The Fort Wayne Sentinel from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 18

1 I ft tf, If I J. 4 'I IS The Melwood Mystery 1W Ilnv. Tw tf mr m. THE NEWS SENTINEL, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. 1IW IniiuliiHIve glance swept tli rcttd momenturlly on Iho fnoa of each man exrept (loue.

Not ona tfuvd tti plight em nigtt of pie Vloii knowledge of the note. "it aaya ho began with lil jhrotilsa enunciation. "Lot me read tt Jto JOU. lie hart the Air of a man gossiping In hla club. Thuyer managoahla but un.n formud.

J. gav me bltaj more, oil Sou need, tonight. Appointment "That, all. There's no signature, Huppoae you read tt pa tt He gave It to lfaetlngaj Attention had gone now from Cont rati to the sanator. Thayer, although he was Mill nervous impatient, kept himself In hand, "What arc you getting at.

Mr. Con radr he nuked, amnscd. "You know thnt'a rank forgery Ilaatlnga paseecl tho note to the chief of police. Fells chose another cigarette le fort he noewereft Thayer "Kxactl what I thought at first." The detective, elan ting1 glume under hie spectacles, look 'up (lie cOUOquy "At flratr Yon. Such an unquallfloU accusation against two men who nobody Could, have suspected of dishoi.osty ufch a charge, I ear, struck me a absolutely Incredible." Haatlngn saw Thayer's expression change, li was no longer nLmply anger In place of that, urfM the aueer, disturbed look he had worn during; the first few minutes of their talk In hie oince.

In a calmer frame of mind, the senator would have resisted the 'pressure of this extraordinary scene, The dictate, of personal dignity and the obligations of his official position would' have compelled him to awatt a more suitable occasion to make a statement. Hut now hla defctra for combat responded to tho mood of the men before lie would say what he had on his mind, because they ex 1 pected. It. The detective perceived the re solve; and, trying to prevent Ms carrying It out, turned on Conrad, "We Iir he said curtly. "What we want here is less of the 'absolutely Incredible and more of the credible 1 Let's get down to business" You express there my only wish," Felix retorted unruffled.

'I shall delay you one minute longerno Ills persistence was not, to be grata said "I've had this lot for three dajs. 1 assumed the responsibility of withholding tt because I considered It a forgery. And, as long as I believed that could believe It I refused the even greater responsibility of blast Jng without sure cause a brilliant Plan's career, I submitted The softly" cadenco Hon of his words was stopped by a peculiar sound. It was like the attempted out cry of a man smothering. 1 1 iad come from Marcello.

The artist, after reuding the note noes had handed htm, had turned In his chair so that none of tlient could see his face. Ills should ois tHjied, as if his whole torso strained to preent u. repetition of the ery gtlef had wrung from him: but that first lament had been Intelligible to them a declaration thai Ilia writing na gonulnc, ZImony Newman's; be loved woman as a sf "I subri ad le sumed. "to four hand writing ports. Tho 1 1' opinions "Mr KnowlvH," tho detwetito Interrupted, "Ut Mr Jermane have It will jou Take a look at It Jerry and at he dliertnd holding out another sheet of paper a specimen of her ronl wilting Mr Jcrmalne.

re thing i the win low behind KuHtlngs. uuil with a magiilf) Iiik pltiHH I ItUIV Ollfl tl HUg geBtml lrft's'" The old man was saiiifse. I unltmltted It to foul experts, so oppressive whs my senso of responsibility Two pronounced It genuine Two declared It forgei, excellently done. hor my pari I still hop and behevo It's forgery. "Why, Mr Coniad?" The query came, uftcr a pause, from chief of police.

"Ilooause," Felix answered It coolly, "I've reason to believe that, I like the senator, am being persecuted; end, like him may be attacked with thls lowest of all vrfeflponfl, it tlmtbulr Two' voices stopped Mm In the middle of the word. Thayer and dower spoko simultaneously. Although Thayer was on his Toet. whllo Oower remained seated, Felix turned, expectunt, toward his secret Thftjer, however, would not be denied. Ills quick mind had discovered Conrad's design, plan to parade his fairness In piovlng the Newman note a 44ml, that done, to Influence everybody toward thinking him the victim of a similar trick when the message Inside the bullet should be laid before them! all this, of course on the assumption that the bullet Carried a mesnago und that the messago tfould hurt Conrad.

