The Santiam news., May 13, 1910, Image 6

.^5 Wand of Sleep
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The Devil-Stick
Ar ih« Author of
"The Mrae'V cf • Honor«* Cab." f**.
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CHAPTER XI!.—(Continued I
When riding horn» after thio Inter-
»»ting conversation. th» Major Could
not but admit to lilmot-lf that Ark«l
bad brightened up wonderfully In hl«
Intallmto »Inc» Arst taking charge of
the case
Th» m.vn «»i not brilliant,
not »v«n cl»v«r; y»t In th» present In-
• tanc« ha dlaplayad more readlne»» of
reaourc» than Jen would hare giv«n
him credit for The theory of th» drug­
ging waa worthy of Invesilgatton. and
the Major determined to —• If any­
thing could be discovered likely to
support thia view of the matter.
He
»till held to h’s belief In Jaggard'a hon­
esty. for It wus Incredible that an old
»»rvani
of
thirty
years’
standing
should turn traitor all at once; but he
thought it probable that some one
might have taken him by surprise
and drugged him
!lut as th» window
waa dosed, the person
In question
must have l>»en concealed In the room
Here Jen’s train of thought became
«onfuad.
Jnggard wns far from the condition
of connected thought, or coherent
words
Ito turned and longed upon his
poor lied with bright eyes, burning
akin, and l>ald>llnc longue
Illa head
waa swathed In bandages, and
th»
housemaid who watched bell 4« him
had frequently to replace the clothes
h« tossed off In his violent movements
Thia nurse wns a sickly,
dark-eyed
creature. who was strongly attached
to Jaggard, and It was her love for
him that mado her proffer her service«
to look after him and that chained to
bla badald*-
Hhe reported to her mas­
ter that Dr. Etwald had l»een
that
rooming and was coming again In the
afternoon, but that there was nothing
to lw done until the delirium had
»
(tended Itself
"Ay. ’ 11... , ghf J- n. .<■ h< st" d I -.
ths bod. "or until the man dies
If he
dies without regaining bls senses, we
will never know the truth “
He I.. nt down to replac» the bed­
clothes which the slch man had thrown
off. and. as he did s t. a fnlnt perfume,
sickly and rich, struck his nostrils
It
»• ■ rnt-d to coms from the bandiges at
th» I tar g of the h- rd and on bendins
down for a ch »er ln»p- turn, Jen saw
that one of these was of finer linen
than the rest
The fabric waa cam­
bric. and with a start which made the
ldo<>d turn to Ice In his veins. Jen real-
ts«-d that It was a woman’s handker­
chief
"How came this her»?" h» asked the
housemaid, pointing to th» scrap of
linen
"Oh. that was on the first
night,
sir." sh» hastened to explain. "It was
put on his head when In th« room
where he fell, sir
Th» doctor, sir.
Bays as It ain’t snfe to tak» It away
yet."
A curtain Interposed between the
head of the patient and the light of the
window.
This Jen drew aside.
and
lightly removed the outside wrappings
of tho wound. The housemaid looked
on tn horror, for ah*’ did not dare to
prevent her master from meddling, yet
■he felt Sure that he was doing wrong
Hut Jen waa bent upon making the
discovery as to whom the handkerchief
belonged. and In a few minutes he had
th» outside blindages removed.
and
anw the handkerchief discolored with
•try blood lying over the wound. With
deft ringers he lightly touched th» four
corners
In one of them was th« Ini­
tials ’ M D."
"M. D !" said the Major to himself.
"Mnrgaret IMIIns. the mother of laa-
bvlln. How did her handkerchief come
Into the room on that night? And tho
perfume?"
It struck his sense of smell with a
belief that he had smelt
It
before
Nothing Is so strong 1» waken mem­
ory as odor, and in less than half a
minute the mind of the Major leaped
bock to where he had smelt It before
It waa the iverfume of the dried poison
of the devil-stick.
CHAPTER XIII
That th» handkerchief of Mrs. Dal­
las should l>e bound round the head of
Jaggard was Strang», but that II should
ba perfumed with the deadly
scent
which Impregnated the devll-stlck waa
airanger still
Had Mrs. Hellas found
the wand of sleep' Had Mrs. Dallas
p.-rfumed the handkerchief with Its
cruel poison? Had Mrs Dulins drug­
ged or stupefied Jaggard on that fatal
night by means of that saturated hand­
kerchief' These were the vital ques­
tions which presented themselves to
the pussled Major.
