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l^AZAEETH, PA., FBIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18,1892.
The New Voric Commercial Advertiser is coavinced that "poetry pays wheo ft really is poetry, aod the Whittier ropy, righta brinj in as muoh as 18500 a year.!'    .
' Thc Olkdst30« Oovernaient is thlaking of witbdrawlag eit imparial Pritlsh troops from Canada and otber self .govarniog colonies snd IstUng them fnralsh their
own soldiers.
Ten miles at the sate of Binety-flvr miles an bear by the Empire Express on tlio Naw Tork Central, about thirty. eis;ht seconds for the luile, caps tht climax for Amerisaa bottle.
erieaa b*
The New York Board of Health sent Dr. Seibert to Hamburg to investigate the cholera. Ha reports that Ameriea must expect a visttation from tha pUgua next summer unless imatgratioa is stopped.     " .
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The Netibnal organisatioo just formed in Ohieago under the title of the "Coua¬ try Road Improvament League'' has s gigantic progrsmme, covering the hatl million mHes of couatry roads which need to be Improved. -
MAHP OF IRELAND, ar an, ooeaTLUnB,   _
Ohl eonld wa baar tiiose tones again
O'er Krin's rleaminf ssMdows. Hatblkim 'twouM frea tbe kills fron state
And lift tbo land from sbadowa. Hark I listen now that rlpplinc swell
From canle, rock and rlrer; 'Tls echoed baek from fuchsia-bell—
Ottr Iivland's harp a-^alrer.
It floata adown the moontala pass,
Tbat moalo of tbe ages; Tbe shamrock sleapa amid (be grass.
All oloaed the day-boolc's pagea. aott roaes hide their ponting Ilpa,
The Irtrda hare ceased their singing. And near tha land sail silent shlpa,
Por tbe harp of Ireland's rbiglng.
It comes again, and ret onee more,
Wbera seagulla fsa tbe dim ligbti It llBgera on tha wave-washed shora,
Thea wanders op the starlight Ant balls In tone for veaper ^Ima
Bave caught that music only. For It died away like an olden rbyma
Aad left tha nldalght lonely. Aansuuoii, B. O. .
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A writer ia Scionoe says that there is no eleinent of speech ao variously pro- nounced io dialect and by inll|riduaU at the letter K. ¦ AH varietiei, he esphtios, are derived from a frictioaal amIaiioB of biWth or of voice between (wkjgfttoet in the breath channel. II msy Jhe msde in the throat, ia the guttural fpasiage between tha baek of tiw tm^pJtamd tbe soft psdete, betweea the arehed top of the tongne and ths roof of ibe month-x oommon in ths Uaited 0Utei, tbe noe- ilR, produeei betweea the pout at •the^tagUe'ttn tbe upper  giHB, and  by
' transferrtog the sound' fram the tongue to the Ups, so thlt R hu ths sound of
" W. Another seriet results from a rst- tling organic vibrationiastetd ofa mere fricttOD of the breatli c
Tracing a Dark Griine.
BY ALEXANDER ROBIRSON, M. D.
]kmh(Mutuj(a$f-^lut- vrndmrMaxk-
ot'itXSm toatk ta tbe Uaitwi States the -.m*JtoW York Sun remarks. Much of the trouble with Amerioan roods is eioribed t > the absurd narrownasi ef the tire on iiafpsO wheels, • relic of the days of high-priced iren. Tiie aarrow rim is very hard oa Oie gAtUtmmmt-' vrhen haetv laaie ars oarrtKf. pllt awsrllag . %-|fiiWiM(^i' kt;1tuMmaik^hatkmv-' %mttmmg¥kmtt:^ Umm^ be t.) keep the subasnioes which for.n the l>r<) Srmly in place. This naed is shown bj tha sbeari^etmin oa a road floored with giavel. ., Ia citieji bloe'xs of stone or aaphalt ean be laid, bat aot in ooun¬ try districts, oa account of the oast, aad the best ordiiij>;i1|Wk«li*iill (or the ptry Is aa^n>>af  Wts  «(
ithe. wl
has sbltustsaa giving of aecidaaia te the ^patseagsrs earried Ity ra&- Itbal country during 19tl. |aa from causes l>ayond tha |hs trawlers numbered flva, f any yesr oo raeord. of oeoideats shows a meetiog  arith  6b-
jlmeats tr,
io
ra
I daeNto the pelats ef the
rbeinj^ kitered after tba pas-
Fviaai taaias, oae was due te
of f 4**''ro'>   gitdgr,   oae
the part   ef
relief trabt, aad ear
oiaass.      laada-
wat  respoasible
and   f'igs   en)
a-at aaalst also.     Io
fatrit Is IBaad  vrith de-
>r  traia   despatchlag,
api eemneoaioattoa,   or
Paielf oe-
I   from   human
at aU; ood it
sayt Uie Kagioeer of
I conoMvtiaz aoi ttwae'r4(ttrBa
bin huniea posrer to vrork rail-
lith .ut any  aeeldeat   whatever.
