Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-23

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and placed 1t in his pocket. ''Ah, anoth-
er, but different. What, another yet?''
Four samples of the work of photog-
raphy now rested in his pocket.
Suddenly he exclaimed:
What is this? One with face revers
ed. All, taken IN Richmond. They say
at home that a reversed photograph in an
album indicates a breach III friendship.
will look at this one" and the detective
withdrew it
An exclamation Of surprise fell from
his lips.
The photograph joined the others in his
pocket and the album was soon closed.
More articles were removed, and pres
entity, in one end Of the trunk, appeared
a package wrapped carefully in what was
evidently once a silk dress skirt.
Il will investigate" And soon many
smaller packages were found to make up
this one. The detective carefully exam
ined them one by one
This is no SURPRISE" he muttered Il
knew of her penchant in that direction.
1t cost her something All, here is anoth-
er package"
This one the detective opened. In one
instant he was ON his feet, and for once
in his life Lang Sellars, the Southern de
tective, tremb.ed with excitement.
Carefully he examined the contents Of
this package, then as carefully repla ced
it in the trunk.
"Ah, the bundle of letters-What is thds
they are wrapped in? Oh, 1 will lay that
aside. The letters-why, they are adj
dressed to neither Elinor Kellogg nor Eli
nor Newberry-to-yes, many of them are
in the same handwriting. They were
mailed from different localities and add
dressed to different cities. I will take a
few of these along. What is this so
carefully laid away? A well-bound vol
ume. All, ha! A treatise on vegetable
and mineral poisons! This grows inter-
esting.
Here is another hidden mystery, per-
haps. Why, it is heavy"
The detective brought to view and plac-
ed ON chair beside him nearly square
package and removing the flannel cover
ing, an ebony box in dimensions some
twelve by twentyfour inches, was reveal
ed.
Sat last.' exclaimed Sellars. EAT last!
Within this casket lie the hidden agents
Of perhaps more crimes than DR.. Strong
even dreams CT. Now to open it. The
key is never from the widows posses
sion. Can l? Let me try. l have forty
of these small ones'
In ten minutes the casket lid was rails
ed.
''Merciful Godr' exclaimed startled
man. Lined with velvet, studded with
jewels, filled with death! There are fifty
pitfalls if there is one, and each in its tiny
pocket.
This one, prussic acid-instant death!
This next one, acconite, then digatalis,
chloroform, arsenic, strychnine, bitter al
mond, belladonna! Enough! Enough!
They are all there Yes, and here are
boxes containing powders. Lord, Lord!
Elinor kellogg, you are standing right
now in the shadow of the gallows"
Sellars closed the lid, locked the box and
carefully restored it to its position.
Here lis an envelope filled with news
paper clippings. That may prove Of ser
vice. All, here is some more Of those arti-
cles that were never utilized. l will take
few of those. Now to replace every
thing as l found it. The madam will
hardly examine the album or these pack
ages soon. The contents of her DEATH
dealing casket I have not disturbed. l
may be taking chances in regard to that
hardly think so. But have no time to
lose"
The trunk was rcpacked with the great
est caution, locked. the brass catches
sprung forward, and Sellars turned from
the room, securing the door behind him.
He passed into the hall, leaving the
door of the outer apartment ajar.
ST will take q glance at Earl's sane
tum," he said.
He found the young mans trunk easy
to gain access to, but contented himself
with securing therefrom merely one pho
tograph, which he removed from an en-
velope containing several others.
The photograph was of the teller Of
the Great Western Bank.
Go be cont;nued)