The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-10
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pv eARoLYN WELLS

h3As lNNVs W ANphAf w
philosophy. not only 10 It's definite
statement. but 10 IT'S farthost Ion
plicationa. How much uuer II Is
than. for instance. E0erson'H daE.
xling generality. "All tho world
loves lover"
hut then. what generality IN
trues Yet. FAR trucr than the Essay
lists epigrRm Ia this simple state
meot. All the world loves a mys-
terry. And on this rock build my
tale.
ata real MAJ. and nc IL a Ftc-
tional Detective. but that IL the
only way In which radically differ
from Sherlock Holmes. We are
both Transcendcnt Detectives, and
| know OF no other In our clU". We
can pluck out tho heart OF a myu'
terry. uoerrisgly. and with the Least
possible waste motion. Holmes. OF
course. ~ handicapped b. being IN
a story. for the exigeneies Of fiction
technique and tho time and space
wasted % tho cxcresceot Watson
greatly impeGs biz efficiency.
While I. being PEAL. live "forked
radlsa.- G old Carlyle saily dsoa
Us, cum open my euso'ls oV''"'S
with neal nen Nad di.patcn.
And ai~ays successfully Mover
20 ! p@i. ! Wy toia Nitoea' ''1',sy
H e"oe~" ! o'aFs 10 e"'""S. WIZ
ta' tsoc oe'es n"'c'"'f IN" ",p'"
easss "i, re 'ele1 ''A''''n'' '
hoioacs dc n'ehta'y' rehi'f' my
o"'" watson " oAuaeAiuk 70 '.o-
nu' tef ooc' mAn Sooian ho'v ~
ms anlaoF Nrvs auVul I'm.
New, TSs ny wo'@ AZ us uu'
va U.S. aoo @oNsw S'o"S'lnAt" ~
10 oF''fe.ellnAte y - l'Fos"'uIv.
r.'"aos stNy' ha'o'"so a. We "h
tsa ~ca"Te'9r" OF tn' ~" o''""o
eF's''nNoJ'
a asssee Two u u''rs's 'o"o NNo
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uSoa "sps' o. mos' ""o @A1' an
pos esnt w oN~ee' o'H !" @"'
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@'S0'e'' F" 90" ooo "n n''''' -f''i.'@ s
e%ps'F %~'H IN INC pes" a"n no "1
OF hss sre IN s"'' "'afn '"" v"
ways osesa 80 y" coho' picture
puzzles fssw t.a'N ssT usser my
tissess' sno htt'e iio'oiy "'ss I'n'
psNs"A i'si apart ~ NY o"'uh'
tohfsaes' tiooi'h' Aostt 1se naatas'
matichl pfon"aHs on 'fltsy iai'~' "'.
fressso'so 10 nus no am" as''s" ~
s"'sssson. ana now n''ps '" eood
nasss roo r's'laass ncy enfan :" . Isss
tsffiFei
ny n'l'ons u "%en 'F'sa' AN" TOO
tsss e"e'n ssorsno I'VE" n o"'sst''"s
na"pe ~ hrs, " a's'' tos no'"s you
come 10 tntns "F ". NY f~T"""'"
appearances - httie n"ttsv tnan
e"sr'Hs' t"n 'no ! sm nor n"ma
socne. lFss 10 10 mn ! rave nm mr.
OF dsettnauSs ~ enf os' TINS varies
nftsr e'ao meiss"'s tn'afon' WIN
my snrTo'l nd inss. ! RAYS toirs
tpan" % nalr ason' inc c""s' "'
app'e "suaars. inis proves 10"
th"ory' tr1s ONE ioas soSf or nee
on o'alv G'h"sse un 1""'" to'"'tiFe
powers
Wen. ~ FAR 70 eoHHd
You. {" s'srT na'tn cns MS o~n
rSt unfTlrilssd fs's'r as some
dream On perpetual taofloa' son otn-
eas N a way 20 mas" no omels'te
without nreaktns esFsfn. so nave M-
ways 'ongsa. With the ke~nest in-
ben SHY, TOT c~r'alo zinc OF c"'s'
e' ''"'se ~ n,'s
't ~ W a"a
" W. 80 n.y -" -.
"ne. aNaho, w - isI"' -" "ov
",' -.
tnss hhali -" ~ a""'' y. y 'N,a1
seIeig' - w" '. INA
and fose,bongb,f,I. ma eano., r..
,ana nv cI,,rs
va ito hay. t,.,ses ry,m,.
-. a., al ,,o ha~k,av.o .i,... ~
800. sw,,.lI.l.s ,oiti.lsd revoIv.
ors so.,.ri,ta aes fngwnx,,ta
never mill tho Grea, Nosa Mys.
terry. did | have tho case I wanted.
the conditions I bss lssMG for for
years, namely. murder committed
in an absolutely inaccessible room.
/ have read stories based cn this
plot. but the solutiou has always
been 80 usatisfactcsy--a secret
panel or an lmplausibls co0triv1cs
OF some sort-thst my clue.fle q az
fingers fairly itcaee to tackls =
problem like toas 10 exBa lfs- ana
real death.
You must reroeuhsss sn sass N
me n case is n case. NOT a mn
document. tho the motive was bn
man enough. God knows. for this
Moss murder. And the room was