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T&e Chronicles zf Addington Peace By B. Fletcher Robinson Co-Author with A. Conan Doyle of "The Hound of the Baek« vil.e* * " e»c. - 1-. I?!.. bv W G < ’..apm»n ‘ THE TERROR IN THE SNOW (Continued.) "Baron Steen." he said, "met with hl» death on an open path between a ■hallow duck-pond and a little pavil ion. He had fought hard for life, had rolled and struggled with bls enemy. There were four or five punctured wounds in his throat and neck, from which he had bled profusely. And now for the thing that killed him— whatever it was. It could not have fled down the cliff path, for the boat’s crew waiting below had heard the •creams, and had come running up by that way. They were with him when we arrived, and assured me they had •een nothing. It could not have turn ed to the right or left. for. though the paths had been swept clean—doubt less by the baron’s orders, for he would not desire his way of escape to be easily traced—«he snow on either side lay in unbroken levels. It could only have retired by the yew avenue, and ft did not break through the hedge. That, again, the snow proved clearly. So. we may take it. that whatever the thing may have been which you saw—it killed Baron Steen; further, it escaped into the house—this, you will remember, we decided In the garden. Let us imag ine ft was a man—that you were de ceived by the uncertain light Ills clothes must of necessity have been drenched In blood. He could not have struggled so fiercely with his victim and escaped those fatal signs. Tet, he cannot have burned hip clothes, for the fires are downstairs where people were passing. Nor can he have washed them, for neither the bath rooms nor the bedroom basins have been recently used. I have ■pent some time in searching boxes and wardrobes with no result. Strang er still, as far as my limited informa tion goes, every one in the house can prove an alibi—save two.” "And who are they?" I asked •agerly. “Mr. Henderson, the baron's valet— •nd yourself.” "Inspector Peace------ ” I began an grily. “Tut, tut, my dear Mr. Phillips. I was merely stating the facts. Mr. Henderson’s case, however, presents an interesting feature, for he has run •way." "Run away." I said. "Then that settles It" "Not altogether. I'm afraid. I think it Is more a matter of theft than mur der with Mr. Henderson." I stared at him in silence as he sat there, with his little hands clasped upon his lap, a picture of Irritating composure. "Peace,” I said, struggling to con trol my voice. “What are you hiding from me? It is something inhuman, unnatural that has done this dreadful thing ” The little detective stretched him self. yawned, and then rose to his feet. "I have no opinion except that I think you had better go to bed. Don't lock your door, for I may find time for an hour's sleep on your sofa be fore morning." • •••••• The news was out after breakfast— the news that led to mild hysterics and scurrying of lady's-maids to the packing of boxes, and the chastened sorrow of those gentlemen who owed the baron money. Through all the turmoil of the morning moved the lit tle detective, the most sympathetic of men. It was he who apologized so humbly for the locked doors of the bath-rooms; he who superintended the lighting of fires, and the making of the beds, and the packing of trunks for the station so closely that the housemaids were convinced that be entertained a secret passion for •ach one of them; it was he who an nounced Henderson's robbery of the gold plate, following it by Informa tion as to the culprit's arrest. The establishment had by this time be come convinced that Henderson was the murderer, and breathed relief at the news. They had brought the body of Baron Steen to the house early in the morn ing—it bad been laid In the garden pavilion on its first discovery. With death in so strange a form present among us, I was disgusted by thé noise and bustle, the gossip and chatter amongst the guests of the dead man. I wandered off in search of the one person who had seemed sincerely affected by the news, the young secretary, Maurice Terry. He was nowhere to be found. A servant of whom I Inquired told me that the secretary had kept to bit bed, being greatly unnerved by the tragedy, and I strolled up the stairs again on au errand of consolation. The door was locked, and there came no answer to my continued tapping. "Terry." 1 calle«! through the key hole "It is I. Phillips; won't you let ; me tn?" “I have a key that will fit. If you will kindly stand Mid«. ** suggested • I modest votce. 