The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 15, 1905, Image 6
The Holl&day
Ca.se
A Mystery of Two Continents
By
BURTON E. STEVENSON
Cot<>n?l.i. 1901. Wy Viwwr KM ??d Ccmwr
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my nn;>rnrtlcffl ejv*. snr seemed
and worn. Sli? eouid scarcely talk,
she 11*iii sn<ii ? cough. I hardly knew
her."
the doctor paused t> consider.
H" v. < ; very fiunous doctor, with
in?;:.y . ty famous puticnt*. and I
oulrt t.\' t!iat this case piqued him?
that nnofLrr physician should have
been preferred!
"of course. Mr. Uoyce." lie said finally.
"Misa Hollmlny tvas perfectly free
to choose another physician If she
th ejxht best."
"But would you have thought it probable?"
queried our Junior.
"Ten minutes ago I should have
'.nought it extremely improbable." nu
sweren tne doctor emphatically. "KiiH,
women are sometime* erratic, as we
doctors know to our sorrow."
Mr. I Joyce hesitated ami then look
the bull l>y the horns.
"Dr. Jenkinson." he began earnestly.
"don't you think It won hi he wise
to see Miss Holladny?you know how
her father trusted you and relied on
you-an ! unsure yourself that she's In
good hands? 1 eonfeas I don't know
what t ? think, but I fear some danger
is hanging over her. I'primps she may
even have fallen into the hands of the
faith eurlsts."
Jenkinson smiled.
"The advice to seek rest and quiet
seems sane enough." he said, "and ut
terly unlike any that a faith eurlst
would give."
"Rut stjii, if yon could see for yourself,"
persisted Mr. ltoyee.
The d ?cror hesitated, drumming witli
Ills finger? upon the arm of his chair.
"Fucli a course would be somewhat
unprofessional," he said at last. "Still
I might all In n merely social way.
Vfy Interest In the family would, I
think, excuse me."
Mr. Royce's face brightened, and lie
caught the doctor's hand.
"Thank you, sir," he said warmly.
"It will lift a anxiety from the
firm. and. I may add, from me personally."
The doctor laughed good uaturedly.
"I knew that, of course." lie said, i
"We doctors hear nil the gossip gong
I might mId that I wan Kind to bear
this bit If you'll wait for me here. I'll
go at once.
We Instantly absented, uud he ealleil
his carriage and was driven away. I
felt th.it at last we were to aee behind
glimpse would be enough to penetrate
the mystovy. Hut in half an hour be
was back again, and n glance at his
face told nie that we were again destined
to disappointed.
"I sent tip my card," lie reported
briefly, "and Mlsa Ilollnday sent down
word that she must beg to be excused."
Mr. Itoyce'a face fell.
"And that was nil?" he asked.
"That wiu a'l. Of course there was
nothing for me to do but come away.
I couldn't insist on seeing her."
"No," assented the other; "no. llow 1
do you ex pi a 111 it, doctor?"
Jonkln?on sat down and fur a moment
studied the pattern of the carl?et.
' Frankly, Mr. Koyce," he said ai lust,
"1 don't know liow to explain it. The
most probable explanation Is that Miss
Ilollnday Is suffering from some form
of dementia, perhaps only acute primary
dementia, which is usually merely
temporary, but which may easily
grow serious and even become permanent."
The theory had occurred to me. and
1 saw from the expression of Mr.
itoyce s rare that he also hail thought
of it.
"Is there no way that we can make
wire?" he asked. "She may need to he
waved from herself."
"She may need it very hadly," agreed
the doetor. nodding. "Vet she Is of
legal age and absolute mistress of her
actions. There are no relatives to in
terfere. no Intimate friends even that
I know of. l see no way uulcss you,
as her legal adviser, apply to the authorities
for an iuijuest of iunaey."
But Mr. Koyee made an Instant gesture
of repugnance.
"Oh. that's absurd!" lie cried. "AVe
have no possible reason to take sucli
action, rt would offend her mortally."
"No doubt," assented the other. "So
i fear that at present nothing can be
done. Tilings will Just have to take
their course till something more tie
.cided happens."
"There's no tendency to mental disease
In the family?" Inquired Mr.
Jtoyce after a moment.
"Not the slightest." said the doctor
4-niplmtlcAlly. "Her father and mother
were both sound nnd well balanced. I
know the history of the family through
three generations, and there's no hint
nf any taint. Twenty-flve years ago
Tlollnday. who was then Just working
i<> me rnp in >vnu mreet, cirove Himself
too hard?it was when the market went
tall to pieces over that Central Pacific
ileal- and had a touch of apoplexy. It
was just m touch, but I made him take
a long vacation, which he spent abroad
with bis wife. It was then, by the
way, that his daughter was born. Since
ihon he lias been careful, and has never
beeu bothered with a recurrence of the
trouble--lu fact, that'a the only illnes^
tu the least serloua I es-er knew bliu '
to have."
