h Street. He seemed very anxious
to find you, and waited around for some time after I had positively
assured him you had gone West on business. Hope what I did was O. K.
He also wanted to know if you had spoken to me regarding a fire and
the disappearance of a Mr. Hosley. I had no knowledge of the matter
and so informed him. Shipments are running heavy to-day on Western
orders. As you have gone that way, there may be a reason for this.

"Yours truly,

"J. M. KING."

This letter stiffened Mr. Tescheron considerably in his purpose to
remain in Hoboken. The following from Bridget to Mrs. Tescheron added
corroboration, which tended to brace that purpose still more, and it
was quite sufficient to keep the family under Mr. Staffer's roof for six
weeks:

"A man from the corner was here wid a bit of paper, an' sed he shud
see yer. I ast him which corner, and he sed it was Flanigans the
sayloon is Finnegans do yer no any Flanigan on our corner the Parrit
is lookin well the cakes is dun.

"Respectably yours,

"BRIDGET."

I am not surprised, realizing Mr. Tescheron's mental condition, that
these letters convinced him the place of safety was beyond the borders
of New York State.

"It is a very cosy spot here, Marie," said Mr. Tescheron, after he had
read the letters to his wife and Gabrielle, who made it a point to be
with her mother early every evening. During the day she spent most of
her time at the hospital ministering to Jim.

Mr. Tescheron's admiration of the Stuffer House intensified as time wore
on and he found he was safe there. His sagacity in the matter encouraged
him, and he soon took risks by venturing into the heart of New York
dressed in a suit which made him appear like a City Hall Park hobo,
with slouch hat and long ulster, such as market men wear loosely belted
like great aprons. Under these coverings he dared to go as far as Fulton
Market about three times a week, taking the most circuitous route around
the lower edge of New York, via the slow but sure Belt Line horse car
along West and South streets. To be sure, he put in most of his time
traveling, but the coroner did not catch him, and this fact demonstrated
the cleverness of the tactics.

The shabby disgu