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Adam Adams glanced at it quickly, and read over the long line of names and addresses doctors, druggists and private individuals. Suddenly he paused and a smile of triumph lit up his features. "Good!" he almost shouted. "You have discovered something?" asked Tom Ostrello quickly. "Yes, I have discovered a great deal. I think the murder mystery is as good as solved."
"I'll get a doctor, if you'll watch the old woman. I can get a horse at Styles' farm." "Do it, and hurry!" cried Raymond. "Take the best horse and bring the doctor at once. Tell him it is poison a powder in water. Offer him any amount of money " "I will!" Ostrello shouted back. He was running down the hill path with the swiftness of a college sprinter. In a moment the bushes hid him from sight.
"How did you learn all that?" cried the young commercial traveler in astonishment. "Never mind. In coming away you slipped and fell, and your hat dropped off." Tom Ostrello nodded. "I understand that somebody must have noticed me after all. I came in by the back way because I missed the train for Sidham, and took that which stops only at Chester.
As the commercial traveler moved toward the dining room, the detective stepped into a side apartment, used in the winter as a conservatory. He saw Thomas Ostrello make an examination of several places, including a sideboard. Then the woman who had been placed in charge of the downstairs portion of the mansion entered. "Won't you have a bite to eat, Mr. Ostrello?" she asked. "Perhaps so, later on.
"Very well; then don't waste time by searching further. By the way, did you know Mr. Thomas Ostrello had arrived?" "Yes; I told Raymond to telegraph for him. He used to call quite often to see his mother." "What about the other son Dick?" "I do not know where he is." "Didn't he come here?" "He came once. But he is a dissipated young man, and I do not think my stepmother cared much for him."
"Oh, I am sure you will do the best you can and all that you have always been so kind to me. But but I must know the details." A half hour had passed since he had discovered that Letty Bernard was in love with Tom Ostrello, that she had been in love with the traveling man ever since they had first met.
"And remember, if anything unusual occurs, let me know as soon as you can reach me." "I understand. Anything more?" Adam Adams mused for a moment. "Yes. You know Miss Bernard, who works for me here?" "Sure." "Well, take care that she doesn't see you shadowing Ostrello." "I'm wise," answered the shadower, smiling, and the next moment he was gone.
"Watkins got it from a friend of his, who afterwards mentioned the fact to Tom Ostrello. When Styles got it I suppose he thought the use of it might throw suspicion on Ostrello, which it did. Then suspicion was also thrown on Miss Langmore, so that the general public might get tangled up." "Did Styles write that note, which was supposed to have been written by Mr.
"This is a bit out of the ordinary, Vapp." "Well, that makes it more interesting. Who is the party?" "The fellow's name is Tom Ostrello." "Foreigner, eh?" "No, he is American-born the son of Mrs. Langmore." "You don't mean the woman who was murdered with her husband?" "Yes. He is a commercial traveler for a drug concern." "Good! I'm glad I elected to be a traveler myself."
"Have you any idea how the estate is to be divided?" "I understand the girl gets half. The wife's half will go to her two sons now." "That is lucky for them. I reckon Dick Ostrello can use all the money he can lay hands on. He's a wild one, if ever there was one." "Don't Tom spend his money?" "Not lately. I understand he is saving up to marry some girl in New York." "Humph."
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