Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
MYSTERY OF THE
b AYOU WOODS
Copyright, 1905. by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co.
By WALKER KENNEDY.

he came to the edge of the Bayou
Woods, and looking to his left he be-
held the DEVILS Den. What was his
surprise now to find the trail sud-
denly diverted toward that locality.
After all, the unknown might have
been one of the habitues Of the
place. When Warde reached the Den
there were SO many footprints
around it that he found it difficult to
keep up with the arctics and at last
he was completely baffled.
There was no use trying to follow
the trail any further, for everything
was in hopeless confusion; SO, keenly
disappointed, Warde started for the
roundabout path which would take
him back to the scene Of the murder.
He now noticed that the original
trail over which he and the chief of
police had gone had been obliterated
by number of footprints, evidently
made by the coroner and his jury.
AS he was casually looking at these
he suddenly uttered an exclamation
of the utmost establishment; for
there On the snow he again detected
the imprint of the mysterious arctics,
and he soon satisfied himself that the
unknown had joined the coroner's
jury and the few stragglers who had
gone with them to view the body of
the murdered man. There could be
no doubt of this, for he found traces
of the arctics frequently, some little
distance from the regular path, as If
the unknown had been pushed out
there by the jostling crowd. A wild
excitement took possession of Warde,
and he fairly ran toward the spot
where Wright had been killed, all
eagerness to look at the man who
wore the arctics, and decide whether
there was any probability that he had
any connection with the crime. Great
was his disappointment to find that
the body had been removed ana that
the inquest had been adjourned, for
not human being was in sight. On
his way back he detected more evil
dences of the unknown in the shape
of footprints pointing toward the
city.
AS fast as he could go he sought
the headquarters, where he found
his friend, the chief of police.
Mnat aia 'he corohers jury COZ
ne .. nsNeu'
lhey SIMPLY examined the BODY
and took in the bearings, as it were,
o.uereo inc corpse 10 ne taken 10
.he nome o! the deceased ana ad-
1ourned the inquest until tomorrow.
wright was uiiooupteaiy rooped OF
"a.eii am. sevefal other 'aiuaoies
Mhich so 1ar can only oe guessed AT.
tomorrow 'he inquest VIII oe con
:, ,inuea a1 the wright place. ana more
nghS WIZ De thrown on the case. by
the way now aia your mysterious
craniihai pan out.
VIII Jay the 1acts peiore you ana
you can Judge LOT yoursel1 as TO thelr
value
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wnu ~, no Ano"s upoae Mnsn'' ana
me caution you, however, about what
you write for your paper. It is just
possible that your ingenious theories