The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-10

at the sound he made IN falling. Every
thing movable had been pushed back
against the wall and an open space
cleared, in the center of which could be
seen one drop Of blood What Is GER
tain is that Mr.. Moore is held to the
house by something even more serious
than his deep grief, and that the young
lady who was the object OF this fatal
dispute has left the city"
Pasted under this was the following
short announcement:
Married, on the 21st OF January, at
the American consulate in Rome Italy,
| Edward Moore OF Washington, D. c.,
United States of America, to Antoi-
nette Sloan, daughter of Joseph Dewitt
Sloan, also of that city"
| With this notice my interest in the
book ceased, and prepared to step
/ down from the chair on which | had
remained standing during the reading |
of the above passages.
AS did 30 l spied slip of paper |
lying on the floor at my feet. AS 1t had |
not been there ten minutes before there
could be no doubt thai it had slipped
from the book whose leaves had been
turning over SO rapidly. Fastening to
; recover it, l found it to be sheet Of
ordinary note paper partly inscribed
with words in a neat and distinctive
handwriting. This was great find,
9 for the paper was fresh and the hand
: writing one which could be readily
e identified. What l saw written there
t was still more remarkable. 1t had the
r look of some OF the memoranda l had
r myself drawn up during the most per
d picking moments of this strange case.
o l transcribe it just as 1t read:
/ "We have here two separate accounts
r of how death comes to those who
e breathe their last on the ancestral
e hearthstone of the Moore house library
n Certain facts are emphasized In
h BOTH
'e Each victim was alone when he fell.
x Each death was preceded by scene
al Of alteration or violent controversy
between the victim and the alleged
< master of these premises.
" I'm each case the master of the house
rs reaped some benefit, real or fancied'
from the others DEATH"
A curious set of paragraphs. Some
one besides myself was searching fol
the very explanation l was at that mo
! ment intent u)~n. l should have con
sidered it the work Of our detectives Il
the additional lines now came upor
could have be.n written by any ont
but a Moore. But no one Of any othe
blood or associations could have in
dited the amazing words which follow
ed. The only excuse l could find TO
them was the difficulty which som
men feel in formulating their thought
otherwise than with pen and paper
they were SO evidently intended TO
the writer's eye and understandin
only, as witness:
"Let me recall the words my fatht
was uttering when my brother rushe
in upon us with that account of m
misdeeds which changed all my pro
ct poets in life. 1t was my twenty-hr
birthday, and the odd man had just i
~ formed me that as the eldest son
-. might expect the house in which v
stood to be mine one day and with 1t
secret which has been handed dow
from father to son ever since Il
~ AIoores rose to eminence In the pers'
- Of Colonel Alpheus. Then he not
that was now of age and immediate
"a. went on to say: This means that "
must be told certain facts, without I
ia knowledge of which you would be
80 true Moore These facts you mt
~, hereafter relate to your son or whoey
20 may be fortunate enough TO inne
~ from you. 1t is the legacy which &c
with. this house and one which no
-. heritor as yet has refused either to
w. ceiye or to transmit. Listen. You ha
~ often noted the gold fligree ball VIII
~ | wear on my watch guard. This y
Is the talisman of our house, OF t
~ house.> If in the course OF your
60 you find yourself in an extremity IT
which no issue seems possible-m
~ the strictness of the injunction-an
80 tremity from which no issue see
80 possible-Q have never been in sue
re case: the gold fligree ball has ne
-. been opened by me)-you will take
go $50 trinket from its chain, press upon
a.sr,, portion Of it so and use what you
-, find inside, in connection with
'AIas, it was at this point John
son came rushing in, and those
w closures were made which lost me
49,. fathers regard and gave to the info
80 or my rightful Inheritance, toge'
a., with the full secret of which l
:, got a part. But that part must
a,s me now to the whole. have seen
49,. 60. fligree ball many times. Veronica
sart. 1t now But its contents have n
80 been shown me. If knew what
10 S' were and why the master OF this
- "a "a cret always left the library
,o,ont Here the memorandum ceased WI
- 70 long line Struggling from the letter
,,o,, as If the writer had been surprise
i. sant his task.
rddeu The effect upon me OF these rem
torfv- able words was 10 heighten my !
=, ~ est and raise noe into a state o.