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The Devil-Stick
By tho Author of
Tho Mystery of a Hansom C:1b : , " Etc.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
This long conversation har somewhat
exhausted Jaggard , who was yet weak ,
so , telling him to cease from talking ,
Jen recalled the housemaid , and left
the room to think over all he had
learned. , The story of Jaggard con-
vinced him more than ever that Dr.
Etwald was the cause of all the terrible
events which had occurred during the
last few weeks. Without , doubt it was
he 'who had treacherously hidden Dido
in the chamber of death. After drug-
ging Jaggard , the negress ' no doMbl
had opened the window to admit Et
wald , and between them this precious
pair had carried off the dead body.
"Yes , " said Jen to himself that night ,
as he retired to bed. "To-day I have
learned sufficient to implicate Etwald ;
to-morrow I shall be able to convict
him. Dido must confess or go to pris-
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on.
Angered by the selfish way in which
David had acted , Jen did not commun-
icate his discoveries to the young man.
During the night he took counsel with
himself , and the next morning he acted
upon the plans which he had formed.
These were to see Dido and force the
truth from her ; to send Battea : to
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Deanminster to fetch both Art- " " , and
Dr. Ebwald to "Asrntee ; " and finally ,
to communicate his discoveries to the
Inspector and get him to arrest Et
wald. _ .
After breakfast the Major : wrote two
notes-one for Arkel , asking him to be
" " the writer
at "Ashantee" by noon , as
had important matters to discuss ; the
other for Etwald , requesting him to
call and see Jaggard , who , added Jen
significantly in the letter , had recover-
ed his senses. Having thus prepared
his trap for the doctor to walk into ,
Jen delivered the letters to Battersea ,
with instructions to set off at once for
Deanminster. When the Major : had ,
seen him safely out of the gates , he
took his way towards "The Wigwam"
for the all-important interview with
Dido.
On arriving ; at "The Wigwam , " Jen
presented his card , and was shown in-
to the drawing-room , there to wait ; he
arrival of Mrs. Dallas. On hearing
that the Major had called to see her ,
she sent Dido to inform him that she
would shortly accord him an inter-
view. The negress , as gloomy and sul
len as ever , delivered this messase ;
with folded arms and bent head. Then ,
without even a look at him , she turned
to leave/ the room , when Jen placed
himself between her and the door.
"Not yet , Dido , " he said , in a cold
voice. "It is true that I called to see
your mistress ; but I wish to speak to
you also. "
"What you wish , sah ? "
"To ask you a few questions about
the devil-stick. "
"Massa , I say all I know of de deb-
ble-stick ! "
"Indeed , you did not , Dido. You did
not inform me that by Dr. Etwald's
directions you filled the devil-stick
with poison ; or that you steeped the
handkerchief found in the room of Mr.
Aylmer in the same poison for the pur-
pose of drugging my servant ; or again ,
that you concealed yourself under the
bed , and afterwards drugged him. "
A kind of terror showed itself in the
dilated eyes of the negress. She could
not understand how Jen had become
possessed of a knowledge of her crimes ,
and at first was struck with stupor by
the recital. Speedily , however , she re-
covered herself , and with a dark smile
of contempt and pity she was about to
deny all , when Jen brought out his
last accusation. V
"Nor , " said he fixing his eyes on the
woman , "did you confess that you
opened the window of Mr. Aylmer's
room , and aided Dr. Etwald to carry
away the dead body ? "
-De - < je - dead - dead ! " she stam-
mered , shrinking back. :
"Yes , the dead body of Mr. Aylmer ,
which you and Dr. Etwald took to his
house at Deanminster. No denial ,
woman , " said Jen , raising his voice , as
she was about to speak. "I see by
your face that you are guilty. " !
Dido trembled all over , whether from '
rage or fear Jen could not determine ,
and opened her mouth to give the lie
to her accuser. Then she shut it again ,
as a heavy step was heard outside the
door. A moment later and Mrs. Dallas ,
with a face expressive of astonishment ,
was standing on the threshold of the
room ; and Dido at her feet was making
the room resound like a jungle with
howlings like those of a wild beast.
