The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1905, Page 15

ita A, Kelley. iw By R bea ll tt il il HE it itt ALE £ i E —S; No. IV. Visits to Two As- trology Parlors, in Which Scientific Readings Were Givea—Prof. St. Leon, Who Likes to Hold Hands, and * Howard - Mack,” Who Typewrites iE E Lj marketing ove; to é tyes at iz E eRe, z #2 z SE a i iY 8? f 3 4 \ Dra ones cou So fer she has orders go to the hor She wes gut an dour varier, now| FOPCUNES. that she @ half dozen estab- Mahments, da when she mar- , keted for alone, Bhe goes to| By Mary E, Miles. the ‘big lowntown how aldo. |, The prices there are a trifle more rea- @onwble att the produce fresher, and/ 1 remained for a “ecientifio astrolo- time required {9 not greater than wer’ to aow the seeds of jealouy ge and suspicion In my heart, For after I had visited several of those candMates for the “easy marks'" favor I was forced inevitably to the conclusion that my Loulevite fiance bad given me grave reason to doubt his constancy. j a prompting me to defy my mother’s Counsel and go, to him was in itself a fake. A This sad intelligence was furnished me by Howard-Mack, two hyphenated persons who profess ‘“‘eclentific astrol- ogy’ at No, — West Forty-third atreot for % @ raading, Before conmilting these, however, I visited the Imurmble studio of Prof, Bt. Leon, who also deals in astrology at No. — West Sevorteonth, street 9 This Is a ground-floor flat, where the istle varor serves as a walting-room, but where the aotuxi consultation of the stare is held is in @ tear room ad- Joining the kitehen, ‘The “professor” was ooo) a with a man client when 2 rang thy ‘il, but ab: he charges only $1, for his e -wltation: they are much ¢horter than t,.vs¢ which ‘this more fashionable Prethren wupnly for It was notsmore, than’ te’, minutes ter I had entered the flat that tho rofessor” appeared and” cdhtiucted me té the rear room, where, amid the sound of very strenuous washing “of clothes in the adjoining kitchen he pre- pared to read my horoscope ‘and tell % to enrich herself with the money, She stands in with the an, .who considerately delivers [-npte cute of meat and other than joa, while charging up to ‘a account the beat of cook receives the proceeds this aystem of financitig, @ sort of tage from her miatress'’s expense ‘g 7 Tue professional maxkoter works for begt interests of her clients. She asks 10. commission from them. She her percentage from the mar- .a the purchasing agents 4o ) shops commission ly sometimes 6, some- per cent, This will amount to moore a week, according to the of her clients and the size of And this means little ur é expenditure of time and ey, on her part, Hor stook in trade consists of @ know!- \ pf all cuts of meats and the fresh, : 5 CB ile a z? re Grtidles m everything in the line at eatablea, The » Woman vin # OPIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS. in the affair at once. Well, we have Piecere, Kartiaks and hia Cancee, 'C 'eot made this tip in valh, I think, I don't see the end quite as plainly as in| I'd like to, but we are making progress. One thing we ipow already is that y| Whoever did this was a man wilo kuew something of drugs and thelr ‘effects. ‘Ho thad caimiy nade preparations for the tragedy, It was not done in the heat of anger." “Te Mt Imown what drug was used?” “Phey couldn't make out for sure, It seoms a hypodermic syringe with a long point ‘was used, that must havo been sharp as a stiletto, Atropine was sus- pected, and something else that baffles analysis, The heart was plerced, and the only marvel is that the poor woman ved as long as she did, Now suppuse wo start on our way. It's getting dark, of ire through the murder. é famous eat to oe roturna to Ae take's Use. CHAPTER V. , Strange Shadows. N owtsider not underatanding the facts in the case might have been amuséd to see two grown ul nd so much ‘the ‘better for us, 4 men bending anxiously over @ amell| “7 ou aurely. don't think — nd miserable looking dog, trying 0) and Karsiake laoked aboutrhim wu little murse it back to Hfe ‘To Pendriok and] apprehensively, “That we may, be watched? I should fis companion (t was @ vory serious). onder in the leaat," with a cheer 4 matter, 4 rea tho] sopeis, that the younger man was fa on beggar!" murmu! 