Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-01-19

pleasant voice.
II am English, madame" the In
spector replied.
and so am l." she said smilingly,
but as YOU came to make inquiries
for a patient l supposed you to be an
Italian"
is not Il friend, but man IN whom
| am interested@
What is his name?' she asked IN
business-like manner.
Marco MeZza.
Il remember him we'll
Pray tell me, madame, everything
you know about him.
HE came here suffering from an ad-
Vanced state OF pneumonia
"Do YOU remember the date?
Il can find it for you. ! shoulo
thinls he had been sinking for some
time; at all events he had greatly ne
elected himself. and was in a very Dad
condition..
How long did he remain here?'
"Ie lived about twelve days.
Lived" The inspector repeated IN
aStoniSiment Then he is dead
Yes, he is dead.
'i'ut tell me, did he leave the hospi-
tai fog a day-for an hour-from the
| time he came in till he died.?
NO: that would have been impos-
aiblc. The doctor knew from the mo-
ment he saw him that NeZza was a dy-
ing man..
"Maclzworths establishment and dis
appointment We're very great. ~ ~ w.,
III Was in the hospital on September
| 81, then it was not he who murdered
| David Dumbarton
.NVh;tt was the date of his death?"
Il will bring you the book in which
| all particulars of our patients are en-
tered" the supelioress said, and she
quickly left the room.
Can it be possible that Mega is
| innocent?" the inspecto. himself, un-
| willing TO root out the idea which had
| taken possession of his mind.
In o. couple of moments the superb
Dress returned carrying a heavy book,
which she placed upon the table. Then
| rapidly turning over it's pages until
she found the entry sought, she said:
"Ah. here it is. Marco McZza. adj
mitlei the Sth of September: suffer-
ing from pneumonia accelerated by
| drink: place of birth Naples: age 40:
| profession ioiinist; address Rue Petit
| Maetre. l7aiis; date of death, 2lst of
| September: hour, & p. m.
| Marco Mezza had died but few
| hours before the man whose life he had
| threatened To take, had been killed.
Did he send for his wife or his
| friendsa" Macliwolth asked.
HE told US on entering he had no
wife or friends in London; that he had
come from Paris four days before
'.Eut toward The end did he not in
clli.e for theme
.Ile did not know he was dying, and
| during his last three days he was de-
leiious. We sent the certificate of
death TO the Italian consul, who will
\ forward II copy to MeZzas relatives in
/ Naples ii they can be found. He is
T buried i'm kens;l Green"
There seemed nothing further to be
known regarding this unhappy man..
here WAS The end for him so far as the
/ world went. Maclworth thanked the
| supe,ioress for the trouble she had
| TAKE and left the hospital in a differ
ent mood from that he had felt on en-
| lerine: an his plans upset, his spirits
depressed.
| school the square was empty; the wind
| blew eddies II dust high in air--threat-
| cneing clouds swept across the little
! match Of sky visible and the sound of
4 Inc clock striking the half hour was
4 waited away into space. But Mack
worth noticed none of these things, his
mind being dominated by one thought
The man who had killed David DUN
| barton was still TO be discovered.
I,trAr,r,,r, wv
j..
ON cold ana cheerless liter1looh III
October, with a gray and lowering sky
above and a drenched and sombre
would around l,aoroa Rostocl, fool, his
r,;,.s n,,,,,,.a,.+a !, aonoa
way " s'ee GIVE i'ui.i''. eoii' ~ "
storm had ragged All night, carrying
death and destruction over land and
sea and though the wind had some
tinued in a steady downpour.
Mo'ii ,ii 1ouiG ne iiioie ue ,la i.s,