Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-07-25
STORMS 4lNDmlgl90
By ROBERT .NAUGE4TON

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!, the inevitaDls clgarstt1 smoke cufinle =
about him. and he. too. Mas Watching
the Italian knife grinder with xtsAt
interest. Several minutes went hY - |
nov and then the fellow danced sat
mo, and then ut the windo1 of tho
sculptor's studio. heard whistle
md looked II time to ses - bfoade
man beckon TO the iswarthy ono ii the
street below. The Italian nodded. and
whom he had finished picked up his.
grindstone and frame. gave his bell
one q. two advertising jingles. crossed
the street and went up the stairWay
b.. the cigar store. ~
I needed help. and stepping in 70 the
telephones:I got Tom RAhway.sHe
1aid Mr.. Rand had just phoned him
not ten minutes bsfore and said that
he would Join me. 30 I waited. Half
IN hour went by and no sign Of Rand.
and as I could see nothing of Mullpf
Or the Italian through tho windowsnI
went along tho little shops re-verie
ing the evidence - to Muller's havtnk
been ut his windows during that -
minutes that meant 20 much to -osar
case. @ t:,5 s;.s #..s:s
- Still there was no sign Of Rand and
I determined to take tho bull By the
horns. crossed the street. ascended
the. stairs and. pausing. heard the two
men within chatting pleasantly in
German. -. - ..E....s ..,ss
. The door was ajar and opening 1t I
stepped in and stood behind some
draperies. It was the typical barren
studio. Tho Italian. bent over his
grindstone. was posing for Muller. who
was working in clay, rapidly shaping
ters in my mind any to note that ~
he talked the poser was watching the
sculptor very :closely and surveying
every corner Of tho room with "a
critical scrutiny: To my @amaxement,
when the sculptor's back was turned.
he swung his face In my direction and
winked eloquently.
"Ah. that will do. Felicio." exclaim-
ed Muller at last, throwing down the
unused clay with . thump on the
board. ~ 4
A marvellous change went over tho
model. His Latinism slipped from
him like cloak. He Strengthened up
and even through the marvellous dis
guise recognized my own working
mate-Lawrence Rand.
"Mr. Muller" he said quietly. '.Whsn
you were sitting by the window last
evening, who was In the room to
reach up over your head to pull down
the shade for few minutes?''
The sculptor reeled, caught at tho
nearest support and stared open
mouthed, speechless, for the first time
thoroughly unnerved.
"Also. are those fresh ashes In the
fireplace in the heat of summer. all
that is left of the clothes you wore to
visit Mr.. Mcleod last evening, and the
clothes your double wore while you
were gomez"
The big man went to his knees as IL
struck with an ak.
Listen, and tell me II I have made
mistake.
"More than forty years ago. Mac
Leod, when in Bahia. had some trouble
| with some native servants"
"He beat my mother while she held
ne in her arms, and crippled her for
! life"
Eyes, and he mentioned Just word
of it In letter to his wife. You
swore to kill him when you grew up.l
You found him one day at Frebault
Brothers. in Broad street, and after
tracking him home, took this studio
and laid your plans. You knew the
1our when he was nearly always alone,
Making q model Of yourself In clay
coloring 1t and dressing it, you put it
in the window with lighted cigarette
In its mouth. stepped around the c0r-
ner, drank cup Of mate with him and
poisoned him" 5s
-No----No. I took . whip OF
iguana hide and told him who wasd
and that. meant to beat him to .
crippled state. till he was ten tiyaes
worse than my mother. who still drags
herself over tho floor.
Give mo one minute said he, and
opened his watch - II. to time that
minute. had just given him MI
spoon to try the flavor Of lemon ii the
mate. and he thrust It In his mouth
and died. The watch must have held
poison"
!. ..stop!" exclaimed Rand. sYeun
| friend. the butcher. was % eager in
behalf Of your .alibi that he described
seeing someone else pull down the
shade and hoped the detectives would
ind out who did II for conclusive
proof. You dropped the shade 20 do
stroy your dummy and burn tho
clothes. IS, !, d. 4 .- ss5, IS
why did you place the lummya
Why did you destroy the clothes g
Il wanted the abb In caso torgou
myself and killed him. carried q
out because no one would believe 10
killed himself"
Listen. Muller; 4 all deps1ds 90
i tina watch % s IS