Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-10-20

1--WE are not going to St Petersburg |
We are going to Lemsdorf-"
To Lemsdorf, / have never heard Of
the place"
mo more had l an hour ago. Allow
me to discover it."
He pulled a red-bound Baedeker out of
his pocket and futtered through the
pages
Here we have it-'Lemsdorf: four
teen to fifteen hours from Berlin Rising
town in West Prussia; 1900 inhabi-
tants. Large dye-works- 'Prinz Won
Preussen,' 'Goldner Adler'-hotels well
spoken Of Cab from the station, 10 pg.
Little of historical interest Excursions
to Denker and the Huren, a wild and
desolate district with several large lakes,
on the Russian frontier Not altogether
an inviting prospect at the latter end of
October. Ell, Cousin RobertT
Il did not imagine we were going there
for pleasure"
"Pessimist, Do neither the 'Prinz Won
Preussen' nor the 'Uoldner Adler well
spoken Of as Baedeker describes these
hostelries, attract you? Then the dye
works, they are sure to be interesting"
Henry Graden," cried l with deter
mination, you try me too far. am as
eager as yourself that this criminal
should be brought to justice For this
reason alone l have every right to know
the why and wherefore of an expedition
which will entail upon me, as l see clear
ly, the most extraordinary discomforts-
at seems pity, my dear cousin. that
Nature, which endowed you with 50 many
admirable qualities, should have omitted
the saving grace of humor," he rejoined.
And then changing his tone to a greater
sobriety: You shall hear all that / know
or conjecture. 1t will, at least, help US
on our journey.
| First, as to the facts at my disposal.
For myself, l had heard much of Rudolf
Marnac, but only as a Heidelberg pro-
fessor of distinction, whose stupendous
effort, Science and Belief had set edu-
Gated Europe by the ears. From you
learned of his quarrel with Won Stock
mar, a quarrel originating in the latter's
attack on the work in question, of which
Marnac was inordinately vain. Then
came the chain of facts that proved-to
our mind at least-that Marnac had muir
dered his colleague with diabolical in
genuity. Could such a crime be inspired
by a quarrel so trifing? 1t was almost
past belief Further evidence was nee
essary; and this evidence the investiga-
tons of the police have supplied.
when l learned that his father, Jean
Marnac, had died in Paris asylum, l
began to see my way. But it was the
statements of his servants that cleared
up my last doubt. An eccentricity which
at one time amused them had of late
I'll hot 1ad
them with terror. He had presented
them with copies of the book, ella borately
J bound A housekeeper who had served
him for twenty years was loaded with
abuse and discharged because the old
creature admitted that she could not fol
low his arguments. He was the victim
of a partial mania. Such cases are not
uncommon.
WHITTIER had this dangerous creature
fed? 1t seemed a mystery insoluble
He was well provided with money; OF
, all topics but one he was admirably sens
, ible The police admitted that he hai
, beaten them. But only yesterday l OBJ
tanned a clue. 1t may be valueless; bu
for myself l think otherwise. At least i
is worth the journey l am asking you tt
make in my company.
I AT my urgent request the police ad
mitted me to his rooms His paper
! they had already examined, without re
b suit l found that he possessed a fin
library. l am a bock-lover. and my frs
step was to examine it. Tucked away Il
I a corner of a shelf, yet within easy reacl
e of his customary chair, l found a vol
b ume. 1t was typical of the man that
f should be elegantly bound. Within wer
:. collected the hostile criticisms with whic
n his book had been loaded. The NOR
|. severe were scrubbed over with the viles
I epithets. Won Stockmar was PERSONAL
V threatened, as was also a certain Mech
d ersky, a professor of the Imperial I'm
:. versity at Petersburg. 1 distracted tn
volume. You may like to examine it."
!. He drew it from the capacious poke
s of his travelling ulster and gave it to ms
The cover was of the choicest morocco
J. upon it, in gold, were emblazoned tn
arms of the university. 1t was a trump
n of the binders art, yet l handled it wit
a singular feeling of disgust.
# The interior was oddly divided. TIL
q greater part consisted of clippings froI
| papers and magazines, neatly gumme
% upon blank pages. But here and ther
IS were interpolated pamphlets, held
k their place by elastic bands. In contra.
with this orderly arrangement, scarcel
N a page but was defaced by penciled r.
b marks, satirical or abusive. 1 ran throug
a. them hastily until 1 came upon the art
f. Gle which bore Mechersky's name, e,
ID tracted apparently from some French r
e. view. Its severity seemed to have lashe
l Marnac to fury. 1t was covered wit
IN a maze of pencilings. But my attentio
c. was soon conferred on a portion of IL