Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 6, 1912, Page 4

(Continued from Yesterday). So it proved; for {n fhe ioriing 1 found my friend standing on- the hearthrug with his back to the fire, and a smile of complete satistaction upon his face. “How’s this, Watson?” he ecried, picking up the paper from the table. “‘High red house with white stone faclngs. Third floor. Second window left. After dusk—G. That is defi- nite enough. I think after breakfast ‘we must make a little reconnaissance of Mrs.. Warren’s neighborhood. Ah, Mrs. Warren! what news do you bring us this morning?” Our client had suddenly burst into the room with an explosive energy which told of some new and momen- tous development. “It’s a police matter, Mr. Holmes!” she cried. “I'l have no more of it! He shall pack out of that with his baggage. 1 would have gone straight up and told him so, only I thought it was but fair to you to take your opin- fon first. But I'm at the end of my patience, and when it comes to knock- ing my old man about—" “Knocking Mr, Warren about?” “Using him roughly, anyway.” “But who used him roughly?” “Ah! that’s what we want to know! It was this morning, sir. Mr. Warren is a timekeeper at Morton & Way- light’s, in Tottenham Court road. He has to be out of the house before [ Caught a Glimpse of a Dark, Beautl. ful, Horrifled Face. seven. Well, this morning he had nov gone ten paces down the road when two men came up behind him, threw & coat over his head, and bundled him into a cab that was beside the curb They drove him an hour, and then opened the door and shot him out. He lay in the roadway so shaken in his ‘wits that he never saw what became of the cab. When he picked himself up he found he was on Hampstead heath; so he took a bus home, and there he lies now on the sofa, while T came straight round to tell you what had happened.” “Most interesting,” sald Holmes. “Did he observe the appearance of these men—did he hear them talk?” “No; he is clean dazed. He just knows that he was lifted up as if by magic. Two at least were in it, and maybe three.” “And you connect this attack with your lodger?” “Well, we've lived here fifteen years and no such happenings ever cama before. I've had enough of him, Money’s not everything. I'll have him out of my house before the day 18 dome.” “Walt a bit, Mrs. Warren. Do noth. ing rash. I begin to think that this affair may be very much more impor- tant than appeared at first sight. It is clear now that some danger is threat- ening your lodger. It is equally clear that his enemies, lylng in wait for him near your door, mistook your hus- band for him in the foggy morning light. On discovering their mistake they released him. What they would have done had it not been a mistake, we can only conjecture.” “Well, what am I to do, Mr. Holmes?” “I have a great fancy to see this lodger of yours, Mrs. Warren.” “I don’t see how that 18 to be man- aged, unless you break in the door, [ always hear him unlock it as I go down the stair after I leave the tray,” T “He has to taks the tray in. Surely we could concesl ourselves and ses him do it.” The landlady thought for a moment. “Well, sir, there’s the box-room op- posite.” I could arrange a looking- glass, maybe, and if you were behind the ‘door—" ~ “Excellent!” sald Holmes. does he lunch?” “About one, sir.” “Then Dr. Watson and I will come round in time. For the present, Mrs, ‘Warren, goodby.” At half-past twelve we found our selves upon the steps of Mrs. War ren’s house—a high, thin, yellow- brick edifice in Great Orme street, a narrow thoroughfare at the north. east side of the British museum. Standing as it does near the corner of the street, it commands a view down Howe street, with its more pre- tentious houses. Holmes pointed with a chuckle to one of these, a row of residential flats, which projected 80 that they could not fail to catch the eye. “See, Watson!” said he. “‘High house with stone facings’ There is the signal station all right. We know the place, and we know the code; so surely our task should be simple. There’s a ‘To Let’ card in that won- dow. It is evidently an empty flat to which the confederate has access, Well, Mrs. Warren, what now?” “I have it all ready for you. If you will both come up and leave your boots below on the landing, I'll put you there now.” It was an excellent hiding-plage which she had arranged. The mirror ‘was 50 placed that, seated in the dark, ‘we could very plainly see the door op- posite. We had hardly settled down in it, and Mrs, Warren left us, when a distant tinkle announced that our mysterlous neighbor had rung. Pres- ently the landlady appeared with the tray, laid it down upon a chair beside the closed door, and then, treading heavily, departed. Crouching togeth- er in the angle of the door, we kept our eyes fixed upon the mirror. Sud- denly, as the landlady’s footsteps died away, there was the creak of a turn- ing key, the handle revolved, and two thin hands darted out and lifted the tray from the chair. An instant later it was hurriedly replaced, and I caught & glimpse of a dark, beautiful, horri- fied face glaring at the narrow open- ing of the boxroom. Then the door crashed to, the