The Santiam news., May 06, 1910, Image 6

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!<*M nothing but ravs T«t tn all nis
BUILT OX QUICKÄAXD
wild talk he never 1« to slip a single
word likely to help us"
!
'That'« a pity. Major. By th« wt
< lain«-«« liallr«**«*.
queat loned Dr. Ktwald a out the nMl"
The moot remarkable piece of en-
i»r. a>nd h<r !• of the ophnon that th«
<lneerlng on tbe P«kln Hankow Hall­
m.9 ji waa attimi«*«! by a blow on the
oed. China's Iron backbone, is Yellow
hrud,
-Ivor bridge. Outside America It I* tho
”1 know th«!.
1 ran only su pi
argeot of Its kind tn the world
It
that Jagganl fell »sl««t
Ayer*« Sarsaparilla is not a
etfm« ueaaureo almost two mlleg from end
wuk* up in time to •••«•
strong
drink. As now made,
in 1») the window, A
would o end and I* constructed entirely of
then eneu». and he woi
n k un >teel. There I* no *tr«*m which *hlfta «
there is not a drop of alcohol
th«
a» Eiwald ■
Its bed more than Yellow river. It Is
in it. It is a non-alcoholic tonic
1 dun* t Air*«* ui.ih
that
theory. ■ailed China's sorrow, and Is «aid to
and alterative. Ask your own
*1“)»*.»— B **■* p ftawe tn IL"
‘ IrtT’ querkd Jt m, eagerly. "1 am isvs changed Its course no lees than
doctor about your taking this
line times within tbe p-ast 20 cents-
open tu C f »rm lion. 1 *1 ra«*» go on.*
medicine for thin, impure
Ira, each time rhooelng a different
id w/«9 drtiliÎK'd, «Ir.”
blood. Follow his aJvice
"Ilut tfi i« «round «nt th* back of th«* nouth by which It enter* the sea. At
head *hk »’h •luhnvd himT*
everytime. He knows.
he last great flood, when the waters
’ Th«ru you have It,“* eried
Arkel *or»«x>k their bed. tuany millions were
W« publish mr to**«iaa
Th» wot Mod
th« bdirlt of the hrad Downed
WAI ClUff >»d by hi« full in < Hk» a
a
•’•efcal
The bed of Yellow river !• of quick
"C _
_
7 frv«» •*• r kB«4 *»*.W
m h«?n hu waa drutfltrd '
■and. so deep that It waa Impossible to
"H m! This Is all building on sand."
*
•aid Jen doubtfully
"Even to drug ise any masonry tn constructing ths
him, th, •« men must have entered by yrldge Steel tubes were sunk In place Ask your doctor, "Thst is the first gre»
rf the ordinary concrete pillar* and
the window."
rule ot health?” Nine doctor* out ol
"No. do you not ramember, when we ;h«oo were Joined together by steel ten will aukklv reply, ” Keep the bowels
WAS »and*
oaan>ln«d th* window, that It
Thera are eight of thee« steel regulsr *' Then ssk him another ques­
opened from the Inside?"
lube*, each of which goes CO feet down tion, ’’Whstdo you think of Ayer's
"Egad, you are right
you nto the bed of the river. Other steel
Then
Pills for consttpstion?”
——SS»4» »,<»•/ c Bye* <*• . LeveU. Ma»» —
think that Bom« one must have been
:ubee ««tend down from S3 to *3 f«*«t
concealed In the room, and atrung out
The arches of tbe bridge have a span
from hiding to drug Jaggnrd."
«talea Jake.
"No," said Arkel again, "no one wna >f <& feet, where tho current la strong
Th« shade of the Ice baron had In­
•et. and of (1 feet In other places Ths
concealed In the room "
"t*onfoun<l It. nmn. you don't m«an iteel piles er tubee, have been filled troduced himself to Charon on the
to say that Jaggnrd op«n*<! the wtn- with cement to give them strength, river trip
d<»w,‘ crltxl Jen. starting from hla seal •nd rock and stones have t<e«n sunk
"Quite a roomy bit of water, this
with some show of temper
around thetr bases to solidify their Htyi." ho commented, •Never fraeaeg
"Ay, but I do. Major. Jaagard help
over, dose It?"
foundations.
