loor, with his eye to the reflecting
mirror and his note-book beside him. I have it before me.

On the first page is the "dog meat--two dollars" entry. On the next,
the description of what occurred on Sunday night, March fourth, and
Monday morning, the fifth. Following that came a sketch, made with a
carbon sheet, of the torn paper found behind the wash-stand:

And then came the entries for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday
evening:

6:30--Eating hearty supper.

7:00--Lights cigarette and paces floor. Notice that when Mrs. P.
knocks, he goes to desk and pretends to be writing.

8:00--Is examining book. Looks like a railway guide.

8:30--It is a steamship guide.

8:45--Tailor's boy brings box. Gives boy fifty cents. Query. Where
does he get money, now that J.B. is gone?

9:00--Tries on new suit, brown.

9:30--Has been spending a quarter of an hour on his knees looking
behind furniture and examining base-board.

10:00--He has the key to the onyx clock. Has hidden it twice, once up
the chimney flue, once behind base-board.

10:15--He has just thrown key or similar small article outside window
into yard.

11:00--Has gone to bed. Light burning. Shall sleep here on floor.

11:30--He can not sleep. Is up walking the floor and smoking.

2:00 A.M.--Saturday. Disturbance below. He had had nightmare and was
calling "Jennie!" He got up, took a drink, and is now reading.

8:00 A.M.--Must have slept. He is shaving.

12:00 M.--Nothing this morning. He wrote for four hours, sometimes
reading aloud what he had written.

2:00 P.M.--He has a visitor, a man. Can not hear all--word now and
then. "Llewellyn is the very man." "Devil of a risk--" "We'll see you
through." "Lost the slip--" "Didn't go to the hotel. She went to a
private house." "Eliza Shaeffer."

Who went to a private house? Jennie Brice?

2:30--Can not hear. Are whispering. The visitor has given Ladley roll
of bills.

4:00--Followed the visitor, a tall man with a pointed beard. He went
to the Liberty Theater. Found it was Bronson, business manager there.
Who is Llewellyn, and who is Eliza Shaeffer?

4:15--Had Mrs. P. bring telephone book: six Llewellyns in the book; no
Eliza Shaeffer. Ladley appears more cheerful since Bronson's visit. He
has bought all the evening papers and is searching for something. Has
not found it.

7:00--Ate well. Have asked Mrs. P. to take my place here, while I
interview the six Llewellyns.

11:00--Mrs. P. reports a qui