Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-11-03

oiu Gays at me orange. he would often
say as we set out the men. Don't for
get, Astray. if anything ever happens
to me you will find secret hidden in
those pieces. in the ivory queen. -
"The ivory queen7''
"The white ivory queen when l
am gone, Astray. and may go sudden
ly. One never knowsi'" /"
''He said thaty''
''Yes. Why should l lie nowf when
l am gone. you viii find secret in the
ivory queen that will explain all that
dare not tell you now. That's what he
said many time"
''And SO. after the murder, you got
Arthur Ridgeway TO impersonate de-
tective from Chicago and obtain those
chessmen for you and then send them
to Bidefe-d, where you thought they
would be safeY''
Eyes"
"And you do not yet know the Sc
cretY"
''No. How could II You tracked me
down at once. arrested me in Chicago.
and I've never been free an instant
since -
why did you never mention it at
your triali''
''What good could it have done? It
had nothing to do with the murder.
Leave me. leave me to myselfl I've
sworn to you that l am innocent.
What's the goodg You do not believe
It, I've told the parson here I'm inno-
cent He does not believe il. All he
says is, Repent, repent. am sick Of
1t all. I'm condemned. and I've got to
suffer. For heavens sake. leave me in
peace until the end comesl'
And, despite all Darrent's efforts to
get him to talk. Astray Marsdcn would
not open his lips again. would not utter
another word, but sat glum and taci-
turn, staring into space with eyes that
saw nothing unless it was the CHASTITY
outlines of scaffold with dangling
rope.
Finding it useless to linger. Darrent
left the Jail and returned to his own
room at the Palace hotel and. having
locked the door took ont the two ivory
chessnen and carefully examined them.
The pawn was cut out of one solid piece
OF ivory, with the exception Of the fat
base. which, with dexterous twist of
his strong fingers, Darrent unscrewed
There was no mystery about that, and
he laid it on one side and picked mp the
ivory queen. The little statue stood
about three and half inches high, and
the base had diameter of about an
inch and half and formed a small cir
cular platform upon which the figure
stood, the flowing robe reaching to the
edge all rcund.
Gripping the base Darrent twisted
it to the right, and the figure unserew-
ed, revealing a long narrow cavity,
running the whole length of the body.
into which, tightly rolled up. scrap
OF parchment had been pushed With
the blade of his penknife he carefully
withdrew the little scroll. which was
about an inch long by two inches wide,
and spread il out before him 1t was
covered with very small writing, and,
although the ink was somewhat faded,
he made ont without much difficulty
the following inscription;
When the ,ull shines through the center
pane OF red glass in the top Of the library win
dow. its track along the aeor will reach at mid
knot three feet to the west and eight feet to the
north, which viii reach 10 the wauscof then
measure siS feet up the vail to the carved SCROLL
and pull forward. I'M
Three times Darrent read the paper
through What could ii meang What
mystery was there hidden behind those
dark oak paneled walls in the dreary
library at The Grange? Was there some
guilty secret slowed away that old
Marsden had hidden all through his
life, but had wished when he was dead
that Astray should knowf Was there
possibly some clew to the real murderer.
something that should tell an avenger
where to search for old Marsden's enc
my. the deadly enemy that had struck
the murderous blow or was there some
concealed wealth lying behind that
panel for which Josiah Marsdan had
been murdered? II he had been muir
dered for that wealth. those who had
killed him knew where the treasure was
hidden and no doubt had stolen it al