*d to steal th« laxly of Mr. Aylmer.
"Not oo'e to Interfere with naviga­
The ston«o were flrat dropped dont»
11« opened the window Io admit hla SC-
tion." said Cbarun smilingly, "and.
Into
the
rlv«r
without
any
support
and
complice*
When they fulfilled <h«tr
by ths way. that very fact gave Me-
task and got the body out of tha ro<*m sere carrl«d I away by tho quicksand.
ohlsto the Idea for hl* favorite joke."
they turned on Jagsard and betrayed Later mats mad« of the branch«* of
“You don't aay! What's th« gagf”
him. That le. they drugged him and ’.reee. bound together with wire, were
"W'hy, when a gu«»t In hades com­
knocked him down."
let down around the plica and the
plain* of the »rardty of Ice the old
"I don't agr*e with you at all. Arkel stones dropped upon them
In this
boy explain* that It'* due to the un­
Jaggard la perfectly honest, and waa
way tons of stone have been mo*r«d
precedented p«rv«r»tty of the past
as devoted to Maurice ss he la to me
Heeldoa. even granting the possibility >n such rafts about each pile and they winter "—Ruffalo Tlm**
of such a thing, which I do not In the lave made the brldg« as 8 rm aa
Ant» aarf toléra.
least, why should Jaggard'a ereom- though the piles were bedded tn con:
It vas proved long ago that ants
■rote
The bridge was put up In a
pllcco betray him?"
"I can't say." returned Arkel. shrug
rear and a half, and on the opening have the power of a««tng the to us—
glng his shoulders.
They may have lay a train of II care passed over It lavlalMe ray* of tha ultra violet por-
They fear the
t>««n bribed to »t.-al the t"*dy. and on eltbout causing a perceptible vibra­ tlon of the spectrum
accomplishing their task did not want
light for thetr larva* and when al-
tion.
to share the bribe with Jacgard’"
¡owe.! ch"!'-e t-.-twean different b'graoa
"Rubbish!" said Jen. tartly. "Th«v
of light always carry them to the
muat have known that he would Itetray
When given
dark**t place acceaitblo
them when he rccoverad hie sense«'"
the choice between a compartment
"No doubt. Ilut in the m«aatlni*
lighted with yellow light and on« dark
they would make themselves scarce
to our eye*, but under the actinic ray,
Jaggard has I e,*n Insensible or raving
the ant* unhesitatingly chose the yel­
i -Major
'i I.-- »■ ,> .n
low light, showing that to their eye*
•Ir, 1» ■ **unt* .1 on that'"
It waa darker than tho other, to man
”1 say again that 1 tx*lieve In Jag-
'nvlelble
Argonaut
gard's honesty, and do not agree with
you." aald Jen. putting ori hie hat. "and
Mothers wm And Mr». WlnaloWa H- thlag
after all. 1 d*> not a, < h,*w ><*u dAluco
Syrup th« b*-»t rernedv I*- u»e fuslheir cUUdrea
this drugging theory?"
lurlag 11»» toeUUug period.
“Ol*. aa to that. I was cnee a bit or
Consul General James W Raesdals
a chemist," explained
Arkel;
"and
•lataa that another example of tha jol­
when you took tne to eve Jaggard 1
ie y tn Canada to produce the finished
smelt a curious perfume which seemed
fish product Is the recent ventura of a
to be hanging about him Aa a «arrant
cold storage company at Halifax In
1» 11. I a.., to use ,»ifunil'». I th.. ixhl
putting up fillets of fish
This ‘is a
It curious."
oreduct virtually unknown
to
tnts
"Did Ktwald notice It?" asked Jen.
eounlry, but very popular In England.
thoughtfully.
"Yes; but he prof«e»«-e hie Inability
OMlsaluai wf llt«(ory,
to explain It
He thlnke the man waa
Pffpo Gregory bad revised ths calen-
stunned, and not drugged. I think that
dar
he was tirai drugged and then stun
•The spoiling ne^ds reforming, too.
ned."
ha said, "but Tin afraid to tackle that ”
~irm: Its queer! I'll have to thtnk
Which ahowa what ha nilas«*! by not
It over, Ilut when the l*ody waa taken
having Prof Rrand«r Matthew» handy
out of the window, Arkel?"
to brace him up and rive him couregs
'"The thieves carried It across the
lawn!"
