New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

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7 am held professionally to nave a good op-
| Grating nerve; but to think OF that brief IN
| teryal even now sends chill down my BACK.
| AZ the time my eyes seemed 20 start from my
! head and my hands were lifted up in terror
| slowly but steadily the white circle grew on
| the wall There was dark mark IN the centre
| which gradually formed Itself into the a"iui
! hand whose writing pronounced doom. Instant
w the word painting OF the BOOK OF Dahici
rushed into my MIND; . 49, -,
roon's hand and wrote over against the candle
click unon the plaster Of the wall or the kings
palace: and the king saw the part OF the hahu
that wrote Then the KING fGunI bi,a co ,gai
changed and his Thoughts troubled hIih' 50 1n 80,
the Joints of his lons were loosed' ana ms
knees smote one against another. ...o,,o,
And even while these thoughts courseu ,nro"s,
NV burning brain the hand began to write II
traced one fearful word and only one: lehel.
Daniel himself has translated that porlen, o,,s
symbol: Thou art weighed in the balances ana
art found wanting" ,,,,
The vision disappeared from my unwilling
gaze, and I was again sitting IN the uar 80
How long | remained comatose cahno' ~. -,
ultimately lighted the gas, ana loulu tns'.
n was 800 O'Clock The power or thousht
seemed to return TO me slowly put dIS1'
time 7 recovered my mental facuites anu
gan TO try and unrayel the tangle. Inc hd'
Ircination theory being obviously impossible
hogan to look for physical eNpiahatioh'
was still at it in a dull kind OF way whIh elie
dawn of another day broke. and then pekdn
to think that l could see hght III "o"O'e
sense. ,s 10, an,
nlaced a table under where the mana Hdu aP
nea rod and stood upon II. Putting my eye
about on a level with the writing, / looked out
Of the window The direction was not AT righ,
angles to the wall Of the bedroom, put IhC.n'n
to the left and downward mus ehn,ns so,arelv
view of a brick wall. instead OF looking squarSy
into the garden This wall was the PACK OF
modern stable, and quite blank, the creepoiS
PLANTED at the base not having grown uP ~
7, ,yae unsightly but Il suggested further
idea No one astir yet ana l let n .SsIn
ont noiseessly. and made my way 10 the $500
Nv placing the loft ladder against the van an ,
climbing up backward managed 10 reach aI 80
tho snot where my glance from the pedrooil 100
been fixed. OF course, 10 look AT w -. a.
window now it was necessary to turn 10 III.
;nbt and inward Ii is an elementary law OF
ontics that the angle OF reflected Hght ilpin a
MIA ne surface is equal TO the angie Oh In' 49,,
/ roughly estimated with my eye an o.iud' al,sie
aoain to the left and downward. me sitnCS
ended at the back window OF the IT, $3.50
In North Lane. a mirror, then, hN"E VIZ
stood would reveal in the bedroom "ha' "a" 80
@ojnp on in the cottage or vice versa, and the
distance not great - 800 =,
I slipped back into the Whytes house ~
was 6,0 o'clock and everything was sun pui,e
quiet | went out by the front e'll'n.Ss' Inn"
nv way round to the cottage ~ Nor,h -,
and raped loudly at the cottage ioor' h h
10 get peep inside before the us hour lo'
callers after a protractei interval J was an
swered by a surly looking man; half,dresseu
rs this Mr.. Smiths| asked. 40 -. -,
ouastion came into my head for the momeh"
and had foollsnly gone without one 'eaoS p'e
pared. ,., ..ronnLins
mo" said the man shortly. l" 5!
What do YOU want at this time or day -,
The table in the room had nothing on II; put
Of that moment peeping round the man my eye
Iichted upon a piece of wire on the floor curIeo
and silkbound. 1t told its own tale. -.
'Srompkins the elect, ician?' | haZarded look
ing at the wire. t,tr, bu,
Electrician? No" said the man; Fu'A d y nu,
with ill-concealed surprise. "Wha' GO ''u
want?" ,,,,, Or bic rcnre-
sentative" | said. stepping past the man 'n''
III" lie started. and turned round herceiy.
what do you mean" ne cried. AZ the SANE same
n,oment I caught sight Of roll OF the nIn use.
I'm instantaneous photography lor d se''e" Va
pictures packed away on smell: found
out. That is all 49, a., oo,,o,. hint T
orticinated him as he drew It forth ana iahu-
ed him fairly between the eyes WIN ' a1 ny
strength. As he staggered backward the weapon
he was raising flew from ms hahu' anu p''NN
IL up 1t a Colt, Loaded. , ,.,,
Nov" I said, covering him. the positions
are changed You have tried to nurdet n,e.
No tricls or I shoot. Now. set your VISION
pia Mt at work, or will give you in charge ana
look sharp" i'll, . ood
He had to comply, but it was with 49, a go 200
deal of profanity. AS I had expected since my
vieit 10 the cottage the idea was worked our
with an electric light. cinematograph OF oeau-
tiful construction. and a large mirror, NUM- On
the stable wall. With the aid of the Colt soon
had tho whole story out. My prisoner was inc
Jealous Counts tool and was trying 10 rlsh'eh
Margaret into her grave.
The habits OF the household had been so care
fuIlv watched that IL was known when the
WHITES left for Malvern. and when they re-
turned The trick was rendered possible from
the fact that Whyte's old house. like all or us
kind in the Midlands. had unshuttered upstairs
windows. while it had also white blinds on
rollers to relieve the gloom OF the OAK paneis
within The rascals had discovered n Trick OF
Maggies OF reposing with her blind up; but
found they had actually provided themselves
with a plant to perform on the white blind as
. 1900, a che cbould forpet her usual practice