railway oflisiala will probably
to-this ooBcluiion, the llgwei
[ by tbe Board of Trade eer-
that abroad, as well as la
, etalcs, too maoy aoeideats
ttf nsKligaace, want  of
Rjslakai ea tke port of olBcers
Its.
An Udd   »|a^.
^JJmatilU RiVar, i« Oregoa, la be-
ifmtwki as ttm abkifaig plaoa
^'aariosMes.    Not Ioag
et raaserkable  oad nre
puotl  ia ita waters, aad  aow
ge aeioarf has bean dlscov-
ladiea.   ll is described
krce eyes, aia Hsicr       "'^ flst
luck.   It ia obosf .^t io
a< hair aad loH^        pte ot
[_>t(itliiag simibir - . /it  bss
! or licaril of.—Sau   Fran-
^•ilvt-r dollara ooiged  It
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EatrTat-.Tat.
I em s doctor, and usually • light sleeper, bnt on this night I aioat have overdone myself, for, haviiig failed to arouao mn by Jerking the oOce bell, the party ^nitslde bad resorted to this violent means of pouading upon the door.
aprlnging up, and now fnlly awake, I hastily slipped on my clothes.
Tn the aieaaUme, the party outside bad given another series of sclentllto raps on tbe (nolfenslve panels nf my doer.
"Be- easy, thore; I am ooming," 1 ealled, tngginc at a refractory boot.
Anally eqnipped, I struck, for the door and opened It, having flrst turqed up tbe flame of the night lamp, wbleb had been left bamlng behind a screen.
A man stood on the steps.
He waa mailed np from the chill night
-What you, Mr. KeJcbaml"
He nodded his he^.
Tbts man, Abner Keteham, was oae of the shrewdest detectives in the whole city of New York.
His name was a houaehold trord.
VrUet atony aa alias the detective te<£tiired in the most Important esse*
1 Imew bha because wo had Ih>4 soom ttUtt baataess a montb before, wben I "Um timtb tram my forelgB travel and re- a»orchcs Intn the mysteries of the materia medira of tiie sacieat Kgyptlaaa
At that time 1 bad beeo enabled to do Mr. Ketcham o greet favor, and ha bod teken o fanry to me.
Possibly tills might account for his calllog me up at I o'clock lo Ihe morntav, as I bod iearaoid It'was.
¦Allow me time mlnate to pnt on- my bat aod ooat, sir, and I am with yeu.**
¦Bring yonr eaae along, also every kacnra antidote for poison," he said.
I did OS he requeeted.
We were sooa vntskle, and for i/kr 'rst tlaaa I aaaiead ttaat o carriage sloot. near Iha curb.
"Ia with. ya«» Daetor. Bock ogala, driver, Siid fieat spare horse flesh.'
I began to be lalerested.
The words of the detective, together wltb certain other things that could be ta)(fi» inta eooslderatioa. seemed to foreshadow sume event beyoad the ordi¬ nary.
We started off at a rouad pace.
Tbougb bursting with curioaity,! ireuld aet soy o wotd, knowing Mr. Ketcham toa trail for that
At last be spoke.
¦I have a cose for yon, Doctor, thot win try yonr skill."
'ce welcome to It, sir." ave you ever met Dr. Seabury?"
*I bave seoa him and heard mnch ef but  bava   no  personal   acqualat-
hiadmonllonod thenameof a pk^ eta* aotad for his knowledge la the Ilae of teaicoiogy.
