Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-21

/ ment, love Is apt to stagger ambition.
ITO protect her is my first duty" he
/ thought, "and must ask her to give me
the right to do so"
He was walking along the corridor
leading from the reporters room in the
station to detective headquarters, whena
/ detective stopped him and drew him to
/ one side.
1t was Dennison, perhaps the Oldest
man on the force, and one who by long
record of dangers braved and criminals
/ run down and captured enjoyed repu-
tation in his profession second TO that OF
no man in the country.
THAT was a good article you had in
the paper this morning, on the Stein
( case.
WHY asked Harry, in surprise.
"Well, | don't know whether you told
I all that YOU knew or not, but it gave me
a hint that robbery, and perhaps MUIR
der. were involved in that jews death.
What's more, I've got the men located
who did the job, and they will be locked
up tonight"
"Indeed!"
Eyes; | tell you this because / know
! you have sense enough not to make any
bad break, and | want to protect you
I against getting left. Be at hand at II
| o'clock at the armory another name for
! the Harrison Street Station, and you
will see tn 'm brought in
That's an right, SAID Harry quietly,
| although his heart was in his mouth:
you know I'll keep mum, Jim. But
/ tell me how you caught ON sOthat won't
have to bother you tonight"
80, easy enough. Inosed about among
the old mans effects and found an in
ventory. 1t was in the keeping of the
old German woman, who thought it was
a will. Well, there were two things
missing in that tumbled-up room. One
was tin box containing 1913 in gold
and silver, the other was a locket. A
kid in a neighhoring dago-shop used to
bring the old man his meals when he
was too sick to so out on thestreet. His
name is Tony forget the other / ar
rested him and he squealed, | don't
know whether the youngster is lying or
not, but he told queer story. lie says
he planned to rob the old man and took
two pals with him-circus-m that he
met IN his fathers joint. They went up
shortly after midnight, but were scared
by a man rushing past them on the
stairs. The found the door open and
went in. They found things scattered
about all over the room, and thought
that the old fellow was asleep. They
got the tin box and were about to gather
up everything else in sight, when one of
them went to the bed and drew down
the quilt. He saw the Jew bound hand
and foot-and dead. He gave the alarm
TO the others, and scampered off. Now
I've recovered all the money, but the kid
swears that they took nothing else, and
l believe him. He's q cute one, and he
| know too yntrg u tn "a l<a or1Vt hing tn DayNu
for we have control of all pawnshops,
and we catch green thieves the minute
they deposit anything crooked Now,
what | would like to know is, who's got
that locket, for he's the murderer. |
examined the old mans neck and found
the mark Of fingers. He was strangled
TO death"
That night the arrests were made as
promised. But further facts than those
already obtained by the detective were
never developed.
TO "wrte up the discovery, such as it
was, occupied the reporters time so that
he was obliged to postpone until next
morning his visit to Bordello's studio.
CHAPTER V.
The attic was deserted on the occasion
of that second visit. On the table lay a
letter addressed to Harry Weston. He
opened it, and found it written in French,
and in a cramped hand. He deciphered
it with difficulty 1t read as follows:
Il have seen tonight the spectre of Laz-
arus Stein. | have felt the cold fingers OF
the dead at my throat, and gaZed upon the
implaCable hatred of dead eyes. This is
imagination, but it IS more dread to me
than reality. and the horrible reality has
pursued me all my life. / shall tell you,
for you have Alright to know my secret. and
the events that led me to the threshold of
a crime.
1T is sitting me here and must write
| quickly, but not altogether inCoherently, |
| hope. Have you ever heard Of irresistible
impulses OF attraction and repulSiOn among
| humans2 | have been sWayed all my life
by an unreasonable and irreconcilable
hatred, an inetfaceable aversion. Lazarus
Stein and ! were boys together in a village
of Alsace, | hated him from earliest youth.
He was the bad angel of my life. 1t was
/ my destiny 10 Kill him, for the world was
not wide enough for both of us. Three
| times we me-. twice he escaped me; the
third time left him dead
I'VE were rivals in youth. | was the
| favored one. / need not tell of our simple
/ village life. He did me no harm, but the
] consciousness of his existence embttered
the world to me. was early left q widow
er, with one child. One night a vague
/ alarm seized my soul that all was not well
with her who was dead. 1t was dark and
almost midnight when / sought the little
graveyard by the church. AS approached
the grave / knew-it was marked by a lit
tie wooden cross, according to the peasant
custom; for with US in Alsace deaths are
. many and monuments are deHr-a dark
figure rose to meet me and stood notion
/ less. A scurrying cloud let the bare moon
light shine upon him for an instant. and
/ saw the malignant face of Stein. All the
folklore about vampires that had shud-
dered 10 hear in childhood when sitting at
/ the warm and cheerful hearth rushed to
my mind and ! recoiled i'm terror But be-
fore / could recover myself he had gone in
to the darkness and as | fondly hoped, out
| OF my life.
"But l was mistaken. | met him again
in the late war. 1t was after one of the
bloody frontier engagements between our
troops and the Prussans. My son-in-law,
who was of noble family. fell in the en-
/ gagement. 10 was q dreary task, search
ing for the dead through the drilling
[ rain. Many poor fellow ! helped carry
to the ambulance, Almost in despair Of
finding the body of Chevalier Duverne [
hasteuel on alone into the gloom outstrip-
ping my companions. In my haste almost
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