"Since my name," he said to Oower, 'has been injected Into this dls oUsalon In a way suggestive" a wish to be merciful to me, I hope, Mr. Ooer, you'll let me say that the very thing I have no wish to claim la also the veiy thing I havo no tnten tloh of granting to another! that thing Is mercy." "With pleasure," Cower replied to that The two men whjo had fought each oilier both accused or the attack each crying the Other's guilt took matters now out of Coniad's hands. To Hastings, tho demeanour of Oower was pussllng. He had spoken with an Indignation eoi Thayer's. Hut, seeing the spirit which dominoed Thaj r.

he gate up at once (lie precedence his employer had offered him. And he did It, the detective observed, with on ulr that proved him satisfied: more than that, wth a strange look of pleasure lie smoked voluminously, his head thrown back, his face that of a boy, drty dreamlng. "I speak fiom a sense of duty," Thayer began. "Facts which I am about to disclose can neither giro me present satisfaction nor afford me future consolation. If I could recon ctlo It to my conscience, I ehould bo fat lout on this subject to the end of my days.

"Realizing this. uu may be pathtnt Alth me" Iho abnormal tension at which he laboured, the unnatural vlbrance of his hoarse voice, the grief they saw In his eyes, hold every man In the room to the straight thread of his logic. For the time they forgot the 'box which the detecthe still held In his right "I know," he continued, "who shot Miss JSimony Newman, IHrst, however, 1 want you to remember that nine thirty o'clock In the evening was tho Important hour In the sordid tragedy we're considering. "Most of you have seen one of the attacks fo which Mr Opwer Is subject In the last one I witnessed, he said, 'Conrad Conrad and myself nlnc thtrt. Ho would hate said 11101 If Mr Conraq naun't stopped hlin Hla tone, howe er, demon Mtrated the horror with which he re enrded the business of that hour "In a conversation between Afr.

Hast intra and Mr. Conrad which pra the latter his first news that Miss Newman had been shotConrad. loHlng his usual self possession, 1 1 ntel again and again "nine The "Quality" Tea ALAM" Annual Sale Exceeds 30 Million Packets BLACK, MIXED or GREEN Steadfastly lefuo All WC Af'ss Sickness What You Need is Vinol Here Jh lroof't Moodus. Conn. "The Flo' left mo run down with weak heart and tommch, bo I would often have inking and it waa hard for me to keep around and do my houaework.

No matter what I took I did not aeem to tain, but one day read about Vinol in a paper and decided to try it. 1 soon felt better, and it haa built me up ao fast that I can truly aay it ia the flneat remedy known. It baa proved worth ita weight in gold to me, aa it haa restored my health ao quickly." Mrs. Wm. II.

Lyman, Moodus, Conn. There Is nothing like It to Restore Strength mot COD IIVKIl. PEPTONE AND IRON Will Help You or You Get Your Money Back MEYER BROS. DRUCJ GISTS, FORT WAYNE. COAL! Just Received Another Fresh Supply Indiana Lump, forked $7.00 Illinois Lump, forked $7.25 West Virginia Lump, forked Pocahontas Egg and Lump, 3" Vein, $9.50 All Other Grade of Hard and Soft Goal.

Pricea in Proportion. NIEZER CO. Phones 6MS0 5651 3006. twiity ftix tn nlimtthlrt) four, the Mfrurea topiciihlnf? tlie durntfon of Mr Kilowlee' lOiiteiice from Ihn Mrlwnnrt Mil. tin went after tho In rrall) Th.se nj(iiren in Itiflotl.

plento r' mintXT, tho slffnlflrant hour, nlno thitt) "It In oiourh nun to nui that Mr. Conrn1, ttv his tiiranlnalpsd mono aiienrv1 tu tie wumlrliia wti.th.r anybAily had nrtod. at nlne tlilrtv. In a war to embarrass him. lie.

like tlowor, had no loe for that tivclal time, ulnu thlrl) "Harry Fields told me Miss New nun had nsverj any rvenlnr, had nnytiody, man or woman. In her npartinent at nlnn thlrty They either cam early and left a fow mlnutrn past nine; or, more rarel, they cam)rln at nlne forty flve. Mr. Marrello haa corroborated that alno Dr. Thayer, my brother.

"Nine thirty, then, waa the bis; hour for MJa Newman. "WhyT Ileeauae at that time, whenever Imperative, she received or transmitted to, somebody queries and facts about which there must be no delay. Half past nine raa the vital moment. Neither love tier hate rould change It, life and death huhe; on It. "Miss Newman's solitude at this hour was essential because of tho method used to transmit facts! communication bullets.

