Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
CHAPTER II.
THE sLEHpNo HOUSE MYSTERY.


days wonder. ia court ilassam All
testified that Burns hod been seeking
some facts regarding tbs past and that
be, Hussam ALL had succeeded In aiding him
Go certain extent But the name Of Blen.
reith had never been mentioned during those
Seances. He could not Imagine why Burns
had committed the crime There was no eN-
deuce to be found that the two men had ever
exchanged q word lie was rather con
founded at the turn Of events Tho broken
phrase, But another---" was as much
mystery to him as to the court II was In
cSpllcabe, Hassam Az received good deal
Of contemptuouB grllug from the dlstrict at.
lorney but the witness answered every ques-
llon calmly aud in detail IIe admitted that
be was disciple Of the Hindu cult admitted
thal he bad the gift Of second sight at times
There were many who could testify to this
Il0ssam All finally left tie witness chair With
DONORS In bis favor
suhsopunt investigation by the police re-
ralod nolhug TO his dibcrpdlt so fur as tho
Nv ans concerned His past, from tho circus
inyy to the present day was as m open hook
Iud'pd, Ilnssam All was himself the nst
'alor Of ibis research lie wuutcd # definite.
" understood lbat while his cult 9os not
looked upon farorably by The police, be was
not the object Of any iustGablc suspicion
Ills grave air, lis unfaing patience under
The gbcs Of the iulerrogntor, ha trankness
all won him at least the respect of bis de-
tfactoFA
The man Burns was buried at the expense
of the city, and what waa known as the Blen
riih ease went into the public archives ~
aDe more unsolyable mystery
Il was remarked however, among his osso
yIRlcs TINT John Storm lost a deol Of his i'm
asmoslty and that In his subsequent cases ho
was no longer brilliant and crratlc but calm
hnd steady, always extremely well fortified
within bis fucts.
New York city has without doubt tho moSt
ionglomemte population Of auy city In tho
Nord The only alien race which does not
fad habitat in Now York Ia tho Aztec, aud
that Is merely because tho Aztec Ia extinct,
hod each race has quietly formed city ot
lis own within tho grcoler city There aro
iUUr Italy, tbc Ghetto, Chinatown aud heaven
knows how many others, all familiar TO
lghisccrs But there Ia a lot going on In
New York amoug lhcac aliens that even the
police never bear about except by purrst acct
acut Who Gao Aay he knows tho heart ot
chinatown unless he actively belongs to ~
On certain ulghl two weeks nfDcr tbe
Rlcnroih case, recorded in tho precedng chap.
ter Iudora heprd tho clock chime tho hour
ot nine She went upstairs to her room and
threw up The shade tor dnal glance at tho
heavens aud paused In oma2cmeut Coming
toward Tho house wao the strongcst procession
,bc had ever oeen. Turbona, dowing roboa,
and white pantaettca, here ia thla workoday
city Of New York She rubbed her eyes as
lt striving TO awake She looked again, They
wors troopus silently up tho atepa She next
hoard tho thunder Of lho lnocser which 10,
body used In those days OF electric buttopa
She then became alive TO tho fact that this
vas reality She reached the head ot the
ilalu lust no her uuclaa Hindu Wrout
AIMED opened the door, Tie bowed deeply
lnd coremonoualy tlo Noa iresacd good
icnl like bh 'tFange yIaltos
,Eudou came down tho atalre undecided Ne
10 Whether che wuA frightened OF merely upset
Ns u,an who was evidently the lender VI this
arrange caravan advanced toward 2udora
wlph," he said Ia broken English 'to
Aeo bm who Is caNd uomam All. The s,er
II llnhL-
20, gou With to sot my unolel" said 2u.
iora, erently relieved
And thou 0t hls daoghlcr1'
lIla ulece win 1ou him"
Sbc left the hallway aud cough tho mystic
ioom, where ,ho found uaaaom All crouchel
wer Bis globe IIo oobcd up mpadeuui
"wcllw
Some tindus 10 wee you uncle"
Illodua, at lhs time Of ulRbtl why
lIdnt you send A@ed to mo1 II l0vsU you