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escape. and that skipped downstairs,
or up, and that Ffnnegan and Murphy
and Tony and the old woman heard,
and that Finnegan saw as well as
heard
"Then the ramifications of the prob
lem must be, to you, how did this
man reach the fire-escape without
your knowledge, you being right I'M
der it; how did he enter the room
without raising the window or break
ing it; how did he escape so m1racu-
lously; and what did he enter the
room at all for? For he could have
thrown the bomb through the glass,
you know, and it would have been
both safer for him and more within
reason"
Birsch set his lips and for moment
said nothing. Finally he burst forth:
Seems to me you amt helping any
thing great! In a minute you'll make
it out that nobody could do it, and
that consequently it wasn't done!"
81 am only showing you, so far, my
friend, what your method amounts
to-" said the doctor. by it | can
prove or disprove anything under the
sun, because it has to do with APP
pearances, instead of character, with
the superficials as distinguished from
the realities. / can even turn COM
pletely around and prove to you, by
your method, that each one Of these
persons whom we have, by my meth
cd, proved innocent, is the only per-
son who could have committed the
crime. What you lack is-psychol-
ogy." DR.. Furnivall did not wish to
say brains" nor learning" nor in-
telligence," nor even training" 80,
after some hesitation, he said "psy-
chology." And he continued: NOW,
the moment l saw this letter and
heard the story, knew Individually
the guilty party"
"The-the nation you did" burst
forth the detective, involuntarily.
1.-THE easiest thing in the world"
smiled the doctor. Just consider
this letter-was it written = an edu-
Gated or an uneducateG person."
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another soul was near. The first
question you should have put to your
self is, which one of these three has
the character in which turks the pos
sibility of throwing that bomb. Let
us in fact begin the inquiry now.
You have seen them all, while Inever
even heard of any of them before.
Now tell me if you think the boy
could be guilty?'
Him? Hardly" the detective grunt-
ed "He wouldn't be likely to bust
his own face all up. Besides, the
money was for him. anyway. 1t would
be only stealing from himself, for he'd
have it in a day or two. And on
top of that, he didn't even know that
his father had the stuff, and was all
broke up because he couldn't go to
college and be priest"
Very good" smiled the doctor.
Facts, facts, facts, and never a word
of character! / fear you are incor-
rigible. However, so much for the
| boy-he's obliterated. Now, how
about Tony? Did he really wish the
boy to have all that money? Could
he afford to let him take it? Did
you inquire into his business, in or
der to find if he happened to be des-
perately pressed for money just now,
as most men are sometimes?"
Birsch appeared uncomfortable.
Il see that this phase also never
occurred to you," DR.. Furnivall said,
dryly. STILL" he went on, leaving
that out for the present, could Tony
commit such an atrocity for any rea-
son whatever? 1t requires certain
qualities to carry out project of
that nature, and has Tony these quail
ities?"
why, anyway" the detective ex-
claimed, 1T was Tony himself who
brought us the Black Hand letter and
told us about it, asking us to send
men to protect him. He wouldn't do
that, would he, if he had this thing
up his sleeve? Besides, he's scared
blue. 1 never saw anybody before
frightened clean in to his marrow, the
way he was last night. He hasn't
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facts that you possibly can, and then
understand that you almost certainly
have not learned them all, and par
ticularly the most necessary ones.
Then, making large allowances for
what you don't know, you should
round up the person concerned whose
character fits suggest into all the
circumstances and question him. The
usual method is to get few facts and
then go at the job without the slight
est regard for the character of the in
dividuals involved, neglecting to allow
for the facts that are unknown. In
this way always some innocent person
becomes the first suspect. In this
particular case you say there is only
one way in which this peculiar assault
and still more peculiar escape could
have happened. That is one of the
things you don't know, and for which
you have made no allowance in your
deductions. Suppose, for example,
that a criminal, after starting down
the stairs, and seeing or hearing Muir
ply there at the foot, hurried back
dSdIu duu up Tic uA6hOl AISAI' III
negan had dropped to the street, and
he could easily have done SO, making
his escape by way of the roof"
Detective Birsch made an involun-
tary movement of chagrin.
