Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-31

SNIELEI followed the two detec-
ks tives mo tie son'ber room and
e eyed heEl S.!Si';;'iouSly as their
gl;,ures Travelled slowly about,
taking in every detail of arrangement
ANA furnishings Il! + general scheme
of the room WAS dark and polished oak,
ana! since it WAS lighted from only one
of the four stiles. as is common in the
b ,:ileS OF even the WralthieSt in New |
York. there wH$ always Il half gloom
tla1 would be rrsifui under ordinary |
circumstances. but now Unranny. In |
he de orniinnS and other fittings the |
plan seemed to have been rather to |
deepen than Tighten This effect. Tables, |
Chairs. dp:,l;>-;ill were dark and mas /
sivn The upholstery WAS q tawny |
yoi'nw that added the appearance Of |
great are AndironS and other hraSses
Wee 1nlied and heavy. and the few |
pictures-tws or three RaihiZon land !
senprS r.'m. true to the tenor OF the
great ROOM in thrir dull gold frames. Z,
Their" WAS one noe Of rich cosor where !
the reflected i;3s,lt of the day outside
sl,nnr thrnr"l. i've stained class ar
mortal he;i" ,.rs in the windows. and
tits only act.ennated the depressing
effect.
E"ytnn and his assistant. boyish
ycun" fo'lnw OF about twenty-five. took
in nj! Of this in Il brief but trained
scrutiny. Nayton walked to one of the
windows. onencl it and leaned out far
enough to seq that the other command
ed only the same view. Young Man
ming continued to gaze about. Finley
re1nnincd hlurf and suspicious In the
background Flo was waiting Cor the
detectives tn get to work. He did not
understand that they were already
hard at it. Ea grew more and more
suspicious and contemptuoCs as the
morning went on. for lie could not see
that the 50 called great detective did
ANYTHING more. or even as much. as the
regular fore that had already been
over the ground.
Aud in a way he was correct. 1t Is
not what he learns, but the use he
F, makes of what he learns that diStin:.
r,lishes the great artist in detection
from the common hungler. BY reason
ing clearly and unswervingly from the
S:n,p premises he reA' hes conclusions
that shock HE rrb'ir and the tyro that
has preredc,l him>cn the work. simply
hc "Nse the latter hes not had the COM
: mon sense to drift with the never mis-
/ lending current Of lc"ic. BY this un-
. prctcniors Application of common
. oh In nf
Sinr'e reasoning successful defenders
Of so"ie'" hnyc hecn given credit for
much spurious rrofundity, which they
ere the first to d:s"Inim. When they
deN" that there is ANYTHING wonderful
about 1t We mnrmur THAT mOdcsty and
E!r,'tnesS ever walk hand in hand. 1t
IS not m"dr3tr. II is the truth.
4 Tcfore kdrton had organized his own
acen"y he tHd been assigned as a gov
ernmcnt operative to run down an is
sue or counterfeit bills of large donom-
nations. Tie made no brilliant strokes
ITO spectacular cOupS of reasoning
lie worked hard. He stuck to the trail
and week by week and month by month
lie followed it until it led into The Office
OF the federal district attorney and
United States marshal OF one OF the
largest 'i;irs in tine United States.
l:err II weak man would have heSitat-
I'd and said that while two and two
ma!,r four. ordinarily, in this case two
nr!l Two must make four and a half.
Eui knyIon didn't. Tic knew that he
bad followed fhe one trail. and he ron
'inr@d to follow until. when they were
i.l'-i ed. the two n,ici:llS cOn'esSei
II" had OnIy adhered to the axiom hat
nothing VIII II is logical is impossible
II t'}' rNi'icmr i"iu,pd that way he
would nvcSi"lie ~ nrchl$Nop Will
- lttip hesitation ;ls he won q an nlr.l
fnrrpr
lis WAS the Einn that old rinie!
regarded 81 S"nrly nS lie g;,zrd oli