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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-22

the eve OF learning something impor-
tant had not forgotten Merrick's
theory.
THAT he did, sir. Ee rode there two
nights over a week ago"
Curious, said /, with assumed care
lessness. 1t is not an attractive place.
l dare say he only rode little way out
OF the town"
No, sir" said Fundy dccisively.
HE went to the Fen fun. He told me
SO himself, as noticed his horse was
done up. Look here" added Fundy,
opening his daybook. See. on the
10th of june he had horse and ON the
llth. Both at night and did not return
till midnight. ,"
l mounted my horse and rode away,
thinking deeply. If Felix had gone Ia
the Fen inn ON the 10th, then felt
sure that le had actually murdered his
brother. Hitherto believed that Strent
was the guilty party, but now, thanks
to the evidence Of Fundy, saw that
Felix had committed the crime He
had also ridden to the inn ON the 18th
in order to conceal the body. Merrick' s
theory was thus proved to be correct
Link by link / was putting the chain
together l had proved that Francis
had not arrived in England till the 9Th
of June and so made certain of the
identity of Felix. i had discovered that
Felix was at the inn on the fatal night,
and also that he had concealed the body.
Now l wished 10 discover how the muir
der was committed.
The Fen inn was quite deserted and
rs evil looking as ever. In spite If my
searching, / discovered no signs Of the
dead body Of my friend. The clothes.
which had seen folded on the chair be-
side the bed. were also gone, and there
was not the slightest thing left to excite
suspicion.
He must have hidden the body in
the marshes" thought after a vain
search. TN see il he has left trail. 81
Struck by the feasibility Of this idea,
went out at the front door and exam.
incd the ground. 1t was moist and mud
dy owing to the incessant percolatior
of marsiiy water. The path leading from
Marshminstor was marked confusedly
with horses hoofs, so it was quite use
less to look for a trail in that direction
Looking from the door of the inn. tn,
path trended to the right, but ON til,
left, where there was no path. noticed
hoof marks; also that the lush grass wa
trodden down.
Here is the trail" said I, moun'in.
my horse. He took the body TO tbs
| left
Following the trail carefully, and i
was plainly discernible owing to tn
damruess of the ground, l rode straigh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-22

out for some considerable distance. The
spungy marsh jetted black water under
the feet Of the horse, and il seemed rs
though were in danger OF being begged.
Nevertheless, rs the trail continued in
front of me. followed ii. Where Felix
could go l could follow. He had evil
IDENTIFY placed the body of his brother
across his saddle and ridden with it in
this direction. i wondered ct the nerve
of the scoundrel.
Unexpectedly the trail turned off at
right angles and led toward broad
pond of water Shiny and sullen in APP
pearance. On the verge of this the trail
ceased, and then i knew that saw be-
fore me the tomb of Francis Briarfield.
Into these black waters the murderer
had hurled his victim, and doubtless
if the pool were dragged the body would
be found. This l determined to do be-
fore taking further steps in tine matter
Then, Mr.. Felix Briarfield,'' said ].
riding back to the inn, then we will
see how much your astuteness Will avail
you.
1t was late in the afternoon when
of the marsh made me shiver. As ] am
subject TO rheumatism, / was afraid Of
future sufferings, so. having some bran
dy in my flask, determined to light n
fire for the purpose Of heating water
and comforting myself with hot drink.
There was plenty of fuel about. and
had matches in my pocket. j began to
rake the dead ashes out Of the dining
room crate when ! disturbed an oblong
piece of flint, which ratified onto the
hearth.
All ideas of lighting fire were for
gotten as / stood with that in my hand.
1t was an arrowhead. handled il gin
gerly, for / knew well that il was
stepped in poison, and that with this
Francis had been murdered
/ saw at once what had taken place
Felix had arrived and had gone up to his
brothers room. Holding the flint with
the razorlike edge outward. he had
| shaken hands with his brother and SC
wounded him. A quarrel had ensued.
but Francis, not thinking he was poi.
| soned, never dreamed of his danger
Then he had fallen dead. and Felix.
placing the body on the bed, had re
turned to the dining room and flung
the poisoned arrowhead into the fire.