All the savage nature of the woman
was now on the surface , and had bro-
ken through the sullen restraint of her
impassive demeanor.
"What is the meaning of this ? " de
manded Mrs. : Dallas , with an uneasy
glance at the frantic negress.
"I shall explain when Dido stops her
howling , " said Jen , quite undisturbed.
"Oh , missy ! missy ! " wept the ne-
gress , getting on to her feet. "It all
am a lie what dft massa say. Poo' ole
Dido know nuffin'-do nuffin' . "
Major Jen took Dido by the shoulder ,
and giving her a good shake , com
manded her to be silent. At once the
negress-who was evidently acting a
part-ceased her optcries , and after
casting her eyes significantly at her
mistress , stared sullenly at the floor.
Mrs. Dallas turned pale at this rapid
glance , and was obliged : ; to take a seat
to prevent herself from : : falling. Jen
recapitulated for the benefit of Mrs.
Dallas the points of his accusation
against the negress. Dido heard him
in silence , but this time she made nei
ther outcry nor denial.
Mrs. Dallas appeared to be horrified
by the recital. Every now and then
she cast a look of terror at Dido , while
passing' her * andkerchief over her
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white lips. When the Major conclud-
ed , she could only shake her head and
stammer a few words.
"It cannot be true , " she murmured. ;
"It is impossible. "
"It is a fact , " insisted Jen. "I have
the evidence of Jaggard to prove that
Dido was in the room on that night.
"Dido , " cried Mrs. Dallas , . . in a trem-
bling voice , "is this true ? "
The negress raised her wild eyes
slowly to the face of her 'mistress. '
What she saw therein evidently deter-
mined her reply. Without a : word she
bent her head.
"Ah' ! " cried Jen , "you admit your
guilt. " '
"No , " said Dido , bluntly , "I say dat
I in de room , but I no kill dat man. "
"But you filled the devil-stick : with
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fresh poison ? "
"No , " said Dido again. "I saw no
debble-stick. " V
"Woman , " cried Jen , with energy ,
"no one but you could manufacture the
poison with which the devil-stick was
filled. "
"Dat I know ; but I no fill the debble-
stick. " S
"Do you mean to say that , Dido killed
Mr. Aylmer ? " asked Mrs. Dallas , ner
vously. V
"No ; but she supplied the means to
the man who did. Dr. Etwald. "
"Dr. Etwald ! " repeated Mrs. Dallas ,
in what seemed to J.en to be a tone of
relief. "Why do you think he killed
Mr. : Aylmer ? "
"Because Maurice was engaged to
your daughter , whom he wished to
marry. Etwald killed my poor lad so
as to remove a dangerous rival from
his path. And Dido manufactured the
poison which was used to drug the
watchers of the dead. "
"The watchers of the dead ! " echoed
Mrs. Dallas , with a start.
"Well , let us say my servant Jag-
gard. He was drugged by Dido , and
she stole the body , or , rather , she aid
ed Etwald to do so. "
"Dido , is this true ? "
"Yis , " said the negress , coldly ; "de
great massa tole me to do dat. "
"The great master , " repeated Jen ;
"you mean Dr. Etwald ? He took away
the body of Mr. Aylmer , and you help-
ed him ? Why did you steal the body ? "
"Ask de great massa. "
"Where did you take it to ? " demand-
ed Jen , baffled in one direction and
trying another.
"Ask de great massa , " said Dido ,
once more.
V "The law will do that. I intend to
have Dr. Etwald arrested. On three
charges. First , that he thieved the
devil-stick ; second , that he killed Mau
rice ; third , that he stole the lad's
body. "
Mrs. Dallas fell back on the sofa.
with a white face. Dido laughed in a
guttural fashion , and shrugged her
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shoulders contemptuously.
"Voodoo ! " she said , and laughed
again.
The Major guessad that she meant
that African witchcraft would avert
disaster from Etwald , and at once flung
the word back in her face.