There oever yet hod been ooy eose In she woy of potaout/ present or oncicnt, whifh, ssibmfttod to bias, oouid not be readily reived.
Mr. KeislMua aald ao more.
I was left to teke It for granted thft I wiaa to be o co-loborer with the greot Doctor Soabury upoo soase intrieale cose.
The theught flottered me.
Thougli I bod nevar bad oay paraoasJ acquaintenee with tbe eM fsaliemaiii I wss foilowtng, ia his footsteps, Naviiig mado toxicolodyor the science of poisons in their relotiln tu the bumon body my life study.
He must hove heord of me, then, ond aeeding oaetstooce on some point on whieb he wos not positive, had aent fbr aw
I could see Mr. JBIetcham's syes upob my face every little whtte.
Ko doubt he wondered why I refrolned from osking questions; but I bod reod my mon before, and kaew thot the eaalest wor to hia ragard was .silenoe and self- poMejslMi ot all times.
Heitce, I deterniaed te be surprtied ot Aothiav. no mattor whot might bopp^
The rattle ond boag canssd by aaob rapid progress uver the stony streete was for from being ceaduclve to coasfert,' even if one were ineimhd {o talk.  -
At length the vehicle drew np close to theeurb.
"Here we oro. Doctor,* sold the de- Wsctlve, OS be opened the door he bsd Dcen u«r^-ousiy aa^ring, and 'leaped out.
I folk>wed more sedately, as I had a. eetipie of smoll eaaea to leak after.
Oiaacing up, I dtaeevend'llwt we erere before o bouse that waa peealiar, aot only In Itself but bacauaa ite elaaa Is al- aMiat obsoleto In New York, where erery foot of ground Is worth o great deal of money.
The house fronted on the street, but It had A sido /ard, whlcb woo, I hod BO doubt, o gaeden, althongh a high wair asa vaa ted me froni making safe of this.
I eetiM Justaatch a^mpseef a stehta In the rmar.
We walked up the etops.
Iff. Ketchom opened the front deer M « riee and eaay manner that tidd he war Iperfeetly. famlHar wtth Miim*iM.
There waa not a seal tat tha balL The gas btirned dimly.
A glance aiotnid showedkM that it waa; It* abode «f tme who eertahtly arioith;  Aod   who hod deol, for ever- '   * have aome ve' ^^^^^^
or  bit  nf  lir; -iflHamBati of
taaw ana uaiinttBd means would pick ^p dni'ittK.voora apent ahread.
"tJp-stetra, Ddeler,* said the detective.
I followed on. .
My feet sank Into Uie softest of Per¬ sian carpets upon the stelrs. '•I was DuiifllnB mv brain to determilia the na¬ ture of the peculiar Kostom odor thot seemed to steol so softly npon one's seases, ond couU Imoglbe myself once iiMre in on Orlentol honse with a Turk¬ ish host.
Mr. Ketchom opened a door ond stood thsre to oilow me to enter flrst.
The chomber wos opporenUr a bed- rooai. though the curtains and draperies
hung around hid the bed and bewildered me at flrat
A. soft light wos diffused through the oportmept by o lomp of strong* oon¬ struotion, tSat stood upon a toble^ the legs of whlcb were mode of long ele- phonts' tusks.
Around me trore o thousond things morking the testes o< the maa who had fltkd the room pp. i.
I'hese did nVt draw my attention new beyond a sweeping glonce.
I turned to Mr. Ketchom, who hod si¬ lently entered the room, closing the door, ond stood boslde me
"Yon ore wondering why I brought yon hpre, Doetor?" -I odalt It, sir." "Bafare we go ony further I wish to soy o few words.   In my experience yon can well understend I hove seen faate straage things, maay of Which boi on the impossible, oed yet. Doctor, I con solemnly ossnre yon, thot In this room I have come ocreaa oaa, which, ail things eoniMend, promises to be tbe asost pre- t4>uad mystMT that has aver ereesed my path." I atarted at his words. Their Impresslvenesa lent a new inters e^ to tbe affair.
Tbe lomp flickered, os o light drought from on open window struck It
I teok a step la thot direction, with tbe iateatJon of eloalag the wladow, but, coHpreheBdlBg osy iateatlon, tbe de¬ tective taid a hand on myarm.
