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j THE MARATHON mystery
A STORY OFJVIANHATTAN.
BY BURTON E. STEVENSON
Author of "The Holladay Case," "Cadets of Gascony,” Etc.
I
CHAPTER I.
A CALL IN THE NIGHT.
A sudden gust of wind wrenched the
loor from Godfrey's grasp and slammed
It with a bang that echoed through the
building.
"Anything doing?" he asked, as he
Capped the rain from his coat.
Slmmonds, the grizzled veteran of the
Central office, now temporarily in
vhurge of the devious business of the
"Tenderloin." shook his head despond
ently.
“Not a thing. Only,” he added, his
tyes gleaming suddenly with apprecia
tion, "you were right about that De
\anne abduction case. it was all a
[aked-up story on the mother's part.
6he confessed this evening."
“1 thought she would if you kept at
ler," said Godfrey, sitting down with
i quick nod of satisfaction. "She
Hasn't nerve enough to carry through
i thing like that—she's too pink-and
tvhite How does it happen you're
ilone?"
"Johnston’s gone down to Philadel
phia to bring back Riggs, the forger.
Fleming's got the grip. Bad night,
lin’t it?”
"Horrible!" agreed Godfrey. "Listen
to that, now.”
A gust of extra violence howled down
the street, rattling the windows, shriek
ng around the corners, tearing down
«igns, and doing such other damage as
lay in its power.
There was a certain similarity in the
faces of the two men, especially in the
lxpression of the eyes and mouth. Age,
Jowever, had given to Slmmond’s fea
tures a trace of stolidity which was
Hunting in those of his companion. He
lad been connected with the Central
ifHce for many years—was dean of the
force, in fact—and thougli he had de
•elopcd no special genius in his deal
■ v i j 111 v , lit: il iiuuici
’f fact Industry and personal courage
which had frequently achieved success.
In the end, his chief had come to trust
lim greatly, probably because the bril
liant theorists of the force made so
many fortunate mistakes.
Godfrey was a brilliant theorist and
lomethlng more. He was not so pat
ent as Slmmonds, but then he was
nuch younger. He had more Imagina
tion, and perhaps his greatest weak
ness was that he preferred picturesque
lolutlons to commonplace ones. Dur
ing his three years’ connection with
the force he had won four or five no
table victories—so notable, Indeed, that
they attracted the attention of the Rec
ord management. The end of It was
that Godfrey resigned his badge and
entered the Record office as criminal'
expert, climbing gradually to the posi
tion of star reporter. Since then, the
Record had not waited on the police;
Indeed, it had been rather the other
way around.
It was with Slmmonds that Godfrey
bad long since concluded an alliance
pffenslve and defensive. The one sup
plemented the other—the eagle gave
byes to the mole; the mole gave the
talgle the power of working patiently in
Ihe dark. Simmonds kept Godfrey in
touch with police affairs; Godfrey en
abled Slmmonds to make a startling ar
test now and then. Godfrey got the
•tory, Slmmonds got the glory, and
Doth were satisfied. It may be added
that, without in the least suspecting It,
the mole was considerably under the
frirtuence of the eagle. Brains naturally
lead Industry; besides, the blind must
cave guidance.
They listened until the gust of wind
lied away down the street, then God
frey arose and began to button up his
coat,
"Nevertheless,” he said, "I’ve got to
be moving on. I can't stay loafing here,
t wouldn’t have stopped at all but for
the chance of seeing you.”
"Oh, don't go,” protested Slmmonds.
I was mighty glad to see you come
Jn- I was feeling a little lonesome.
Wait till this squall’s over, anyway—
and have a smoke.”
Godfrey took the proffered cigar and
relapsed into his chair.
"I'm only human,” he said as he
ptruck a match, "and, besides, ’ there's
W fascination about you, Slmmonds—
there's always a chance of getting a
good story out of you. You know more
about the criminal history of New
York than any other man living I
think.”
Slmmonds chuckled complacently.
"I have been In on most of the big
vu.Pco, we agi et:u,
■‘Come, now," continuod the other
persuasively, "if I consent to stay,
you've got to produce a story. Take
those big cases—which do you think
was the best of the lot?"
"The best?"
