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1?1 TITE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1003. rnoi-F.HTiEJ managed. W. FARNAM SMITH & CO. Manage Estates and Other Properties Act as RECEIVER, EXECUTOR, GUARDIAN AND TRUSTEE ' for CORPORATIONS, FIRMS, INDIVIDUALS. and fiscal agents of CORPORATIONS. 1320 Farnam St. , Tel. 1054. LOST. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. Iot. t Hoyd's theater, f 1 1 11 r ring, con tained In itaixT box. marked "A. U. HuhcrmHtin." The bov reward will bi paid If relumed to Boyd's theater drug tore. uim-Miij -jb' IOHT Greyhound dog. red nr tan color, white tip on end of tall; cannot nee well; Mark leather collar. Reward. V. Saunders, Miami St. I,ot-i5 25 I LOST. If5. f. In currency, in In silver and , 15 In gold, in V. R. Benntt's store, about I 7 o'clock Saturday evening. Return to E Bco office and get reward. Lost-Wfl.! 25 DICVrLES. 424.60 BI'YS the new highest (trade 4-drawer I drop head, oak cabinet, genuine SINGER I sewing machine; $LU') for the New Homo ! or Domestic iLMOO for the White; Stan- (j dard. 122.00; Wheeler Wilson, $24. On; i Minnesota. 115.20: Rurdlrk. 112.86; Scroeo, $s93. For free sewing machine catalogue I and most liberal free trial offer cut out ' and mall this notice to Bears, Roebuck & ' Co., Chicago. M446 23 CARPET ( I.EAMG4M) LAYING. A. K. JETT, 2015 fuming at. fi.V IPHOLSTERINQ. PETERSON Tel. L-236. - 1 & LUNDBURG. 115 S. nth. 799 TAXIDEHMIST. J. E. WALLACE, 605 8. 13th St. M480 COLD AMD SILVER PLATING. OMAHA PLATING CO., Bea Bldg. Tel, 2i36. UA TYPEWRITERS. WHY ; ay more? Lambert, $25; superior to $100 'nx.clilr.es. Sent on approval. Monro & Co., 811 N.lflth St.. Omaha. 45$ TICKET BROKERS. CUT RATE railroad tlcketa everywhere. P. H. I'hllbln. 15o Farnam. 'Phone 784. 4i WALK TIES. OMAHA Hay Bale Tie Co.. 811 North 16th. 44 AUTOMOBILES. ELEC. automobiles. Dcrlght. Ill Farnam. 4jO PHONOGRAPHS AND SUPPLIES. ALL MAKES talking machines; send for catalogue. Omaha Bicycle Co., loin and cmcago. .M6i. GARBAGE. I ANTI-MONOPOLY GARBAGE CO.. cleans . cesspools and vaulta, removes garbage and dead animals at reduced prices, ml ri. ltttn. Tel. In. 451 , FOOD. FOUND Bunch of keys. Call at gee office. Found tfi)o ! SCHOLARSHIP. x UUS1NESS college scholarship for sale at a bargain In one of Omaha s leadlna- com. merclal colleges; life scholarship. Address r. uce omce. Matt MASSAGE. l'MKh'E FACIAL massages, $L 1711 Dodge. 764 K-ti Ml'SIC. THOS. J. KELLY, voice. Davldge Block. 3tS DRESSMAKING. KEISTER'S ladles' tailoring college. Suite M-i-o-e, uougias diock, loin and Dodge. C u. tsnyaer, Mgr. write lor booklet. M!l McDOWELL School of Dresemaklng; $6 to enter. Mrs. M. E. Morrison, Mgr., 204 s. atith. Tel. 1-2801: bl3 25 STOVE REPAIRING. NEBK. Stove Repair Co., Tel. 2SW. 1603 Leav'nw'th. TMIM J31 ELECTRICITY. MOVED to larger quarters. Grand Electrlo Co., pnone u:o bo. 16th tt. 78S FT SHOEMAKIXG. BOB. WIKLUND. and Doug. union shoe shop. 17th Mj00 JU GENERAL HOOKING. VOilK In any part of the country. Jones lloonnw, Co., 1j17 Burt Bu Tel. 196. M172 JJARRH-K. Rooting Co., Tel. K61. 161 Cuming st. M47 FARM FOR SALE. 154 acres Ana land one mile south of Gretna, j per acre. GEORGE 4k CO., 1601 FARNAM STREET. -MM 26 BUASS FOIAURV. BRAES and aluminum casting, nickel plat ing and nnlshlug. Specially Mlg. Co., 41 K. Mala Bt . Council bluffa. LUXURY. OMAHA Steam Laundry; shirts, c; collars, $c, cutis, 4c, 1750 Leavenworth. Tel. A-lTi ST AM MERINO AND STl'TTERING. CURED. Julia Vaughn. 4J0 Kamge Bldg. OSTEOPATHY. GID. E. & ALICE JOHNSON, osteopaths. tSulte 5U N. Y. Uie Ul'ig. TL 164. Dr. Grace Decgan. $12 McCague Blk. Tel.2968 CONTH ACTORS AND Btll.DERS. J L. BPITaBART. Tel. F-tjui. J-"'l Lake. Mil Fl.i COAL A wuou. 11ALD &. RICE, 5uS S. lClh St. Tel. 12-M. -M11& h II SIGN PAINTING. OEDER Sign Wol ship sign W rite i 17th. We alsa . 378 June ELECTRIC TREATMENT. DgUBUfi jtariora. Call t li Webster st, MAIQIBRIDU COSTUMES. TUEO. L1EBEN. 1012 Farnam. coatumo. M1 PATENT OFFICE DRAWINGS. PATENT DRAWINGS, application blanks. uels, etc. Sues it Co., lit Blrig. Tele- p h on 1 '.;. 9.'3 M1 SHIRTS TO UNDER. OMAHA BHIRT FACTORY, 1918 Fsrnnm. M370 Fid pi.imbing. FREE & WICKER8HAM. 602 8 18th at. -M478 F2J Monday & Tuesday, Jan. 26-27, '03 We will noil our entire Block of 1902 ma chines. These art; all modern drop cabinet Singers that the company wanta ua to clove out at any offer. Shopworn Slngera $5.00 and $10.00. Cash or Enif Payment Plan. Tha Singer Manufacturing Go. 1514 Douglas St. Tel 14. STEAMSHIPS. HOLUKD-AMERICA LI HE N.w 1 win-Screw Etcumen of 12,500 Tons. NEW YORK ROTTKRUAM, vl MOULOONE. Salllns Wedneaoay at 10 A. M. Rotterdam Jan. -3j Rotterdam Mar. 4 Amsterdam Kab. 4Amattrdam Mar. 11 Kyndan Feb. lb Mtalendam Mar. II Holland-America. Line, !M B'irar, IS. Y. Harry alooree. 1601 Farnam st.. J. 8. McNillr 135.1 Parnata it., H. S. Junea. li02 Farnam at.. Leal. Neeae, Klnt Nat'l Bk., P. E. Flodman Co., UK Capitol ave , ( ha, Marea. biz Bo. Mb. at.. 8. L. Koetoryi. CO So. 12th at. Omaha. