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PART IT.

"A discrepancy worth noting 1 remark
ed.
Involving a mystery Of some impore
tance," she concluded.
l agreed to that.
And since We have discovered how the
slip came into your room, We can now
proceed to the clearing up of this mystery"
l now observed. You can. of course, in
form ME where you procured this slip
which you say you brought into the
house?'
Yes. You may think it strange, but
when I alighted from the carriage that
night man on the sidewalk put this tiny
scrap OF paper into my hand 1t was done
so mechanically that 1t made no more i'm
preston on my mind than the thrusting of
an advertisement upon me. Indeed 1 sup
posed II was an advertisement and only
wondered that retained 1t In my hand at
all. But that l did do SO, and that in a
moment of abstraction l went so far as to
pin IT to my cushion. is evident from the
fact that vague memory remains of this
recipe which you see is printed on the re-
verse side of the paper"
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him. He coughed while speaking and his
eye, which for a moment rested on mine,
produced upon me an impression for which
i! Was hardly prepared, great as my preju-
d1ce against him. There was such an icy
comLosure in it; the composure of an en-
venomed nature conscious of it's superior
1ty to all surprise. AS I fingered to study
him more closely, the many dangerous
qualities Of the man became more and more
apparent to me, ard convinced me that to
proceed further without deep and careful
thcrght would be to court failure where
triumph would set me up for life. 1 gave
UP alI present attempt at enlisting him in
conver sation, and went my way in as in
curing and serious q mood as / had ever
peen thrown into by any encounter l had
ever had with a suspected criminal.
In Iact, my position was a peculiar one,
ana the problem l had set for myself was
one OF unusual difficulty. Only by means
OF some extraordinary device, such as is
seldom resorted to by the police of this
or any other nation, could 1 hope to arrive
at the secret of this mans conduct. and
triumph In matter closed to ali appear
ances from any human penetration.
But what device? l knew OF none nor
did two days and rights Of strenuous
thought serve to yield me the least light
on the subject Indeed my mind seemed
10 grow more and more confused the
longer l Iii ged 1t into action. / failed to
get inspiration indoors OR out, and, feeling
nay health suffer from the constant irrita-
ton OF my recurring Disappointment / re-
solved to take a day off and carry myself
ard my perpeXities into the country.
did so. Governed by all impulse which
1 Old not then understand l went to a
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From the Chicago Post.
What we need he said ora cularly, is
fewer politicians and more statesmen"
She looked al him adrniringly, as IL won
dering how one man could know so much.
What's the difference between a states
man and a politician, Edward?" she asked
at last.
The difference he exclaimed.
Yes" she replied quietly.
''Oh. yes, of course-the difference" he
said in an easy. ofrhand way. THE Diff
ference is-ah-ah-. Why, you ought 10
know that
But I'm afraid I DON'T she returned.
You know, I'm only woman"
.'Of course, OF course.
my idea" she went on, hesitatingly,
Nv ould be that a statesman was the one
who didn't talk politics on the street or at
inappropriate times and places and didn't
try to make a foChorn of himself every
time political subject happened to come
under discussion, while a politician
II think you're right" he int arrupted,
and somehow he couldn't help wondering
all the rest of the day whether she had
been taking long range shot at him.
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by mail. With this one point gained|if it
was point went back to New York.
Seeing Mrs. Holmes, l asked her If she
had sent her husband anything but letters
while he was away. and upon her reply
ing NO, requestedto know if in her visit
TO Philadelphia she had seen anything in
ner husbands room which was new to her.
For he received a. package while there"
explained, land, though its contents may
nave been perfectly harmless, it would be
ven LOT US 10 be assured Of this, in pres-
enee OF the arful'doubts we both secretly
entertain III regardi to his DEATH"
oh, you are certain them"
NO, said 1. Il am far from certain
inoeed, we have no proof at all Of his hav-
ing suHered violence in any way. On the
contrary, we are assured that he died from
natural causes. But the incident of the
newspaper slip outwetghs the doctors con-
ciuslons, in nay mird and until The mystery
surrounding 1t has been satisfactorily ex-
pieined, by its author, I shall hold to the
theory that your husband has been made
away with In some strange and seemingly
anaccountable way. which we are bound to
You are right! You are right! Oh, John
Gra h ami"
She was SO carried away by this plain
expression of my belief that she forgot the
question l had put to her.
