Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-17

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The red faced one snntled superior Off.
! +. ciGl smile. i,
! ously wrought piece of eastern work
manship. probably Malay or Chinese
he stopped short and looked at me-
| where have l lately heard such de-
; scription?' >:
"Why, such a weapon was among
Mr.. Wentworth's curios."
and he left suddenly last night?
Called away by telegram"
| He looked at me and at him, each
! formulating the same thought 1t was
great Jump. big span Of possibility
to leap, but we both seemed to accom-
p1ish it with little difficulty. E,
1T is just possible" said he. "Sin-
gular, indeed, if our esteemed Mr..
I wentworth is not associated with the
society. An escape, Davie. You must
feel your way more carefully" :,
l shuddered at the awful nearness
of the catastrophe, and to this day
| cannot imagine why Mr.. Wentworth
! did not use his dagger on me in prefer
| ence to the clumsy contrivance Of the
exploding pistol. II one means to
| murder, there is no weapon to equal
the knife. For once that a bullet
brings down it's intended victim it will
miss dozen times. But the. knife,
driven by a steady hand, rarely fails in
its mission. 1t is the thing most to be
dreaded by all people whose position
causes the envy Of less fortunate NOR
tails. 49,
Recognizing, then. its utility, l was
at q loss to comprehend the reason for
his neglecting the use Of it-taking it
for granted, Of course, that the pistol
was not fired by accident. And yet
his choice of the pistol was not with
out wisdom Had it succeeded it is
doubtful II even a suspicion would
have attached itself to his person. And
how near he had been to accomplishing
his purpose! Just that slight deviation
OF the head at the right moment had
upset all his plans and given me anoth-
er chance. The more thought of it
the deeper was impressed with the
belief that special providence was
watching over me. When one lives in
a whirl Of excitement. when. cne's
nerves can no longer be counted upon
to beat regularly. it is easy enough to
fancy things. And, after all, unfor-
tunate as esteemed myself, could
not deny that I had some share of luck.
We returned to town that afternoon
and In due course called at the Victo-
ria hotel. but learned to our chagrin
that the widow: and her daughter had
already left with friends. Where had
they gomez: The hotel officials did not
know, but suggested that we should
make inquiries at Great Scotland Yard,
which. was just round at the back. We
thanked them, but did not take their
advice. Unlike the police, we knew
who had committed the murder: at
least we had very few doubts. How
ever. we thought that q glimpse of the
! weapon might confirm any lingering
suspicion and with that object in view
called at the police office and begged
permission to inspect the knife, a per
mission which was peremptorily refus-
ed by red faced savage clothed in
little brief authority. @%
"But l am not without information
which may throw considerable light
upon this crime" said my uncle
The red faced one smiled:a superior
official smile. ~ = Ts i =, IL
yes know" he said. Eve sad Is.
ere already who can lay: their 'ands on
the murderer at moments notice." .
| DO you know" said my uncle, that
your tene is hardly the one to adopt
when speaking to gentleman"
III gentlemen will come ERE with
such yarns he muttered as he turn
ed his great back on us. The sentence
was left unfinished, but it really re-
CURED no completion. The tone, the
movement and the shrug of the mass
I've shoulders finished it as no words
could. ~ 49, =. =
You are IN exceedingly intelligent
fellow" said my uncle. you ought to
succeed, -. #z"5 e
After the first vain attempt to discov-
er the whereabouts Of the widow and
her daughter I'VE abandoned our In
4U4A4SSsT 'AAle1% 0AA We GOu1U Only nave
heard what We knew or imagined, and
our story, Il accepted, would render
US anything but desirable acquaint-
ances. Therefore, after duly taking ali
things into consid erat ton, we decided
not to tntrude upon the privacy Of the
ladies, but from 3 distance watch the
efforts Of the law, rendering such aid
as we could. Indeed, or suspicious
were written out and dispatched to
Scotland Yard. and IN due time we.
were waited upon By one OF the chief
inspectors, but as our story would
serye no good cause By being made
public It accordingly never reached the
newspapers But the police were duly
informed Nofs the society and its do
Iings, and for some time afterward
their Vigilance was such that We ate,
slept and walked IN safety, knowing
that our house was watched It night
and that wherever we. went . police
officer WIS &C our heel
Unfortunately scotiana Yard had
| met its match III the society. Nothing