The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19

carlton Clarke. the Man of the Mas
Ger Mind" reaches a high-water mari
I'm exciting features. II is concerne,
with opium smuggling, the Great Whit,
Plague, and a shrewd criminal. In thi
story one great mind is pitted agains
another in hypnotic and telepathi,
battle. Two young lovers are brough
together in the story)
Anything in the papers besides cam
paign news?" asked Clarke one morn.
Ing late in the fall of 1896, as he came
into the breakfast room.
was deeply engrossed in the report.
or a speechmaking tour of half a doz-
en- ex-Union generals who were junket.
ing through Illinois, and I was forced
10 tell my companion / had read moth
ing but politics.
These are dull days for one of my
trade" continued Clarke, as he picked
up his paper and sat down to his cof-
Zee About the only thing left-ah
Here's something you overlooked. Will
II disturb you if | read it?"
BY no means" | answered
Body Found i'm Trunk" began
Clarke. But I'll skip the headlines.
Upon opening a box which they
had purchased at an uncalled-for freight
sale two young men residing in Aus
er the body of a man. 1t was hermet-
ically sealed in a zinc case which was
enclosed in an ordinary round topped
trunk, which in turn was packed in
sawdust within a pine dry goods box.
Considering the fact that the box had
remained for three years and a half in
the freight warehouse, the body was in
a remarkable state of preservation, due
probably to the manner of packing il.
There is no clue TO the identity of the
body other than il was billed TO a fic-
utious address on South jefferson
street and was shipped from Salt Lake
City. having been rebilled there from
Etteso. Wash
\ That's the gist of ii, but, of course,
spfter the fashion of you reporters. the
story Is told from several angles in or
der 10 fill the column. 1t looks like
a promising mystery"
Yes, but one that probably is i'm
possible of solution considering the pc
Rod of time" 1 answered.
Il am not so sure of that. Did il
ever occur to you that any crime can
be solved If some one is willing to ex-
pend money. time and travel? Given
unlimited resources. l believe l could
organize detective force which would
make punishment a certainty for every
criminal. Crime goes unsolved because
the men capable of doing effective work
can make more money in other lines.
j would rather like to look into this
case. Does your influence extend to
the county morgue?"'
Deputy Coroner McNalley. in charge
there. is one OF my particular friends
i am sure he will favor us"
Suppose we call there this afternoon
II your engagements will permit"
L acceded, but shortly after break
last something arose that put the mat
ter entirely out of our minds for the
moment. | was busy at my own de-
vices, and Clarke was deep in a very
erudite work on Oriental mysticism
when there was a violent tug at our
door bell. / opened the door and ad-
mitted handsome, athletic young fell
low, square of jaw and keen of eve. but
apparently laboring under the most in
tense excitement.
Where is Mr.. Clarke? I must see
him at once" he gasped.
knowing Clarke's rule TO see all call
ers when possible, l Immediately ush-
cred him into the library.
"Oh. Mr.. Clarke" he began without
awaiting an introduction. Il am sure
have word from her. ! must have
your help. The police will laugh at
me. but | feel il is a clue. | shall 90
have never given her up"
But calm yourself my dear sir. and
let me have your story connectedly,"
said Clarke. Remember. | am in ig-
norance even of your name"
Pardon me. l forgot. | am so full
of this new clue. My name is Richard
Dudley
He needed TO say no more TO Clarke
or myself. The name recalled instantly
the disappearance, six months before.
or Evlyn Mason. The country had rung
with IL. The papers had been filled
with II. The best detectives in the
country had struggled with it. Clarke
himself. though not called in by the
family, had taken a deep interest in the
progress of the case. A note of ro-
nance had been added to the affair bv
the recently announced engagement of
the iron magnate's daughter to Richard
Dudley. Harvard's old crack half-back.
who. at the time she so mysteriousIy
dropped out of sight. was travelling in
the Orient. He had FASTENED home as
fast as steamer and train could carry
him and had taken up the thread where
the police had dropped it in despair
Then you have a clue Mr.. DudIey?'
asked Clarke when he had assured our
caller that his trouble was we'll known
to US.
II think so. Here is what 1 received
this morning. l hurried to you at
once"
And Dudley handed Clarke a slip of
paper.
Clarke read the paper and handed il
over TO me. II contained but one word. |
'Osette," written in a SPRAYING hand. |
Where did you get this?" asked |
Clarke.
1T was slipped under my door last |
night l have no idea by whom. l |
found ii there this morning oh, Mr. |
Clarke. tell me that you have hope |
and that we will find herr"
What particular importance do you |
attach to this paper?"
oh, can't you see? Bat / forget. No |
one knows IL but myself and her imme-
iiate family. Why, man. that's Ev-
yn's middle name. Osette Mason. She
never used it, No one knows il. Don't
you see she must have sent this?"
In that case, Mr.. Dudley, you have
indeed most valuable clue; more valu-
ible, L trust, than you suspect. 1t will,
however. take time and labor TO deveI-
~ IT. / imagine il may take US to the
Pacific coast. Are you prepared to take
;uch a trip"
AT once IL necessary. Oh, we shall
ind her, shan't we. Mr.. Clarke?"
That | cannot say. Calm yourself
md hope for the best The earliest
rain we can get leaves at 6 o'clock
his evening. I hope before then TO
Inow whether the trip will prove ad-
'isable. In the meantime. keep to your
Dom where / can reach you over the
md Let your. ,,,f,,d he a.. .,o,- |