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"The M7ltory of a Hanom ; Cab " Etc.
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CHAPTER XI.-Continued. )
Isabella stepped out into the night ,
and in a moment or two she was swal-
lowed up in the darkness with her
companion. Left alone , the Major
closed the window , bolted and barred
the shutters , and then hastened back
to the death-chamber , where he rang
the bell. In a few minutes the foot-
man , half-dressed and half-asleep ; ,
made his appearance ; then came the :
policeman , hastily , from the kitchen ;
continued ring-
finally , as the bell still
ing , all the other servants , male and
female , poured into the room. A sin-
gle glance showed them what had oc-
curred-the insensible Jaggard , the
empty bed , the open window. A Babel <
of voices ensued. "Silence , all of you , "
cried Jen , authoritatively. "We must
act , not talk. Two of you take Jaggard
to his room. Tell the groom to ride at
once ! for Dr. Etwald and Inspector
Sampson ! " he added , turning to the
policeman , who was stolidly staring at
the empty bed , "rouse yourself. Take
lanterns , and search for footmarks. !
There must have been more than one
person to carry off a dead body. "
These directions were obeyed at
once. The house , the grounds , the
whole wild night with its driving tem-
pest became radiant with light and
alive with terrified men. That a hu-
man being should be murdered wa !
sufficiently ghastly without this crown-
ing horror of a missing body coming
fel
after. Every man looked on his -
low with suspicion ; in the yellow light
the
of the lanterns , dimly through
steady downpour of the rain , could he
seen pallid faces and scared expres-
sions. And while the men-folk scoured
the house , the park , and the adjacent
lanes environing "Ashantee , " the fe-
male servants , unnerved and hysteri-
cal , crowded together in the kitchen ,
whispering over hastily prepared tea.
It was a wild night , and full of the <
vague horrors of death and mystery.
Etwald cahie immediately in com-
this last extra-
pany with Arkel : , whom
ordinary event took entirely by sur-
prise. He questioned Sampson-he <
searched the chamber of death , stepped
out of the window and across the lawn
towards the belt of laurels which di-
vided the lawn from a winding and
tenebrous path-
tortuous lane. This , a
slipped eel-
way even in the noonday ,
like through darkling trees to emerge
into the high-road a quarter of a milf
away. Arkel was so long absent thai
Jen could only surmise that he had
' darkness and
gone into this outward ;
on the Inspector's return it appeared
in his con-
that the Major : was right
jecture. Furthermore , Arkel : brought
back certain news.
I "Without doubt the body was taken :
out through the window , " he said to
Jen. "The flower-bed beneath the lat .
tice is trampled down. It was carried .
across the lawn-for I could see by
the light of the lantern the footmarks : :
of four feet-and through the bushes
into the lane. The way can be traced
easily enough to that point ; but it is
too ; dark : to note any further sign. "
"Nothing more can be done tonight , "
said Jen , gloomily. "The men have re-
turned dead tirer but . . they . - have seen
nothing and no c ie. "
"We must question your servant , "
said Arkel. } "He was stunned , I be-
icve ? "
"I can't say. I haven't examined him.
Stunned or drugged , I suppose. "
'And where is Mr. Sarby ? " asked the
Inspector , as , they turned to leave the .
room.
"Mr. Sarby went out as s'oon as we
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discovered the loss , and he has not yet '
returned. "
"Was he with you when you made
the discovery ? "
"No. He had retired to bed , " rejoin-
ed Jen. "But as soon as I saw what
had taken place I called him up , and he
jumped through the window to see if
he could espy any traces of the rob-
bers. Then the servants came , and I
sent for you' : "
Inspector Arkel left the room with
the Major to seek out Jaggard , and , if
possible , to learn from him what had
occurred. But this they were unable
to do. The man had been stunned by
a blow on the head , and , was quite in-
sensible.
