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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1896)
?' "f- ""; r " THS COURIER. r r- Sri A Medical Mystery. , I bad reached my office one morning in November, a year or two ago, when, to my surprise, I found a young fellow waiting for me outside the door. "Mr. Somere," he began, impetuously, "can you give me your services for the day?" "Is the matter very pressing?" I re plied. 'Tell me what it is." "My name is Kincaid," he said quick ly. "You did some family business for us a few years ago. I want you to come withmeat once. We can just catch a train from Waterloo to Basingstoke at -9:10. It tuns down in an hour. I'll ex plain it all in the train. Ten guineas . for the day and expenses. Make your own terms if successful. Will that do?" "Very well," I said, "go and get a' cab I'll join you directly." I unlocked my office, picked up a . portmanteau which I kept ready packed for emergencies, scribbled a note to my clerk, and in less than ten minutes was by his aide in a hansom, on the way to the station. We secured a carriage to purselres, and as soon as the train had fairly started he unfolded hfri tale. "My uncle, Clavell Kincaid, died very suddenly last night, under curious cir cumstances, and I suBpect foul play," he -began. "Tel me exactly what happened." "We had a kind of family dinner party to make a fresh arrangement about the property in which my uncle had a life interest." "Nobody present but relations?" "No." ""What is the property worth?" - About 10,000 or jE12,000 a year." "Go on." "As things stand now, my cousin Harry takes everything under the en tail. The object of the meeting was to buy out his interest, so that it could be more evenly divided 'among the family. Everybody directly interested was present."' "You couldn't buy up your cousin's interest witheut his consent." I inter rupted. "Certainly not," answered the young 'fellow. "But Harry is a black sheep. In fact, he's a thoroughly bad lot. lie has been knocking about South Ameri ca, and I don't know where else, for some years, and his record is about as black a one as a man can have." "Vary well," I Baid. "Now tell me about your uncle's death.' "We had, -.finished dinner, and sat chatting '.aid' seaokiag. Uncle Clavell was tsUnagto my father; suddenly he aid: 'Dear ae. I feel so sleepy, I really think I'r Tkesrae stopped suddenly. His head fell forward and somebody rushedjter'braBdy.lbinkiDghe was ill. As a sutler ef fact he was dead. It all happened in a annate." , "AboI yon suspect your .cousin of hav iaghtHed kirn?" """ "YV "On what grounds?' The yoHDgifeOow; looked blank. "I hardly knew," he stammered, "ex cept that Harry's bad enough to do any thing, and my uncle was in perfectly good health." "Was Mr. Clavell Kincaid drinking anything at the time?" "No, he was just smoking a cigar and Aaftiag." ' "Was your cousin near him?" "No, he was talking to me several yards away. "How do you think, then, he killed your uncle?" 1 I don't know. That's why I've abaaefor you." 1 ' "You start excase. me, Mr. Kincaid, -bat I'm afraid this is a wild goose chase. It was to your cousin's lntetest that your uBcle shsuld die. Your cousin is aa'oatsiderr Yonr'wacle dies Vdgaja- .ly, sag yoa jump to the conclusion "ief auderad, bat it doesn't fol- v; low by any means.' '.'Of course not, but I believe he was," he persisted. "Has a doctor seen Mr. Kincaid? What does he say?" "The doctor won't say anything defi nitely until he has made a proper ex amination. He thinks it is total paraly sis of the brain, and he can't account for it in any way." "What kind of a man was your uncle?" "Very healthy and, very. temperate. I have neverknown him to eat too much or drink too much in my life. Never had a day's illness.' "Well, it's a very strange case," J said, "aadayerysad one. But, frankly, I believe your uude died from natural causes. You are prejudiced in the matter; I am not. We reschex. Basingstoke, at a few minutes iaet. 10, said theaseparated. Young - Edward Kincaidf waB to go straight ho ae. and explain to his father jvhat he had done, and get him to help. When I arrived I was received by father hdaon, and 'taken privately to the dining room, where the. death occurred. "You must quite understand, Mr. Somen," said the older man,."that J am Botprepared to indorse my son's opin ion that my brother was murdered. His death was shockingly sudden, and my nephew, Harry, is, I am sorry to say, a thorough rogue; but I should be sorry to think he was guilty of this." "I can't see any reason to suspect him of it." I said dryly. Then they explained to me exactly where everybody was standing when the death took place, and I asked a good many questions, bb to what the dinner consisted of, but nothing transpired which threw any light on the matter. "Thia is the cigar which he was smok ing," said the young fellow suddenly. "Itook it.out.of his hand.and. placed.it on the mantelpiece. Do you think," he went on quickly, "a man could be pois oned by a dear, because, now J come to think of it, this one came out of my cousin's case." "I don't think a cigar could be made bo as to kill a man on the spot," I re plied. "It might make him very sick.Gr send him to sleep, but not kill him. "Besides,' said Edward Kincaid, senior, "several of ub smoked cigars out of Harry's case. I think you did, for one. You see," he continued, turning to me, "when we were lighting up, my brother had cigars handed around, but mv nephew produced his own case' and offered it, to