Smyrna times., 1902-10-01

Wnen the break came. was +0,a -.
que might call and was ordered - 80 .na' al
aurliit @ her. Had my gentleman +ot toI,o', ~
uii over to Paris for fo,,, ,.'.A,-1
ar nllght have been well bnt w. ms ~1
Iuseu TO stir out of London M
tbo+ AN 1aiieu' as expected. and was told
on1, 80 ne was out. Her words wera foi,
a,lu an, ner smiles pleasant, but I cangb+ .
tos So Vi her eyes and tigbtening of
Hei ups TO prove that her visit 1,,os' ~
friendly one. ' was hot
a week after that, when the oc+,oss
nau eonsoled herself by elevatinc am
-. -, over the heads of her still mn.
merous train of admirers. NV gentle.
4i''n hau headache and remained a+
AOr the evening. 1t had come 10
CLOCK when a young man called
Hau never seen him before hu+ tlnoro
were many callers who were stro noors
to me- S'r"hsefs
~, NJ cards my man. If Arthur is
nome III just walk right in on him
ana give him surprise. Been i'm Chi.
Il" ana Japan for three wears Won
nhoW' but used to be his best chnm
Egad' but I'll have him ont of tbis IN
ten minutes" '"i9 III
Frequently callers entered fins u,,+,,
out formality. 1t was NOT nn+il a.
later that l remembered that his figurp
ulunt look manlike, Dis voice was foo
I!ght and his mustache didn't lool,
tne real thing. He was inside a fulI
hour. When he came out. l was clean
ing pair of shoes and gave him no
attention, and he went off vbistling
II was still another hour before 7 on.
tered my gentleman's rooms for his
breakfast order. He was sitting in his
Iavorite chair, but he had been dead
lor three-quarters of an hour. | exam
ined him carefully before giving the |
alarm, but found no wound.
Ihere was great excitement when
the police took hold of the case Tho
doctors decided that he had been moi.
sohed by the prick of a pin. For a |
week or so the detectives searched |
nigh and low for the "old 6hum" who J
had just returned from the east. but !
then they came to the conclusion that |
lie was a myth. None of my gentle |
mans friends had ever heard of such a
man. l could describe him to a dot
but the detectives insisted that it was
some one in disguise. | readily agreed
with them in the new theory. l even
suggested to them that it was a wom-
an and whispered the name of the
American actress.
Then all Of sudden the men on the
case began to grow lukewarm, but not
before they had made many discover
les. The woman was off the stage that
night She had bought a suit of mems
clothing two or three days before. She
had made her boasts of getting even.
ana the news of the tragedy caused
her to betray many signs of guilt. No
case was worked up against her be-
cause she had among her admirers half
a dozen of the most influential men I'm
England and one bearing almost the
highest title in the empire Had she
been arrested they must hare used
every exertiOn to defeat justice and
save themselves. Then came a time
when l acted under direct orders. The
poisoned pin had been left behind. I'm
der instructions l swore that it was
one sent to my gentleman from India
and that he must have accidentally in
tiicted the wound with his own hand.
And so my gentleman sleeps his last
sleep unavenged, and n fair woman
still dances and sings and smiles, while
half dozen great men carry her Sc
cret.