''You see," smiled DIR. Furnivall,
"you had your idea, the first that
came to you, so firmly fixed in your
mind, jumped to the belief in Muir
phys guilt so quickly, not seeing any
other way, and were so incapable of
entertaining any other idea that you
really could not recognize this other
way out though it SO openly confront
ed you Then you never dreamed of
considering the characters of the sew
eral persons concerned. There were
three people in that tenement, any one
of whom could, as far as physical pos
sibilities go, have done the act, and
it seems as if nobody else could. Not
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stairs, but Murphy at the foot of these
stairs sees nothing of any person of
the kind"
For the third time the detective
paused meaningly. Dr. Furnivall
laughed and stroked his beard.
Il see," he said. Murphy let the
bomb-man in and out. That's why
he didn't see him!"
The detective appeared gratified at
this evidence of perspicacity on DR..
Furnivall's part. But only for a mo-
ment. Then he searched the bearded
face with his eyes. He did not like
the tone of that laugh.
There's no other way out Of it"
he began
Il could give you six different ways
out of it," the doctor interrupted.
But the one in which it really hap
pened will do. 1 suppose you have
come to ask me to hypnotic Murphy
and extract the truth from him-is
that it?''
The detective flushed and gnawed
his lip.
Yes he answered, shortly.
DIR. Furnivall rang for a maid, and
scribbling note, passed it to her.
Read that a,oud-all but the adj
Dress he said.
elf you will come with the bearer
Of this note" the maid read, ito my
office, you may save yourself some
trouble, and the humiliation of being
taken to the police station, instead
of here. Dr. Furnivall.'
The doctor looked at the detective,
whose face was blank, and then said
to the maid:
Explain that to Mike and let him
deliver it. Tell him to hurry. Now, +"
he continued briskly to the detective,
you shall see the culprit and hear
his confession. / have no time to
waste over this affair, and while we
are waiting we will improve the mo-
ments by INDUCING in word or two
of psychology. In the first place. you
should know that the proper method
of beginning the search for the perpe-
traitor of crime is to learn all the
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the brains, or the spunk, either, to fix
up such plant and get up at two
o'clock in the morning and throw a
bomb into his own sons room. Boshi
The notion is ridiculous" The detec-
tive shifted in. contempt.
well, you are improving" the doc
tor grinned. You do finally glance,
if ever so slightly, at character in this
instance. And you put Tony out of
it. Now we have left only the moth
err" The doctor proceeded imper-
turbably in the face of his listeners
look of incredulity and downright dis
gust Had the mother any reason,
could she have any reason for doing
such thing, and if so, has she the
qualities necessary to the carrying
out of so bold a plan?"
Il don't see what you're getting al"
growled Birsch, land it don't seem to
me there's any sense in this kind OF
business, guessing at all these things,
and wondering which one of 'em done
it. None of 'em done it. Somebody
else done it, and if you know who 1t
is, which l doubt, tell me, and I'll go
and nab him."
Now" the doctor continued, as If
the other had remained dumb, you
have practically eliminated the three
who were the only persons in posi-
ton, physically speaking, to do this
thing, and that settles the matter,
with you, as far as they are con-
cerned. You would take your oath,
wouldn't you, that neither one of
these persons is, or reasonably could
be, the culprit?"
The detective eyed the doctor dog
gedly.
EYES," he replied, shortly. Keep
up your jollying if it does you any
good, but I'd go my oath on these peo-
pie, just the same, and l guess you
would yourself. 1t amt in any sort
of reason that one of them done it.
1t was the man outside on the fire
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what did you think of that gentle.
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The engineer, wakened by the noise.
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you young scamp! I've caught
you smoking my cigars!"
Eyes, pa-er-er-you see heard
ma say that you were smokin' your
self to death and ERIN tryin' to save
your life!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-08

Women like to talk of the days
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Giving money will have no value
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| The detective looked inquiringly al
the woman, who nodded.
