The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-01

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Il CLEAN Of triumph glislmcd in hiS c,H
and shape Any ono who should attempt
to piece together n motto which Mr.
Barnes had thus destroyed would havo a
task. Standing by the window, he tossed
thom high in the air and saw them scat
tered by tho wind.
At half past O'Clock no stood before
the apartment house in East Ihntieth
street. Tho janitor was sweeping from
tho pavement a light snow which had
fallen in tho early hours Of thcmolning
Mr. Barnes. without speaking to the
man, walked into tho vcstihule and
scanned the names over the letter boxes
Mono Of them contained the one which
he sought, hut there was no card in No
g. Recalling that in Wilson'S REPORT a
light had disappeared from awindoW
on the fifth floor, he know that it could
not unoccupicd Togct in horesorted
to trick often practiced by sneak
thieves. He rang the bell Of No /, and
when the door silently swung open he
walked III, ap0logi2iug totho servant On
the first landing for having 'rung the
wrong bell, and proceeded up TO the
fifth floor. Hero he rang the bell Of the
private hall belonging 10 that special
apartment He could have rung the
lower bell Of this apartment ut the ont.
set, but he wished to mako 1T impossible
for any one TO leave after his signal en-
uouncod visitors He stood several min
utes and heard no sound from within
A second pull at the bell produced no
better results Taking firm hold Of tho
doorEuob he slowly turned il, making
not the slightest noise To his surprise,
the door yielded when he pressed, aud
in moment he had passed in and
closed it behind him His FIRST idea was
that. after all he had entered an empty
apartment, but glance into the room
Qt tho further end of the hail showed
him that 1t was "a furnished parlor lie
hcSitated q moment, then walked stealth
lily toward that room, and, looking in
saw no one. He tip;ocd back to tho hall
door, turned the key, took it from the
lock and dropped 1t into his pocket
Again he passed forward to the parlor
this tImu entering it. 1t was Elegantly
and tastofully furnished The windows
opened On the street Between them
stood cabinet writing desk. open, as
though recently used, Beside it was ON
enamel piano lamp, possibly the Same
which had furnished tho light which
Wilson had suddenly missed several
hours before. Opposite the windows II
pair Of folding glass doors commune
.cated with an apartment beyond. These
were closed Popping through part Of
the pattern cut in the glass, Mr. Barnes
could just distinguish the form of
woman in bed, her long hair hanging
down from the pillow This sight made
him uncertain as to the next move
This was possibly Mrs Rose Mitchell
as she had announced herself. She was
asleep, and he had entered her apart
ment without any warrant for doing SO
True he looked upon rwith some sus
piciou. bat the most'iuuoccut frequently
suffer ia this way, ana without better
reason than be had he knew that he
could not account legally for what he
was doing.
As he stool by the glass doors cogitat-
Ing he CHANGED to look down Instant
~ his eve was attracted by that which
made him shiyer. as accustomed as he
was to strange sights i was ting red
stream, which had managed to pass I'M
der tie door and had hen run along Ire
edge Of the carpet for the space Of a few
inches Instantly he stopped DIPPED his
finger into it and then calculated under
his breath;
Blood and cl0ttcd. ~
Standing upright, be cIrc moro peer.
ed into the room. Tho figure IN bed had
not moved. without further hesitation
he slowly Slid the doors apart One
glance within, and murmuriug the single
word "Mudcr" Nj E~up, Was no
longer slow in bis actions Stepping
across a big pool If blood which stained
the carpet, h. stood a the side af tho
bed He recognized the features # the
woman who had clajmrl that she had
been robbed Of her diamHds She ofm-
cd sleeping, save that there was au cX-
precision Of pain on the features cun-
traction of the skin between the eye.
lrows. and one corner of tho mouth
drawn aside, the whole kept in tbs p0-
siii0n by tho rigjdity Of death The
manner If her death was as Simple as
il was cruel Her threat lad bcCn cut ~
she slept This seemed indicated ly the
fact that she was clad in her nightdrC-s
One thing that puzzled Mr Barnes at
once was the pool If blood near The door
II was fully six feet from tho taad u
tie bed, and while there va> another
just by the hods'cad, formed bv bleed
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