You have not told whether or not you
Iound anything among your husbands eff
gested.
Notning," said she. His trunks were
already packed and his bag nearly SO.
Ifere were few things lying about the
room which were put into the latter. but
saw nothing but what was familiar among
them; at least, l think not; perhaps we
mad better look through his trunk and see
l have not had the heart to open 1T since
I came back"
AS this was exactly what I wished,
said as much, and she led me into small
re ON, against the wall of which stood Il
trunk with travelling bag on top of IT..
Opening the latter, she spread the contents
out on the trunk
Il know all these things" she sadly muir
INJURED. the tears yelling in her eyes.
This I inquired, lifting up bit Of
coiled wire with two or three little rings
dangling from it.
mo; why, what is that?
1T looks like puzzle of some kind"
linen 1t Is of no consequence. My hus-
band was forever amusing himself over
some such contrivance. All his friends
knew 1t, and used to send him every new
enc they came across. This one evidently
reached him in Philadelphia
Meanwhile l was cycling the bit of wire
curiously. 1t was undoubtedly a puzzle.
but 1t had appendages to it that I did not
understand
1T Is more than ordinarily complicated"
l observed. moving the rings up and down
in a vain endeavor to work them off.
The better he would like it," she said.
Kept on working with the rings. Sud-
in the handle of the toy had started out
and pr1cked me-
You had better not handle It," said /,
and laid it down. But the next minute
took 1t up again and put II in my pocket.
The prick made by this treacherous bit of
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airy notice? For 1 found when was In
Philadelphia that no such paragraph as
tnat mad found pinned to my cushion, had
been Inserted in any paper there nor had
any other man of the same name ever reg
iStered at the CCionnade, much less died
there
HaVe you this notice with you?" asked
She Immediately produced it, and while
was SlancinS 1T over, remarked
some persons would give a superstitous
explanation to the whole matter; think
isad received supernatural warning. and
been satisfied with what they would call a
spiritual manifestation. But l have not a
DIT or such folly in my composition. L.v-
ing hands set up the type and printed the
words which gave me deathly a shock
ana naEdS with a real purpose in them cut
IL from the paper and pinned it to my Gus h
ION for me to see when I woke on that
fatal morning. But whose hands? That is
what want you to find OUT
caught the fever of her suspicious long
before this and now felt justified in show
ing my interest.
First let me ask" said I, who has &C
cess to your rooms besides your maid?"
mo one; absolutely no one"
And what of herr"
she is innocence itself. She is no COM
mon hoGsemaid. but girl my mother
brought up, who. for the love of me, con-
sents to do such work in the household as
my simple needs REQUIRE"
Il should like to see her.
There is no objection to your doing so;
but you will gain nothing by 1t. I have
already. talked the subject over with her a
oozen times. and she is as much puzzled
by II as l am myself. She says she cannot
see how any one could have got into my
room during my sleep as the doors were all
licked. Yet, as she very naturally observes,
some one must have entered there between
the time of my retiring and her entrance
IN the morning for she was in my bed
room herself just before 1 returned from
the theater, and can swear, If necessary,
lin Of
on my cushion then, for duties led her d.
rectly to my bureau. and kept her there for
fully five minutes"
And you believed her?" suggested.
Implicitly"
III what direction, then, do your sus-
picions turn?"
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TREED BY A BIG MOOSE.
A Maine Boy Will in Future he More
Cautious About Stoning Stray Co vs..

From tie Boston Globe.
Jack" Clark Is a stout boy of fourteen
years, living a Sherman, Me- He goes out
after the cows every night and drives them
nome to the te-up. always in the greatest
safety, but the other night he had an adj
venture which has led to the substitution
Of his older brother In the gathering Of the
kline O. nights
Last Saturday night Jack went down
after the cattle. The animals We're in the
pasture. and il was dark almost before he
got to them. He started them home with
sore speed, but one Jagged in the shadows
under the trees.