¦Leave   It  open.  Doctor. . I  have h reoson for snch o thing.    It ofharda me a clue to the crime." Criinel
Then aoBM evil deed had beea don»~ murder perhapa! '
I set my saehels down, ready ferbual- n'e*s when the detective eheae to act' He dropped Into a chair. .,« ,.
"TDm tbe losap up, Oeetdr.* ' I examined tbe remorkoble lomp, tbot certetnl; had been Imported, for Ite like hod never been seen in this conntry b*> forp, snd flnding out tbat a teach on a llttla silvor boll wos all thot was neces- sory, I !oon acroroplisbnd his desire.
¦Now, pieose step over to the bed -Y<^er. OBd.^nlytly_(toiw back the cnr-
Uis vole<R was calm, bnt I could deteet An tindercurreut of excitement In it— something I hsd never Imagined a mao of his Iron nerve xi.d loflexll>le purpoee ol- lowed himself to indulge In.
. My thought! were running riot os I ad- vonced toward the tepestrles thot served OS enrtolns to the bed.
Wbattraaaheat-aemest soy eyasr
Woe there a horrible sight preaeateu behind that sereen?
The rich C^rtental flgure of th* tapes¬ try to my excited gate seemed to be¬ come o writhing moss of silver ond gold serpente twining obont eoch ether, and t^ rnatllag mt the aatamn-Uated leaves oattide the open wladow teaelred itself Into tbelr liisalag.
With an effort ef my will I laid hold apoM the eortein.
•Draw It baok. Doctor," said Mr. Ketehom, <|ttlet1y. ^
I did so.
The cartaia was hung upea rtaga that gIMed .ilong a silver tod attached to tbe side of ths eoaopy overboad, for the bed, although mossive ond richly carved, wao of on ontlque pottern.
It wt, occujBled.
IT'pon ihe plHow rested the beod of on elderly man, wHh'a aaow-whlU beard and a grond faee, whloh aeemed atamped writh the seal of death.
Ill tbot minute of silenoe I felt thot I could heor the beollng of my beort, while the ticking of the little orosolu clock upon tbe ebony socretery In one corner of the chomber soanded os the pouading of o greot hammer.
Vor A sliort spoce of tlsae I goied al¬ moat la stapefactloB at the faoe of the dead.
Then, breaking from the spell that oad come upon me, I sterted back with a low err.
Mr. Keteham eot thero by tbe-teble, his hand toying trith o poper cutter In the farm of o dogger, ond bis eyes fixed, oot on me, but npon o certein spot upon the celliog.
This was a fovorite ottitude of his, ond he assumed It generolly when eraae- qaestloaing o moa.
Then, ogoln, be bod a way of bMog- Ing those keen ortw of hts suddenly to bear upon tbe fare of the pai^y oppoaite him, end, ot sueh times they seemed to blkto and pierce Into tho very seal, os Uiough he strove lo reod one's thoughte ControlUpg myself as well as I waa abie uniter the pscullar elrcuinsteneos of the eose. I wolaed teword the table and
a
I ijann im tg)ii it netcbam, wiai ro'tEedeuoe did you eall me lir for' A dector IS powerleaa afterdeathctnnes."
"I'owerless to save, perbops, bat not to oid Hhe stem orm of legol vengoonce."
His impressive words sounded like the striking of o gong.
Thore wos somothlug bock of this. I hod believed it onotuntl dooth, or, at the worst, snickle. His words suggested a deeper vein.
"Mr. Keteham, om I to Infer that o crime has been committed bore?"
"Yoti are m iook ior evidences ot mur¬ der."
I sprong to my feet.
"Before I do so, yon roust tell me whot you know of this strottge thing, for I cannot work In the dark." ' "I do not mean you shell, Doctor. There are a few little thing* wbioh you moy not core to heor, but the main part of the story shall be yours. Sit down ogoln.   There is time enoagh for work."
I aettled myself in tbo oosy choir, ond prepared to listen.
Tbe old detective was a good story¬ teller. "His voice wos low ond Impressive, and he brought out the strong polnte In his line with on empbosis thol forced tbem upon my consideration.