I'VE heard-a da one," she said, In
the midst of her moaning. He make-a
da foot on da floor, on da floor, an
make-a da door go bang. We hear
for sure"
Detective Birsch started suddenly
into the next room, the sleeping quar-
ters of the parents, and the living
room of the family as well. On the
way he raised the praying little Ital-
ian by the collar, and, carrying him
along, deposited him on chair.
Then carefully closing the connecting
door he gazed sternly at the fright
ened countenance of the man who in
the neighborhood was known as Tony
the Barber.
Look here" he said, with all the
weight he could put into his manner,
didn't | say you mustn't let a liv-
ing soul know you had received let
ter from the Black Hand? Yet here
you go and tell it"
Mon, non, / no tal-a!" the italian
interrupted. lou Ldl-d me uO Idl-d
.anybod' l tal-a nobod', for sure. Da
boy he ask for why l clos da wind
sosh da hot night, no tal-a da boy.
l tal-a nobod'. non non!"
"Well, but it's sure cinch they
were on the lookout for us, or the
thing wouldn't have been pulled off
so slick They must have been onto
the game for fair, however they got
there. Why, here was Murphy at the
foot of the stairs, Finnegan almost
right at your keyhole, and I myself
in the alley under your window; yet
this slick gaZabo scoots in, bangs the
bomb and slides to cover without any
trouble. The thing is impossible. It's
impossible any way you look at it.
Now
The detectives puzzled gaze hap
pened at this moment to light upon
Murphy, who was poking around in
a closet with his night-stick, and a
CLEAN of surprised intelligence shot
into his face. He paused abruptly
in his speech and stood considering.
Then he looked at his watch. It'll
leave this to you, Murphy for the
present" he said, finally. "You know
what to do, and I'll see you later. !
am due somewhere else now" And
he went out.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-11-19

there might be-since the closing OF
the mines they had not been able to
get their mail unless they went for it
themselves.
Tom started early, and the day was
long to Jennie; but she was content
ed until evening came, when she be-
gan to feel nervous and lonely.
The thought of the dear ones at
home, the pretty cozy rooms with the
cheerful CRATE fire and the happy,
loving faces, with the brightness of it
all, made her heart-sick and she cried
as only a homesick girl can cry. But
soon she heard Toms whistle, and
in her gladness her tears were for
gotten.
Here is a surprise for you, dear,
and some letters from home," Tom
said, as he carried a big box into the
house.
ooh, it is from father, Tom," and
Jennie touched it tenderly, as though
it was a real friend from afar.
They had their simple supper, and
then opened the box. 1t was sur
prise, surely, and a very timely one,
for Tom had found it difficult to get
anything suitable for a Thanksgiving
dinner.
In the top was letter:
"Our Dear Children: Our hearts
are with you in your little North
ern home, and we are wondering
what Thanksgiving Day will bring to
you. We will miss you more than we
cen tell, but we are happy in the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-11-19
MEDICAL HERO'S DEED.

BY the death of DR.. Alfred Kuehne,
Vienna has lost great medical hero.
Some winters ago, during a heavy
snowstorm, Southern railway ex-
press ran into sleigh at grade
crossing. Thelocomotive was brought
to a standstill after running over the
sleigh driver and crushing both his
legs. Unconscious from the shock
and loss of blood, the man lay under
the engine, and it was impossible to
extricate him. Dr. Kuehne crawled
under the locomotive, and by the
Pickering light of torches ~amputated
both legs, bound up the great arteries
and sewed together the wound. TO
do this he lay three hours on his
stomach in the snow, with the heated
engine Immediately over him.
When at last the mutilated man
was released from his position he was
taken to the general hospital. The
famous Professor Billroth declared
Kuehnes work great deed of hero
ism and surgery, and predicted that
his name would never be forgotten in
the annals of Austrian medicine.-
Medical Brief.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-11-19
ON the Limited,

The mercfless heat made the pas
sengers gasp as the limited plowed it's
way steadily across the Western
plains. Dreary, monotonous, was the
vista Of sand and scrub which greeted
the eyes of the wearied travellers. To
add to their discomfort, above the
muff1ed roar of the train arose the
continuous wailing of a child. More
than one man cursed softly and
sought refuge in another car-all, as
it happened, crowded. Finally a
harsh looking passenger spoke.
why don't you keep that brat
quiet?" he snapped.
The mother, forlorn looking wom-
an clad in rusty black, looked patheti-
cally up at him. 'I've been trying
to-" she faltered. ''But, you see, the
heat and the long journey"
A new expression stole over the
harsh looking passengers face. "Give
it to me" he said in a tone of marvel
lous gentleness, ami the poor mother
placed the fretful baby in his arms
Whereupon he threw the child out
of the window.
Sold again!-Lippincott's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-11-19

table for dinner, she arranged fouv
places, and Tom asked laughingly IL
she expected company.
Il feel as though some one might
drop in; and how pleased they would
be to find a welcome waiting for
them!"
A heavy storm had come, and the
wind blew and whistled about the
little parsonage, and the night seemed
wild and lonely enough; but the pies
were as tempting as could be, and the
turkey was done to a turn.
Jennie had placed a light in the
window-a habit she had-thinking
it's cheerful rays might be a guide
and a comfort to any wanderer who
might be passing that way.
y hope there is no one out in this
dreadful Storm" Tom said, as they
sat down to dinner.
He had commenced carving the tur-
key, when they heard voices, and soon
a loud knocking at the door.
Tom opened it quickly and asked
the strangers to come in.
"You are very welcome, gentle
men, and just in time for dinner"
They soon had their coats off and
were warming themselves by the fire,
while Jennie filled the cups with
steaming coffee.
Mr.. Nelson, a prospector for a
large mining company, and young
man with him, were the unexpected
guests.
They could hardly realize their as
tonishing good fortune. "We were
about discouraged, when we saw your
little light shine out in the darkness,
and knew haven was at hand. We
have certainly lost our way, for we
were looking for a settlement called
Standish, where we expected to spend
the night"
"That settlement is on another
road" Tom said, "and you are many
miles from there"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-11-19

privilege-the wives of the young
ministers had never been given it
before. | am sure I will never for
get that afternoon-the old Central
Church in Detroit, the great multi
tude of people, and the loving, ten
der face of the Bishop. 1t was grand,
Tom, and l believe was a special
blessing from God to us. We have
work to do, and there are souls to
in our thoughts"
'You are right, Jennie, and a
brave, true little woman. We will
hold a service of some sort, and per-
haps good will come"
The little clock in the corner struck
twelve when the two tired heads went
to rest, but their hearts were at
peace, and the Bishops text followed
them to dreamland
1t was the first year of the mission.
When it was started there were a
number of families who were regular
attendants and a good many outsid-
ers, in the small mining town. but
the mines had proved to be failure,
and one by one the miners moved
away, leaving the young missionaries
without a flock.
Winter was coming on, and it was
not to be wondered at that the pas
tor was discouraged; but he had been
hoping a new mine would open and
there would yet be work for him to
do.
A week went by, and they had
thought and planned for Thanksgiv-
ing; they would hold a service any
way, and Jennie would prepare the
incest dinner she could out of their
scanty store Of good things.
There were two Wretched families
in the Hollow, and Tom suggested
they might invite them to the meet
ing; and if they knew a dinner was
to follow, they might be persuaded
to come; so they both went into the
"highways and hedges" as it were,
looking for guests to attend their
feast. But they were doomed to dis
appointment, for they found the huts
were empty, and they were truly
alone with nature and with God
''They must have moved in the
night" Tom said, 'but we will go on
our way with Thanksgiving, if not
with rejoicing"
The day before Thanksgiving the
young minister drove to the nearest
village, some twenty miles distant,
to get some provisions and what mail