The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-25

CHAPTER I--Scvcral mys erious deaths have 4
occurred ia the Moore house IN Washington 4
Ii is vacant. Uncle David Moore, prospective
heir n widnwer rcclusC, lives across the street Z
Ills niece, Veronica Moore. in lit ot caprice
,ypcns the house to celebrate her wedding win /
Franeis Jeffrey A supposed guest Is found "
iuC dead in the fatal room before the ceremony !
was finished. When the story opens, the mouse /
rs again empty and Uncle David notifies the /
police thai u light is seen there ~ hight /
II detective goes with uuele baVld anu a.,
ter view from the outside concihdcs tn"t
there is someone in the house Sumilohihg
aid he entors, while Uncle David retlreS WIN
in his own home and begins PLAYING the organ
'rbe detective finds the body OF woman on .lt
floor in front Of settle Which nus
piavpd n mart in previous tragedies. PiN-
la il attached to her wrist by rlohpn'
Iii--in an upstairs room the DETECTIVE lnu9
turned matches candles rich wrap NHE
with the bridal bouquet and handkHrohIei
marked Nero liCa," with dust upon H. w
a mapteI are finger marks IN the dust, ana
nicturc on the wall has recently been duSleu
" Vor0nicas half sister. Cora Guttle' Is
strangely affected on the scene OF the Tragedy
The dead woman's watch had fallen and stop
ned ut 7.i3 jeffrey comes in with a note from
his wife saving she did not love hlm rs Sae
thought Miss Tuttle ey IDENTIFY loves nun
N-Uncle David takes the news calmly re mas
candles in the house although II is ut bY gas
vi Jeffrey had cnurted penniless Miss futile,
then turned to Veronica. VII anu VII ne
detective finds some gilt metal hhngS ie'l pc
hind in the house after ali "ctews hau becu
officially removed. Jeftrey's finger marks a'e
seen to correspond with those found III 'he
dust in the oms,
CHAPTER IN.
VIZ HAVE already mentioned the man
III whom | secretly looked upon MS
~ standing between me and all
an prefcrment lie was good look
lint Ia, ,t..,rn NATURAL SnRpF
which for some reason felt to be al.
ways directed toward myself Ihis
snper grew pronounced about this time,
and that was the reason, no doubt, why
/ continued to work ms long ms | did in
secret. dreaded the open laugh of
this man, laugh which always seem
ed lowering on his lips and which was
only held in restraint by the awe we
an felt of the major.
Notwithstanding. ! made one slight
move. Encouutering the deputy coro-
ner | ventured to ask il he was quite
satisfied with the evidence COhcctod IN
the Jeffrey ease.
His surprise did not prevent him
from asking my reasons for this ques
ton.
replied to this effect
'Bccause | have 4 little friend win
some enough aud subtle enough to
worm the truth out C the devil.
hear that the girl Loretta is suspected
of knowing more about this uutoHu
nate tragedy than he ~ willing % Inn
pant. If YOU wish this little friend OF
mine 70 talk to her VIII see that shC
does SO and does 50 with erect
The deputy coroner looked interested
Whom do You mean by little friend.
and what is her nameT'
Il will send her 10 YOU
AND did
The next day / was standing on tn,
cornef OF Vermont avenue when | saw
jimmy advancing from the house in Is
street. She was clripper aud She W.T.
smiling in a way which made me say
to myself,
ut il fortunate that Durbn Is no
here"
For Jiuny's one weakness is her 'acI
of power to hide the satisfaction SIN
takes in any detective work that come
her way had told her of thiaand h3'
moro than once tried 10 impress upoi
her That her smile was . complet
give away. but | noticed that If sh
kept it from her lips it forced It's wa.