"The most Intricate, I mean—the most
puzzling—the hardest to solve.”
“Well,” and Slmmonds rolled his
cigar reflectively, "the hardest to solve
of course, were those that were never
solved at all. There was the shooting
of old Benjamin Nathan, in the sum
mer of '70, at his house on West Thirty
third street, and there was the stab
bing of Harvey Burdell. I never had
the least doubt that Burdell was killed
by Mrs. Cunningham, the woman he'd
secretly married. The stabbing was
done by a left handed person, and she
was left handed; but we weren't able to
convict her.”
"Yes," nodded Godfrey; “and the
Nathan case?”
"There wasn't anybody in the house,
bo far as known, but the two sons ”
said Slmmonds slowly, “and both of
them managed to proye an alibi. But
I've always thought— Hello! What’s
this?"
The door flew back with a crash and
a man rushed in—a heavy set man
with red cheeks, who stopped, gasping!
clutchtng at his throat. j
Godfrey had a flask to his lips in an
Instant.
“Come, brace up!” he commanded
Bternly, slapping the stranger on the
back. "Take a swallow of this—that's
"It seems to me I know him,” re
marked Slmmonds, looking at' the
Hushed countenance with contemplative
eye.
"Of course you do!" gasped the
stranger. "I’m Higgins—th’ Marathon,"
and he jerked his head toward the door.
“Oh, yes,” said Slmmonds. “You’re
the janitor of the Marathon apartment
house. Just across the street.”
“Well, what’s happened at the Mar
athon?" demanded Godfrey. “No
ghosts iver there, I hope?"
“Tu-re’ll be one." answered Higgins,
his eyes beginning to pop again. "Oh,
my God!”
"Come," repeated Godfrey sharply.
"Out with It! What Is it'."’
"It's murder, that's what it is!” cried
Higgins hoarsely. “1 seed him, a-layln'
on his back——"
He stopped and covered his eyes with
nis hands. Slmmonds had quietly op
ened a drawer and slipped a revolver
Into Itis pocket. Then he took down
the receiver from his desk phone.
"That you, sergeant?” he called.
“This Is Sinimonels. Send three men
over to the Marathon right away.”
He put hack the receiver with a Jerk.
Godfrey twirled the Janitor sharply
around in the direction of the door.
"Go ahenl.” he commanded, and
pushed rather than led him out Into
the storm.
They made a dash for it through the
rain, which was still pouring in tor
rents. Halfway across the street, they
descried a cab standing at the farther
curb, and veered to the right to avoid It.
"Here we are." said Higgins, running
up a short flight of steps into a lighted
vestibule "It's In soot fourteen -sec
ond floor."
They sprang up the stairs without
thinking of the elevator—one flight,
two • • « Higgins began to choke
again.
A single door stood open, throwing a
broad glare of light across the hallway.
"It's there," said Higgins, and stopped
to gasp for breath.
The others ran on. For an Instant,
they stood upon the threshold, gazing
Into tlie room—at a huddled form on
the floor, with a red stain growing and
growing upon its breast—at a woman
staring white-faced from the farther
corner—a woman, tall, with black hair
and black eyes.
Then Godfrey stepped toward her
with a quick exclamation of surprise,
incredulity, horror.
"Wliy, it’s Miss Croydon!" he said.
CHAPTER II.
A TANGLED WEB.
Slmmonds had dropped ort one knee
beside the body. He was up again In
an instant.
"No need for an ambulance,” he said
tersely. "He’s dead."
The words seemed to rouse the girl
from the ecstasy of horror which pos
sessed her, and she burled her face In
her liands, shuddering convulsively.
Godfrey caught her as she swayed for
ward. and led her gently to a chair.
"Perhaps you don’t remember me.
Miss Croydon," he said. "Godfrey’s ray
name—It was only the other night at
Mrs. Delroy's I met you. It was Jack
Drysdale who Introduced me—you know
I'm an old friend of his.”
“Yes.” she murmured indistinctly, “I
remember quite-”
An exclamation from Slmmonds In
terrupted her. He had picked up a
small, pearl-handled revolver from the
floor in the corner.
"Is this yours, miss?" he asked.
She nodded faintly.
He snapped It open and looked at the
chambers. One had been discharged.