"I hove Iroown Dr. Seobury for roma SIX aronths. tie come to my omce ons dhy, aod made my )«ersonat acquointenee Before that time I hod mode use of blm In his professionol capacity on several Docaaitms, and had como te respect bim
hly.
oecaslou of his visit to me, be gave me to understand thot he hod on enemy of whom he wos In mortel fear, o
forty who had once followed him from ndlo to Kailond, seeking his life, ond kMt track of klm there.
"Of loto the old Doctor hod been wanied in some way tbat tho enemy had discpverred the fact of his being laNew York, and not a day passed without his boing Ih feor of o visit from this |)orty, who hod swnm titot oceons shonld not stend In the wsy when vengeonce fpr soaM reel or foocled wrong was to be wrought    _   _ -    .
quietly sot down In o choir tbot seemed to la vita oeettpaney.
"Doctor, yoa are surprlaedf" he saM. at last, coolly, as he tunM)d bis head and koked at aM with a smile. .   I mifht have dealed the soft Impeaoh- iMnt oat ot what avalif
"Mr. Ketchaas, I admit It I am hoth surprised and mystified." . "Ypu are no worse off than myself. Itemember what I told yon. There is a strange marvel bar* that will require much hard work to solve it."
¦Wilt you throw some light upon tbe subject—why am I brouabt her*?"
"AU In good tiaie, Doetor. You have seen the old gentleman who lies yonder?" with amotion ot the thumb toward tbe bed.
"I have."
¦Do you reepgiMxe him?"
-Certalaiy."
"Beyoad aH reason of doubt?*
"It is Dr. Hcabnry himself."
Mr. Ketoham rabhed his bands and smiled.
tmAPTMAU.
In the: dally pursuit of bis bntlaesa tbe old detective saw So Much of death that be was aot apt to be deeply isa- preased la the preaenee of the grim Houstef
I soaU discovered this fact
"When yen menttoned the aaase of tike aid Doetor, I thonght yqa were teking. me to have o consuitetiea irlth him. *
A dry caocki* wos the ealy aaswer.
"If he is deed, I d« not aea vha* good 0 doctor would be. A detectlva might prove of oKm aaalataace to you. sir."
HU eyes wera searehlag th* flgaraa of lhe paper on tbe celling.
•dhotis wbere ybu miatek*, Deetw. t f^ever yet ealM on a deteetiVeto aid r.< la a caia, bat mora than once Ihove been well oaatated by a lawyer or a doc¬ tor. In the present Instonce yon hote mode a misteke whieh I haatea te cor¬ rect I did nol thU you la tocoaault trith the old phratclaa, aor avea to ad- aUnUter on oajpota, as.you aay have thonght from my ashiag yoa to fateh
olmiff   vnnr  t-AM..   tar   ^ven ai that  ino-
"If a^rfled Dr Seobury so thol he eould not steep nighte.
"At his sqggestioa I had a pri vote telegroph wire ron from hi* house to my den, where some one was to be always ea bond to answer o call
"This was not tbo flrat ilme suoh o lucky wlndfoll hod eome to me, ond'o iifibn is 0 fool when he refuses to cater to tbe whims ef o rioh moa.
¦Some months went t>y without ony alorm, and I begon to look on the thing OS a soft Job.
"To-aight at ten minutes post two I aras aroused from a Hgbt slumber by the aiarm.
"It had come at last
"Luckily I hod thrown myself  on a 'iofrto-tiw^n wltbout moro thon kick¬ ing my boota'SilTM tllAt in one mlnate I> wos oet OD tbe street and~rnnhYitK loijji I wos sTorth in this direction.
"I made good time, and In not more, tbon ten minutes reoched tbe house.
"Tbe Doetoir had shown me how to open the door, and I entered quietly.
"All waa aa siltl a* a.graveyard, ond to ste tarrtbiy anggaaflva.
¦Ibe gas )et In the rower halt was at- ktwat to burn low oil night, so I eoslly fonad my woy up stoirs.
"Thia door, whfch we nsed tn eatering, was kieked oa tbe inside.
"I listened, bnt eould not hear even the slightest sound.
