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It took several weeks of exhaustive cabling to fix the identity of the "Parvis" to whom the fragmentary communication was addressed, but even after these inquiries had shown him to be a Waukesha lawyer, no new facts concerning the Elwell suit were elicited. IT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS OF CABLELING TO FIX THE IDENTITY OF THE PARVEST TO WHOM THE FRAGMENT WAS ADDRESSED BUT EVEN AFTER THESE INQUIRIES HAD SHOWN HIM TO BE A WALKERSHAW LAWYER NO NEW FACTS CONCERNING THE ALWELL SUIT WERE ELICITED
s completely as the slip of paper on which the visitor had written his name. There remained no possible thread of guidance except -- if it were indeed an exception -- the letter which Boyne had apparently been in the act of writing when he received his mysterious summons. That letter, read and reread by his wife, and submitted by her to the police, yielded little enough for conjecture to feed on. "I have just heard of Elwell's death, and while I suppose there is now no farther risk of trouble, it might be safer--" That was all. The "risk of trouble" was easily explained by the newspaper clipping which had apprised Mary of the suit brought against her husband by one of his associates in the Blue Star enterprise. The only new information conveyed in the letter was the fact of its showing Boyne, when he wrote it, to be still apprehensive of the results of the suit, though he had assured his wife that it had been withdrawn, and though the letter itself declared that the plaintiff was dead.  THE BACKGROUND OF BOYNE'S LIFE THEY HAD VANISHED LIKE THE SLIP OF PAPER ON WHICH THE VISITOR HAD WRITTEN HIS NAME THERE REMAINED NO POSSIBLE THREAD OF GUIDANCE EXCEPT IF IT WERE INDEED AN EXCEPTION THE LETTER WHICH BOYNE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN IN THE ACT OF WRITING WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS THAT LETTER READ AND REREAD BY HIS WIFE AND SUBMITTED BY HER TO THE POLICE YIELDED LITTLE ENOUGH TO FEED CONJECTURE I HAVE JUST HEARD OF ELWELL'S DEATH AND WHILE I SUPPOSE THERE IS NOW NO FURTHER RISK OF TROUBLE IT MIGHT BE SAFER THAT WAS ALL THE RISK OF TROUBLE WAS EASILY EXPLAINED BY THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WHICH HAD APPRISED MARY OF THE SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HER HUSBAND BY ONE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN THE BLUE STAR ENTERPRISE THE ONLY NEW INFORMATION CONVEYED BY THE LETTER WAS THE FACT OF ITS SHOWING BOYNE WHEN HE WROTE IT TO BE STILL APPREHENSIVE OF THE RESULTS OF THE SUIT THOUGH HE HAD TOLD HIS WIFE THAT IT HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THOUGH THE LETTER ITSELF PROVED THAT THE PLAINTIFF WAS DEAD
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