The hour for this aort of correspondence had to lie est In advance, for safety's sake. And she had to be there, awaiting the hullet, to read the message and destroy tt aa aoon aa read. 1 Felix Interrupted "If Thayer wheeled Upon hlmii aald, Mr. Conrad, nobody could prevent my saying what I had to ayl" Certainly. "I repeat It nowt" tils bearing had in It finality.

yielded without a trace ot embarrassment, Hastings, seeing hla eaae ot manner reflected "Oower did the shooting. That's sural Thayer's on the wrong track." "1eavlng temporarily our consider atlon of nine thirty," Thayer took up hla story, "wo examine an interest In situation. "There Va In Washington, at the time Miss Newman waa shot, a skilled (larman nrcnt. a 'master spy, who gave orders and received In safety many reports. "Ltt Monday the military situation In Krnnce was such that Oer many wanted to get out of this war.

If Ilerlln that tiny could have learned. on nuthorlty, that Woodrow Wilson would her at the peace table a mercy not to tie expected front other nations, ehe would have ended the war. That being so. Merlin wanted ami ordered the latest Information. "The "muster epj' reported.

His newri was not enough. "He had still another chancel Miss Newman, already working on this Job, Could be rushed anil threatened Into greater activity Instant action waa tmporatli e. "Now we return to half past nine It was hor iluty every evening at that hour to lime on the mantel In her lUlng room a sheet of steel, a bullet catcher Bhe had to be ready, llut this tlmo nomelhlng went wrong; "Khowles. whom she Intended to see and send away In ample time, did what ehe simultaneously had feared and yet could not believe possible. He hurt her Physically, thought he hac killed hr by stabbing her." The inventor, crimson uiimwi battery of honllle glances, rat still, undenylng Thaer'a eyes compelled him Kiumlo.

bellevm mis la not guess work, gentlemen; he has confessed to Mr. Hastings that he stabbed her believing her dead, he left her In the bed room, went out at tnentv six mlnuiea past nine, im.i on establishing Ms allbl. TCou know already the phonograph trick. 8he regainea cunsciounnw tu, wa. nut buvlna: the ice cream The llrst Idoa'to present Itself to her wan the nightly, lneviiaoie penurm nnce, preparation for reception of the poaaltile message, the bullet Khe struggled to her feet, staggered Into the living room Hue made hor way to the mantel, leaning against It a moment, to rest, for the final effort of taking tho bullet ratcher from the alcove.

It waa kept there. In an artlsfa portfolio. "Weakness had hold of her; the rm nun nround her. Hut another rftott, one more call on her energy, nan necessary Hh waa no coward She could lirt the thirty odd pounds of steal had done It every evening for months and t.nt it In rn on tho mantel "The window was open, the wirs 1 Hcrovn raised. The 'bullet catcher" in pluoo she could lie rest The man who stabbed her waa gone, she thought! Bho had more than a nuar ter of an nour gei owi awn itether.

Invent of her ound. send Tor physician and deny lierneir to her next caller myaelf. "Hut she must hurry. run the risk of hnvln a nuin noie in the wall and of losing time In getting the I' far Into th She might be expected to return an answer at onoe, Hesldes, tho room spun iovr, prx herself wllll a hand on the mantel Khe hadn't turned on the lights In the liv 1ngroaaM.but that didn't matter. There war light enough from the bed room.

The messages had come In no more light than that. poised, beginning tne nrst atep toward the alcove. The bualness of walking waa an intricate actl Bhe could "Quicker than thought, louder than big gunssomethlng had overwhelmed her! Dust and like a million walla pulverised and crowding Into her nostrils, steel and stone heavier than the wreckage of a city's "Mlse Nswman. unconscious, with a bullet embedded In her skull, swung half around at the bullet's 4mpaot 4 lurched forward and down, plunged through the alcove hangings. "The hangings fell together again, Cjulet was In the hot.

dimly lighted room. "Kpnii i elaborating hla alibi, came back, removed the allk from the clock, kept hla glance away from the bad. room, talked tnrougn tne bed room door In the played out hla little comedy. "Another 'f iin In, sat ten minutes beside the unconscious form, and want away unsuspecting. 'Marceuo arriveu; waueai maae hla awful dlacoveryi summoned aid "Across the atreej.

third 0oor of the Conrad home, waa a morphine addict, Dayld who says ho vdo tho etab which In reality waa dona by man with a hard, polished face slipped past (lower's do made hla way downstair hid In hla study the gun with which he hnd aent the bullet Into the woman's apartment! waited; looked again; crept back up the stairs and to the third floor front. "The "bullet catcher" he preferred waa box of aand. nlaced on that mantel aa the atael wm Zlmony Newman's. In this box there should have been a bullet anawerlnr hla urgent message, There was none. continued.) RAINBOW DANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FRANKLIN'S ORCHESTRATRIER'S.