And here the personality of Dr. Et­
wald Intruded Itself into th» affair. It
was Etwald who had Imund up the
wound with the handkerchief In ques­
tion. and had forbidden Ils removal.
The question was. had he received It
from Mrs Dallas. or had he found It
on that night by the side of th» Insen-
•ibis man? If the first. Mrs Dallas
must have perfumed It designedly with
the poison, and Etwald. knowing that
It was so Impregnated, must have used
It advisedly as a bandage. If th» s»c-
ond. Mrs Dallas must have been In th»
room on th» night In question, and
have used th» handkerchief to render
Jaggard insensible. And In either case,
as th» Major very •■■neibly concluded.
Mrs Dallas must t-e In possession of
ths devll-stlck
Otherwise, how could
»he have obtained the deadly scent?
"And the plain conclusion of
th»
whole affair." soliloquised Jen. "Is that
Mrs Dallas must haw stolen th» d«v-
tl-sllck. must have murdered Maurice,
and must have druggod Jaggard for
ths purpose of completing h»r work
by st-allng my poor boy s body, llut
her reason?"
That she did not desire Maurice for
a son-in-law was an Insufficient mo­
tive tor th» commission of a tripl»
crime. Hhe had declined to sanction
the engagement; she had forbidden
Maurice th» house, she had ample
power to prevent the mail h which was
distasteful to her.
Why. then, with
this power, should she Jeopardise lib­
erty and life by thieving th» devll-
stlck. and killing the man? In his per­
plexity, Jen sought out
David and
asked his opinion. The young lawyer
gave a v<ry decided verdict In favor of
Mrs I Valias
I don’t believe that Mrs Deilas had
anything to do with the matter. ' he
said. In a decisive voles. "Hhe had no
motive to commit th«»» three crimes,
each one of w hich Is mor» terrible than
tho otht-r. Nor. Major. d<> I think that
she has nerve or brain enough to de­
sign or accomplish assassination
or
theft"
"Hut ! assure you. David, the hand-
kerchief Is hers "
"Granted; l>ut you forget that Isa­
bella was In the room on that night.
Hhe might have dropped the handker­
chief."
"Well." said Jen. after a pause ’That
:• n.>t tn»,.i
la
But th» perfume?"
“Oh.” said David, with a shrug, "we
know that the scent Is an Aahantee
preparation
Dido’s grandmother came
from Ashant««- so It Is Just probable
that Dido herself, knowing th« secret
might hav» prepare«! a dose of the poi­
son."
’ Even so Why should she have per­
fumed the handkerchief?"
"I can’t say. Major. You had b»tt»r
ask her."
”1 shall!" crl»d J»n. starting from
hla chair
"And also I’ll find out why
ah» need»«! to prepar» th» poison at
alt In my opinion, I »avid, that black
Jexebel la at th» bottom of th» whole
affair. Hhe stole the devll-stlck. she
prepared the poison, murdered Mau­
rice. and stol» hla body."
I »avid retired to hla room, and Jen
went off to Interview Isabella al The
Wigwam" 11» walked meditatively
down to the gates, and her», on the
high-road, his thoughts led him to a
sudden conclusion respecting the com­
ing conversation with
Miss
I »alias
Without much consideration he retrac­
ed hla steps rapidly, and sought out
David In his room. Then and there he
asked him a question which was of vi­
tal Importance.
"David.“ said he. abruptly, “owing to
the coming of Etwald and Arkel on the
night upon which the body was stolen.
I forgot to ask you what
reception
Miss Dallas met with on her return
horn». Who received her?"
"Mrs Dallas.
Hhe had missed her
daughter .ami had been seeking for her
In a stat» of terror—surely natural un­
der the circumstances
1 found her
t«aclng tho vernmta. wondering what
hail become of Isal-ella."
"Pacing the veranda." echoed Jen.
thoughtfully. "Wns she fully dressed?"
"Well, yes. so far as my memory
serves me I think she was."
"And Dido?"
"I saw nothing, or heard nothing, of
Dido.
When I found Mrs Dallas. I
simply performed my mission, snd de­
livered Isabella Into her hands. Th»
poor girl was quit» distraught with
the horror of the night, and was led
unresistingly to l«ed by her mother.“
"Mrs. Dallas dressed’
Dido miss­
ing!" said the Major "Thank you. Da­
vid. you hav» told me all I want to
know." ami. with a nod. Major Jen set
off for the second lime to ’Th» Wig­
wam."
