Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-24

IKE veg ---l0L as G u-.--Wa. com
monty is bur this part was covered
with rus ye,lCwish-E-sar fungus or
the bricks and grass IN The mortar or
-L@ !u-z-s-iras. This. I vas satisfied.
was the spot. Under these bricks
had lain. for eighteen months. the
uU-.ilrsL remains OF the unfortunate
-ar-O.Z. probably az no great iep-h.
hence the sagerness OF S-ai~rs-tr 70
cover them wi-h so wiissr-EaLirE Q
-omt-s.ab as this fallen wall and
hence also. probably. this r-aiCC-ous
growth of green. As looked. I Won
6e-et how much S-a.uh--tr would
give now 20 BE- able 20 move his T.
tanic tombstone and remove his dead
The wall was toO secure q covering,
Il was the grand mistake OF a strong.
resOlute and oriE:ri criminal,-rhe
enormous blunder OF the bold. uncom-
promising villain. entirely confident
IN his security against every risk OF
discovery
I hu-riedly withdrew 70 consider
ny course OF action. began TO find
that I was in an awkward dilemma.
Ny promise 10 Fraulein Haas forbade
public examination OF that spot. vet
how could my promise 10 Louise. that
her fathers remains should be prop
srly iC-e--sd-how could that be full
filed without the discovery becoming
publiCe There was another point
which gave me pause suppose this
rude grave broken into. and its con.
tents identified as the remains OF Mr.
Lacro!x. how could 7 show that Stein
hardt had buried them? How. then
could I bring the crime home so as 10
move him as I desired
I resolved 10 90 TO Freeman. and
talk the difficulty over with him.
had seen little Of my friend since his
return from London: he had been
much from home on some business
OF MS denomination. He lid not even
know Vet Of the successful result OF
Our inquiry upon old Jauues.
I found him in Rs study in which
he was always most az ease. In ac-
cOrdance with his request I posted"
him up 10 date" in nv doings and
discoveries-from the finding OF the
French papers in Jacques cottage.
through the revelations at Basel. to
the discovery I had made a few min
ures before. He was most IMPRESSED
with my account of the visions OF
Fraulein Haas. He was something of
z mystic. OF the pseudO-scientific kind
well known In these latter days. and
he would turn his attention to no 9TH
or point till he had found an eZulana-
ton OF the FTaulein's experiences.
His explanation ar least satisfied him
self. and Il certainly was very Dlaus-
ible. He described the phenomena
as magnetic Clairvovance.' Here.
said he. We're two people who had ar
one time been deeply interested in
each other. one OF whom the more
srmnathe-ic subfect1 still thought
much OF the other: the one was high
" nervous, the othe- was strong
willed. The stror CIVILIZED rers0n was
N an extraordinary difficulty. in
which he had 10 nut q -esoluta strain
UUor all his resources of mind and
body and memo-v. In his casting
about in his evci-ad mood for aid 70
remove his difficulty. ne might we'll
have thought IF she we've here
she who has been Of al ha'rgs the
most devoted 10 me Or. il were
oriv with har. rid OF this horrible
business" This strong visrivg- his
"rea aching ont Of spirit" for her
would sink TO q mere nothing when
settled and the bond NJ attraction
would sink loose and lifalass. ~fU g
was drawn tense again and THRILLED
again with vigo- when his need OF her
returned unOn him with 2 new diff
culry. This would account for Frau
lain Haas's feeling ~ being drawn as
= swa- from herself AZ those times
when she had her visions.
-satv TO turn with me to more press
ing points. He could not see how.
ever. any more than I could that 7
was a. present likely to effect any
thing with Steinhardt by private
threats Of the disclosure Of ny knowl-
edge. by anything indeed. but q pub
lie irvestigation-and even that might
DO little more than create a public
scandal.
You see" said Freeman. "you have
absolutely nothing yet of q reliable
kind that can point even circumstar-
italy TO Steinhardt as the murderer"
I could not but agree with him. and
assent to his advice 10 wait" In
the meantime Steirhardt must be per.
mitted to pursue his vindictire con.
iuct toward our dear old friend Biz
. = CAUSING
her ANNOYANCE and anxiety to Miss
Lacroiy. Our helplessness in the mat
ter chafed severely both Freeman and
myself.
Is there no way at all'T exclaim.
I'D. but the way OF evidence to bring
The crime home to him to really
satisfy ourselves that the crime is
his. and to make him feel that we
know It is?"
Have you any objection" said he.
rising as il anticipating I would have
none, ito take my wife into counsel
She sometimes has a clear idea in
her head"
l said I certainly would like Mrs.
Freeman to consult with us. and in a
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 ar
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-