Slaw«»« I.Bul*»W.
'Then down through the bushes to
Hera la an aiuualng extract taken
that winding lane. I auppooe?” said
from a Stani«»« paper that has an
Jen.
"I know all that;
but
after-
Th« faihion of very «hear over dfevtet
English column for foreign reader*'
wards'"
or tunic*, combined with heavier materi-
Shoot I ng Outrage- O Fearful Ago­
'They put It Into a cart and took It
al*, is exceedingly pretty, if uved in good
ny
—Kboon Tong waa a man of Lan
away."
latte. 0
goon and on bl* raturn acvldentally
"How do you know that?” asked th*
The tketch *howt a rote foulard,
(hot at by aom« miscreant scoundrels
Major, all on tha alert.
polka dotted in black, and having a tunic
"Why," aald Arkel, fingering his fat
of l«la«k chiffon, the hem being embroid­ Untimely death, oh fearful’ Al! men
chin. "It was raining, as you may
ered in rote, a* i* alto the tett.
«(pressed their mourn The cowarulce
m«mt*er. on that night. We found the
dogs Is still at latg* ~
mark of wheels tn the lane, which
Faithful <a Ills Treat.
would not have been left had not a
9ORB EYES, weak, infleme.1, r<M.
I was waiting near tha elevator lb watery and swollen eyes, u»e PETT­
considerable amount of rain fallen."
the
factory
building
for
my
"Did you follow ths trail V* askrd the
All druggists or
friend to IT’S EYE SAI.VE
Major.
<x>me down when 1 noticed a amali boy Howard Bma.. Buffalo. N. Y.
"To the hlgh-n»ad only, and there sitting In one corner of the hall hold
Recent a*..
.
. .«
Osrmxs
th« wheel marks liecame mixed
up Ing a large, thick sandwich
He eyed
with thus« of othrr vehicle«
I never the sandwich lovingly tor a long time, army show that n«*urae»lh«nta Is three
and a half times as prévalant emon*
met tho like of It tiefore. and I am
then he carefully lifted off the top the soldiers as It was a d*->wde aga
fulrly puaxled.
Why
should
thes<-
while hysteria eases are twice as nu-
wretches steal the mortal remains of a slice of bread, took out a pl«*«« of dill
meroua
pickle, ate II, and replaced all aa
murdered man?"
In a few seconds he again rs*
"True." eald Jen; "and why sliould fore.
Maki»» a l**e**nettoa.
thrae wretches have murdered
that moved the top piecA, extracted a piece
"Thera Is not a particle of evidence,
man?"
of pickle and a pier« of meat and re­
"As to that, wh are by no means placed the top. Again and again the rour honor," said the attorney for the
defense, "to show that my client wan
certain that they ar«* th« same."
performance waa repeated until all the within a dnxen miles of tha scene when
"I don’t follow you."
pickle and almost all th« meat w«re th« crime was committed------"
"No? And yet It Is easy enough. It
I b«g your pardon." Interrupted tha
those who slew Mr. Aylmer wanted gon«, the sandwUh, however, appeal­
ofhar lawyer, "but his broth«r-tn-law
his 1*0,1 yl. they could have stolen It on ing Intact as at tha t*aglnnlag.
testifies specifically that he saw him
"Why don’t you «at up your sand
the high-road, where they struck him
there."
down. It was mere foolishness to ven­ wlch and not pick at It In that way?"
'! know It." rejoined the defendant'*
ture liberty and Ilf« In « raid upon th» 1 asked the boy. with some curiosity.
attorney, "but hla testimony Isn't evl
house."
"Why," he answered, looking up dence."
"11 may have been an after-thought” with great Innocence. "It ain't my
"People don't have afterthoughts In sandwich."—Woman's Homs Com pan
grim matters of this kind." said Arkel.
ton.
rising
"Well, Major, good-by; good-
by.