"And yet he was a strong man , "
said Etwald , when he conveyed this
intelligence. "He must have been
aken by surprise. "
"Undoubtedly , " asserted Jen , read-
ily. "But he must also have been
' sleep , else he would- have called out
as the men burst through the window. "
"How do you know there were more
than one ? " asked Etwald , in a jesting
tone.
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"Because Maurice was an unusually
heavy man , " replied the Major , "and he
could not have been carried off unless
by two men. There may have been
three for all I know. But what is the
meaning of it all ? " cried Jen , in bewil-
dered dismay. "Why was the poor
lad's body stolen ? "
"Resurrectionists ! " suggested Arkel ;
whereupon Major Jen shuddered.
"Don't even hint at such a thing , " he
cried , vehemently. "It would be- too
terrible ; and , as it happens , quite un-
believable. It.s > incredible that such
a thing could occur nowadays. "
"It is incredible that such a thing
as the theft of a body should occur , "
! aid Etwald , dryly. "Yet it has taken
place. But where is Mr. : : : Sarby ? I
should think that he would be present
to aid you. " ,
Jen was just about to repeat his
feigned explanation regarding David's
absence , when the door opened and the
; oung man , wet , and exhausted , entered
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the room. To give him his cue , the
Major spoke to him at once.
"You are just in time , David , as I
was telling these gentlemen about your
hunt after these wretches. Did you see
anyone ? "
"I saw nothing , " said David , wearily. :
"I am quite puzzled. "
"And no wonder , " said Etwald ,
counting off events on his fingers. "The
devil-stick , the murder , the theft ' of
the body. This is a catalogue of hor
rors. A man might do worse than
write a story on these things. "
"I agree with you ! " remarked the
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Major , sharply. "A man might make a
jest of these horrors-as you are do-
ing. "
"I assure you I never felt less like
jesting in my life , " replied Etwald ,
coldly. "But it is no use discussing
such a thing at 5 in the morning. If
you can do without me , Major , I shall
return home. I am tired. "
"But Jaggard ? " asked David , rising
stiffly from his chair.
"He is all right for the time being.
I have detailed a housemaid as nurse ,
and she knows what to do. I'll come
back in the morning and see if he has
recovered his senses. "
When Etwald took his departure ,
Major : Jen sent David to bed , in spite
of the young man's remonstrances , but
remained up himself to talk to Arkel.
For a long time Jen discussed the mat-
ter with the Inspector , but the conver-
sation proved extremely unsatisfactory
Arkel was not a keen-witted man , and
in a case like the present-difficult and
im'oh'ed-he was quite at a loss how
to proceed. Finally , Major Jen dis
missed him in despair , and while Arkel
went to see his men , who were posted
round the house , Jen - remained alone
to think of what he should do.
"I must be my own detective , " he
thought , pacing the library. "I must
do the work myself , with the assist-
ance of David. To find out who stole
the devil-stick ; that is the first step.
To discover who killed Maurice ; that
is the second step. To learn who car-
ried away his body ; that is the third
step. Three very difficult things to
find out , and I don't see where to be-
gin. I must learn all I can about Mau
rice's past life , for he may have ene-
mies of whom I know nothing. I shall
go and sleep , and when I awaken I
shall set to work to solve these mys-
teries. "
As he spoke , the Major unbarred the
shutters of the window. The rain had
ceased , the dawn was breaking , and
the terrib7.2 night was at an end.
"It is an omen ! " said the Major , "an
omen of good ! "
CHAPTER XII.
The sensation caused by the news
that the dead body of Maurice Aylmer
had been stolen was even greater than
that occasioned by the discovery of
the murder. Even the big papers took
up the matter , and sent down report-
ers to make investigations and build
ap theories as to the reason of this
strange disappearance. Everywhere
people were talking of the matter.
Would-be detectives haunted the roads
and lanes round VAshantee ; " they
would have penetrated into the park
. tself but for the vigilance of Major :
Jen. .