1 rose from my knees to find the Inspector at my elbow. "It would be a gross intrusion." I told him. “If he wishes to be alone with his sorrow, we have no rtgnt to disturb him." “He is sqriously ill." “How did you discover that?" "By borrowing a gardener's ladder and looking through his window. He Is unconscious, or was ten minutes | ago." A skillful twist or two with a bit of wire and the key was pushed from : th« lock. The duplicate opened the door. Peace walked into tha room. I and I followed at bis heels. On his bed. fully dressed, lay poor Terry, with a face paler than his pil lows. His breath came and went In short, painful gasps. One hand stray ed continuously about his throat, groping and plucking at his collar with feverish unrest It was a very painful spectacle. "I will send for a doctor at once." I whispered, stepping to the bell. But Peace held up a warning band. “Come here." he said, "I have some thing to show you." With movements as tender as a woman's he unfastened the man's col lar and slipped out the stud. Then he paused. The eyes that watched me had turned cold and hard. "If It is as I suspect, you may be called as a witness. Do you object?" "Yes; but I shall not leave you on that account." "Very well.” he said, as he opened the shirt and the vest beneath it. Smeared and patched in dark etch ing upon the white skin was a broad stain of blood, of dried and clotted blood, the life's blood of a man. "He is wounded. Peace." I cried. “Poor fellow, he must have nearly bled to death." “Do not alarm yourself," said the inspector, dryly. “It is the blood of Baron Steen." . • • • • • • • A week had gone by. and I was sit ting alone in my Keble Street rooms, when Peace walked In. with a heavy traveling coat over his arm. "Thank Heaven, you have come at last," I cried. “How Is Maurice Ter ry?" "Dead—poor fellow." he said, with an honest sorrow in his voice. "Yet, after all, Mr. Phillips, It was tho best that could have happened to him.” “And his story—the causes—the method?” I demanded. "It has taken some hard work, but the bits of the puzzle are fitted to gether at last. You wish to hear it, I suppose?" "According to your promis«.” I re minded him. “It is a case of unusual interest," he said. “Though it bears a certain similarity to the Gottsteln trial at Kiel in '89.” He paused to light his big pipe, and then sat back in his chair, with his eyes fixed in abstract contempla tion. “I was convinced that the murderer was in the bouse; and that be bad entered by the side door, towards which you had seen him pass. When studying the spot I made a discovery of some Importance. Steen had left by the same exit Also he had reason to fear some person in that wing, for he had turned from the path and made a circuit over the grass. I had al ready noted his broad-toed boots when examining his body—and the foot prints In the snow were unmistak able. Who was his enemy in that wing’ It was a problem to be solved. “I discovered no stained clothing, and no signs of its cleansing or de struction. From what information I could gather, all the bouse party had been in the roulette-room save you yourself; and all the servants had been at the dance save Henderson and a man waiting on the guests. But in the course of my search the foot man who accompanied me discovered that a quantity of gold plate was miss ing. It was reasonable to imagine that Henderson was the thief. Prob ably the confidential valet had learnt of the Baron's projected flight and of the warrant for bis arrest. It was a moment for judicious robbery, the traces of which would be covered by the confusion of the news. But was Henderson also a murderer? I did not think so. The death of his mas ter was the one thing which would wreck his scheme. In the early morn ing I Interviewed the farmer on whose car he had driven into Nor bridge. He told me that, acting on orders he had received from Hender son, be met that person at the cor ner of the stables at eleven o'clock OWNED HISTORIC OLD HOTEL ! Proprietor of Structure Built Around Cabin of Captured British Frig ate Is Dead. Jacob Smith, hotel proprietor of City Island, New York, died there at the age of seventy-three years. Mr. Smith's hotel has for years been one of the show places on the Island. It was known as the Macedonian hotel, because it was built around the cabin of the British frigate Macedonia, which was captured by the United States frigate Decatur off Cape‘Verde Islands during the war of 1812. After the engagement the Macedonia was towed to what la known as Cow Bay, City Island, and there Smith acquired it la 1874, pulled It on land and struo- precisely—five minutes bettor« the PREPARING FOR SPRING WORK M0RE PR0FITS FOR FARMER murder occurred. That finally slim I nated the valet from the list Department of Farm ^Management ot "On my return from the farm I ex Only Buy implements Actually Need Missouri University Makes Study sd — Sometlmee Cheaper to Hire amined the gardens again with great of Nssded Changes. Corn and Oats 8eeder. minuteness At th« corner of th« lit tle pavilion, about fifteen feet from Mnny small improvements In th« Have the plows, harrows, crltlvju. -system go to make more profits fot where the body bad lain, there was a patch of bloody snow. Thia puttied tors, drills, and rollers in order for the farmer Modern management 1« me a good deal, until the solution of spring work I.ay in a few extra plow necessary to got along with othot fered Itself that the murderer had pointe anti bolts Have th» harrow modern conditions. The department tried to wash hts hands In the snow, teeth sharp Extra whittletrees and of farm management of the Unlver