The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-09
BOOK III.
The House of Doom.
CHAPTER xl.-contInued:
The Heart Of the Puzzle,


y Look down the lost and found column"
said he. The third advertisement you
will see there came from the district at
torneys Office; the next one was inserted
by Mr.. Moore himself" r. j..
I followed his pointing finger and read
two descriptions Of the f1ligree ball. The
disproportion in the rewards offered was
apparent. That promised by Uncle David
was calculated to rouse any mans cupidity
and should have resulted in the bauble's
immediate return. -, r., r.. 49,
HE; gottahead Of the police that time"
I laughed. when did these advertise
ments, appear?''4a.s a& s.l1E-,E -. =
During the days you were absent from
Washington
"And how sure are you that he did not
get this jewel back?'
| ''Oh, we are sure. His continued anx-
iety and still active interest prove this,
! even If our surveillance had been less per-
| feet" - 80 80
And the police have been equally I'M
successful?"
| Equally" =. r.. . .-@r.
After every effort?" -...
Every" -'- 49, 's
''Who was the man who collected and
carried out those things from the south
west chamber III.
He smiled IL .r - ...-- I'D. .... -
You see him. said he. &C.,. .~-
1T was you?" p
| Myself" a. -.-- 49,. .,.-...
And you are sure this small ball was
among them?' ..~- -.
| No. l only know that have seen it
somewhere, but that it wasn't among the
articles delivered to Mr.. jeffrey" =.
How did you carry them?'', .-.:
I'm handbag which locked myself"
+ Before leaving the southwest chamb-
er?" :s'-... -: .@.- - -" =. ~
yes" .- -. ..
Then it is still in that room?"
Find 1t, was his laconic reply
1 Here most men would have stopped, but
have a bulldogs tenacity when once ]
lay hold. That night went back to the
Moore house and, taking every precautior
\ against being surprised by the sarcastic
Durbin or some of his many hatterers,
ransacked the southwest chamber on my
own behalf for what certainly had little
reason to expect to find there.
1t seemed hopeless cause from the
first, but acted as if no one hand hunted
for this object before. Moving every ar.
ticle, sought first on the open floor ant
then in every possible Granny for the miss.
ing trinket. But failed to find 1t and was
about to acknowledge myself defeated
when my eye fell on the long brocadeo
curtains which I had drawn across thu
several windows to hide every CLEAN o
free from folds, but 1 shook them well
especially the, one nearest the table, ant
naturally with no effect
:; Folly" I muttered, yet did not quit,
;. desist For the great tassels still hun,
. at the sides, and-Well, you may call 1T al
impossible find or say that If the baubl,
was there it should have been discovered
In the first search for it! will not sa,
no. I can only tell what happened. Whe1
l took one of those tassels in my hand,
thought, as it twirled under my touch
that I saw something CLEAN in it's fadet
I old threads which. did not belong there
) Startled, and yet not thoroly realizin,
}, that had come upon the object of m,
: search. I picked at this thing and fount
I 1t to be a morsel of gold chain that ha,
: become entangled In it. WherSI ha,
2 pulled 1t out, itsshowed small golden bal
:. at one end, filigreed over and astonish
( ingly heavy for its size and apparent deli
:, cacy.
. How it came there-whether it role,
from the table, or was swept. of tnadver
: tently by the detectives hand, and how
!. came to be caught by this old tassel an
q held there in spite of the many shaking
4 1t must have received, did not concern m
at this momentous instant The talisma
:. OF this old family was found I had bu
TO discover what 1t held concealed to un
:, derstand what had baffled Mr. Moore an
}. made the mystery he had endeayored t
! penetrate SO insolvable. Rejoicing in M
i. triumph put not wasting a moment i
l. sell -congratulation, I bent over the candl
with my prize and sought for the CLASH. 3
z fastening which held its two parts to
gether. have knack at clasps and Gu
r1ous fastenings, and was able at fir.
:, touch to spring this one open And wha
did find inside? Something so differen
: from what I. expected. something so trivia
\. ana seemingly harmless, that it was nc
!, until l recalled the final words of Unc]
= David's memorandum that I realized il
N full import and the possibilities it sua
gested. In itself it. was nothing but
? minute n1agnifying glass; but when use
!. In connection with--wf1at? All, that wa
Just what Uncle David failed to say, pos
sibly to know. Yet this was now the in
!. portant point, the eliminating fact whic
: might lead to full understanding of tles
many tragedies. Could hope to que.