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The Wingham Times, 1908-05-28, Page 64 THE WIN&EAM TIMEM, MAY 27, 1908 . 7 The MarathonMystery ,S't`ory, of Manhattan By BURTON E. STEVENSON Author of "The Holladay Case" Copyrljht. 1904. by henry holt and Company s 61Ile returns to the hall, talks with, Delroy; the storm comes up, and young Graham rushes in. They run down to the pier, kneel beside the body, try to discover signs of life—and Tremalne .adroitly shuts the button within the ahead man's hand. That, my dear Les- ter, is, I fancy, the whole story." I smoked on for a moment in silence, turning it over in my mind with a •certain sense of disappointment. • "It may be true," I said. "It seems to bold together, but, after all, there isn't :a bit of positive evidence in it. Ilow are we to convince a jury that Tre- anaine really slid all these things?" Godfrey blew a great smoke ring out over the seat in front of us. "I agree," he said, "that we haven't as yet any direct evidence against Tremalne. rt may be that this whole •structure will fall to pieces about my the odor -of .seated metal as ,Simmonds obeyed the order, Two, three, four steps we advanced, feeling our way; then I heard a star - tied, cry from Godfrey; an iustant's pause. "Quid., Simuwonds, quick!" he cried in a stifled voice, "The lantern!" Instantly, a brilliant band of light shot across the room, wavered, wag- ged to and fro, then settled upon God- frey bending above some shapeless els- slamming open the door. a..... New York!" We took the Thirty-fourth street ferry and ten minutes later were In a cab hurrying downtown. "We'll get Simmouds first,'saidGod- frey. "I've a sort of reciprocity treaty with him. Besides, we've got to have an officer to make the arrest. Here we are," Ile jumped out, paid the driver and hastened up the steps, I after him. As we entered the room I saw thate a Block registered half past 10. "Bello, Simmonds," said Godfrey to a grizzled, stockily built man who had sprung to his feet as we entered. "All alone?" "Yes. The other boys have turned in." "That's good. I've got something big for you." Simmonds' face flushed with sudden emotion. "Really?" he stammered. "Have you really?" "The biggest catch that's been made in many a day. But remember our agreement—yours the glory, mine the scoop. Not a word of this tootttnybody before daybreak." "Of course not; of course not," as- sented Simmonds, rubbing his hands together eagerly. "What is it?" "You've read about that murder and robbery at the Delroy place near Baby- ' After ail, there .isn't rc bit of positive evidence in it." •ears, but I don't believe it. I believe within an hour we'll be in possession • of the one piece of positive, indisputa- ble evidence that will outweigh all the • rest." "What is that?" I asked. He turned to me • with that bright light in his eyes that I had seen there • once or twice before. "The necklace," be answered. CHAPTER XXXI. HE necklace! Of course the necklace! "But, then," I objected aft- er a moment, "if your theo- ry's correct we're going right away from the necklace. You said that Tre- maine had hidden it at Edgemere." "Yes, but he's no such fool as to cotue away and leave it hidden there. He's not the man to make the mistake Miss Croydon made—to conceal a thing in a place Where he can't get it again :without exciting suspicion. No, no; he took the necklace with him to New iyork. He ran no risk in doing that. Everything had happened just as he hoped it would. There was absolutely no suspicion against him." "He may have hidden it somewhere .:else in the meantime," I observed. • "Yes, be may have done that," ad- mitted Godfrey, "and yet why should he? Ile has no reason to believe that any such suspiciou attaches to him. He'll naturally wish to keep the pearls by him until he has a chance to sell them, one by one. He can't do that • yet. one probably arrange a trip to Europe to get rid of them. If the neck- lace is concealed at all it's concealed somewhere in his rooms. And if it's .there we'll find it!" "Long Island City!" yelled the guard, „ jest on the floor. L' isoucited Tcsuruonuals. "What is it?" I cried, running to Edith A Burke Missionary 11. M. Church him, shivering with horror. Akhirnim Egypt, and friend,, greatlypleased "It's Tremalne." And he knelt on with results afYor two years using. the floor stud stripped back the cloth- , rel wh!s crso esters i to na ural col r, da k ing from the breast. "He's dead." he brown, by using Canadian Hair Restorer. added after a moment. M. Orum, Bur essvillo, Ont. Canadian Hair "Dead? But why? Ilow?" Restorer is the best I have ever used. John G. Hall, New Aberdeen. Cape Breton. Lie was In pajamas—I can see them Canadian Hair Restorer has worked wonders. yet—striped blue and white. 