¦Tlie Doctor bod shown me o moon* of entering his olBce ond stody odjolning Uiis room, by woy of o clooet In on old lumber room next to It
"When I entered here Ibat window wat epen as you see it the lorop flored and flickered In tbe drought, ond the old physician tay thoro—deed.
¦At flrst I thought he miglit have fell tbe pongs of approaching dlsselutlon, sad, lacking the power to cry out had
frrssed the knob In the woll  beyond the ed there, whhsh sounded the olorm In ny den.
¦A minute's exomlnotio^ |»onvinced me Ihot such woa not this cose., for in hi*
stber bond, tigbtly prebsed, be heM this •sdd little flaak—aminteture pbiol." Ho beaded tt to soe. It wao made of crystel, and contolned k few grolas of powder.
I drew out tbe stopper ond smalied sf the contents, feeling rotber tbsn see- htg'the eyea of Mr. Ketchom upon me.
¦Yon recognise the stent. Debtor?" he Mked, somewhot eogerly for him. "I do, empbotlcolly." ¦It la on odor which, oare caught can sever be misUken.    Am I right?" ¦Perfectly so, Mr. Ketc^Bm." ¦What Is it tbat crystal   pbiol  con* lalhs?"
"I am almost reody to aireor a few grains of a most singulor oad deadly polsoo found la the Pyramids of Kgypt —o poison thot hos tiofllled the known srorld to tolt tbo origin of or flnd oo on- tidoto for. Dr. Seobury himself offered so meons of determining IU origin, wbieh is lost In mystery."
¦I tbuughl ro    Juat aucb o poison, then, OS o ma^i  might toko if he dc- lired to boflle the skill of the beat physi- sions?" I shrugged my shoutdera. •Uiscertein deoth." ¦Oo neor tbe bed sgoln and  bend over the dead man.   Bae If   you con detect Iblo odtw obout hIa Mps."
I dM M). ond reported in the ofBrmo- Uva
Dr. Saabury had nmloubtedly taken this most fatol of peiseas with anteMal intent
As tbia fact beea'me apparent to me, I began to feei master of the situation. An that Mr. Keteham had saM now dwindled i^to tnslgnlflcance before the report of my superior wisdom.
For the moment I was puffed up with a sense of my Importence. Mr- Ketoham dM not glanoe at me, but I knew he wss well owate of my eonditloa.'
Afterward, looking back, I wondered how It was hd dM not literally Job o knifa into the bolloon ef MlMmportoace I hod Inflaitsd, and oUow it to celiopoe.
I was indebted to him for letting me dmra easy.
"Daetor. how about this poison; does It leave any traces behind?" be askod.
"That Is the peealiar port of it Mr. jKatebam. It assimilates wltta tbe btoooi had paaaaa at once.lato the system; while it kills the action of the heort In from l*o seconds toa minuto, il wouM be Imp^aafhle for ttteatostlearaad physiclon to atete positively thot the mon hod not died from a nataral cause—diaeaae of the heart" The old detective gave a' whiatte. "A laoat daMeroaa d«at to fall into the hands of an aaaerupolaaia man."
fHm would beeooie a medem mate Borgia, undoabtadiy.*
¦Stltl the odor aeeoia to  linger, Doe¬ tor." \ ¦It win fw aoma timl aiA be reeognlaed by on had  aot received  a s this Haa of his business." "I presume. Doctor. •»" motter,  y««° ero disposed suJelde?" ¦Undoubtadiy, nir." ¦And wuuid   return home   wlili that eenvlcUou.* i *lt yoa ore doa* with ate.T* T might get no wIthlMlV iisawr osslet-
severol prefer
but it would
liyaleiaB who
training in
'.a face of thia to eati it a
"As yon will, sir."
"To begin wtth, Doctor, how about poison-^I hove known thoto thot cli^Hd ^Jhe action of the heart lo dis- eolortne'^hlM.HSMthe left I'iiest, as the returning blood rMla^^flnd on outlet from the pumping vmHricIo of Ute heort."
"1 hove I'evnr hoard of tbat being the ease with this poison, t;lr."
¦It would surprise you thun to find that cuch was tho case?" "Very much. Indeed." ¦Perhaps another thing wouM aston¬ ish you conslderobly. I.isten to me, Doctor. Whon Dr. Seabury snotched up thot crystel phlol ond swottowed o *moll port uf the contenU, his borrifled eyes rested ution the face of tbe nartv he bad so long feared, ond who had followed, him about over most of tho worid."