Fen.It
It must be conceded that for an am-
ateur the Major set about his unaccus-
tomed task in a very methodical man-
ner. He offered a reward of five thou-
sand dollars for the detection of the
murderer , and a further sum of the
like amount to any one who should
discover the thief who had desecrated
he chamber of death. These munifi-
cent : rewards set everybody orthe
alert-and Jen , without putting down
actual money , thus became possessed
of > some hundreds of spies who would
bring him any information likely to
assist him in his investigation. Also ,
the Major examined all the servants in
the house. He questioned Sampson ,
the young policeman who had been m
the kitchen on the night when the
body had been stolen ; and finally he
paid a visit to the police office , where
he saw Mr. : Inspector Arkel.
"Well , Arkel , " said Jen , after the
first greetings were over , "have you
any clue ? "
"No , Major , " replied Arkel , rather
gruffly : , for disappointment was begin-
ning , 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 depressed lool"He :
does : nothing but rave. Yet in all his
wild talk he never lets slip a single
word likely to help us. "
"That's a pity , Major. By : the way , I
questioned Dr. Etwald about the mat-
ter , and he is of the opinion that the
man was stunned by a blow on the
head. "
"I know that. I can only suppose
that Jaggard fell asleep at his post and
; 'oke up in time to see the men getting
in by the window. A struggle would
then ensue , and he would 'be struck on
the head , as Etwald supposes. "
"I don't agree with that theory.
There are flaws in it. "
"Yes ? " queried Jen , eagerly. "I am
open to correction. Please go on. "
"Jaggard was drugged , sir. "
"But the wound at the back of the
head which stunned him ? "
"There you have it , " cried Arkel.
"The wound at the back of the head
was caused by his falling like a log
when he was drugged. "
"H'm ! This is all building on sand , "
said Jen , doubtfully. "Even to drug
him , these men must have entered by
the window. " .
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"No , do you not remember , when we
examined the window , that It was ;
opened from the inside ? "
"Egad , you are right. Then you
think that some ; : one must have been
concealed in the room , and strung out
from hiding to drug Jaggard. "
"No , " said Arkel ; : again , "no one waM
concealed in the room. "
"Confound it , man , you don't mean
to say that Jaggard opened the win-
dow , " cried Jen , starting from his seat
with some show of temper.
"Ay , but I do , Major. Jaggard help- ]
ed to steal the body of Mr. Aylmer.
He opened the window to admit his ac-
complices. When they fulfilled their
task and ' got the body out .of the room
they turned on Jaggard and , .betraye
him. That is , they drugged him and
knocked him down. "
"I don't agree with you at all , Arkel.
Jaggard is perfectly honest , and was
as devoted to Maurice as he is to me.
Besides , even granting the possibility
of such a thing , which I do not in the
least , why should Jaggard's accom-
plices betray him ? "
"I can't say , " returned Arkel , shrug-
ging his shoulders. "They may have
been bribed to steal the body , and on
accomplishing their task did not want
to share the bribe with Jaggard ! "
"Rubbish ! " said Jen , tartly. "They
must have known that he would betray
them when he recovered his senses ! "
"No doubt. But in the meantime
they would make themselves scarce.
Jaggard has been insensible or raving
for over a week , Major. The scoun-
drels counted on that ! "
"I say again that I believe in Jag-
gard's honesty , and do not agree with I
you , " said Jen , putting on his hat , "and
after all , I do not see how you deduce
this drugging theory ? "
"Oh , as to that , I was once a bit of
a chemist , " explained Arkel ; "and
when you took me to see Jaggard I
smelt a curious perfume which seemed
to be hanging about him. As a servant
is not likely to use perfumes , I thought
it curious. "
"Did Etwald notice it ? " asked Jen ,
thoughtfully.
