Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1895, Page 17

{HE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895-TWENTY PAGES, 17 car is only known by the number, which is RAILROADS. PALACES ON WHEELS 503.. This car contains a typewriter, speed | ———__-““"" "40 22 recorder and signals, which can be operated BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. from the observation room or the private | Leave Washington tee steoe” Coes of New preliminary Investigation of this remark- able case was sure to be. “Certainly,” he said, im @ voice audible to the coroner, “there is no objection to your remaining.” could pass out another person pressed into | young Brand. He t white to the lips the opening. It was a woman. The po-| and stammered: 3 Hceman would have thrust her back, but “Several persons in the office.”* she resisted. 3 “Who are they? Let ever: “Please let me in,” she cried. ‘You must. | a key to this desk prodtice {i » STAMPS CLOSED FOR ER ‘Turning to Howard Brand, he asked for | I am his niece, Margaret Brand.” Every employe was called, and one key 4 : sleeping apartment, Should the general Jersey aroune ant 0 Steet, BY HOWARD FIELDING. further detatls of the broker's death, | 1 was mute with surprise, Was found. It wasi@igrold Brand's. He | Sumptuous Style in Which the Rail- | manager wish to signal to the engineer to | 70, cs fo and Northwest, Vestibule TAmited, “He had just called to Walter,” sa nnati, “By all means, let Miss Brand come in,’ | could not refuse to give it up, for all the said Preble. ‘And, by the way, that tele-| clerks knew that he it. gram will be unnecessary now.” By this time we al!‘saw how the cur- The policeman stepped aside and the] rent was setting, and we were not sur- young woman entered. I caught only a| prised when Preble corttinued: glimpse of her, as she huried by me to-| “This clipping was,a bold stroke. ‘The murderer knew Miss @ttand’s poverty, and that she was trying get work. It hap- pened that the description of the poison was ‘backed’ by some advertisements of work for women. Wbage great discovery! slow up, go faster, whistle or stop, while | For Cincinnath, St Love and Louisville, Vestie way Officials Travel. he himself is lying in bed, all he is obliged | buled Limited, 8:45 pan‘: expres, 12-01 might, 'y to do is to reach from the bed to the little |, For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express, daily 11:30- electric buttons arranged on the side of his | 2. 8nd 9:10 p.m. For Le: S| 2 couch, then press either one, and the en-| For Winches mag anton, 1:30 a.m. gineer does the rest. For Luray, Natural Bride Reauoke: Pct ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME) ‘t= te observation room is a mantel, | Chattanmas? Nate, Bridge, Rosnoke, Wtoxsitie, over which are a thermometer, clock and | 2 dally: seeping care through, . eed dial, standing side by side, the latter 8:05 pom. dally. showing at a glance how many miles an | x70, Bilmoe, week days, x4:50 230 a.m., x12: P soe . hour or in what length of ti i 11:30 Private Cars Finished and Equipped | being covered by thertrale, ree me JS | ¥ Brand, referring to the boy who had run cut into the hall of the hotel, as I have described. “He told him to mail a letter. Suddenly he half rose from his chair, and then fell back. He did not cry out, but only uttered a faint sound like a sigh, but rather of contentment than pain.” ‘Who was it that screamed?” ‘Did you hear any one?” “Yes; I was just passing the door.” (Copyright, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) CHAPTER IL. The Joy of Death, By the accident of my presence in the New Holland Hotel at the moment when Holman Brand, the broker, met his strange wa 10, x12:80, 2:15, 28:00, fate, and by my acquaintance with the de- a pas ae ess heard the boy. Eee nneree cut ed te he res ons rolling: a ee i x5:08, 5:80, = ae Saeee tective fn th , I ob nae ie was frightened, of course.” of the advertisements, and mailed the clip- maps of the lines under the direc- and x12:01 ni of it which should enable we te cdl com, | No: tt was some one elec. Was it you?” ping to Miss Brand..;Did you not recelva Regardless of Cost. tion of Mr. Wood, which, when not in use, bee et : “Perhaps I did. You see, I ran to bis it in that way?” are hidden from view by touching a spring, (00, 11:15 p.m., x12:61 night thing of interest to the accounts already | side and lifted his hand. It fell back life- Miss Brand replied in the affirmative. when the map rolls up into a small case 0 and m., 12:15 and published. less. Then I think I cried out in terror. But “Have you the letter that accompanied attached to the side of the room. The 1 I had forgotten. This terrible affair has nearly driven me out of my senses. For in- stance, I have not even asked who you are, and by what right you question me.” “I am a detective, at present in charge of the case,” replied Preble. “Now about that letter. It isn’t stamped, I perceive.” “That's strange; I saw the stamp in his hand. I remember that he took it out of a letter on his desk.” “You were watching him?” “I was waiting until he finished with his létter. I had something to say to him.” “And this was the letter which he took the stamp from?” said Preble, taking one from the desk. It was addressed, in a feminine hand, to Holman Brand. “Yes,” responged Harold. i you know its contents?” No.” * at?’ “No; I was told to destroy it. The letter sald there were reasons. The writing re- sembled my uncle's, as I remembered it. I believed that he had sent me the clip- ping, and I was enraged. Yet I thought it best to follow the direction of the writer. The letter also told me to come to the city today to see about the advertisement.” “This is a wild story which you have put into her mouth,” cried Harold Brand. “I have something to back it,” responded Preble. “This paper from which the de- scription of the poison was cut was found in one of the great bags used fad ae col- “ ” ty lection of waste paper in the building Sere eee ene Once where you live, Mr, Brand. ‘The first ward the opposite side of the room where | thing I did on getting a view of this case her uncle’s body had been laid upon some | was to send a man to look for that copy chairs placed side by side. of the newspaper in that building. He Her face possessed the element of beauty, | not only found !t, but he found the man Mr. Brand, it will be remembered, was of the firm of Brand & Avery, with offices . on Pine street, near Broadway. When the New Holland was cpened,a little more than @ year ago, the firm established a branch office there, with an entrance from the ave- mue end another from the main hall of the hotel. I was passing through the hall when the outcry consequent upon the sudden death of Mr. Brand rose discordant above the blending voices of the great house and the busy street. There were some hun- dreds of people within sound of that cry, woodwork is of polished oak, handsomel; SELF-PAYING CAR RENTALS | carved by hand, and the entire interior i a picture of elegance and comfort, “Any good h etorles in connection with pri- vate cars? ell, I should say so, but it is HE PASSAGE OR | hard to remember them when wanted, Fou oe arrival of private | can easily recall the embarrassment of the way Seay cromae cars on the railroad | !