Tuesday, JanuaryH7. 'V Armenia la the oldest Christian nation In the wori vW vv ACCUSED WIFE DISCOVERS REVOLVER IN OVERCOAT (Kix to Ih. N.w.ntifirl I WAUHAW. Ind Jan. 17.

nlil Kred Alhertson leave a revolver in Die overcoat pooket after the shootIns: affair at hla hnm. In rl w.AAi thanksgiving evening a revolver with von ui.i iiargeii, preaumaoiy the revolved used In Inflicting the wound In Albertson's left side? Anyway. Mrs. Aline AlberUon tried for shooting her husband, with Intent to kill, and found guilty ot assault and bat tery by the Jury ana) assessed a fine of 00, appeared In4 triumphant mood Monday afternoon when aha tolVI of having found Albertson's overcoat tn a small room In the court house and ot having located a revolver with one shell missing, In the pocket of the coat. This, according tn Mre Albertson, proves her Innocence of the shooting.

Friends of Albertson wonder If (he revolver could hava been planted In the pooket by frlendo of the defendant. Anyway the ease la ended for the fine of 00 with attached costs of 0, waa paid late Monday afternoon. It was learned that a fort Wayne man had taken a mortgage on tins Uarvin farm and had furnlahed the cash bond of required to secure surs. Aioertson'a release from Jail A very beautiful $75.00 Pathe, with one album of records and cabinet, can be had now at the Foster Furniture Co. Mid Season Clearance Sale, $37.50.

This only one of several very attractive bargains to be had during this sale. it G. Goldia Obenchain Chiropractors 8M UTILITY BLDO. Second Fleer SloSt Veara Prattlee Pest Graduate Work at No tijnal and American Colleges, hlcaro. Phone, Office" 14S.

Residence, Qreen 3288 MAIIRs JliM 1iO0 ta 4i00 d. m.l 700 to SiSO p. m. Ne Hours Thursday Evenin JWsaaW 5 THE STEElLE MERS GO Even the NOTIONS are Reduced for the January Clearance Sale! Tho January Sale is store wide, and department. Although the reduced prices are effect during tho entire month, woare featuring particularly a section or' two at time.

Wednesday tho Notion Department comes forward with its hundred and one timely specials every item of great usefulness and every item underpriced. MAIL ORDERS PILLED AT SALE PRICES J. and CoU' Thread Itt yard apools. In black and white; limit, two dOaen spools to yf Qa customer, dosere flraC A Special Sale on Hair NeU Buy them In quantity during this sale, and always have a new net handy to use when the old one tears Note the very special prioee TJnicum Hair Neti 14 for $1.00 Fopulaire Nets (Single) 13 for $1.00 Fopulaire NeU (Double) 0 for 40o Fasbionette Net (Single) 4for25o Faabionette NeU (Double) 3 for 2So WAIST AND 1IOSR BUrPORTnRS For children; regularly So, 4 spsclal XOC HICK HACK HRAID In white and colors; all alies; regularly 1ZH to Itci speolal, ift holt 1UC NOVKLTY TltlWMINCl ror lingerie. In all colora negular 1 Ho bolt, fort lOe negulsr 6o bolt for 16o MIDDY KMRLJiMS In white, navy, gold and red; regularly ser.

