Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-18
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CHAPTER Vlll.-(contlnued)
The dry. matter-of-fact way in which
be recited the facts he had learned
added TO the value Of his narrative.
More and more ] marveled at the
mans detective ability. ! was over.
whelmed with a sense Of my own In
capacity. All day long the coroner.
the constable and l had been trying
10 ferret out the mystery Of the unfor-
tunate wOmano identity with prac-
tically the same properties to draw
deductions from, the inspector In
very few minutes had not only learned
her identity, but many other impor-
tant facts about her. Nor did 1t oc-
cur to me to doubt the truth Of his
information. The assurance with |
which he spoke was in itself a sur
hcient guarantee.
How on earth did you learn all
this SO quickly?" l asked in amaze !
ment.
He smiled with that grim tantaliz-
ing smile Of his that had seen be
fore. His cigarette had burned itself
70 q stub as he spoke. He turned 1t
carefully in his fingers, inspecting It
a. II to see whether he could extract
another pun before throwing It away.
He finally decided that he could not,
and drew forth his cigarette papers
and tobacco, preparatory to rolling
new one. Meanwhile / awaited his
answer in suspense.
go on" l continued. Tell me
about 1t. l must know how you did
L."
THE principal part Of a magician's
art" he said as he lighted his new
cigarette, lies in what is called mis-.
direction With a glance from his
eyes, with a sudden movement of his
hand he attracts your attention to
his right side. Meanwhile his left is
doing the trick. Now, misdirection, in
my business, has just the opposite ef-
feet. Amateurs, in investigating
crime, examine the evidence and see
clues pointing in some direction. They
follow those clues and find themselves
} laundering They have the right
r clues, but they go in the wrong direc-
ton. You read the evidence Alright
as to Miss Sackett coming from
Bridgeport, but all your efforts to 10.
cate her as Mary Jane Teller were
3 simply a waste of time. In the
a clothes she left behind her was her
real name"
Look here" said, you cam
string me in that fashion. mysel
a examined those garments closely
= There was no name in them and ther'
no marks by which she could be idon
ufled"
"Is that SOL" There was deep sal
u casm in his tone.
g "And not only that, even II l ovel
+ looked any marks that might hav
10 been there, the landlord, the coroner
r the constable and half a dozen other
examined them closely. If there wer
any marks, some one Of us surel
r., would have discovered them"
For answer he got UP leisurely an
- walked across to a chair where tn
le garments were still lying. He pickle
q up the skirt and held It by the lowe
u hem.
la Look closely at it," he commando,
lie do you see nothing there?"
lei scanned the dusty cloth intent
nj and shook my head. He picked up ii
coat and offered it gravely for my Il
spection, even turning 1t inside GU
sleeves and all.
Is well, what of it?'' exclaimed In
ID patiently. 81 can't see anything thel
Of either"
es Cant your" he asked overpleasan
ly ~. That's where found the wor
ans name"
Again took up both garments al
studied them, but / was positive tn
"a there was no name of any sort or an
zen thing to indicate a name. felt tn
he be must be simply testing with me.
- "You cant fool me-" l exclaimed.
wv, would wager you thousand dollars
h, i've hundred that coat and skirt
not differ any In the slightest fro
hundreds of other coats and ski
worn by hundreds Of other women"
sea You lose" he responded terse
ub- With one finger he began to trace
les almost invisible line on the go0
ny where there had once been a sea
do you see that mark?"
yes" l replied. 81 noticed Il
long ago. 1t simply means that
" skirt has been heightened or she
az ened, but what of it?"
le at means more than that he
Mia swered almost severely, es If reproa
her ing me for my lack Of obseryati
tn, ut means that thirty-eight 81
has been heightened an inch and
half. Look at this coat The slee'
have been heightened two inches.
.ure Is a thirtyeight coat. Can't YOU
roa how simple the problem has become
be Il confess cant see il at all
icks LET my s.Sts q +os y'si I E2H
cases q iump back akRin tailors whe