@4y and her {m9 children upon the oc- 30,D.tt oe ‘resident’ leveland’s last trip to Ridge, 9:15 a.m. and 4:28 p.m., we is quite an event in| Buzzard’s Bay, while the private car was E = the lives of the em-|in this depot. The President had entered PHILADELPHIA ployes. The majority | his car and was reading a newspaper while All trains illuminated with Pintsch light. of employes know to | the train was getting ready to start. The| For Philadelphian New Yok, Datton ad’ the = ti be- | Woman had Pullman car tickets, and as|| Kast, week days (4:55 Dining Car), ce Dink whom ie cars no one stopped her she walked into the’| ar), 8:00 (10:00 a.m. Dining Car), 11:30 (12: Jong, and as they | President's car and took seats, the chief | Diplag Cen), Coe ee ee Tush by on the rear | magistrate’s face being hid behind his pa- | Sindaye {155 Dig Cok? een Bins eas ae of fast express| per. You can gamble on it Cleveland would | a.m. Dining Car), (12:30 Dining Car), 8:00 (6:03 trains, or are first | B@Ve said nothing, and really felt sorry at | Dining Car), 8:00 (12:01 night). “Sleepiig Car opens ee) the poor woman’s discomfiture when she | for, passengers 10:00 p.m. seen in the depots, | was informed of her mistake by one of the | Buet Parlor Cars on all day train: points, and wa iv 94383, ‘Perhaps we would better read it.” pe was disfigured by excessive leanness| who had AS bag in the Cw early an endless flow of | railroad employes. ee es a Bir Spc aes, veo rend “Why? Wi ¥ and the lines of care. one morning when you came along ani 5 12:30 p.m. ease eg ae ae avec tS aN ey ova es canaestuesiauontenaieas | Tererne Paper into it. Of course he oreie es etre tol Jerry Took a Nap. For ‘Cape May, 4:55 a.m. (9:00 a.m. Saturday “I will show you. If my theory is cor- | moved the handkerchief which had been | cannot positively swear that it was that|low. The cars are usually occupled by | “tnojdents like that are continually oc- only), 12:80. Sundays, 4:55 a.m. rect, it plays a considerable part in this| laid upon his face. She satisfied herself | paper, but ’'m willing to teave that point | superintendents, general managers, and so curring, but the best story I can recall just cept Sunday. Sunday only. that he was dead by exactly the same | to the jury. means that Dr. Bell had employed, and| “You are’ mad to accuse me of this apparently with the same technical skill. | crime,” cried Brand with trembling lips. “What was the cause of death?” she | “What do I gain by my uncle's death?—a tragedy.” He put his arm about the neck of the dead, and, with his hands, very gently foreed the jaws to open. xExpress trains. on up to the presidents. When either of | now is at the expense of Jerry Sweeny, one | aggage called for'and checked from hotels and these officials move about the country it | of the nerviest engineers on the road. He Ange by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at et offices, 619 Pennslyvania avenue northwest, is a foregone conclusion, in the mind of | naq orders to take a special car contain- | New York aveuse aed Fiftemth aieect, and at lepot. ra a loye, that some- " a | depot ‘Look!”” he cried. asked, turning to Bell and Robertson, who | paltry sum, This girl inherits much more | the average railroad emp! ing Vice President ‘Thompson over to Bal: Raat ge aea eee We all pressed forward; and we saw, | stood side by side. than I. havea thing very important in the railroad world | timore, It was late at night and Jerry had| nm. B, CAMPS. Sew ‘Manager. S12 Putney ee cnet oo eee warts Congas ono)| at was enicent (har ste mnew At = Glance) |p CNoE sr ahs call De convicted ob ths gh law | {8 @bout to happen. President Roberts’ | heen out about twenty hours of the twenty- — flan pattern wee Seamps of the Colum-| (iy uauould be ania to answer that ques- | for’ that’ Gantiomen he tured to ue” | ear lately “tied up” at the Oth strect depot, | geur. ee pea yateneiie wenn en gaGENSSTLVANTA RATLTOKD, “Poisoned!” exclaimed the coroner, ‘That | tion,” said the coroner. “You seem to have | ‘‘so far as my investigation is concerned, | and as a result rumors were floating | well, the engine backed up and we waited De ee aes ee should make the case clear. The writer of | had medical training.” 7 Jouare andor aereste ot brand) | around as thick ss the sand bugs around | cuits a long time for the vice president, | aya Rau SiauaryAniarinien) pains that letter is the murderess.”” “I have,” she replied. ‘‘My father was a | you are ender ie Preble had an electric light. who was slow in putting in an appearance. | “ Sleeping, Dining, ‘and Observation Cars He took the letter from the envelope, | Physician,and I studied with him for years. | The next and the two went doun ig| A writer for The Evening Star came | During this waiting spell Jerry lounged Harrisburg to Chicago, Cincinnati, and read it aloud, as follows: But I do not see any indication here. If | upon Brand, and the two went down in across an old acquaintance in the depot, | into the magnificent special car and threw| St. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet Parlor he has bi ‘dered, the poison is one | a corner with a crash. I was at a loss to with which Tam not familiar.” understand this sudden and violent action “It is a new poison,” said Preble, strik- | till I saw Preble wrest something from “Holman Brand: Why do you not answer my letters? I have written three and you have not noticed them. We are destitute. himself into a big lounge sort of chair, | Cas to Harrisburg. who fills the position of conductor on one - 10:30 ‘A.M. LINE.