The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-20


1t list side down. Yes. II was nothing
but my yellow note. II had been torn
-ah, that was why the crushed paper
had folded stiffly and scraped my
hand There were three rows of lit
tie tears on the note. indeed, each
one series of Sits. wondered
vaguely why Professor Harrington
had concealed his boOk-list In Franz
ingham unless he had thought to give
1t permanent burial; why he had
chosen to carve a pattern on It |
stuffed the yellow note into my sweat
er pocket, and resolved to look at 1t
again some time when | had no cata-
logue to write.
When ! had fitted from shelf to
shelf long enough to collect notes
for nearly two pages of catalogue. a
tinkling of my desk telephone sum-
moned me to Mr.. Roberts office. I
stepped up, as requested. and there
was Mr. Almy.
"Sit down, please, Miss Fuller"
said Mr.. Roberts. "Mr. Almy would
INV oohiC thlOi iuotlOu.
Mr.. Almy turned his clear gray eye
on me.
Miss Fuller" he inquired, what
do you know about this janitor Of
yours, Ulysses JacksonT
"He is always affable; but he gives
out about as much information as a
department of state. | nearly swooned
when he chose to present me with
that clipping last evening"
"HOw did he come to have ft?"
HE said he had seen old Mr.. Gros-
venOr In the store, and so, when his
picture appeared in the paper, he cut
1t out. He has worked here thirty
years. you know, and DarrOw'S, to
its smallest detail, is his whole life"
'What time did he give II to your
"About half-past four, perhaps five
minutes before handed it to you"
"Then he knew who Mr. GrOsvenor
was, long before he said so. Ulysses
should not have held hack this infor-
nation. / wonder what made him
do So"
''WeIl, believe he got sulky and
held back the information because his
feelings were hurt"
"How were his feelings hurt?"
"Well, for one thing, he was sent
to watch the shipping Office door In
stead of being allowed to see all the
excitement in the shop. For another,
he alleges that Mr.. Case spoke to him
roughly"
"Mr. Case!" calculated Mr.. Roberts,
decidedly stirred
"Yes. of all people,"
"What did he Say?" asked Mr.
Amy.
ULYSSES alleges" said |. that Mr.
Case called him superstitious old
fool! How. when, and where, were
not forthcoming; possibly Mr.. Case
was just as excited as the rest of us
II is. to be sure. quite true that
Ulysses is superstitious. But any
way, he did useful thing in identi-
flying Mr.. Grosvenor however much
he took his time in doing So"
"You may be interested to know"
observed Mr.. Roberts. something
about the wound suffered by Mr..
Grosveuor"
"Yes, indeed"
"That sashing of his right wrist
snapped tendon The doctors be-
lieve ii was the pain of this suddenly
broken tendon which made him faint.
though an artery had been cut"
1T must have been very danger
Gus and peculiar wound"
"Yes." said Mr.. Almy; there were
about half an inch long. They were
on the inside of the wrist. all parallel
to the base. 1t was very strange
wound. The wrist was badly mangled;
the wounds had apparently been
made with a small, sharp. thin blade.
preston that the attack was not only
unusual. but spiteful as well. If the
artery was severed, you see, and the
old man rendered unconscious for
some little time, death would have
inevitably resulted. The purpose of
I'LL IUOSe Otlltl SidShluSS hol SlCdAs
weren't they dangerous or
painful?"
"Only moderately T; they would never
have prevented the victim from strug-
Cling, or crying for help"
I'm that case" l inquired hesitat-
ingly. "mightn't their presence sug-
gest suicide?'
Mr.. AImy shook his head.
"Other facts don't bear that rea-
soning out" he answered. "In the
first place, the blow that cut the
artery was dealt swiftly and forcibly.
Now, Mr.. GrOsvenor. the doctors re.
port, had a weak heart and every ap-
pearance of man who had lived for
years under a heavy nervous strain.
He was also right-handed. He could
not possibly have dealt such force
full blow against his own right wrist.
Then, as you know, the weapon, what
ever it was, had been removed. Con-
seuuently, some one attacked him. 1t
is my business to find out who that
was. And as ! understand you are
willing to assist me in doing so will
ask you now to remain here while I
try to get some further information
from your fellOw-witnesses to the dis
covery of that accident in the shop"
Mr.. Almy turned briskly to the desk
telephone. | turned to Mr.. Roberts, q
private given contradictory orders by
two generals. In the language of eye
brows, | inquired:
whats going to happen to the
rare-book catalogue?" But / couldn't