The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-25

hastily into his pocket. He never real
ized what had occurred until, upon acct
dentally pulling II out with his hand
kerchief in your lodgings. he found Il
empty. II was for that reason b.
searched 50 anxiously. What became OF
1t did not matter SO long as II was not
found in this room; though. as matter
of fact. there was very small danger even
then of Il affording a clue
And now We come 10 a stroke OF
abominable luck. Of which Marnae has
every right to complain l found the
caterpillar on the sheet Of the bed.
where it had crawled In its wanderings
But that was not the worst of IT, for
l happened to be the one man In all
Heidelberg who knew Of its peculiar
properties; who knew that its hairs are
slightly poisoned. sufficient indeed TO
raise nasty rash ON the hand; who
knew that the old-time Hotteutots EN-
ployed il for removing their enemies by
blowing the hairs into their lungz
took out a MATCHBOX. emptied IL. and
collected the caterpillar. I was closing
the box when looked up and saw Mar
nae watching me with a shocking ex-
preston. which could hardly have dis
torted the face Of a perfectly sane man.
however provoked Nearly every muir
derer has a screw loose somewhere: bat.
In my opinion. Narnac is in an unusually
bad way. IL may turn out more Of an
asylum than a gnlows business, after
all"
But the details of the scene you pic !
ture; how did you obtain them
Il am a quick thinker. and the events |
Of the evening began TO arrange them l
selves in a sort Of sequence. crowned /
by the discovery Of the caterpillar. The /
inference TO be gathered from them was
obvious. l examined the nostrils Of the L
dead man. and found four of the cater
pillar hairs caught therein On the dress
ing-tahls lay an ordinary pair Of nail
scissors Two hairs WERE jammed where
the blades met On the creased sheet OF
paper, which | found behind the couch.
there was no sign: but the use TO which |
il had been put was plzin- From Hans
| knew the custom of the house: the
sleep after the midday meal the open
doors. the opportunity. Is the matter
plain to your
what are you going to dor- Ii was
Ill that I could say.
Nothing tonight To appear at
German police-sta at this hour with !
iuch an extraordinary story would be-
or two foreigners, at least-the height
4 absurdity. Besides. there IS no hurry:
farnac won't bulge. Hen sit it out. I
ever fear
One o'clock changed OUT from the
teeples as | babe goodnight 10 Graden /
Z the door Of my lodgings He had al
eady secured a room In s nsighborins
oteI
Have you a lock on your bedroom
oors' said he I
Il believe So" r
well. use il tonight. We've an ugly | 4
nstomer to deal with; and the worst Of :
Is that. unless | am much mistaken.
3 knows how much we know"
| watched him as be rolled away. .
gantie figure in the moonlight. waving Il
e thick stick he carried Never had s.
y stairs seemed 50 uneomfortably dark.
ever had they creaked behind me 50 :.
ysteriously. Ii was with a sigh Of re-
4 that | Gained my room and By a =
Iiek glanee assured myself that l was u
one o.
Ii seemed that had ouly Just dropped g
into drea mlxnd-f0r indeed, slseD L
d been hard 70 woo thar night-when u
knocking at my door brought ma from "a
I bed | unlocked and opened IL y
'uzin Grzden filed the foreground
Il didn't think he'd throw up the u
onSe," said he. -But be has. none the ~
a. Aarnae has boltedI- 80
And your at
Il shall follow" IN
so commenced those strange wander IN
> which I shall enritle The Trail Of 10
!. Dead" sr
Ito Be continued-) -