The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-09


unfortunately fell in love with tie
same woman
Attached to this was another slip, ap- (
parently from later paper \
THE quarrel between the two broth +
ers Moore, just prior TO the youngers +
death. turns out to have been Of .
more serious nature than was first sup /.
posed. It has since leaked out that an
actual duel was fought ut that time I
between these two on the floor Of the
old library and that in this duel the
elder one was wounded. some even
go 50 far as to affirm that the lady
hand was 10 be the reward OF him who
drew the first blood. 1t Is no longer
denied that the room lcaS IN great DIS
order icheH the serrdHtS frSt rushed H
al the sound he made in fglliHg. 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 u. 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 SO l spied a slip Of paper
lying on the floor at my feet. As il had
not been there ten minutes before there
could be no doubt that it had slipped
from the book whose leaves had been
turning over so rapidly. Fastening to
recover it, | found it to be sheet OF
ordinary note paper partly inscribed
with words i'll a neat and distinctive
| handwriting. This was great iind,
for the paper was fresh and the hand.
writing one which could be readily
identified. What | saw written there
/ was still more remarkable, 1t had the
| look Of some Of the memoranda / had
myself drawn up during the most per-
picking moments of this strange case,
transcribe 1t Just as it read:
"We have here two separate accounts
1 Of how death comes 10 those who
breathe their last on the ancestral
| hearthst0nc OF the Moore houSe library
Certain facts are emphasized i'll
both:
Each victim was alone when he fell
Zach death was preceded by 4 scene
of alteration or violent controversy
between the victim and the alleseo
master Of these premises.
IN each case tho master Of the houst
reapcd some benefit real Or fancicd
from the others DEATH
A curious set Of paragraphs. Some
one besides myself was searching 70
the very explanation | was at that mo
ment intent upon. should have con
sldcred it thn work Of Our detectives
the additional lines now came upoi
could have bcon written by any ON
but Moore. But no ono Of any othe
blood or associations could lave III
dited the amazing words which follow
cd. The only excuse | could find 70
them was the difficulty which som
men feel in formulating their thought
otherwise than with pen and paper
tliey were 50 evidently intended fo
the writer's eye and understanding
only, MS witness;
LET me recall the words my fatho
was uttcling when my brother rushe
in upon us with that account OF m
misdeeds which changed all my pros
poets in life. It was my twenty -tirS
birthday, and the old man had just il
formed me that as the eldest son
might expect the house in which W
stood to be mine one day and with it
secret which has been handed dow
. from father to son ever since IL
@ Moores rose Ia cminence in the persu
/ of Colonel AlnheuS. Then lie note
/ that | was now of age and immcdiatel
G went on TO say: This means that sc
= must be told certain facts, without Il
II knowledge Of which you would be 1
G true Moore. These facts you inu
hereafter relate to your son or Whoey'
! may be fortunate enough 70 inner
IS from you 1t is the legacy which go'
with this house and one which no /
ii heritor as yet has refused either to 7
e ceiye or to transmit. Listen. You ha'
Il often noted the gold tligrce ball whit
Il wear on my watch guard. This bj
IA IL the taltsman Of our house, Of III
It house. If in the course of your Il
{. YOU find yourself in an extremity fro
le which 10 issue seems possible mil
8 the strictness Of the iuWncti0n-an C
i trcmity from which 10 issue seer
ID possible-d have never been in surll
:. case. the gold flieree ball has nev
II been opened by me- you will take Il
II trinket from it's chain, press upon Il
le portion Of it so and use what you W
III find inside, in connection with
ST Alas. it was at this point John il
II son came rushing in, and those d
st closures were made which lost me i
~ fathers regard and gave to the infor