Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-01-08
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posltion' Ills wife was above reproach
out when man begins 10 fret over q
possible misfortune. 1t first becomes .
probable and eventually az ac.r,l ono
Lester, when he built Lis naw house
which at the time contained every Md
ern improvement, left an opening ba.
tween the closet of room occupied for
his study and one for his wifa's recon.
ZION room, the space being closed by
thln panel in the closet and one in the
room. When one of the panels was re-
moved any conversation in the adioin-
Ing room could be readily heard. A
pin hole also enabled one to look from
the closet to the reception room. Both
closet and reception room were paneled
alike, so that the device would not be
readily noticed.
One evening a gentleman was an
nounced whose acquaintance Mrs. Les.
ter had recently made. but who was
unknown to her husband. She begged
Mr.. Lester to come into her reception
room and make the mans acquaintance.
Lester declared that he had some writ
Ing to do and would remain in his
study. But no sooner were the couple
comfortably seated than he touched
the spring removing the panel. 1t flew
back with a jerk. Lester put his eye
to the peephole and saw his wife and
her visitor chatting on commonplace
subjects and apparently unsuspicious
that they were watched. Lester wish
ed only to try his eavesdropping mp
paratus and soon replaced the panel,
taking care that it should not fly back
noisily. Everything was now ready for
spying upon Mrs Lester and Eugene
Powell, a man whom Lester suspected
as soon as he should make another call.
One evening he was sitting in his
study, his wife being with him, when
Powells card was brought in Mrs,
Lester went into the reception room.
Lester remained in the study. No soon.
er were the couple seated than he went
to his closet and slid back the panel.
Powell and Mrs. Lester were chatting
on familiar subjects. Lester watched
them for time, then closed the panel,
convinced that his suspicious had been
unfounded.
A few evenings later Mrs. Kate
Strong. a widow, an intimate friend OF
Mrs. Lester, called TO spend the evening
with the Testers. Mrs. Lester COM
nlained of a headache ana begged her
husband to go down and entertain the
guest for awhile until she felt better.
when she would go down herself.
The two chatted for awhile on ordi-
nary TOPICS Then Mrs. Strong took up
book of foreign photographs to look
+hem over. She was sitting on soTa.
and Lester went and sat beside her.
Thav turned over large number OF
nictures discussing their dlHereht iea-
+urns Lester. who had collected them,
,oolyino brief remarks on the subject OF
each. ~, 4.o
"This" he said, lis st. Paufs catne-
81 !, Iondon It was built by Sir
christopher Wren. This is the Tower
Of london. and here you see Tower hlii'
where so many political magnates were
orecnted. That one Is the Place oe ID
roncorde in Paris, also once USED as II
place Of execution. During the reign
If terror the guillotine was SET , up
+bera and blood flowed from II Hhe
rator The Are de Triomphe was ouiit
by Napoleon |. to commem 1,ga4o.,o us
victories. The battle field OF Waterloo. :,
von remember the superb description
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