Tbero wai nothing wore to he wild,
aud we turned to go.
"If there are any farther developments,"
added the doctor as he opened
the door, "win \ %Ml
may count upon me if I can be of auy
assistance."
"Certainly." answered onr Junior.
"You're very kind, air," and we went
back to our cab.
The week that followed waa a perplexing
one for. noe and a miserable
one for Royce. Aa I know now, he bad
written her hulf a dozen times and had
received not a single word of auawer.
For myself. I had discovered one more
development of the mystery. Ou the
day following the delivery of the money
I had glnuced. aa usual, through tha
tinnnclul column of my paper as I rode
home on the car. and one item had attracted
my attention, lite brokerage
Ann of Swift ?tt Currer bad that day
prevented nt the subtreasury the sunt
of $l<kM>Oo in currency for converalon
into gold. An inquiry nt their offlco
next morning elicited tlte fact that the
exchange had been effected for the account
of Miss Frances Hollnday. It
wss done, of course, that the recipient
of the money might remain beyond
trace of the police.
CHAPTER IX.
OCR regular work at the office
Just at tintt time happened to
be unusually heavy and trying.
The Rrown Injunction
-utt, while not greatly attracting public
attention. Involved jtolnts of such
ulcctj- and affected interests so widespread
that the whole bar of New
York was watching It. The Html substitution
case was more spectacular
and appealed to the press with peculiar
force, sluce one of the principal victims
had been the "ldest son of Preston
Mcl.andberg. the veteran managing
editor of the Record, and the bringing
of the suit impugned the honor of
Ids family. Rut it is still too fresh In
the public mind to need recapitulation
bore, even were It connected with this
story. The Incessant strain told upon
both our partners and even u|>on nte,
so that I returned to my rooms after
dinner one evening determined to go
early to bed. But I had scarcely
donned my house <'oat, settled lu my
chair and got my pipe to golug when
there came a tap nt the door.
"Come In." I called, thinking it was
Mrs. Fitch, my landlady, and too weary
to get up.
But It was not Mrs. Fitch's pals
countenance, with Its crown of gray I
IihIt, which Appeared In the doorway;
It was n rotund and exceedingly florid
visage.
"You will pardon ine, sir," began a
resonant voice, which I instantly remembered,
even before the abort,
square figure stepped over the threshold
Into the full light, "but I have
Just discovered that I hare no match
with which to Ignite my gae. If I
might from you borrow one"?
"Help yourself," I said, and held out
to him my case, which was lying on
the table at my elbow.
"You are very good," he said, and
me more distinctly, he tittered a little
exclamation of surprise. "Ah, it Is
Mistnir"?
"Lester," I added, seeing that be hesitated.
"It is a great pleasure," he was saying
as he took the matches; a "great
good fortune which brought nte to this
house, so ioneiy one grows at time*?
and then, I greatly desire some ad lee.
If you would have the leisure"?
"Certainly." and I waved toward n
chair. "Sit down."
"In one moment." he said. "You
will pardon me," and he disappeared
through the doorway.
He was back almost at once with a ,
handful of cigarettes, which he placed f
on the table. Then he drew up n chair. I
With a little deprecatory ge-Uuro he |
used one of my matches to light a ,
cigarette.
"It was truly for the gas." he said,
catching my smile, "and the gns for
Ibc cigarette!"
Tberb was something fascinating
about the man?an air of good humor,
of comradeship, of strength of purpose.
My eyes were caught by his
stodgy, nervous hands ns he held the
"."" 'i ?" urn ngiireup. I IH'II tliey
! "MV name it MartiQny?Jntper Afar- I <
tignv" ,
wandered to hta face, to the black ,
hair flecked here and there with gray, j
to the bright, deep aet eyes, ambushed j
under heavy brows; to the full llpe, 4
which the carefully arranged rauatacbe <
did not at all conceal; to the projecting
chin, with its little plnme of au im- <
perlal ? a atrong face and a not un- >
handsome one, with a certain look of t
uoaatery about It. 1
"It is truo that I need advice," he <
was saying as he slowly exhaled a 1
great puff oi smoke which htf bod f
drawn deep Into his lungs. "My name C
Is MortlgnyWosper Marti guy''?I nod- s
ded by way of salutation?"and I am y
fims turop
loug sluce suspected. It is my desire
to become u cltlren of Amer-rlcV
"How long have you beeu living lu
America?" I asked.