The most astounding thing was that
had not been awakened by the outcry
of Francis. but / suppose was quite
worn out by my walk and in too deep Q
sleep Nevertheless il was strange tina
I had heard neither the arriva, Of Fell
nor the struggle which must have take
place. Possibly had been drugged-
With this danlning piece Of evidenc
in nav nockef. vrapped up in paper, fo
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! feared the poison for myself. 4 roae
back TO Marshinins;er. wondering how
Felix had hit upon such terribly in
scnions fasl.;ca Of removing his broth
er So far ~ ! knew. he had no; Travelled
much and would rot be likely TO have
any savage weapons in his possession.
We, be could not have owned a flint AT.
rowhcad in the ordinary run Of things
This puzzled me greatly.
returned the horse 10 Fundy with.
cut making any remarks. and thorough.
~ tired oct went early 60 rest, still
pnzzling over that arrowhead Before
dawn solved the mystery. In the en-
trance haii of the Bellins' house a per.
feet aIEIosy ii savage weapons YVES IT.
rayed against the wall. There were
clubs. arrows bows, mats and grinning
heather gods Doubtless Felix. know
ing the arrows TO le poisoned. had taxi
en- the flint head OF one in order to put
his brother to death. As early as
could went 10 Bellin Hall TO satisfy
myself ON this point
The hall was show place, as IL pos
sossed a fine picture gallery. SO I had
little difficulty in gaining admission
from the woman in charge. Requesting
permission to examine the wa1Iiorlilfe
implements patterned against the hall
wall, narrowly observed the arrows.
Ii was as thought-ono Of the arrowE
was missing. and Felix had stolen il in
order TO kill his brother. I did no; take
much interest in the pictures after such
a discovery. a:;d the talk of tie house.
keeper fell ulhoeled ca n4y ears "a.
nally gave her n sovereign and left the
house. inpatient to be alone and ilginl
over niy discoveries.
/ had nov sufficient evidence 10 Jroye
that Felix had killed Francis and suf
fcient to warrant having him arrested.
III the pool were dragged. the body would
be found with the ragged wound 81 the
flint arrowhead ON the right hand.
could prove the finding Of the arrow.
head in the ashes and how il had been
taken from Bellin Hall. Fundy could
give evidence TO Felix having taken .
horse TO the Fen inn on the 10th and
also ON the nth. And altogether the
evidence against Felix was clearly suffi
Gent TO hang hira. sui ] did nothing
rashly, and before taking further pro
ceedings returned 10 London 20 consul'
Merrick. His advice, knew, world D,
judicious.
Il n ne continued :
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CHAPTER VIII.

The drama of 1.-The Prodigal Son"
was enacted over again when returned
to Marshminster. My aunts had great
ly resented my sudden departure for Par
is and announced that they this time
intended to keep me with them for
some weeks had no objection to this
arrangement, as ! anticipated a long
and laborious task i'll ferreting out evil
dence against Felix. The first thing to
be done was to learn'all that had taken
place in my absence, and the informa-
ton was ably supplied by Aunt Jane,
seconded by her sister. l inquired about
Briartield and his iiancee.
''Bellin Hall is to be shut up next
week, +" said Aunt Jane. THE Bellins
are going to town and with them Mr.
Briarfield."
Il wonder they staid here so long
when the season was on in London, "
said Aunt Sophia, but it was all that
| foolish Mrs Bellin. She chose to coz
slider herself i'll and SO insisted upon re-
manning here. Now she can't resist the
attractions of town life any longer and
goes next week. !"
''She has to arrange about the we'd
ding, Sophia You know it takes place
in July. l wonder if Mr.. Felix Bria--
field will be back in time to be bes!
man.
''That / can safely say is impossible, "
said dryly.