"Voodoo will not help the doctor , "
said he , quietly. "This is a civilized
country , and we who inhabit it are
above being influenced by such degrad
ing superstitious. You believe in Voo-
doo , in Obi ; let us see if such things
will protect you. " V
"Do you mean tha.t Dido is in dan-
ger of arrest ? ' cried Mrs. Dallas , in a
terrified tone. .
"Certainly as the accomplice of Et
wald. She filled the devil-stick with
the poison which was used to kill " re-
torted the Major , coldly ; "and she con
fesses to having aided him in stealing
the body. "
"Ah ! " murmured Mrs. Dallas , cast-
ing a haggard look around. "All : s
lost. " >
"Are you alluding to Dido ? " demand-
ed Jen rather surprised at her tone.
Mrs. Dallas was about to speak ,
when the negress silenced her with a
look , and raised her head proudly.
"Yis. It ole Dido , " she said. "But
ole Dido not lost. Dat great massa ,
he look after old Dido. "
"If you mean Dr. Etwald , he will
have enough to do to look after him-
self. Well , Mrs. Dallas , as I have
learned what I wished to know , I shall
now take my leave. "
"You go to ruin us , " wept Mrs. Dal-
las.
"No , " said Jen in an inflexible voice ,
" ' who killed
'I go to punish the man
my ; boy. "
Without another word he - left the
room. His last glance showed that
Dido had gathered her sobbing mis-
tress in her arms , and was staring
after him in a defiant manner. At the
front door Jen heard his name called
softly , and Isabella , with a rich color
in her usually pale cheeks , came flying
after him.
"Major , Major , I have heard all : I
have been listening at the window. "
"Then you know that I am aware of
your deception about the handker-
chief ? "
"Yes. I did not speak truly , " stam -
mered Isabella ; "but I could not act
otherwise. It was to save a certain
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person.
"Ah ! you know who committed thn
first of the crimes , " cried Jen , seizing
the young girl's arm. "Confess. It vas
Dr. Etwald who stole the wand of
sleep. "
"No ! No ! Not Dido ! Oh ! " cried
Isabella , in a tone of anguish , "it was
my mother. " .
CHAPTER XIX.
Major : Jen recoiled from the young
girl in amazement.
"Your mother. " he muttered , hardly
believing the evidence of his own
senses. "Your mother stole the devil-
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stick ? "
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r W2t5 doing. Wait ! Listen ! " said Isa-
bella , much agitated. "I told you false
hoods before to shield my mother. Now
that I know you have discovered so
much , that you are bent on punishing
Dr. Etwald , I must tell you the truth ,
so that she may not be dragged down !
to ruin. Come with me , Major. Quick-
ly ! "
Without glancing towards the house ,
Isabella ran down a secluded path
which led through a kind of shrubbery
to the flower garden , and then disap-
peared into a light cane summer-house ,
which was constructed" in the Chinese ,
fashion and overgrown with greenery.
Major : Jen followed her as rapidly n.a
his more mature age would permit him.
"Major , " she said , when , somewhat
out of breath , he had taken his seat
beside her in the summer-house , "al
though I relate what inculpates my
mother , it is to save her that I do so.
Both she and I are in a : net woven by
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Dido. "
"Ah ! poor Maurice always mistrust-
ed that negress. "
"He was right to do so. Oh , you do
not know what a terrible woman she
is. For years both I and my mother
have been under her influence and
have submitted to her will. Now , I see
her in her true colors , and I am deter-
mined to speak the truth. Save myself
and my mother , Major , for we are in-
nocent. Dr. Etwald and Dido are the
guilty persons. "
"They killed Maurice. They stole
the body. "
"I can swear they did , " said Isabella ; ,
with emotion. "I have only been cer-
tain of these things since our last In-
terview. I lied to you then because
Dido said if I told the truth she would
accuse my mother of the murder. "
"I see , " said Jen , thoughtfully , "and
I can understand their motives. Dido
wished you to marry Etwald. "
"Yes ; and it was to force my mother
into compliance with that desire that
the whole of these crimes were com
mitted. Dido- " .