"Rirce two mouth* only. It Is my
Intcntlou to establish hero a business
In wines."
"Well." I explained, "you ran take
no steps toward naturalisation for
three years. Then you go before a
court and make a declaration of your
Intentions. Two yeara later you will
get your papers."
"You mean," he hesitated, "that It
takes so many years"?
"Five years' actual residence -yes."
"Hut." and he hesitated again, "I
had understood that?that"?
"That It was easier? There are Illegal
ways, of course, but you ran scarcely
expect nie to advise you concerning
tliein, Mr. Mnrtlgny."
"No. Of course, uo'.** lie cried hastily.
waving his hand In disclaimer. "I
did not know?It makes nothing to in*
?I will wait?I wish to obey the Inws."
He picked up a fresh cigarette, lit It
frotu the other and tossed away th?
end.
"Will you not try one?" ho naked
seeiug that my pipe wna finished, an<3
I presently found myself enjoying tlx
host cigarette I had ever smoked. "Ym
comprehend French?no?"
"Not well enough to enjoy It," I said
"I am sorry. I believe you wouh!
like Ibis book which I am reading.'
and he pulled a somewhat tattered
volume from his pocket. "I have rea<3
It, oh, ver' many times, as well as al
the others, though this, of course, 1<
the masterpiece."
He held it so that I could see tlx
title. It was "Monsieur Lecoq."
"1 have read It lu Kngllab," I said.
"And did you not like It?yes? 1 an
ver' fond of stories of detection. Tha
Is why 1 was so absorbed lu that af
fair of Mees -Mees?nh, I have forgot
ten! Your names are so difficult fm
me."
"Miss Holladay," I said.
"All, .ves. And has that mygter:
over arrived at a solution?" ?
"No." I said. "Unfortunately w?
haven't any M. Lecoqs on our detectlvi
force."
"Ab, no." he smiled. "And the younj
lady?In her I conceived a great Inter
est, even though I did not see her
How Is she'/"
"The shock was a little too much foi
her," I said. "She's gone out to hei
country place to rest. She'll soon bt
nil right again, I hope."
He had taken a third cigarette ami
wai lighting It carelessly with hla faci
half turned away from ine. I noticed
how flushed Ids neck was.
"Oil, undoubtedly." he agreed after a
moment; "at least I should be inoat
sad to think otherwise. Bpt It is late;
I perceive that you are weary; I thank
rou for your kindness." *
"Not at all," I protested. "I hope
. nn'll come In whenever Ton f?*l
7"
"A thousand thanks! 1 shall avail
uyself of your Invitation. My apartment
ia just across the hall," he added
?a I opened the door. "I trust to see
rou there."
"You shall." I Mid heartily, aad bade
dm good night
In the week that followed I saw a
food deal of Martlgny. I would meet
dm on the stairs or In the hall. He
:amo again to see inc. and I returned
ids visit two nights later, upon which
Dccnslon he produced two hottlea of
Chateau Yqueni of n delicacy beyond
all prnise. And I grew more ami more
to like hlua. He told me many stories
af Paris, whleb, It seemed, had always
been hla home, with a wit to which
bis slight accent and formal utterance
fave new point; he displayed a kindly
Interest In my plana which was very
pleasing; he wgs ulwnyf tactful, courteous,
good humored. He was plainly
a boulevnrdler, a man of the world,
with an outlook upon life a little startling
In Its materiality, hut Interesting
In Its freshness nn<l often amusing In
Its frankness. And he seemed to return
my liking?certainly It was he
who sought me, not I who sought him.
He was being delayed, be said. In establishing
Ids business; he could not
get just the quarters he desired, but
In another .week there would be n place
vacant. He would ask rac to draw up
the lease. Meanwhile time hung rath
sr heavily on his hands.
"Thmifdi I Hn ?/> 1 ?!-1- ?
. V.V UVV 1|UIU|C| nilU U'ttl,
he added, Hitting In my room ono evening;
"It Is necessary for me that 1
take life easily. I have n weakness of
the heart, which h?B already given
me much trouble. Besides, I have yonr
companionship, which is most welcome,
and for which I thauk you. 1
trust Meee?Mees?what you call?Holladay
Is again well."
"We haven't heard from her," I said.
"8he is still at her place in the conntry."
"Oh, she is doubtless well?in her I
take such an Interest?you will parSon
me If I weary you."
"Weary me? But you dou't!"
"Then I will make bold to ask you?
have you made any?what you calltheory
of tho crime?"
