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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-24
Fish Arc BITING.

Black bass and trout are biting
trolls in the Willamette. Several fine
catches were made yesterday. Some
fine trout are being taken with flies in
Mill creek.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-24

Miss Helen Calbreath, graduate of
College of Music, University of Nash
vile, Tenn, will open a studio in room
s, Odd Fellows building. Glasses in
vocal, piano, theory, harmony and
sight reading. Students prepared for
examinations to enter Eastern Con-
servatories. 9-25-3t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-24

Our free trade friends who object
to the selling of manufactured goods
abroad at lower price than at home
forget that the Democratic party it.
self provided in its last tariff law for
Just such sales.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-24

Change of bin tomorrow night at the
Edison.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-10

tfnnc. cdhE0t DC c0ntcat irtth hqrtpg
pressed that spring once. \ mania is
upon me which, after thirty years Of
useless resistance ana superhuman
struggle, still draws inc from bed ana
sleep TO rehearse in CHASTITY fashion
that deed Of my early manhood. /
cannot resist it. To tear out the dead
~ mechanism, unhugc weight and
drum and rid the house of every cvi,
dence of crime would but drive me
to shrek my guilt aloud ana act in
open pantomime what now 20
through in fearsome silence and score
cy. When the hour comes. rs come II
must that cannot rise ana enter that
fatal closet, shall still enact the deed
in dreams ana shrek aloud in my
sleep and wish myself dead and vet
fear to die lest my he'll be to 20
through all eternity Staying over ana
over my man in ever growing horror
and repulsion
do you wish to share my fate? Try
to effect through blood release from
the difficulties menacing YOU"
Ito tie continued.)
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or the properly, ana TO nm only. At
tcntion being thus called TO it, it was
found TO be missing, and as no one but
the police seemed TO he TO blame for its
loss the matter Was hushed M and
would have been regarded rs too insig-
niticant for comment. the trinket being
intrinsically worthless. if Mr.. Moore
had not continued to make such fuss
about 1t, This ball. he declared. was
worth rs much 10 a Moore as all the
rest of his property which was bUsh,
you knOW-and the folly of these asScr-
tons and the depth of the passions lie
displayed whenever the subject was
mentioned have made some of us ques-
ton if he is the innocent inhcritor he
has tried TO make himself out. At al
events, know for a certainty that the
district attorney holds his name in re-
serve, if the grand jury fails to bring
in an indictment against Miss futile"
"The district attorney is WISE ro-
marked, and fell a-thinking
Had this latent suspicion against AIr.
Moore any solid foundation? Was he
the guilty man? The memorandum |
had come across in the book which
had been lately pulled down from the
library shelves showed that, notwith-
standing his testimony to the contrary,
he had been in that house close upon
that fatal night il not on the very
night itself II also showed his eX-
IRENE interest in the traditions of the
family, But did it show anything
more? Had he interrupted his writing
to finish his query in blood, and had
one Of his motives for this crime been
The acquisition of this filigrcc ball? II
50, why had he left it on the table up
stairs? \ candle had been lit in that
room. Could it have been Ivy him in
his search for this object? 1t would be
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tErc1ds that dld not belong mere.
Startled, and yet not thoroughly rcal2,
ing that had come upon the object of
my search, | picked at this thing and
found it 10 be a morsel Of gold chain
that had become entangled in it. When
l had pulled it out it showed a small
golden ball at one end, tillgrced over
and astonishngly heavy for its size
and apparent dclicacy.
The talismGn Of this old family was
found. | had but to discover what it
held concealed to understand what had
batled Mr., Moore and made the mys
terry he had endeavored to penetrate
SO insolyablc And what did | find
inside? Something so different from
what | expected, something so trivial
and seemingly harmless, that it was
not until | recalled the final words Of
Uncle Davids memorandum that |
realized its full import and the posi-
bilities it suggested. In itself it was
nothing but minute magnifying
glass; but when used in connection
with-what? All, that was just what
Uncle David failed TO say, possibly to
know. No: guessing would not answer
| must trust to the inspiration of the
moment, which suggested with almost
Irresistible convictions
TJp l.;,ftr,F Tfb1J in1ti1 ,5ha1 ocnv, Ia,
ic0rthlcSS drariRg 0rer the Fireplace in
The Col0RePs OrR, chose presence in so
rich room has ARRAYS been q myStCryi
Why this object should have suggest
ed itself to me and with such instant
conviction | cannot readily say,
Whether, from my position near the
bed, the sight of this old drawing re-
called the restless nights Of all who
had lain in face of It's Sickly smile, or
whether some recollection of that
secret law of the Moores which for
babe the removal Of any Of their pic
lures from the time worn walls, or
remembrance Of the curiosity which
this picture excited in every one who
looked at it Francis Jeffrey among
the number / no sooner asked myself
what object in this house might pos
sibly yield counsel or suggest aid when
to the influence Of Il magni-
flying glass than the answer, which
have already given, sprang instantly
into my mind-the picture,
Greatly excited | sprang upon Il
chair took down the drawing from the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-10
Taking down the dravias