—Pallman Buffet Purlor bo: ld warn in time cf the through trains, and learned from Ptaene (ne rere Sone poles him in time | “Car to Harrisburg. Parlor and Dining Cars, Hare [ care nothing for myself, but my mother | ing in. “I will show you a description of | his adversary’s hand. him much that was interesting in regard | “But none of us had seen Jerry go Into | 3:46 PM. “CHIGRGAND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. — —whom your brother married. in aff it presently, for I have sent for a paper | The detective sprang to his feet. He ~ D tne Gicespreniaentian maa Buffet Parlor Gar to Harrisburg. SI y and has left in peewary—is. dying for want | containing 1t.” held before my eyes a little capsule which, | 19 peivate cars of the different railroads. pg ee air igen. Chega are Wee Hartsburg’ to St. Louk They Sent Me to Find a Doctor. of proper nourishment and the medicines| The girl se2med to be bewildered under | in a moment, he burst by the pressure of | H¢ sald: || Pivetiant soperis’ ‘waned ths pala ‘as he wanted 10 examine the | 7.(ieqnnstl, Louisville’ and Chicago, and all of them, 1 venture to say, stood| Which her illness demands. Whatever you | our eyes. We all stared at her, and for | his fingers. aot 2 -M. ‘WESTERN EXPRESS.. man over on my train last night empty, but | signals. Well, we looked and yelled for | ‘tng Car to Chicago, and Harrisburg to clevel notwithstanding that fact it has caused | Jerry, while the vice president impatiently ipo tie to Chis more talk among the rallroad men than a | walked up and down the platform. At ast | 710 2M. contemplated strike. The men immediate- | he grew tired of waiting and said: ii i myself I will admit that her confession of | | “He was trying to anticipate his sen- edical training had removed my preju- | tence.” said Preble; ‘‘smell that. dice in her favor” I believed that sho tua | I recognized the faint, delicious odor of learned the nature of her uncle’s will,.and | Selothania. may have believed at the time of that mar- riage, surely you will not let her die in this way, when so small a part of your vast wealth would save her.” still, as I did, arrested in their various pursuits by the transcending interest of death. For there was that in the alarm (the Ena) ly started stories suited to thelr own views. | |‘ “Well, when you fellows get ready let | 194) Par PACIG EXPRESS. Pullman Slecping -which meant death, and no one could mis-| At this point the coroner paused. had sent the poisoned stamp. One said Roberts had come over to see | the know. I’m going inside and io to bed.’| | Gar to Dittsbure. cae Immediately « boy with a scared face| showing it to the detective. “The writing | “Why should 1?” she replied, “I atm his FRUITS OF FAR JAPAN. bildge: Anethoe sate it’ wae the Geprosane cca ot ee ee ee ee 10:30 ASE, tor Ein aod, Renovo, daily, Tushed out of the broker's office into the| at this point changes. It is hurried and | brother's child. He has permitted my | _ ——— of the tracks on Maryland and Virginia | later he called the entire crowd into his 70 Pat. for Wil — Roches , Buffalo, and hall. Catching sight of an elderly gen-| nervous. mother and me to, suffer destitution. Re-| Vegetable Luxuries Obtained From | avenues that brought him ove while car, and what a sight we saw. There sat| Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with tleman who chanced to be directly before} “‘f will force you at least to answer | peatedly I have—” the Land of the Mikado. third insisted that a union depot for Wash- | Jerry in the nice chair, fast asleep and| og Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge via ones the boy ene out: ous Bs this,”"" he continued reading. “‘I inclose| “Pardon me,” said Preble, interrupting, | The Department of Agriculture has re-| ington was the cause of the trip. As I said | snoring like a whale. Poor Jerry, how he ey for Erie, Canindaigua, Rochester, Buf- Soto aa ance che ton. ewig | tne En stamp ein Ae ene HaNEYE me | “bi te is precious. My fue Younes” | cently acquired a collection of Japanese the car, Dut If was: sont Weve aoe Ggimein | Zubbed his eyes when mre wok him up, and | “jae, and Niagara Falla dupe Scepiae Car Wasi antm,Dr. Bell,” was the reply. “What's | afford? Do you know what such poverty as| “I am conducting the investigation of | frults—counterfeits, that is to say, exe- commodation of ore of the high govern. | more But the vice president to & thoreashe r Piladelphin, New York and the Fast. wrong?” that means? You dare not, for shame’s | your uncle's death.” cuted most artistically by the professor of | ment officials. Talk like that generally | bred, and when he learned of Jerry's long | #:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED,” all Par- “Mr. Brand's dropped dead,” replied the sake, refuse to answer me, though it be to boy. “I saw him do it. “Very well,” she said; “I will answer | horticulture in the University of Tokio. tell me that we can expect ncthing from oY comes from the ‘oil house,’ and does very lit- | stretch without sleep he forgave him the] Ni, Cys., "ith Dining Cor from Baltimore, for yo New York daily, for Phila p ’ -Ta- | tle harm, bu 03 P a 09, 10:4 Horrer at the occurrence and pride in| you.’ It is signed ‘Margaret Brand.” She opened a well-worn purse, and drew | Th!8 sentleman, whose Hse = ee Guilevautoetia Wouuing dows these ae ae ee (ole Cosy ea Pinta oan, E20. O30. 0? Bis share of it seemed to be contending in|” “Gan it be possible,” the coroner contin-| from it a scrap of paper, which she gave | Marl, was educated in this country. the | reports. ier Sassen aaa naeseee™ bine Ee on be ae the youth's mind. I have observed the | ued, “that so good a man as I know your | to the detective. It was a clipping from a | models serve to illustrate the extensive in- (CoutiewaComtert NW INDIA 7305 Car), 7:20, 9:00, 11:00 (Din! game phenomenon in many person’ of ma-| uncle to have been allowed his brothers | newspaper. Preble started when he saw it. | terchange cf such vegetable products that i, = Zl Soy Picture of the Rea Man | $5 4p 12:15, 3:15, 4:20, 6:40. 