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I had to go to see the police about some matter, and I spoke to Inspector Twining of the Rexton district. He had on his desk a handkerchief and a few articles which had just been taken from a man who had been arrested for passing false coins." "Oh!" Jennings looked very interested, "go on." "This man was in one of the cells, and he is to be brought before the magistrate this morning.
May be his sister is worse at Avignon, and has sent for him over. His setting off in such a hurry seems very like it. Well, I wish him out of all his trouble with all my heart, and a good wife into the bargain." So wondered, so talked Mrs. Jennings. Her opinion varying with every fresh conjecture, and all seeming equally probable as they arose.
Jennings had already advertised in the New Orleans papers, that he would be there with a prime lot of able-bodied slaves, men and women, fit for field-service, with a few extra ones calculated for house servants, all between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five years; but like most men who make a business of speculating in human beings, he often bought many who were far advanced in years, and would try to pass them off for five or six years younger than they were.
"He has some dishonest scheme in his head, I have no doubt. Have you a bank in Milford?" "Yes." "He may have some design upon that." "He is very intimate with our bookkeeper, so his nephew tells me." Mr. Thorndike looked startled. "Ha! I scent danger to my friend, Mr. Jennings. He ought to be apprised." "He shall be, sir," said Carl, firmly. "Will you see him to-night?"
Olga gathered from the tone rather than the words that she was not to be told. She burst into a despairing appeal in which the Herr Georgiev, Peter, a necktie Peter had forgotten, open windows, and hot water were inextricably confused. Dr. Jennings listened, then waved her back with a gesture. "She says," she interpreted as they walked on, "that Dr. Peter by which I suppose she means Dr.
Where was the man arrested?" "At a place near Rexton. He was trying to get a drink and gave a shilling it was false. The inspector will show it to you, sir. And another queer thing, Mr. Jennings, this man had some rags and a bottle of petroleum on him." "Humph! Perhaps he intended to set fire to some place. Have you heard of any fire?" "No, sir, not near Rexton."
This menace being of a serious nature, the king obeyed; and Miss Jennings had all the additional honour which arose from this adventure: it both added to her reputation, and increased the number of her admirers.
"Napoleon said 'Old men for counsel, but young men for war. But our young men have listened patiently to us old fellows for years, and mebbe they don't think much of our counsel. I'm going to call on Milton Jennings, one of our rising young men."
"Jennings please see the lady to the door." Back in the drawing room, Elaine almost seized the photographs and hurried into the library where she could be alone. There she stood gazing at them doubt, wonder, and fear battling on her plastic features. Just then she heard the bell and Jennings in the hall. She shoved the photographs away from her on the table.
"One which I mean to dive into and discover," replied Miles. "I do not care for an ordinary murder case, but this is one after my own heart. It is a criminal problem which I should like to work out." "Do you see your way as yet?" asked Cuthbert. "No," confessed Jennings, "I do not. I saw the report you speak of. The writer theorizes without having facts to go on.
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