The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
A Man Of Mystery.
Nv JOSEPH RgvmolOs.
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II IL mites. was The only one to sus-
Pect tragedy breathing behind the
curtain None of the ev~r-changing
occupants of Archer's tenement had
time TO pose as the students of the
psyche logical. There was . ripple Of
duh excitement as the dark. set-lPped
Young man from nowhere. carrying
u small trunk and a pulling air Of
rciineDent. was seen going conscious
il up she common staircase: hut il
fzzed cut the first time he was heard
10 drop his voice when the landlords
agent called Down on his luck ask
ing fos few days grace. sympa-
lhetic chord was struck ~ once
After that only one person troubled
about him and his fugitive Ways and
that " as GyP. the debate. detcrmec
girl in the lowest room, who was paid
To keep the stair and landings re-
spectacle, and who was At the beck
and 90 j of anyone in the tenement
wanting an odd Job done chsaPly.
He rad the sky parlor- so high up
that tie invalid who rented IL before
him had been known 10 pause for
breath ON the staircase 20 times Gyp-
with tie keen intelligence of her Kind
was bound 10 note what farcicaI
amouni Of furniture had been carried
ND. and how solemn the scent Of cook
ing found its way through the door
chinks- She knew his NAME must be
Prank Meredith. because lefters-a
rarity in the enement-eaEne fire.
auentl.- for him They were mostly
in ION. envelopes. and once or twice.
when she carried them mp, she had
leen struck by the witch Of his lips
as he took theal and hastily closed
his door again. Stransest OF all ne
uaS 4 man who could live without
work and without friends Regularly.
al dusk. he went out for about an
hour: for the rest II the day he fol-
lowed she lead Of the invalid and sar
alone in the quiet room Doing
what? Heaven alone had an linking
Twice q week she washed the stair
case down: and she often paused over
that top landing and wrung mt her
flannel half dozen times unneces-
sarily. in hopes 81 hearing something
once lie had opened his door softly
and caught her al it.
-Oh. beg your PARDON he wills
perez. Fancy that language \
wondered what the scrrboing Nose
was
Gvp didn't scrub that BIT again
Finally her feelings took the form -
a xa~- wonder and pity: because
with her worian-s intuition she al
,ined many little things that only
x,onan would notice. He was mo-
mad he was not a criminal in hid
inr-his face told that He ccai<
only be man with mystery
one night she saw him step sharply
on, an usual. As il happened SIS
was fust about to run on one OF hel
own furtiye errands- syP had n
notion Of weighing impulses m
followed him at little distance III
NM two or three long envelope care
July into the pillar box AMI 'hei
vanished through doorway IL VA
, branch If the public library ans
~ place for Gyp. There were tw'
hnShed rooms. She venturcd uneer
-ainiy in. OsienSibly engrossen ps
medical directory. she wa'ene'
through the glass partition lie ha'
turned 10 a certain corner % : new
naper and was staring as II iasei
,a.ed. Just as he made TO tear him
srlf away the lights blazed up disccn
,.r,inpiy- Both noticed something
-. mai he was two shades white
than usual. and he that she had oeei
watching him. He ficked tack IN
she..S ard walked out with a pan
mot on either check Again the III
pulse was open 10 criticism ou'
minnie or so later she found herse
canning that printed corner lie
Gns l,eran 20 work-as they AWAY
aia when she read. There IL was
something that helped 10 solve W
mx--.ry. and at the same time thiei
,ned IL:
.-lf Frank Meredith wall only con
mrn;es,c with known addresses a
yir ,.arr. that bygones are hygons
u the fullest sense Ethel hear
broken
That next morning. as she set NJ
al .,.adiiv down on the top lan'
ing. his door clicked: he looked on
4, made her jump she had Des
,;,.ur;nr the face u Ethel IN n
.oapxuds. and her lip curled-
Il hope a. ron didn't think -
-. becan. and stopped glowing wa
,ranre coafusion- Ten TO one
had forgotten AL about II.
what's that he asked. aosen, !,
In her trepidation she soPped y
water all around his feet nc n
80 ~ rncn who would has- na'l
soxxn her clurnsiness with an oa'
MI, his one only STEPPED back
II vas going 20 say AZ a'"ns-
.~~..i s.is xou'd lake your fv-