His voice was calm, his vords impres¬ sive
Tbey struck me fosclhty, and I kwked at Mr. Ketoham with great Vender. "Are yon sure of thot elf?" ¦I om tn iiossesslon of focte which worront me in soying, beyond all ahadow uf doubt, that somo ogile porty climbed np tbe vines clinging to the sfde of the woll of the bouse, ond crept in ot the window.
¦When the old Doctor sow them, the scare cauKod htm to swallow the poison, which he Kept near him for the purpose, and then striking tbe electric bell tn the wall, summoned me to avenge If too tate to save.'
"Avengel Why, sir, yon say he died by his own hand. Then how could yju avenge such a work? Tho deed Is be¬ yond your reach, even did the tow allow It"
¦It oil depends whether the poison hod time to kilt him. Pieose be so kind os lo k>ok for the dork traces above hie beprt of lyhicb I fpoke."
1 Jumped to my feet feeling that there wos o hidden meoning in bis words.
A minute tator I gave vent toa tow cry tbat told of amaiement
I had made'h discovery.
.   OHArrBM ra.
Mr. Keleham dM net leave his ehoir.
Hts positive gaze wos fostened upon tbe celling, as though thoae mystic lines ond writhing serpente beM him en- throtled.
I hod  fotind the eld Doctor's night dress opened ot the throat> and wbon  I bared hi* teft chest according  to di tions, I made the discovery that bronght forth tbe low cry from my tips.
¦Ab, Doctor, Is It OS I mentioned?" osked the detective, colroly.
"No, sir."
"StUI you seem to over something."
¦I hovo come upudi o foct thot f faaey-, must have been kTjfown to yoo, sir."    ¦
¦Indeed: wbayli thi^7"
^I seeaj;9arWe wblte garment Just ¦•vtwrVia heort what appeors to be a drop of blood, hardJy dry." '
¦Kxamlae It closer. Doctor."
"Oreat heaven! Sir, the garment has been punctured by some small weapon, not mueh thicker than a doming naedto.*
Stttt be was onmoved.
His eyes |>er||,sted In remoinlng gfuad upon tbe foritostio figures above.
"It stands to reason. Doctor, aceording to my idea, that any, weapon to hove punctured tbe linen ond drown hlood unsl hove entered the flesh."
I bent my beod lower to exomlno.
Not satisfled, I went over to my cise, ami, teking out o probe, proceeded to investigate more fully.
The case w^s certainty Incoming more (ntensaly interesting os we proceeded, ond I Mnld now confess ihat there was. Indeed, more obout it thondiad appeared on the Rurfoce. ^-^
I Vlvldtv rememl>ered whotthlSTBtd ond veteron deteetlve trod dectored with ro- gord to the mystery—that it gove prom¬ ise of proving tbe moet remorkoble <mo that had ever crossed his poth.
In two minute* I hod orrtved ato cet^ loin conclusion.
"It is OS I suspected, sir."
¦Ahl Doctor, tolt me wbot you hove discovered."
¦There is o small but deep poaetare of
0 peculiar nature Just ot this point"
1 "From your obeervotlons, whot wonld yon imoglne hod eaused tbe wonnd?"
¦I  hove scon  o dogger, colled by the ^otoy* 0 creese,  that wouM be opt to moke suchik wound." ¦   He amited 'brb'odty ot my words, ond I knew I had echoed feme thought of bia
"Doctor, you bui Ided better than you knew that Umo. - Do you know whether tb* «*aBiiB v%nt Into the heort?"
"in conrseonlyo post-mortem exomin* ation c*uM prove thot, but I have no reason to doubt It"
¦Tbeo why did not tho blood guth out?"
¦The stronge weopon was Immedlotoly wltbdrown. ond, the lips of tbe weund eloaing. tbe blood flowed Inwordiy."
¦My conclusion exoctty. Doctor. Now, I with to put 0 question which wlll re¬ quire o moment's thought on your port to OBSwer.   Are you rcody?"