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Makes Most I'seful Present. CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Many Spring; Buyers Arrived Last Week and Placed Lib eral Ordera. Spring buying Is now well under way and Omaha JobDer and manufacturers report the volume of business as far In excels of the same period of any previous year. Merchants seem to be coming on the mar ket In search of spring lines much earlier than usual, evidently in anticipation of an early surlnar demand. Their orders so far have been exceptionally large, tihowhig that :hey have considerable confidence In future business. If there la any one special fea ture to the trade it la the demand for the better grades of goods. Cheap lines this season are not ready sellers, as a general tntng, so mat mercnants are laying in higher priced stocks than have ever been carried before In this western country. This Is true of merchants In all sections. Bo far as can be learned, retailers suc ceeded In cleaning up their winter lines In very satisfactory manner and most of them will carry over less neavy weight goods than usual. That being the case, they are In good financial condition for carrying heavy spring lines and meeting their bills promptly. rne margeis nave not nuciuatea to any Sreat extent during the week under review, ut still there have been a few changes worthy of mention. It is to be noticed that the great majority of the changea that have taken place have been in the direction of higher rather than of lower prlcea. The reneral situation can be described by call ing prices strong on practically all kinds of staple goods. In a good many instances well Informed buyers look for higher prices In the near future. Not Much Change In Groceries. The demand for groceries In a wholesale way continues very satisfactory .for this season of the year and Jobbers look for a large consumption of staples throughout the year. They consider the prospects Tor future business better than ever before and as a result are counting on breaking all prevloua records. The market haa not fluctuated aa mucn aa usual aunng me week. Sugar is unchanged, both raws and refined being quoted the same as a week ago. In canned goods tnere naa not Deen much interest shown outside of futures, except possibly in the line of salmon. It seems thst the puck of chums and pink salmon last fall waa exceedingly large and It Is evidently the Intention of the Alaaka Packers association to prevent tne pacKing of these cheap fish In the future, as they are now offering to sell tnese cnums at prices probably lesa than tne enst or paca Ing. Tne goods, however, sre said not to be of the kind wanted In this territory ana are used mostly tor tne cneaper class or. trade in the south. In the line ot aned iruits mere is a stronger feeling on apples and there is evidently a tendency to advance prices on the higher grades of, apricots, owing to scarcity of goods. There Is alao an evident disposition to boost the prices of raslns. The rice mtirKti is quoren very uinum aim nroll nnatorl miprators believe that consider ably higher prices will rule in the future on the choice to fancy grades. . Blsal rope is quoted a trine easier man n was a week ago. prices ranging about o per pound lower. This hss been brought about by lower prices on raw material. The coffee and tea markets are In Just about the earn positions they were a week ago. The same may alio be said of other staples not mentioned above. Cotton Goode Continue Strong-. Dinaht drv a-oodi Jobbers are very busy at the present time tilling advance order of wash goods and other spring fcpecliltUs, ruch as hosiery, underwear, men's manu factured shirts, overalls and Jumpers, llniiao trade has also been very good, us more buyera are coming on the market than ever before at so early a date and the total volume of buslnesa la largely in excess oi former years. The cotton goods market continues very strong and an advance is reported of 1-ltic on rrlnt cloths. Manufacturers complain of On. high price of coal, cotton and pf other lines which go to make up the cost of cloth and aa a result advancea are looked for and well Intormeu ouyers are Inclined to place early orders for spring goods. Some large contracts have been placed by Omaha Jobb rs for Indlgoes and other staple styles ot prints and an advance of c or more would be no surp.ise to those who are watching tne marsei cioseiy. Home difficulty Is being experienced by Jobbers In getting deliveries of spring goods and In fact popular lines of wash fabrics r in some caes over sold. Taking everylliing lino consideration, ury goods jobbers feci that they are K"tn to hi a very successful season. Traveling men who have leen heard from of late say that In a very .ho.-t time Omaha will be full of merchants, aa nearly every one mey meet la going to visit theli- home market this season ncniues tnai, manj ui moan .hn hv iI.hvi sone oast In the past have expressed their Intention of coming k.u thti vvur i. I if favorably Impressed of placing their orders. Jobbers as a result ...... ,ii,w nn Krittna- a areHt many uew customers as well as or. nuiuing i um ones. Frnlts and Prodnee, Thr. waa some improvement noted last week in the demand for fruits and veget.i- hia hut ailll trade Is not wnei wouiu liied very frisk. 1 ne niaraei na u been devoid of siectui features and prlcea are very much the same as tney .r - week ago. 1 he quotations now in lores win be found In another column. The egg market tool quite a drop iasi week, owing to the largely Increased re ceipts of fresh aloik. brought about bv the warm weelhei. The price dropped bne during the week. The poultry market ea-d off a little also, owing to quit liberal re ceipts. The butter market suffered, as -the demand for some two weeks or more hs.a been rather limited ana pricea at ail pomis , hate auHcrtd luoia ut use. CHAPTER XXV. Forma a Benilderlna- Enigma, "Fourd drowned." was the verdict of the twelve respectable villagers who formed the cororjer's Jury to Inquire Into the tragic death of young Mrs. Courtenay. It waa the only conclusion that could be ar rived at In the circumstances, there being no mark of violence and no evidence to show bow