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Machine in More
By Jacques Futrelle

Now" began The Thinking Machine in his small.
1Trltated voice, as Hutchinson Hatch reporter
stopped talking and leaned back to listen. ali
problems are merely sums in addition when reduced
to their primary parts Therefore this one is simply
matter OF putting facts together prove that two
and two do not sometimes but always make four "
The Thinking Machne-Professor Augustus S
r y Van Dusen, Ph.D., LID, FRS, ND ETC.
scientist and lOgician- paused to adjust his head
comfortably on the cushion in the big chair, then
resumed. " Your statement of the case Mr. Hatch
gives me these absolute facts Eleanor Oliver is
dead she died of a stab wound a stiletto made this
wound; 1t was in such a position that she could
hardly have inflicted it herself: and Sylvester
knight, her fiance is under arrest. That's all we
know. ism it :"
y on forget that she was stabbed while in a box
at the opera, the reporter put in.
Il forget nothing" snapped the scientist 1T
does not appear at all that she was stabbed while
IN that box 1t appears merely that she i'll and
might have tainted. She might have been stabbed
IN the carriage, after she was in her room
Hatch's eyes opened wide at the bare mention of
these possibilities.
:, The presumption is, of course" The Thinking
Machine went on a little less aggressively, that
she was stabbed while in the box but we can't
put that down as absolute fact Remember the
stiletto not found until she was in her room
You have told that Knight was arrested at
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the suggestion of Oliver last night shortly after the
police learned Of the affair Now, just what have
You or the police learned as to him? How do they
connect him with the AFFAIR.""
First, the police acted on the general ground
of exclusive opportunity the reporter explained
then Knight was arrested The stlIletto used was
NOT an ordinary one. 1t had a blade of about
inches and was very slender; but instead of guard
on II there was only gold band The handle is
a straight highly polished piece OF wood Around
below the gold band where the guard should have
been. there were threads if it had been screwed
into something
Yes, yes; | see. 1t was probably intended to
Detective Mallory surrnised that when he saw
the stiletto," the reporter continued; so after
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Difficult Work

Knight was locked up he searched his rooms for
the other part, the lower end, of the cane
And he found it. without the stietto?
Yes that's the chain against Knight First
exclusive opportunity; then the stiletto, and the
finding of the lower end of the in his posses
sion"
Exclusive fddestcks!" exclaimed the scientist
irrtaby. II presume knight denies that he killed
Miss Oliver"
Naturally"
And where is the stiletto that belongs to his
cane: Does he attempt to account for II?
He doesn't seem to know where it is; in fact he
doesn't deny that the stiletto might be his. He
merely says he doesn't know"
The Thinking Machine pOndered. Looks bad
for him, he remarked at last.
Thank YOU" remarked Hatch dryly. 1t was
one of those occasions when the scientist saw
problem exactly he it.
- suppose Mallory has the stiletto and Cane!"
Yes"
The Thinking Machine rose Let's run over to
police headquarters" he suggested,
They found Detective Mallory ensconced behind
fat cigar with beatitic satisfaction his face.
All, gentlemen, he remarked with the gracious
ness of conscious superiority, we've nailed it to
friend Knight all right"
How inquired The Thinking Machine
The detective gloated little. twisted his tongue
around the dainty morsel, before he answered. II
suppose Hatch has told you the grounds of the
arrest: OF course they were enough to convict but
early this evening the last link the chain against
him supplied by Mrs Oliver.
''Well2'' asked The ThiDL-uo
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The Problem of the Opera Box
The Thinking