those nearest. My brother was a connoisseur of cigars, and, know ing that Harry always had something especially good, and wishing, perhaps, to please him, he said, from the other end of the room, 'Harry, I think I'll have one of yours.'" "Yes, if you reinemler," said the young man, "Harry walked up to him and picked a cigar out of his case, and said, 'Try this one, uncle.' " I felt rather perplexed; but to be on the safe side, put the half smoked cigar in my pocket for further examination. "I'm afraid this doesn't prove any. thing,' I said. "It isn't even suspicious. You see, Mr. Clavell asked for it." -Yes. but perhaps Harry calculated he would do so, because Uncle Clavell often said that hiscigarsosxere the best part of him, and he alwajs liked to. smoke them." "Could you manage for me to see your cousin?" I asked. As luck would have it, the person in question sauntered into the room. He was a worn-out, dandified-looking man of about five and-thirty, very Ballow and bony, with a rather unpleasantly easy bearing. I was introduced as representing the solicitors, and we began to discuss the death. 1 watched him narrowly, lie talked about it with horrible com posure, and didn't, pretend to be sor row .stricken. -"Well, I suppose you three are talk ing business," he said at last, lazily, "so I'll clear out I hate that tort of thii.it. Ishull run up to town tomorrow, and call on your people," he added, turning to, me. "Good morning." "What do you propose todo, Mr. Som ere? said EJwnrd Kincaid. .It's impossible to form ati opinion We have purchased (because it Is Just the thins we have needed) the Columbian Cyclopedia Library, con sisting of the Columbian encyclopedia, which is also an unabridged dictionary thirty-two volumes of convenient size neatly bound, four volumes of thean nual cyclopedic review, lour Arolumes of current hlstoryfor 1896, one Columbian atlas and the neat convenient revolving oak cas ewlth glass doors. From the evidence obtained we And that some part of this work Is placed in the best private and public library In this country an dabroad, for the reason that they cover a field relative to the past, present and future progress and achievements of the human race not attempted by others: The plan Is original, and -the work throughout is carefully and ably written. Current history contains 220 pages. Is Issued two months after the close of each quarter, this length cf time being taken to reduce all Information received to be an absolutely reliable and authentic basis. If these are kept on file, this magazine will prove a permanent and Invaluable record of all Important movements in political, social religious, literary, educational scientific and Industrial affairs. The magazine will be indispensible to all people who have encyclopedias, as it will be needed to keep these works up to date. To those who do not own encyclopedias it will be doubly valuable as -their source of Information Is more limited. About March of each year the four volumes of current history are bound into one volume, known as the Annual Cyclopedic Re view. There are now four of these b'ound volumes covering yearsl892-3-4 and 5. The work has for endorsers and subscribers in this city and state such people as Mr. Gere, editor-inchlef of the Lincoln State Journal., Hon. Joe Bartley, state treasurer, Hon. W. J. iBryan, Mr. Miller, editor of the Northwestern Journal of Education, Hon. H. R. Corbett. state? supsrlntend ent of public Instruction, .Dr. R. E. Giffen, Miss Mary L. Jones, acting librarian at the state university whose letter we publish below In full: "Every reading person has felt the need of brief summaries of current topics and events. The daily, weekly and monthly periodicals and papers may furnish data sufficient, but the labor of collecting and digesting It Is frequently out of proportion to the re sult obtained A most satisfactory summary may be found in the qUar Journal has been of invaluable service teriy issues of Current History. This In the library covering a field that no other attempts. MART L. JQNES. Acting Librarian. Subscription price, $L50 a year in advance; bound volumes, cloth. $2. half morrocco, $2.50; library sheep.J2.50; embossed sheep, $3.50; three-fourths perslon. $4. Complete library from $36. to $108; cases from $6. to $44. The complete library is sold on monthly payments to suit purchaser. City subscriptions will be received at the Courier office for a limited time only, or at Mr. H. W. Brown's book store, direct all other correspondence to C. S. Borum, general agent, Lincoln, Neb. REDUCED SUMMER TRIPS AT RATES. The North-Western' line Is now sell ing tickets at reduced rates to many tourist points in the western, northern and northeastern states and Canada. Any one desiring a summer trip would do well to secure our figures before pur chasing tickets elsewhere. The finest ice cream parlors in the city are at 1211 O St; "Kphemar." Sutton & Hollowbush, 12th and O, Funke opera house corner, make a spe cialty of serving families and parties with the finest Ice-cream and ices, In all varieties; also fine cakes, etc. DO YOU WAN L'TO SAVE TIME? Well the new flyer leaving Lincoln at 3:20 p. in. via Missouri Pacific will save you several hours to St. Louis. Cincin nati. New York and ail eastern points and connections are made in the St. Louis unioi station, the most expen sive, compietifaud finest in the world Any information or sleeeping car berths tcity ticket office 1201 O S. 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