Fortun» favored him. for on arriv­
ing within th» grounds nt Mrs Dallas
the Major met with Isabella herself.
In a light-colored dress, with sunshade
and straw hat; she was strolling down
th« walk which led to the gate. On
coming up with Jen. he was surprised
to see that her manner was calm and
«-ollected; In all respects different from
that displayed during ths frensy of th«
midnight visit.
He coul<! hardly be­
lieve that she waa th« same girl.
"I am gl<«<! to sc« you. Major,” sal«!
she. holding out h«r hand
"You have
saved m» the trouble of a Journey, as
I waa on my way to your house”
’To see me. Miss Dallas?"
"It la my Intention to aid you in
your search for th» assasaln of Mau-
rlc«. Oh. yea. you may look doubtful
as 1« my ability to help you. but I can
and will. I am not th« tuad stain
wno curat int • y ir library at a ia
the n --Ing
I
at-il .«In», ar 4
t»ent upon revenge. Maurice Is dead.
I loved him
And I Intend to det ole
myaelf to avenging hla death
Com»,
Major, alt upon thl« seat l->-»ld« me,
• nd relate all you ha>r h- >r<l all >ou
have dlacovrrrd
With my woman’s
wit I may be able to help y>>u in th»
way the moua-- aided the lion. l<-<ln!"
Jen was aitonlshed. both at her per­
emptory tone ami her quiet manner.
Whatever Influence had lw-en at work.
It wns certainly wonderful how she had
calmed down from th« nervous. h> iter-
leal girl. Into the reasonable and cool-
headed woman
laal>«lln
noted
th«
nmaxemv-nt of the Major and guesetng
Its cause, »h« explain- d th. reason of
the chan»,- In her l-’oks. manner, and
nervous ayit< m
"Dr Etwald cured me. Major." »h«
•aid. quh-tly. ”H« ha» preserved my
aanlty, and I owe him a debt of grati­
tude."
You certainly do," said Jen. dryly
"Will you repay it by marrying hlmT
"Na
I shall marry no on»; no
even Mr Harby. much
my mother
wishes m« to do ea
I llv« only t
av«ng« th« death of Maurice, to rvcov
er hla t-wly from th<>»e who have »to
l«n II Com«. Major, tell m« what you
know’"
Thus adjured, and feeling that he
could not do without her aaalstanc».
Jen related all that he had heard from
Arkel. »nd a loo his own pvreonal es-
p-rlence with regard lo th« Andlng of
th« handkar-hlef
Isabella heard him
to th« snd In sllenc«, her large and
shining ay»»
u>„„ h(,
\(-hell
h« paused, sb« pundervd. and Anally
spoka out.
It would seem that you suspect Di­
do or my mother of having »--methlng
ta do with the matter” »he remarked,
•aldljr.
"Na
I don't Uy that exactly, but
you muri admit that th« Andlng of th«
handkerchief bound round Jaggards
head la strange.*
"Not at all
Dr Etwald used It as
a bandage
l-b k«d It up In the bed-
ro«.m"
"Precisely," aaa.et.,1 jrn
Therefore, your mother '
’
•llnd nothing to <JO W|lh lt~ |n|er,
ker’h?
bU’ ,h'’ *"nll“r“y of th«
kerchief in th« room
|. ,her« any-
thing so very extraordinary In that?"
4 ;'”i.*n* »’I».
rm m.tter
I» very »tmplw | brought with me on.
Of niy mother’s handk. r< hlefs Instead
th
,n 'he
«f finding
'■"V gon. I dropped lt «nd Dr
Etwald found It. lo use a, . t^ndwg.
* luit .» quite filain. 1 think."
^Qult. plain," agreed the
Major,
Major.
MV ng the pr«». n. .. <rf th. p. rf un.
•Imllar to. that of the d. vl|.stick "
. '
nythlng ,i ..uf th.
devll-stlck
I never row It; but with
regard to th.- p. rfum. I van . »plain
I
L"? ro.',n
”"'hl' **
hnu»-
and Dido applied some of her negro
remedies, among them the perfume
With which that handkerchief of my
mother, was saturated. It w .i bound
• • roes my f. r. head to
.<>.,(he
th»
nerve«
During my Journey to your
house | snatched It off. snd—."