Jack threw a stone at the supposed COW,
and got very large surprise in return for
IT. He heard the stone strike the animal
with hollow thump on its ribs and rx-
pected TO see the cow come out from under
the trees on a swinging run. Instead. Big
moose bounded ont in the opening and made
for the youngster
Jack sized up the animal at first sight
Boys and girls. when they get big enough
10 walk the streets of Sherman in boots
aud stockings know wild animals when
they See them. So Jack knew the moose.
He made for the nearest tree and scoOtcd
up il with small delay.
The moose was close az the boys heels
when he climbed into the lower branches,
ana snorted around the foot of he trunk
IN a WY that made the boy SILVER ana
grab the limbs closer. After about an
hour the big brute went off in rod-long
jumps. Jack came down, ran for home and
told the story.
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lounging place in Printing House Square.
She showed great courage in iolng this
for she had such dread of him that she
was In a state of nervous excitement from
the moment she left the house, feeling sure
that she would attract his attention and
thus risk disagreeable encounter. But she
might have spared herself these fears. He
did not even look up in passing US, and
1t was mainly by his walk she recognized
him. But she did recognize him; and this
nerved me at once to set about the forrnf-
dable task Of fixing upon him a crime
which was not even admitted as fact nv
the authorities.
He was a poor man about town, living.
to all appearances, by his wits. He was to
of the city, standing for hours in front of
some newspaper office gnawing at his fin
er ends, and staring at the passersby with
hungry look that alarmed the tiInid and
provoked aims from the benevolent Need
less TO say that he rejected the latter ex-
preston of sympathy with angry contempt
His face was long and pallid, his check
bones high and his mouth bitter and reso-
lutte in expression He Wore neither beard
nor mustache, but made up for their lack
by an abundance OF light brown hair,
which hung very nearly to his shoulders
He stopped in standing, but as soon as he
moved showed decision and certain sort
Of pride which caused him to hold his head
high and his body more than usually erect
With all the good points his appearance
was decidedly sinister. and l did not Won
de-, that Mrs. Holmes feared him.
My next move was 10 accost him. Paus-
ing before the doorway in which he stood
l addressed him some trivial question He
answered me with sufficient poiiteness, but
with q grudging attention which betrayed
the hold which his own thoughts had upon
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half groan. Then he stood silent and /
had an opportunity Of noting how haggard
he had grown in the short time since i had
seen him last. But the interval of his
inaction was short. and in a moment he
flung up his arms with a loud curse her.
that rang through the narrow room ard
betrayed the source Of his present frenzy
Then he again stood STILL grating his teeth
and working his hands In a way terribly
suggestive Of the murderer's instinct. But
not for long. He saw something that at
tracted his attention on the table, a some
thing upon which my eyes had long before
been fixed, and. starting forward with a
fresh and quite different display of emo
ton, he caught up what looked like a roll
Of manuscript and began to tear it open.
Back again! Always back" he walled
from his lips. and he gave the roll toss
that sent from its midst small object
Wnich he no sooner saw than he became
speechless and -eeled back. 1t was an
other Of the steel coils.
Good God!' fell at last from his stiff
and working lips. Am mad or has the
devil Joined in the pursuit against me?
1 cannot eat, 1 cannot drink. but this dia-
bolical spring starts up before me. 1t
is here. there, everywhere. The visible
sign of my guilt; the-thes" He had
stumbled back upon my chair and, turning,
was on my feet at once, and, seeing
that he was dazed by the shock of my
presence. 1 slid quietly between him and
the door.
upon me with a sarcastic smile, in which
vas concentrated the bitterness Of years,
he briefly said:
so. am caught! Well. there has to be
an end to men well as to things, and
am ready for mine. She turned me AWAY
from her door today, and after the hell of
that moment don't much fear any other. :"
You had better not talk" / admonjshed
him. IAN that falls from you now will
only tell against you at your trial.
He broke into a harsh laugh And do
you think I care for that? That having
been driven by woman's perfidy into
crime. am going to bride my tongue and
keep back the words which are the only
safeguard from insanity? No, no: while
my miserable breath lasts will curse her,
and II the halter is to cut short my words,
1t shall be with her name bHstering my
lips"
I attempted to speak. but he would rot
give me the opportunity. The passion Of
weeks had found vent and he rushed on
reckleSSly.
