The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
Copyright. 1904.
BY
Harper s Brothers


upon an interior mechanism that
swung back the mirrors at the same
instant that the door was pulled open.
After seeing my dummy disappear,
tried the experiment. and was amply
rewarded.
There isn't much more to tell.
When I saw the letters lying there
knew that 1t was all right so far as the
girl was concerned. had only to ac-
quaint Miss Sanford with the cir
eumStaneeS in the case to secure her
further cooperation, for, of course, she
had never ceased to believe in her
lover. She prepared and sent the mes
sage which you saw delivered to Sy-
denham in Sandferds office this after
noon.
But it was not the same as the one
received by him on the actual JAM 9Th.
That contained a word, yes, and was
consisted simply Of a sprig of hello
trope.'
DO you understand the languageaof
flowers? Tho heliotrope means, Je
tadore. and Sydenham understood il
instantly, as you saw
Yes; but wl1y-''
ITO repeat the original message
would not have impressed him as I
wished; it.. would simply haze seemed
Il
fectly we'll we were endeayoring to !.
create. The problem was to suddenly
startIe him by a real communicate
: from v. s., and, above all, to have it or
such a nature as to convince him that
the cloud between them had finally
lifted. Now, without trust and con-
fidence, true love is impossible. The
message of the sprig of heliotrope told
him all that he had been hungerinS
and longing to hear throughout these
terrible two months; the shock was
sufficient to drive the normal conscious
ness from its seat and permit the sub
liIninal self to take control. In other
words, it practically put him back in
the identical mood of the afternoon of
Jan. 9th, and that was the crucial point
of the whole experiment. Anything
more % -
who sent the false telegrams?'
"Of course you would ask that.
don't know
'Such monstrous wickedness! 1t
is inconceivable.
"Yes, unless we admit the existence
of spirit of pure malevolence seeking
to drive an innocent man to self de-
struction for no other motive than that
of doing evil for evils sake. That such
an intelligence has been active in this
case is certain; or how explain the
cheat of the letter box, necessary
factor in the problem. as you will adj
mit?"
.But you don't know
mot yet" answered my friend lndi-
man.
We dined down town that evening,
and it was about o'clock when we
called a hackney coach and started
homeward. AS we drove up the BOW
cry an Illuminated transparency caught
our eyes. 951gsf.l -
"Fair and Bazaar read Indiman.'
"sBenefit of the United Housesniths'
Benevolent Association What is
housesmith. Thorp? Evidently we Will
have to go and find out for ourselves.
He pulled the check cord and gave the
driver the new direction. Pure fool
ishness, of course, but Indiman was
not to be put out of his humor.
Up one flight Of stairs to large,
ceilinged hall that was jammed TO
suffocation. A score of gayly trimmed
booths wherein fallals and cheap brlc-
a-brac. each presided over by arlady.
housesmith "Or should it be house,
snitheSS?"
Behind a long counter covered with
red paper muslin sat dozen young
women of more or less pronounced per-
sonal charms, and a huge placard an :
nounced that kisses were on sale at
the uniform price of cents. lake
your own choice" Smaller cards bore
the various cognomens assumed for the
occasion by the fair venders of oscu-
latory delights. CLEOPATRA. Ihe
Fair sOne with Golden Locks" Kath-
leen Mavourneen,'' "Pocahontas, or
more simply, albeit not less mysteri-
ously. Miss A. b." or "MademOiselle
x" OF course, each had dressed the
part as nearly as might be, and the
exhibition was certainly attractive to
the masculine eye. In questionable
taste, no doubt, but one does not stand
upon trifies when 1t is all for sweet
eharity's sake.
"My dear Thorp," said Indiman. with
the utmost gravity, have you half a
dollar in your pocket? Then come with
me-" and forthwith we jammed and
corkscrewed our way, through the
crowd until we reached the long coun-
ter covered with red paper muslin.
(To be continued.)