10:00. a ture years, including myself. We think | widow and her child to suffer like this?” I was near enough to look over his shoulder | has heen going on during the last few ‘To my mind the improvement in private | He Gives a se ‘at 7:50 A woskalayn ee M5 OL nod Os better of ourselves when calamity takes} “I know nothing about it,” sald Harold. | and my curiosity compelled me to do it. : Ake the United States and the | °F Pullman cars has about reached its ze- 22 SSeS P.M. dail eas us into her confidence. Indeed, I have seen | “tze never mentioned them to me.” The first word I saw on the paper was | ¥€27S between the te ss nith. Of course the matter of good taste| “There are about 1,600 Osages,” sald Mr. | For Boston, without change, 7:29 A.M. weck-days, @ man saved from suicide by the new in-| That letter,” said Preble, pointing to the | gelothania. The clipping contained the | empire of the mikado! Many of the finest enters a great deal into the cost of fitting {John Florer not long ago to a Star writer. | _and 3:15 P.M. daily. Sicnesuiny maelt that came from his chance | one which the broker had written, “will | principal part of the description of that | varieties now on our inatket, have been ob- mapa these) caves) Weve anal there iecs “Gin ft BRis eelorentoan eonlatmaoet thirty searwione M100; snd 1080' Ae Foeb, “Sool, Stet witnessing of a distressing catastrophe. | probably enlighten us cn that, point. I] poison. fron nice, while not a few Amer- F se 6:05; 6:40; Dr. Bell ran into the broker's office, and| would suggest that you open it?” Diy. cmindl was made (up) Tne) gil oad nana eee jitivated largely in| ®@#inst care that have cost more than | of the traders of the Osages, and owned a eet ilas Pat. 08 I, being conveniently near him, followed] “Tt hesitate to do that,” responded the | mad. I expected that her next - words ae others, but while they are gorgeous in ap- | big Indian store at the camp of Gray 7:20, ). 9:05, 10:80, 11:00 A.M., close upon his heels. Otherwise I should} young man. “It is addressed to her. Yet | would be maniacal boasting of her crime. the land cf the risimz sun. For example, | pearance, they lack very often the comfort Horse, in the Osage nation. “Of the 1,600 B15, 8:40 (4:00 Limited), 4205 not have got in, for a policeman who had | in such a case it is necessary, I suppose.”"| Preble turned from me, and I could not | Japan has no apples that are good for | Phat goes with good taste and refinement. | individuals,” continued Mr. Florer, “some » 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:40, ai 5 entered from the avenue immediately closed the door communicating with the hotel, and denied admittance to all save those who could give a better reason for desiring it than idle curiosity—as I could not. A tall young man had just locked the see what he was doing, but he seemed to | anything; but apples’ ftom New England be examining the clipping. are being grown in sich quantities on the Just then there was a knock upon the | Island of Yezo—the northernmost of the door, ard the policeman admitted a»man | Japanese group—as to héve become an tm~ whom I recognized by his demeanor as a | portant commercial arti¢le. 3 member of “the force,” though he was in| _The climates of Japan “ahd the United plain clothes. States are much alike, dnd any plant na- He tore open the envelope, and read as follows: “My poor child: Before you receive this you will have had such help as money can give. Your letter, four days delayed, came to me this morning. I instantly telegraph- ed to Mr. Edward Morton of Cornwall, one “That car there of President Roberts is : one of the most comfortable and at the | 400 are half bloods. The outfit has a reser. same time tastefully equipped of any in the | vation embracing about 1,500,000 acres of country. The Goulds and Vanderbiits have | the richest land on™ earth, rolling prairie private cars that are marvels of the car and_water course,.and here the unfettered builders’ skill, but, while they cost. more for interior furnishings, the general ver- |,058e works his gid sweet will. He may r Pope's Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. , except Sunday. For Abnapelle, “TS0"9:00 AM., 12:15 and 4:20 eoree Big ert Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 A.M. and 4:20 PM. Atlantic Coast Line. E: for Richmond, Jack- sonville and Tampa, 150 AM 3:30 P.M. daily. , =e : Richmond Atlanta, 8:40 P. . = street door, and was then engazed in pull-| of the best of my friends. You will -have]| “Here is the newspaper you wanted,” he | t'vé to ofie country. scems to thrive in the | dict of railroad men places this car at the |‘fenée'lt, plow Jt, graze it or let it alone./ fond only, 10-57 AM weckatage, ing up the shades. Almost the whole of | seen him before you get this, and will have said, handing it to Preble. other astonishingly. ‘Frém our ‘point ~of | ‘head of the procession. There are no strings on an Osage. eee Quantico, 7:45 A.M. dally, and the front of the office was glass; and al-| found out for yourself that I could have| The detective examined it. view, just now that far Asiatic archipelago | “How many private cars are there ff] “As a historian to whom truth is pre- | wor Alesanarin anh 11:50 ready there were a hundred people looking | sent no better man to you. He has doubt- SO, S28, e005, BRE, in less explained—so far as any one can ex- plain it—the mystery of this wretched af- fair. I have never received your letters, I did not know where you were. My last information was that you and your mother “I promised to show you a description of | 1s the most prolific sourctof profitable new that poison,” he said. rernis Is the paper types ef fruits, as well 4& of hamly orna- which contained it, but unfortunately it | Mental plants. Fn 1858«two Raturalists has been cut out.” named Williams &n@’ Morrow, ‘whé accom- “What is all this?’ exclaimed the cor- | Panied Commoccre Petry’s ‘expedition, se- oner. “Mr. Preble, I am becoming utterly | cured and brcught ‘back with them many this country? That is a hard question, | cious, I must admit that the average In- aoe but, in my opinion, they wili not reach far | dian is very zealous at letting. thirgs alone. beyond the one hundred mark. At a recent | Work is not attractive to an Osage. As an meeting out in St. Louis of the general | agriculturist the Osage !s considerable of managers of the railroads of the west there|a fake. I see a good deal of it when among were something like forty private cars,| the Indians. Oh, I'm very pepular with 2h. 5:1 310, and 11:39 P.M. On Sur it » 9:45 A.AL, 2:45, 6:15, 8:02, and 10:10 ‘xandrie for Washit Gx 343, 7 TOI. 10298 AM 1200," SB, 3:00 5:30,"6:18, 7:00, ‘There were not more than half a dozen Persons in the office besides those who have been mentioned. Two of them were evi- dently employes. Another I recognized as 5 , 10, Harold Brand, nephew of the broker, and | were in England, and comfortably provided | confused.” Japanese plants; while others were col-| but of course this did not include the cars | them—what you might call widely known] and 11:08 P.M. 