Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-23

this scheme. Look at these photo
the lady exactly as she looked when
she sat there. Sec. sho Ia gazing at
the picture Of Cleopatra, too intently
to be merely a casual glance, And,
what do you think Of thiss She ga1ed
at Cleopatra, and, holding The Counts
glove. her mind and heat full OF the
Count. who would adore her when
she achieved this looked-tor beauty,
she said. You are the Mark I aim
at! meaning. as Cleopatra had her
Mark Antony, she. Lucy Darlington,
aimed ut the Mark Of her chotce,--
the Count"
"If that's true. Mr.. Stone. you are
the wizard Of the ages! How did you
dope It out: uhat-"
!, Now, wait a minute. This isn't
the ripe dream u think It. But
listen while I tell the rest In my own
way"
&c you S": know, these takers give out
these charms with all sorts Of fool
directions to impress tho .duped Gus,
toner. AS I say, I'm not sure Yet
whether it was q professional of the
clairvoyant type, or a regular beauty
doctor. But in either case. I've no
doubt that Miss Darlington paid him
OHOu6ll W SOIIlPCllSdkt 1UI SlSlIS UP
his practice and leaving for parts un-
known. For after the charm failed
to work, of course she would expose
the fraud"
But the poison"
Never mind that for the moment,
Mr.. Hardy. Surely, if we can dis
cover for certain how and why the
US trace the criminal who added the
deadly element to the powder. Now,
continuing the Cleopatra idea, l am
sure that the clever clairvoyant,-
We'll ssum that's what she was"
"She?" y
Merely to designate this faker per-
son. Somehow ! seem to see her as
headed kimonoed females, who prey
on the credulity of rich and foolish
women,-well, let's call her that for
the present, this clever c%lairvoyant
somehow conceived the idea of offer
ing to make Miss Darlington as
had been here to see Miss Darlington
on the subject, and that beautiful
picture of Cleopatra put it into her
head. But, assuming something of
this sort, assume further that h di-
rected Miss Darlington to robe herself
in a general way, like the queen in
The tn pistur t Note the pearls!
! VOuAAh tllo SAPldll NllSS Sdl1Ill6-
toms getting her pearls from the bank
for this occasion? And wouldn't it
explain her speech. You love pearls
as being addressed to Cleopatra, to
whom she was talking?"
G on, Mr.. Stone! GO on!"
II will go on! Wouldn't that ex-
plain. as nothing else on this green
snake by the woman who feared and
abhorred the reptiles? Surprising the
fool clairvoyant had told her that to
become like Cleopatra she must have
a semblance of a snake at her throat,
as Cleopatra had the asp!"
Good Heavens!"
Il tell you, Mr.. Hardy, nothing
And m one of these things might
seem the result of a lunatic imagina-
ton by itself, but taken all together,
the theory holds water! Why think
of the Oriental scarf, the embroidered
robe. the a of jewels in addition
to the significant pearls, and the scar
abs! All point to the type of Cleo
patra. If. there had been a. picture on
the wall say. Of Helen of Troy, and
Miss Darlington had been rugged up
In a. Greek costume, with a f1llet in
her hair, and sandals on her feet
or&n the picture had shown the God
dess of Liberty, and we had found
NAlSS SdI H1ll6 lOH uEdpSQ Ill all AIl6Tl"
car flag could anyone have denied the
Significance? There can be no doubt,
no doubt in this world, Hardy. that
the costume, the jewels and the snake
all point to a connection with the
picture Of Cleopatra, and if so, what
other connection is possible than the
one I've blocked out? Answer me
Count. whose glove she fondled, You
are the Mark I aim at A pleasantly
of wording inevitably suggested by
the thought of h man Cleopatra
charmed n the man Miss CARING
ton desired to charm. And a play on
words too, not at all unnatural to her,
for I'm told she was both witty and
clever in conversation"
mr.. Stone, 1 am carried away by
your arguments. I can't deny Their
FEASIBILITY, but l am ,b]ewildered.
How did you fathom this remarkable
plan?"
Simply because there is no other
plan that will At the facts. 1 be-
lieve Miss Darlington did say all those
things Miss Frayne relates. I be-
lieve h was alone in the room when
she said them. Therefore, they must
nave had some meaning, and the
meanings l have just ascribed to
them must be the true ones"
They must be-"
anu L Will IUILQeT satisfy you tina
they are. Here is a memorandum [
found in Miss Carrington's desk. It
is, as you see, a list of items. Read
it,
Hardy's eyes stared more widely
than ever az he read:
Green n gold boudoir robe.
Jewels. especially pearls.
Scarabs.
Scarf. -t"
Snake:
Something belonging to H.
Now, that" and Fleming Stone
spoke in low, even tones, without a
hint Of Boosting or pride in his
achievement. "ts a list in Miss Car
rington's own writing. and is unde-
niably a list Of things to be worn on
n occasion which she hoped would
mean a delightful change to the
beauty she so desired to be, but
which, instead, was a change to- the
cold stiffness of death. 1 found that.
after reaching my W conclusions
about the Cleopatra business. II I
had found 1t before, / would have
known 1t must refer to her costume.
but I couldn't have cleaned from 1t
the conclusions I had already come
to. Now, Hardy, are you convinced? p,
Il am, Mr.. Stone. And I am also
puzzled. From all this knowledge.
we start fresh, as 1t were, and We"
Wait a minute. Hardy. Let's 70
slowly. Now, here r two ways to