wall and laid II face up on the bed.
Then placed the glass over one Of the
large coils surrounding tho nsipid face,
and was startled enough. in spite Of
/ all mental preparation, to perceive the
crinkly lines which formed it resolve
themselves into script ana the script
into words, some of which were per
fectly lcgibIe
The drawing, simple as it looked,
was a communication in writing to
those who used magnlfying glass to
read it. | could hardly contain my
triumph, hardly find the self control
necessary TO a careful study Of its I'M
dulating and often conflicting lines and
to the slow, picking out Of the words
therein contained
But when | had done this and had
copied the whole of the wandering
scrawl on a page Of my notebook the
result was of value.
Read and judge for Yourself
Coward that am, | am willing to
throw upon posterity the shadow Of a
crime whose consequences ! dare not
incur in life Confession | must make.
To die and leave no record of my deed
is impossible, yet how tell my story 50
that only my own heirs may read ana
they when ut the crisis of their fate?
! believe | have found the way by this
drawing and the injunction have left
to the holders Of the fillgrce ball.
mo man ever wished his enemy dead
more than | did, and no man ever
spent more cunning on the deed Mas
fer in my own house, ! contriyed a de-
vice by which the man who held my
fate in his hands fell OH my library
hearth. with no one near and no sign
by which TO associate me with the act.
Does this seem like the assertion of
madmanf Go TO the old chamber
familiarity called The COlonel's Own.
Enter its closet pun out its two draw
ers and in the opening thus made seek
for the l0opholc at the back, through
which, if you stO0p low enough. you
can catch Il glimpse Of the library
hearth and its great settle. With these
in view, slip your finger along the wall
on your right, and when it touches an
obstruction pass IT If it is a handle
for that is only used to rcwlnl the ap-
paratus and must be turned from You
until it can be turned no farther but
if II IS a depression you encounter
press and press hard on the knob con-
cealcd within il. But beware when
any one YOU love is seated IN that cor
ner Of the settle where the cushion in.
yitcs rest lest it be your fate 70 mourn
and wall as it Is mine 10 curse the
hour when ] sought to clear my way
by murder, for the deem Of the man
Of blood is upon me.
The hindrance is gone out Of nv life
but a horror has entered It beyond the
conception Of any soul that Las not
yielded itself to the unimaginable in1u.
The drawine under The
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-10
Durbin

demanded tEct the article be found?
Not Mr.. Jeffrey. who seems TO lay little
or no stress upon II. bat tie oil man
they call Uncle David. lie. who to all
Appearance possessed no interest in
bis nicce's personal property, was en
hand the moment these things were
carried into Ecr husbands house. with
.kc express intention. il seems. ef {.
curing for this gold ball. which he do
eiared to be family heirloom. rs such
il belonged TO him rs the present holder
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ITO tie continued.)
A Positive Necessity.