'On Sunday at 6:43, 9:10, 10:23 bis _csaistant in the management of the for. I have tried to find you, but vainly. If| The detective passed the clipping to the | lected subsequently by Charles Wright, | of the ble men of the eset, of howe thane and loved by my guileless customers. AM 255, “5:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:10, and: 10:53 ceffice. The others seemed to be players of | I could have dene so, you both would have | coroner. who made the trip with Ccmmodore Kodg-| ore many. There has of iate been a howl| “It's easy enough to get along with the 4 SEASHORE CONNECTIONS. the stock game. had a home with me, I am childless and| “Be careful of it,” he said. “It will be | ers in 1859. These collections were submit- | of considerable significance going up over | Indians once you understand them. ‘They For Atlantic City, 9:00 (Saturdaye onlv). 10:00, ‘The nephew stood beside a chair in which | alone, and you would have been a thousand | essential in the case.” ted for study to Prof. Asa Gray, the fa-| the abuse of this private car business, but | are a peculiar people, and one wants to| “Si.00 "KM, Sus days, 12:15 and 11:35 P.M. sat Holman Brand in an attitude so natu-| times welcome. So far from cherishing the | The coroner looked at it. mous botanist. He was much struck with | as it appears to be the style, the objectors | figure on.their_ being tremendous egotists. | _ dail ral that I could not believe him to be dead. “I don’t see anything but some adver- | the similarity between the ‘flora’ of Japan His handsome face, framed in abundant = will get very little chance to have their| Nothing on earth is ever so important to tlsements of work for women,” he said, | 28d that of the Allegheny region of North old resentment, I have long repented of f opinions adopted. One thing is overlooked | an Indian as, himself... To himself an Indian a her’s For Gupe May, 10:00 A.M. (Saturdays only), 12:15 my behavior tn regard to my bro! P.M. week days, and 11: 11:35 P.M. gray hair, showed not a trace of pain. On| marriage. If there is to be forgiveness, it | “One of them le marked.” Ae Shen publihed ie accord tedest Rnich | by a great many people, and that is the | ig always a tremendous affair—nothing else | paicket oMces, northeast, comer of 13th street and the contrary, its expression was eloquent| must come from your mother, not from ‘Turn it over,” said Preble. he then published is accepted today as the | :ental obtained from these cars when not | ever is As illustrative of the innocent | 5 Streets, where orders can be left for the check- of happiness. He was as one traasfigured. | me. Dr. Robertson did so, and_he positively | tTue one. in use by their supposed owners. egotism of my blanket friends, I recall how | ing of baggage to destination from hotels and res- If the bliss of heaven had been revealed} “The money which you think I grip so| gasped with astonishment.” During the great glacial epoch the north-| Take a wealthy man, for instance, who] one day an old Indian came panting up to | Mences. to him in the moment when his soul put off its earthly vesture, thus and not other- wise should the mortal part have echoed the rapture of the spirit. Dr. Bell had hurried to the dead man’s side, but after a few seconds spent in the ordinary tests he had stepped back. When I turned to him I found him gazing upon the corpse with an interest equal to my own, but of a different nature. It was a scientific experiment to him. The impressive silence was broken at last by Harold Brand, who asked if there was any hope. ‘None whatever,” replied the physician. “He is quite beyond recall.” “It was terribly sudden,” said the young man, with a shudder. “Have you any idea what was the cause?” “I have a very distinct idea,” said Dr. Bell, “but it will be hard to get legal proof of it.” “Great heavens! Do you suspect- ” “Poison,” said the doctor, gravely. ‘There 1s every indication of it.” “Impossible!” exclaimed Harold Brand. “You must be mistaken.” “Did you see your uncle eat or drink anything just before he was stricken?” . “I remember that he drank a glass of water.” There was the ordinary water cooler in ® corner of the office. Dr. Bell walked up to it, and smelled the glass which stood beside it. “I can detect nothing here,” he said. “However, the glass should be saved for examination.” “Leave it there,” sald the policeman. Il see that it isn’t disturbed. I think Coroner Robertson will be here in a few 8. M. PREVOST, I, RB. Woop, tightly will be yours and hers some day. =e Manager. General Passenger Agent. For years, while I have prosecuted my fruitless search for you, my will has named you for the bulk of my fortune. But all these matters may be left until we meet, ‘You will wonder why I have not come to you myself. There are excellent reasons, which you shall soon know. My friend will bring you to me—you and your mother—as socn as she can be moved. I wait with im- patience to hear when that will be. It is not that I will make a home for you, but that you will make my desolate house a home for me, by your presence. Till then, good-bye. My love to both of you.” “This is most extraordinary,” said the coroner. “Can it be that this unhappy girl had learned about the will, and had sent poison to the man who would have done so much for her? What do you find there, doctor?” This last question was addressed to Dr. Bell, who during the reading of the letter had not been idle. Assisted by Preble, he had removed the stamp from the mouth of the murdered man, and had placed it upon a sheet of paper. Then he had made a sec- ond and much more careful examination of the body. “There is but one point so far,’ he re- plied to the coroner’s question. ‘The stamp exhales a faint perfume—a most unusual odor, extremely agreeable. It can be no- ticed also about the lips of the dead man.” “Gelothania,” exclaimed the detective. “Tt is a poison discovered—and named—by a German chemist, who seems to have Known more chemistry than Greek. He Sonora the name to signify ‘The joy of eath.’” “Gentlemen,” eble! ern part of this continent was covered by Bane cuestans Wirt does are G0 | @ sheet of ice which extended as far to the about ten seconds before he licks a postage | South as Philadelphia and St. Louis, When ae fluvial period supervened, during which the We stared at one another, - | fluvial period supervened, : ich the. derstand what he Tease paabte fo a climate, was,much warmer than it is at “The article says,” continued the de-| Present. The sea was f00 feet above its tective, “that this poison works in about | Present level, anc the rivers were vastly ten seconds. It produces no painful effect | !