Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-23

funds. He was free to tell me that hil
name was Ross, and particular to hint
favSisd hi SitaaS III lifIdj
spoken of had attracted my attention,
and I confess to feeling at the time q
little tender Partially toward her. The
reader, therefores will not be surprised
that I wis conyersant of Ross galiSntri6a
to her, and that was somewhat annoyed
when I saw that she seemed to regard
him with. favor. Perhaps it was the
stimulus Of a rival, perhaps the wonoan's
charms alone, that aroused me to regard
her; but at any rate + ifel 10 gazing
upon and thinking of her, and that, too,
after only two pr three short and rather
cool Interviews wherein utterly failed
to axc8atge q Jingle bender look. Mean-
time, Ross, to my utter discontinue, was
adnitted by her to the most confidential
tetoa-tetes.
1t was about this time thxt'I began to
scrutinize Ross more closely, with tho
view of detecting his completely in the
crime I was employed to discover. The
more I reflected the more / became con-
WINGED of the reasonableness of my sus-
picionx He was in my opinion, pelsna
not likely to accumulate wealth. I .His
habits were too extravaggant for that, and
besides, the vulgar inclination he had of
Ialluding to his abundant means denied
the probability of his inheriting money.
If such . persouhaam OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
quite likelyto kavs~ beea' uslawfully Of
tanned. 1t appeared a significant fact
to me that this man evaded all my hints
to discover his source of wealth. His
business, whatever it might have been,
was never once alluded to by him, and
ANY method by which could obtain q
clue was to be sought for: Did he I'M
derstand the art Of photographing2 If
he did one good point was made. I had
failed in every attempt to find his occu,
patton until the following opportunity
occurred, in availing myself of which I
claim some sagacity.
Ross came Gmping to me one evening,
bearing an expression of pain. 1inquir-
ed what the matter was, at which he
dropped into a seat beside me, Ind in a
coarse manner began cursing his corns,
which appeared to b the cause Of his
hmeness. While he was lamenting his
misfortune an idea had occurred to me.
l had been troubled with corns myself,
and had eradicated them with nitrate of
silver, q chemical much used insphoto,
graphing. "Mr. Ross" said I you can
be effectually relieved by an article you
have probably used, and quite likely you
have with you"
i, What is it," inquired he, anxiously.
"That ia q chemical that stains the skin
and hair black" saidI.
"Indeed!" said Ross, with forced sur
prise, and apparently very uneasy.
at is an article quite indispensable in
the art of taking pictures by the solar
light" said l, gazing directly into his
"Yes?" said Ross, with inquiry. :
"Nitrate of silver; did you ever use
it?" I inquired.
"No!" The said, CURLY, and dropping
his eyes before my gaze, he arose and
left me, unmistakably embarrassed and
annoyed.
This interview nearly settled the ques.
ton in my mind in regard to his crimi-
nality, and the prospect Of bringing him
to justice pleased me. I observed him
closer than ever. Heappeared less lame
the morning after 1 had suggested the
remedy, and on the second day his lame
ness had entirely, disappeared I ven
tured to ask, after congratulsting him
on his improvement, whether he had OBJ
tanned the chemical aboard, and although
he denied it, had but little doubt he
had availed himself of my remedy. For
tunately, to discover whether eh4 had,
was completely within my power. If