Il went to her house today. I wanted to
see her in her widows weeds; / wanted to
see her eyes red with weeping over a grief
which owed its bitterness to me. But she
would not grant me an admittance. She
had me thrust from her door, and I shall
never know how deeply the iron has sunk
into her soul. But and here his face
her if I am tried for murder? VIII she not
be ia the court room, and shall / not have
the opportunity of meeting her eye to eye?''
Doubtless 1 began: but his interruption
came quickly and with vehement passion.
Then here / am. Welcome trial, conyic-
ton, death. even. To see her once more is
all desire. She shall never forget. never
Then you do not deny" l began.
II deny nothing" he returned, and heli
out his hands with a grim gesture How
out the devilish thing which took away
the life I hated
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sank back in her seat and blush of man.
ifest confusion suffused her cheeks "Ohi"
she exclaimed. what will you think Of
me? l brought this scrap of print into the
house myself and pinned it on the cushion.
100. L remember 1t now. The sight of
those words recalls the whole occurrence"
Then there is one mystery less for us
10 solve, l remarked, somewhat dryly
DO you think SOP she protested with q
deprecatory look. For me the mystery
deepens and becomes every minute more
serious. 1t Is true that l brought this
scrap of newspaper into the house, and that
II mad then, as now. the notice of nv hus-
bands death upon it, but the time of nv
bringing 1t in was Tuesday night, and he
was not found dead till Wednesday morn
ing.
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PART I.
"a lady to see you. SIR
/ looked up and was at once impressed
with the grace and beauty of the person
thus introduced TO me.
rs there anything 1 can do to serve
you?" / asked, rising.
She cast me a ciildlike look, full of can
dor and confidence as she sat down in the
chair POINTED out to her.
Il believe SOL hope So she earnestly
assured me. II am in great trouble. /
have just lost my husband-but it is not
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Alas! In no drect1 n. There Is the
trouble. 1 don't know whom to mistrust.
1t was because 1 was told that you had the
credit of Selling clew where others failed
to find any that / have sought your aid in
this emergency. For the uncertainty sur
rounding this matter is killing me and will
make my sorrow quite uncomfortable If
CO mot obtain relief from it,
Il do not wonder" began, struck by the
note of truth in her tones. "And l shall
certainly do what I can for you. But be-
fore we go any further. let examine this
scrap of newspaper and see what we can
make out Of it,
1 had already noted two three points in
connection with 1t. to which l now pro-
ceeded to direct her attention.
Have you compared this notice." pur-
sued. with such others as you find every
day in the papers?"
No" was her eager answer TT is not
like all
Read was my quiet interruption. "'On
this day at the Coonnade.' On what day?
The date is usually given in all the bona
fide notices 1 have seem
rs it?' she asked, her eyes moist with
unshed tears, opening widely in her aston
ishment.
Look in the papers on your return home
and see. Then the print Observe that
the type is identical on both sides while
in fact. there is always a perceptible differ
ence between that used in the obituary COL
umn and that to be found in the columns
devoted to other matter. Notice also" I
iioldliis up the scrap OF paper
between her and the light, that the align
ment on one side is not exactly parallel
with that on the other: discrepancy
which would not exist if both sides had
been printed on newspaper press. These
facts lead me to conclude, first, that the eff
fort to match the type exactly was an
oversight on the part of the unknown and,
secondly. that one of the sides, at least
presumably that containing the obituary
notice. was printed on a hand press, on the
blank side Of piece of galley proof picked
up In some newspaper Office"
Let me see. And stretching out her
hand with the utmost eagerness, she took
the slip and turned 1t over. Instantly a
change took place in her countenance She
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mechanism was In or near the same place
on my thumb as the one had noticed on
the hand of the deceased Mr.. Holmes.