"VHERE was preliminary bare of horns
then the crashing anvil chorus OF III
IroaIt0re' began. Sparks spatterei and
u flashed the sledges rose and iell in
exquisite rhythm while the dangerous
music roared through the big theater
Ele amor Oliver rose and, moving from the front
81 the box into the gloom al the rear. leaned her
head YEARLY against the latticed partition Her
mother beside whom she had been sitting glanced
UP inqurlngly, as did her father and their guest
Sylvester Knight.
What Is II my dear" asked Mrs Oliver
Those sparks and that noise give me a head
ache" she explained. Father SIT in front there
il YOU wish. I'll stay here until / feel better"
Oliver took the seat his wife, and Knight
Immediately lost interest the stage turning his
char 70 face Eleanor. She seemed little pale and
mingled eagerness and anxiety in his face showed
ms concern. She made some remark to him, and
he protested quickly.
Please don't" Mrs Oliver heard him say plead
ilglv as his voice was raised. 1t won't be long"
! N afraid III have TO, the girl replied.
You mustn't" Knight commanded earnestly
Il YOU insist on IT, shall have to do something
desperate"
Mrs Oliver turned and looked back at them re-
rl-0vinqlv ' You children chatter too much p" she
SAID good naturally. D." You make more noise than
the anNls
4 moment later knight quietly left the box.
The girl sat white and inert. knight found her IN
lust that position when he returned with glass of
water He had been out Tor only minute so,
and the encore To the chorus Just ending
,cla--
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'Well he might save himself that trouble"
replied the scientist crustily. " He has the wrong
man
The reporter glanced quickly into the inscrutable
face of his companion. Didn't knight do ii: - he
asked
Certainly mott" was the impatient answer
Who did,"
. | don't know"
Together they went to the theater from which
Miss Oliver had been removed the night before
There few words with the manager gained per-
mission to look at the Oliver box. The Thinking
Machine entered the box two three times,
ned the curtains the partitions, the floor, and the
chairs after which he led the way into the lobby.
There he excused himself to Hatch and stopped
in the managers office. He remained for only
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bur She made no move 10 take II,
and he touched her lightly on the
arm. Still She did not move, and he
leaned over and looked Al her closely.
Then he turned 10 Mrs Oliver.
Eleanor has tainted, ! think.
he whispered uneaslly.
She pushed back her chair and IN
q moment was beside her daughter
charing her hands Finally Eleanor
was lifted out. still unconscious and
white - death. and removed IN
waiting carriage TO her home Two
,llvslcians were summoned, and dis
..1oeared into her boudoIT, together
with Mrs Oliver, while the father
and knight sat smoking nervOusly
IN the library.
Five minutes later. DR.. Brander,
one IF the two physicians entered
The library His face wore per
picked expression.
Oliver looked up Bring her
around all right; ne asked
shes dead. was the reply.
Dead gasped knight.
Oliver rose suddenly and gripped
the physician by the shoulder. Her
heart - he asked hOarsely.
No. She was stabbed"
Why. i can't be- burst out
knight suddenly Where IS she:
ii 90 TO her.
Dr. Brander laid a OBTAINING hand
on his shoulder. You can do no
good. he said quietly.
At last the father found voice
What happened" he asked
She was Stable said Dr.
B-ander again When we exam
med her we found the knife long.
keen. short handled stiletto. 1t was
driven IN with great force directly
under her left arm and penetrated
the heart. She must have been dead
when She was lifted from the box al
the opera. The stiletto remained IN
the wound and prevented any flow
Of blood. while its position and the
short handle caused Il TO be OVerloC
was lifted into the carriage. We d
knife Tor several minutes after we a,
covered bv her arm. Where IS YOU
must notify the police.
The calling OF the police means Il
not Kill herself" asked knight.
j. Was II u QCI- y - lI-G l'DS4L4h
could not have stabbed herself. I
straight in. entering here, - and he il
about four inches below his left arm
he explained. III took q long blad
the heart
There was dull despair in knigl
dropped down II q table with his he
He looked up once and asked. NheT
have II. replied Dr. Brander.
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Machine
Mrs. Oliver Northumberland
me, heard-Knight threaten her
daughter only a few minutes before
she was found dead She heard
him say something like Please
don't 1t won't be very long Her
daughter answered something she
couldn't catch, after which she heard
Knight say positively, You mustn't!
If YOU do l shall do something des-
perate. or something like that Now,
as she remembers it, the tone was
threatening it must have been
raised in anger TO be heard above the
anvils Thus the case is complete
The Thinking Machine and Hatch
silently considered this new point
No motive, of course" asked
the scientist
Well, the motive isn't exactly
clear but our further Investigations
will bring it out all right, the de
tective admitted | should imagine
the motive to be jealousy OF course,
the story OF Knight not knowing
where his stilettO is has no weight
Nav | See the stiletto and cane?"
asked The Thinking Machine
The detective was delighted to
oblige He watched the scientist
with keen satisfaction as that astute
man squinted at the slender blade,
still stained with blood, and then as
he examined the lower part of the
cane Finally the scientist thrust
the long blade into the hollow stick
and screwed the handle in 1t fitted
perfectly
Detective Mallory smiled. Il
don't suppose you'll try to put a
crimp in me this time:" he said.
Very clever, Mr. Mallory, very
clever" replied The Thinking Ma
chine, and with Hatch trailing he
left headquarters.
Mallory will swell like a balloon
after that Hatch commented with
a grim smile
might save himself that trouble"
ientist crustily. He has the wrong
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-11-07