He sniffed at the barrel, then held It
out to Godfrey. The odor of burnt
gunpowder was plainly discernible.
Godfrey's face hardened as he turned
to the janitor, who had regained bis
breath and stood staring on the
threshold.
"My friend," he said, ”»rfauit the door
He stopped as he heard the tramp of
heavy feet approaching along the cor
ridor.
“Wait," said Slmmonds. "There come
my men. I'll be back In a minute.”
Godfrey nodded curtly, and waited
until Slmmonds closed the door after
him.
"Now, Miss Croydon*” he said, “tell
me quickly how it happened. I can't
help you unless I know the whole atory,
and I want to help you.”
The gentleness of hts voice, ithe quiet
assurance of his manner, the encourag
ing glance, combined to calm aad
strengthen her. She sat up, wtth an
effort of self-control, and clasped her
hands together In her lap.
"There Isn’t much to tell," she began,
striving to speak steadily. "I came
here to—to keep an appointment
She stopped, her voice dying away, an
able to go on.
"With this man?” asked Godfrey.
“Who Is he?"
“I don’t know,” and she cast a hor
rified gance at the huddled form. “I
never saw him before.”
"Then It wasn’t he you came here to
meet?”
"No—that Is—it may have been—-—”
And again she stopped.
“Miss Croydon,” said Godfrey, gently
yet clearly, ”1 can't help you unless
you’re quite frank with me, and 1 fear
you are going to stand In need of help*.
Did you kill this man?”
"No!” she cried. "Oh, no!”
Her face was In her hands again aad
she was trembling; It was impossible to
doubt that she spoke the truth.
"Then who did?”
There was no answer; only a dry,
convulsive sobbing.
As Godfrey paused to look at her.
the door opened and Slmmonds came
In. He closed it and snapped the lock!
"There's a policeman outside and one
at each landing.” he announced. "We’ll
look things over here, and then searcb
the building. First, let's look at the
Lriilir **
It was lying partly on its back, partly
un its right side, with its legs doubled
under It. The face was a bearded one,
rough, coarse, and a little bloated—not
;i prepossessing face under any circum
stances, and actively repulsive now,
with its gaping mouth and widely
staring eyes. It was tanned and
seamed by exposure to wind and rain
and there was a deep scar acrods the
left temple.
‘ Between 50 and 60 years of age,” re
marked Godfrey. “Pouf! smell the
whisky.”
Then, looking into the staring eyes,
he uttered a (udder* exclamation.
“See there, Simmonds. how the right
pupil’s dilated. Do you know what that
means?”
Simmonds sh >ok his head.
"No, I can’t s^iy I do.”
“It means,” said Godfrey, “that
somebody hit tnis fellow a hard blow
jn the left side of the head and pro
duced a hemorrhage of the brain.”
Simmonds gave a little low whistle.
“That could hardly have been her,”
md he nodded toward the girl, who
had regained her self-control and was
leaning anxiously forward, eyes and
jars intent.
"No, of course not. Let’s see If he
.vas really shot.”
They stripped back the shirt from
he breast. A little Wood was still
celling from a wound just over the
neart.
“That’s what did the business,” ob
served Simmonds, “and at close range,
oo; see there, ’ ^nd he pointed to the
ed marks about the wound. "lie
wasn’t shot from the oarnar, that's
sure. Let's see what he’s got in his
Dockets.”
The examination was soon made,
rhere were only a pipe, a knife, a
Dackage of cheap tobacco, & handful of
oose coins, and an old pocketbook con
aining a little roll of newspaper clip
Dings and a receipt for a month’s rent
'or suite 14 made out to "PL. Thomp
son.”
"Thompson," repeated Stmmonds,
“and a lot* of clippings. Can you read
French, Godfrey?"
"A little," answered Godfrey mod
estly. “Let me see." He took the clip
pings and looked at the first one.
“ "Suresnes. September 16, 1891," " he '■
read haltingly. " ‘I have to report an
event the most Interesting which has
Just happened here, and which proves
again the futility of vows the moat rig
orous to quiet the ardent desires of the
human heart or to change the-—’ ”
"Oh, well," Interrupted Stmmonds,
“we can't waste time reading any more
of that rot; It sounds like a French
novel. The coroner can wrestle with It,
if he thinks It worth while."
