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It took him two days of continuous travel to reach his destination, and then he found Mrs. Wesselhoff so very ill that all his thought and care were concentrated upon her.
"I am the son of Amos Palmer, a jeweler of this city." Doctor Wesselhoff glanced keenly at him, while he thought that, if he was mad, there was certainly method in his madness to make him deny his own name, and claim to be some one else.
Ray began to get excited again at this information, and the more so, that he did not believe it, while the mystery of his situation seemed to deepen. He had heard of Doctor Wesselhoff, as he had said; he knew that he was regarded as one of the finest brain specialists in the metropolis, if not in the country, and that, as a man, he stood high in the estimation of the public.
Do you mean that I am here as a patient of Doctor Wesselhoff?" cried Ray, aghast. "Yes, sir, for a little while, until you are better." "Who brought me here? Who made arrangements for my coming here?" "Your own friends; and really, sir, it would be better if you would accept the situation quietly," said the man, in a conciliatory tone.
The detective interviewed Doctor Wesselhoff, who was now as eager as any one to assist in the discovery of those who so imposed upon him, and obtained a minute description of the other woman who had arranged for Ray Palmer to become an inmate of his institution, and he thought that possibly by the aid of a clever disguise, Mrs. Vanderheck might have figured as Mrs.
But I'll cage both birds this time, only what I do must be done quickly. They must have done a smashing big business in diamonds," he went on, musingly; "and there are evidently two women and one man associated. This Mrs. Walton is doubtless the old one who tricked Doctor Wesselhoff, and that red-headed Mrs.
She was tall and commanding in figure, a little inclined toward portliness, but every motion was replete with graceful dignity and high-bred repose. After giving directions to her coachman to wait for her, she mounted the steps leading to the door, pausing for an instant to read the name, "R. Wesselhoff, M.D." engraved upon a silver plate, before ringing the bell.
I am more troubled to have such wickedness prosper than I am about any pecuniary loss." The carriage stopped just then, and the conversation ended. Both gentlemen alighted, and Doctor Wesselhoff led the way into his house, and straight up to the chamber which Ray occupied.
It was true that Doctor Wesselhoff had been suddenly called away to his sick wife. No other summons would have had the power to draw him away from New York at that time, for he experienced great anxiety and interest regarding the new and peculiar case that had just been confided to his care.
"They may overreach themselves yet and be brought to justice," Doctor Wesselhoff remarked. "But is there no way of identifying the diamonds unset?" "Some of them two in particular could be identified; they were a pair of magnificent solitaires, and I am sure my expert could tell them anywhere," Mr. Palmer replied.
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