Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-12-03

man. That brought about a chain of
circumstances with which You are ia
miliar, and in which the professor
bound himself more iuextricahly every
time he tried TO turn 1t drove the
man mad"
But why did he kill Starkweather?"
asked the doctor,
Let us SO into the shop and find
out"
The door is closed and neither Of US
knows the continuation
Il anticipated that"
Philbrichs pockets bulged with
various articles He now produced
them bit, stock, and anger, q slender
saw. Energetically he set to work,
the doctor interposing no objection,
and in less than half an hour he had
cut the lock out of the door. 1t opened
readily and both entered the shoI,
which was apparently as ii was upon
the day Of their visit.
The disposition of Starkweathcr, ?"
said Phlbrick. was as much of Il
mystery 10 me as 10 YOU until the pro-
lessor took us in here. he'd already
fixed the plan of the house pretty
thoroughly in my mind, and when here
| became convinced that the shop was
TOO narrow. The top OF this room
according 10 appearances and accord
ing To the professors statement, more
than covers the floor space of the
chamber and one other room. but II
struck me that the wall Of the cham
her on the side where the bed stands
would lie outside the wall OF the shop
1t does SO, This partition, pointing
10 the one against which the work
bench stood. lin fact, is in line with
+ the front. not the back, of the bed. 1t
was put up to make the Well With
/ these points in mind | experimental
with surveyors Instruments trying to
verify the plan of the house as | BE-,
iieved it to exist. couldn't be certain
SO had to give up pure science and
try the experiment of entering from
the river. succeeded because the pro
feSsOr had left the bed down when he
departed. Ii YOU analyize the liquid in
the glass above there, you'll doubtless
find II to be a poison or at least a
! powerful soporitic. Having drank a
dose the professor lay down, locked the
door by pulling the cord attached to
the key. the trap bed dropped and he
followed Stark weather You can hard
ly imagine how I've worked over this
[ problem. | tished from the piazza in
order to study the currents of the
Miniski; | threw bits Of bark into the
stream for the same purpose; | acci-
dentally tumbled into the river also for
that purpose AID for the sake of get
ting a friendly footing in the house.
/ Once here could see no better way
of retaining a familiar acquaintance
than by making love TO Miss Louise.
| was awfully sorry for you
Don't speak of it," interrupted the
/ doc or, coldly. I'D rather not feel
called upon to express n opinion Of
your conduct"
"Disgraceful, without a doubt; but
! ! had a big purpose, and you'll excuse
me from finishing, I'm sure. | thought
at the start that the daughter might be
cognizant of her fathers character and
/ the nature of his business. | am con-
WINGED now that she is entirely inno-
cent
do you mean that you suspected
Miss Drummond of completely in the
MURDER" asked the doctor indignant
ly.
"Oh, no! no! no! meant the other
/ secret. Let's move this alleged loom
| think we shall find the secret back
of it,"
The doctor complied, as If he We're
acting in a dream. They tuggcd to-
! gether at the machine, but 1t failed to
4 bulge.
Funny" muttered Philbrick, there
/ was mark on the floor that day we
were here that showed the loom had
been moved Suppose you close the
door, Doctor
DR.. Williams closd the door and be-
4 fore he had returned TO the loom,
/ Philbrick had drawn it easily from the
wall. AS it came out, a door opened
behind It, The passage it revealed
was dark
PhilbTck took the lantern eagerly
and entered
Come on Doc he called excitedly.
Here we are.
The doctor followed They stood
/ in a small chamber cut out of the
ledge, against which the house stood
A small work bench and a printing
I press were the chief furnishings On
the bench was a quantity of paper cut
/ to the size of bank notes. Beside them
were two copper plates and some en-
graver's tools Philbrick took up one
of the plates.
"One hundred dollars, Bank OF
America he muttered That's right.
4 Professor Drummond, you see, was a
counterfeiter. Starkweather was his
engrayer. When Starkweather's work
was done the professor had no further
use for him.
And YOU are detective" said tHe