the water of the pond being froten some good hame strings should be alty of Missouri has studied out many hard. Yet hit clothing would also provided. The se«d oats. corn, clover of the things which need to b« bear the stain. What had he worn and grass seed should be bought this changed on the average farm, and that showed so white to you In the month, so no time need be lost when soma of them ITofcssor Doane men starlight? Could it have been that be the season opens says a writer. tions. wore no clothes at all? Buy and haul tho fertilizer you need "Some think," he says, "that it 1« "A naked man! The suggestion now. If the plow or harrow Is worn neceashry for us to turn every pruo was full of possibilities out, it will pay to buy a good ateel tire, and method upside down tc "It was fortunate that I had brought plow and a spring tooth harrow and change a farm system. This is fat assistants to help me In Steen's cap a two-horse cultivator A corn planter from the truth. Usually only small ture. Their presence gave me a wld and a grain drill may bo hired for 25 changes are necessary. er scope, for they were both good cents per acre. If you only plant ten "Here is a farmer who la getting men. I left them tq search the pavil acres In corn and seed a few acres to very good crop yields, yet he says h« ion and laurels for the clothing, oats. It will be cheaper to hire than to la not muklng money. We find Iherv which the murderer might hav« con buy those Implements. la little we cun do for the crops, bul cealed when he realized how fatal Only buy those Implements you real found that his stock Is being handled was Its evidence. As I walked back ly need. It will pay you to buy if you at a loss. He Is putting good crop« SIMPLE LESSON IN POLITICS to the house I began to understami need tho implement, but do not buy It through poor stock. He is running the situation more clearly. The main because It la cheap, nor because you efficient food through poor machln Woman Doesn't Sea Necessity of drive, curving down the slop« of the can buy it on time. Tho note soon ery. In that case we get rid of th« Learning Hard Words When park, was In view of a tall man corn falls due. and It often cornea due poor stock and put in a kind and Marching Answers Purpose. Ing up by the yew walk. Th« mur when you are Bhort of funds. quality that will make a profit. derer might have noticed our ap l>o not ask your neighbor to go so "Sell two of tho boarder cows and "Charley, dear." said young Mrs. proach. What more natural than that curlty. If the bank will not accept the put In one that pays a profit. Sell th« Torklna. "I'm goltig to bo a suffragette he should have bent double as h« ran, note with your wife as Indorser, do old gelding and put on a tuaro that and march In u parade." thus obtaining the cover of the left not buy. This is sound advice, and will rnlse a colt worth one-half tc "You are. oh?" hand hedge, which was not more than If followed will save you a lot ol one-third of her purchase price al "Yea 1 fuel It my duty to show an four to five feet high? Did not this trouble and considerable money. Do weaning time. This Is done every day active interest in politics." answer to your description of the not go security for anyone. It is It is not theoretical.” "1 see Well, what are your views thing you had seen? It would have wrong, as you may ruin yourself, and on schedule K of the tariff?" been cold work for him. I made a oftentimes your family as well. A EXCELLENT TYPE OF ThUCK "That's not politics That's tho al note to be on the look-out for chills. good natured. easy going farmer had phabet." “For a couple of hours I devoted better remain awuy from farm sale« Well, how about direct primaries Designed Especially for Transporta myself to speeding those guests who or tho Initiative and referendum?” tlon of Barrels and Kegs—Chief caught the eleven-thirty train I do "Oh. I never pretonded to know Feature Is Chain. not think a trunk left for tb« station EXERCISE AND FEED NEEDED much Ijitln." of which I have not a complete In "How about banking and finance?" Here Is a truck that Is designed «• ventory. Indeed, the baron's cred Bad Results From Overfeeding al "Why -they seem all right, don't peclally for the transportation of bar Sows Are Indolent and Loath to itors have to thank me for the return role and kegs, but can be used, ol they?" Run About—Good Rules. of several trifles of value, which were "You see!" he shouted, triumphant course, for boxes and other freight Included, accidentally, no doubt. In ly, "you don't know a thing about tho The Illustration shows tho thick It Is beyond reason that a sow cai the ladles’ dressing bags "After the carriages had started I give birth to a strong litter of pig» wheels designed for heavy weight, ant! subjects are being discussed." "Well. Charley, dear, you mean well, went in search of Terry, and discov after having gone through a foul the short spikes In the upright sup But I must say that It ered that he had not left his room. months' fast. Bad results are un ports that engage the barrel sufllclent of course Equally to the