The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-27

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er. l smelt it; very peculiar odor
it had.
Il renewed my search with vigor.
1t was evident the criminal had es-
capped by the rear. Reviving hope
fired me, and inch by inch | scruti-
nized doors, walls, windows, every
thing and anything, large and small.
For three days L hunted INCREASINGLY.
My total discoveries were some
threads of cloth torn off while squeeZ-
/ ing through a small window, blood
| stains on the sash arising from cut
with a rusty nail in the wood, foot
prints on the ground beneath the
window. The ground was soft enough
/ to reveal an impression. Very close
! examination disclosed a peculiar i'm
| print with a cut across. An inspira-
| ton dawned on me-the overshoes.
| From these links, how should | form
chain? First, the handkerchief, and
/ went to Whitton's, the druggist. He
ransacked his store, but could not
| find me a scent like it. l shot an ar
row at a venture.
"'You sold some to Miss Harvey,
think"
"'Oh, yes; / know now. l got that
especially for her. | am sorry l have
none left
81 reeled out of the shop. I was on
the track. b. H. were Bertha Har-
vey's initials; this was her handker-
chief. | went straight to her home.
During my stay | pretended to have
lost my handkerchief. She lent me
the exact counterpart of the one l
had found, save it was marked No
= | twitted her that | knew she was
in the habit of lending her handker-
chiefs TO gentlemen. She laughed and
blushed, and | bantered her into con-
fessiOn. She had never lent but one,
and she told me to whom. | involun-
tarily jumped from my chair, but had
enough self-control to recover my
self pretending l had assumed aston
ishment.
"Now | had almost run down my
game. How should | get into his
house? Providence aided me. You are
an elderly man, and have known me
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