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Mi kiIIed DrexIau.

Yes. Thaida says e was the bIue
Bokhara that killed DrexIau She saw
every thread OF IL is kishef. cursed by
Adonai and haUnted by the seventy
two spirits of the great Solomon. She
says the only way % escape a violent
death IS 10 part with the object 10 the
first man you meet II you can't sell
il give IL away We've just come from
Thaida.
A look Of fear stole over Fangbon 5
iorbidding coUutenance and his e,es
wandered involuntarily toward
drawer back Of the counter IN front q
which We were standing
Here. dal-e id. dake ia, Gvick." -
said. thrusting the ring at Clarke. Z
will nsf nodding 80 do vid II. Thsida
she know. She is wise IN de black
magic as IN de white. Tank Gott. 7
Wind Id oudt In time"
4 was a fool 70 tell you" said
Clarke respectfully. "Oh. well. Thaida
wasn't right sure about the ring II
was only the rug she was sure Of
Failure" said Collins as we re-
turned 20 the cab which we had left
half a block away
Success" answered Clarke.
As soon as we were beyond the line
Of vision from the interior Clarke
stopped and accosted a typical Pen
street hobo Here. my man he said,
want 90 make half dollar Wen.
wander into Fangbone's. take what
ever be gives you. bring IL 20 ne and
Won set vour money" The hobo h1rr-
ried of and Clarke's scheme began 20
dawn upon me. In a few minutes h
was back Here's wat de sheeny
give mo Nov. where's de nazumaT -
Clarke handed him the money and
in return the man placed IN Clarsr's
hand a square inch OF the blue Box
hara,
superstition his ruling passion. and
a powerful name In the Ghetto
quietly remarked Clarke. Now rhe
solution Is in our grasp
We did not inquire whittier We were
going as we whirled through dark. for
bidding streets. but even with my lin
tied knowledge OF the metropolis I
knew it was stuI the Ghetto
We stopped before one Of those Old
fashioned New York houses. once the
home Of fashion and yet 10 be found
in the lower East Side Clarke sent
I'D his card and we were admitted 20
a drawing room furnished IN a quiet
magnihcence that cOatras ted strangely
with the sgualOr and degradation All
about
The silken p0rtieres parted and there
stood before us the most beautiful
woman j. has ever been my lot TO see
Her blach cgstupe. rather plainly cut.
fitting ike a glove. her raven hair.
and her big IustrOUs black eyes formed
"a perfect contrast TO .the remarkable
forehead her cheeks OF olive white.
surcharsed with the pink OF health. and
her fun red smiling lips, through which
showed teeth that seemed % gIiste1
and radiatc their whiteness. The nose
was pure Grecian. noble. yet delicate.
A diamond sunburst- her only jeweIry.
olazed AZ the white throat Lovely
women / have seen or many nations,
but uevc- I0VeIiueSS like this
Clarke Started up and took a step
toward her Their eyes meJ-
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Thaida and Clarke Meet
IhaIoa

'Thaloa,"
Carlton
You had my wiresg-
-Not until q so- home This uorninK.
We been away And you minegr
1t has brought me and my friends.
Let them be your friends. Thaida,-
They are well recommended. she
said as she took the hand Of each ana
heard our names. 1 believe every
man = blood uugled as he touched Inat
queeuIy hand 4 knew mine dc.
--lha.da, We have eed Of YOU. then
continued Clarke. q heard that since
We met you have tecome skilled in
psychumetry-
III Is true that the souls of things
have voices Tor me uuheard by ordi-
nary morJaI~- Ih= new science of
FroL- Denton is NOT unknown 10 me.
is the anair Urgent
1t is urgent"
Then prepare me"
Ihaida seated herself and Cfarlzs
Sazed steadily into her eyes FOR \
few moments Her muscles became
tense. her face palEd and her eyes
CLASSY and then they closed in whas
appeared TO Dee the sleep Of uature
Clarke took the square Of blue Boz,
hara from his pocket and pressed q
against her forehead.
DO you see. Thaidar-
Il see, came the rich. subdued voir.
What see you
Il see richly appointed draw z
room. Oriental rugs cover the ao,r.
over TIE fireplace is a picture of
Washington. a white pilastered ar.,b-
d. r--s
in;o a ccnservItcry- Three persons
are there One Is an old man. one
Young man ana enc "a woman. -o.ne
slender and back Of Eo5i- ruev sem
10 Le IlspUtin= and tire ed man is
greatly excited ~ last h. points 10
tire door and his daugEter--ves "a -
ais douchter-gocS OUT in tears. with
one last SunulicIt,-g look az tho men
There tEcy part. not All in augrr. As
tlr father seems 20 weaken a. tho
sight OF iis daughters tears The
vsung man goes out through the IL
hrarv and the aged man lights "A cigar
and walks the drawing room WITH
bowed head. his hands behind his
hack
He halts in his walk and listens
He slips across the room on tiItOe
tears open the portiere al the hau
door and draEs out 4 little old man
He is a servant The master Of the
house upbraids the crinping mental
and then points 90 tie door The little
old man goes ont The TAN man re
sumes his restless walk. blowing rings
II smoke and now and then sIancinS
al his watch and from that 10 the
door. He expects seine one. AZ last
mo 80 stl~ He listers re rcl1-- % son
Continued eu Ninth I3Ee1
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The Soul of the Blue Bokhara

