The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-04

beat you. But let me explain how I
solved this puzzle. At one time sus.
pected the butler here because Of his
unnecessary caution iu answering ques.
tions. Later / concluded that it was
merely Il personal characteristic to
make noncommittal replies. 1t is a sort
OF requisite with good servants to evade
catechism. The Glow came 20 mo with
tho reply TO our personal. The envelope
was postmarked the night before, and
thus was actually mailed before the
newspaper was printed, an oversight on
the part of the writer. No one knew of
the advertisement except ourselves and
DIR. Donaldson unless you had men
toned 1t, Mr.. Gedney. AS you might
have done SO, and as tho butler was still
under suspicion, as woll as tho maid who
was up so late when sne should have
been caring for tho young mistress, ]
had to look farther for convincing
proof. Tho letter itself was written IN
typewrltinR. and l observed curious
error in the spelling OF two words. l
found 'emphasizc' and 'recognizo.' In
each, instead of the q there was rep-
etition Of tho Il, that letter being dou.
bled. Tho watcrmark on the paper was
'OaDGraph, the namo Of typewriter,
mark which is on all the paper sold
by tho company controlling that instru-
mcnt. In that machine tho bar which
carries tho letter i Is next to that which
carries tho letter H. 1t is not an un-
common thing when a typewriter is ont
OF order for two bars to fail to pass one
another. Thus, III writing 'omplasizo'
rapid writer would strike tho n key
before tho IL bar had fully descended.
The z bar. rising, would strike the IL
and carry it up again, thus doubling
the letter Il instead Of writing iz ;
The repetition Of such mistake proved
that tho machine was faulty. I wrote
to Dr. Donaldson asking about the size
of the girl and for marks whereby her
body could be recognized. I used the
words size and 'reoogniZe,' hoping to
tempt him to repeat them in replying.
My letter was also worded so that he
would imagine that / already suspected
some ono other than himself. In his
answer | found the word 'rccognizo'
and similar one, understood In both.
the double Il error rcappeared. Thus I
was sure of my man. When wo rece ved
the proposal that no himself should be
our ambassador, the trick was only too
transparent. But not yet entirely salts
fed, set another trap. secretly placed
cyclometor on the doctors carriage.
Ho says that tonight he drove to One
Hundred and Second street and back
here, total Of eight miles The butler
obtained the oyclometer for mo when
the carriage stopped, and it shows that
no drove less than q milo. He simply
waited at his house until the proper
time and then camo over +"
Bravo, Mr.. Barnosr' exclaimed Mr..
Mitchell. "You are certainly improy-
ing"
But how did no get Elinora?" asked
Mr.. Gednoy.
~ am afraid that your daughter Ia
III said Mr.. Barnes. 81 judge from
the description given by the maid that
her condition was not somnambulism,
as the doctor suggested, but that sho is
suffering from IN attack Of catalepsy
When ho called in the morning, finding
tho maid absent and the girl still in n
trance, he quickly dressed her and car.
riod her down to his carriage. There
was no risk. for had he been seen,
though baked in his purpose, he could
| have explained that sho needed fresh
| air, and that ho was taking her for q
drive, and, as the family physician, no
wrong would havo been apparent. I
| promised 10 recover your daughter and
your money, Mr.. Gedney. We will find
tho money at tho Doctors office, sup
pose. "rpThis proved true.
Mr.. Mitchell walked with Mr.. Barnes
when they left the house, and he asked:
"How do you account for the singular
circumstance that prominent man like
Donaldson would stoop to suoh crime?'
"That is an interesting query. ra-