Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-07-14
[Cont;nued from last week. I
SYNOPSIS.


ter directing him to apartments in Palac,
hotel, where he will find remains of Mr.
Weldon Caruthers-currently reported To-
past two weeks to be out of town.. De
tective seems to connect letter with at
tempt made on his own. life some time pre-
vlous. Goes with friend, DR.. Lampkin, t,
hvestigate.
Chapter II.-Upon search Of Caruthers
apart ments remains Of cremated body ant
3eweled hand of victim are found in vase
Hand bears marks of finger nails mani
cured to sharp points. Lampkin recalls
Peports of a row between Caruthers aEt
Arthur Gielow, both itors for hand O
Dorothy Huntington, who is heiress tt
several millions should she marry Car
1thers, Internationally in case of Car
others death.
Chapter III.-Late that night Hendricks:
md Lampkin call at home of Miss Hunt
hgton.
Chapter IV-Dorothy shows detective
typewriter letter, which was an Invitation
Tor herself and aunt to occupy with Coun
Bantinni. Italian nobleman, his box. al
horse show, as he was called out of towr
by pressing business.
Chapter E.-She recalls Gielow had ex
pressed before murder intense hatred fol
Caruthers and believes him guilty, yet de-
ctdes to help him, and with her aunt goes
TO his studio.
Chapter VI.-Gielow has fled His serv.
dut, I1ellIl, leiiS VI OVtIHGdfluS CONFESSION
to Bantinni. Henri thought his master in
sane. Hendricks, concealed in room hears
all this.
Chapter Mathematics goes to consult
Kola, an East Indian interested in occult
researches who had helped him in much
previous detective work, and located in an
old colonial mansion among the palisades.
Chapter VI1I.-Dr Lampkin is summoned
by Hendricks, who has been shot. Bullet
"a removed and detective warned not to
leave his room.
Chapter IN.--fIendricks' unknown enemy
had tried to chloroform him in his sleep.
Detective had walked just in time, but was
wounded by pistol shot before he could
prevent his assailants escape.
Chapter X.-Hendricks calls for q cre-
matory employe, who confirms the SUPPOSE
ton that ashes found were those Of human
body.
Chapter X1-Miss Huntington receives
letter from Gielow in his own handwrit-
ing, postmarked at Charleston. s. c., tell
ing of his crime and flight.
Chapter XII.-Noted graphologist exam
ines handwriting of this letter and says
1t Is genuine. During call on Sergt. Den
ham, detective Of police department, Hen
bricks comes into possession Of cuff with
words written in blood over Gielow's name
confined.
Chapter XIII.-Going to Gielow's studio,
Henri Identifies cuff as his masters. Henri
tells of strange influence Bantinni had
over Gielow Hendricks comes to conclu-
sion Bantinni was the murderer, and
through hypnotism made Gielow. confess
both in person to Henri and by letters to
others.
Chapter X1V.-Hendricks and Lampkin
go to Kola's retreat. Kola tells them Gle
low is dead, and to prove his supernatural
powers claims to go to detectives home in
his astral body and bring back Bible,
which is handed to Hendricks amidst q
lot Of occult balderdash. Kola warns de-
tective an attempt is to be made on his life.
teh:, pier NV.--Reaching home, Hendricks
learns how nearly kola deceived him when
his mother tells of dsap pearance Of Bible
after one Of Kola's calls durlag his alb
sence In Boston.
Chapter Welcoming now to Gielow' 8
experiences, the story goes back to night
of murder, when Bantinni by his strange
power abducted his victim with very little
difficulty
Chapter xVIl.-Gielow wakes In narrow
cell and realizes he is starving. Bantinni
tells his prisoner he liz IN his power and
how during three days of Inconsistencies
he had been used to write letters to Miss
Huntington and the police.
Once when be put his head in q new
position, to avoid the piercing Of the
sharp-pointed stones, he felt a tiny
stream Of fresh air shooting from the
WA! about foot from the floor. Ex-
ga IAiI,tng the stone in that vicinity, he
found a"long irregular crack through
which the ai;s' entered. Then he began
to beat the stone with his handouts and
noticed, when he struck it near the
crack, that it gave forth the sound of
broken rather than nf solid stone.
Again and again he beat the rock until
he felt more air coming in at the cleft,
and then his heart bounded with ex-
pectation, for he had loosened piece
of the rock about foot long by two
inches III width, and when he had
tugged at it for several moments it fell
to the floor.
Then, JOY untold! a stream of day
hight flashed into his face and for an
instant blinded him. When his eyes
had become accustomed to the unwont-
ed brightness, he saw that there was a
widening crevice through the solid rock
from the interior of the cell to the out
side. And through it, about so feet be-
A@N|'' AAAAAA, AZ >c'' q Ro'CA AOou"oy
boroered by trees and grass.
Eut owing to the downward ten.
dencv Of the assure his range Of vision
was very limited. In fact, he could see
only a little beyond the furthest edge
Of the road and barely so feet of its
length. So he could form no idea of the
landscape, or where the spot was sit.
uated. Now and then, man, or q
group of men, would walk past, but
the sound of their footsteps did not rise
to his ears. Carriages and vehicles Of
several kinds went by. but they glided
along as noiseless as bicycles, unless
Gielow put his head against the stone.
There was rustic seat at the side
Of the road, and the artist ALMOST forgo,
his inward torture in hoping that some
of the passers-by would sit there t
rest. He had a vague idea that If the
people would only stop and look VI
he might manage to signal to them
A young man ard q girl came int
view. They were walking slowly hant
in hand, and, as If obeying Gielow's de.
sire telepathically, they sat down on tn,