"One moment , Miss Dallas. What
influence has Etwald over the ne-
gress ? " V
"He is the possessor of the Voodoo
stone. It is a small black pebble of a
peculiar shape , " explained the girl ,
"and it was brought from Africa to
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Barbadoes over a hundred years ago.
The negroes believe that a spirit dwells
in this stone , and that when it is wor-
shipped the indwelling devil can work
woe to those against whom the posses-
sor of the stone bears malice. You
can have no idea how the talisman is
venerated by all the blacks ; they
would go miles to look on it to adore
it ; they would burn down a city to
possess it ; to gain it they would mur-
der a hundred human beings. Weil ,
Dr. Etwald was in Barbadoes some
years ago and he gained possession of
this ' Vodoo stone. He has used it
while here to intimidate Dido. While he
holds it , she will not dare to disobey
him , and all this plotting and assassi-
I nation , designed to bring about my
I marriage with Dr. Etwald , has been
designed by him , and carried out by
Dido , solely on account of his owner-
ship of the Voodoo stone. You know
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that she calls him the great master !
. Well , now you can guess the reason
for her servile worship of this man. "
"And how about the theft of this
devil-stick ? " _
"Oh , on the night it was stolen I was-
seated on the verandah after dinner ,
and I saw my mother come out with
Dido. They did not know I was there ,
as I sat in the shade. I saw Dido
speak to my mother and point towards
your house. Then she waved her hands
before my mother's face , whereupon
my mother turned and walked swiftly
past where was seated . I saw her
face ; it was quite white , and her eyes
were open and glassy. When my
mother disappeared Dido re-entered
the house. At once-terrified by my
mother's action-I ran down the little
path which leads to. the gate , and fol
lowed her out on to the road. She
went "Into your grounds by the postern
in the walL I saw her cross the .lawn ,
and enter the smoking-room , wherein
a lamp was burning. When she came
out , it was with devil-stick in her
hand. I recognized it by the golden
handle. I reached home before she
did , and again hid on the verandah.
Dido re-appeared as my mother came
up the walk , and took the devil-stick
from her. Then she led her indoors. "
( To be continued. )
Business Experiments in Health.
Insurance companies are beginning
to discover that to cure tuberculosis
is cheaper than to pay death losses ,
says Charles Edward Russell in Suc
cess Magazine. The insuring order of
Modern Woodmen of America has es
tablished at Colorado Springs a large ,
tvell-equipped sanatorium for the treat-
ment of tubercular cases among its
members. One of the great New York
insurance companies has considered
seriously a similar sanatorium for the
benefit of its policyholders. A convic-
tion : of the advantages of health and
content seems to be spreading among
the : managers of some great enter
prises. In San Francisco . . where part-
ly through the loyal support of their
employes , the corporations won a
sweeping victory at the polls , these
corporations are now encouraging ath- -
letics and entertainments among their
men , even , in some eases , undergoing
a considerable expense for that pur.
pose. In New York and elsewhere the
like interesting development is to be
, bserved in the department stores that
. provide gymnasiums for their clerks ,
an idea much in favor in England. ]
am told that wherever these expert-
ments have been tried the results have
been regarded as profitable. Of course
these ; are but minute beginnings. To
have healthy employes is important to
usiness ; to have general health
throughout the community is of ' vast
ly greater importance.
Good Rule to Follow.
What is worth doing is worth do
ing well ; and with little more trouble
I at first , much trouble afterwards maj
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. be avoided.-Max Mueller , Letter to
: John Bellows.
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Up to 1789 the chief water work
of New York City was in Chatham
. street , now Park row. The water wai
carted : about the city in casks and sold
I from ! carts
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By virtue of its unequaled blood-
purifying i i , nerve-strengthening ,
stomach-toning , appetite-restoring
properties , is the one Great Spring
Medicine. .
Get It today. In liquid form or choco
lated tablets called Sarsatabs. 1 " 0 dges , $1.
