The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-06

srae,sI sian;t,o,,,,;s.,s she l.$5 put it in
NV pooket alone ,.s;+b a half burned ciga-
rattle discnperes, = t,o,,t the same time and
went homie to do a little thinking.
GA piece ef rihho,, which might have
come there in 100 sifreyent ways made
rather duhions o1a.,, considering the cir
curnstances and half burned cigarette
was even mara o.
81 have curio,,e faculty of being able
to think noraFo,,;cI.1v, and clearly when
have nan or rsnoiI7:,n nv hand, just as
some writerss4an man out plots and Incl
dents best ygbar SIMILARLY equipped, and
SO sat down With a mad in front of me
and beaan 10 s,isste,,ssi oallg. 40 over all
had seen and HssrJ n aking7a. note or
d;aoram4 hs,e az a. and being wonder
fully assisted hvltbe oueration.
al tried.in a dozen ssvays to connect the
sunnositit;ous vo.,-, :, roisterers, whom no.
body had seen ana only one man had
heard with the az the bow of ribbon and
the oioapette
ssTt.y1,s the o,,,u thing 7 could do Just
at that fnnctnre ga if was the easiest
thing in the wo,1d tn connect them in
tbeorv all avos-+ tye how. of ribbon,
which wonId \ arssv Isa Thought of in con-
iunction with a man Young or old, and
Of courss.it yrasr.t . vso,aan who had done
the deed
e.This led mo r. tie,r,tively hold the red
ornament un against feminine back
Ground and r. u.ss otrnok by the curious
tbouvht .tha+.if s,,ah a ,srnall and peculiar
IN shanes how ha1 tsen worn ,by female
~ oil g ,nust 49, aaornsd q verv small
Girl T cgrtainlvcoula not remember ever
Paving see,, spcI, a one about the person of
1yon1an eitbsr -, her hair or upon her
garments
!" {. This is ,n;mnorsayN. however said 1
r. ,,vseIf .fe.x s.s.,alssna enc matter in
NV mind .f,r ~ -; y,,+ reaI,v have been
dropnes bv ,i+t1a Girl in the DAYTIME.
nerhans ,frnnrr ,,r,. aoli'
sfYet 7 could not dismiss the matter
vbalJv from NV wind Havin9 reached the
end ri NV tbeory 7h,;ad;np for the present.
T mechanically took mn fhe morning pa-.
rer nartlv 90 d,,+v I oued myself and
nv country as a coed citizen and partly
10 oet a mnnent,s resnite from nv
tbonobts
Cone of, tho arst THINGS nv eve fell
unon was an art,cIa describino che defeat
If the Vale hasa,,all team hv Harvard the
dav before md what was thoueht about
- hv +bo e,or+s,o. -rov1d Tw.c somawbat
iptarpcted an IL Jeainp haSAhafl crank
,,y.o,P h,,t ,,roh,hI,, ,,ore IN account of
40 c,,rior, Tot .L.t tbe victory had heen
18th the o-.;r mo-, ,'''''
syvi.h, az a,;..,s.,,
,sTiLa asss ~ rad bozu of rihbon
o.,,,a a. NO as.s;n n fairly TAINTED he
fora nv, arse 90 nod farther down the
oo,,,n,r eIo,,t the c,sa7v soings On of some
~ 49, usrwsr., ,.rsss-. yrad,,ates over the
nia,ht bosor r,s - ~ 49, -
..Irhe hatsa h,,a,
eh,,otIar a,sctr;o shock fairly set ma
~, fro ,s;+h evoitsyoent az thought of
10 second color
s.Eor the x.fet,,,y, of the AK had been
drsssed IL, a blna sn;t
stHsre xras tba whole n,ot unfolded be-
fore ma In a fash
.sTba hoistarons man whom the hard
ware dealer bn1 heard were Harvard stu.
do,,ts CIT oa,.t,rs tive the victory in their
e,r, ,,ec,,liar Harvard stvle
..Ona of Them either DRINK or made
+on,norarilv insans at tho sight of the blue
emit an the unknown victim, had snatch
Cd the ay rpsbed5 mn to him and commit
| tod the rnsdrnanfs deed that had sent me
eo,,tt, NO., tha 4ras1 Tn the scuff1e the
cri,,nsop how bs5 heen detached from his
coat and.bsre If Mas now in nv hands.
80 nnarent9v nothing remained now but
TO find ont lust what particular party had
strnck off through this section of the
town. and the faof that there were more
+ban two in the crowd made the ultimate
discovery Of their identify almost certain.
ssNfv conclusions proved to be exactly
| RIGHT. for a half davis work put in be-
tween the snos where the deed was com
| mitted and; Craiaiess Bridge resulted in
oomnlete desosipston of ali of the mem bers
of the party-thsy waare four in nun Der
and the exact identity of one of them.
ssFurtheymore, / discovered through
| barkesper whota IL gk new that every one of
the four had crimson bow in his button
| hole when he4seft his place.
"Well, after that it was mere child's
| NAV ), said the insrester as he glanced
L II. II.