"If I did not have more
than I can attend to already since the murder of Mendoza I'd like
to take a hand myself. It begins to look to me, after reading that
letter, as though there was nothing too low for them to attempt. I
shall keep this latest matter in mind. If either Mr. Whitney or
myself get any hint, we'll turn it over to you."
Norton left shortly after Lockwood, and Kennedy again picked up
the letter and scanned it. "I could learn something, I suppose, if
I analyzed this printing," he considered, "but it is a tedious
process. Let me see that envelope again. H-m, postmarked by the
uptown sub-station, mailed late last night. Whoever sent it must
have done so not very far from us here. Lockwood seemed to take it
as though it applied to himself very readily, didn't he? Much more
so than de Moche. Only for the fact that the fibres show it to be
on paper similar to the first warnings, I might have been inclined
to doubt whether this was bona fide. At least, the sender must
realize now that it has produced no appreciable effect--if any was
intended."
Kennedy's last remark set me thinking. Could some one have sent
the letter not to produce the effect apparently intended, but with
the ultimate object of diverting suspicion from himself? Lockwood,
at least, had not seemed to take the letter very seriously.
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