Should I learn anything «Is«. I
A feature of tLo winter ««am.u la S3.00,93.SO.S4.OO&S5.0O
shall let you know; but depend up,m
Quebec la a competition for the beet
It; th« truth of ths matter Is to come
■aow statue to be made In Dufferla
W. L. Ihriiglas
from Jaggard."
"He Is honest. Honest!" cried Jen terrace, directly opposite the Chateau •I km « w tsro worn
Frontenac.
Hnow lends Itself admit» bj more inen than
"1'11 stake my existence u;x»n that"
(To be continued.)
ably to modeling, as several success. nny other nmke,
ful statues made In post winter car- B£OAU3€t
He Owe» | p.
(V. I., neugtae *on
Il la prole and
nival* in Canatla teetlfy.
S3 .V» ah<»«« nr*
"Own up. now. Who'a the head ot
Ih*
!«*«*-•(
■»rien,
able that one of the three Judgt-s will
your ftmtllyf"
qnaltty
.
be M Paul Chevre. of Paris, who I* In th» worlsl
"My wife used to be." admitted Mr
AA !«!>««tig I •• •<.no
the sculptor of tbe Champlain »tatu*
and
«NA
«h**»«
Enpsclt. "but eInce my daughtera are
on Dufferin
terrace.
M. Chevre 1* spinal. In «t vi». At and
grown we have a commlaalon form of
wear, s*th»r m4kr«
•pending several weeks In Quebec al
I ng SU <M> t.» SM.iW.
govern went."— Exchange
the chateau. The Chateau Fruntenag
Fa «t OWar f <»/rfa
«min Ht» W. U
offer* a purse of SM) In gold to the «• Th» I*»*l
Tarine Alphabet.
XI» th* hs*i, m, 1
4M »-«I- .to*k.»t ?r»f W Lt
The Tartars owe their alphabet ta sculptor of tho beet snow statue and
a*M f.w nü» 1 *
*»«■ wttt»--------- ---- , „**^.
firing fwn dtvw4l»na hew m
by mall »heJl
two other prlara. each of |2i In gold,
tho Christian missionaries known
are
offered
by
btsslnee*
iron
tho Nestorian*
I
Alcohol
not needed
The Devil-Stick
Hr ita A-ihc at
"The Mrwerr <X • It*.- sv-i C»h. " Pie.
*
CHAPTER XI
<Continued.)
Isabella at«pp<d out Into the night.
<nd Itt a inutnuti! or two »hr wu iwul
lowed tip in I hr d.trkn»**« with
her
companion.
In'fl ulunv.
th«»
Major
rioa«-<i ths window. bolted an<1 barrvd
tbs shutters, and then hialrnM back
Co th« death*chatnbsr. uh« rr hr rang
ths b»ll. In « few rninulss ths foot­
man.
half-dr«»»*«!
and half-aalssp.
mad» hla appearance. then came the
poll«-* mxin, hastily, from ths kitchen;
finally, as the le U still continued ring-
Ing. all the other errvanta, male and
fMftale. poured Inta the room.
A tin-
room
what
had oc-
k L* gliifp s showed tivm —
**-• *•«<
<w».
Jaggard,
the
ourred the Insensible
* 7. A llabel
empty bed. the open window
of you."
of irolcra ensued ’ "Silence,
’Hllence. all
_
i. authoritatively, "We must
arisd Jen,
Two of you take Jaggs rd
act, not talk
Tell the groom Io ride at
to his room.
Ins;>ector
once for l>r Kt weld and
" he added, turning Io the
police num. . who waa atolldly aterina at
—•*. Take
-
ths empty
bed. **rouae yourself.
footmarka
lanterns. I. and anarch for
□ been mora than one
There must have
person to earn* --IT a dead body."
■I
Th«-*»* directions were obeyed
tho
once.
The house, the grounds.
whole wild night with Its driving tern-
|M*et became radiant with light and
alive with terrified men. That a hu­
man bring should be murdered was
sufficiently ghastly without thia crown­
ing horror of a l.
missing ‘ bo-tp **""in*
corning
man looked on bls f«l-
after.
Every i.._ _
low with suspicion ; In the yellow light
<llmly through tho
of the lanterns.