key turned once more, and all was silence. Holmes twitched my sleeve, and together we stole down the stair. “I will call again in the evening,” said he to the expectant landlady. “I think, Watson, we can discuss this business better in our own quarters.” “My surmise, as you saw, proved te be correct,” sald he, speaking from the depths of his easy-chair. “There has been a substitution of lodgers. What I did not foresee is that we should find a woman, and 1o ordinary woman, Watson.” “She saw us.” “Well, she saw something to alarm her. That is certain. The general Bequence of events is- pretty clear, is 1t not? A couple seek refuge in Lon- don from a very terrible and instant danger. The measure of that danger is the rigor of their precautions. The man, who has some work which he must do, desires to leave the woman In absolute safety while he does it. It is not an easy problem, but he solved it in an original fashion, and so effec- tively that her presence was not even known to the landlady who supplies her with food. The printed messages, as is now evident, were to prevent her sex being discovered by her writ- ing. The man cannot come near the womar, or he will guide their enemies to her. Since he cannot communicate “When “A Cipher Message, Hoimea.” THE HOBO GAUGHT IN THE FOILS MAJESTIC THEATRE| Complete Change of Program Tonight | support of ihe sixteen delegates from THE ‘“HOME” OF THE BEST PHOTOPLAYS A very interesting drama. A realistic melodrama. SELIG Well worth while. KALEM Illustrated Song— SMILE A WHILE in India. Comedy. Miss Hazelle Fellows. i IHGIIiEIITS OF THE DURBAR & DELHI Very interesting views of ‘this great gathering TOMMY'S GEOGRAPHY LESSON EDISON EDISON agony column of & paper. Bo far all 18 clear.” “But what is at the root of t1* “Ah, yes, Watson—severely practl cal, as usual! What 1s at the root of it all?. Mrs. Warren's whimsical problem enlarges somewhat and as- sumes & more sinister aspect as we proceed. This much we can say: that it is no ordinary love escapade, You saw the woman’s face at the sign of danger. We have heard, too, of the attack upon the landlord, which was undoubtedly meant for the lodger. ‘These alarms, and the desperate need for secrecy, argue that the matter is one of life or death. The attack upon Mr. Warren further;shows that the enemy, whoever théy are, are them- selves not aware of the substitution of the female lodger, for the male. It 18 very curious and complex, Wat- son.” “Why should -you go further in it? What have ycu to gain from it?” “What indeed? It is Art for Art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?” “For my education, Holmes.” “Educatlon never ends, Watson. It 1s a series of lessons with the greatest for the last. This is an instructive case. There is neither money nor credit in it, and yet one would wish to tidy it up. When dusk comes we should find ourselves one stage ad- vanced in our investigation.” When we returned to Mrs, War Ten’s rooms, the gloom of a London ‘winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of col- or, broken only by the sharp squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas lamps. As we peered from fthe darkened sittingroom of the Jodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up'through the ob- scurity. “Someone 18 moving in that room,” #aid Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane. “Yes, I can see his shadow. There he is again. He has a candle in his hand. Now he is peering across. He wants to be sure that she is on the look-out. .Now he begins to flash. Take the message also, Watson, that we may check each other. A single flash—that is ‘A, surely. Now, then. How many did You make it? Twenty. So did I. That should mean ‘T’ -A T—that’s intelli- gible enough! Another ‘T Surely this is the beginning of a second word. Now, then TENTA. Dead stop. That can’t be all, Watson? ‘ATTENTA’ gives no sense. Nor Is it any better as three words—A T. TEN. TA, unless ‘T.A’ are a per- son’s initials. There he goes again! What's that? AT T E—why, it is the same message over again. Curious, ‘Watson, very curious! Now he is oft once more! A T—why, he is repeat- ing it for the third time. ‘ATTEN T A’ three times! How often will he repeat it? No, that seems to be the finish. He has withdrawn from the window. What do you make of it, Watson?” “A cipher message, Holmes.” My companion gaYe a sudden chuckle of comprehension. “And a very obscure ciphér, Watson,” sald he. “Why, of couise, it is Italign! The ‘A’ means that it is addressed to & woman. ‘Beware! Beware! Be- ware!” How’s that, Watson?” ~ “I believe you have hit it.” “Not a doubt of it. It is a very ur- gent message, thrice repeated to make it more so. But beware of what? \Whit a bit; he is coming to the win- dow once more.” Again we saw the dim silhouette of a crouching man and the whisk of the small flame across the window, as the signals were renewed. They came more rapidly than before—so rapid that it was hard to follow them. “PERICOLO’ —‘pericolo,— Eh, what’s that, Watson? Danger, isn’t it? Yes, by Jove, ite’s a danger signal. There he goes again! ‘PERL’ Halloa, what on earth—" The light had suddenly gone ~it, the glimmering square