from the grim. PROSTATE figure in the
drawing room.
Thomas Fogarty, sir
Now. Fogarty, tell us what YOU
know % this business
We'll. that's not much. sir. hut
about midnight le; in Miss Katharine
and Mr.. Harcamp."
Fail nance
AIR Ranleigh Harcamp. They went
into the drawing-room and presently
Or. DreNiau came out of the library.
You GO on 10 bed. Fogarty,' says Mr.
DreNlau 10 ne 7 stopped bit in the
hail 4" wind the clock. ami then went
TO my room. which is at the top OF the
house. back. Z didn't go 10 bed right
away, having a good book To read.
Quite a bit afterward I thought
lclrd tie front door. and wondered
ID il was Mr. Hdrcamp leaving. But 2
mi2ht have been mistaken. as it's a
long wavs TO my room.
Then along after another spell 7
hears noise like somebody falling.
rushes right down. and there was
NJ DreNlau laying right where he is
now. and Mr.. Harcamp bending over
him.
Get a doctor. quick. says Air.
Harcamp. and don't wake Miss Drex-
lau. Mr.. Drexlau has been stabbed
AS quick as 7 could get my senses
back : went 10 the telephone Then
I thought il looked more like a case
for the police than the doctor. and
seeing couldn't 90 nothing for Mr.
prexlsu. ] called up the station. Nj
Harcamp gave me particular fits wrcn
7 told him what I'd done
The doctor came first and Mrs.
DreNlau was stiu alive lie reused mp
one and spoke 10 mo while { was
holding his head Then Miss Katharine
found ont something was wrong and
came down. Then YOU came
You say Al DreXldu spoke. What
did be say?' eagerly querirI the in
spcctor.
lie just says the Blue Bokhara
that WIS all"
But what ON earth is .he Blue
Bokhara2''
It's a rug, sir. Mr.. Drcxlau WAS a
regular crank on Oriental rugs. That's
a FeTaSHan YOU re- standing on. That
big one i'm the drawing room $ Ee.-
maushah; that long ones TLbriz.
and the little ones around the walls
are Persian silks. There a lot more
1 don't know the name or ] thought
Mr.. DreXiau was Eighty talking about
the Blue Bokhara' till l looked about
and saw It was gone l guess one Of
the maids must have taken t. out 20
dust and forgot 10 put IL back
We'll. never mind all that You're
probably right. It's not robbery. any
WAY or they'd have taken more than
just rug. Now look here FOgarty,
who's this man Hlrcamp2-'
Why. he's the one that carried Miss
Katharine ont. He's one Of her friends
and lives somewhere mp on the ave
nue.. Lots Of money. ] hear"
And he and MI DreNiau were not
on very good terms. / guesSg"
Well, Inspector. / don't ike 10 say
anything to make trouble. but just as
! left the hall after winding the clock
] thought Mr. Drexlau and AIR Har-
camp was having some words. and
Miss Katharine was crying"
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and white face stop; you lie, No
man on Gods earth knows whom /
saw
Ia ] thought I was right You