"But why?" exclaimed both the Ole
ladies, scouting news.
well, he has gone to'Italy and from
there goes to the east, answered, un'
willing to tell the truth. II don't see
how he can return i'll time for the wed.
ding if it takes place i'll july"
My female relatives looked signifi'
cantly at one another.
What did l tell you, Sophia:" sale
Aunt Jane, in tone of subdued tri
umph.
Eyes, sister, you are right, sighe'
Sophia, shaking her head. Poor younl
man! thought myself he loved Olivia.
"Who loved olivia" Iasked sharply
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was troubled with neuralgia and
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and he was terribly reduced in flesh
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Edward sheppard, Harrisburg. H..
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boxes of Buckley's Arnica salve. and
his leg is sound and well. John
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obstructive wording in the law govern
ing admission to thu bar. This requires
the applicant for such privilege TO be a
person of good moral character and a
voter. By n OF the mysterious trains
OF legal logic which NJ lay mind can
follow the word voter was held not
TO be prohibitory TO women. although
women are not voters in Indiana. But
the word male" is evidently a greater
barrier and INT net to be evade nor
boldly jumped over. Women in Indiana
may practice at the bar. but they can
not have license to keep bar. When
they get to be voters they will see about
this, but meanwhile they should q a
care lest presently they be prescribed
from drinking liquors as well as from
selling them And though, of course,
women do not drink and do not want
to drink. they prefer not to be told that
they shall not.
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JURY VALUATION OF MEN AND
HORSES.

The information comes from Starke
county hat in the case of a woman who
sued a railroad company for damages
horse the jury gave her an award of
$50 for the animal and / cent for the
man. No details are given. and there
is nothing to indicate the character and
condition of the deceased Starke county
man save the verdict of his fellow citi-
zens, and the opposing circumstance
that his widow asked a of
$4,000 for his loss. 1t will hardly do to
take the last as an exact measure of
his actual worth, since it is well known
that women are apt to place a fictitious
value upon their husbands, even when
the latter are alive; while upon the prin-
cipIe that blessings brighten as they
take their fight, the wifely valuation is
indefinitely increased after the demise
OF the matrimonial partners. There
fore, since the Starke county woman es-
timated her loss at $4,000. 1t was only
proper for the jury to scale down the
figures to what might be considered
a fair neighborhood rating. This, it
seems, they die not do, since it is hardly
probable that the discrepancy would be
so wide between his local and domestic
standing as that between SIC. 900 and
/ cent. The wife might have put her
valuation ten times. fifty times, one
thousand times too high. but hardly one
million times. 1t must be that the men,
bers Of the jury permitted their inher-
-
dice against other men to govern them.
1t is well known that the man is rare
who is heard to assert openly. boldly
and with an air Of sincerity Of any
other man. say on the occasion of the
other mans marriage, that he is good as
gold n a prize worth having. There Is
apt to be a note OF detraction In his
comments on the event and = hardly
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he has not visited more than fifteen or
twenty counties in the State. If there
is any explanation of this admitted
state of facts it should be forthcoming
as soon as possible. On it's face it APP
pears to be a plain violation of law and
a gross trifiing with public duty. The
law says the superintendent shall
cause to be instituted, in the name
of the State of Indiana, for
the use of the proper fund or reven-e,
all suits necessary for the recovery of
any portion of said fund or revenues"
and it is made the duty of the proper
circuit Prosecuting Attorney to pros
ecute all such suits at the instance of
the Superintendent without charge. Can
it be hat the Superintendent failed to
visit the counties and to look after the
school funds. as required by law, in or
der to give the Encouragement full
swing? Was he playing into the hands
Of the great fee ~grabber? 1t is plain
that If he had complied with the law
the Encouragement would have had
very thin picking.