the unfortunate lady got Into the Nene. Ambler Jevons, who had seen a brief account of the affair In the papers, arrived hurriedly In time i to attend the Inquest; I therefore It was not until the Inquiry was over that we were enabled to chat. His appearance had changed during the weeks of his absence; his face seemed thinner and wore a worried, anxious expression. , "Well, Ralph, old fellow, this turns out to be a curious business, doesn't UT" he exclaimed, when, after leaving the public room of the Golden Ball, wherein the In quiry had been held, we had st rolled on through the long straggling village ot homely cottages with thatched roofs and out upon the white level highroad. "Yes," I admitted. "It's more than curious. Frankly, I have a distinct sus picion that Mary waa murdered." "That's exactly my own opinion," he ex claimed quickly. "There's been foul play somewhere. Of that I'm certain." "And do you agree with me, Turther, that It Is the outcome of the tragedy at Kew?" "Most certainly," he said. "That both huBband and wife should be murdered only a few months after one another polnta to motives of revenge. You'll remember how nervous old Courtenay was. He went In constant fear of his life, it was said. That fact proves conclusively that he was aware of some secret enemy." ' "Yes. Now that you speak of It, I recol lect It quite well," I remarked, adding: "Bui where. In the name of fortune, have you been keeping yourself during all these weeks of silence?" "I've been traveling," he responded rather vaguely. "I've been going about a lot." "And keeping watch on Ethelwynn during part of the time," I laughed. "She told you, eh?" he exclaimed, rather apprehensively. "I didn't know that she ever recognized me. But women are al ways much sharper than men. Still, I'm sorry that she recognized me." "There's no harm done providing you've made some discovery regarding the seven secrets that compose the mystery," I said. "Seven secrets!" he repeated thought fully, and then waa silent a few moments as though counting to himself the various points that required elucidation. "Yes," he said at last, "you're right, Ralph, there are seven of them seven of the most ex traordinary secrets that have ever been presented to mortal being as part of one and the same mystery." He did not, of course, enumerate them In his mind, as I had done, for he was not aware of all the facts. The seven secrets, as they presented themselves to me, were: First, the Identity of the secret assassin of Henry Courtenay; second, the secret man ner in which that, extraordinary wound had been caused; third, the secret of Ethel wynn, held by Sir Bernard; 'fourth, tht secret motive of Ethelwynn In remaining 1 under the roof of the man who had dis carded her in favor of her sister; fifth, tbo secret of Courtenay's reappearance after burial; sixth, the secret of the dlstardly attempt on my life by those ruffians ot Lis son Grove; and seventh, the secret of Mary Courtenay's death. Each and every one of the problems was Inscrutable. Others, of which I was unaware, bad probably oc curred to my friend. To him, just as to me, the secrets were seven. ' "Now, be frank with me. Ambler," I said, after a long pause. "You've gained knowl edge of acme of them, haven't you?" By his manner I saw that he waa In pos session of Information of no ordinary char acter. He paused and slowly twisted his small dark moustache, at last admitting: "Yes, Ralph, I have." "What have you discovered?" I cried In fierce eagerness. "Tell me the result ot your Inquiries regarding Ethelwynn. It Is her connection with the affair which occu pies my chlefthoughts." "For the present, my dear fellow, we must leave her entirely out of It," my friend said, quietly. "To tell you the truth, after announcing my intention to give up the affair as a mystery Impenetrable I set to work and slowly formed a theory. Then I drew up a deliberate plan of campaign, which I carried out In Its entirety." " "And the result?" "Its result" he laughed. "Well, when I'l spent several anxious weeks in making the most careful Inquiries I found, to my chagrin, that I was upon an entirely wrong accnt, and that the person I suspected ot being the assassin at Kew was innocent. There was no help for It but to begin all over again, and I did so. My Inquiries then led me In an entirely opposite direction. I followed my new and somewhat startling theory and found to my satisfaction that I had at length struck the right trail. Through a whole fortnight I worked on, night and day, often snatching a few hours of sleep In railway carriages, and some times watching throngs the whole night for when one pursues Inquiries alone it Is frequently Imperative to keep a watchful vigil. To Bath, to Hereford, to Edinburgh, to Birmingham, to Newcastle, and also to several places far distant In the south of England, I traveled In rapid succession. until at isai i louna a due, but one so extraordinary that at first I could not give it credence. Ten days have passed, and even now I refuse to believe that such a thing could fee. I'm absolutely bewildered by It." "Then you believe that you've at last gained the key to the mystery?" I said, eagerly drinking In bis words. "It seems as though I have. Yet my In formation Is so very vague and shadowy mat I ran really form no decisive opinion. It Is this mysterious death ot Mrs. Courte nay that has utterly upset all my theories. Tell me plainly. Ralph, what causes you to suspect foul play? This Is not a time for prevarication. We must be open and rlralghtfjrward to each other. Tell me the absolute truth." Should I tell