The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-16

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| In fact, she was SO enthusiastic about
1t that she persuaded my wife to &c
with her next day, and the adviser OF
kings told her so many things which
| she already knew, of course, that she
felt greatly enlightened by the remark
able interview and paid him Il dollar
| very gladly. Mrs. Dinsmore is a skep-
/ tic, as you know quite as unreasona.
bic disbclieYer MS you are yourself
but she has woman's delight in mys-
teries."
| slightly elevated my left eyebrow
Il withdraw the word unreasona-
be-" said Mr.. Dinsmore. But let me
proceed, for hayen'tm much time. There
is something | must do, ana speedily
that is, if you approve the decision at
which have arrived"
At this I assumed an expression OF
judicial impaftiality, awaiting the evil
dence
There's been some trouble at my of
fee" he resumed We've been losing
little money, and we haven't been
able to account for it. | had begun to
suspect Cole. our cashier, though he
was the man who discovered and re-
ported the loss"
| anxiOusly scrutinizcd my friends
countenancc 1t could not be that so
sane a person meditated the awful alb
surdity Of accusing an old and tried
employee upon the word of an adviser
of kings" who advertised in the papers.
No, no; not Burton Dinsmore. lie
might discuss it, but he would never
do It, quite relieved in mind, / re-
turned TO the enjoyment Of good to-
bacco.
"This afternoon while | was alone in
my room downtown" he continued
certain matters in connection with
these thefts, which are small, but an
noying, came clearly into my mind and
strongly REINFORCED my suspicious in
regard to Cole As n result of my
meditations upon the subject | wrote a
letter to my very agreeable acquaint-
ancc, Captain Crosby. chief of the citys
detective bureau, and asked him to
much upon the quiet an able officer Of
his staff who once assisted me in Il
similar affair. I sealed this letter,
stamped and addressed the envelope
and put on my hat, intending to 90 to
the mail box on the corner. But when
| reached the outer door found that it
was raining and that the pavement was
wet
"Just then one of our boys came
back from an GRAND. ] put the letter
into his hand, address downward, and /
said You are not to look Mt that adj
dress Mail the letter in the box on
the corner | stood and watched him
while he did this errand, and he did
not devate from my instructions. Then
| returned to my Office, put on my over
coat and rubbers, provided myself with
an umbrella and took a car for home.
con the way uptown | happened to
think of Nalmond, adviser of kings, and
the upshot of it was that / decided to
call upon him out of curiosity. l could
not remember his address, but upon
leaving the car / bought a paper and
found his advertisement. The rain had
stopped. IL was not long walk, and
so ! went TO see the seventh SOP of
seventh son. /
rIIe has q decent sort of parlor in an
apartment house. but he has furnished
the place in foolish fashion. with
mystic stun Of the cheapest character
He came in after I'd waited about
half a minute, and could have laugh
cd Mt the sight OF him My wife and
my sister-in-law had described linn as
very mysterious person, awesomely
impressive. As a matter of fact he is
everything else. III tell You the sort
Of inanshe is.t Hes like one Of those
honest, conscientious artisans that
you'll see sometimes and delight in
sccing-a blond with lathe mildcst blue
eyes. We had carpenter fixing some
partitions ut the Office yesterday, and
he was the same sort of man except
that Valmond is a higher type. with
more room here" And Mr.. Dinsmorc
touched his own dome of thought mod
estly. but with respect
"lNell, sir" he continued, I'VE had
an. interesting time. He refused at
first to give me seance; said the po-
lice were prosecuting him and that he
didn't know what might happen.
Finally persuaded him that ! was no
emissary OF the police. and he consent
cd TO give me sample Of the advice
which kings have heard with profit.
And, by the way. | believe him to be
perfectly sincere in his conviction that
his letters of advice TO exalted per
sonages have helped to shape the des-
tiny of nations. A mild enthusiast, not
quite right in his mind, you'll say, and
yet no criminal. No, sir; that mans
life and thought have been far afield
from any paths of crime.
lie told me some conventional things
about my life such as any one might
guess that l had been a student of
books and not unfamiliar with the pen,
though trained to business ways and
fairly successful in the scramble for
money.
"'You have been worried about a lit
tie matter connected with your busi-
ness said he. And then he proceeded
in the simplest and most natural man.
ner. without a trace of mystery or no
Gus pocus. to tell me the precise facts