Mr.. Worries seems to have dropped very
easily lutO the chronic ABUSES Oh Olu
public functionaries, such as appoint
ing relatives to places, doubling up sal
aries, diverting appropriations from
their specific object, paying one salary
and reporting a different one or the pay
roll. and in various ways making n
official hand wash the other to the
manifest profit of the owner. The law
appropriates 81. 800 a year for two clerks
in the office of the superintendent, and
this has been divided between his wife
and nephew. The fact that this kind Of
nepotism has been practical in other
offices and in nearly all the State insti-
tutions does not make 1t any less repre-
hensible.
Altogether 1t looks as if the office Of
Superintendent of Public instruction
under the present incumbent had been
run on the private-snap plan and woul
require a thorough fumigation.
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Woman is always pleased with the last
wrinkle, provided it is not on her own face.
Puck.
Is it not possible, in the name of human
ity, to settle these football contests by arbi-
tra~tion?-ChicagO Tribune.
The very latest report is that Gresham
will try to mediate between New York and
Observation-Disclosures North American.
Defeat is a great leveler. Coxey now
stands on the same footing as Wilson,
Springer and Tracey.-Kansas City Journal.
There will be so few Democrats in the
next House they'd hardly count even if
Reed wasn't Speaker.-Philadelphia Times
Oem.)
In justice to Senator Hill it should be
said that he takes his defeat without the
small mans usual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Inquirer.
1t would be ever so much better for the
Democracy to have one good party. instead
of these numerous At Homes.-Philadelphia
Times Dem)
BY this time the Postoffice Department
officials probably realize that the people
are great sticklers for ickable stamps
Washington Post.
NUNS the word" said the man who
gossips. NO" replied Willie Wibbles; lit
may have been once, but now chrysanthe-
NUNS the wore ."-Washington Star.
"How dare you kiss me, sir?' I'm aw-
fully sorry, but-did you not encourage me?"
And pray, sir. how did 1 encourage you?''
Beacon. 5
Secretary Carlisle is spoken of as a hard
man to get information from. and yet he
conducts his department with less reserve
than any man that has occupied his position
for many yearS.-Chicago Tribune.
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currences, due principally TO the imprudence
OF private individuals and the use OF
brssiers In pace OF stoves or CRATES. The
least current OF air sends flying. In q
Turkish house. the 1--we Goals. which are
heaped up In a little red pyramid. and ig-
mite carpets and draperies In a jiny. the
other until a whole street Is consumed. As
the Yildiz Palace towers high above the
has the best possible opportunity for salts
flying his craving for fires. He has read a
good deal about American methods OF night
ing fires, and endeavors TO utilize his
knowledge to the advantage OF suffering
s1bjects. To this end he has given orders
to call him instantly whenever a fire oc-
ours. he then climbs 10 the roof or the
palace with a number OF ad5ntants. whom
he dispatches on swift horses with orders
TO the hremen. r
HIS DREAD OF CHOLERA.
The fear OF cholera was inoculated in the
Sultan's mind by a dervish. in whose men,
DRY Europe should erect a statue or two.
for all the sanitary improvements such -
they are. of which European Turkey boasts
We're ordered to forestan the realization OF
the holy mans prophecy that Abdul Hamid
would die during a cholera epidemic. Since
that word was spoken Turkey has done
her utmost to keep at bay and suppress
the dread disease. which has not visited
Constantinople for many years; If the High
Porte has not always been successful her
efforts were frustrated by the Incidence OF
n~eighboring nations.
But whatever superstitious anticipations
Abdul Hamid may harbor with regard to
the pest his constant alarm at secret as
~sassination has a far more predomi-
nant influence on his daily life.
He is blessed with a goodly number
OF male relatives, who entertain no par
t~icularly comfortable feeling towards him..
