Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-15

gard face, large eyes. looking larger
from tAeif sunken sockets, the fierce.
determined expression of her face.
made the old lawyer betray his SUR
prise in spite Of himself. Was this
the airy, smiling creature Of few
weeks ago? She had aged years. He
placed a seat for her, and inquired the
object of her visit
ITO free Herbert Carston. He is
innocent and I have discovered the
culprit:"
''Have you any evidence Of your
stetement?'
"Ample. The murderer has a foot
two inches longer that Herbert. He
wore pair of old goloshes with cut
across the left sole. Herbert never
possessed such things. On that night
he wore light suit, the other fellow
wore dark tweed suit, with a red
thread-rather peculiar kind of ma
terial, lighter in weight and cheaper
''How, in the name of all that is ra-
tional. did you learn all this?"
Thereby hangs my tail. / believed
Herbert to be innocent. | obtained
permission to see the house. 4 Search
ed the house without success. was
yielding to despair, and wandered into
the back garden. Suddenly Fido cap
cred about me with something in his
mouth. 1t was handkerchief took
1t. A glance made my heart stop
bloodstains. It was woman's marked
B. H., No. A. recognized it, and
knew the owner. ! smelt it; very
peculiar smell it had.
II renewed my search with vigor.
For three days | hunted INCREASINGLY.
my total discoveries were some
threads Of cloth torn Off while squeez-
ing through a small window, blood
stains on the sash arising from a cut
with rusty nail in the wood, foot
prints on the ground beneath the win
dow Very close examination dis
closed peculiar imprint with. 9 cut
across. An inspiration dawned on me
-goloshes! From these links, how
should form a chain? First, the
the chemists. He ransacked his shop,
but could not find me scent like It.
I shot an arrow at venture.
You sold some to Miss Harvey, I
Think y
" oh, yes; l. know now. I got that
especially for her. / am sorry have
none left
II reeled out of the shop. was on
| the track. b. H. were Bertha Har-
! vey's initials; this was her handker-
chief. went straight to her house
During my stay l pretended to have
lost my handkerchief. She lent me
| the exact counterpart of the one | had
| found, save that 1t was marked No
T. twitted her that knew she was
1 in the habit of lending her handker.
chiefs to gentlemen. She laughed and
blushed and bantered her into con
fession. She had never lent but one
and she told me to whom. / iavolun'
tarily Jumped from my chair, but hat
enough self-control to recover myself
pretending had assumed astonish
ment.
Now had fairly run down N,
| game. AT one l4ulS AS Pdiu A4O sui
attention that had to ignore him.
knew his landlady well. MY plan wa
formed Immediately: Entice him witt
the softest words and all your re
1 sources Of fascination; from him ant
the old woman you will learn ant
obtain all.
4 Il succeeded beyond MY wildes
hopes. BY dint of coaxing and pres
ents I induced the old dame to let NJ
do as pleased Then made her m
conadante I wanted to make he
.lodger pair of slippers without hi
knowledge She offered me pair t
measure. No; knew he had an oil
pair of goloshes somewhere. Could
have them for a day or two? w
searched together. Buried in q col
ner Of the wardrobe we found q PAL
II tnrned them up; there was cc
scross thu sole Of the lett loot
took them to poor Mr. Myrick
house; they fitted the prints exactly
Il have traced the suit OF clothe
and can prove the purchaser and fn