Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
She buried her head against that OF

She buried her head against that OF
the man she held.
Henry she cried. 'Henry-Hen- |
ry-'
There came a scream. A white !
light Jared through the room. l ran
forthNrom behind the curtain, crying
for Hail.
I'm on fire.! I cried. 'Haii-help
me-help me-
a curse came from the couch as
the detective jumped up.
"'You little fool.' he cried. Get
back there, you're not on fire. Get
back there-get back there!'
I'll not. answered I'm not go
/ ing TO do your work for you any more.
/ You brighten me! You make me do
/ things that scare me! | don't like it
with that, | reached to the switch
on the wall and threw on the lights.
| Mrs Charles stood before US open
mouthed, staring from the wooden
dummy in her arms, on me and then
the detective she believed TO be Hail,
at the strings in his hands, which
showed how he had manipulated the
working of the dummy she believed TO
have been the spirit of her husband.
had left the curtains open. The par
aphernalia of the seance room was
laid out before her. She gasped once
or twice, her eyes opened wide and
then she allowed the dummy with its
waxen, staring cOuntenance, 10 sink
from her arms.
'Trickery!' she said, all this is
trickery! You've robbed me! You've
stolen everything from me making me
believe-!'
she rushed from the room and out
, of the house. We let her go Their
we hurried into the clothes Of civil
cation we had not worn for more thar
week.
The plan worked well, didn't it?
= the detective asked as we met down
| stairs and prepared to go to the hom'
: of Mrs. Charles to announce to he
/; that we had arrested the man VIII
a had tricked her.
e That depends, l said, on futur
developments. You know We can
h prove in court that Hail was a fake
= The evidence to show that he was
fake was concocted after he had gone
g There's only one thing to do
n And that is the detectiv
It asked.
II He got his answer an hour late
u when Mrs. Charles went with US
- the police station and faced the ma
: who had been imprisoned there man
: days. But she did not know 1t. 81
\ believed he had just been taken thel
Il and the storm of her wrath descende
II She screamed at him. She attempte
to grasp him with her clawing hand
Historically she raved at him and
watched her smilingly.
"Is this fool woman going to a
Il like this in court?' he asked me
L purest English.
y Certainly l answered.
! Then | think I'll plead guilty al
give her her money back. She ge
on my nerves.
And" added Miss Clement, 'he di
Besides that, there were many tho
sands Of dollars that went to 9th
= dupes, while Hail went to his
home in Joliet. And"
Pardon me-" l interrupted, "b
would you mind telling me one thing
What" Miss Clement smiled in
ticipation of the question.
What on earth that pair of GLOW
had to do with things?"
The smile turned to laugh.
81 knew you would ask that" S
said. 1.-THE truth of the matter is II
the gloves had nothing to do with
| except in a roundabout way. WheI
| was talking to Miss Charles | motto
] a peculiar odor permeating the roc
had only noticed that odor once
fore in my life-and that was the II
when l had raided Alem Halls pl;
five years before and learned that
was a concoction Of his known as
Spirits of Life, with which he v
supposed to bring back persons FIR
the other world, that the one v
sought them might see them in til
dreams. saw right away that the
came from the gloves, because l
not noticed it so strongly until N
Charles began to wave them. tt
e' as soon as l found out they were
mothers gloves | was sure of
nit ground. All that was needed then
the working out of things. Sim
wasn't it?'
gu. Exceedingly So" answe
i"Ji' 'What1l you have to start out
meal on. cold consomme or"