ly. S----.

"The Miss Remsens gave an afternoon tea. Mr. Randolph called and
remained to dinner. Went to the opera with the ladies in the evening.
W----.

"Dec. 20. Mitchel in his hotel all day. He and Thauret went driving in
the afternoon. I followed them in a light wagon. At the road house in
the Park, they alighted and had a bottle of wine. Talked together
earnestly. Saw Mitchel give Thauret a roll of money. In the evening they
played whist as partners at the club, and again they lost. S----.

"No sign of the Miss Remsens till afternoon when a young lady called and
the three went to matinee at Daly's. Evening they spent at home. W----.

"Dec. 21. Mitchel attended worship at St. Patrick's Cathedral with the
two Miss Remsens. Afternoon remained in his hotel. Evening at the
Remsens. S----.

"Miss Remsen and her sister at St. Patrick's Cathedral in the morning.
At home the rest of the day. W----.

"According to instructions I have made inquiries about Adrian Fisher. He
is a man of good family, but poor. Belongs to two fashionable clubs.
Plays cards for money frequently. Is a good player and seems to earn a
living off of his friends. Has no relatives living, except a sister who
is a cripple. He is very fond of her and treats her with great kindness.
It is a mystery how he manages to support her as comfortably as he does.
They live together in a small flat at ---- East Fiftieth Street. It was
he who introduced Thauret at the club, and had him made a member. He was
out of town from Dec. 1st to Dec. 4th. Q----."

At this point of his reading Mr. Barnes laid down his book and thought a
moment. These questions occurred to him.

"Is this man Fisher the tool of Thauret? He is poor, and a card-player.
He is well born and has a sister to support in a style suitable to her
birth. Has Thauret induced him to play, that together they may fleece
the other members of the club? It looks like it, but why this sudden
intimacy with Mitchel? Or is that less sudden than we know, and have
they been long acquainted? Again, is Fisher the man who received the
satchel from one of these men, and then took it to the hotel in New
Haven? He was out of town at the time. Why did he place the satchel in
the hotel, and then abandon it? After securing the plunder, why did he
thus lose it? Was he suddenly overtaken by his conscience and becoming
aware of the fact that Thauret was using him as a tool in a piece of
criminal work, did he take this met