"No," I answered?"that Is, none beyond
what was In the newspapers?the
(legitimate daughter theory. I suppose
rou saw it. That seems to fit the caas."
He nodded meditatively. "Yet I like
o Imagine how M. Lecoq would ap
>1 imcu u. wouja ne neiiove it was a
-nurder alinply !>ecause it ?o appeared?
Flas It occurred to you that Mees Ifol
aday truly might bare visited her faher
and that his death was uot a rnyrler
at all. but an accident?"
"An accident?" I repeated. "How
xmld It be an accident? How could a
nan be stabbed accidentally la the
>eck? Bee Idea, even If It were am accident,
how would that explain bis
laughter's rashing from the building
eltbeut trying to him, without
flvlng the alarm? U it wssat a purler,
vuy should the <ftomao? elate ?
he was. be frightened? Bee aiae can
?ou explain her flight?"
at vt *r "-nytiiit
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Even with so simj
blacking not one be
knows how to shim
half an hour the
like dull stove polis
> 1 There's always ?
tent men ? but th<
j We want a man in
[ i find him we will r
\ him to push our s
Saturday Evenin<
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1 PHILADE
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| "AH that jou My Is ver' truo," he aald
"It shows that you have given to thi
rase murli thought. I believe that yoi
aim have a fondness for crimes o
1 mystery." and he smiled at me. "Is i
not so, Mlstalr Lester?"
*'I had never suspected It," I laughed
' "until tills case came up, but the ml
crobe seems to bare bitten me."
9 "Ah, yes," be said doubtfully, no
9 quite understanding.
"And I've rather fancied at times,"
admitted, "that I should like to take i
hand at solving it?though, of course,
I never shall. Our connection with th
case Is qpded."
r He shot me a quick glance, thei
r lighted another cigarette.
"Suppose it were assigned to you t
solve It," he asked, "how would yoi
' set about It?"
' "I'd try to find the mysterious wo
' man."
"But the police, so I understand, at
1 tempted that and failed." he objected
: "How could you succeed?"
"Oh, I dare say I shouldn't succeed,'
I laughed, his air striking me as a Utti<
more earnest than the occasion de
' mauded. "I should probably fall, Jua
ACS 4lu> polloo <114."
"In France," he remarked, "it it
not In the least expected that men o:
the law should"?
?u> <n u ucrv, i explained. "Only
( of course, h lawyer can't help It some
i lines. Some cases demand more o:
less detective work and are yet too del
Icate to l>e intrusted to the police."
"It Is also the fault of our police tlia
it Is too fond of the newspapers, o
posing before the public. It is a faul
i of human nature, Is It not?"
I "You speak English so well, Mr
' Martlgny," I said, "that I have won
dered where you learned It."
J "I was some years in England?thi
1 business of wine?and devoted mysel
1 seriously to the study of the language
But I still find It sometimes very dlffl
cult to understand you Americanayou
speak so much more rapidly thai
the English and so much less distinct
]y. You hove a way of running you
words together, of dropping whole eyl
lables"?
"Yes," 1 smiled, "and that Is the ver,
thing we complain of In tho French."
"Oh, our elisions are governed b;
well defined laws which each one com
prebends, while here"?
"Every man Is a law unto hlmsell
Remember It is the land of the free"?
"And the home of the license, Is 1
Mui i ne auaeu, unconscious of Irony.
Yes, I decided, I was Tery fortnnat
In gaining Mnrtigny's acquaintance
Of course after be opened bis busines
ho would have less time to devote t
me. but nevertheless wo should huv
Vnauy pleasant evenings together, an<
I looked forward to them with consld
erable anticipation. He was Interest
Ing In himself?entertaining, with tha
large tolerance and good humor wbic!
I have already mentioned and whlcl
was one of the most striking character
istlcs of the man. And then?shall
admit It7?I was lonely, too, som?
times, as I suppose every bacbelo
roust he, and I welcomed a companlor
?*
It was Monday, the fourteenth daj
of April, and we had just opened th<
office, when a clerk hurried in with (
message for Mr. Royce.
"There's a man out here who wanti
to sec you at once, sir," he said. "H<
snya his name's Thompson and thai
he's Miss Frances Ilolladay's butler."
Our Junior half started from his chali
In hla excitement; then he controlled
himself and sank back Into It again.
"Show him in," ho said, and aat wlti
I bis eyes on the door, haggard lu ap
pearance, pitiful In his eagerness. No!
until that moment had I noticed taov
the past week had aged him aud wore
him down. Ills work of course might
| account for part of It, but not fqr all
lie seemed almost HI.
