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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-08-22

BLUE MOUNTAIN ExPRgss (PArlor Carr
leaves baltimore, daily, except Sunday, 81
p. IN, for Hagerstown. Returning leaves Ha-
gerstown q 43 a. IN. Arrive Baltimore Obi
Additional trains leave Baltimore for Union
Bridge and Intermediate Stations at 1917 d.
III. aud 800 and 6.O7 p. M, and leave Union
Bridge for Baltimore at $40 and 6,37 q. m,
aud l2.!'5 p M. daily, except Sunday.
SUSDATsOELY.-LeaYe Baltimore for Union
Bridge and intermediate Stations 0.3j b. ~.
aud 2 30 2. m. aud leave Union Bridge at 6 45
q. m, and 3.5S p. IN. for Baltimore aud Inter-
mediate Stations.
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Music Lessons.

MISS BERTHA a. RUHL win continue
to teach Vocal and Instrumental Music ut
h;r residence on the corner of Samuel and
Li"rty streets. Any one wishing Car, FIJI and
Thorough Instruction ut "A very Moderate
Price will do well BY engaging her us their
instructor. March 81,
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nALr1MonE .R crMnrp

BALTIMORE & CUMBERLAND VALLEY BRAHcH
Leave Hagerstown for WayncsborO, Cham
bersburg and intermediate Stations at g Is u.
m. aud for Shippeusburg and Intermediate
Stations at II. 10 a III. and 700 p. IN.
Leave ShipPensburg for Hagerstown and In
termediaie Stations at 600 4. m. and 300 p.
m, aud ieaVe Chambersbur@ for HagerstOWn
and intermediate Stations at 40 p. IN.
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Give Me Bid.

offer my services to the public as an auc-
tionecr. with county and corporation license,
and solicit share of patronage. Having
had considerable experience guarantee satz
isfaction. Charges reasonable.
CHARLES RISSLER,
Jan, 5, 1897, Charles Town, w. Va,
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Preserving Kettles !!
In Etteet Nay %, le09.

We have in stock aud for sale at the old
prices large assortment of Brass, Copper
and Porcclinc-Liucd Preserving Kettles. Come
and see us before making yo1r purchases in
this line EAsTERDAY & Co.
LnlY a Snuill Chnrla.s kfrnef-
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
. ssss; se: Of &mAzzz7z
NIAGARA FAILS.

Special Excursions to Niagara Falls. n. Y.
via. Southern Railway, through Washington
cru r will sell rouud-trip tickets from Con-
pom stations. Manassas to L nchburg and
manassas toHarrisonhurg.i inclusive. ut greatI '
ington, ip connection with special excursion
trains from that point via. Pennsylvania and
Leave Washington via. Pa. at a. M, july
s1, Aug. 10 and "a, Sept. Z and 81, Oct 5 and
10. and via. b. Is o. at $40 a. M. Jnlv is
Aug. and "a, Sept. II and %, Oct II. 1889.
Tickets will be sold from different stations
the date previous and for train No. 50 on the
morning OF the dates mentioned above, aud
will be good returning eleven DAYS. incIudint
the date leaving Washington.
For further information communicate with
any representative. Passenger Department.
street, N. W., Washington, d. c.
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n ASoLINE and Oil stovrs, and the Best
VI Stove gasoline and Coal I,il to use i'm
them, for sale low at yesterday Il Co.'S Tin
and Stove House, s. Charles street.
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NOKTnWARD.

Nos. IA and 80 connect with main line trains
Tor all points South and Southwest, aud at
Washington for all Eastern Cities. No change
oil cars Observation-Disclosures aud lIarriSonburg
on Nos. Is and IL.
For detiilcd infor alton apply TO nearest
agent OF Southern hallway or write to L. :.
Brown, General Agent, Washington. u, Z,
FRANK $. CANNON,
Bird Vice Prcst. & Gcm'l Mgr.
j. NJ. CULP, Traffic Mgr
Jun. 81. ". A. TURK, Gen'l pass. Agt.
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Southern RaiIWav.