him frankly of the amailng discovery I hsd made? I feared to do so. lest be should laugh me to scorn. The actual existence of Courtenay seemed too incredible. And yet as be was working to solve the problem, Jutt ss I wss, there seemed every reason why we should be aware of each other's discoveries. We had Dotn pursued Independent inquirii Into the seven secrets until that moment, snd It was now high time we compared reaults. "Well. Jevons." I exclaimed, healtatingly at last. "I have during the week elucidated one fact a fart so strsnga that when I tell you I ktow you will declare that I was dreaming. I myself cannot account for I la the least. Bet that I was witness of It and that It Is the truth I will vouch. The mystery Is a remarkable one. but what TV discovered add U It Inscrutability." -34K JUv-K "Tell me," he urged quickly, halting and turning to me In eagerness. "What have you found out?" "Listen!" I said. "Hear mo through until you discredit my story." Then, juet aa I have already written down the strange Incidents In the foregoing chapters, I re lated to him everything that bad occurred since the last evening he sat smoking with mo In Harley Place. He heard me in silence, the movements of his face at one moment betraying satis faction and at the next bewilderment. Once or twice he granted, as though dis satisfied, until I came to the midnight In cident beside the river, and explained how I had watched and what I had witnessed. "What?" he cried, starting In sudden aatonlshment. "You actually taw him? You recognized Henry Courtenay?" "Yes. He was walking with his wife, sometimes arm-in-arm." He did not reply, but stood In silence In the center of the road, drawing a geomet rical design In the dust with the ferrule of his stick. It was bis habit wheji think ing deeply. I watched his countenance. It was that of a man whose whole thought and energy were centered upon one object. "Ralph," he said at last, "what time Is the next train to London?" "Two-thirty, I think. It goes up express from Peterborough. Why?" "I must go at once . to town. There's work for me there delicate work. What you've told me places a new phase upon the affair," he said. In a strange, anxious tone, "Does it strengthen your clue?" I asked. "In a certain degree yes. It makes clear one point which was hitherto a mystery." "And also makes It plain that poor Mrs Courtenay met with foul play?" I suggested, "Ah!" For the moment this latest de velopment ot the affair is quite beyond question. We must hark back to that night at Richmond road. I must go at once to London," he added, glancing at his watch "Will you come with me?" "Most willingly. Perhaps I can help you?" "Perhaps. Wo will see." So we turned and retraced our steps to the house of mourning, where, having pleaded urgent consultations with patients, I took leave of Ethelwynn. We were alone and I bent and kissed her lips In order to show her that my love and confidence had not one whit abated. Her countenmre brightened, and with a sudden Joy eh - V her arms round my neck and returns, ,,; caress, pleading "Ralph! You win tut give you will forgive me, won't you?" . "I love you. dearest!" waa all that I could reply; and it was the honest truth j direct from a heart overburdened by 1 tery and suspicion. : Then with a last kiss I turne her, driving with Ambler Je' the London train. CHAPTER XXV. Ambler Jevuaa Is The sleepy-eyed tea-blen Lane remained plunged In during the greater part of i. town and on arrival at King', cllned to allow me to accompan disappointed roe. I was eager the clue, but no amount of per my part would Induce blm to alt.- , ue cislon. I At present I must continue alone, old fellow," he answered kindly. "It It best. Later on I may want your help." The facts I've told you are of lmpor- ance, I suppose? "Of the greatest Importance," he re sponded. "I begin to see light through the veil. But if what I suspect it correct, then the affair will be found to be absolutely astounding." Of that I'm certain," I tald. "When will you come in and spend an hour?" "At toon at ever I can spare time," he answered. "Tomorrow, or next day, per hape. At present I have a very difficult task before me. Goodbye, for the present." And hailing a hansom he Jumped In and drove away, being careful not to give the address to the driver while within mythear- ing. Ambler Jevons had been born with the instincts of a detective. The keennett of hit intellect waa perfectly marvellous. On leaving him I drove to Harley ttreet, where I found Sir Bernard busy with pa tients, and in rather an- ill-temper, having been worried unusually by some smart woman who had been to consult him and had been pouring into his ear all her do mestic woes. I do wish such women would go and consult somebody else," he growled, after he had been explaining her case to me. 'Same symptoms as all of them. Nerves owing to indigestion, late hour, and an artificial life. Wants me to order her to Carlsbad or somewhere abroad so that she can be rid of her husband for a month or so. I can see the reason plain enough. She's got some little game to play. Faugh!" cried the old man. "Such women only fill me with disgust." I went on to tell him of the verdict upon the death of Mrs. Courtensy, and his man ner instantly changed to one of sympathy. "Poor Henry!" he exclaimed. "Poor little woman! I wonder that nothing haa trans pired to give the police a clue. To my mind, Boyd, there was some mysterious element In Courtenay's life that be en tirely hid from hi friends. In later years he lived in constant dread of assassina tion." Yes, that has always struck me at ttrange," I remarked. 