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The Robe of Peace s
to have been granted the privilege of making Bellchamberi
clothes without a cent of pay. As he wore them, they
would have been a priceless advertisement. Trousers
were his especial passion. Ilere nothing but perfection
woull lie notice. lie would have worn a patch as quickly
as he would have overlooked a wrinkle. Ile kept a
man in his apartments always busy pressing his ample
supply. His friends said that three hours was the
limit of time that he would wear these garments without
exchanging.
Bellehambers disappeared very suddenly. For three
days his absence brought no alarm to his friends, and
then they began to operate the usual methods of inquiry.
All of them failed. He had left absolutely no trace behind.
Then the search for a motive was instituted, but none was
found. He had no enemies, he had no debts, there was
no woman. There were several thousand dollars in his
bank to his credit. lie had never showed any tendency
toward mental eccentricity.; in fact, he was of a par-
ticularly calm and well-balanced temperament. Every
means of tracing the vanished man was made use of, but
without avail. It was one of those cases - more numer-
ous in late years - where men seem to have gone out like
the flame of a candle, leaving not even a trail of smoke as
a witness.
In May, Tom Evres and Lancelot Gilliam, two of
Bellchambers' old friends, went for a little run on theII _
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. Strictly Business, book, 1910; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139374/m1/95/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.