saw Miss Drexlau.'
Harcamp groaHed and buried his
face in his hands. ''She didn't DO g.
she didn't do il o, why didn't j
confess 10 g. and save herr
Clarke went over AMI laid a hand
on mis- ShOl lcer Now. brace up.
HarcaElp.T no said. Z may not be
as bad as YOU think. There is one
thing that may save her
"Tell me. for Gods sake-'' moaned
Harcamu
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HEN you mold that every
crime admits Of solution by
purely psychological pro-
cessas -
TIL speaker was Collins. friend Of
my youth and VIII entitled. l believe.
70 his reputation as the best police
reporter In New York.
NO" continued Carlton Clarke 10
the little company Of newspaper men
VITO hpd foregathcrcd with ~ al the
Old Slnrtih after tn, fh.atcr; mot
every crime. but the incense major
fly. Ms argument Is that every Ict
Of man WHOM he transcripts the nor
NAL leaves its own distinctive psychic
logical impress that distinguishes one
GRIM" from all other crimes when
t7c,c theories. now I'm infancy. are be-
ter uaderS' Odd and applied. the Cetvc-
tiCn of crime will link with the study
OF material clues the tracing # tEe
psychological processes OF the sub
Jective mind that have led up TO tine
felouiOus a.t.-
THAT already is done i'm the analy-
sis OF motives returned Collins.
Double So. but what does your po-
lice department detective know of the
science Of tire mino -
Not much. Ia admit; anyway. I
Should Like 60 see some of your theor-
les put TO the test. imagine We
should fan back on the police i'm TIL
end. replied Collins as the party
broke w.
Why Clarke and / had made d sud
den trip from Chicago To- New York
! could not fathom. 1t was Clarke 5
doing Business. he said, but beyUnc
the dispatch OF several mysterious
tCleGrtr.S had fnlcd 20 note any
thing bat pleasure. However. We were
installed ia Ohe Of Washington
squares best byarGinE-hodsc. WHERE
Clarke T-rs among uld friends and the
quiet AMI freedom Of which We both
preferred 80 aotrl room.
Il rather think YOU s,umpcd tn IN
with your theories :, CIa.5e." re-
marked a. We waIoed up I'Ifth aveu4-.
81 wish " NIGH, have -irawn you
out further.
4 thought tine psychological y IS
all they would assimtlate without pos
tive violence. II wasn't worth Wlue
TO hint TO their materiaiisrIC newaF.s-
per minds the limitless possibilities -
the psychic. Your friend Collins w..S
particularly combative."
Il wisn nightly something woutI
turn up while We are here 20 convince
him. ] replied.
AS II in answer TO my wish Ire
cIanE OF a patrol wagon rang out pn
the crisp night air. W. were jus,
under Washington arch when the gal.
CT Fourth street. As We crossed TIE
street they drew up 10 The curb u
-rOnt Of a browu-stOne mansion. U'it
Ieaped police officer followed ~
six of his men
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Fog8rty Arrested.