'Hat nothing yet been discovered?" asked my chief. "Didn't the police follow that man-servant. Short?" Yes, but to no purpose. They proved to their own satisfaction that he was Inno cent." . And your friend, Jevona, the tea dealer who makes it a kind of hobby to assist Ihe police. What ot him? Has h con. tlnued hi activity?" "I believe so. He has, I understand, dis covered a clue." What has he found?" demsnded the old man, bending forward In eagerness across the tsble. He had been devoted to hi friend. Courtenay. and was constsntly In quiring of me nether the police bad met with any success. "At present he will tell m nothing," I replied. Sir Bernard gave vent to an exclamation of dissatisfaction, observing that he hoped Jevons' efforts would meet with success, as it was scandalous that a double tragedy of that character could occur in a rlvlllsed community without the truth bring revealed and the asaasin arrested. "Tbere.no doubt thst the ragedy was a double one," I observed. "Although Ihe Jury have returned a, verdict 'Found dronned' In poor Mr. Courtensy's esse the facts, as far as a present known. point undoubtedly to murder." 'To murder!" he cried. "Then Is It be lt red that she's been willfully drowned?" "That's the local surmis." "Why?" he ashed, with a eager look upon bis countenance, for he took the meet Intent Uttxttt lu ry laatur at (be at lair. - -m "Well, because It Is rumored that the had been seen late one night walking along the river bank near the spot where she was found, accompanied by a ttrange man." A ttrange man!" he echoed, hit interest Increased. "Did anyqne tee him sufficiently close to recognise him?" 'I believe not," I answered, hesitating at that moment to tell him all I knew. "The local police are making active inquiries, I believe." 'I wonder who it could have been?" Sir Bernard exclaimed reflectively. "Mrs. Courtenay waa always to devoted to poor Henry that the story of the atranger ap pears to me very like some Invention of the villagers. Whenever a tragedy occurs In a rural district all kinds of absurd canards are started. Probably that's one ot them. It U only natural for the rustic mind to connect a lover wl'h a pretty young widow." "Exactly. But I have certain reasons tor believing the clandestine meeting to have taken place," I said. "What cause you to give credence to the story?" "Statements made to me," I replied vaguely. "And, further all the evidence points to murdpr." "Then why did the Jury return an open verdict ?" "It was the best thing they could do In the circumstances, as It leaves the police with a free hand." "But who could possibly have any motive for the poor little woman's death?" he asked, with a puzzled, rather anxious, ex pression upon his gray brow. "The lover may have wished to get rid of her," I auggestcd. "You speak rather ungenerously, Boyd," he protested. "Remember, we don't know for certain that there was a lover In the cose, and we should surely acrept the ru mors of country yokels with considerable hesitation." "I make no direct accusation," aald. "I merely give as my opinion that she wss murdered by the man she was evidently In the habit of meeting. That's all." "Well, It that la so, then I hope the po lice will be successful In making an ar rest," declared the old man. "Poor little woman! When is the funeral?" "The day after tomorrow." "I must send a wreath. How sad It is! How very sad!" And be sighed sympathet ically and sat staring with fixed eyes at the dark green wall opposite. "It' time you caught your train," I re marked, glancing at the clock. "No," he answered. "I'm dining at the House of Commons tonight with my friend HouBton. Perhaps I shall remain in town all night. I so very seldom allow myself any dissipation,'! and he smiled rather tadly. Truly the old physician led an anchorite's life, going to and fro with clockwork regu larity and denying himself all those diver sion in society which are ever at the com mand of a notable man. Very rarely did he accept an Invitation to dine, and the tact lhat he lived down at Hove was In trder to have a good excuse to evade so : clety. He was a great man, with all a great tuun'a little eccentricities. The two following days passed un- eventfully. Each evening about ten Ambler Jevons came In to smoke and drink, r stayed an hour, apparently nervous. d and fldgetty In a manner quite un I, but lo my Inquiries regarding the is of hi investigations he remained re you discovered anything?" I asked r, on the occasion ot hit tecond visit sitated, at length answering: -and no. I must see Ethelwynn to without delay. Telegraph and ask meet you here. I want to ask her Jon." 'o you still suspect her?" v. shrugged hit shoulders with an air ot distinct vsguenett. Wire to her tonight,'' he urged. "Your Dim can tak the message down to the Charing Cross office and sh'e'H get It at o'clock in the morning. The funeral la over, to there It notning to prevent, ner coming to town." I waa compelled to agree to hit tugget tlon, although loth to again bring pain and annoyance to my love. I knew how the had suffered when a few days ago I had ques tioned her, and I felt convinced by her manner that, although she had refused to speak, she herself was innocent. Her Hps were sealed by word of honor. The message I tent requested her to meet me at my rooms at halt past 3 in the after noon, for, it being Saturday, Sir Bernard was absent according to habit, Saturday was alway a light day. for my chief de clined to see patients. He liked to remain at home always from Friday night until Monday. According to appointment Jevons met me when I had finished my morning' work at Guy's and we took a glass of sherry together in a neighboring bar. Then, it his Invitation I accompanied him along the borough High street and Newlngton Cause way to the London road until we came to a row of costermongers' barrows drawn, un beside the pavement. Before one of these, piled with vegetables, ready for the Saturday night market, he stopped and was Immediately recognized by the owner tall ronsumntive-iooKina man, wuuan face struck me somehow as being familiar "Well. Lane?" my companion said, "Busy, eh?" 