The door opened In a moment and
a gray haired man of about slxtv en
tered. lie vu fairly gasping foi
breath and plainly laboring undei
trong emotion.
"Well, Thompson." demanded Mr.
Hope*. "wbatfe the trouble now?"
"Trouble wioagh, slrl" cried the other.
uMy mistress bee been m*d?
a way with. air. She left town Juel
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| lias set eyes on lier since, sir."
J CHAPTER X.
t II y|li. ItOYCE grasped the arms
|\ /I of his chair convulsively, and
lt I yX ren,a'no<^ 'or a moment
|. speechless under the shock.
Then he swung around toward me.
t "Come here, Lester," he said hoarsely.
"I needed you once before, and I
I need you now. This touches me so
u closely I can't thluk eousecutively.
I You will help, won't you?"
0 There was an appeal In his face
which showed his sudden weakness?
u an appeal there was no resisting, even
had I not myself been deeply Interest?
ed In the case.
u "Gladly," I answered from the
depths of my heart, seeing how overwrought
he was. "I'll help to the very
limit of my power, Mr. Royce."
He sank back Into his chair again
and breathed a long sigh.
"I knew you would," he said. "Get
>? the story from Thompson, will you?"
R I brought a chair and sat down by
the old butler. |
1 "You have been In Mr. Holladay's
#Amll?V A i
UtuiiK H KICUL UJUUJ JVUIB, llttveu I
B you, _Mr. Thompson?" I asked to giro
f him opportunity to compose himself. |
"Yes, a great many years, sir?nearly
forty, I should say."
! "Before Miss Holladay's birth, then I"
r "Ob, yes, sir; long before. Just be.
j fore his marriage Mr. Holladay bought
the Fifth avenue house he lived in ever
t | since, and I was employed then, sir,
f as an underservaiit."
t "Mr. Holladay and his wife were
very happy together, weren't they?" 1
questioned.
) "Very happy; yes, sir. They were
just like lovers, sir, until her death.
# They seemed Just made for each other,
f sir." and the trite old saying gathered
1a new dignity as he uttered it.
I paused a moment to consider. This,
? certainly, seemed to discredit the theoa
ry that Holladay had ever had a liaison
with any other woman, and yet what
r other theory was tenable?
I_ "There was nothing to mar their happiness
that you know of? Of course,"
? I added, "you understand, Thompson,
that I'm not asking these questions
from Idle curiosity, but to get to the
k bottom of this mystery if possible."
" I "I understand, sir," he nodded. "No,
, there was nothing to mar their happiness?except
one thing."
t "And what was that?"
"Why, they had no children, sir, for
e fifteen years and more. After Miss
, Frances came, of course that was all
- changed."
Q "8he was born abroad?"
e I "Yes, sir; in France. I don't Just
d know the town."
, ! x>m you kuow tne date or her
J birth?"
"Oh, yes, sir?the 10th of June, 1870,
h We always celebrated It.'?
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"To match the bride?"
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Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pip?-s,
and Sheet Iron Work; Shafting,
Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes,
Mangers, etc. Mill Castings.
Cast every day; work 200
hands.
Lombard Foundry Machine and
Boiler Work and Supply. Store.
Augusta. Georgia.
All Service Resumed.
The Southern Pacific and Union Paciflc
lines reach nearly every Statp in ^
the West, with Steamship Line* to
China, Japan. Hawaiian Island, Australia
and India.
Round trip homesrekcr* rates to
Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and old
Mexico, each first and third Tuesday.
Through Pullman Tourist Cars three
lays each week from Washington. S.
(1., to Ban Francisco via Atlanta,
Montgomery, Mobile and New O leans
md Southern Pacific "Sunset Route."
i Cheap one-way colonist rate- fr. m
all points to California Hnd Nnrtbwniu
r0m February 15th until April 7ti.
vx>.
Requests for information chevrful'y
lowered. J. F_ Van Rejwdaer.
? OftlCflll .lyeUt
!24 Peachl e d*..
t O Bean, T P. A. Atlanta. <fc?.
Famous Fruit Farms of Texas.
Arkansas, Louisiana, apfi the ri-- hi
touth-west reached by the_ <v.?-.r,n
b*lt Route. You can p in-hW n rj
'leap rdund trip "Hniiif.Sci'kfr" ibkt?
at Atlanta, Birmingham Auni-t. n,
fnntgomery and certain other point*
?y Hint or third Tuesday, rickets
ar a final return limit of 21 days,
nd allow atop overs any point west of
mphia. Ask for ticket* to rend by
mphis and The Cotton Belt . Write
L. P. Smith. Trav Pa**. Agt.
Atlanta, Ga.