"Yes ; but he professes his inability ;
to explain it. He thinks the man was
stunned , and not drugged. I think that
he was first drugged and then stun-
ned. "
"H'm ; it's queer ! I'll have to thin ! :
it over. But when the body was taken
out of the window , Arkel ; : ? "
"The thieves carried it across the
lawn ! "
"Then down through the bushes to <
that winding lane , I suppose ? " said
Jen. "I know all that ; but after-
wards ! "
"They put it into a cart and took it
iway. " .
"How do you know that ? " asked the
Major , all on the alert.
"Why , " said Arkel , fingering his fat
chin , "it was raining , as you may re-
member , on that night. We found the
mark of wheels in the lane , which
would not have been left had not a
considerable : amount of rain fallen. "
"Did you follow the trail ? " asked the
Major.
"To the high-road only , and there
the wheel marks ; : became mixed up
with those of other vehicles. I never
met the like of it before , and I am
fairly puzzled. Why should these
wretches steal the mortal remains of a
murdered man ? "
"True , " said Jen ; "and why should
these wretches have murdered that
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man ?
"As to that , we are by no means
certain that they are the same. "
"I don't follow you. " ' .
"No ? And yet it is easy enough. If
those who slew Mr. Aylmer wanted
his bodyl , they could have stolen it on
the high-road , where they struck him
down. It was mere foolishness to ven-
ture liberty and life in a raid upon the
house. "
"It may have been an after-thought. " I
"People don't have afterthoughts in
grim matters of this kind , " said Arkel : ,
rising. "Well , Major , good-by ; good-
by. Should I learn anything else , I
shall let you know ; but depend upon
it ; the truth of the matter is to come
from Jaggard. "
"He is honest. Honest ! " cried Jen.
"I'll stake my existence upon that. "
( To be continued. )
An Appropriate Move. : :
"Well , well ! " surprisedly ejaculated
the patent churn man , who had not
visited the hamlet before in several
months. "When did you change the
name of this hotel to the 'Taft
House [ ? ' "
"Right after we built on that big
bay window , " replied the landlord of
the hostelry at Whittlesville. - Puck.
The Letter of Promise.
Bad Boy ( getting in a hard blow-
There , take that !
Good Boy ( folding his arms with a
meek expression-No , Tommy , I will
not hit you back , because I promised
never to strike a playmate ; but ( kick-
ing him - in the shins ) how do you like
that-Red Hen.
Still Longer.
Young l\Ian-l\Iy cousin has very
long hair. When she undoes it it
falls 'down to her waist.
His Fiancee-Indeed !
Her Kid Brother-That's nothin' .
Hien you undo your hair it falls to
the floor-don't it , Mary.
He Orrns Up.
"Own up , now. Who's the head of
your family ? "
"My wife used to be , " admitted Mr.
Enpeck , "but since my daughters are
grown we have a commission form of
governmen ( . " - Exchange.
Perfectly Xntiirnl.
Indignant Diner-Look her , ? , wait-
er ; I just found a button in this dish
of roast turkey. '
Calm Waiter-Yes , sir ; it Is part of
the dressing.
Tin SYForcls.
The children of different countries
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are wanted all over the world.
Tartar Alphabet.
The Tartars owe their alphabet to
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[ FACTS IN TABLOID FORM. I
Ireland's highest apple product does
not exceed fifty thousand barrels Ver
annum.
Canada was formally ceded to En-
gland by the treaty of Paris , signed
on Feb. 10 , 1763.
A baby walrus of six months will
eat about fifty pounds of codfish in
the course of a day.
Our coal shipments to Canada jump-
ed one million dollars last year over
the preceding records.
A bushel of barley yields fifteen gal-
lons of beer in Great Britain , and
twenty-five in Germany.
In the Belgian parliament there is
an age minimum of twenty-five for
deputies and forty for senators.
Iowa h.ts 1,629 banks , or one for ev-
ery 1,380 inhabitants. Kansas is next
with one bank for every 1,500 people.
In one hot day last summer no few-
er than nine thousand persons made
use of one of New York's public baths.
In New York during the close times
in 1907 , 72 'per cent of the collateral
used as the basis of clearing house
certificates was commercial paper.
