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

thNM, but when they may equally
we'll point to half n dozen others. ]
shalt patiently investigate them and
learn the truth. Now, ! ask Of you
Miss stuart unduly, but to give her q
fate show. and remember her lionel,
position anu hcr ttmid nature"
Hardy looked furtivcly at Fleming
stone, whose eyes were downcast and
fastened on onl papers he was hold.
ing.
Count OF me-, Mr.. stone. I am ri
Your orders. I subscribe to your the
nrtes, and ! will do exactly what you
tell me, and no more or less" Vi
Good, Hardy, and thank you
Now. look at these papers. They arc
the ones that contained tho fatal
powder. Soc. this parafln one was
tnsidci then ono OF tin-foil. then ono
Of rather heavy writing-paper."
THAT doesn't look altogether like
a c~latrvoNant's work"
why not? 1t does to me. They
are mighty careful to do up their
goods in an elaborate manne to i'm
press their customers. But, mind
YOU, I don't for n moment suspect this
.clatrvoSant Individual of intended
murder. 1Giter the aconite was
added to the parcel from the clair
voyant. or the whole affair was con.
>OSSCN ny Iue 1HVEueTST anu unOCl
pretense of its having come from the
clairvoyant."
HIN" Hardy was clearly beyond
his depth.
so" went on Stone 1--WE must de.
duce what we can from these papers
what do o sec, peculiar about
Just plain little old nothing
Hardy declared after a good scrutiny.
II see, as 0 remarked, three papers
folded similarly, and of nearly the
same size. What do. you see 2"
Not much more,' confessed Stone,
gazing discontentedly at the papers.
And yet, there must be something to
notice. Here's one point. These
papers, If tempered with. I mean If
anything was. added to their contents,
were manipulated very. carefully
You know how difficult it is to unfold
and refold a powder-paper without
making it look messy. These,
would be willing to assert, have never
been refolded, or, as I say, If they
were. it was done very carefully"
That isn't much of a clue,"' and
Hardy smiled.
"It may be-" returned Stone. 1T
at least indicates a possible elimina-
ton of the clairvoyant and an indica-
ton of the, murderer preparing the
powder alone. At any rate, Hardy,
I've told you all this in order to. ask
your help. Will you go and see what
you can round up in the way of the
clairvoyant OF our dreams? Go to all
is the prominent e. Get a line on
beauty doctors. and generally look up
this sort of thing. And keep it all
under your hat"
"All right, Mr.. Stone" and Hardy
was off at once.
Fleming Stone put away the papers,
and sat TO rmore than an hour in a
brown study. It must be admitted
that a photograph of Pauline Stuart.
which stood on a nearby table. held
his eyes much of the time. And his
gaze, as it rested on the lovely face,
was now tender and now sad.
At last he rang for a servant. To
the footman who replied, he made a
request that a chamber-maid be sent
to him.
The girl came wondering. 81.
"Mary?" said Fleming Stone, in
quiringly.
Jane, SIR" returned the maid,
quietly. -. ~. ..N,4a I
Good" said Stone. you have in
telligence, Jane, as shown by your
calm rejo!nder. Now, I want you to
go to the various bedrooms or dress
ing-rooms of all the servants. ssand
you can find. I assume that some of
the servants might possibly have
them?" q
Eyes. sir, some Of them"
Very we'll. Get all you can pos
sibly find. and be very. VERY care
full to remember which ones are
whose. Understand !" !
Eyes, SIR"
"Then go. If anybody questions
you, say Mr.. Stone ordered it,
Jane returned with many pairs of
the kind of scissors asked for by the
Detective. Absorbedly, Stone took