The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-04-25
CHAT 'ER VI,s,-(Continued.)

CHAT FER VIN.-(ContInued.)
The dry matter-of-fact way in which
he recite@ the facts he had learned
added to ne value of his narrative.
More and more / marveled at the
mans Diet. ctive ability. | was over
whelmed NTH q sense OF my own In
capacity. All day long the coroner,
the const BILE and I had been trying
TO ferret a 1t the mystery OF the unfor-
tunate vi mans identity with prac-
tically thu same properties to draw
deductions from, the inspector In a
very few | inutes had not only learned
her identa ", but many other impor-
tant facti about her. Nor did 1t oc-
cur to ms to doubt the truth Of his
informatin l.. The assurance with
which he spoke was in itself a suf-
dctent gui rantee.
"How N earth did you learn all
this so 4 lickly?" l asked in amaze
ment.
He snil I'd with that grim tantaliz-
ing smile Of his that l had seen be-
fore. His cigarette had burned itself
TO q stub As he spoke. He turned it
carefully n his fingers, inspecting 1t
~ II to Ae whether he could extract
another p # before throwing it away.
He finally decided that he could not,
and drew forth his cigarette papers
and tohac o. preparatory to rolling a
new ore. Meanwhile l awaited his
answer in suspense.
Go on / continued. Tell me
about It, l must know how you did
Il"
: "The ncipal part OF a magician's
art" no aid as he lighted his new
cigarette, lies in what is called mis-
direction With a glance from his
eyes, witty a sudden movement Of his
hand he attracts your attention to-
his right ode. Meanwhile his left is
se1tng the trick. Now. misdireotion, in
my busin ,ss, has Just the opposite eff
feet. A, nateurs, In investigating
kHme, en-; mine the evidence and see
clues poiu ling in some direction, they
follow thu .e clues and find themselves
f~oundertnE. They have the right
clues, bsM' they go in the wrong direc-
ton. Yul read the evidence Alright
as to- Msis Sackett coming from
Bridgeport, but all your efforts to To-
cate her rs Mary Jane Teller were
simply q waste of time. In the
clothes ~, left fohind her was her
real name
Look i lre," l said, lou can't
string ne in that fashion myself
examined those garments closely,
There wal no name in them and there
no marks w which she could be iden-
titled"
IFS that so?" There wAs deep sar.
casm In IS tone.
"AnA Mt only that. ven II ! over
looked any marks that might have
been thesl, the landlord, the coroner,
the constu BILE and half q dozen others
examined hem closely. II there were
any marks. some one of us surely
would hays discovered them"
For On. yer he got up leisurely ant
walked a,ifoss to q chair where th<
eArm4nta we're still lying. He picked
MP thu MIR It and held 1t by the lower
hem.
Houk d osely at It," he commanded
DO yeu 3 e nothing there?"
s,nn. W the dusty cloth intent!
and sl,ooll my head. He picked up thu
scat and Tered 1t gravely for my In
spectilO, .wen turning 1t inside out
sleeves a3l all.
Well. Mhat OF 1T" l exclaimed i'm
patiently Il cant sec anything Their
eAthor."
: Cant ysu?" he asked over-pleasant
b. "ThtEs where I found the won
ans name"
Again. I took up both garments an
studied thltm, but ! raj positive tina
there Win 40 name Of any sort or any
thing to b,dicate a name. felt tina
~ must ~. simply testing with me.
You crit fool me-" exclaimed. :
would wRj-sr you . thousand dollars
oye hu1s1i "a that coat and skirt d
~ diGAr my in the slightest ffor
hundrsS a OF other coats and skirt
Worn By i indrsds Of other women"
"You luae." he responded tersel!
with d ! finger he began to race .
n1wost 4 isibls line on the good