•teady downpour of th« mln. could i*e
seen pallid fairs and »■ «rod oipreel-
th« men-folk scoured
a ton* And while
adjacent
the bouse, the p •ark, and the
the fe-
Ian«, environing i "Ash*nte«.''
___
male servants. unnerved and hystcrl-
cal. crowded together In Ihc kitchen,
whispering over hastily prepared (ca­
ll waa a wild night, and full of th«
vogue horrors *>f death and mystery.
Ktwald mine Immediately In com­
pany with Arkcl. whom thia Kat extra-
ordinary event look entirely by sur­
prise.
11«
questioned Hampton-- he
sear, hed the chamber of death, stepped
out of th« window and across the lawn
towards the belt of laurela which di­
vided the lawn from a winding and
tortuous Ian« Thia, a tenebrous path­
way even In the noonday. allpte-d «ci­
lia« through darkling trees to emerge
Into the high-roe«! a quart«r of a mil«
away. Arkel waa so long absent that
J«n could only aurmlae that he had
____ darkness.
_
; and
gone Into thia outward
on the Inspe,
tor's return It
II appeared
,-.r ~.~'i
In hla con- .
that the Major waa right
*
•_
Furthermore. Arkel brought
jectur«
back certain news
"Without doubt the body waa taken
out through the window." he an Id to
Jen. "The flower-bed bene«th the lat­
tice la trampled down
It waa carried
•cross th« lawn--for I could see t.y
th« light of the lantern the f<x>tmarka
of four feet-—and through the bush««
Into the lane
The way can be travel
•aaliy enough to that point. but It la
too dark to note any further algn."
"Nothing more can be done tonight."
•aid Jen, gloomily
The m«n have re­
turn« d dead tired, but they have Been
nothing an«l no one."
"We muat question your servant."
an Id Arkel.
"He waa stunned. 1 be­
1
I
cried, vehemently.
"It would b« too
terrible, and. aa It happens, quit« un­
believable. Il la incredn-le th.it such
« thing could occur nowadays"
"It la Incredible that such a thing
aa the theft of a body should occur.”
«aid Ktwald. dryly. "Yet It has taken
place.
Hut where Ir Mr.
Harby? 1
eli' .Id think that h. w ■■■ I be present
to aid you."
J«n was Juat about to repeat hie
f«lgn«d explanation regarding Itavida
abeenc«. when th«* door opened and the
joung man. w,*l and >ihi<uet*>d. entare-1
the room. To give him hla cue, th«
Major Spoke to him al ««nee
"You are Juat tn tlm«. David. aa I
was telling these gentlemen about your
hunt after these wrelclu-s Ind you see
anyone?"
T saw nothing." said IMvId. wearily.
"I am quite pursl«-d"
"And no wonder," said Kt weld,
counting off events on hla fingers 'The
devil-stick, the murder, the theft of
the t*ody. This is a catalogue of hor­
rors.
A man might do worse than
write a story on these thing«"
"I agrse with you*" remarked the
Major, sharply. ~A man might make a
jest of these horrors as you are do­
ing."
■| aasuro you I never felt less Ilk«
Jesting In my Ilf«." replied
Ktwald.
coldly.
"Ilut It la no ua« discussing
such a thing at S In the morning
II
you can do without me. Major, I shall
return home
I am tired"
"Ilut Jnicannl?" sake! Imvld, rising
•tlffiy from hla chair.
"He la all right f^r the tlm« being.
I have detailed a housemaid as nurse,
and she knows what to do. I ll come
I-., k In the morning ami e«e If be has
recovered hie sen»«»"
When Ktwald took hla de|>artura.
Major J«*n aent David to I hh I. In spite
of th« young man’s remonstrances. but
remained up himself to talk tu Arkel
For a long tlm« Jen discuss«-*! the mat­
ter with th«* inspector, but th« convey-
autlon proved extremely unsatisfactory
Ark«-t was not a keen-witted man and
In a case like th« present—difficult anil
Involved l>e was quit« at a loaa how­
to proceed.
