The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-13

when the break came. I was told that
she might cull and was ordered not to
admit her. Had my gentleman taken
a run over to Paris for few weeks
all might have been well, but he re-
fused to stir out Of London. The ac-
tress called. as expected, and was told
that he was out. Her words were fair
and her smiles pleasant, but 1 caught
fash Of her eyes and Tightening of
her lips to prove that her visit was not
friendly one.
A week after that, when the actress
had consoled herself by elevating an
M. P. over the heads Of her still nu-
merous train of admirers, my gentle
man had headache and remained at
home for the evening. It had come 10
|. O'clock when young man called. /
had never seen him before, but there
were many callers who were strangers
to me.
mo cards. my man. If Arthur is
home, I'll just walk right in on him
and give him surprise. Been In Chi
ma and Japan for three years, you
know, but used to be his best chum.
Egad, but I'll have him out Of this in
ten minutes"
Frequently callers entered thus with
out formality. 1t was not until days
later that remembered that his figure
didn't look manlike, his voice was too
light and his mustache didn't look
the real thing. He was inside full
hn n,,f 7 p10
ing a pair of shoes and gave him no
attention, and he went off whistling.
It was still another hour before l en-
tered my gentleman's rooms for his
breakfast order. He was sitting in his
favorite chair, but he had been dead
for three-quarters Of an hour. I exam
ined him carefully before giving the
alarm, but found no wound.
There was great excitement when
the police took hold Of the case. The
doctors decided that he had been poi
soned by the prick of pin. For
week or so the detectives searched
high and low for the "old chum" who
had just returned from the east, but
then they came to the conclusion that
he was a myth. None of my gentle
mans friends had ever heard of such
man. 1 could describe him to dot,
but the detectives insisted that it was
some one in disguise. readily agreed
with them in the new theory. even
suggested to them that it was wom-
an and whispered the name of the
American actress. -
Then all Of q 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 suit of mems
clothing two or three days before. She
had made her boasts Of getting even,
and 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
q dozen of the most influential men In
England and one bearing almost the
highest title In the empire. Had she
been arrested they must have used
every exertion to defeat justice and
save themselves. Then came a time
when I acted under direct orders. The
poisoned pin had been left behind. Un-
der instructions swore that it was
one sent to my gentleman from India
and that he must have accidentally In
flicted the wound with his own hand.
And so my gentleman sleeps his last
sleep unavenged, and fair woman
still dances and sings and smiles, while
half dozen great men carry her Sc
crpt