I can understand all that." intar-
rupt.-.l Jen. but the similarity of th»
perfum-a?
J must hav» that
point
Cleared up."
"I dar» My it can be," Mid Isabella.
quietly. *~
■Come up to the house. Ma-
Jor. and apeak to Dido. I feci sure she
can explain."
’ Very good." Mid Jen
..
planation is „„ly as clear .a Kour own-
I «hall hav» nothing to say. lly th»
»ay. Misa I «allas, how did you »»cup»
from your room on that night?"
Ho far as I can r»memb»r. I left by
m> bedroom window
I had only to
•t«-p out through It like a d.-.r, as H I»
a French window and open» on to th»
la w n.”
II m
said Jen. "But, »eelng that
you wer» so III, was no un» watching
beald» you?"
"Yea, my mother was Ho you »e«.
Major, she could not have dropped thé
handkrr. hb f in the t>edroom of pour
dear .M m urice."
"No: 1 understand.
You have ei-
plained clearly. All points hav» been
elucidated MV» that dealing with th»
perfume."
You will now ba Mtlievin on that
point." said Mlaa tMiina. rather dryly,
fur here la Dido. Hh» prepared th»
drug and psrfumed th» handkerchief,
and for all I know," added th« Ctrl
Ironically, "»he may have taken th«
bint from your wand of sleep."
(To tie continued.)
"How pleaaauf It must ba to sit be
fore • biasing tire while th« wind vain­
ly rages outside."
“Yas," snswere«! Farmer Corntosasl,
"I 'ipose It would ba right pleaMnt."
"Why. jrou ought to know. You
llv» In the country,"
Yes. but I ain't the teller that sits
by the Bre I’m th« feller that fetch»«
in the wood ”—Washington Star.
A Feminine Vd-aMI«»«.
Two mature young women wer«
overheard the other day conversing la
a Cedar car.
"Yes," said the one with t • augar
•coop bat. "I'm almost determined to
glv» up school teaching and become a
trained nurse They se«.-n to get mar­
ried quicker"—Cleveland Plain Deal
af.
Mr«r«x««
tn
Date.
"We have decided Io shoot you," said
the Nicaragua official to an American
"But my nationality——”
"Oh. that's easily arranged If we
And we have made a mistake we will
apologise to your government later,
when your government makes ua."
FASHION HINTS
ri.»
«»• “ree
Ut»
iirtiy br g«btl» a-etkod» 'll»»» da
v t wvur. grl,« or •••«•»
Tb»y ar« •
I. «.le t® the »ivtuark. ilv»r aa«l serve«|
I cl<-r»te ln«te«4 of w»»S»n. They «a-
r. b lb« lb—4 »*4 »0*14« lb« Bivio« b Io
get all lb« a»«rl»ba»- « I fr>>tn food that I»
I ut Into It
Tbew pilla contain so e»le-
n.»l; they xr« eorthtig
ond Brio*
Billing For «ole by »11 drugglot» lo W»
• nJ J*c «IW«
If »on n«»d me-ll-'il id-
vW writ« Many»«» D»«-t»ri
They will
ld«fw tn tb» !»•< of th-lr iblllty «boo-
|. r» y frw» of Cbargo
MI NTON «. «M
aa4 J»*»»«oa Bl«.. FUhtgolpkla. 1*W
Sorul 10» tor trvoJ ««■«*«•
Kicker- If you are fo!n< to
another one cf thoee banquet« I don’t
suppose you Will know the number of
th« house when you get back
Mr Kicker Oh. yes. I will. I un­
screwed it from ths door and am tak­
ing it with me Kansas City Journal.
Heady
Thu amethytl linen suit wat charming
with its »imply shirred waiat, snd ths
embroidery of amethyst and whits
Th« >hirr«d »lee««» were of very »beer
batista.
I he jaunty black an«! whits hat hsd
an owl’» head st the only trimming.
SINGULAR JEWELRY.
