The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-02

thing movable had been pushed back
against the wall aud an open space
cleared, 10 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 iAft the city"
Pasted under this was the following
short announcement:
Married. on the 2ist Of January. at
the American consulate In Rome. Italy,
Edward Moore OF Washington. ID. c..
United States OF America. to Antol-
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 I had
remained standing during the reading
OF the above passages.
AS did 80 I spied a slip OF paper
lying on the door at my feet AS It had
not been there ten minutes before there
could be no doubt that IL had slipped
from the book whose leaves had been
turning over so rapidly. Fastening TO
recover il, found Il to be n sheet OF
ordinary note paper partly inscribed
with words 10 a neat and distinctive
handwriting. This was a great find.
for the paper was fresh and the hand
writing one which could be readily
identified. What saw written there
was still more remarkable II had the
look OF some OF the memoranda had
myself drawn up during the most per.
picking moments Of this strange case.
transcrlbe It Just as it read.
I'VE have here two separate accounts
Of how death comes to those who
breathe their last on the ancestral
hearthstone Of the Moore house library.
Certain facts are emphasized in
both
Each victim was alone when he fell.
Each death was preceded by scene
of alteration or violent controversy
between the victim and the alleged
master OF these premises.
sIn each case the master of the house
reaped some benefit, real or fancied,
from the others death"
A curious set OF paragraphs, Some
one besides myself was searching for
the very explanation | was at that mo-
ment intent upon | should have con
sidered It the work Of our detectives II
the additional lines I now came upon
could have been written by any one
/ but a Moore. But no one OF any other
! blood or associations could have In.
/ dited the amazing words which follow.
! ed. The only excuse | could hnd for
them was the difficulty which some
men feel in formulating their thoughts
otherwise than with pen aud paper
they were so evidently intended for
the writer's eye and understanding
only, as witness:
Let me recall the words my father
was utterlng when my brother rushed
in upon us with that account OF my
mlsdeeds which changed all my pros
poets in life. 1t was my twenty first
birthday, aud the old man had Just in
formed me that as the eldest son
might expect the house In which we
stood to be mine one day and with II a
secret which has been handed down
from father TO son ever since the
Moores rose to emlnence in the person
OF Colonel Alpheus Then he noted
that was now Of age and Immediately
went on to say: This means that you
must be told certain facts, without the
knowledge OF which you would be nc
true Moore. These facts you mus
hereafter relate to your son or whoever
may be fortunate enough TO inherit
from you. II is the legacy which goe.
with this house and one which no In
heritor as yet has refused either TO re
celyo or to transmit Listen. You hay,
often noted the gold iiligree ball which
wear on my watch guard. This bal
is the tallsman OF our house, Of thi,
house. II in the course of your lifl
you find yourself in an extremity from
which no issue seems posslbe-minC
the strictness OF the injunction-an ex
tremity from which no issue Seems
posslble-Q have never been In such 4
case; the gold fllgree ball has neyei
been opened by mel-you will take thii
trinket from its chain, press upon thil
portion OF 1t so and use what you vii
find inside. In connection with
ALAS, ii was at this point John Jud
son came rushing In, and those dis
closures We're made which lost me ml
fathers regard and gave to the inform
or my rightful inheritance, togethe
with the full secret Of which ! onll
got a part But that part must bell
me now to the whole / have seen th
flligree bali many times Veronica hn
Il now. But It's contents have neve
been shown me. II / knew what the
were and why the master Of this 81
cret always left the library
Here the memorandum ceased with
long line struggling from the letter ~
as II the writer had been surprised a
bis task
The effect upon me Of these remark
able words was 10 hcighten my inter
est and raise me into a state of re-
newed hope II not Of active expecta
tion.
Another mind than my own had bee
at work along the only groove whic
held ont any promise OF success. am
this mind having AT It's command cci
tain family traditions. bad lei me int
most valuable secret. Another mind
Whose mudg That was q question
easily answered. But one man coul
have written these words the maj
who was thrust aside in early life q
favor OF his younger brother and VIII
NOW bv rho sudden death of that brOtl