@rser than they are now. Elephants and at first; indeed, to the best of my knowl. | Thinoceroses roamed over Canada and as edge, it’ is not ‘perceived except by reason | fa as the shores of the Arctic ocean,while of its taste, which is agreeable. But at the | Mastodons, buffaloes, Hors, elks and horses end of that interval the victim dies. inhabited high latitudes. Alaska and “Now, you are all firmly persuaded that | Northeast Asia were connected by land, that postage stamp killed Mr. Brand, be-| nd the Siberian elephant wandered from cause it was found upon his tongue; but | One continent to the other. At the same isn’t that evidence that it did not kill hitn? | time the plant life of the two hemispheres Does a man hold a stamp in his mouth ten | became intermingled. seconds? Certainly not. Meanwhile the terrace epoch came slow- “Imagine yourselves in his position. He|ly on. The arctic lands were elevated, the has finished his letter and directed the | Waters receded and the temperature fell. envelope. He seals the envelope, and about ene as joanne nee Ce meal 3 2 ten seconds later he wets the si 5 semi-tropical flora—when, as has , i tamp, In| an Eden might have been planted in Spitz: bergen—vanished and the earth approached its present condition. The vegetation of all sorts was driven southward through Asia and America. The plants, pushed down from the north on all sides of the globe, held on in similar climates; hence the cor- respondence betwcen those of Japan of to- day and their_congeners in this part of the world. < From Japan we have obtained our finest varieties of plums, and these are planted all over the eastern part of the United States from Connecticut to Florida. The Japanese have a huge white clingstone peach, which, though It does not look at all like any of our varieties, is extremely delicious. They got it from China, how- wishes to take an extended western trip, | the store, and remarked, with a woe-ridden and who does mot wish to associate with | look in his face: the general traveling public. Money is no| “Oh, my son, I am indeed near dead.’ cbject to him, and he enters into negotia- | Here he laid his head on one side and rolled tions for one of these cars, with the result | his eyes, as though it were surely his last that enough money is made out of the trip | appearancens; jn... 4 to keep the car in commission for a year ““*My heart is very heavy for my uncle,’ without costing the company a penny. The|TI'said in. the Osage tongue. ‘Will he not car is rented with all che attachments, and | tell me what has caused this case of Katy- is coupled on to the express trains at so | bar-the-door?” much a mile. It carries the occupants from| “Oh, my son,’ said the Osage, in ac- Boston to San Francisco and back, !f need | cents of weary dejection, ‘I hired a white be, without a change of habitation and | man to plow for me, and he is very wicked. without the bother of hunting up hotels or | If I leave him for a minute he will not chasing connections. pice: So a raust eteen pine ol beeen, hot sun and watch, or n Leticia arity cookin I have been obliged to stay there all day, “These private cars are of every concelv-| that this white man should work, and now able style, shape and color. Each car has|I fear I shall die.’ oe = head porter, who sots sa chet and be B88 | cena aid mot dia He may down on the an assistant, whose duty it 1s to keep the | friend id not head oy oom, Om ine interior clean and in order, while the brass | ¢o0. ‘Then I gave him a stick of cinnamon and nickel trimmings on tho -outside are | to chew, which he denominated ‘big medi- Ce ee Oe a meee: Thiapor. | "tho Osage’ continued Mr. Floren, “as I yards for that exclusive - 5 3 ter and his assistant are generally paid by | said, 1s oa ot = Tusbentmas Wear the month, and when not on the road will | ped in ed blanket, f . he homes of the officials, fill- | defies it. Were you to offer him his choice Pee Sunnse poattions: though of a station- | between a combined mower and reaper and ary character. ney, are the aS of {nee aoe bs — he would reach for the class, the positfons are easy, the ec . puplen anid sey eum tty consemie ty 22 | [goes] anya inte porket ter oer pose changes a . Thi z . “t have frequently gone into sheen cars oe Aan et dere eae this on their first trip out of the shops, and the Great Father Pe tack la be hes be splendor of the surroundings has made my | oe eee eee en SOO, ne eee ts eyes open to their fullest extremity. They | Tusite, pocket over $0,000,000. the ase Sone eaia foci think they have about them. So in this instance it is only the r ‘ore, vened the: limit. If you can recall the | Poor Indian receiving his own.’ SOUTHERN RAILWAY. @iedmont- Air Line.) ” Schedule in effect May 19, 1898. All trains arrive apd leave at Pennsylvania Passenger Station. 8:00 A.M.—Daily—Local for Danville, Connects at Manassas for Strasburg, daily, except Sunday, and at Lynchburg with the Norfclic and Western daily, apd with C. & 0. dally for Natural Bridge and ‘on : 11:16 A.Mc—Dally—The UNITED STATES FAST MAIL carries Pullman Buffet Si New York man Ty, with nection for New Orleans; connects at Atlenta with Pullman Sleeper for Birmingham, Memphis and St. Loula. 4:01 P.M.—Local for Strasburg, daily, except Sun- 45 P.M.