He replaced the clippings In the
purse, which he slipped back Into the
pocket from which he had taken It.
"Now,” he added, rising to his feet,
“we'd better get the girl's story."
"I)o you know who he Is?" asked
Godfrey. In a low voice. As he glanced
at her, he was startled to note her at
titude of strained attention, which, as
he turned, lapsed Instantly to one of
seeming apathy.
"I heard you call her Miss Croydon.”
"Yes—she's the slater of Mrs. Rich
ard Delroy.”
Again Simmonds whistled.
"The deuce you say! Dickie Delroyl
Well, that doesn't make any differ
ence," and he turned toward her reao- .
lutely.
"Miss Croydon," he began abruptly, |
though perhaps In a gentler voice thaji
he would have used toward the aver- 1
age suspect, "were you In the room
when this man was killed?"
“Yes, sir.”
“You know him?”
“Only slightly," she answered coolly,
disregarding Godfrey's stare of amaze
ment. "His name, 1 think, was Thomp
son."
"You had an engagement with him
here?"
"Yes, sir; on a private matter which
cannot concern the police."
Simmonds passed that over for a mo
ment.
"Will you kindly tell us Just what
happened?” he asked.
"1 drove here In a cab," she said,
speaking rapidly, "which I told to wait i
for me. In the vestibule, I met the
Janitor, and asked to be conducted to
suite II. He brought me up here wherq
Mr.—Mr. Thompson was waiting. I
entered and closed the door. We were
Ifliklnp tnppt her vvllftn tlm drtoe n# Ik.
Inner room opened and a man came
out. Before I realized what he wan
doing, he raised a bar of Iron he held
In his hand and struck Mr. Thompson
upon the head. Then, standing over
htm, he drew a revolver and fired one
shot at him. I had shrunk away Into
the corner, but thinking him a mad
man, believing my own life In danger,
I drew my pocket pistol and fired at
him. Without even glancing at me, he
opened the outer door and disappeared.
The Janitor rushed In a moment later.”
“DM your shot hit him?" asked Slm
mondfl.
“I.don't know; I think not; he showed
no sign of being wounded.”
Slmmonds stood looking at her; God
frey turned to an examination of the
opposite wall.
"Miss Croydon’t shot went wild." he
said, curiously elated at this confirma
tion of her story. "Here’s the bullet,"
and he pointed to It, embedded In the
woodwork of the bedroom door.
Slmmonds took a look at it, then he
returned to the Inquiry.
"DM you know this intruder?" he
asked.
“No, sir; I’d never before seen him,”
she answered steadily.
"Will you describe him?”
She closed her eyes, seemingly In an
effort at recollection.
"He was a short, heavy-set man,”
•be aald, at last, "with a dark face and
dark mustache which turned up at ths
ends. That is all 1 can remember."
"And dressed how?”
"In dark clothes; he wore a slouch
hat, I think, drawn down over th*
eyes. I didn’t see the face clearly.”
The answer came without hesitation,
but it seemed to Godfrey that there
was In the voice an accent of forced
sincerity.
"What did he do with the bar of
Iron?" asked Slmmonds.
"As soon as he struck the blow, ]
think he—he threw it down. I re
member hearing It fall-’’
"Yes—here It is,” said Godfrey tri
umphantly, and fished it out from un
der a chair which stood near the walk
“But see, Slmmonds—It's not a bar, It’S
a pipe.”
Slmmonds examined It. It was an
ordinary piece of Iron piping, about
fifteen inches In length.
“Her story seems to be straight,” he
said. In an undertone to Godfrey
"What do you think about It?”
“I think she’s perfectly Innocent of
any crime," answered Godfrey, with
conviction. He had his doubts as tc
the absolute straightness of her story
but he concluded to keep them to him
self.
“Well, there's nothing more to b«
learned out here,” remarked Slm
monds, after another glance around
"Suppose we take u look at the othei
loom,” and he led the way toward th«
inner door.
It was an ordinary bedroom of mod
erate size and with a single closet, It
which a few soiled clothes were hang
ing. The bed had been lain upon, and
evidently by a person fully dressed, foi
there were marks of muddy shoes upoi
the counterpane, fresh marks as ol
one who had come In during the even
ing’s storm. An empty whisky bottU
lay on a little table near the bed. '
"I guess Thompson was a boozer,” i
observed Slmmonds.
