I feel that you would prefer to have a personal investigation made
rather than have us place the matter in the hands of the police.
Yours faithfully,
BENJAMIN A. CLYMER.
The widow read the note a number of times, then bethinking herself,
she picked up the canceled check still lying in her lap, and turned
it over. Long and intently she studied the signature - the
peculiarly characteristic formation of the letter "B" caught and
held her attention. As the seconds ticked themselves into minutes
she sat immovable, her face as white as the hand on which she had
bowed her head.
Across the hall Helen McIntyre tossed from one side to the other in
her soft bed; her restless longing to get up was growing stronger and
stronger. While Mrs. Brewster's deft fingers and the cooling cologne
had stopped the throbbing in her temples, they had brought only
temporary relief in their train and not the sleep which Helen craved.
She strained her ears to discover the time by the ticking of her
clock, but either it was between the half or quarters of an hour,
or it had stopped, for no chimes sounded.
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