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"We're going to have him in pulse to jump, shrieking, for the door, Jail here inside of twenty minutes." and should probably have done it had Simmonds' eyes began to glisten. that quivering silence endured a mo - "That would be a big thing," he said. went longer. "Are you sure of the man?" "Simmonds, give me your lantern," "Dead sure. 'But see here, Sim- said Godfrey, with an admirable calm - mends, I haven't time to tell you the whole story now; only I assure you, on my word, that I've evidence against the pian which will convict him of one murder and perhaps of two. Is that enough?" aura F^-• "Yes," said Simmonds instantly, an4 he opened a drawer from which Ire took a pistol and a pair of handcuffs. "All right," he added, turning back to us. "That's good. Better have a lantern, to.o, though." "Think so?" He took down a little dark lantern, lighted it, tested it and put it in his pocket. "Now I'm ready. Have we far to go?" "Oh, no; just across the street." Simmonds started with astonish- ment. "You don't mean the >tiarathon?" he said. "Just that." "But who is it we're going after?" "A fellow named Tremalne." "Tremain!" Simmonds' face grew ; first thing for us to do is to find it. blanker and blanker. "W by' I know Were there two snakes, Lester?" him. Ile's been in here to see me. He ..No „ d answered, as articulately as doesn't seem at all the kind of fellow , I could, "I thiuk not. I never saw but who would"— one." "So ho!" cried Godfrey. "It was you "I thought you said Cecily took that who told him about the clippings?" one with her." Simmonds colored to the eyes. "So she did—wait; I didu't see it. "Who told you that?" he stammered. ,It Stops Itching HEALS THE SKIN. It is because Dr. A. W. Chases Ointment possesses in a remarkable degree the ability to stop itching and heal taw skin, that it has be- come known the world over as the most suc- cessful treatment for such diseases of the skin as eczema and salt rheum. Any one who is familiar with the life of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous Receipt Book author, knows that few physicians ever had such an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the most effective medical treatments, and nothing that the doctor ever put his name to has been so marvellously successful as Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment ness. "Lester, have your cane ready. IIe threw a broad baud 0f light upon the carpet and, keeping carefully with- in this path, approached the door, felt for the electric button • and switched on the _limits. t/The pillow, perhaps," he'ild, turned it over. ha' There was a quick movement, a soft hissing, a vicious head raised itself, two eyes of orange fire glared anis. I heard the swish of Godfrey's cane, and the head fell. Fe -Fe would work no more evil. And then as I looked more closely at the coils I perceived something else there — something bright, iridescent, glowing. ' Godfrey lifted the mangled body with the end of Ills cane and threw it into the middle of the bed. Then he bent over and picked up—the necklace. "I was sure we should find it here," he said. "But look at it. Isn't It beau- tiful?" It was more than that—it wad' su- perb; not dead white now, but warm, full of life. Was It the salt bath, or was it that the cloud had been remov- ed forever from its owner's life? As Now r"potltifex" menus bridge builder, and it is true that the Roman priests in the early days of the republic were in charge of bridges, but probably it should be "po)nptifex," meaning "mak- er of ceremonies." Many of you have wondered what the priest had to do with bridge building, and this little change of "nt" to "nip" makes the whole natter clear. An astonishing derivation Is that or the word "stranger," which we are told comes from the Greek word ex, or out of. Absurd as this seems, it is easy to understand. • Ex menus out, from or away, the same word as the Latin ex; hence comes extra. • Then comes the Latin oxtraueus, which means outside. The old French word, from thls, estrange, means ail outsider, but estrange gave us the word etranger by stropping the s and stranger by dropping the e. After this serious example we shall not be surprised at the old joke that derived the town name "Middletown," from "Moses" by dropping the "iddle- town" and adding "oses."