Observation-Disclosures, ALEXANDRA, STRAs-
BURG AND HARR :oNBUps.
CoudensedTimc Tables, in Effect May Z, 1899
(Trains Nos. 0 and 80 daily trains Nos. IS,
Il, IA and ~ daily. except Sunday.)
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Balance in favor Of wheat. C. sll42 IS

This comparison is made from your state
ment of this years yield of Mr.. Marlow's
wheat. Weare not all as successful farmers
as Mr.. NARROW in raising 500 lambs or 81
bushels of wheat peracre but think crop
of 10 bushels of wheat per acre will pay as
well as the same land devoted to sheep rails
ing. In this comparison have not charged
the sheep with the labor and care incidental
to their keep, nor have / credited wheat
with the straw and pasture tIom the fields
devoted to it. nor the cost of insurance
against the destruction of the sheep by dogs.
believe there are other kind of ewes tustas
profitable as those from Tennessee, especi-
ally when the latter turn out to be Texas
rangers. E. II. MCDONALD.
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Necessity knows no law tits a law
of Nature that the blood must be kept
pure; and Hoods Sarsar arilla does it.
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RicYcLe Ordinance.

Sec. 4s, chap. VII of the ordinance OF the
Corporation of CHARLES Towu provides:
''it shall be unlawful for any person TO ride
o bicycle upon the pavement or sidewalks, or
to ride bicycle on street at a dangerous
speed. or to ride bicycle after dusk without
carrying lighted and brigh. lantern within
the corporation limits. any person violating
this ordnance, on conviction thereof, shall DC
fined not less than 81 nor more than IS.
This ordinance will be rigedly enforced
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
May2. Mayor.
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New JeweIry Repair Store

The undersigned has moved into the room
of Mr.. d. s. Hughes. l;tt,.ly occupied by Mr..
l.. a. osbourn. two dnors cas-. ni the post
Office, where lie viii conduct the business of
REPAIRING WATCHES. CLOCKS AND
JEM ELRY.
An experience OF 35 years in the business
enab es- me to guarantee satisfaction to all
who may favor me with their patronage
Give me call. FRANCIS BOOMER,
Aprii 4. $50
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SOuTHWARD,
Train 80 connect with Southern Il. Il.
I Strasbnrg junction at 1895 and 7.A5 p. M.

