened on a pergcla beside the ter d|race. He'd had enough of caves- | dropping for one day. and there W question to be setiled In his mind. The noon whistles blew at a distant !mill while he was still and forth under the trellised More out of habit than cured his sed. wrapped in 4 at in the tool b ou said hat's gt ot me see | be three the fol {looked ¢ ou muy Henry. Go_on then. sir, That will ars ago next Octo wing er the mail rizht be sure. but I co ng suspiciou letter didn't {watched Mr. By that Mrs. C don't You un- was own Miss Mildred didn ving fo course. Tt was the Mr. Benkard came flice and T was helpin his coat must some papers in a iy was the first T heard whout ters. when ha b about the first two; he said just w T've told you. Doctor, no mor and e gave me inst then about the mail for the was the fourth letter the house, sir. and the fifth. | October,” and then on 1 Year's day—thut was two years ug last New Year's . o the racital. “He bore it better, you could have seen it was ur‘lnnx, him dowr. like a men under tence! Mrs. Cayley and me never spoke of it. but there was o | of an understanding between Different kinds must have been used I_never knew which to look for, and Mr. Benkard always | burned them directly afterwards. My {memory fen't what it used to he. but |the next one must have gone to the | office.” He looked at the secretary. who nodded without speaking, and Henry went on “The last to come to the house was on New Year's day a year ago, and Mr. Benkard shut himself up i hix study for hours afterward, but when he came out he was more like his old self than he had been for days. You see, sir, T could tell the strain {he war under and how he'd hegin to wait when it neared time f date to coms around fine Dunn must have takén notice i Puny prompt delivery “I did, of course. an ) B on \\THRALITI‘ and bi- one else at th b tuminous coal, ali lump soft of the matter. 1 nd kindling B. J. Werner t those lur\(>l i rfln.drk?d ‘When the final letter came last 923 New York Avenue Franklin 7626 too: in To pleae your men-folks— give Manuel Cigars this Christmas, Tear o the MANUEL advertise- ment on the Sporting page of this paper and show it 1o the cigar dealer, 80 a3 to be sure to get cigars they'll like. 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