"Yes,” agreed Godfrey, “his fact
showed that pretty plainly.”
"Well, the man we’re after ain’t Ir
here; we’ll have to search the house.’
"Can’t we let Miss Croydon go home’.
She won’t run away—I’ll answer fo;
that. Besides, there’s nothing againsi
her.’’ |
Slmmonds pondered a minute.
’’Yes, I suppose so,” he said, at last
“Of course, she'll have to appear a>
the Inquest. Do you know her ad
dress V
"Yes—twenty-one East Sixty-nlntt
street.”
Slmmonds Jotted It down in his note
book
"All right,” he said. ’’You'd bette»
take her down to her cab.”
(Continued Next Week.)
_—_
No 0<her Way Out.
From the Youth’s Companion.
There is a story often told to illustrate
the manner in which President I-Jncolr
was besieged by commission seekers
Hearing that a brigadier-general and h*.i
horse had been captured and the general
taken to Richmond, he asked eagerlj
about the horse.
"The horse!” exclaimed his informant
"You want to know about the horse?”
“Yes,” said Lincoln. “1 can make a
brigadier any cay, but the horse was
valuable.”
To this John Russell Young, in his me
moirs, adds a similar tale. He was calling
upon Lincoln one day at the White House
**1 met So and So on the steps,” ho re*
marked.
"Yes,” replied the president. "I have
Just made his son a brigadier.”
"A general!” exclaimed Mr. Young iu
astonishment.
"Ves,” said Mr. Lincoln, with great
weariness. "You know I must have sum*
time for some till mi o je.”
(♦ STUDENTS’ HOMES IN .«
!♦ PARIS. M
Among the many homea end render
Vous that have been eatahrtMhud fw
English speaking girls In Faria oee erf
the oldest. The American Girls’ etah,
which was established by Mm Whtte
law Reid, Is probably the only on* that
Is exclusively national. Mr* XtefcJ pays
jthe rent of the house and the expenst*
of the tea room, but apart from this.
It. as are the other clubs, la a*IZ mxta
Tortlng.
The requirements for enters** may of
ithese clubs are simple. One moat (Ire
good references, be unmarried amd em
ber 40. The prices rang* ferns B5- la
SO francs a week. Candle*. Bn? lo •
room and laundry are extra. Tweuty
|flve dollars will go as far tn Fimm
ins $40 will In America.
' The most elaborate a* wuKl «a *»■’
of the most recent clubs !s the gift <rt
'Mrs. Whitney Hoff, an Amertotn. and
Is called the Students' heteA This la
situated In the Boulevard St. HMiH
In the very heart of the Latin quarter,
lonly a few steps from the Lm«ad»siS’
land the Beaux Arts. The Julian.
jColarossI and Delacluse academies <uS'
painting and sculpture are also wltlifc
feaay reach, making this etal> sen Meal
place for students of art. No* the least
•attractive feature of this ness hotel is
'an Infirmary and surgical ward, pre
sided over by a trained nurse and vts
ited, on certain days, by- tbs best phy
sicians of Paris.
' There are tea tables In the garden
and an Inclosed tea room, enr which
there Is a large studio for those who
cannot afford to hire a working stuctic
for their exclusive use.
Holy Trinity Lodge Is another dot
due to American Initiative. Kit anted
In the Rue Plerre-NIcole. in the bear?
,of the Montparnasse art students’ quar
ter, It serves ns a parish house for.32*w
llsh speaking women and la »> Fseua vJ
helpfulness, both moral and ptrpuScsd
Its garden, about 100 yards grain the
building, Is a little oasis of sendilr* such
as dwellers In Paris keenly eppredstr.
Holy Trinity alBo has Ita studio msoO
tiny hospital, while nn unusual feature
Is an Information bureau; share ad
dresses of pensions, teachers, room to -
let, etc., are posted. It also Ibnanta a
circulating library, nn afternoon pedal
Ing club, a choral club and * iiiniSh r
and social reunion ever week.
sue. Winnows aooTsnto smr srumm
Ceethiag; loftena the gnat, reeao— mft—mw ■ »M *•'
Wja peiu cure* ooiio. T i ml ■ titllw
COUNTESS HENCKEL.’S HECK
LACE.
