The Huttig news., 1915-06-19

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 pale. There, reposing in place ot | honor in the center of the other gems was the onyx engraved with the pro | file of Vespasiau.
 | "Jt was now for the first time that a light began to break upon my mihd. | To you, who hear only the clrcuin- | stances which I have been obliged to mention in making my story cieai' it has, no doubt. been easy to guess | the solution all along. l can oniy say | that till I saw the seal there Tn US
 place. as if nothing had happened not the faintest suspicion Of the truth | had entered my mind.
 The person who had restored that seal to it's place must, of course pc Ill possession of the secret of Vescaro s fate. And that person could be equally | only one man-Cardinal Salvatierra. "At last l began to perceive the manner in which I had been dupeo' l The last I had seen of Vescaro was when he was walking towards the end of the gallery with the seal Tn his hand, followed by Salvatierra ana the Dominican. had only the cardln- als assurance-his suggestion rather that the count had ever returned. Stunned by this blow. l turned glance towards the end wall, which l have already described as being GOV cred with a mirror, which gave oe- eeptive appearance to the length or the gallery. 1 started, and gave vent to stified cry. This wall was close to. almost touching the case whlch contained the seals.
 q rubbed my eyes and stared. How, if this were so, could l have seen Yes caro and the two others walk off in that direction? 1 gazed round dis tractedly searching for something to enlighten me. 1 observed the Egyptian statue still in it's place, though It, aiso' now appeared to be standing close up against the end wall. 1 looked further for the Buddhist idol on It's bracket It was nowhere to be seem I became positive-yes, the bracket supporting the idol was farther along the wall which I now beheld was false one, which could be withdrawn at will, leaving space beyond
 The trap once closed, no doubt there had been men waiting to rush out and secure the prisoner, while Salvatierra and the Dominican perhaps a familiar of the holy office had made their way back by some secret passage.
 T made a brief examination of the walls of the gallery, and found what l expected. Immediately behind the Egyptian statue was a panel, which sounded hollow to my knock. It was no doubt opened by a secret spring, and the statue had been placed there to conceal the opening.
 There was no more for me to do in the gallery, and 1 came away. But 1 had not yet aseertained Vesearo's ultimate fate.
 "The evidence was supplied to me almost by accident On quitting the museum I turned into the grounds of the Vatican. where I had special priv ileges as an ambassador to the court, and which 1 had never properly ex- plored. The vast extent of these grounds is well known. and 1 wan. dered on idly till came to what ap- peared to be a disused cemetery. hid den in a remote corner. Guided, per haps, by an intuition, I passed into this little burial ground, in which l had not walked far before I perceived in front of me what had the aspect of newly-made grave. I stepped hast fly forward and on a small stone which had been placed at tbe head I read the inscription in Latin:
 Pray for the Soul of
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 There could be no longer any doubt. I beheld the tomb of Gulielmo Vescaro,
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