well. well. lt's Fogartg now" ex-
claimed Clarke. when after stw
hours sleep ur were Gag ~ -caunia-
lie NOM ne NGas ever a u siy b etI-
fast IN our no
There % Vas displayed with all the
a~t Of the head writer; VIII lmpI;-
Gates Butler"
The instrument discovered am01s
DreNlaU's papers 10y uiv -usrscti-
Clancy bequeathed $iG.~I c Tonnes
Togarty. provided that a. i!r ga e
rirr teet1-or's % .'fr fre -.-. rra..f
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Harcamp was in the billiard room. I
was in there and found his tracks as
plain as a printed page MT. D-,x lau
then discovered FOEarty. upbraided
him, and doubtless threatened 10 dis
charge him. His temper wasn't the
sweetest just then. II meant $1,000
To Fog8rty. There IS nothing 10 show
that DreNlau was again seen alive"
Unless Miss Drexlau came down.
again Clarke Had you thought of
that
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beginning Of the Mrsferr.

Come on. Sexton and Gtr. Clarke
cried Collins. Big case MUr-:eT.
Col. James Watson DR. NiaI. retired
Beastly rich; belongs to all the tip top
clubs. Double-column mead on ,he
first pase. Call came just as 1 nj
Mulberry street. Beat the rest Of tie
gang fully twenty minutes. All r,siIJ,
Inspector Clancy. friends Of mine
THE inspector and ] poo worried
together before" qu.c.I, marscd
Clarke.
Gwen. n 50 isn't DR.. Clarke, Ge,.
III never forget that tip you guvc M
on tho Esnthan case ten years ag--
I was a captain then. and 1t Won uly
promotion"
by this time We were Nd rue w.ul-
ms stoOp and At the carved walnut
ioor where We were admitted Jy IN
aged, white-faced butler. The inspcc, ~
left his men at the door and We CT
tered a magnificent drawing room. At
fits rear. just in front OF white pills-
tered archway leading TO q. library l.sy
a tall man with white halr and wh.s-
kers. lie was iu evening dress and
across the broad, white rXpanse Of
Fhirt bosom swept crimson .tuIn
lie tie ribbon OF the Legion Of Homer
over IA" PROSTATE figure rs ear
To he stethosc.pe. bent plys.c.I-i.
At his head. her hand smoothing ale
white locks upon the fast chilling
brow. crouched woman clad in "A
house gown OF pale blue. She WAS
young. black-Eaired. and beautiful.
but seemed crushed by the knowledge
OF the blow that must fall with the
DOCTORS reluctant decision.
Tcrror-strjc'cen maids and men serv-
ants were running aimlessly about;
The butler who followed us i'm. stood
silent and helpless In the dark re-
cess Of the library a bowed figure sat
with his head in his hands.
Il can DO nothing. He has been
3eac some minutes. said the physi-
ciaE. rising. The sri gave a wild
shrek and fell Imply to the floor.
Miss DrrNlau must be carried 10
her roo0." he commanded. she has
only tainted. but she must be guarded
against the shock Of awalx ening'-
'I'U carry her" said firm. res
9nsnt voice. The bowed figure
emerged from the darkness Of the
library: cleaniy built tall young
man IN evening uFeSS. VINO picked Ul
the girl as gently and easily as n she
we're q child. Calling to Sohb:nc
maid and followed by tho doctor. he
bore his burden ont and up tho brnaJ
stairway We stood respect ruIIv aside
and let the little procession pass
Then Clancy mace a great show of
energy.
knife wound. He couldn't have
lived May minutes. No weapon Wis
ible. Here. butler where's the
phone?"
Getting the coroner's office on the
wire. he asked for a deputy at once.
and then proceeded t. extract what
information he could from th. fright
ened buiIer. the only member Of the
household Who seemed u have re-
tslned a semblance 81 compusue.
=. ~
What FOrgarty Knew.
your name he demanded. when
We hal retired Ia The Dsal,- away
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heard he had a blue Bokhara rug that
was kishe6 and it killed him
You say the biIe BOkhara is .
kisheff2 Who dell YOU datZ-
"Thaida told me-.
Clarke whispered it imor=ssivelv
Faugb0ne's ewes opened in wonder.
-Thaida dell yOug You know Tia,
da, an she say dere is a kisHen on the
blye Bokhara o.
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4 Bit OF Conversation.

An expression OF sadness crossed
Clarkes dark face. Il have thought Of
everything ne said.
And Harcamp is shielding some
one tie wouldn't shield Fpgarty.
Don't. Sexton. It's iucolcciyahie.
And, besides. il doesn.t 90 ms theories
1t all
'rr d"a~ pu. gp end O.
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sidewalk and as we separated from
Harcdmp "A man edged out Of the line
and fell into step IN his shadow.
Fly cop, suggested Collins
~ needed no second glance to show
THAT he was right ard Clancy was
energetic according To- his light
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ConUuucI ~ NiDfh T1Ec }
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-19

l began hastily examining them one
after another. In the middle of this
u friend Mirsky returned and tried
the door. He ratified violently at the
handle and pushed. Then he called.
"'Who are you, there, inside?' he
shouted Indignantly from the landing.
why for you go in my room like that?
Open this door at once. or 1 call the
policev
81 took 40 notice. 1 had got the full
number of negatives. one for each
drawing, but 1 was not by any means
sure that he had not taken an extra
set. So 1 went on hunting down the
rack. There were no more, so ! set to
work to turn out all the undeveloped
plates. 1t was quite possible, you see,
that the other set, If it existed, had not
yet been developed.
"Mirsky changed his tune. After a
little more banging and shouting I
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-19
would be out of the Office"