The Three Strings of Pe—fc That!
Form It—Valuable Black Pearls.
From the Westminster flasmea
The late duchess of Bermooeta's pearl
necklace, of which one baa rrefl sw
much lately, Is doubtless rery karat)
ful and valuable, but It can eternsty be
considered the "most costljr a—trim re
In the world."
This dlctlnctlon more pewbahty (be
longs to the tamoua pearl naiilkiii < of
the Countess Henckel. a kdy ereU
known In London and Parte aedaty, the
value of which la said to ke FtM**
It la really composed of tkrsa Back,
laces, each of historic internet. Owe
was the property of the it Onaia of
Naples, sister of the lata AaMka era- ■
press; the second, once the poeparty oi.
a Spanish grandee, Is knrnvB *o fane
as the "necklace of the Vhyfa «d Ot; -
cha;" while the third was nssca oentt
by the Empress Eugenie.
Not long ago a necklace cssspand «:
412 pearls m eight rows, the yesperti
of the late Duchess of M«iatsiaa.
sold for £11,820.
The Empress Frederick of Pan man-.
Is said to have possessed a necklace- oi
thfc-ty-two pearls worth at least Eta,
000; while Lady Ilchester'e necklace■«;
black pearls Is valued at absak ElfcAst .
Why "Ho"Quit.
A Janitor of a school threw ep Me Joa'
the other day. When asked the kraahle
he said:
"I'm honest and I won’t stand hetn.-.
slurred. If I And a pencil or lwilWhai it i
about the school when I’ai ■ m ■a l»iy
hang or put It up. Every little while tin
teacher or some one that la tea cwuC
to face me will give me a alnr. A WKi
while ago I seen wrote on tha hoard. ’Fist,
the leaat common multiple.’ Wed. 1 lent- .
from cellar to garret for that thing, ant
1 wouldn't know the thing if 1 asst tt ot
the street. Last night. In big wtltfag or
the blackboard, It sold, “Find Ills gmsl i
common divisor.' Well, I saya to saeseH
‘both of them things are lost ana sad )') .
be accused of taking them, na mwaif '
NO MORE FLIESu
To clear the kitchen or aery spur
ment from flies close all the window *
the last thing before leaving the xoOir.
ut night. Darken them aB but one
Place a dish of wet chloride of ttme hi -
the lighted window. In the monint
you will And the flies In the window
dead. This lime also makes an screed
lent disinfectant
There are lots ot happy people
the silly sanitariums.
FAMILY FOOtn
Crisp, Tuotbioine ana
Cooklnjff*
A little boy down in N- C. staked his
mother to write un account tiff bov»
Grape-Nut food had helped ttx&r faui.
lly.
She says Grape-Nuts was 1iri
brought to her attention ©» a -rteit to
Charlotte, where she visited tiar SSayoi
of that city who was using the food by
the advice of his physician- Sbe-mys;
“They derive so much good from 5*
that they never pass a day
using it. While 1 was then* 1 wal t
the Food regularly. I gainei© «fco«t Im
pounds and felt so well that urban If
returned home I began using Graz>y~
Nuts In our family i-egulaffea.
“My little IS months old baity slo-t
ly after being weaned' wnos vny »B
with dyspepsia and' teething. S?w ww»
sick nine weeks and we treed eray
thing. She became so emaciated that
It was painful to handle t*er and we
thought we were going to lt«se tier. Ora
day a happy thought urged use to tiy
Grape-Nuts soaked in a little- warns
milk.
“Well, it worked like n rtmrm and
she began taking it regularly nod im
provement set in at once. Sbe is now
getting well and round and fad as- fast:
as possible on Grape-Nuts,
“Some time ago several off the fam
ily were stricken with La Orlppe »t:
the same time, and during the wwst
stages we could not relish any thing la
the shape of food but Grajw-Xolw and,
oranges, everything else raraswtffi no,
“We nil appreciate what your fa
mous food lias done for our family.”
“There’s a Reason.” Read “XlucSGUmd
to Wellvillc," In ykss..