Mixed Trains SouthhOund pass CharlesTowu
u, S.2S and 645 n. M. ArrivC at StraShurg
Junction ut 600 and 1890 u. m.
Mixed trains norihbound pass Charles Town
at 1886 p. M. und 1.S2 a M Arrive at HarpCr's
Ferry ut AGO y. IN. and SO u. M.
CONNECTIONS.
Train s connects at Harper SFerry with Fast
IimtcdESpress train leaving atIa. 81 n IN. and
l:0l y. III. arriving nj Chicago $50 n. M; aud
1900 noon, aud with train leaving at STA
p. m. arriving NJ Cincinnati ut as H. m. ST.
Louis GOO y. ms aud connects al Wcaverttn
at L 40 u NJ. arrive at llagcrsiown at 1910
+. III Washington Junction with train urriv-
ing ut Frc,lcrlck at l. 80 u. n
Train II connects with Fat Ncetihule train
ut llarpcr's Ferry ut 9:44 p. M. fur Chicago, at
lo'2l p. III: for slttshnrg and 1900 n. III. inr
Ciuciiuatti and ST. Louis, Arrive at pitts
burg at 90 "a. m, Chicago ut 9;l5 u. M. Gin
einnaiti AZ p M, aud ST. Lonis $3.50 n. IN.
Pullnun Palace Sleeping Cars are run
through to Cincinnati. St Louis. aud Chicago
| ON all express trains.
kor rates. tickets. luggage checked, apply
10 any office at the b. ~ o. Railrond.
+. y. UNDERWOOD, GcnI Manager.
II. Is. MAbTIN, Muu'sr Pass. Traffic.
Dec. 6. 1898
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Jno- 4. Washington R W. Alexander.
Washington & Alexander ,
Insurance Agency,
ONE OF THE OLDEST INSURANCE AGEN-
CIES IN THE STATE.
Office Gibson Building, Charles Town, W. va.
Representing the following Companies
The old and reliable
RTNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF Hartford, Conn,
Giving the best results to policy holders. and
which has larger amount of policies in
Jefferson County than all other Life
insurance Companies together.
Liverpool " London & Globe, of England.
Scottish Union and National of Scotland
ana the Royal Insurance Co., of Liv-
erpool. the largest foreign Cos.
doing business in America.
hfNA, OF HARTFORD.
Peahody, of Wheeling, W. Va.
franklin, of Wheeling.
German Fire, of Wheeling.
Phoenix. of Hartford.
virginia Fire aud Marine. of Richmond Va
Georgia Home. of Columbus Ca
Fire ASSOCIATION. of Philadelphia, Pa
Continental. of New York.
German-American Fire Insurance Co. of New
!
Niagara Fire Insurance Co., of New York.
Fidelity and Casualty. of New York Civ,
furnishing Steam Boiler Insurance aud
Inspections and Accident Insurance
of every kind.
Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland.
the ouly company authorized to grant
bonds and become surety in the state.
JEFFERSON COUNTY MUTUAL, FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
All losses promptly adjusted and paid at our
Sub-Agents:
j. s. FLEMING, shephcrdstown, w. Va.
CHAS. ii. TRAIL, Harper's Ferry, w. Va.
sworn statement of the conditions of all
Foreign Insurance Companies represented in
this Agency will DC found at the Clerks Office,
in compliance with the State laws.
We solicit a continuance of your patronage,
WASHINGTON ,S ALEXANDER.
Feb. 10, 1885.
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Whea. Is. sheen .
IPronl Lac Adyocnta. !

Ina late issue of your paper there is a
statement of the receipts from the sale of
lambs and wool from flock of $50 Tennes-
see ewes owned by Mr.. George w. NARROW,
which in two years amounts to the gross
sum OF $1347.05, and in the same paper you
ask if wheat, upon the same land as was
used to keep the ewes, would be as protita-
BILE For the summer pasture and winter
feeding of this flock it would take 100 acres
of good land This amount in wheat upon
the farm of Mr.. NARROW, as you report his
crop this year at 81 bushels per acre, would
be
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2IOO bushels "a 40 SlS90 W
The cost of raising it would be as follows:
Flowing at 81. so per acre............... $50 90
narrowing twice 80 cents per acre. go 90
Rolling 20 cents per acre.............. 20 90
Seeding and drilling 30 cents per acre los 90
10 tons fertilizer at 81. so per ton... LIS 90
Harvesting, Observation-Disclosures. 65 90
Thrashing and deliyering.............. 100 90
4ouhl $O4o w
Which deducted from value of wheat forone
year shows profit on 100 acres in wheat
$1245 w
Profit in two $3.50 90
Gross receipts from sheepin2 years 1347 90
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
CHAPTER III.

