The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-10


staircase leaving alone at the open door Of dawgToom
decided that the adventure had gone quite enough and if had
been able to explain the Russian that my in
and wanted to get back the would have left
the house on the instant
"O course when rang the bell of the house had no other
expectation than that would be answered by paroraid who
would direct my way certainly could then foresee that
would disturb Russian princess her boudo that might be
thrown out by her athletic bodgrd STILL thought ought not
now to leave the house without making apology the
worst should could show my They could hardly believe
that member of Embassy had designs upon the harac
Ihe room in which stood diy lighted but could see
that like the hail. hung with heavy Persian rugs corners
were filled with palms, and there the unmstabe oor in the air
OF Russian cigarettes and strange dry that to
the baars Of Vadivoock Near the front windows grand
piano. and the other end heavily carved screen Of
some black wood picked out with ivory The oyehune
with canopy of sken dape formed of alcove In
front of the acove spread the white polar bear and set
that of those low Turkish tables 1t held lighted
spirit lamp and two gold coffee cups had heard from
above stairs and must have been fully three that stood
waiting noting these details of and wondering the deav
and at the strange silence.
And then, suddenly my eye grew used haght
projecting from behind the though stretched
along the back of dva the hand the lower par of his
arm was startled though had footprint on
deserted island Evidently the had been sitting since had
come into the oom since had entered the house. he had
heard the servant knocking the door, Why he had
himself could understand but supposed that possibly he was
guest with to interest himself in the Pncesss other visit
could nothing of him except his hand but had unpleasant
feeling that he had been peeng through the carving the
SCREEN and that he still doing moved my nois the
floor and said tentatively, beg your pardon
There reply and the hand did stir Apparently the
bent upon ignoring but wished was to apologize
for intrusion and house. walked up to the acoye and
Peered around it. Inside the divan piled cushions
and the end of man was sitting He was Young
Engshman with light yellow harand deeply brozed was
seated with his stretched along the Of the dvan and
pee But his mouth had fallen open and his eyes
expression of utter horror At the first glance that
quite dead. aaaa4
"For fash of time startled to act but in the fash
was convinced that the had his death from accident that
ne had not died through ordinary failure of the laws of nature
The expression his face much terrible be msntereed
1t spoke eoqueny words 1t told that before the end had
come he had watched his death approach and threaten him.
Il he had been murdered that inncvey looked
the floor for the and the out of for
my safety quickly behind but the silence of the house
tnued unbroken
y have great number of dead men, the Asatc
Station during the Japanese Chinese in Port Arthur aztec
the So dead man. for the single that he Dead
not rpe me- and though knew that there hope that this
man was alive still for decencys sake felt his pulse and while
kept alert for any sound from the floors above pulled
open his shirt and placed my hand upon his heart My fingers
instantly touched the opening of wound and withdrew
them found them with blood He evening Dress and in
the wide bosom of his shirt found slit that in
the dim light it scarcely dcernbe The wound wider
than the smallest blade of pocekn but when stripped the shirt
away from the chest and left bare found that the
as had been long enough reach his heart There need
to tell you how felt stood by the body of this boy for he
hardly older than boy the thoughts that into head
was bitterly sorry for this stranger bitterly indignant at his
dere and the tme sefshy concerned for safety
and for the nooey which follow Ny instinct
to leave the body where lay and to hide myself the fog
also felt that since succession of accidents had made the only wit
ness to crime duty make myself good witness and to
assist to establish the facts of this murder
THAT might possibly be suicide and murder, did dis
urb me for The fact that the weapon had disappeared
and the expression the boys enough convince
me- that ne had had hand his DEATH judged therefore,
OF the first Importance discover house. or they