There was a fire in the room. and before
proceeding further l -cauterized that prick
with the end of a red-hot poker. Then
made my adieuX to Mrs. Holmes, and Went
Immediately to a chemist friend of mine
Test the end of this bit of steel for me-
said 1. Il have reason to believe it carries
with it deadly poison
he took the toy, promised to subject 1t
to every test possible and let me know the
result. Then l went home. I felt i'll, or
cumstances. was almost as bad
Next day, however, l was quite well,
WITH the exception of a certain inconve-
nlence In my thumb. But not till the fol-
lowing week did l receive the chemists
report. 1t overthrow my whole theory. He
had found nothing, and returned me the
bit Of steel.
But l was not convinced.
Il will hunt up this John Graham"
thought !, and study him."
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vault at Woodlawn. But"-and here her
earnestness dried up the tears which had
been flowing freely during this recital of
his lonely death and sad burial-'.do You
think there is something worth Investigate
Ing In death preceded by a false ob;tu-
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PART ".

But this was not so easy a task as it NAV
appear. AS Mrs. Holmes possessed no clue
to the whereabouts Of her -quondam lover,
had nothing to go upon in my search for
him, save her rather vague description of
his personal appearance and the fact that
he was constantly interrupted in speaking
by low, choking cough. However, my
natural perseverance carried me through
After seeing and interviewing a dozen John
Grahams. with no satisfactory results, at
last hit upon man of that name who pre-
scented a figure of such vivid unrest and
showed such desperate hatred of his fell
lows, that began to entertain hopes of his
beng the person l was in search Of But
determined to be correct upon this point
before proceeding further, 1 contided my
suspicious to Mrs. Holmes, and induced her
to accompany me down to certain SPOT
on the elevated from which l had more
than once seen this man go by to his usual
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-05-01

Deed-Castncr Coal e. Coke company
to Michael Burcksall, lot 10, block >,
Anaconda addition to townsite of Belt
tmincral rights eXcepted): so.
Warranty Deed-H. W. Millard et
uX, to Steve Colarchik, lot 6. block /,
First addition to LoHusite Of Belt. $50.
Warranty Deed William Sharon 10
the Cascade Land company. c13 sw !
and II :, Sc !, Of section 81. township y!
north, range / east; E1iG.JO.
Warranty Deed-John Paul ct ux. to
Alexander Besharah, lot ), block lJ2.
townsite Of Great Falls, and lot 5, block
10, townsite Of Belt; ST.
Warranty Deed-AleXander Besharah
to Mary Paul, same; 81,
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-05-01
TWO ACCIDENTS.
Both Remarkable. in That of the MANY
Victims None Were Killed
OUtright

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April 28.--Pas-
senger train No. on the Illinois Cen
tral, leaving Waterloo at 1:l0 and hav-
ing this morning several extra coaches
conveying visitors to the state G. A. r..
encampment at Cedar Rapids, was
ditched by washout half mile east of
Raymond. The storm causing the acci-
dent was the heaviest in years. The
train was running at high rate of
speed when the accident occurred. Sew
eral cars were te!escoped and badly
smashed. Fourteen persons were in
jured moro or less severely, the one suf-
fering most seriously being Charles
Baldwin, an engineer Of the road but a
passenger on the train. The passengers
are unable to tell by what fortunate cir
cumstances great disaster was averted.
The injured persons were taken To Wat
crloo for medical treatment. The re-
maning passengers We're sent to Cedar
Falls for connection with the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern special to
the encampment, arriving at Cedar
Rapids at noon.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-05-01
BELT Precinct Delegates.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BELT, April 29.-The republican pri
mary for Belt precinct was held in John
son & Nordquist's hall at $50 p. tn.
| nder the new regulations the balloting
was ow and the result was not known
until after midnight The number Of
ballots cast was lCG.
Ed j. Lowry was chairman and Cam
den Bretz secretary OF the primary.
The following were elected delegates:
f, Smith, L. j, Lowry, II, Griffin, Rob
ert Anderson, Sam Matthews, f. Dough-
erty, Harry Oxley, A. Lochray, II.
Hames, j, X, Castner, ID. Scogan.
The primary unanimou, y instructed
it's delegates to support for delegates to
the state convention only men who would
vote for Carter, Mantle, and Hartman as
delegates to the national convention, and
to vote as unit