The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-07-05

b what II meant. Shaking on the hano
? he slowly rose and walked. with al
r effort, 10 where BARLEY stood.
Z MIR. Barley" be said, his yoie'
Z trembling. will you shake hands viii
; met bear you no III Will It's I
. long journey before me"
Into Bartley's eyes came look Of
comprehending pity. and even ad
! mirafiOD. He grasped his hand and
silently the two men. one a murderer
the other the detective that had ap-
pretended him. looked into each 9th
er's eyes Then slowly their hands
fell apart and Roche led Doctor King
from the room.
None Of Us spoke until Barley
broke the silence by saying. almost In
whisper. Poor ehspi God alone
knows what he has gone through"
Suddenly Currie demanded. John,
What about those states and that aw-
fui ghost1 never was 50 scared in
my life"
For the first time O smile crossed
Bartiey's face.
''The sIates7 Why I wrote the
messages"
"Youl But We washed Them Cur
RE exclaimed.
Surely. you washed them. That
was the whole trick. | wrote those
messages with camel's hair brush
In hydrochlorie acid with a bit OF zinc
10 II. When that mixture is washed
with water the writing is blOtted out
until the slate dries again. You re-
member | always washed one side
FIRST; that was the side with the writ
Ing on H. Then let you wash the
other; and. OF course. that made you
sure that there was nothing on the
slate. Had you not seen II washed
with your own eyes7 When the slate I
dried. the writing simply reap
peared."
Miss Potter had been sitting. over
come by what had taken place. But
as Bartley's explanation ceased she
cried. Then / did not receive a mes
sage from Mr.. SlykeT
"No. Miss Potter" BARLEY said
apoiogetically. you did not. You
must forgive me. knew that King
was guilty. and had to make him
confess By frightening or startling
him. He half believed In spiritual
sm. and thought that II could
stage seance l might make him con
less. There was q medium In New
FORK had once saved from jail and
hranQhf him hAr. !
lnts."
But the raps1' she questioned.
"Oh. produced the raps. Almost
II OF that sort Of thing Is q fake. you ,
now. You remember that I had you
lace your hand on the table. Then ,
rose and turned out the lights
When came back | slipped you the :
humb and little finger OF my right
and. You thought, OF course, that
9th my hands were being held. They
ere not. You only held one. while d
he other was free TO give the raps. .
he medium was tied and gagged,
NJ you can't tie one OF those chaps ,
, surely that they cannot speak and J,
oye when they want to-" u
Currie gave a long sigh OF dlsap- :"
ointment. Then never saw a q
host at allf'
mo. Bob" came the answer. you d
4 not. Everything was staged 10 u
ad up TO the words you heard that T.
yure say. What you saw was one OF hi
. mediums assistants painted with
losphorus SO that he would glow In
e dark. Tie was covered with a 10
ack velvet bag, made In sections; u
u another nan. wearing black 81
Dves and mask 10 make him In IN
sible. removed the sections OF the
< one by one. This gave him the es
pearance OF materializing suddenly n.
I OF the air. The head was mask D.
'deled from a photograph OF Slyke. N
hen the figure vanished. the second
IN had simply covered him from
al TO foot with black cloth. thus s.
'tting him from your sight. The DO
Iole trick has been used again and OF
ain by so-called mediums" tic
Black rose to his feet saying. ~Mr.
riley. you have solved three prob -,
rs by one solution--the two muir. ~,
- aud the robbery -
Ns BARLEY was about to answer ca
telephone rang and he left the ~
IN as II he had anticipated the
ssage. We could hear his cool.
! voice say. Yes. this Is AIR. Bart. th'
Yes. Roche. Ne. am not sur. 20
sed les the best thing. after all. WI
4 could have happened an
When he returned to us his face
$ very grave and sad. yet with
acthtng OF rclief In Il. ~
Roche tells me- he said slowly. o<'
at when he reached the station yer
x was dead Suicide hs
be news did not startle me. I. "o
felt relieved BARLEY was silent
playing with the bag BE- NJ,
, him on the table. Suddenly he an
Nd his head a.,
You know he wished 70 say good a..
TO ms. | knew then what he was