would be out of the Office"
GLOW lucky that it struck me to jot
a pencil note on one of them! might
easily have made my note somewhere
else. and then l should never have
known that they had been away"
Eyes, they didn't give you any too
much time to miss them. Well. 1 think
the rest is pretty clear. I brought the
tracings in here, screwed up the sham
stick and put it back. You identified
the tracingS and found none missing,
and then my course was pretty clear,
though it looked difficult. To Ritter 1
pretended to know nothing Of the re-
turn of the drawings or how they had
been stolen-the only things l did
know with certainty. But l did pre-
tend to know all about Mirsky-or
knew nothing at all, except hat he
probably went under more than one
name. That put Ritter into my hands
completely. When he found the game
was up, he began with a lying confess
sion. Believing that the tracings We're
still i'll the stick and that we knew
nothing of their return, he said that
they had not beer away. and that he
would fetch them-as I had expected
he would. l let him go for them alone,
and when he returned, utterly broken
up by the discovery that they were not
there. | had him altogether at my
mercy. You sec. if he had known that
the drawings We're all the time behind
your bookcase, he might have brazened
it out, sworn that the drawings had
been there all the time. and we could
have done nothing With him. We
couldn't have sufficiently frightened
him by Il threat of prosecution for
theft, because there the things were in
your possession. to his knowledge.
"As it was, he answered the helm
capitally, cave lis Mirsky's address on
the envelope and wrote the letter that
was to have got him out of the way
while l committed burglary, if that
disgraceful ~eNpedient had not been
rendered unnecessary. On the whole,
the case has gone very Well"
1T has gone marvelously we'll.
thanks to yourself. But what shall |
do with Ritter?'
"Here's his stick-knock him down
stairs with it. if you like. 1 should
keep the tube. if l were you. as a
memento. l don't suppose the respect
able Mirsky will ever call to ask for
it."
Mirsky was caught and, after two
remands at the police court, was ex-
tradited on the charge of forging Rus
sian notes. 1t came out that he had
written to the embassy, as Hewitt had
surmised, stating that he had certain
valuable information to offer, and the
letter which Hewitt had seen deliver
ed was an acknowledgment and a re-
quest for more definite particulars.
This was what gave rise to.the impress
sion that Mirsky had himself informed
the Russian authorities of his forger-
les. His real intent was very differ
ent, but was never guessed.
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Baron Manteuffel.

loi49iiio1.J
Baron Oilers was the possessor of Il
fine estate in Pomerania. AS q young
man he was considered very fascinat-
ing by women and before he was TWEEN
ty-tive had broken many hearts. But
those whose hearts he broke were more
fortunate than those he married ate
in life, for when he was older he would
marry those he wished to possess. and
they were always short lived. His
neighbors who knew of his Bluebeard
Baron DeviD.
By the loveliest of his wives the bar
on had a son. who as he grew up de-
veloped his mothers disposition. He
was the baron's only child, aud, al
though of an entirely different charac-
ter, his father lived with him on fair
ly good terms. When the son, Herman
Oilers. was twenty-five he went to his
father one day and told him that he
had fallen in love and wished to marry.
81 very much approve Of your deci-
sion," replied the father. II only hope
the lady is young and beautiful
Both" And the son gave his father
a glowing description of her beauty.
VERY we'll, you may write her that
l approve of your marriage with her.
Indeed, l will go and bring her here to
you, and the wedding shall take place
in this house instead of hers. Her fam
lily shall be at NJ expense"
Young Herman was delighted with
his fathers complaisance in the mat
ter, attributing it to the fact that his
father, who was a widower and vas
getting old, wished to have the house
lightened up by a woman's presence,
The baron a few days later ordered
out his handsomest equipage and, ar
raging himself in his finest apparel,
drove away for the bride.
Herman passed a week impatiently,
during which he heard nothing from
his father or his fiancee. Then one
day the two drove up to the house,
and when the lady stepped out of the
carriage the baron presented her as
his wife. He had dazzled her with
his great wealth, thus obtaining her
consent to marry him instead of his
son, who had nothing in his own right.
Herman Oilers went to live in a
neighboring city. No one knew what
effect the loss of his bride had upon
him. Whatever it was, he bore it
with outward e%quanimity. The young
baroness lived two years and then
died. as the baron's other wives had
died, of i'll treatment. Her stepson
did not attend her funeral, but about
the time Of her death he shut himself
up from his friends, who OWNED the
cause. Great was the surprise, how.
ever, soon after this seclusion when
he announced that he was to be mar
ried. He gave out to a few cronies
that he would not make public the
name Of his betrothed until immedi,
ately before the wedding for fear his
father would again supplant him.
That he was engaged sso0 rs&ehed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-19
PAGE SEVEN
Action,

There's nothing gained by scheming.
No matter how intent
You work upon the problem
And figure every cent,
There will be nothing doing
Nor profits to accrue
Unless you work up motion
And push the project through.
The thing may seem a winner,
Uncorking wealth untold.
AS much as any mortal
In both his hands could hold,
But if you never work it,
Pray, how do you expect
By means of its caresses
With fortune to connect?
It's very fine to figure
AS patiently you puff
At some old cheap five center,
But that won't bring the stuff.
YOU have to get up courage
To fight a knockabout,
With several kinds of labor
To make the scheme pan out.
There's nothing so heartrending
AS that one sober fact
That schemes Won turn to gold mines
Without some one to act.
truth in all it's horrors
Occasions much distress.
We cannot light our mereschaum
And dream them to success.