Having to lay upon my bed for II
days from severely bruised leg, |
only found relief when | used a bottle
of Billiards. Snow Liniment can
cheerfully recommend it as the best
medicine for bruises ever sent to the
afflicted. 1t has now become a posi-
tive necessity upon myself d. r.
Byrnes, Merchant, Doyorsville, Texas
csc, soc, $1.00 Sold by Schulz Drug
Company.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-10
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Paul G. Shuh & Sons, Special
Agents.
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great relief TO believe so. What was
the reason, then, that my mind refused
SO emphatically TO grasp this possbll
ity ANA settle upon him as the murder
or Of Mrs. jeffrey? | cannot tell
| hated the man, ANA | likewise deeply
| dlstruslcd him. But | could not, even
after this revelation Of his duplicity
connect him in my thoughts with ab.
Solutc crime without shock to my in
buttons. Happily my scruples were
not shared by my colleagues. They had
listed him. Here | felt my shoulder
touched, ana newspaper was thrust
into my hand by the man who had just
addressed me.
Look down the lost and found col
umn' said he, The third advertise
ment you will sec there came from the
district attorneys office The next one
was inserted by Mr.. Moore himself"
followed his pointing finger and
read two descriptions Of the tiligroe
ball. The disproportion in the rewards
offered was apparent. That promised
by Uncle David was calculated to
rouse any mans cupidlty ana should
have resulted in the baublc's immc,
date return.
Gle got ahead Of the police that
time" | laughed. when did these
advertisements appearf'
During the days you were absent
from Washington"
"And how sure are you that he did
not get this jewel backp
ooh, we are sure. His continued
anxiety and still active interest prove
this. even if our surveillance had been
less perfect"
"And the police have been equally
unsuccessful"
Equally"
"Aftcr every effort?"
Every"
"Who was the man who collected
and carried out those things from the
southwest chamber"
lie smiled.
You see him." said he.
ut was you"
myself"
"And you are sure this small ball
was among themY
NO. / only know that | have seen
it somewhere. but that it wasn't among
the articles delivered TO Mr.. Jeffrey"
How did you carry them?'
I'm hanl bag which | locked my
self"
Before leaving the southwest cham
Lcr!''
Yes"
Then it IS still in that rocm?"
Find It, was his laconic reply.
That night went back to the Moore
house and sought first on the open
floor and then in every possible GRANNY
for the missing trinbet. But failed 10
find it and was about to acknowledge
myself defeated when my eye fell on
The long brCcadcd curtains which had
drawn across the several windows TO
hide every gleam Of light from the
street. They were almost free from
folds, but shook them well. especially
the one nearest the table, and naturally
with no effect.
Folly" | muttered. yet lid not quite
desist. For the great tasscls still hung
at the sides and Well. you may call
It IN impossible find or say that II the
bauble was there it should have been
discovered in the first search for t.
| Will not say no. can only tell sou
what happened. When took ono Of
those tassels in my hand | thought. rs
it twirled under ny touch. that | saw
something CLEAN in its faded old
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CHAPTER G--Seycral mysterious deaths have
occurred in the Moore house in Washington
II is vacant Uncle Dayi Moore, a prospective
heir, widuwer rccluse, live across the sire 4.
His niece, Veronica Moore, in u tit OF caprice
opens the house to celebrate her wedding with
Francis Jeffrey. A supposed guest is found ly-
in q ad in the fata room before the c remony
was finished. When the Story opens the nous
isaga empty, aud TN ne David notifies the
police that n light Is seen Thu re at night.
III detective goes with Uncle David and al
tea view from the outside concludes THAT
there Is someone in the house. SummohlnE
aid he entcrS while Uncle David retires with
in his wu home and begins PLAYING the organ.
Tho de ectiye finds the body OF wom II on the
floor IN front of settle which has
played part in previous tragedies. a pls-
tOl is attached to her wrist by ribbon.
HIN an upstairs room the detective finds
urned matches, candles, rich wrap lying
with the bridal borquet and handkerchief
marked Veronica" with dust upon II, On
u mantei are finger marks in the dust, and
picture on tbs wall has recently been busted,
1N-Verouca's halt sister, Cora Tuttle is
strangely affected on the scene OF the tragedy.
The de id womaOs watch had fallen and stop
pedat i;li Jeffrey comes in with note from
his wife saving she did not love him as she
lhonght. Miss futile ev IDENTIFY loves him.
Uncle David takes the news calmly. He has
candles in the house, although it is lit by gas
Nl-Jeffrey had cnurtcd ponuiless Miss futile
then turned to Veronica. VII aud VIII The
detective finds some gilt metal filings left be-
hind in the house after all ''cewsh had been
Official Y removed. Jeffrcy's finger MARKS ave
seen TO correspond with those found in the
dust in the oms. x and X-Detectiye en-
poys % young woman named jimmy to inter
view Jeffrey maid, Loretta Jeffrey ordered
candles OF his grocer before his wiIe's death.
lie admits THAI he was in the Moore house the
night before his wit9's death, that he was
ie tlouS nd had words with her XII n tty
stys that j, frey and his wife qualreled the
day before her death Miss Tuttic and Jeffrey
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Ben Michael, the Old Reliable
paWnbrOker.

