The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05

slight, invariably associated with los
ing ones balance. This sentiment, so
far as the hand is concerned, is ex-
pressed BY T opening it and spreading the
have done, If Il falling ia u4 Then there IS
the position, Of the impression relative
to the window and some slight testi-
mony upon the sill and glass, for the
thoro investigation Of which l have
e Sav e0 Mophed q aTas bnf that Is
all have been able to accomplish. -
"Alll" exclaimed Gwen, regarding
him with ill-concealed admiration. cit
seems to me very great deal. The
thoroness, the minuteness of it all, over
whelms me; but, tell me, have your dis.
9oSerss he led aeg Ge to any SGnslu aan
yet; I must not allow myself to become
welded to any theory, so long as there
is anything further to be learned. If I
were to hazard few idle guesses, !
should say your father was murdered
aou ve yee ve mey %Pegh
ing, say, one hundred and thirty-fve
pounds, and having lame leg, or per-
haps one limb shorter than the other
al, all events. having some ,deformity or
aimfnt ffaf Sn sbod in the
also. that this person 8 feet had some
had been taken to conceal the foot
prints. Then the cast of the hand here
encourages speculation: Fingers gers long
Where an With the eacepon Of the f ttIe
finger, are to be. found unmistakable
signs of the habit of biting the nails
see, here are the hang-nails-
strange to say, the nail Of the little fin
ger has been spared. and suffered to
grow to an unusua! length: I ask my.
so favored, and can only answer, be-
cause it has some peculiar use.' It is
clear this is not the hand Of a manual
laborer; the joints are too small, the
skin, which is clearly visible, much too
ine-in short, wouldn't it pass, any
where for woman's hand9 Say a
woman who bit her nails. If it were
really such there would be pair Of
feminine feet also to be concealed, and
boards would do it YER, nicely-bpt
this is all guesswork and must not be
allowed to affect any subsequent con-
illusions. If you will excuse me few
, minutes I will use the microscope lit
tie on the sill of the east window be-
, fore we are interrupted by our friends
the officers, who will be sure to be here
,, soon.'
While Maitland was thus engaged !
did all in my power to distract Gwen Is
h her fathers IS BODY. Whenever She re-
: garded it, the same intense and set ex
, preston overspread her cOuntenance as
! that which at first had alarmed me.
, the window and began mixing some OF
= the chemicals T had brought him, fol-
Gwen invariably followed all his move
: ments, as if her very existence depend
> ed upon her letting nothing escape her
=. Maitland, who had asked me, for a pre-
MI linn ! in ~
. chemicals he had mixed and. this. &C
T complished, put the paper in his micro
: scope box to dry.
a IT have something here" he said
Q (which I desire to photograph quite al
Q much as this room and some Of it
crumpled mass against the wall, ant
y made an exposure Of it in that condition
! EDO you know what this isa' he said
s as, he carefully smoothed it out for an
l. other, picture. II haven't the slightes
J. iidea,n I said; 1T is plain enough IN II
), inc it, Miss Darrow9'' Gwen had scarce
d ly put her eye to the instrument befor
she exclaimed: "Why, it $ a piece o
I thin outside bark from twig Of alder,
you mnd te iSg ~ns i he said deIbo1
i aately, Hhow You found that out s
II quickly7'' She 'hesitated moment, an
Is then said method Ideally, pointing towar
). the water, IT know the alder we'll
p02 Is Y %10 afe feen bsiH~e
ID he replied, as he took the prepared pa
y per from his box and spread the film o
it bark upon it to take blue print of it
d. '..,There is one other object upon tn
# sill which, unfortunately, I cannot tax
IT away with me, - he continued, "bu
=, | shall bava to oontan musa1f with nh Of
10 graphing. I refer to. a sinuous lin
made in the paint, while green, an
IT. looking as if a short piece Of rope, O.
). more properly, rubber tubing, SING
d, there is no rope-like texture yisib:lI
a removed-but see, here are Osborne an
. q Allen looking for all the world as
IT they were prepared to demonstrate
AZ fourth dimension Of space. Now "
1f shall see the suicide theory proved--t
o whatever they say, don It forget we al
W to keep our own work to ourselves. -
r The tow officers were alone. M. Godj
Va had apparently decided to work by hin
III self. This did not in the least surpris
IN me, since I could easily see that he ha
le nothing to gain by working with thes
d "We've solved the matter,' was tt
~ first thing Osborne said after. passin
le the time Of day "Indeed9' reptile
as Maitland in tone which was decided
Just what we %al
1t. it," returned the other. eve hadn
yn much doubt of it last night, but the:
at were some things, such as the motiv
ed for example, not quite clear to us; bl
ly it is all as pla in as daylight now
id "And what says M. Godin7' aske
OF Maitland.
at Mr. Osborne burst into loud gu
Of faw.
ed "Oho, but that 8 goodl What sa:
he M. Godin9 I say, Allen, Maitland wan
as to know what 'Frenchy'' says and tt
ed pair laughed boisterously. cit g pla
RS enough you don't know M. Godin,'
nd continued, addressing Maitland. HHe
hit tighter N any champagne bottle W
he ever saw. The corkscrew ain It inver
w. cd that III draw word out Of M. Godi
'or You saw him making notes here la
night. Well, the chances are that
ad you'd see no more Of M. Godin till
BY other side Of the earth, with pair
lat twisters on the cuiprit. He's wi,
or is M. Godin. What, does he thinks
,ot individual on the plane, that enjo
are that distinction. say, Allen, DO Y
/ pump 'FrenGhhy' for the gentleman
&C laughed long and heartily,
an "Well, then,' said Maitland, "sin
ON we can It have M. Godin' s views J
on, shall have to content ourselves wi
it those Of your more confding selv