point, his windows doubtedly brought at>out by overfeed ly to keep It from rolling off the side seems very stupid and silly of you to looked down upon the spot where the Ing, especially us sows are naturally Tho chief feature, however. Is th« learn all those hard words and purzlo baron made his detour over the gra»s Indolent and loath to exercise; but « chain. This chuln has on» hook oc over problems to show your Interest while escaping. I became interested counteracting Influence will be fount one end and two on the other. Frotx In politics when wo can do so simply Washing In this young man Th« score was In ample exercise, that may be pro the top of the truck handle to a lltth by marching in a parade ton Star. creeping up against him. A ladder vlded by a large pasture, or even by from an obliging gardener allowed ms driving slowly a mile or so each day NATURALLY. to observe htm from the window A The necessity of exerciso should not visit to the housekeeper gave me a under any circumstances be over duplicate key to his door. What hap looked. pened in the room you know, Mr. It should be borne in mind In th« second place that tho main demand! Phillips." “But. the motive—why did he kill upon the sow are those for the build his patron?" I asked him eagerly. Ing of new tissue Hence, the kind ot “I doubt if we shall ever learn the feed Is Important. What are knowt truth on that point." he said. “As as the nitrogenous or protein beariny far as I can make out, Steen was di feeds are needed at this time. Thee« rectly responsible for the ruin and are bran, oilmeal. peas, beans, oati disgrace of Terry's father. Probably and barley, and. to a moderate ea the son did not fully realize this when tent, wheat. The forage plants that the baron, with a pity most unusual are especially suitable to pregnant in the man. give him the secretary brood sows are the clovers and theli ship. But of all participation In the relatives, alfalfa, peas, beans, vetches flight he was certainly Innocent, for etc. The ordinary pasture grass«! be was in bed at the time." are also of much value. "In bed!” I cried. "Don’t Interrupt, if you please. What happened I take to be as fol GIVE CHICKENS GREEN FOOD lows: Terry was in bed when the old man tried to creep past his window Clippings From Lawn, Which Hsvi Sunday School Teacher—Tommy, Been Properly Dried. Make Ex Somehow he heard him, and. looking below Its middle is a vertical slot, Ic don't you think fighting Is wicked? cellent Feed for Poultry. out, understood what was up Per which are a serie« of crossbars. Th« Tommy—Yes'm, w^ien I get licked. haps that rascal Henderson had told double hooked end of the chain li lAwn clippings which have beo» him the truth about his father; per thrown over the rim of a barrel and The Proper Way. haps Steen had promised him com dried in the shade the previous sum the other end Is hooked into one ol "Do you believe what tho German pensation—he had a mother and sis mer make Ideal winter green food the crossbars In the slot nt whatevei army officer says, that tightening ter dependent on him—which prom says the Farm and Home. The best distance 1s required to make the chain one's belt will alleviate the pangs of way to feed them Is to roll them up it ise the financier meant to avoid, taut. The barrel In thus held firmly hunger?" along with many more serious obliga a strip of two-inch poultry nettlni on tho truck. "Certainly, If tho belt Is tightened tions, by running away. At any rate, In the proper manner.” passion, revenge, the sense of injus “Is there more than ono way to tice—call it what you like—took hold tighten a belt?" of the lad He caught up the first "Certainly. One way Is to pull It handy weapon; it chanced to be a up two or throe holes, thus shorten dagger paper-knife—dangerous things, ing It. and—” I hate them—and rushed down a back "That was the way I was thinking staircase and through the side door «Not many apples selling at a quartet □f." in pursuit of his enemy. "But tho way to so tighten It as to a bushel now. "When that had happened, which The garden and orchard will look alleviate tho pangs of hunger Is to happened, the fear that comes to al! cram the stomach full of food, thus better If it Is cleaned up amateurs in crime took him by the Butter should always be put up 1 b distending the walls of the stomach throat. He wiped his hands in th« Way to Prevent Waste. an«t tightening tho belt automatically." a dainty and attractive package. snow; he tore off his sleeping suit— An orchard neglected for one yeai that is how I know he bad been in two feet wide and eight feet long, ai Took the Tall End. bed—and thrust it. with its terrible shown In the cut. Hang It against virtually puts it back three years. Tho r«ancashlre people are fond of Look out for those cold rains; pul evidences of murder, into the thatch the wall within easy reach of th« the cows up. This applies to calve« dogs—In fact, they’re very proud of of the little pavilion We found It hens. them, and therefore when a prominent as well. there a day later. Then he Btarted Fine corn meal for tho »kirn milk dog