Although the passage or tunnel by
which the murderer had in all proba-
bility escaped from The Grange had
low been discovered, Darrent was
obliged to own to himself rs he stood
upon the frozen river that he was real
ly no nearer learning the truth or solv
ing the mystery
What had proved a mysterious, su-
pernatural factor in the crime in the
eyes of the unsophisticated inhabitants
of Norcombe and had set their imagi-
nations, such as they were, to work on
the wild ideas of haunted houses and
ehostly assassins had, after all, turned
cut to be nothing.
Just what he had expected would be
she explanation from the moment the
story was related to him by the driver
Of the dogcart had proved to be correct
footsteps leading into the house and
no return--so that it seemed to Darrent
there was but one solution or rather
swo--either the murderer was still in the
building, which was far from probable,
)r had escaped by a secret passage, and
NE latter had proved to be the case.
And yet, after all, he unused, as he
made his way across the grounds back
10 the front OF the house, it had proved
his theory that the murderer of old
Marsden was well acquainted with The
Grange. Who should know the ms and
puts of the premises better than the
aaad mans son OF ward, whichever he
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
Josiah Marsden, "

opHith Rl ai biChs
The manager, with his eyes riveted
upon the knife, nodded his head, but
said nothing.
when did you see Josiah Marsden
lastf"
1.-TWO years ago, when he foreclosed
ON his mortgage on this theater and
turned me into the streets almost
ruined. was the proprietor then. Now
I'm only the manager, Ridgeway re-
piled, with suppressed passion in his
voice. Never seen him since then and
always prayed I never would-in case
of accidents ~
"Ah Have you ever seen that knife
before?n
Ridgeway caught his breath.
"Marsden was murdered with that
knife. Do you remember ever seeing it
before?N
Never" the manager replied turn
ing his gaze from the knife to his own
boots and nervously lingering the stem
of his wineglass. Never. That am
absolutely certain Of.
"a good hearted fellow" was Oar
rents mental note as he observed the
obvious embarrassment of the man.
"He's not used to telling lies, but it 5
no use.
"Seen Astray Marsden lately2" he
interjected,
"No.n
Hes abroad, is he not2"
$50 they say"
"Ahln
"Good heavens, sir" exclaimed Ar
thur Ridgeway, jumping to his feet.
"You don't mean to say you suspect
him? It's impossible. He wouldn't do
it, I'd stake my right hand on it. He's
a trump, as white man as was ever
made y
And so is his friend, Arthur Ridge
way Darrent interposed, slapping him
on the back. There, don't disturb
yourself If he's innocent he'll be able
to prove it right enough And, wiring
ing the mans hand Herbert Darrent
strolled out of the theater and toward
the railway station.
arthur Ridgeway recognizes the
knife and knows that Astray Marsder
has returned, he muses.. Very well
things are getting closer. Now to sec
whether young Marsden is worthy OF
this mans good opinion or is one of the
biggest scoundrels breathing. "
TO BE CONTINUED.
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edge that his turn was coming ia the
last act.
At last Darrent reached the stage
door of the Gaiety theater and, sending
in his card, asked to see Mr.. Ridgeway
and while waiting whiled away the
time by studying a pictorial represen-
tation of the great scene of the last act,
which explained the much put upon
gentleman extreme forbearance in
the previous scenes.
Darrent's admiration of the triumph
of virtue over villainy was interrupted
by the return of the stage door keeper.
Mr. Ridgeway would see him, he was
informed and, following his guide
along tortuous labyrinth Of stairs and
passages, he at last found himself upon
the stage of the Gaiety theater, where
the flaring ''TN piece only served to
render the gloom Of auditorium visible.
A good tempered looking man nodded
to him as he appeared and, begging to
be excused for moment, continued
the task upon which he was engaged of
holding the hundred ton hammer erect
while man went over it with paint
brush.
"Glad to see you. Sit down, sir, !"
he shouted ms Darrent appeared. mot
in hurry for minute2 Thanks. Aw-
fully busy. Give you ten minutes in
ten minutes Suit your Right; they're
yours. Now, give me your opinion,
stranger, he ratified on. "Does that
steam hammer look like the real thing
or does it net? Hal You're laughing
Never mind. You haven't got the right
light on it. Come tonight and see it,
and you'd swear it was the genuine ar
tice. One hundred tons. Daylight does
not suit any of u.s. Now, look at me-
| What do | look-40, ch2 See me to-
night. I'm the hero, 25, and lovely as
the rising sun. Look at the heroine
All! She's pretty girl anyway, ism t
she? But she'll look a goddess, per-
feet goddess Of 81, tonight, AS it is
she s.
"Now, Arthur, don't tell any sto-
ries - a very pretty girl standing by
the manager exclaimed, putting her
hand over his mouth. "Ile's always
talking nonsense" she continued, in
an explanatory way, to Herbert Oar.
rent
MY wife, sir, Ridgeway continued
releasing the hundred ton hammer,
which descended with a dead wooden
thud and, putting his arm round the
girl, zone of the best. one of the very
best, and the prettiest little heroine en-
the stage.
Darrent shook hands with tho lady
and paid her an easy little compliment
that /lised her color and caused her
husband to beam upon them both.
'Look at that, sir-look at it," he
exclaimed deli9htedly. There's a love
ly little innocent blush for You! And
yet you Il find people who say woman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Weary Willie InduIges In n Little
SOlilOQuy.