—St. Nich- olas. Half blinded for an Instant, we stooa staring at each other, at the floor. "For God's sake!" gasped Simmonds, mopping the sweat from his face. "What is it?" "It's a snake," said Godfrey tersely, "the deadliest in the world. If you dou't believe me look yonder!" And he pointed to the huddled mass on the floor. I did not look; I was afraid to; I had already seen too much. I was grateful when Godfrey jerla+d down a curtain and threw it over the body. Then he gave Simmonds the lantern and closed the door, which we had left open when we entered. "Now," he continued sharply, "there's no ma in giving way to our nerves. We're in no dauger, but that snake is hid around here somewhere and the She had a cover over the cage." "No matter; it didn't do any harm; Godfrey's face pitied suddenly. played right into our hands, in fact. "Good God!" he murmured. But you didn't show your usual per- A giddiness seized me. I clutched at spicacity there, Simmonds. That fel- a chair for support. low is the most remarkable scoundrel It had been no accident. She had I've ever run across. Perhaps it's just as well I never met him, or he'd have hypnotized me too. Come along." Higgins was just shutting the inner doors. "Do you know whether or not Mr: she stood watching us from the deck Tremaiue is in his rooms?" asked God- of the receding boat, . the pressing against the rail, the frantic effort to shout a message to Tremaine. She had relented, she did not wish to kill him, she loved him yet! But of that warning he had caught only a single word. "The bed!" I cried. "The bed!" "Right." agreed Godfrey incisively, and walked to the bedroom door. In an instant the inner room was ablaze with light. He armed himself with one of Tremaine's canes, and together we approached the bed. "Ready, now," he said, and with a sudden movement stripped back the covers. But there was nothing under r You can prove this absolutely in any case of eczema. After the first few applications the wretched stinging, itching sensations are relieved, and gradually and naturally the raw sores become smaller and smaller until they entirely disappear, 60 dssabox. atdeal- ers or Edmanson, Bates & Co.. Toronto. Mr. Hiram Frey, Norwood, Ont., writes: "F'er ten years l had eczema on one leg. The itching was terrible and when 1 scratched the blood would flow. The doctors could not cure rne. Fortunately d heard of Dr. Chase's Ointment, and its persistent use hat •aorapletolr cured:me." left Fe -Fe behind to avenge her—and what a vengeance! She had not laugh- ed and forgotten! Then in a flash I understood that last strange scene—the change in Cecily as frey. "Yes, sir; he went up about an hour ago." "You have a key to his door?" "Yes, sir." "Wo want you to go up with us and open the door." "Oh, come!" protested Higgins. "That's going it pretty strong. What's Mr. Tremain done?" "No matter. There's no use holding off, Higgins. Simmonds here can place you under arrest and force you to go." "Well, see here," said Higgins, turn- ing a little pale, "if you break to on him like that there's apt to be some bullets flyin' around. He's hotheaded, he is. I wish you'd excuse me. Here's the key. Why can't you open the door yourself?" "That'll do," assented Godfrey and took the key. We went softly up the stairs and down the dimly lighted corridor to Tremaine's door. n+.1 could see by the transom that the room was dark. "I want to surprise him," whispered Godfrey. "If he has two or three min- utes' warning he may be able to get rid of some evidence. He's probably in bed, and we must get to the bed- room door without his hearing us, Ilow does the bedroom door Ile, Les- ter, with reference to this one?" "Straight ahead," I answered hoarse- ly. "All right," said Godfrey. And he threw . the bolt and opened cue dt the door. The room was In absolute darkness save for the dim stream of light front. the half. We entered cautiously, God fret' in. the lead. "Have your ,lantern ready, Siln- lnollAiar," Uc .chis red, A,nd. t cauSlii The Green of English Lawns. The human soul is so made that green is one of fts most delectable aesthetic experiences. The color is not exeiting, like red, nor stimulating, like yellow, nor exalting and inspiring, like blue: it is simply soothing, satisfying. reviving, delicious. It is the human co:or. 1f there be planets on whose surface green is a color as rare as is blue on ours, our rare would speedily languish and die out there. But I sp.mic, of course, of the perfect green, the -green of English lawns. Other greens there are, cold or trivial or muddy or crude, which do but irritate or depress us, and there are blue greens and gray greens, well enough In their places, and ht the caves of ice- bergs spiritual greens that exercise a weird enchantment. But for the gar- m:'nt of the mighty, round earth no other green Is more worthy than this Iof Engiand; uone other touches sb in- wardly the lienit of man. No wonder that Falstaff on his deathbed babbled of green fields. For my dying eyes I could desire no happier vision than the gracious levels of rpn English lawn 1 steeped in the gentle sunshine of a summer afteruoon.