A pretty home wedding was solemnized
Thursday evening, Nov. 1, at O'Clock, at
the home of Mrs. Abbie E. Austin, when
her eldest daughter, Emma, was married
to ]. Wesley Bowden of Castine. Rev.
Thomas Mcdonald ofIiciated. The ring
service was used.
The rooms were prettily decorated with
green and white crepe paper draped
across the ceiling and caught in the centre
with bells of dark red. An arch of ever
green where the marriage ceremony was
performed added much to the effectiveness
of the scene. There W ere also cut flowers.
The bride was attired in white mohair
with white embroidered silk yoke and
cuffs. She carried white carnations and
was unattended.
Owing to the severe storm that ragged at
the time, the only guests present were d.
Y. Mcfarland and wife, uncle and aunt of
the bride. After the wedding, dainty
treat was served.
Many valued tokens of esteem were in
evidence, the present of the groom to the
bride being fine fur coat.
Mrs. Bowden is one of our most highly
esteemed young ladies. She has been a
successful teacher for several years,
last springs term completing her thirty
fourth, all of which have been taught in
Maine with the exception of one year in
New Hampshire. She had entered upon
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EAST ORLAND.

Walter V. Leach was at home from
Brewer over Sunday.
w. L. Wentworth arrived home Sunday
from a weeks visit in Boston.
Fred Moses and wife, of Bucksport, are
guests of Charles Atkins and wife.
William Grindle. of West Penobscot, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Alice Gibbs.
Albert Shaw, of Greenville, and Mr..
Blackwell, of Brunswick, were in town
Tuesday.
Howard Churchill returned to Bass Har-
Dor Thursday after a few days spent here
with his family.
Charles Pickering and Austin Durham
shot large buck Thursday. John Farm
ham also got deer.
w. d. Leach, wife and son Hoyt spent
Saturday and Sunday in West Surry, the
guests of Reuben Leach.
Miss Ethel Blaisdell closed very sue
cessful term of school at the village last
week. The following pupils were not
absent: Harold Soper, James Holt, Ouida
Soper, Alice Patten, Harry Soper and
Samuel Holway. Valentine Soper and
Elwood CHM missed but a day and one
half.
Nov Nj.
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SOUTH BRooKsvILLE.
For addi.ionau County Ne,rs ace other pc

Harry Saunders, with his team, is work.
ing for Levi Franks.
V. B. Black and wife were here yester-
day from Cape Rozier.
Luther Bates has moved his family from
the Ames place to his own house.
The schooner Lizzie J. Clark brought a
load of freight from Portland last week.
There is enough building and repairing
in this vicinity to keep the local carpen-
tiers busy.
Some OF the uninhabited houses in this
neighborhood have been opened, and the
contents overhauled lately.
The schooner w. c. Pendleton is loaded
with freight and lumber for w. c. Bates
and K. II. Condor. The w. o. Nettleton
is loaded with freight for Oceanville.
Capt. Fl. L. Blacks family, who have
been away through the summer, are at
home again. Capt. Black is loading his
schooner, the Herbert May, at Clark's
island.
Nov. s. c.
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COUNTY NEWS.
NORTH LAMOINE.