A London company has spent $500 ;
000 in advertising in the last twenty-
five years. This great campaign was
launched by the expenditure of $50.
Difficulty is being experienced by
Japanese banks in finding employment
for their deposits. The First Bank is
said to have 8,600,000 yen ; ( 4.300000 )
lying ide and the Mitsui : : Bank 7,200- (
000 yen ( $3,600,000) ) .
The first trust in the United States <
to pass the $100,000,000 mark in capi-
talization was the United States <
Leather Company , organized in 1893.
Its capital stock combined with an is-
sue of bonds amounted to $ 138,000,00 .
According to the Pekin Daily News ,
the Chinese ministry of the interior
intends to make investigations con-
cerning the prohibition of early mar-
riages , which it considers to be at-
tended with evil results. The age may
be fixed at 20.
In point of commercial value , the
silver product of the United States
last year was the smallest since 1871. :
Mint bureau figures give the gold
value of the 53,849,000 ounces fine pro- <
duced in 1909 as $28,010,100 , making
the price 52.016 cents an ounce.
A new method of preserving flour
has recently been adopted with suc-
cess in England. It is done by means
of compression. With hydraulic appa-
ratus the flour is squeezed into the
forms of bricks , and the pressure de-
stroys all forms of larval life , thus
preserving the flour from the ravages ;
of insects , while It is equally secure
from mold. Three hundred pounds of
compressed flour occupy the same
space as one hundred pounds in the <
ordinary state.
A modern highway 275 miles long
through ; the "short grass country
western Kansas , would not only prove
an illuminating object lesson for the
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entire State , * but for all the country
ps well. The people of Western Kan-
sas : have started a movement to afford
the world just that object lesson in
road building. From Newton to the
Colorado line it is proposed to con-
struct a continuous boulevard along
the Arkansas river and call it "The
New Santa Fe Trail. " - Kansas City
Times.
Fiongastel-Daolas Is a little Breton
community in which marriages are
celebrated but twice a year on "the
day of the kings" and "the day of the
great ; indulgences. " On Jan. 11 , twen-
ty-eight couples wearing the costumes
of their ancestors were married at a
single ceremony by a venerable priest.
On ) going from the ceremony the hus-
bands were given much drink. The
brides , turning up their skirts . to cs
cape the mud , ran to give a last look
at , the pullets destined for the wed-
ding feast.-Le Cri , de Paris.
The latest step in conservation is
the introduction of a bill by Delegate
Vickersham , of Alaska , providing for
a national coal reserve. Tne princi-
ple , is that of the national , forests. He
suggests that Congress set aside in
erpetuity a national coal reserve of
fifteen thousand acres of the best coal
bearing lands in Alaska , a board of
three experts being appointed for that
purpose. This national coal reserve
may be augmented by the recovery of
private coal lands , obtained improper-
ly or fraudulently from the United
: States.
I Writing in Science on Dr. Nishika-
.wa , whose recent death is announced ,
Professor Bashford refers to this Jap-
anese savant's remarkable discovery
of a process of making perfectly
pherical pearls. The usual pearl , ow-
ing to the method of growth , is only
emispherical. Dr. Nishikawa was a
member of the imperial fisheries bu-
reau in Tokio , and during the last ten
) ears of his life made a special study
of E pearl production. As a result pearl
ysters , which had secreted spherical
li > 2arls were recently exhibited at the
niversity of Tokio.
One of the great banks of the old
world is the State Bank of Russia ,
but this institution differs very great-
ly from the banks of England , Ire-
land , Germany and France and many
other of the great banks of the world
from the fact that it is owned entirely
by the Russian government. This
bank receives and distributes the en-
tire revenue of the Russian empire.
It was founded in 1860. The capital
is fixed at 50,000,000 rubles. ( Ruble
equals 51.5 cents ) . The bank's head
is at St. Petersburg , though it has
about > one hundred branches. The
limit of its currency issue is 300,060-
000 rubles in excess of the gold oo
hand.