rt fecial XC 8UOP1 LACES In black, brown and grey, to Tt lnob lengths; regu larly lOo pair, apodal OC MBTAXi BHOH THBEB To keep the shoos and slippers In shape when not being worn; regularly 2lo pair, ir epeolal DB IXNO SNAPB All sli.s In black and white; regularly lo card; fT." special fC STAR RNAPBAll nlses In black fcnd wniie; regularly 10c card: special 'An 8c MOTII 1'noor IJAaa lrge else; splendidly oonstruoted to Vrotect garments from duat and A( recuUrly U.T; special iMOTII PHOOF BAO8 Medlu'ra else; Wall made; regularly tto; OFt special. for aSOC RUST PROOF PINS Oood quality sea count; regularly special i Ol KUPI4BX. 8ATETT PINAI1 alsea; regularly lo; special PEBRIJCSH SAFETTT PINS Oood quality; regularly to package; EC special, 2 far" J' HAIR PIN CABINKTS Containing assorted laes SOo Cabinets, apselal fo 1 to Cabinets, special, 2 for AMODn AND rMlBUI, HAIR 'PlNB Various styles; regularly 25o; specUl XJl IIOOK8 AND RYES Oood quality; each card contains eyes and' hooks; regularly 10c; special J0e; 6c il(liMlltlit Your Choice of Stock of Fancy Buttons Half Price Duttona for vry purpo coat, ultrt, dr, children's wer all lifts antt matched et all at Juat half th rffular price 7. I aaaaa a aa saaaaas 15c West kijsctric, hair curlkrs vnil curl the hair In beautiful waVea In just m. few minutes Regular card, special So Regular 26o eard, special 18o HAIR CURLERS Of soft rubber; regularly rj apeelal LA PRANCE) WAVKRS Ten on a' card; regularly 10c; special 1 SIDB COMup In grey and pearl color; regularly Ocj pair; QQ special 0C CHILDREN'S HOUND COM IIS In amber and shell, regularly ZSo each speolal WHISK llllOOMS Well made or selected own Regular slae for 1So Itegular SOo else for RAN SILK In assorted colors, regularly ioci rr speclsl 4C RLASTIC) WKBBINO All widths of a fine quality; regularly 10a to tOa f' yard; apecial at OCMAN PEARL BUTTONS Of a superior quality for undermusllns, house dresses and children's wear Regular lOo else, card, 7a Regular )6o slae, card 10o Itegular 2io else, card 15o WAIIRBN dIRDELIN AND WRBH INQ Iloned belting, curved and straight In all alzes.

black and white, and all non rlnstio nebbing at specially rnlurefl pi Ices iT'ssssssssssHcV jn 1 7assflratB. vh I a jM 1 1 3 IL 1 11 Wi K.swyca Kp I KIcinert's Sanitary Goods Reduced In Price BELT 8 29c UELT8 39c llevularljr Regularly 59c ELASTIC SANITARY Regularly apecial ELASTIC 6ANITART Regularly 6O0; special SA'NITARV APRONS 6 Oct eaclv apeclal HANITAIIV APRONS 7so each; apecial ..1.... "jrEMS" The new sanitary nap. kins, packed 13 to a box Medium also, regularly too for 39o Large else, regularly Tlo, for Mo i SK WI NCI MACHINE OIL Best quality; regularly special A.0J KLKINKRT'B DRESS BIIIEaJOS All slaes; regularly 8S0 and 40a; special OaiC CIIILDnnN'S HICKORT Made to withstand hard wear; OQ special W7C Fine Warm BLANKETS Were Never So Low Priced! too, were never so splendid for these same low prices 1 Wjth tho urgent need for such warm bed covering, this January Sale is of the greatest importance note the savings on blankets of every grade Plain Cotton Blankete Oood "qualfky 'cotton blankets Irr plain gray and tan finished with pink and blue borderr also (J QJT sale price, pair pJLee7J Plaid Cotton Blankets A heavily fleeced blanket, very warm and light (JJO Qff In weight; slae 80j sale price, pair PaSeet) Nashua Wool Nap Blankets The cotton blankets with a special finish nap; very soft and warm; shown In beautiful plaids; sice JQ QC 66x10; aala price, pair uj.t. pO.7t) Pure1 Wool Blankets All pure blankets, slse handsome Una of plalda to select from; very specially priced, at rwp pair OD.

Pure Woolen Blankets Exceptional alue ia offered In this very apecial lot of pure woolen blankets; Tho plalda are In handsome color combinations, and the quality Is light lowelght and affords great warmth. Slae J0; (JQ tT very special, pair 00UU Virgin Wool Blankets Blanketa of extra large slae; Tlxle In a. beautiful assortment of plaids. Such blanketa aa these cannot rjrr be duplicated any i here at the speolal price eJyXUeO Remnant Sale Wednesday at Half Price adsssBvll sssssssHlT CDsaxaasssssssssssssssssssI A sale of useful remnants of every description that will rejoice the heart of every thrifty woman in town 1 For included are short lengths of all kinds of yard goods that have accumulated during the brisk January selling all correctly measured and ticketed for the sale at exactly half thft regular price" from the Jbolt. Desirableshortlengtlisof Mercerized and Linen Damask Dress Woolens Silks White Goods Outing Flannels Ginghams Percales Linings Wash Goods Domestics of Every Sort These remnants will all be on sale on the Main Floor, arranged on aisle tables for easy selection.

Every remnant is of fresh desirable merchandise and in advantageous lengths. yssiiM I V. A i i.i.