Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-06-19
BY !. MAcLAREN coBBAN.

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was altogether unlike the rest. Most
OF the wall was as bare Of anything
like vegetation as mill.wall com.
monty is. but this part was covered
with fine yell0wish.green fungus on
the bricks, and grass In the mortar Of
the interstlces. This, I was Ratished,
was the spot. Under these bricks
had lain. for eighteen months, the
mutilated remains OF the unfortunate
l@croix. probably at no great depth;
hence the eageTness OF gteinhardt 70
cover them with 80 widespreading q
tomb-slab as this fallen wall. and
hence. also. probably. this traitorous
growth OF green. A. looked, won
dered how much Stelnhardt would
give now TO be able 10 move his II.
tanic Tombstone and remove his dead!
The wall was too secure a covering. |.
II was the grand mistake OF q strong.
resolute and originl criminal. the
enormous blunder OF the bold, uncom.
promising villain. entirely confident
In his security against every risk Of
discovery
I hurriedly withdrew TO consider
my course Of action. began TO find
that | was In an awkward dilemma.
My promise TO Fraulein Haas forbade
a public examination of that spot, yet
how could my promise 20 Louise, that
her fathers remains should be prop.
erly interred-how could that be full
filled without the discovery becoming
publtc7 There was another point
which gave me pause suppose this
rude grave broken into, and It's con.
tents Identified as the remains Of Mr..
Iacrolx. how could show that Stein
hardt had buried them? How. then.
could bring the crime home so as TO
move him AZ I desired?
resolved to go 10 Freeman. and
talk the dlfiiculty over with him. |
had seen little Of my friend since his
return from London: he had been
much from home on some business
OF his denomination. He did not even
know yet Of the successful result OF
our inquiry upon old Jaques.
found him In his study. In which
he was always most at sase in nc.
cordance with his request I posted
him up 10 date In my doings and
discoyeries--from the finding OF the
French papers in jacques cottage.
through the revelations at Basel to
the discovery had made q few min
utes before. He was most impressed
with my account OF the visions Of
Fraulein Haas. He was something OF
mystic. of the pseudo.scientif kind
we'll known In these latter days, and
he would turn his attention to no 9th.
er point till he had found an expIana.
tion of the FFauleln's experiences
His explanation At least satisfied him.
self. and II certainly waa very plaus.
iblc. He described the phenomena
as magnetic clairvoyance. Here.
said he. were two people who had at
one time been deeply interested in
each other. one of whom (the more
sympathetic subjectl still thought
much OF the other; the one was high.
ly nervous. the other was strong.
willed. The strong.willed person was
In an extraordinary difiiculty. in
which no had TO put q resolute strain
upon all his resources of mind and
body and memory. In his casting
about In his excited mood for aid to
remove his difficulty. he might we'll
have thought. IF she we're here!-.
she who has been of all beings the
most devoted to me- Or. II were
only with her. rid OF this horrible
business!" This strong wishing. this
reaching out of spirit" for her,
would sink to a mere nothing when
the difiiculty OF the time was once
settled. and the bond OF attraction
would sink loose and lIfeless. TIL It
was drawn tense again. and thrilled
again with vlgor when his need OF her
returned upon him with a new din.
Guilty This would account for Frau
lein Haas's feeling of being drawn Is
II away from herself at those times
when she had her visions.
This explanation made. he was
ready to turn with me to more press.
ing points. He could not see, how.
ever, any more than could. that |
was at present likely to effect any.
thing with Steinhardt by private
threats OF the disclosure of my knowl.
edge. by anything. indeed, but a pub.
lie lnvestlgation--and even that might
do little more than create q public
scandal.
"You see." said Freeman, ''you have
absolutely nothing yet of reliable
kind that can point even circumstan-
TALLY to Steinhardt as the murderer"
could not but agree with him. and
assent to his advice to wait" In
the meantime Steinhardt must be per-
mitted to pursue his vindictive con.
duct toward our dear old friend Blr.
IaV and HE nhannao oR nanasu~ e.,s
ther annoyance and anxiety TO Miss
Lacroix. Our helplessness in the mat.
ter chafed severely both Freeman and
myself.
'Ts there no way at all,"I exclaim-
ed, "but the way Of evidence to bring
the crime home to him ITO really
satisfy ourselves that the crime Is
his, and to make him feel that we
know II is?"
Have you any objection" said he,
rising as If anticipating I would have
none, ito take my wife into counsel
She sometimes has clear idea In
her head"
/ said l certainly would like Mrs.
Freeman to consult with us, and In q
few moments she was sitting oppo.
site me. told her the whole mat
ter, and pointed out the difficulty Of
the situation.
so" said she, "you want to get at
some way OF bringing It home to
him, as you say. II. now, you could
only hit upon something like Ham.
let's play to catch the King"
"Ah, yes, Hamlet" We both ex-
claimed.
This was our first formative hint
and need not describe in detail how
from that, through understanding
discussion, and wild suggestion OF one
sort and another, plan was at
length developed, shall but state
the result.