—Julian Hawthorne in At:antic. OI1 Map of Maryland and Virginia. II At the Peabody library is an old map of Maryland and Virginia which is be- lieved to date back to the seventeenth century. The map has a description of Maryland ou one leaf of tate back and a description of Virginia on the other leaf. It Is bound with a few blank Pages to give it stability and was evi- ' (lenity part of a larger work describing the American colonies, as the pages ' are numbered. "Baltimore town" is ' situated between the ""Susquesaban- ounh' and Bush rivers. No especial ' mention is made of it in the descrip- tion of the colony, in which "St. Merles" figures as the chief place. In addition to the Susquehanna, with its queer spelling, the principal rivers are named as the Patowmec, Patuxent, Ann Arundel, alias Several, Cboptauk, Nan- ticoke and Pocomoke. Tobacco rais- ing is named as the principal source of reVeaue la the, colony, and it is stated that trade was carried on chiefly by barter and exchange. The map was "I heard the swish of Godfrey's cane." ' published la Loudon.—Baltimore Sun. , I looked at it there seemed to be something unearthly in its beauty. It seemed to be rejoicing. "The snake bit him probably," add- ed Godfrey thoughtfully, "as he thrust 1.4 necklace ander„the pillow. It was a fitting Punishment.” "It was greater than he deserved," I protested hoarsely. "He was not the man to meet a death like that." "A. man! Ile was a vampire!" said Godfrey sternly. "He lived ou the lives of others. Don't let your senti- mentalism blind you, Lester." "Oh, you didn't know him!" I cried. A. hot resenttuent of fate was sweep- ing over me. I realized that, down at the bottom of my heart, I had never really believed in Tremaine's guilt. 1 Even now I hardly believed in it. Godfrey turned to Simmonds, who stood contemplating the scene with staring eyes, his lantern still open in his hand. "It's hard luck, Slmmonds," 'he said. "You're not going to get the glory, after all. But who could have forty seen a thing like this?" Simmonds opened his mouti and shut it again without uttering a sound. "You'd better notify the coroner," Continued Godfrey, "and, I suppose, to be strictly regular, I'll have to turn this necklace over to you for the night, Guard it well, Simmonds. It's worth a hundred thousand dollars." "What!" stammered Simmonds. "Is it the—the—the"— them. "Yes, it's the Delroy necklace. You'll have to go with us to Babylon in the morning to attend the inquest. I fan- cy there'll be something of a sensation when we produce the necklace there— eh, Lester?" And he laugbed a grim little laugh of anticipatory triumph. Then he glanced at his watch. "I must be going," he said. "I've The Famous Pedestrian Gentlemen:— +'i was a martyr to catarrh of the head, throat and stomach. I was so bad the doctors feared consumption. I got to ,fire this story down to the of - tried many physicians and medicines. flee. What a scoop it will be! Till A friend suggested Psychine. I tried tomorrow, gentlemen." it and it was the only thing ever did I heard his footsteps die out along me any good. I am now perfectly well. the hall; then a sudden horror of the It is the greatest remedy the wornd place seized toe, a deadly loathing, and has ever known. I do not need it for I groped my way blindly frons the my health now but I use it as a loom. strengthener for my calking matches. T Tart END, o'clock should be made the boundary, owe notch of my physical endurance to the white man taking the laud on one Psychine." rAM1;S Itll NOI.DS. lltnpB3' rlattside And the Indians .seeping that on Port Itope, Ont. There are somebevervy funnyonn, stories the other. 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The head man of the tribe went up to the instruments, stared steadily at them for awhile, grunted and returned to the circle about the council fire. Not a word was spoken by any one. Soon another Indian arose, walked sedately to the instruments, gravely examined them, grunted and returned to his place by the fire. This example was followed by half a dozen others, after which a short consultation was held. 1, The chief then approached the white men. "That what Indian know," he said, drawing a small circle on the ground with a stick. "That what white man know," drawing a larger circle round the first. "This what no- body know," he added, pointing to what lay without the last circle. "White man know that," indicating the instrument. "Indian not know it Indian know the sun. Ile never cheat. Him always same. Him throw shad- ow. Indian give white man land one side." 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