Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27

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were doing everything that could "a 81
!; done in his lnteTpsts and that no stone
would be left unaurnei to prove his is:
nocenee, hut, ,ISleft: him with ! IA heavy
heart;;, for I'felt the all but utter hone:
lessness of the task before rs. >@ ]; :5 s
- I got the ,photograph,tha same e7ay.
/; It was cabinet5vignette Of a remark
!, ably handsome. girl, and for thescs1mo-
ment I could not believe this was the
poor woman, the memory of whom,
huddled in the gutter as had first seen
her., would forever remain with me,
. but a second glance showed me that 81
was lnieed the same W oman before the
. storms and blasts Of life had furrowed
her cheeks and dulled her eyes. Here j
saw: "a face breathing inward happiness
and contentment-the ia CO of woman
to be:remembered. Beneath wealth, of
dark hair were a broad forehead and
eyes OF marvellous depth and beauty.
The chin betokened unusual decision.
and it was evident she was not woman
to be lightly dealt with. On the other
hand her nostrils and lips gave the inn
preston that she sought some one to
care for. and even lean upon and on
whom the wealth of no ordinary love
would be lavished in RETURN Altogether
1T was an exceptional face-one of a
woman whose, influence for good should
have reached far and WIDE What ter
rible fatality had warped her path so
that it led through, trouble to such
piteous end? go :
The photographers name had been
erased and turned the card round, hon
ing to find some clew on the back. hut
it was blank. l. say the name had been
erased, but it had not been oomuletely
scratched away, and there were still in
dications of print, but SO trivial that it
seemed hopeless to expect any clew
therefrom. :.,,... - .
My next business was at Scotland
Yard. There was just hope that Har-
rlet Staples had been advertised for az
missing by her friends. and if so her
photograph would probably be there. T.
explained !, my business to an official,
and we sooli had before us the albums
OF some years back. We went carefully
through them, onparing each one with
the photograph / had with me, but of
the many thousands saw not one bore
any resetn blance to it, and at last we
gave up. the, search as hopeless. A
young detective helped me in my search,
and as was about to place the picture:
in my pocket be. pointed to. the nearly
!obliterated letters at the foot.
There's the clew, sir, take my word
for it. If you could only restore the
whole word from those Fragments you
would have it at once -.
'That's all very we]l,'' said /, shut
I'm afraid it's an impossible feat j,
II wouldn't be too sure of that" he !
replied i've known good deal come
from a slenderer hint Why not have a
few facsimiles( made of them and send
them to experts?' .-t..r: =.
l left the place with this suggestion
ringing in my ears. and as turned, it
over in my mind it bore unexpected
fruit. Capital! IT should be as he sug-
gested,: but instead of. aafew facsimiles
l would have hundreds of thousands
struck off and carried the length and
breadth of the land, How? By enlistinp
the popular press in my cause, II -
p: The next day managed to obtain
letter of introduction to the editor of
one Of those weekIies which have so hit !.
the public taste that there is scarcely
one household in the country which
does not buy ite weekly copy. ITO him !.
l preached my plan, which was nothing
less than securing the services Of his !
renders to aid me in my search. I asked ]
him to print a facsimile Of the almost I
erased letters in his next issue, with a
prize of $50 for the first correct addi-
ton of the missing portions. The ex-5
element which the murder had aroused
was still great, and the public were: 4
following with scarcely .abated interest 4
every fresh development of the case 4: Fl
The editor scented q big increase in
his circulation :if his paper became, inS
any way identified with the mystery 4
that surrounded the case. But i shrank
from 81! exposing this last move TO tie
gaze Of the idle and curious, as sstipu,,t..= S
lated that for the present, at any rate, q
the connection between the murder and
the problem offered tosthe public should ]
be kept secret s Il N b,
The editor was for a long time I'M 4
willing to meet my wishes, but at last 1
= com s promi se. was Effected and the an ga
nocunoement which appeared I'D that ].
weeks issue Of bis paper read asSsfol.
lows: Y VI 81 N
81. FIFTY POUNDS. R ,iss l8 :.s.
AZ. ln order that Justice may be done to prisS
oner, now avail ting his trial, under suspicion l.
q an awful crilne that ths III d
but bliterated words given beloy 81 ii III "a
~ present all that rem, aims Il
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md We are OF e. a ne 81 $50
TO the 81 IS eorrectiy
the missing ION Of The Bearii,aR
e. mind that some Is III ttat ppssess
phs ta ken thu s;sle pilot or apher: