The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-14

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it vtlts Les v. 4 on il: j. s. II is noble
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tic Il cl j. ylso ncar. In Ills Village.
=. In t. is lousr f.. /, this hall,
There is Iard dcop Gown ir crystal to
indicate { ty cLcd .cG And it points
straight oyei'
And Chal ,er RIOS own lcug hrger shot
ort towards the acovc vi ere the servants
were assembled. An indignant murm'n Of
eXpostulation at once arose from mat
quarter. But Rso imDenously checked il
at once.
"Thc innoccnt," sait he, have naught
to fear. But let The guilty one trembe-he
cannot escape. One chance only will
! offer him. Before | 60 farther, he shall
have two minutes as an opportunity for
confessing, and restoring that which he has
stolen. Then, if he still remains obstinate,
! shall have no mercy-I myself shall reveal
his guilt"
My sister looked across at me inquiringly.
| could only shake my head-it seemed 50
utterly prepostcrous to suppose that this
charlatan, confident and impressive though
he was, could really have discovered any
thing.
In dead silence we waited for about a
minute. Then we heard the great clock in
the tower slowly strike six; and as the last
stroke died away there came a vigorous peal
at the hall-door bell. By Chanlers direc-
ton, the small page was despatched to see
who it was. After brief absence he re-
turned with a very white face, followed by
the burly form Of P. c. Jones'
should guess that the village constable
in his round of rural duties was seldom so
astonished as he was now at the strange
scene into which he was ushered.
But his astonishment was nothing to that
of the now terrified domestics at his appear
ance. This sudden fulhlment OF Rao'svision
in the crystal banished the last glimmer Of
hesitation or doubt; from that moment
Chanler had them like children under his
control.
He motioned the policeman to stand On
one side.
"The time Of mercy has expired" " he said
solemnly. 1T now only remains to de-
nounce the thief. The crystal has already
revealed to those who can look into its mys-
teries which of you has done this deed. But
shall not ask you to take my word. will
give you proof-proof positive that shall
convince all who behold. Let everyone fix
the gaze on mel"
He paused moment as if to make sure Of
general obedience to his direction; then he
lifted metal casket from the table, and
took therefrom number Of small, cachet-
like objects.
"The Thief Test" he explained, holding
one up. Perfectly harmless" He placed
the cachet in his mouth, let it remain for a
moment, and then held it up for inspection
at does not dissolve--in fact, it does not dc
anything, because | am innocent. No one
who is innocent need fear them at all, fol
they will only reveal how innocent he is
But let the guilty one fear and tremble--fol
the cachet will infallibly reveal his guilt"
was watching the domestics carefully
during this extraordinary speech, andfanciec
Icould plainly recognize undoubtcd signs o.
some sort of mesmeric inhuence-only there
was an alertness and concentrated interest
in their attention to Chaner which ont
does not usually associate with the hypnotic
condition. Anyhow, whatever the influ
cnce was. it was there. This strange mar
took in hand that band of dozen indepen
dent English house servants and, without {
sign of protest from any one of them, placed
a cachet in the mouth of each.
A moment later he was round again, col
lecting what he had thus distributed; and
as he took each cachet from the mouth O
the recipient, he seemed to break the littl
case open and examine the contents will
his finger tip. The whole thing was done 81
quickly and speedily that one had hardly
time to recognize how absurd it was Onl,
twice did he pause on his round; one,
opposite the young all-porter, as if he wer
not quite sure of his identity; and again, 70
a longer period, at the last in the row-al
anemic mder-housemaid who was trem
bling violently and seemed on the verge 0
Mysteries
Why are you so frightened2" asket
Chanler Rao
But here my sister intervened
, Louise has been ill-she only came bacl
from the Convalescent Home this after
} noon," she said, and think perhaps W,
have all had quite enough Of this rather up
: setting performance.
= Let Louise 60" said Chanler 9TH,
e rest will remain for one moment
! Then he strode across to the tripod, ant
i holding the cachets he had collected in hi
c right hand, he let them drop one by one int
4 the crucible.
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