The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-06

unnecessary caution il answering qucs.
uonS. Later | concluded that it was
merely personal Ghar;ct cristio to
max" non"ommittal replies 1t in II sort |
OF requisite with good servants to ovudc |
c;lcchlSlh. Thr clcw came to mo with |
tho reply to our personal. Tho envelope |
was poStnlark"d the might hrforo, and |
thus was Actually mailed before tho |
newspaper was printed, an oversight ON
tho part Of tho writer. No ono knew OF
inc advertisement except ourselves and
Dr. Donnidson, unless you had mon
toned it, Mr.. Gcdncy. AS you might
have dome SO, and rs tho butler WAS still
under suspicion, rs we'll as the maid who
was up so lato when sho should have
been caring for the young mistress, |
had to look farther for convincing
proof Tho letter itself was written ~
typcwritinR, and | observed II curious
error III the spelling cr two words. |
found '"mphnslHN' ANA 'rccopnizc' In
each, instead OF the q there WAS IA rep
etitlon OF tho e. that letter being dou-
blcd. Tho watrrmark un the paper WAS
| 'CaliEraph, the namo Of Il tvurwritcr.
n mark which is on all the paper sold
by the company controlling that instru-
mont In that machinc the bar which
carries tho lettor i is noXt to that which
carries tho letter a. 1t IL not an mn
common thing when typewriter is ont
OF order for two bars to fail 10 pass ono
another Thus, in writing 'cmphasiZc'
rapid writer would strikc tho ~ koy
before tho IL bar had fully descended.
Tho n bar. rising, would strike tho IL
ana carry 1T up again thus doubling
tho letter Il instead Of writing 'iz.'
The repetition OF such mistake proved
that tho machine was faulty wrote
to Dr. Donaldson asking about tho 'sizr'
or the girl and for marks Whereby her
body could be 'rccognizcd' I used the
words 'siZo and 'rccogniZc, hoping to
tempt him to repeat them in replying
My letter was also wordcd 30 that ho
would imagine that already suspected
fono ono other than himself. In his
answer ] found the word 'rccoynizn'
and similar one, 'undcrsizcd.' In both
tho double Il error rcuprcarcd. Thus I
WAS snro Of my man. When wo received
tho proposal that ho himself should bo
our embnssador, tho trick wns only too
transparent. But not yet entirely satis-
He'd, hot another trap. ISccrctly placed
cyclomctcr on tho doctors carriugc.
llo says that tonight he drove :" Ono
hundred and Second street and back
nero, total OF eight miles Tho butler
obtained the cyclomctcr for mo when
the carrlnHc stopped, and it shows that
no drove less than n mile. lIo simpIy
waited nt hia house until tho proper
time and then ramo over"
"I'ravo, Mr.. Barncsl" exclaimed Mr..
Mitchell. "Iou aro certainly improv-
ing
"}ut how did hc get Elinora2'' asked
Mr.. Gcdncy.
II am afraid that your daughter is
III, - said Mr. Barnes. "I judge from
the description given by tho maid that
her condition wns net somnambulism,
IA the doctor suggested, but that she ia
suffering from in attack OF cntalcpsy.
When h" called in the morning, finding
the maid absent and the girl still in Il
trance, h" quickly dressed her and car
rlrd her down to his carriage. There
was no risk, for had he been seen.
though baked in his purpose he conld
have explained that she needed fresh
air, and that he was taking her for
drive, and, as tho family physician, no
wrong would havo been apparent. I
promised to recover your daughter and
your money, Mr. Gcdncy Wo Will find
the money at the dOctnra office, | sup.
pose. This proved truc.
MIR. Mitchell walked with Mr. Barnes
when they left tho house, and he asked
'llow do you account for the singular
circumstance nat II prominent man liko
Donaldson would HtoOp to such crimc?"
''That ii AN interesting quCry,' rc-
piled the detective. "In the first place,
many men are honest not from any in
hcrcnt integrity, but rather through
cowardirc. Thcy fear the law. Given
M opportunity which seems safe, they
readily follow their criminal bent. SEQ
Ondly, abduction IL ~ rare crime for scy.
cral reasons. 1t ia difficult to obtain
possession Of tho child, it Ia risky to
carry on the necessary communications
which must cnsuc, and it il very hard
to find way OF receiving the ransom
without detection. All Of these poiuta
this man thought he could overcome,
The temptation came to him during tho
night after his firT dsit lie recognized