Show the nm I 1 he man man iff fi in lower ten tell by mary roberts Ric ehart author tp tf the circular Circo staircase illustrations by M I 1 J KETT KETTNER N ER I 1 copyright by co SYNOPSIS lawrence malt ley lawyer goes to pittsburg with ith the e forged forged notes in the bronson case to take the deposition of the chief witness bunei s for the tha prosecution john gilmore ft a millionaire in tile the lattern batters house the lawyer Is attracted by tile the picture of a girl whom allmore explains la Is I 1 ills his grand daugh r allson west lie ile bays h her er fattier la is a rascal and a friend of the lie forger Stun sounding ding iii in line to bu buy a pullman ticket blakeley akeley ni Is reque requested requester by a lady to buy her one ile he gives her lower eleven and retains lower ten lie finds 9 a L nan man in a drunken stupor in I 1 lower ve r te ten 1 I 1 a and nd retires in lower nine ile ha awakens in lower seven and binds ills his bay bag and clothing missing the man in lower ten la Is found murdered CHAPTER IV continued some one was on an the floor at our feet face down head peering under tile the berth now he got up without apology revealing the man who had summoned the conductor he was dusty alert cheerful and he be dragged up with him the dead asad mans suitcase suit case the sight of it brought back to me at once my own predicament 1 I dont know whether theres any contini connection action or not conductor I 1 said but I 1 am a victim too in less degree ive been robbed of everything I 1 possess except a red and yellow bathrobe I 1 happened to be wearing the bathrobe bath robe which was probably the reason the thief overlooked it there was a fresh murmur in the crowd Somebody laughed nervously the conductor was irritated ii 1 cant bother with that now ho be snarled the railroad company Is responsible for transportation not tor for clothes jewelry and morals if people want to be stabbed and robbed in the companas comp anys cars its their affair why you sleep in your clothes I 1 do N I 1 took an angry step forward then somebody touched my armand I 1 unclenched my list fist I 1 could understand the conductors position and beside in the law I 1 had been guilty myself of contributory negligence im not trying to make you responsible I 1 protested as amiably as I 1 could and I 1 bellevo believe the clothes the thief left are as good as my own they are certainly newer but my valise contained valuable papers and it Is to your interest as well as mine to find the man who stole IV it why of course the doctor said shrewdly find the man who skipped out with this gent lemans clothes and youve probably got the murderer 1 I went to bed in lower nine I 1 said my mind full again of my lost papers and I 1 wakened in number seven I 1 was up in the night prowling around as I 1 was wag unable to sleep and I 1 must have gone back to the wrong berth anyhow until the porter wakened me this morning I 1 know knew nothing of my mistake in the interval the thief murderer too perhaps roust must have come back discovered my error and taken advantage of it to further his escape the inquisitive man looked at me irom from between narrowed eyelids ter fer ret like did anyone on the train suspect you of having valuable papers he inquired the crowd was listening latently no one I 1 answered promptly and positively the doctor was investigating tho the murdered mans effects the pockets of his bis trousers contained the usual miscellany of keys and small change while in his hip pocket t was waa found a small pearl handled revolver of p the type women usually keep around A gold watch with a masonic charm had slid down between the mattre mattress sd and the window while a showy diamond stud was still fastened in the bosom at 1 his shirt taken as a whole the personal belongings were those of a man of some means but without any particular degree of breeding the doctor heaped them together either robbery was waa not the motive he reflected or the thief overlooked these things in his hurry the latter hypothesis seemed the more tenable when after a thorough search we found no pocketbook and less than a dollar in small change the suitcase suit sult case gave no clew it contained one empty leather covered flask and a tant bottle also empty a change of lin allnan and some come collars with the laundry rp rk A ac S H in the leather tag g on was a card with the name simon harrington pittsburg the conductor sat down on my un made berth across and made an en try ot of the name and address then 0 on i an old envelope ho he wrote a few words and gave aavo it to tho the porter who disappeared III 1 I guess all I 1 can do he said ive had enough trouble this trip to last for a year they dont need a conductor on these trains any more what they ought to have Is a sheriff and a posse the porter from the next car caroo came in and whispered to him the con ductor roso rose unhappily 4 next cars caught tho the disease ho he grumbled doctor a woman back there has baa got mumps or bubonic plaue or something will you como come back the strange porter stood aside lady about the middle of the cars car he said bifi in black sar with queer look ing hair sort of copper color I 1 think sir mr |