'Not very, ir," wa the answer, wltn the true corkney twang. "Trade ain t very brisk. There' too bloomin' many of ua 'ere nowaday. " Leaving my side my companion advanced toward the man and whispered some con fidential words that I could not catch, at the same time pulling aomethtng from hla breast pocket and showing It to him. "Oh. yes. sir. No doubt abawt It! I beard the man exclaim. Then, In reply to a further question from Jevons, he said: " "Arry 'Ardlng used to work at Cutis. So I fancy that 'ud be the place to find out somethink. I'm keepln' my ear open you bet, and he winked knowingly. Where I had seen the man before could not remember. But hi fact wa certainly familiar. When we left him and continued along the busy thoroughfare of open shops and Itinerant vendors I asked my friend who he waa, to which he merely replied: "Well, he's a man who knows something of the affair. Ill explain later. In the mesnjime come with me to Gray s Inn road. I have to niak a call there," and ha hailed a hansom. Into which w mounted. Twenty minutes Ister we alighted before a dingy-looking barber' shop and Inquired tor Mr. Harding an assistant who wss at that moment shaving a customer of the working clsas. It wss a house where one could be shaved for a penny, but whero the toilet accessories appeared to be some whet primitive. While I stood on the threshold Amble Jevons asked tb barber's assistant If be had ever worked at Curtis', and if. whll there, h knew a man whose photograph he showed him. "Yes, sir," ansnered the barber, althout a moment's besltstlon. "That's Mr. Blade He s a very good ruttoruer. and Mr Curtis used alntyt lo attend on hint him telf " "Hlsd. you sty, Is his nsone?" repeal my friend. "Tes. sir M Then, thanking him. l-eutrd tb rab aad drove to at sdiriss la a street o shaftesbury avenue. "Hlade! Blade!" revealed Arublar Jev to hloasalf ss w drov atocg. "That' the Bm l' b la search l tut If I am ucresBful I hellev the Seven Secret will resolve themselves Into on ot the most remarkable conspiracies of mod ern time. I must, however, mak thl call alone, Ralph. The preaenc of a econd person may possibly prevent th man I'm going to see from making a full and straightforward statement. W must not rlBk failure In thl Inquiry, for I an. tlcipat that It may glv lis th key to the whole situation. There' a bar oppo site the Palace theater. I'll et yon down there, and you can wait for m. You don't mind, do you?" "Not at til. if you'll promts to exj'lri the result of your Investigations after ward." "You shall know everything later," n assured me, and a few minutes afterward I alighted at the saloon bar he had Indi cated, a long lounge that la patronised a good deal by theatrical people. He was absent nearly half an hour, and when he returned I taw from his face that he had obtained some information that wa eminently satisfactory. $ We lunched at Simpson's, In the Strand- that old-fashioned restaurant where the huge Joint are wheeled from table to table but he still refused to tell me anything. "I hope to learn something further thl afternoon," he said before we parted. "If do I shall call on you about six. Then he Jumped Into a hansom and disappeared. Jevons waa a strange fellow. He rushed hither and thither, telling no one his busi ness or hla motive. About the hour he had named he waa shered Into my room. ' He had made a complete change In his appearance. He wore a tall hat and frock coat, with a fancy waistcoat whereon white flowers were embroidered. By a few artistic touches he had altered the expression of hi tea tuea, too adding nearly twenty year to lit age. His countenance waa one of those round flexible ones that can easily be ltered by a few dark line. "Well, Ambler," I said anxiously when we were alone, "What have you dis covered?" Several rather remarkable facts," was hi philosophic responae. "If you care to accompany me I can show you tonight something very interesting." "Care to accompany you?" I echoed. I'm only too anxious." He glanced at his watch, then flinging himself Into the chair opposite me, tald: We've an hour yet. Have you got a drop of brandy handy?" Then for the first time I noticed that the fresh color of hi cheeks was artificial and that In reality he waa exhausted and white as death. The difficulty im speaking that I had attributed to excitement was really due to exhaustion. Quickly I produced the brandy and gave him a stiff peg, which he swallowed at a single gulp. His eyes were no longer sleepy-looking, but there wa a quick fire In them that showed me that, although suppressed, there burned within his heart fierce desire to get at the truth. Evi dently he had learned something since I left him outside Simpson', but what It was I could not gather. I looked at the clock and saw It was twenty minutes past 6. He noticed my action and said: If we start In an hour we shall have sufficient time." Ambler Jevons wa never communica tive. But as he sat before me hla brow were knit in deep thought, and hi hands chafed with suppressed agitation, and he took a