Th» «nthstte and dsccratlvs uses to
which barbarians will turn objacta
which to civilised rara» are things of
th» bumbleat utility ar» amuilngly Il­
lustrated by thia "faahlon not»" from
Moot Africa, taken from an Italian
n»*»pap«rt
For nom» tim» th» officials of tb»
German colony In Bouth»«wt Africa t»«>-
tlcad that th» talegraph wir«» and
other aecaaaoriaa of th» electrical plant
dlaappeararf aa by magic Immediately
after they had be»n put up. Th» most
diligent Inquiría» remained frultlaaa
From other parta of tha German poa-
■eealona cam» reports of »trarg»
predilection« foe article« of German
commerça, aa, for exampla, rubber
heala. garters, buckle» snd so forth,
things which ths nstlvea of tho«e coun­
tries do not generally usa
Th« governor of the colony rav» an
entertainment on» year In honor of
th» emperor*» birthday, snd Invited
th» chiefs of the different tribes to It
What was his «urprtie when hs saw
these native gentlemen appear with
hla stolen talegraph wires twtate<l
round their tnustrlons necks. Th»
higher the dignity th» mor» rings of
tha wir» were round th» nefk.
Inquirí»» were soon started tn th»
outlying village», and It cam» to light
that th» whit» china Insulators of th»
telegraph polas had boccini» ear rings
A young lady of th» hlgheat dittino-
tlon tn nativ» society wore a rubber
h»el hanging from her noon, and a
young man s ho waa a well known
dandy wor» dangling from his win •
pair of beautiful pink silk garlera
A Sabetitasa tor Aleebet,
Ths tendency of people to contract
•oms sort or another habit is shown
by tbs common uia In various coun­
tries of tobacco, tea. coffee, opium and
tha Ilka In Abyssinia and parts of
Arabian Turkey the place of alcohol la
taken by ths kat plant, which ths na
lives almost unlvenudly chew. In parts
at Abywlnla certain tribes chew the
leave» of th» kat plant commonly when
they ar» compelled to »sert special or
long-continued effort, tha Immediate
•ffact of which Is to produce an agraa
able sleapleasneaa and stimulation Tha
fraahly-cut leave« have a rather plan»
ant taste, sad produce a kind of lntosl
cation of long duration, with nona of
th« disagreeable feature» of ordinary
Inebriety Messengers and soldiers are
enabled, by chawing the laavaa, to go
without food for a number of days.
In parts of Arsbtsn Turkey th»ra ar»
cafes for the consumption of the kat
plant which correspond to tha cages la
Europa and America where coffai and
alcohol era u»»d
with
Her
answer.
"Queer habit Miss Passay baa when
you’re talking to her."
"Why? Doesn’t she listen?"
"Oh. yes. very attentively, but she
keeps nodding her head and Interpret­
ing 'yes.' ‘yes.’ all the time.”
”1 think she has fallen Into that
habit waiting for some man to pro­
pose“—Catholic Standard and Times.
Not
Adjunell
of
llnpplneea.
An exchange wondxra how people
got along wltl - lt the t«-l« .iph. tela
phon», etc., etc. Well they dl<l get
along, and so far aa anybody knows
they were Juat aa happy as ar» ths
people who ar» surrounded with all
th««»
-'• "•’»tlon "
Caller—Mrs Lanier, have you had
any photographs taken lately?
Society Dam«—Im not »ur», but I
think io A reporter or two called hers
last week—and I miss a cabinet pnoto
that
on th« mantel.—Chicago Trib­
un«.
___________________
SrkMl
Old
rrejedle».
"Doctor, I met a me-llcal practitioner
>f a naw kind th« other day, and I can't
vlaaalfy him
><• diagnose« all dlieaa«»
•y looking at the Anger nails of his pa.
lianta
What would you call him?“
*T should call him a humbug"
When a widow tn Oklahoma needs
th» wuges her son of school age might
the
sam th« stale pays th» mother
•mount and the boy
continues
tn
School
Th« women of Oklahoma ara
now trying to hav« th« sam«
lav
paa«»<1 for daughters
If You Are Sickly
.Just let Hostetter’s Stom­
ach Bitten» build up and
renew the entire system,
make the stomach strong
and healthy and keep the
bowels free from constipa­
tion. It has done so in
hundreds of cases in the
past 56 years and most
certainly will not fail you.
Fry it today for IndigeMion,
Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Bil­
iousness, Headache and Ma­
larial Fever. Ask for
H
*
OSTETTER’O
ciLteasTio
STOMACH
bitter W
No
l*n»»ibl»
DwsM.
"You can’t make m« believe." said
Mrs I ji paling, "that th« man the po­
lice caught prowling around our he-i»w\
wasn’t a burglar. H« denied It. but
they found a «1 calamus revolver on
him."—Ollesrn Tribune.