obs trampin biz amt all pie an cake"
remarked the hobo, with a sigh, as ne
turned his glass bottom side up. Deere
is just enough wonderin what's gon ter
happen next about it ter make it eX-
citin an keep things from gittin stale.
zone mornin over in de western part
of de state | wuz crawlin out Of n barn
whore | had put up fer de night. 1t
wuzn't mornin yet; but, secin dat |
hadn't registered, thot dat it wuz best
ter cit out before dat fact wuz discover
ed
well, just as I reached de door I WIZ
presented wild a rollin pin, tree brickbats,
broom, two pitchforks an an iron bar
Den when | wuz wonderin what WIZ
comm next / wuz trun down by n 200
pound woman, an fer two blessed hours
dat she fend sat on me an lectured me on
de sin Of keepin late hours an wastin
me substance in riotous Twin.
Den she had ter stop ter catch her
breath, an dat gave me a chance ter
ask what it WIZ all about.
Say. you would have had fit if you
had seen dat old gal make a break fer
de house a-yellin murder while | got up
an readjuSted me bones.
"Well, as | wuz limpin off de old gal
stuck her head out of a window an beg
ged me pardon, sayn dat she fought
wuz her husband.
Il felt so good over de fact that I wuzn't
her husband dat told her not ter men
ton it. "-Detroit Free Press.
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Ddrrent took n cigarette from his case.
forget all about that and go on an en-
tirely different track. What is the mys-
terry connected with the set of Indian
chessmen? Let us look at this question
a little.
"O) Why have they been stolen, and
by whom?
"(2) If Astray murdered old Marsden
to obtain any secret connected with the
chessmen, why did he leave them be-
hind?
"(3) If Astray murdered old Marsden
and only discovered afterward the hid
den value of the chcssncn, where is the
motive of the murder?
900 If Astray did not commit the
murder, who did?
"Once find the secret Of the chess
men, and you'll find the murderer.
Now, what have we got as our clew-
the one piece here, a pawn, missing
from the set (there cannot he many
sets like this one, Thompson), and a
chip from another piece? Still, we can
not go into everybodys house and cx-
anime curiosities and bric-a- brac to dis
cover if they have the set we are in
search of. Now, Glow the second is
more valuable, and that is the knife.
You see it is of an ordinary Norwegian
pattern, with a spring blade, hut the
letter "A is branded into the yellow
wood of the handle. Find to whom it
belongs-if "A means Astray, if young
MarSden ever owned this knifc-and
we shall be nearer the hand that struck
the blow Now, then Thompson who
do you think committed the MURDER
"Well, | don't know, sir "he way
you put it, it might be any one.
$50 it might, Darrcnt replied at
might be any one, and perhaps we
haven't got within a thousand miles of
the right one yet. Still, I've done all |
can till | get news from Chicago and
I'm going for Il skate ON the river / IN
not Slcuthhound longing for blood,
but I've been longing to get ON that
stretch of ice ever since I've been in
NOrcOmbp. -
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was, the one whose name the dying
man had endeavored to write--Astray
Marsden2 Again all the circumstances
against Astray forced themselves upon
his mind, What if it should prove to
be no mystery at all? Young Marsden
had returned, gone perhaps straight to
The Grange, quarreled openly with the
old man and in a paroxysm Of rage
struck the blow which killed him.
Darront took the paper from his
pocket again and closely scrutinized it,
Il am dying, murdered by Astra' -
Astray had gone. Perhaps for fear of
blacknail, perhaps because he was
guilty, but, whatever the reason, Oar
rent decided he must be stopped, and
scribbling few lines upon form, he
dispatched Thompson to the telegraph
Office, and again entered the library,
So far he had acted simply as man
Of caution, but without conviction. He
intended TO stop Astray's flight not be-
cause he was assured of his guilt, but
because he might be guilty.
AS detective who had earned fame
he suspected everybody but condemned
none until link by link he had forged
the chain that was unbreakable.
AS it was, so many incidents seemed
to point to Astray, and yet one thing
destroyed the whole theory-the stolen
chessmen.
If he could trace them he felt he
would DO step nearer discovering the
murderer and with them the motive,
That was the great difficulty in this
ease, the apparent absence Of motive,
He was glad to be alone while from a
few fragments he endeavOred to make
out what kind of man the murderer
was and to fix in his mind the style OF
individual he had to look for
Did the murder arise ont of sudden
quarrel, or was it preneditated and &C
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"No," said Cholly to the canvasser for
the charitable society, Il don't believe in
giving money in charity. 1t encourages
paupersm. Besides, | cawn't afford it
Did you ever give anything to the
poor in your life?" asked the indignant
canvasser.
Did ~ exclaimed Cholly heatedly.
"Baw Jovc, sir, | save all my cigar
stumps for little dark skinned boy who
comes around with basket once week
There's nearly a quart of them every
time, too, baw Jove."-Chicago Tribune.
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"My brother was very high strung"
said the self sufficient tourist with ar air
as il the nfrmity of his relative was
something to be pro Id of. at is family
characteristics,
"My brother was pretty darned high
strung himself" replied Tarantula Jim
but we never felt like braggin much
about it. lie was strung up on one
of the sails of the windmill over there
lynched for a little somethin, it don't
matter what now | am pleased TO say,
though. TINT such stringin has n"ves
'peared to run in the family to any great
extent."-New York Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02

