Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-20
Where do YOU get your meals -

till She returned
"llave YOU eaten anything this morn
ing?"
"No."
well. you'd better go: wen look
after everything and telephone the cor
oner."
All right" replied WILDLY. lie
turned 10 the wash-stand ard iilled "A
BASIN from pitcher of water. lin
ny excitement I forgot to wash my
lace and hands,
stop cried Hendricks. and lie
caught Wildly, arm as his hands were
almost i'm the water. Pardon me, but
you've stained your fingers somehow"
The young man stared at his right
hand in surprise. There was a faint red
sinudge ON the thumb and fingers.
why" he said. Il don't see how il
could have got there, unless | won
der if WILDLY turned quickly into
the other room and bent over Strong's
bed. "Ah!" he cried. TO the others.
See, l must have got it from the cor
ncr of the sheet when / put it, back:
YOU see there is blood on the under
side
The detective had followed WILDLY
no further than the portiere. where he
stood inditierently watching the young
mans movements.
Yes, from the sheet or this curtain
he replied. pointing to an almost in.
visible spot OF blood ON the porticre.
Then the fellow must have been in
my room. too" said WILDLY, wonder
ingly.
And just after the deed was done"
Hendricks remarked.
The young man stared at the detect
i've curiously as he returned to the
washstand aud took oil his coat.
Look" he @: led TO him. here is some
of it on my cuff
II noticed that" replied the detect
i've. ut is drop of blood Perhaps
You had better detach the cuff and give
il to me. lou did not sleep i'm that
Shirt"
"No." WILDLY "avc him the cuff.
where did you lay the shirt last
night when on touk il ore"
"On that chair near my bed" an
severed Wildly.
That is all YOU can do for us" said
Hendricks. You'd better go to break
fast"
WILDLY crossed the street and en-
tered the restaurant on the corner. He
tool, seat at the table farthcst from
the door and ord ered some eggs. coffee,
rolls and butter; hut he found that he
had no appetite, aud he drank his cof-
fee when il was 80 hot that il burnt
his lips. Then he bought newspaper
and sat for ten minutes gazing "a ii alb
Scutly.
or his return home he found the yard
filled with u crowd of curious people.
Some OF them stood on the verandu
near he windows. The door was closed.
WILDLY tried the knob. but it was
locked. Turning, he saw Matthews COM
ING round the corner of the house
Capt. Welsh ASKED me to send YOU in
al the rear door" the man said.
They re goin' to hold a inquest on lin. -
WILDLY followed the gardener into
the house. How ne disliked to see the
body again. and the strange smile on
the dead mans face, But there was no
Lclp for it. lie must do what he could
towards bringing the criminal to JUS
tice
The atmosphere of Strong room was
so close that Wildly could hardly
breathe. and the De, fume from the con
scrvator.v sickened him. The coroner
and his Jury had arrived Indeed they
seemed TO be waiting for him lie sot
down near window. He vopdc,.d
what tho Womb ash, him ard II bo
could make INTELLIGENT renIics
The coroner opened the nrocccdinos
with a few words TO tbe iury and ,ybiJ-
by thought they stared = him f,,ti,.I,.
whenever his u,t,e WINS mentioned
Then his testimony WINS c.II.J ,o,. ,,,,I
WILDLY felt thar he was, re,,e.,,i,,,, ,,.,,,.,l
for word tho account Inc had ,,iynr non.
bricks a short while before
The detccti,. ro.. -. .,,,, 81,
careful detail how. I'M. ,,,Iico I,,I1 -,
called ~ Tho teIenbopo h, vb;II,,., 49,,
first informed az thu. r,,,,,Io,.. -. e..
youpo man had ne, bi,, and WI, -.
the do,r and ,.,ot ,,os s,;d -,
whether tho Joor ,,as locI..L Tt,
OF the blo,d yt,i, 90, wan. i',',,,
and pr,d,.cd ,t,,.,.,,r ,,i,t, 49,. -
blood o, - t,,,,sI,;.,.,,;,,;,.,, -,
that the cuff could not have been " orn
~ the time it received the drop. no.. FOR