Show I 1 THE tONWAY CASE by HOPSON L edith nugent was vias surmised when a knock sounded at the front door that evening enang cullers callers were vero a I allty especially ou on it rainy night like tills she went to the door expecting to find ono one of tho the nel 9 labors hut but there stood a tall strange young zil alan un good evening lie ha begun courteously bously will you sou kindly tell me if this Is where chere will durgan alts no kb albert nugent lives liepp tho durgans live next door but they nio are out of town ton Is no one tit at home no nothey alic they are all away aai arc nio aro you ou a friend of thelis theirs yes im mi durgans cousin edmond marsh maish I 1 stopped stepped oft between trains fo see them its unfortunate I 1 happened on tills this time he lail glied hed Is there a hotel hue hero where heidi I 1 can ailt avult until the 1120 11 20 maln there Is one but alls very WY poor pool it would be a areni dicair y if art of place to site hesitated a moment then a fiance out into the i aging decided her we should be glad to have sou on rome come in and wait alt bere A relative of the me borgans dorgans is alwis welcome the mins s virile polished personality NN as ab of the tipe in aitt t oten often seen tit in small towns torti is and to edith his coming NN aas as like a breath of roni ance ayom tho outside virid 91 id fron fion which she had and been largely excluded since sho she ind had talen the reins of tho the household after I 1 her ter me death the d he durgans home the following lay and rol abed to them the hief incident dont of their cousins coming coining yos yes I 1 remember a distant cousin ot my fathers s hi by the hi in me 0 of H edmond marsh but I 1 seen him tor for years you lie lind ind dark lull hair As A I 1 remember bilm his hall hair alls v la light like 1 I alls fa fathers theros 11 perhaps it grew dark dail Is 14 lie he got bot older many times it does when she went home she alio found her father reading the As she en cn tood lie said saia excitedly Il heres gilleres an account of tho the capture of cf the in man aniio committed that big climond robbery at conwayy Con cona ways jewelry store stoie last week ile he wits vas nabbed by bi a detective just as lie he mas boarding bo the II 11 20 train ti aln last night mighty good tiling thing they got him that I 1 hat conway case cabe was is a bold piece of work oil when hen lic he finished crad rii the paper and laid it down don edith picked it up and eagerly scanned alie account of the robber capture A suil sudden flen fear clutched haid tit at her heart ahnes paper described him its as tall slender with alth brown bion hair and blue eyes 03 es that was ai also an accurate description of the man lio lind had called there last night could it be possible that lie he had been tin an impostor Impo she ta thought ought I 1 of thy the discrepancy between h his is appearance pe arance and mr durgans durbana Dur bans remembrance of him perhaps lie he the real edmond marsh at iiii all I 1 lle ile had seemed so straightforward and honorable nr ablo and yet she knew the greatest crooks sometimes had the most pleasing manners she lid did not to voice her fears to her father fatha for the possible connection between their guest aest R and nd the diamond robber had e evidently i I 1 not occurred to him edith did not sleep much that night she thought the matter over and over in all its phases why things have been different why they be all right she asked herself bitterly next mornings mall mail brought a letter postmarked ld chicago she did not know the writing so glanced first at the signature she caught her breath sharply haply us as she read edmond Edi nond marsh surely it will explain things she thought and eagerly scanned edthe the letter after a polite repetition of ills his appreciation of the evenings hospitality k ho said 1 I believe you brought me good luck it was to my stopover in your town that I 1 made good on my job ive been employed as a detective on the conway robbery case and until that night had not been bean able to find tiny any clews hed evidently been bildin hiding around there and as luck would have it lie started to board the same train I 1 lid did th that at I 1 knew h him 1111 at onen once from the description we had bad of him oddly enough the fellow and I 1 actually look folkel anyway so much for luck and you im going to be down that way again next week and shall hope to see you again then I 1 mean to cultivate uncle wills folks and their neighbors after this 1 editha eyes brightened and in her cheeks was a lovely color as she finished the letter Omet lm s things do conic come out right after all she declared but olt oil I 1 hi must never know that I 1 doubted him I 1 |