Hollis Austin went to North Castine on
saturday, returning on Sunday.
Meltiah Salisbury, ir., went to Bangor
last week for surgical treatment.
Willard and Margaret Young, who have
been employed at Ellsworth, are at home.
Mrs. Alberta Marshall and baby, of Bar
Harbor, have been the guests of Mrs. 1. N.
Salisbury, jr., recently.
Harry Wiley and wife, of Winter Har-
Dor, have been the guests of Mrs. George
Davis the past week. While here Mr..
Wiley shot fine buck, weighing 200
pounds.
The stable of Graves Bros, with con-
tents, was burned early Saturday morn
ing. The fire was discovered about 2
O'Clock, but it had already gained such
Roadway that any effort to save it would
have been futile. Twelve horses persisted.
Between fifteen and eighteen tons of hay
are estimated to have been destroyed, to-
gether with some farming implements.
The building was insured.
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the rear as prisoner. He was held
until the thunder Of the three days bat
tie was hushed and Lee was falling
slowly back on Falling Waters, and
then he and hundreds more were head
ed for the Potomac. The rest is to be
found In the history Of his company
and regiment. That history reads:
"As Lee fell back. his retreat incum-
bered with wounded men, prisoners
and long baggage train, Custer press
ed one division of it closely over the
mountain roads. There We're constant
attacks and the Confederates fought
bravely to save what they had won.
At point about ten miles from the
river, where we made an unusually
fierce attack and where the resistance
was proving too much for us, sud
den diversion gave us the victory. A
Federal sergeant belonging to Michi-
gan regiment and who was prisoner
In Confederate hands rallied about 400
of his fellow captiyes, rushed their
guards and. with arms thus obtained.
made flank movement and scattered
the force opposed to us and came
charging through to us. The sergeant
brought in the flag of Confederate
regiment that he had captured, and
there is no doubt Of his promotion for
his brave conduct"
A month later Sergeant Wise was
Lieutenant Wise. The order read on
dress parade spoke to the regiment of
his being captured while on duty at
picket post, of escape and recapture,
and recorded his act Of capturing the
flag and turning on his captors as one
of the bravest things in war. The ser
geant had not lied or boosted. He
had left others to figure out as they
wanted to. and they had made the
most of it. A year and half later he
was captain and on his way home
to marry the girl who was waiting for
him.
He did not march to her house, nor
yet to his, from the depot. He took a
contrary direction until he brought up
before the house of the man who had
held his honor in his hands. Then
things happened. A year later the jus
tice Of the peace would have called it
felonious assault, and Jail might have
been the consequence, but Lee had sur
rendered, the war was over, and the
home coming veterans owned the coun-
try. The wife has never known.
No human being except the ser
geants chum has ever known. 1t was
a race between honor and disgrace. and
honor won. NJ. QUAD.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-11-07

There are several districts in France
where the very ancient tongues still
survive. Basque is spoken by about
100000 persons, who are naturally
proud of a language that is their ex-
elusive possession, for it is unlike ev-
cry other spoken tongue, and the as
sertion is commonly made that to I'M
derstand it one must have learned it in
the cradle. This peculiar property
gives in the mind of the Basque people
support to their belief that it was the
language of Adam and Eve. The same
claim is advanced, though, for Breton.
The Romans when they conquered
Gaul compared Breton to croaking of
ravens. About million people speak
Breton. Then there are Flemish, still
spoken by comparatively small num-
Der in northeastern France, Catalan in
the Pyrenees-O rientales and Langue-
doc and Provencal, whose gradual ex-
tinction has been delayed mainly by
the efforts of few literary enthusi-
as+s
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-11-07
NORTH DEER ISLE.

Elmer Lowe and Delmonte Torrey made
business trip to Rockland last week.
Capt. Frank Haskell sailed in the
schooner L. T. Whitmore for New York
recently.
Elmer Hardy, who has been in the
schooner Susan N. Pickering, was home
for short visit last week.
The Sunday school held meeting at
the home of Mrs. Elmer Hardy Saturday
evening to organize library association
Officers were elected. Efforts will be made
to secure new books.
Nov. 8. Il
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SOMESVILLE.
Nov. 8.

