The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-18

not thought Of sufficient Importance to
mention to any one else. but which it
may interest you to hear about"
Here I took from a book / held a
piece Of hlotting paper. 1t was white
on one side and blue on the ether The
white side l had thickly chalked.
though this was not apparent. Laying
down this piece of blotting paper,
chalked side up, on the end Of a large
table near which we were standing,
took out an envelope from my pocket
and, shaking it gently TO and fro, re-
marked:
"In an upper room OF the Moore
house-you remember the southwest
chamber sirT
All, didn't hel There was no mis-
doubling the quick emotion-the
shrinking and the alarm with which
he heard this room mentioned.
1T was in that room that found
these"
Tipping up the envelope scattered
over the face Of the blotter a few Of
the glistening particles had collected
from the place mentioned.
He bent over them. astonished: then.
as was natural, brushed them together
in heap with the tips of his fingers
and leaned to look again just as I
breathed a heavy sigh which scattered
them far and wide.
Instnctively he withdrew his hand.
whereupon ! embraced the opportunity
If turning the blotter over, uttering
meanwhile the most profuse apologies
Then. as II anxious not to repeat NJ
misadvepture / let the blotter lie
Whore it was and, pouring cut the few
r@ma'ning particles into my palm. l
held them toward the light I'm such a
way that he was compelled 10 lean
across the table in order 20 see them
Naturally. for / had planned the dis
tance well his finger tips, white with
the chalk he had unconsciously ham
died touched tie blue surface Of the
blotter now lying uppermost and left
their marks there.
l could have shouted in my elation
at the success of this risky maneuver,
but managed to suppress my emotion
and 20 stand quite still while he took
good look at ;he filings They seemed
to have great and unusual interest for
him, and It was with no ordinary emo
tion that he finally asked:
what do you make out OF these, and
why DO you bring them hereT
My answer was written under his
hand, but this ii was far from my pol
icy to impart. SO. putting on my friend
Hest air, l returned with suitable re-
spect:
81 don't know what TO make Of them.
They look like gold. but that is for you
to decide. Do you want them, sirT
mo" he replied. starting erect and
Withdrawing his hand from the blot
ter "Its but a trife-uot worth our
attention But thank you just the
same for bringing it TO my notice"
And again his manner became a plain
dismissal.
This time I accepted Il as such with
out question Carelessly restoring the
piece of biotting paper TO the book
from which | had taken II, made d
bow and withdrew toward the door
He seemed TO be thinking, and the deer
I burrows which ! am sure had been
lacking from his brow a week previous
became startlingy visible. Finally be
/ observed:
Mrs Jeffrey was not in her right
/ mind when she so unhappily took ben
/ life I see now that the change in hel
/ dates back 10 her wedding day; couse
( Quently any little peculiarly she mas
have shown at that time is not to be
wondered at"
Certainly not" I boldly ventured
III such peculiarites were shown aft
er the fright given her boy the catas
/ trophe which took place iu the library
Ills eyes which were fixed on mine
flashed, aud bis hands closed couvul
sively
Eve win not consider the subject
he muttered, reseaung himself I'm th'
chair from which De had risen.
/ bowed again and went out. I did
not dwell ON the interview n my owl
mind nor did ] allow myself TO draw
any conclusions from it tin l had car
rled the blotter into the southwes
chamber OF the Moore house and care
fully compared the impressions mad,
on it with the marks ! had scratche,
on the surface Of the mante!shelf
This I did by laying the one over th'
other after having made holes wher
his finger tips had touched the blotter
The holes in the blotter and tn
marks outlined upon the shelf coincid