The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-06-07

"You are going, J~acqueIine? There is
no more to be said?"
raiment. Seven days. Six steps to
the throne. Two lions. Thus was my
second great discovery made.
Each scene from the Bible involved
certain numbers.
l read the story of David and Co.
Hath:
And there went a champion out Of
the camp of the Philistines named Co.
Hath, whose height was six cubits and
a span"
There were the numbers again-six
cubits and a span.
| could no longer doubt. And now,
having wrested so much of the mad
mans secret, having surprised from
him the key, | should. / felt confident.
solve the rest. I was to cut the last
thread that bound this secret to the
grave.
Suddenly I became conscious of faces
turned frowningly in my direction. I
had, | suppose, rustled the leaves. 1t
was an unusual sight to see a mar of
discretion frantically turning I'VE the
leaves of his Bible during a M
To sit through the sermon was i'm
possible. must get a breath of fresh
air. | would wait for J~acqueline out
side.
l walked to the quay of the Grand
canal. l scanned the sweep of the pal
aces, from the Salute to the Rialto
bridge. To which of them would these
new clews lead?
sermon was droning slumberously IN.
/ wandered restlessly down the Gale
San Rio. l found myself at the steam
boat landing. The little steamer was
discharging its quota of passengers. I
leaped aboard. My desire to look on
the photographs was intense. l wished
to verify the other scenes. l wished to
confound st. Hilary with my discov-
cry.
Not until the steamer was half way
across the Giudecca did / remember,
with a shock of dismay, my appoint
ment with %Jacqueline.
| persuaded myself that I had time
to look at the photographs just once; I
could hurriedly recoun my wonderful
discovery to ST. Hilary; I could be
rowed across to the Molo in three min
utes and be at the church in another
ten. If l failed Jacqueline she would
forgive me when she knew the extraor-
binary circumstances under which I
had deserted her. Had she not regret
ted, with a hint of reproach in her
words that still ranked, that my search
for the casket had been so fruitless of
results? And had she not said that
the duke was hunting for it without a
moments rest? Then there was no
time TO be lost.
I did fail Jacqueline. st. Hilary
was not in my rooms. and | waited for
him. The temptation to triumph over
him proved too sweet. | was not the
first man to risk his precious birth
right Of love for a mess of pottage.
Two hours had passed since l left
the church. st. Hilary and / had
spent the time in a diligent study of
the Diblt. iHC iCSuit phi hlCh NY
theory beyond Il doubt. With the ex-
ception of the scenes of the fifth and
tenth hours we had identified them
all rs Bible scenes. We had also found
that in each story certain numbers
were mentioned.
.'To tell which are the significant
numbers. that is the question" said
st. Hilary. 'In two or three of the
stories. at least. more than one set are
mentioned. How al we be sure which
numbers count and which do not:'
I'VE cannot De sure. | suppose" l
replied th~oughtfully. I'VE can only
guess. But at least we nay make a
reasonable guess. The goldsmith had
some method i'm choosing them. What
would be the most obvious:'
THAT he should select the numbers
that really counted in the various
stories" replied st. Hilary.
Il have observed hat the important
numbers are invariably mentioned in
the first part of the story. We may
go on that assumption to begin with.
at any rate. Our search for the land
mark of the second hour ought TO he
gin from the Piazzetta. where the first
landmark stands-that is, the lion Of