second brandy and aoda, an unusual indulgence which betrayed an absent mind. At length he rose, carefully brushed hit Bilk hat. settled the hang of hla frock coat before the glass, tugged at hit cravat, and then, putting on hit light overcoat, an nounced his readiness to eet out. About half an hour later our cab set us down in Upper street, Islington, clot to the Agricultural hall, and proceeding on foot a short distance we turned up a ftind of court, over the entrance of which a lamp waa burning, revealing the words, "Lecture Hall." Jevons produced two tickets, whereupon we were admitted into a long, low room. filled by a mixed audience, consisting of both men and women. Upon the platform at the further end was a man of middle age, with short fair beard, gray eyes, and an alert, resolute manner a foreigner by his dress and beside him an Englishman of spruce professional appearance much older, slightly bent, with gray countenance and white hair. We arrived Just at the moment of tha opening of the proceedings. The English man, whom I set down to be a medical man the moment he opened hi lips, rose, and In Introducing the lecturer beside htm, said "I have the honor, ladle and gentlemen to Introduce to you Dr. Paul Deboutin, who, ss most of you know. Is one of the most celebrated medical men ' In Paris, lecturer at the Salpetriere, and author of many works upon nervous disorders. The study of the latter is not, unfortunstely. sufficiently taken up in thl country, and It Is in order to demonstrate the necessity of such study that my friends and myself have invited Dr. Deboutin to give this lecture before an audience of both medical men and the laity. Tha doctor asks me to apologize to you for hi inability to express himself well In English, but personally I have no fear that you will misunderstand him." - ' Then ho turned. Introduced the lecturer and reseated himself. I was unprepared for tuch s treat. De boutin, at every medical man it aware, is the first authority on nervous disorders tnd hit lectures have won for him a world wide reputation. I had read all hi books, and, being especially struck with "Nervoses et Idee Fixes," a most convincing work. had longed to. be present at on of hi demonstrations. Therefore, forgetful that I was there for some unknowa reason, ettted myself to listen. Rapidly and clearly he spoke to very good English, with a decision that showed him to be perfect master at once of hi subject and of the phrases with which he Intended to clothe hi thoughts. He briefly outlined the progress of hi experiment at the Salpetriere. and at the hospital of Lyons and Marseilles; then without long prelim inary proceeded to demonstrate a most In teresting case. A girl or about Zj. with a rountentnre only relieved from uglineaa by a An pair of bright, dark eyea, waa led by an assist snt and seated in a chair. 8he was of the usual type seen In the streets of Islington poorly dressed, with some attempt at failed finery a working girl In some rlty fsrtory. probably. She cast an uneasy glance upon the audience and then turned toward the doctor, who drew hi chair toward the patient so that her knees nearly touched his. It ss a case of nervous "Hemianopsia.1 or one-eyed vision, he explained. Now, the existence of thl ha alway been denied, therefor th experiment wa of th most Intense Interest to every medical man there present. First the doctor after ordering th pa- lent to look blm straight In the fare, held a pencil on the left aide of her head, and found In com mo with most of us she waa rouscioua of lis presence without niotli.g her ryes, even h-n It wa slinoat st the level of her ear. Then he lrlJ the sams eiprrlment on the rlfeht slJa of the fare, when H at onre plain that the po' of tne lateral ktln had broken doo-for he ansnered "Ko, sir. No, no." he moved lb penr'l to and fro nl'h lb In qulry bet her she rou'd It. Seven h- less be dcmonairsted that lb ponsr of eelag eirslfbl wss quite unimpaired, aad rreaestlr he g la hi ast latest a Mod ,01 glaa asailaiiBvr. aakh t lasd svsr th girl's head and by which he mrtur1 tb exact point on its teal whert th power of lateral vision ceased. This being found and noted Dr. Deboutin placed hi hand upon th patient's eye, Snd with a brief "You may sleep now, my gtrl." In broken English, she wa asleep In few second. Then ram th lertnre. He verbally dis serted her, giving a full snd lurid explana tion of the nervous system, from th spinal marrow and It termination in the eocjyx, U. . the vertex of th brain. In which he waa of optnlon there wa In that case a lesion probably curable amply ' accounting for th phenomenon present. Bo clear. Indeed, were hla remarks that even a layman could follow him. At last tha doctor awoke th patient, and wa about to proceed with another experi ment when hi quick ey noticed a hardly perceptible flutter of the eyelids. "Ah. you are tired." h aald. "It I enough." And he conducted her to the little side door that gave exit from (he platform. The next case waa on ot th kind which I alway the despair of us doctors hysteria. A girl, accompanied by her mother, a neatly-dressed,, respectablo looking lady, was led forward, but her face worked so nervously that the doctor had to ressBure her. With a true cockney accent she said that she lived In Mile End and worked In a pickle factory. Her symp tom were constant headache, violent fall and complets absence of sensation In her left hand, which greatly Interfered with her work. Some of the question wrr Inconvenient until in answer to one re garding her father she gave a cry thnt "Poor father died last year." and broke Into