—Dally—Local for Charlottesville. fossa Paul ‘ 5 lott —WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- IN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of man ‘Washington to Chattanooga, via Salls- bury, Asheville and Knoxville. New York to Mem. phis via Birmingbam, New York to New Orleans via Atlanta and Montsomery, and New York to ‘Tampa via Charlotte, Columbia and Jacksonville. Day Car lumbia to Augusta. Dining Car from Greensboro” to, Montgomery : "TRAINS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUND HILL leave Washington 9:01 A.M. dally, P.M. and 4:39 P.M. datly, except Sunday, and PIM imundays only, for Round ful, and’ “s daly, except Sunday for Leesburg: 6:25 1 for Herndon. Returning, arrive a ‘on 8: A.M. and 7:00 P.M. daily, ond 2: aaity axe cept’ Sunday from Round Hill, 8:34 ACM. Gatly ex- cept Sunday from Leesburg and 7:06 A.M. daily, except Sunday, from Herndon onl; ‘Through traibs from the south arrive at Washing- : P.M. P.M. dail minutes. He has been notified, and he lives CHAPTER Il. ever. This is today the leading market trike of 1877 it will be remembered that SSS Na ion, 9:45 A.M. dail: cept Sunday, near.” j laweakavatcintercnce peach of Georgia. Some years ago Dr. 8. | fvike Of TN? ‘ars played an. important A Failure. daily from Charlottéstilien ere was a pause, and then, at Dr. Bell's \ H. Rumph of Marshallville, in that state, part in that great difficulty. The discon- | He cast his net at morn where fishers toiled, tented employes would point the finger of | At eve ho drew it empty to the shore: scorn at the head officials riding around | He took the diver’s plunge Into the ara, the country in these grand cars, and then | But thence within his hand no pearl be bore. compare the beggarly wages they were be- | He ran a race, but never reached his goal; ing paid, whereby the salaries uf these men | He sped an arrow, but he missed his alin; could be paid. If they kicked then on these | And slept at last beneath a simple stone, cars, I wonder what they would do now.| With no achievements carved about his’ name. ‘The private cars in use in 1877 were BY | seen cand it ¢allure: but! for my own part comparison as a cottage to a mansion. I dare not use that word, for what if heaven “In the last century, I think, tere was | snail question, ere its judgment shall be read ast, thou won?” but only “hast thou “You are undoubtedly correct,” said Dr. Bell. “I have suspected it from the first.” “I never heard of it,” exclaimed Dr. Robertson. “What is it “A new poison,” responded Preble. “It was described in last Sunday’s Globe. The chemist who discovered it is said to have experimented with it upon animals. The sensaticns which accompany death from it are so intensely agreeatle as to produce a request, Harold Brand related the circum- stances of his uncle’s death. They were very simple. He had been in the office about an hour, and had dictated some letters. Then he had written one. It lay sealed before him on his desk. I glanced at it, and read ‘the address: MARGARET BRAND, Cornwall,-N. Y. Dr. Bell also glanced at it. planted about 10,000 of the stones, from which he got as many seedling trees. From the lot he chose two that bore the finest fruit, eventually discarding one of them. The other was the parent of the Elberta . variety, which has since become famous. ips Dr. Rumph has already sold $60,000 wor' The Next Instant Preble Had Sprung | of these peaches, hundreds of car loads cf . Upon Brand. which will be shipped out of Georgia this view of these facts I say it was the en- | season. velope that killed him, and not the stamp.” | Another Japanese peach, also originally ekets, Siecping Car reservation and taformation furnished at offices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania aves nue, and at Pennsylvania Rallroad Passenger Sta> tion. W. H, GREEN, General Superintendent. 3._M. CULP, "Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, General Passenger Agent. my20 L. 8.’ Brown, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Schedule in effect July 1, 1895. ‘Trains leave dally from Union Station (B. and in Venice governing"the dec- | Not . “A relative, of course?” he said. recognizable effect even upon the faces of | There was silence for a moment. Then | from China, is the Peento. It is cultivated See oudslas, aoe pivaley, existed’ iivene Shalt te Oe neat ate: te ekcnach ees “I never heard of her,” replied Harold. | dumb brutes. The story was that one of | the corones said: to a cons:derable extent in Florida, but | Cratos of Eutces and princesses of that -__—KATE TUCKER Goon, | the Lsnicomest Sod toot Someta nate Tans See At this moment the coroner arrived. The | the doctor's assistants had committed sui-| ‘Your reasoning seems good, Mr. Preble, | blooms too early for a higher taciende. Eo time to see who c@uld get up the most gor- =o ee at ciacincatl end Bt Leet see betes Onis waowioiee eee Kou much pat wis Goes it lead? What is your the- eee Sones ey ine S Brine | geous boat. If this interior decoration of His Views Changed. Br Bad Verio Remit Bien, ae bul hi & Train. Pullman's finest m to Loutsville, Cincinnati, is without change, Dini 1, 8200 Scielighted, Beste: jeeping cars polis and St. Ge trae Washington, Arrive. Glacianat Sip; Indianapolis, 11:80 a.m. and Chic St. Louis, x 3 p-m.; Lexington, 8 Pouisville, 11:50 a.m 1:10 BM. 0 private cars ge oe the oo Frem the Chicago Tincs-Herald. holders of the erent roads will cry | wv.» ‘enough,’ as the law of this country is too Yes,” the elder man was saying to his liberal to interfere with private ideas or | son, home from school—“yes, my views of rights. If there is still more impovement, | life have changed’ somewhat since I was electricity will play an important part in | of your age.” has of its effect upon human beings. It absolutely defies detection by analysis, and the odor and the remarkable expression upon the face of the dead are the only means by which it may be detected.” “You don’t mean to say that such.a-pol- “Several facts are obvious,” replied Pre- | trees have been planted Maryland, but, ble. ‘In the first place somebody has been | for the reason mentiened, they never bear stopping Miss Brand's letters to her uncle. | fruit. Speaking of plums, -the Japanese The last letter was held four days, and| grow certain varieties for the blossoms meanwhile it was opened, as an examina- | alone. They are extremely fond of spring tion of the envelope will prove.” flowers, and festivals are. held annually to | Clectriclty Wel Diny ot Veterious find hee | °f, - Mt DAILY.—The famous “F. F.V. Lim- son as that was described in a newspaper,” | ‘"That’s true,” said Dr. Robertson, after | celebrate the blossoming, of the plum and | thelr CaUDMeny Ole nee eel towend count wes eae ee pee ie [EL Ree coud ‘vestibule train, ‘with dining eae exclaimed the coroner. ? ‘ ee aoe oS the a jbut tm ee ae Bh Sea ana pear the comfort of travelers, and In the future | gown.» ae ea awitbeut change. Pullman Glace Wane Its method of preparation was only | still in the dark. Your theory is, of course, | producing varieties acrid and of 5 ! an tell what wiil be forthcoming? “Ant ” s ) Virginia Hot Springs, without hinted at,” replied Preble. “But the hint] that the criminal held the letters in order | account. Plums in general in Japan are | ¥2° © rer goneud Saas che tro oa. Aciies w Observation car from Hinton. Arrive “Tha days. very broad. I was able to make it.” An Open Fireplace. ‘That nature protects the weak and pce Hod 5:50 Pa: Lexington, to separate Miss Brand from her uncle. | not valued for eating'fresh; they are pick- Louls- ” p.m; What! "You have actually prepared this} When he found a stamp in one of the let-| ed green usually and pickled. “As to a description of some of these | foolish.’ Hille, 9:40 p.m,; Indianapolis, 11:08 p.m.; Cuicago, substance?” ters this infernal plot came to him. But| All of our cultivated persimmons come | cars, originality plays an’ important part a Se 7:80" a.m, “and St Louts, a.m.; connects in “I have; and I will tell you that it is| why didn’t he poison the stamp?” from Japan. Recently horticulturists in | “sy ‘makes each ona interesting. General |H#@@ His Hend Turned by an Actress. Unton Deptt x NDAY.—For O14 Point done simply by dissolving one of the new| “Do you find any stamps on Mr. Brand’s | Missouri, Illinois and Indiana have been | ¥! 2 : From Truth. comfort folk. Only rail ine. synthetic medicines—sold almost without | desk?” asked Preble. trying to do something with native Ameri- | Superintendent Miller, who has charge of 25 P.M. DAILY.—Express for Gordonsville, restriction in every drug store—in chloro- form. I should judge that a drop of it mixed with the gum on a postage stamp would kill a man in about ten seconds.” “But could this girl make it?” demanded ‘Yes, here are several. They seem to|can varieties. but none of the latter ap- have been inclosed in the letters he opened | proaches in size those of the orient, and as this morning.”” yet they cut no figuré commercially. “Exactly. Now, are you sure that the one he used was that which was in his the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, has a car that is one of the handsomest, and shares honors with the finest in the east. It is very similar in its interior ar- harlottesvilie, Waynesboro’, Staunton and. princi = ‘ireinia Points, daily; for Richmond, daily, cx. ‘Sunday. “Piuiman locations and tickets at company’s of- fices, B18 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue. “He is quite beyond recall.” Tt, “Ww. to the others, but there are a the coroner. niece's letter?” pene ements = a i mh General Passenger Agent. tall young man whom I have mentioned’as s Anybody can make it,” replied Preble.| “Why, no; that can hardly be proven."” few, Utloler ae comforts that the rest do = having locked the street door and pulled | “The article in the paper was a mere rid-] “Of course not: and the munlerer fore- a : up the curtain admitted Dr. Robertson. | dle. It did not require a chemist, but only | saw it, If he had poisoned the stamp he RS ee ed oe HOTELS. Then he turned, and, to my great surprise, | a good guesser, to solve it.” would not have been sure that Mr. Brand Nantel -wolles underneath ata eo ore . Ww that he was Horace Preble. I had} “But her letter,” I objected, “has been| would use it at the right time. It might Stgratercpithi Dishiy polished tne oon THE HAM Oy, AND K STS. N.W. face before, and had not recog- | delayed four days. That leaves very ittle | have lain upon his desk for days; it might DOrer ate oa? ne . ew and ; new and modern plumb, ent to all departments low rates for summer, . & POLLARD. irons, upon which are placed several logs and the kindling arranged so that a match applied is all that is necessary to start a 1 his figure in the single glance which I had cast upon it. He had a wonderful gift of making himself inconspicuous, as I time.” “This is Frida: ter is postmarke: have been lost or given to somebody else. Whatever stamp Mr. Brand used was sure to seem to be the one his niece sent. Now, ‘Thoroughly renovat ing throughout; conve places of interest; said Preble. ‘Her let- Tuesda. Tanake : ah as a v i ful fire. How is that for in- aoe had previously remarked. “I'll never believe it,” I exclaimed. “The | see if you can find an unused envelope on bright, cheer’ AVE. N.W. He detained the coroner a moment by the | idea ts preposterous that that girl” that desk.”” ea ee American door, and there was a whispered confer-| “But, my dear sir,” interrupted Dr. Bell,| Robertson and Bell searched, but without TESA AR TT RPSE ROA See ord eh ed enee, at the close of which the coroner | “you forget that thé stamp killed him, and | avai! ee se nane 8 he Gale Zoom ee “ ee came forward and sald: that she undoubtedly sent the stamp.” ow, there’s a certainty,” said Preble, ay pT STN, “I must t t all of you except Dr.| “I want te send a telegram to this Mr.| with evident satisfaction. “The murderer pieces of cut glass, rich in design and of STEAM CARPET CLEANING. the very latest patterns. The china service is exquisite, all the plates being hand painted, and none are duplicated in design. The upholstery is in green plush, with rugs Adams in Cornwall,” said Preble to me. “If I write it here, will you take it to the telegraph office in the west corridor I agreed, and he wrote the dispatch. T didn’t go upon guess work. He knew that Mr. Brand would write that letter before he attended to anything else. So he re- moved all the envelopes from the desk ex- nd to step into the inner . 7. z, ars — beth CARPET Specialties GLeaNixe ana’ marines REMAKING. Ask us for e: imate—given for the men present protested . but, on being : 3 f OBS MOSES & SONS, Band 11th, ould be very br went to the door communicating with the | cept that which was poisoned. He could that harmonize in color. oe ee hotel. : control the matter of envelopes, but not Electric Connections With the Engine See TARP) S 1 ; 5 TED. STEAM CARPET OLEANING “There's been somebody knocking here] the stamps, for some of them would be < a os ae cleaned. in the best manner, made my for the last half hour," said the police-| very likely to come in the morning's mail. a Another wonderful private Ge esos “es oto order. Office, 172) Pa. aves hurrle man, “but I haven't paid any attention.” | Who has access to this desk?” “Aw, Chaw hing girl, | Came across early this spring was the one yhone ‘804, ‘and 1710 B nw. Tele loss of so interesting a spec He opened the door for me, but before I} The question was suddenly addressed to! Lend me your monocle, quick!’’—Truth, belonging to General Manager Wood, The M. NEWMYER, Manager,