¦Proceed, Mr. Ketohamf *
¦According to your professlouat knowledge. Keeping all the facte of tbe case before yaar mind, is there any posi¬ tive wav of learning tbis Importent point, vlt.:"—and bis quick eyea wer* glued upea my face—"had the deadly poison time to work liefore thot Moloy creese wos burled aMmentorlty In his heort?"
This wos a technieal proWeia, bat I had already solved it to myotya satisfac- faoUon.
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It ta not often tlui evan tba noat Moompllabed swindler can oonnt ao nany aa three thouaand Tiotlma. But of all the eaaleat forma of duplnf tbe haman animal tba matrlmoolal awln- Ale la aaid to be ^ha eaaleat. 8o pei^ bapa we ne«d not be aurpriaed to leam that whole regimdota of noodlea •nawered. the adTorMaemont in a JTreoch newspaper wbitA announead that a youDg orphan lady, wltb a aplendid Income, wlahed to marryr.a aerloua aad reflned gentleman. j% wjaa not until mbltttuda* of theae hoaxed paraoDK, aaoh ot wbom bad paid a M fee to the intermediary, clamored tor Joatlo* tbat the pdloe' Intervenad^ ¦
THtBBB ia aomething In obatlna^ whlob differa from every other paa¬ alon. 'Whenever It-falla4t jieverra- eovera, hut either breaka l|;ice iron or erumblea aulklly away, like a frac¬ tured aroh. Moat other (taaalona have Uieir periods of fatigue and rest, their BUfferlnga and tbeir cure,, but obstinacy' haa no raaooroa, and the Brat wound la mortal.     	
Lizsu BoBDim ia betteved to be In¬ aane beeauae ahe alternately amtlea add weeps. Tto fhtsa forftadi la Ulio a conaa|gMM|g|MMH|t« aa. deranged hllT^^^^^^^Hk****- aenabip exoei antil) wwn
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Dfm»criit<i Eleet  Their Pres¬ ident Slid Vica-Fresident.
How the Be^eyJSpnie and Statt Governments W^S^nd.
rhere were in tha last Hoeta S» Damo- rrote ft RepublleuM ood 9 Indspeadantr.or KN mambers In all.   Tha rasalt b a rdativjs
Orover Clevalani snd Adial StsVsnapu, *' the Democratio candidates, liava baaa aieot¬ ed President and Vioe-Fraiidant of ths United mates for tha tarm b*«imiln2 Mar^ 4,18SI I. Tbe viotory is a swsapiag one, aad on tbe fourth' doy otter tha elodtloB It was
Kin far the RepablhMaa MeMnpand wMk stremandonslandslidaolMr) yean aga Ths strength oftbe Indspendsiits wiil bs pretty nearly the som* Id ths next Hoosa a* In this.
Dnnocratie Oovemors ware ohosso In a majority ot tha StatM wbhih voted for State tkskfte. In New Bompshir* ttaa flgkt Is throwa Into tha Rapnblkiia Lsgishitar*. nil* teblo shows resmis:
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Vew Hamp*bte*-4Te eheteeby paqple.
Hew Jtrssy-^Osonm T. WsrK Dam.
North Caroiiaa—Was Cbrr. IJsm.
North Dakota—Amiraw H. Bort^Kert.
Boath Ofinllaa Usajomla R. TBlmoi^ Oam.
Boaib Dakota  A. It, Voa Osdal, Bsopla
Tanaesses   Petsr Tamsy, Doss.
Taxaa—Jamaa 8. Hecg, Dsm.
Waabloeum—H. L. Haivsiy, Dsm.
Wast Virgtaia—WilUam A. MeOorkl« Dtm.
Wiacoosto—OM#n W. Paidr, Osm.
Wyoming—John E. Utborne, Dem.-Pso.
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Ttae Baaineea Portion  of  Camden, Me., Ha* Been Wiped Ont.
As baslnaas portkm of Oamden, Ma, has bean visttad by o holf-iailllea-dollar flro.
The flra was disoovarad ta tha top stery of Clavslaad's Bhiefc, oo Mata strsat about 3 o. m. Aid wos at onoa swmmnnad from Bookpsrt and Roeklond, bat arrivad too kto tobsoCmooh us*. Dyaoaslto had ' ossd to stay the oonrsa of tha flre.
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