an agony of weeping. In a moment the doctor took up an anthropometric, instrument from the table and made a movement as though to touch her pre sumably Insensible hand. "Ah, you'll hurtv me!" she said. Presently, while her at tention was attracted in another direction', he touched the hand with the Instrument, when she drew It back wjth a yell of pln. showing that the belief that the hand was Insensible was entirely due to hysteria. He analyzed her rase. Just as he had done the first and declared that by a technical method of treatment, too technical to be here explained, a complete cure could be effected. Another case of hysteria followed, and then a terrible exhibition of a wlld-hairnd woman suffering from what the lecturer described as a "crlse des nerfs," . which caused her at will to execute all manner of horrible contortions aa though she were possessed. She threw herself on the floor on her back, with her body arched so that It rested only on her head and heels, while she delivered kicks st those in front ot her, not with her toe, but with her heels. Meanwhile her face was bo congested as to appear almost black. The audience were, I think, relieved when the poor, unfortunate woman, calmed by Deboutin' method of suggestion was led quietly away, and her place taken by a slim, red-haired girl of mora refined ap pearance than the others, but with .a strange, stony stare as though unconscious of her surroundings. She was accompanied by a short, wizen-faced old lady her grandmother. At this 'Juncture the chairman arose and said: "This case is of great Interest, Inasmuch as it 1 a discovery made by my respected . colleague whom we all know by repute. Sir Bernard Eyton." ' The mention ot my chief's name was startling. I had no Idea he had taken any interest In the French methods. Indeed, he had always declared to me that Charcot snd his followers were a set of cl-arlatans. "We have the pleasure of welcoming Sir Bernard here thl evening,' continued the chairman, "and I shall ssk him to kindly explain the case." , With apparent reluctance the well-known physlcisn rose, after being cordially wel comed to the platform by the French savant, adjusted his old-fashioned glasses and commenced to introduce the subject. His sppearance thero waa certainly quite unexpected, but as 1 glanced at Ambler I saw a look of triumph In his face. We were silting at the back of the hall, and I knew that Sir Bernard, being short-sighted, could not recognize us at tho distance. "I am her at Dr. Fulton's Invitation, to meet our great master, Prof. Deboutin, ot whom for many year I have been a fol lower." Then he went on to express tha pleasure It gave him to demonstrate before them a case which he declared was not at all uncommon, although hitherto unsus pected by medical men. Behind the chair of the newcomer stood the strange looking old lady who answered tor her granddaughter, the latter being mute. Her case wa one. Sir Bernard ex plained, of absence of will. With a few quick question he ' placed the history ot the case before hi hearer. There wa a bad family history a father who drank and a mother who suffered from epilepsy. At IS the girl had received a sudden fright owing to a practical Joke, and from that moment shtf gradually came under the in fluence of some hidden unknown terror so that she even refueed to eat altogether. The strangest fact, however, was that she could still eat and apeak In secret, although In public she wss entirely dumb, snd no amount of pleasure or pain would Indue her to utter a sound. "This," explained Sir Bernard, " Is ono of the many rases of absence of will, partial or entire, which hat recently rome be neath my notice. My medical frlenis, and also Dr. Deboutin, will agree that at the age the patient received her fright many girls sre apt to tend toward what tha Charcot school teim 'Aboulle.' or In plain English, absence of will. Now one of tho most extraordinary symptoms of, this 1 terror. Terror," he said, "of performing the simplest functions of nature; terror of movement, terror of eating though sane In every other respect. Some there are, too. In whom this terroi is developed upon on point only, and In such the inequality ot mental balance ran. as a rule, only be de tected by one who has made deep research in this particular branch ot nervous dis order." Tbe French professor followed with a lengthy discourse. In which be bestowed the highest praise upon Sir Bernard for bis long and patient experiments, which, he laid, bad up to the present been con ducted In secret, berause he feared that If It were known he had taken up that branch of mediral science he might lose hi reputa tion a a lady' doctor. Then. Just as the meeting was being brought to a conclusion, Jevons touched m on th shoulder, and w both slipped out. ' "Wetl." be asked. "What do you think of It all?" "I've been highly Interested." I replied. "Rut how does this further our Inquiries or throw any light on ihe tragedy?" "Be patient," was his response ss w wslked together In the direction of Th Angel. "Be patient, snd 1 will shew you." (To I) Continued.) l .ilrU'i Manager Arrested. NEW YORK. Jan. 24 David W. Buck lin, the reputad manager of ('nftcld'a al leged gambling bouse, u arrested today nn aa lmt! -lra.nl hlib charges blm ltl) maintaining a gambling bouse and thereby rreatln and tonilnulog publle aulsanc. lie furnlahed !.i0 ball and a relesied. Iluiklia expressed the opinion today that I'aiiBeid aould return to this rountry hn be hsd completed his Ruropeaa int. "CasBeld will surely return sod far any indictment or ibarao that may b toad Issaiutt blm."