Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-05

ol<lnofs MAJ - IA an -
That "a more than a surniae, Mon.icur a
Is an i.lsa; an idos which las Aiso ocarrc.a q
myseh And now A. % the dagger-I TAX
70 We gained prccisely tho zane informaiior
from NJ Beauva.sf'
.No doubt, bat I shall ssk your stieniiot
30 QUO point regardlng tho daggers, which
think u cou-slusnoe I take no crelit q
my-elf for this discovery 70 was male BY
The happioIt % chanco.
NJ Blsry rauaed In his walk through tho
roum ami lisienel very aitentvely.
"A japanese dagger l. found tesi'ls The
conse u Msioncr, one eraruy lie II is
fo,ni In the colloction q VI. Do 81 fiorcni
Tho chief characteristics of thcas daggvrs h
their rarity that OF the Passage a. MaArin.
beforo tho discovery q the other. VAS pr
nounooi by connois.urs 20 10 uniquo The
Ds ~. Fl0rent dagger has a sheath shaT-.i
lkn cIo~s.i fan presumably. that founi In
Msis.ncrs room would have a similar shoath
"Meisner obtained this dagger, which he
al--guenily gave 10 his nephew, from q rich
forsignor who WAS one OF his cllentA Tho
question We have 81 deal with 4 this-oan vs
prove that 0irarls story l. trlsi Can ws
prove that 10 really soli tho weapon given
him by bis unciel In word. can We show
that there l. n third dagger - this Kind In
szistenoei II ~. can We fad 40
'On Zach . the daggcrs now at tho pre
lecture there Il grsven the imAgs =. n ase...
Oa each, h-siis that f0-cr. there J. in-.ril'ei
tslngle word Tho word ca tha fes ilorcut
iaggcr means Evane~encc, TIA ca to other
flluuon
Here l. what lnd written In It's book
Tho book. | may tel you. D. onys 20 N.
Bsauvais. II y In English, and ~ called
rhe Buddhist ne.icr Buddhism. noci not
r.mlnd NJ Bicry, IL ths religion n tho
Jarane-e Tbs box vas given 81 my
friend Glrari, W ". Beanvais, ON the very
night q the murder, % 10 TRANSLATED Ever
dnoe IL has lain IN corner 81 this room /;
last night I pickei 10 up, % return it 20 a.
owner. was lilly fngrrihg the Tagy~,
thinking - the Wat hai l'ssi Iald b. n.
Beauvai., and % the information h. had
given mo regarding the words craven ca tho
daggrrs AMI their moaning All AZ once u
asshs.l through my mind that herc, In thi
very bonk, hal zen .uucthing-I ooud
MT r,.rall distinctly what, but SIN wassure
usiAing-whlch connected itself In my
mini with tho woris Efans,osHcs AMI ~
lusioa. saarched through the book At la.
found this paragraph, which i translate
TuaKUNA. rHE THRKk sI0ssi TAsrs ars
lArss TAiags on vAich ne niad II ~
Asosiic ought % dssn l0rsrsr: Aaiiya
Erunsscsnee. Anafsia, Wust,.. DalAn
S0rrote Thess three Sigas bsi5ng 20 frsry
eFisiing tAiag'
Here. you will oi.srve. arc vns s1r's
taken frum tho sacr~l writings q tho Bud
dhsts-the mystic number Thros We find
ths word for Evans~osnc. in-rit..i On one
dagger hla,is; tho word for niusion on an
othcr. What l. tho natural asumpuoni l.
IL nnt that tho smith TokotAru In Neiio
forgci three dagger, on each of which h.
chA-sl ons q thc-s mystic wordsl IN Mon
sieur succe.sis. a. do Mt doubt h. viii, In
finding tho deAler In curio-ities 90 whom
Girari s,i bis ~eapon. venture to preSiict
that b. VII fni craven ho.ide tho fo~cr On
IL tlaie thereuslning sign q the thr-c-the
word for Sorruw-
Admlrabls - all NJ Blery again; "Mon-
deur, this IL more than ingcni0usi Il II sub
tlle You call your discovery ahApry chAnce
doubtloz., b. certain eIteut, u vas so. But
tha inference yoa draw from it-ah, that l.
quite another thing Il 4. rsrsat. admira-
bio: Monsieur should certainly have lecn q
de,ectivef'
Idlsclalmed the compliment: but NJ. Blery
politely lnsi.;cd that IL was descrvei, anf ~.
IlIrri me that, ha,i Gully hal The prop~r train
Ing. might have ruached gralis IN tho pro
iozaon scarssly --noni 10 his own
"Your di.rov,ry.. hs saii. ''yuppiies an
luruor,ant link I'm The chain II evttrnoa. n
IT, a ,ha erifne which Va have 10th a
gs formel' eaeh inA.,.nslsntly ot tho other.
ds,erTnlps- tho llno of srsion q hs folloNrI
hall is.dn TO-DAY, bsfore a wesk l. over, II
or t,,..,rv ,r,,,,- ccrre-,. 4 sl.all have lAil
nv h.nI an ,he a~.s.in.s
g.v. ~ R,ery a llttlo roIi q note.; / had
oontrivei % hurrow .nms money for his
.,..ial puru.-e. When 1 apologfso.i for ths
,.n.liD,-. a The .moun,-
sspo "a sr-al n IN . Nd NJ. Blery; ..thi,
A. .upla In mes.d IN finding the rra
cri,oin.l a. houo to "a. / re,slve iyo thou
- ,r,o.. f., ,ha ..,boriti.-- twent,
,ho,,..ns fr.nc. fr,n yoar frirnd-a .ufii
clent reward Be.ides. take an interest IL
a.. -. An N Olr.nd and I'm The chartnlnr