of window had disappeared, and the third floor formed & dark band round the lofty building, With ‘its tiers of shining casements. That last warning cry had been sud- denly cut short. How, and by whom? Tke same thought occurred on the in- stant to us both. Holmes sprang up from where he crouched by the wine dow. “This 1s serious, Watson,” he cr} “There is some deviltry going torwl'::i ‘Why should such a message stop in 8uch a way? I should put Scotland Yard in touch with this business—and yet, it s toe pressing for us to leave.” :‘Shall I go for the police?” “We must define the situation a lit- tle more clearly. It may bear some more innocent interpretation, Come, Watson, let us go acros ourselves 8nd soo what we can make of it.” (Continued Tomorrow). Interest in Maryland Primaries. ‘Washington, D. C., May 6.—The eyes of all politicians in the national capital are turned today toward Maryland, where primaries are being held to determine who is to have the that state in the contests for. the Re- publican and Democratic presidential nominations. A majority of the poli- ticians who venture a prediction as to the results seem to pick Taft and Clark as the winners, but it is gen- erally conceded that the situation is sc complex that predictions are guesswork pure and simple. One particular feature of ‘Mary- land’s primary law. adds to the un- certainty of the outcome. This is the provision for voting by county units. According to this provision, if a county goes for Roosevelt, the| delegates to the state convention will be morally bound to regard the trend indicated, and if & majority of the counties should vote for Taft, for in- stance, then the state convention is bound to' select delegates who will be-favorable to him.. Maryland has twenty-four counties and: the fnte; ests of the vnrlnu’.vséseun state are diverse, thus ren Tesults of the voting i | foretell 'with any degree of certainty. HIGHER LICENSE UR<T0 COUNCIL (Continued from first page.) fee the sum of ‘nine hundred fifty ($950.00) “dollars. All' persons, ‘firms or ‘corporations engaging in sald business on and af- ter the first day of March, 1913, shall pay into the city treasury as such li- cense fee the sum of one’ thousand ($1,000.00) dollars. ™ Sec. 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Bemidji in conflict with- this ordinance- are hereby expressly repealed. Sec. 3. This ordinahce shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage, approval and publication. Potato Profit $50 Per Capita. Moorhead, May 6—(Special) —The value of the potato‘crop in Clay coun- ty grown in 1911 was in round num- bers $2,000,000 which is $100 for ev- ery man, woman:and child in Clay county, based on the census for 1910, or $50 per capita out of the profits of the 1911 potato crop. According to the official figures of the railroad companies the number of cars forwarded between Aug. 1, 1911, and April 21, 1912, were as follows: Great Northern ......2,547 carloads Northern Pacific ....1,054 carloads Total . ..........3,601 carloads Counting 600 bushels to the car the grand total in bushels was 2,160,- 000 bushels of potatoes shipped out of Clay county from the crop of 1911, This does not take into account the amount kept for seed purposes, or_the amount marketed locally. Clearbrook Takes First Honors. Clearbrook, May 6—Special—Sun- day afternoon at the Clearbrook base ball park a match game of ball took place between the Gonvick and Clear- brook clubs. Clearbrook boys were easy winners and would have shut the Gonvick boys out but for a few errors. Score 6 to 3 in favor of Clearbrook. Geo. Clark, Andrew Ness and Robt. Lorrigan pitched for Gonvick. John Koxvold pitched and Gilbert Jenson caught for Clearbrook. Both teams appeared strong for the first game of the season, and with practice some good games may be ex- pected this season on the “Soo” be- tween Bemidji and Thief River Falls. May 6 a Lucky Birthday. Washington, D. C.,. May .6—How to achieve success and fame—be born on May sixth. Philander C. Knox, secretary of state, was born May 6, 1853. Jeft Davis of Arkansas, who recently won out in his fight to re- turn ‘to the senate was born May 6, 1862—fifty yedfs ago today—and an the same day Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, who #éspires to become an occupant of the White House, made his entrance into the world. Still another famous American who cele- brates his birthday anniversary to- day is Rear Admiral Robert B. Peary, ‘who found the North Pole. Admiral Peary was born May 6, 1856. To Try Woman for Murder. Chicago, Ili., May 6—After repeat- ed postponements there is every prospect that Mrs. Jane Quinn will be Dplaced on trial this week for the al- leged murder of her husband, John Quinn. When Quinn was found dead early last November Mrs. Quinn de- clared he had been shot by a bur- glar. Police investigation is said to have revealed that Warren Thorpe, 4 former husband of Mrs. Quinn, had been found shot:to death in Jackson, Mich., in 1903 under similar eir- cumstances and that another hus- band, Charles McDonald, a Canadian, had died under! circumstances indi- cating poison. 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