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JUhifllnJ : ' Slilp
Men go down to the sea under bll-
fowing canvas in fewer and fewer num- .
- " " now doing
1 -rs , the "tin kettle" tramp
the old clipper's work , but Nepttme .
still exacts his toll from the square-
rigged ships that are fated to float cnst
upon the oceans , bound 10,000 miles 01
* of.
more , and never again be heard
Ten big sailers thus vanished in 1908.
Last year eight wind-jammers of large
burden were recorded on the world's
log of missing. ships. One was an
American , the four-masted Fort George
of 1,770 net tons , and there are few
enough of eurs left. Most : of them are _ _ . .r- :
swallowed on Cape Horn voyages.
New York . Press.
WESTERN CANADA AS A QEAIH
PRODUCER.
Never Saw Such Fine Wheat Any
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where.
Gust. Anderson of Maidstone. Sas
katchewan , was formerly of Minnesota ,
and has 'been ' In Central Canada three
years. On January 16 , 1910 , he writes :
"ArrIving. fifteen miles from Maid-
stone , I bought a couple of steers from
a rancher , as my capital 'was ' not large ,
and with the two oxen I brought with
me , I broke 25 acres which I put in
crop in 1908 , and had to clear some
brush. I earned $45.00 by breaking
fifteen acres for a neighbor and dur-
ing the summer I iput up 'hay and .
hauled timber and put up houses for
Dthersettlers. ; Notwithstanding aheavy
frost on August 12th I had 22 / bush-
els of wheat per acre and 60 bushels
of oats. Off 35 acres of wheat in 1909
I got 27 bushels of ' wheat per acre
and 1,300 bushels of oats off 20 acres.
I never saw such fine wheat anywhere.
We have plenty of rain between May
and August and after August seldom
any but dry , , warm days. Water can
be had at from 20 to 40 ' feet , and
plenty of grass for cattle. "
The evidence. of Mr. Anderson is giv-
en 'because it is encouraging to the
man of small1 .means . 'who is desirous
of bettering ; , his condition. It show \
what can be done , and there is really
but small limit to the man with push
and energy become 'Weal thy on Can-
adian lands. And the grain that hi I
raises is good. A press dispatch says :
The quality of the wheat continues
to be -the feature of- the deliveries. In
the total of 3,378 cars in the Febru
ary inspections there -were 2,847 of
high grade stuff , a : percentage of 84.28. V
For January the percentage was 82.21
and for the six : months it was 88.6.
This is an unusually high. average , and
it demonstrates beyond : the shadow of
a doubt 'that .the farmers in this part
of the Dominion still know how to
grow first class wheat. The crop of . " f
1908 was considered good enough , and j
its average of contract wheat was only /
70 per cent. Good weather through-
out the season was an important fac-
tor , of course , , in insuring the high
quality of the grain , and it is ' not
likely that atmospheric influences of
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so favorable a character1 will be en-
countered , for a long time tocome. . The
best that can be expected is that a fair
average for a term of years will be
maintained.
The Blot on His Paat-
"Haven't you anything to confess to
toe before it is too late ? " she asked.
"Remember that it will be much bet-
ter for us to part even now than it
will be after to - morrow. Tl ' ink. Isn't
there in your past something that you
have hidden from me ? Don't be afraid
to confess it. I will forgive you if it
Is not too terrible , and then we can
begin our married life with no shadow
to . darken the pathway before us. "
"Well , Bessie , " he replied , as he
avoided looking Into her eYEs ! , "there I f
Is something. . I am going to throw
myself upon your mercy. Don't judge
me too severely. Have pity. I once
carried on a stamp flirtation with &
girl for two months. " - ' - ,
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bowels with harsh
cathartics , and you'll need ;
physic always. Help them
gently , with cand ; I
Cas carets , and you'll need them\ |
rarely. Once learn the difference \ f ]
and you'll never take a harsher \ \ *
laxative than these.
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Vest-pocket box. 10 cents-at ; - t.aa.
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