The bloody and disgracefui factors that
made his succession possible. the murder
Of his uncle, Sultan Abdul Aziz, the de-
thronement of his brother. who stepped
over his mutilated corpse to snatch the
crown, are formidable warnings never 10
be forgotten. Treachery and remorseless
ambition have always existed in Oriental
sovereign families, and the present Sultan
expects a fell blow at almost any moment,
especially since the old Turks. SO mach
afraid Of European ideas, have begun to
antagonize him for introducing a few much
needed reforms. He trusts nobody outright,
with the exception. perhaps, of the chief
eunuch. not even his foster mother. whose
enormous allowance of $4,000 per year
he cut off in an evil hour, when the spirit
Of economy beset him. He makes her
taste every meal. every drink he partakes
of, IL is true, but there have been assaS-
sins who, in their passion for an enemy'S
life. forgot even the precautions for their
own
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The November number Of the Indiana
Medical Journsf contains a portrait of DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, with an apprecia-
tive memorial notice by DR.. L. L. Todd.
OF this city, of which the following is the
closing paragraph:
Nearly sixty years ago he wrote THE
Last Leaf" and so strange the retribu-
fairs he lived to present for many a year
the tableau in his W person or the pic
ture he had drawn. And. again. how PAL
pable the reverberating echo in his own
life. in his birthday tribute and benedic-
ton to his dear friend Lowell, the last
two verses of which we give:
Strength to his hours CT manly toll,
Peace to his starlit dreams,
Who loved alike the furrowed soil,
The music-haunted streams.
Sweet smiles to keep forever bright
The sunshine on his lips,
And faith that sees the ring of light
Round natures last eclipse"
His life, Notwithstanding the possession
OF genius and extraordinary talent, is still
in large degree an example Of the fruits
of oa,rr hereddIity; ear Tbes ssain MeEfi a imard fSs9ra a1e
abled him to develop all his resources.
which were large In the beginning. and
through which he has attained to being
one of the greatest literary and intellectual
lights OF his country and age. With a ner-
vous vigor unusual to so delicate and di-
the laws of health, including abstinence
from all the, degrading excuses of his
time. he passed with comparative comfort
through more than three-fourths of a CEN
fury and beyond sixty years of actual la
Dor devoted to his favorite intellectual pur-
suits and TO the cause Of humanity He
his countrymen and the world look upon
his like again" His was a Well-rounced
life, which some one has aptly nkened to
the polished shell Of his ,Chambered Maui
titus" stepping from the white sum
into the realm Of spirit life toward which
be had LONG looked and wondered. and e
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SORRY OUTLOOK.
The Administration Likely to Have n
Sad Time Next Session.
PhiladelDhia Telepranh

The Administration Likely to Have n
Sad Time Next Session..
Philadelphia Telegraph.
More trouble for Mr.. Cleveland and his
nard.pushed financial Minister. Here comes
March next, will lie permanently outside
the breastworks, but VINO will be heard
from before that time on many interesting
fled that amongst other blunders
by his party friends in Congress the make
count of the reimposition of a duty on the
contents OF the poor mans sugar bowl. Mr..
Holman really declares that at the coming
made to abolish the miserable sugar sched-
ule." Well, now, what will become of the
treasury if this sort of thing is kept up?
dead. No appropriation was made for car
rying the law into effect. The sum of $780,
eco, it Is estimated by the Commissioner of
will be a high old time in the Senate before
it is granted; and it is quite certain the
n the sn wonsses Of w this ou nnaSrnarlsc 10 p pifon'o oe
legislative folly. To abolish the miserable
sugar schedule" would pnquest.onabiy
hole in the calculations Of Mr.. Carlisle.
who expects to get upward of $40, 000,0 00 a
year from sugar duties. He will not get
year, and If the duty should be abolished
altogether he would be beside himself.
Even the Secretary might have to AXE a
cleveland MicawDer obligation Tor his own
salary. A fine time of it. indeed. our friends
will have during their remaining days of
legislative power. No matter what they do
or leave undone, they will receive fresh
condemnation. Doubtless If Mr.. Cleveland
could step down and out when his con-
gressional friends go. a hundred days hence,
he would be immensely relieved; but the
executive cannot be dismissed yet awhile,
and, unhappily. he will not dismiss himself.
The obsolescent "objector'' from Indiana
may indulge in his fault-finding propensity
as much as he likes. but it is once more
a condition, and not a theory, that con-
fronts the Democratic party.