fancier came home ono night and back to the house as naked as a baby. Breaking the Colt. calf la a good substitute for the mor« found his son had bought a nonde “He Baw us running down the hill, The earlier the colt In made used to expensive oil meal. script mongrel he was rather riled. and made for the side door, bending the harness the better broken the ani To double the amount of milk pel “How much didst thee gio for that double behind the hedge. Who were mal will be when It comes tlmo fol acre and cut the cost of milk produo dog?" he Inquired we? Had we noticed him? Believe him to do some light work. It Is easlei tlon in two—build a silo. "Five shillings," replied tho son. me. Mr. Phillips, whether he had held to keep colts from learning bad tricks Time and care spent In the orchard “Tell thee what A'll do," replied the the murder righteous or no. ft was than to break them of such habits. is almost sure to pay for Itself and s pnrent. "A'll go shares wl' thee. A'll only the rope he saw dangling b-fore For this reason have every strap good rate of interest besides. gle thee half a crown for ma share ” him. Might not the alarm be given at and rope used by the colts so strong Spanish experiments show that 604 Tho half crown was duly puld; then any moment? He dared not wash that there Is no danger of a break. pounds of skim milk equal In feeding tho father remarked: himself, and the stains had dried Once a colt finds out that ho can get value 100 pounds of corn meal. "A'll tak' t' tall end. nnd A'm goln’ upon him. He hurried on bls clothes, away from a halter or other parts ol Lighting, ventilation nnd cleanll to kick my half outen t' door!”—Ix)n- shivering in the chill that had struck home, and so to the safest place he tho harness there will be trouble, per ness must be practiced before best don Tit-Bits hapB for all time. results can be secured In the dairy. could find—the roulette-table." The heifer bred too early alwayi All In Sight. “It Is well that he died " I said sim remains stunted In growth and hei Air Requirements of Chickens. He had been appointed a smoke In ply. Fowls are obliged to throw off much milk flow Is shortened for all time. spector In Chicago. Day after day he “It saved the law some trouble," Young fruit trees that were planted was seen loafing around the downtown remarked the Inspector, with a grim of the waste of the body through th« lungs. They do not sweat In the sens« In the autumn of last year, or la section. little nod at the wall. (CHRONICLES TO BE CONTINUED.) that do other animals, but Instead the spring, should be examined car« "Why don't you travel around town breathe . several times faster than fully. and Inspect the smoke?" demanded No breed of dairy cows can con his chief ono day. sweating animals when heated. To turally added to It. In time he had tinue as first-class dairy animals II keep in good health a hen require * “What’s tho use?” was the reply. “I a building large enough to accommo nearly seven times the amount ol the calves are allowed to run with can see It all from here." date a number of persons. frosh air in proportion to its slz« as the cows. Three years ago a member of a his Two pounds of mixed shorts and does a horse. Where He Stood. torical society In England, which had bran per cow per day Is sufficient "Surely you are not opposed to votes learned of the existence of the Mace for cows that are expected to giv« for women?" demanded the hors« Color of Eggs. donia, came to City Island and offered liberal flows of milk. The first eggs of the brown egg faced 'emale who headod the del Mr Smith 830,000 for it, but he would Poultry and fruits are closely ak egation. layers are generally of a good color, not sell. He said he wanted it to lied. Both do well together, and they “No, Indeed." replied the Grouch. remain tn the family, which consists but as the hen Increases her laying readily thrive on the same land with she decreases the amount of color, "But I am opposed to votes for suf of seven daughters and two sons fragettes.” owing to the gradual loss of the pig out hindering each other. At no season of the year should, ment which colors the eggs. Assured of Fresh Fish. water stand around the trees and Storm Signals. Copenhagen has a model fsh mar vines. Their roots will not stand it. Extravagant Young Wlf«—George, I Exercise for ths Boar. ket, built by the municipality. With wish to go out this afternoon to do a The boar will not have that ani There must be proper drainage. the exception of the larger varieties, One advantage of succulent feed 1« little shopping Wbat kind of weath mated appeauance that he should like cod and halibut, all the fish are the fact that it not only provide« er Is It? kept alive In tanks filled with run have if kept in close confinemanL If the cow with more moisture, but al George—Rain, thunder, lightning, ning water There Is no other town you would have him lively and a safe the same time Is more appetizing. ■nd sure sire, provide a pastors tor freezing — and — and earthquake!— where all the fish, whether cheap or Ruck dear, are so beautifully fresh.