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Simple Prescription Said to "Worli ' ;
Wonders for Ilhenraatlxm. !
This has been well known to the '
best doctors for years and is norvr : ;
given to the public. "Get one ounce
of syrup of Sarsaparilla compound
and one ounce Torls compound. Thea-
get half a pint of good whiskey and ,
put the other two ingredients into it
Take a tablespoonful of this mixture
before each meal and at bed time
Shake the bottle before using. " Goodt
effects are felt the first day. Man ? ,
of the worst cases here have beer
cured by this. Any druggist has .
these ingredients on hand , or willi
quickly get them from his wholesale
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house.
Xot On Its Good Beha er.
"When you're short of breath , Sohn
ny , " explained Mrs. Lapslln , "andJ
have a pain in your chest , it's because
your diagram is not performing : Its ! ; .
functions properly.
For the Skin and Scalp.
Because of its delicate emollient ,
sanative , antiseptic properties derived --i--
from Cuticura Ointment , united witl
the purest of cleansing Ingredient
and most refreshing of flower odors
Cuticura Soap is unrivaled for preserv
ing , purifying and beautifying the
skin , scalp , hair and hands , and , as-
sisted by Cuticura Ointment , for cite
pelling itching , irritation and ia
flammation and preventing cloggingr
of the pores , the cause of many dlsfig
uring facial eruptions. All who 'de
light in a clear skin , soft , white hands
a clean , wholesome scalp and liver
glossy hair , will find that Cuticu ,
Soap and Cuticura Ointment realize
every expectation. 'Cuticura Reme-
dies are sold throughout the world.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. , sole pro.
prietors , Boston , Mass. Send to thenr
for the latest Cuticura Book , an au
thority on the best care of the skin
scalp , hair and hands. It Is mailed
free on request. f
Japanese chopsticks are delivered t < | >
the guests in a decorated envelope. Th6-
two sticks , already shaped from onft-
tongue-like piece ; of wood , are brokefi
apart by the gU - 9tS. .
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure-
constipation. Constipation is the
cause of many diseases. Cure thf ?
cause and you cure the disease. EaSY ;
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to take.
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A smoke-blue" broadcloth suit , hsc
a natty little coat that is a clever modifi
cation of the Russian tendency.
The skirt and waist are in one piece.
Soutache braid and self-covered buttons
torm the trimming , while the yoke is of
* smoke-blue' dotted net.
The wholesale price of a male canary-
Is about 70 cents In Germany , while $ .
female costs only 17 cents.
A LITTLE THING .
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Coffee blots out the sunshine fronr
many a home by ' making the mother ;
or some other member of the house
hold , dyspeptic , nervous and irritable
There are thousands of cases wher
the proof is absolutely undenaablai-
Here is one.
A Wis. mother writes :
"I was taught to drink coffee at ar.
early age , and also at an early age be
came a victim to headaches , and as- If
grew to womanhood these headache
became a part of me , as I was scarce
ly ever free from them.
"About five years ago a friend urgedi '
me to try Postum. I made the trie ; -
and the result was so satisfactory tha
we have used it ever since.
"My husband and little daughter- :
were subject to bilious- attacks , but
they have both been entirely free fronr
them since we began using Postunc
instead of coffee. I no longer hare
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headaches and my health is perfect. *
If some of these nervous , tired , irril
table women would only leave off cof ?
fee absolutely and try Postum the ? : !
would find a wonderful ! : change in their .
life. It would then be filled with sui
shine and happiness rather than wearf \
ness and discontent. And think wha
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an effect it would have on the family ; t'
for the mood of the mother is largely. -
responsible for the temper of the chiF
dren.
Read "The Road to Wellville , " iir :
pkgs. "There's ! ' a Reason. "
Ever read the' above letter ? A'
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , true , and full o3'
human interest.
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