Mrs. Ella Walls and family have moved
to Beech Hill.
Rev. j. G.. Jenkins, of Bangor, occupied
the pulpit in Union church Sunday morn
ing aad evening. He also sang a solo at
each service. Mr.. jenkins has fine voice.
A. E. Ward has gone to Hardwick, VT,
where he has employment.
I. T. ODER and wife leave to-day for
Hardwlck, VT, where they intend to live.
Their many friends here are sorry to have
them leave.
The schooner E. T. Hamor is chartered
to load with lumber in Bangor.
Nov. 5. j.
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The Deserter

tCopyrisht. 1906. by Homer sprague.I
1t was while General Lee was max
| ing his preparations for the invasion
| of Pennsylvania In charge of a pick
eft post numbering seven or eight men
| was Sers cant Joe Wise, who was called
the best natured man in Company G
and who had proved his bravery on
| three or four battIefelds. The sergeant
| was th,rty-fve years old and unmar-
ried, bat back at home in Michigan a
/ red checked farmers daughter had said
that she would be his wife when he
came marching home from the war.
On this night, as the sergeant sat by
the Ere with his men out on post, one
of the company came along and hand
ed him letter received at regimental
headquarters two hours previously. 1t
was opened to be read at the pickering
flames of the fire. 1t was from stay
az home man. one of those malicious
| piinded gossips who delighted in telling
I'll he knew and much more of affairs
back home. According to his epistle
many things had occurred in the little
village in the last month, and one of
them was the engagement of Joe's
sweetheart TO a merchant who had fur
nIshed a substitute for the war. He
put it strong to the sergeant that he
had been made fool of.
Half an hour later Joe was missed.
An hour later word went back to the
company that he must have been sur
prised and captured by Confederate
scouts.
The deserter tianked his command
and rushed on to Washington. There
he obtained suit of civilians clothes,
and as a private citizen he set his face
toward his home.
Ten miles away he left the train for
the woods. and, after hours of gliding
and skulking he finally drew near the
home of his betrothed. Father. mother
and daughter were sitting on the We
randa and with them the sneak who
had written the letter. Concealed be-
hind the lilac bushes growing close to
the veranda. the sergeant heard every
word of the conversation for an hour.
The writer of the letter had lied to him.
His feelings had been aroused to the
pitch where he had sacrificed his honor
and his good name without just rea-
son.
Through the man who sat there
Boosting of what he had written SOL
der with clean record had become a
sneak and skulk. Should he reveal
himself then and there he would be
loaded with anathemas and reproaches.
No father with patriotism in his heart
would have him for a son-in-law. No
girl who thought of honor and reputa-
ton would welcome him.
The deserter groaned in agony as he
realized the situation, and the people
had withdrawn into the house to go to
bed before he crawled away. That
night he walked fifteen miles. lodging
and skulking and afraid of everything
that moved by the roadside In the
morning he was headed for Pennsyl-
vania. The papers told him which way
Lee was moving. He found confusion
in Philadelphia. There was no provost
guard to pick him up and ask ques-
tons; no citizen to suspect him Of be-
ing deserter. He found place where
he could exchange his suit for a uni
form and was of for the front an hour
later
The country was overrun by parties
from either side, and it was the ser
geants fortune to be gobbled up by
Confederate cavalry. He was sent to
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WEST FREMONT.

Joe Wooster was the first to bring in a
trip of scallops from the bay this fall.
Raymond Dow and Miss Sylvia Higgins
were married by l.. w. Rumill Monday
evening, Nov. 8, in the presence of the
brides father and mother.
Nov. 6. THELMA.
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her tbiid year at WiAvcr Harbor, teaching
in tho primary department, closing with
the spring term.
The groom is man of sterling quail
ties and is highly esteemed by all, and
the heartiest congratulations and best
wishes of large circle of friends follow
them to their home at North Castine,
whittier they went on Saturday to reside.
Nov. 6. Y.
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SUNSET.

Mrs. Fred w. Sylvester returned Tues
day morning after most delightful stay
in Boston.
Guy Sylvester and Kent Breeze spent
Saturday in Rockland.
Mrs. Lillian Sylvester returned from
Boston Tuesday.
Miss Kate Sylvester entertained party
of friends on Friday night at her summe,
home, the Birch Tree inn. A delightful
time is reported.
Mrs. Arthur Powers is spending re"
days with her parents, johnson Luikin
and wife.
Nov, 8. d.
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TRENTON.

Mrs. Benjamin Jordan, who has been
to Bangor for treatment of the eyes, has
returned home.
Miss Maude Jordan, who has been in
Bar Harbor for the past two weeks, has
returned home.
The body of Mrs. Mary Eaton, OF
Brownville, Mass, formerly of this place,
was brought here for burial Saturday.
Nov g. J.