The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
CHAPTER v.
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Our Advertisement Brings n visitor.

WI AutcTttstmTnt bEiuSs N NtStt0fs
NUR mornings exertions had been n
too much for my weak health,
and I was tired out In the after147
moor After Holiness departure for the
concert, l lay down upon the sofa and
endeavored to get a couple of hours
sleep. 1t was a useless attempt. My
mind had been too much excited by all
that had occurred. and the strangest
fancies and surmises crowded into It. Il.
Every time that I closed my eyes I
saw before me the distorted, baboon- -
like countenance Of the murdered man.
So sinister was the impression which
that face produced upon me that [
found il difficult to feel anything but
gratitude for him who had removed =
its owner from the world. If ever !.
human features bespoke vice of the
most malignant type, they were GER
tainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, nf
Cleveland. Still, | recognized that jus
tlce must be done, and that the de-a'
prayity of the victim was no condone- I,
ment in the eyes OF the aw,
The more | thought of 1t the moro 80
extraordinary did my companions hy-sos
pothesis, that the man had been poi-
soned. appear. | remember how he had
shifted his lips. and had no doubt that Is
he had detected something which had
given rise to the idea, Then. again. il
not poison, what had caused the mans
death, since there was neither woun
nor marks of ~strangulation? But. OIL
the other hand. whose blood was that Z
which lay so thlckly upon the floor? n
There We're no signs of a struggle. nor
had the victim any weapon with which
he might lave wounded an antagonist. h
AS long as all these questions were I'M
solved | felt that sleep would be no easy
matter, either for Holmes or myself. ~
His quiet. s~elf-eonfident manner con-
WINGED me that he had already formed a
theory which explained all the facts, i
though what It was / could not for al
instant conjecture.
He was very late In retufning-#
late that | knew hat the concert COW
not have detained him all the timt
Dinner was on the table before he ~
pcaTed. >
1T was magnificent" he said. as
took his seat. DO you remember W.
Darwin says about music? He claim
that the power Of producing and ap
preciating 1t existed among the hum
race long before the power of spec
was arrived at. Perhaps hat is w.
we are so subtly influenced by 1t. ThsEt
are vague memories in our souls IA
those misty centuries when the worldK
was in its childhood" y
That's rather Il broad idea" 1 re-
marked.
"One's idea must be as broad as
nature Il they are 10 interpret nature, ~
he answered. whats the nlatterfAi
You're not looking quite Yourself. This.
BriXton road affair has upset YOU"
TO tell tho truth. it has" l said. TX.
ought 10 be more case hardened at 2
my Afghan aNperiences. saw my ostn
comrades acked to pieces at Maiwanl.
without osing my nerve
FL can understand. There Is a mvs-
terry about this when stimulates the
imagination; where there is no inn
agitation there is no horror. Have you7a
seen the evening paper?' sT.
NO
ut gives a fairly good account ofsN
the affair. Il does not mention the
fact that when the man was raised up
a woman's wedding ring fell upon the
1t is just as well it does not"
WHY"
Look ut this advertisement. he an
severed, Il had ono sent TO every paper
this morning Immediately after the
affair."
He threw the paper across to me. and
| glanced at the place indicated. 1t
was the first announcement in the
column.
'Tn Brixton road" it ran, "a plain
gold w~edding-ring, found in the roads-
between the White Hart Tavern
and Holland Grove. Apply. Or. WatNt
Glib Baker street, between 3 anu
9 this evening"
ITO Ne Continued Tomorrow.)