The man who has failed to climb 10 the
top of the ladder generally claims that
the top rounds were rotten.
There was once a ma" who discovered
a cure for love, but the il bought the
formula and burned it up.
Probably if babies knew what was
coming to them when they got some of
their own they'd act a lot less fresh.
When man takes n college girl ont
to dinner, he feels that the bill came TO
more than the entertainment was worth.
New York Press.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHARTER 1-Josiah Marsdcn, an Enclish-
man, is found murdered at Norcom5e, a
Chicago suburb. Herbert Darrcnt, 1cte"-
tive, takes the case. DobSon, chief of poo
pliCe of Norcombe gives Darrcnt a paper
which has been found in the murdered
mans room, on which is written, II am
dying, murdered 10y Astra." pointing to
the writer's adopted son Astray as the
murderer.
Chapter 1T,-Tracks are fouud leading
TO but not from the house. DaTcnt finds
I'm the room a piece of an ivory chessman,
the, searches for passable way Of exit
for the murderer, and his Investigation
indicate way to the river.
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to collect his chips and hand EN- in "
ooh, mol Not yet. "
Now, l rather fawncied you'd lay
hold of him at once.
"lndecdl"
Touching young Marsdon, eh ?
What price that
Pm afraid / don't exactly follow
you"
"No? Well, l fawncy not I'm a bit
clevah, sir, am" and the Englishman
tapped the side of his nose with a long