Finally. Major Jen dis­
missed him In despair, and while Arkel
went to see hla men, who w«r* posted
round the house Jen remained alone
to think of what he should do
"I must !>e my own detective," h*
thought pacing the library.
"1 must
do th« work mys* If. with the assist­
ance of llavld
To find out who stole
th« devil-slick; that Is the first step
To discover who killed Maurice; that
la the second step To learn who car­
ried away his body; that la th« third
step.
Three very difficult things to
find out, and I don’t s«<- where to be­
gin I must leurn all I can at-out Mau­
rice's ¡«ast Ilf«, for h« may have ene­
mies of whom I know nothing
I shall
go am! sleep, and whvn I awaken I
shall set to work to solve thee« mys­
teries."
As he spoke, the Major unbarre«! the
shutters <>f the window Th« rain had
CeAaed. the down wna breaking, and
the terrible night waa at an en«l.
"It la an omen!'* said th« Major, "an
omen of good!*
CHAPTKR XII.
The sensation cau»«*d by the n«ws
■ hat the dead body of Maurice Aylmer
had been stolen woa even greater than
that occasioned by the discovery of
the murder. JCvsn th« Idg papers took
up the matter, and sent down report­
ers to mnk« InveatlgHtlons and build
up theories aa to the r<-ason of this
strange disappearance
Kverywhere
|H-ople were talking of the matter
Would-lav detectives haunted the roads
and lanes round
"Ashant«*«;"
they
woul«l have |ien«trat«-d Into the pnrk
Itself but for the vigilance of Major
Jen.
It must be «««needed that for an am­
ateur the Major act about hla unao us-
tom«*d task In a very methodical man­
ner. He offcrad a reward of five thou­
sand dollars for the detection of ths
murderer, and a further sum of th«
Ilka amount to any one who ahould
discover th« thief who had desecrated
the chamber of death. These munifi­
cent rewards set everybody on th«
alert, and Jen. without putting down
actual money, thus became possessed
of some hundreds of spies who would
bring him any Information likely to
aaalst him in hla Investigation. Also,
the Major examined all th« servants In
the house.
He questioned Humpaon.
the young policeman who hail been In
the kttrhen on the night when
th«
body had l>een stolen; and finally he
paid • visit to the police office, where
he saw Mr. Inepector Arkel.
"Well. Arkcl." eal<! Jen. after the
first greetings were over, "have you
any due?"
"No. Major." replied Arkel. rather
gruffly, for disappointment was l>«gln-
nlng to tell on his temper. "Nor are
we likely to find any until that ser­
vant of yours regains his senses How
is he now?"
"In a state of high fever, poor soul.”
said Jen. with a depreooed look
"Ha
lieve?"
"1 can’t aay. I haven't examined him
Rtunncd or druga«-d. I suppose"
'And where la Mr. Karby?" «eked th*
Inspector, aa they turned to have the
room.
"Mr. Karby went out aa Boon aa we
dfa<-over«<l the loss, and he has not yet
returned."
"Waa he with you when you made
th« discovery?"
"No. He had retired to bed.” rejoin­
ed Jen. "Ilut aa soon aa I saw what
tuid taken place I called him up. ami he
jumped through the window to see If
he could eapy any traces of the rob-
t>era
Thon the servants came, and I
aent for you."
Inspector Arkel left the room with
the Major to seek out laggard, and. If
possible, to learn from him what had
occurred
Hut thia they were unable
to do. The man had been atunned hy
a blow on tho head, and waa quite In-
aenalble.
"And yet he waa a strong man.”
anld Ktwald. when he conveyed thia
Intelligence.
"He muat
have
been
taken by aurprlae."
"Undoubtedly." asserted Jen, read­
ily. "But he muat also have been
•sleep, else he would have called out
aa tho men buret through the window.”
"How do you know there were more
than one?" aakrd Kt weld, in a jesting
tone.
I localise Maurice was an unusually
heavy man." replied the Major, "and he
could not have t-een carried off unleaa
by two men
Thera may have been
three for all I know. Ilut what Is the
meaning of II all?" cried Jen. In bewil­
dered dismay.
"Why was tho poor
lad's body stolen?"
"Resurrectionists'" suggested Arkol;
whereupon Major Jen shudder««!.
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