Money 10 loan on all valuables, Bargains to
be had in diamonds, watches, guns and pistols.
Garry full line of leather it cases ana sport
ing goods. Also repair watches at reasonable
prices.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-10
CHAPTER NXI.

CliAfi ER NM.
TVHE next morning | swallowed
my pride and sought out Dur
III bin. Greeting him in the or
band way least likely TO de
vclop his suspicion, | told him that |
had great idea in connection with the
Jeffrey case and That the clcw to il lay
In a little gold ball which Mrs Jeffrey
sometimes wore and upon which she set
great store, So far spoke the truth
II had been given her by some one
not Mr.. Jcifrcy-and believed. though
| did not know, that it contained u
miniature portrait which it might be to
our advantage TO see.
you are on q fantastic trail" he
sneered, and that was all
That from all its seeming inconse-
quencc. it did hold some place in bis
mind was evident enough to those who
knew him, bat that it was within reach
or obtainable by any ordinary means
was not so plain. Indeed, very soon
became convinced that lie, for one, had
no idea where it was, or after the sug-
gestve hint had given him he would
never have wasted half hour on me
What was | to do then? Tell my story
TO the major an1 depend Oh him TO
push the matter 70 It's proper conclu
sion! Not yet whispered pride.
"Durbin thinks you fool. Wait till
you can show your whole hand before
calling attention TO your cards" But
it was hard not to bctray my excite
ment and to act the fool they consid
cred me when the boys twitted me
about this famous golden charm and
asked what great result had followed
my night in the Moore house. But. re-
membering that he who laughs last
laughs best ana that the cause of Inirth
was not yet over between Durbin and
myself, | was able to preserve nm i'm
passive exterior even when | came I'M
der the majors eye. | found myself
amply repaid when one Of the boys
WHO had studiously avoided chatting
me dropped the following words in my
ear:
Il don't know what your interest IS
in tie small gold charm you were talk
ing about but You haze done some
good work in this case, and don't
mind telling you what know about it.
That little gold ball has caused the po-
lice much trouble. 1t is on the list Of
effects found in the room where the
candle was seen burning; but when all
these petty belongings Of Mrs. Jeffrey
were gathered up and carried back TO
her husband, this special one was not
TO be found among them. 1t was lost
in transit. nor has it ever been SEGA
stree. And who DO you think It was
who called attention TO this loss and
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The drawing under the
mssnifyins glass
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"VlIE next morning | swallowed
N my pride and sought out Dur
III bin. Greeting him in the of
band way least likely TO de.
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Arkansas Democrats are making it
lively for their lighting governor, JEFF
Davis, and one of the leading Little
Rock Democratic clubs has issued q
proc 'smstion bearing, among other
things. the following complimentary
reference to him: "He has brought
shame and discredit upon the state by
Islander and abuse Of the legislature,
the other executive officers and the
Judges, and he has lowered the level
of politics beyond all known preced-
ents. He has sought success by arous-
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