6) from sharing, "We aro not dealing, (kinking esl know, with'a clumsy criminal, Sul a f Getective, as he looked down at thelr cheat ean Gereputadle-looking patient. “If he) “Dhey, passed out of the house together gould only speak and tell us all he} into the gathering twilkght, and Kors knowsl"” lako felt a Iittle easier breathing the Weil, ‘to tél! the truth I ehan't bo fresh alr again after the oppressive at- mosphere of the house. He looked the eorry to leave this house, I have felt} qoor, and they went down ihe path to @hivery ever elnco I set foot in it, You) the carriage, i \ i hi t of | LE ye been thinking,” sald tho de- Ac UPA On RrmANeUE COS ENA ROE E ng he paused with his foot on business, and it was not cowardly to feel) the step, “that It would be best for ine @ shook when I entered this plage with ie get ms and walk the ‘horse, rites found a deud woman | follow alongside leading the dog. \Vio FUN pei ised il knows but he might p.ck up so.ne tall on the way, i please,” replied Karsiake, not y pleased with the idea, and 80 out proceeded along in silence, each with the problem botoro tim, Ing the way ata lehirely “T mither’ think I ¢hould have bec @ Iittle startled myself,” nodded th detootive, though it takes a woud to eurprige me, (The clroumstances were go astonishing that I became Interested "7 iN SR we =| karslake had fallen into, a biown suidy, when he Was roused by a viont Don’t Be Surprised own the road and hill, while briliiant 6, dashe If the very first thing you find just the kind of a Boarding- House you have Jong been looking for wher you consult the Boarders Wanted Bulletin in next Sunday's Word Want Diro tory. rough, sin WAS E a light mist. hung over. th x ull to make out op » thought road in the guthet loom cheeked lity “ ppp jmirta dt mbght that he woujg cour HATITS BOR |ftcon’ nis ince companion on tie roan provided the latter could control the horse, Since st was a hired animal, ho ) and that the very dllnote which war, what sort of tre. “My flan Will he survive the me whether or not I should go to Loulsville end my flance, Of ail the fortune tellers.3 had visited Prot, St, Leon is the most udprepos- seseong. He fe tail and iank with o \stissled brown muntache end small, furtive eves thet. shitt oneasily from ‘one point to another when he ja looked Qt, and @ habit of Netening with ono hand catred to this ear, ee if he were deat, Beating himecl: ‘on which there were several dilapidated books} the Professor took pp a pencil am the outline chart of “he heavens and asked me when I was Yorn, “April 5, 1880,’ I replied, and he wrote it on the chart, "You aro about to have an attackt of illness,’ he announced, But he add- ¢d, renssuringly, “you will recover.” “No,” I said, presuming to differ with the stars, “Some one I ive is very Ml, T came to consult you about him,” “Yes, yes, that is It," sald the pro- fegsor.. And then the rose from the fable, and taking the chart of the ‘heavens, on which he had marked the date of my birth, disappeared into tho kitchen, apparently ¢o consult the Washerwoman if the stare should fall kim, ‘When he returned, ten minutes later, the chart of tite heavens was pengilled over with figures and wodiacal signs, and this be gravely presented to me as my horoscope. ’ ‘ “You have an excellent dast~you wili be very successful,” he gaid, and fol- lowed this up with more encouraging but meaningless generalities until he thought I had had my doliar's worth, “But you have not told me about my flance,"" I protested anxiously, ‘Shall 1 go to him? Will he recover trom his operation ?”” ‘ . Apparmtly the stars were mute on th), question, for the Professor sald; "Ivt me hold your hands.’ Then, as I hesitated, “Don't be afpaid',I won't tiurt you,” and he took both my hands in nits, , , When he had held them for what seemed nn iinnecersm:y interval he sald in @ tone of marked. inainugtion; “You know this man pretty well. (A pause. You have bved eac oenee. hi oat Jonger pause.) You'have sat on his lap," ‘There. was something 60 disay! le 4a the man's tone that, despite the fact that my “Nance had no ooun part in real life, and my role of lovesick young woman was asaumed for the afternoon only, I sad. decidedly: Tf that is true; I Know it plready Bru don't wish to go inte it, paren ty you to learn the things that I don’t know, Will my Saye survive his oper- ation and js there thing: you can do to ease his suffering now? Prof, St. Ute books “He will 81 Leon one of his And thén said impressively, evtve Something can be "hits L wl give. tay entire night to thinking about it Mi mind Ja most active then, and perhaps something will come to me, My feo is Hi." Thus advised that the sitting was at an end, 1 opened my purse,» “Here i foe the consultation,” I wal their conclusions carries its @ small table |‘ iT is iow muGh,do Lowe you for Mauve: w wondered away at all. t They plodded on for a mile or more, the fog becoming heavier and tho darke Ness more dense, but though an infre- quent carriage passed Iarslake, it did uot conthin the deteotive, “Well, Snooks, what's the matter with’ you?" as the dog stopped short and be- gan to whine, ‘"llred, are you, of thi ant Well, not half a8 much as i am, ‘hey had come ‘to w halt on the edge of a grass-grown road that led off at An acute angle from that they had been following. The dog was surging at the chain now and whining, as he attempt- od to turn Karslake into thia road, “Tho beast acts oy Jf ho hud been here he fore," ho thought to himself, looking down tho road that spread out uninvit- Ingly unl jt way lost In the darkness, “ZL wish Pendrick was hera to advise us whnt to do,” Here was an ‘ew it had the pluok to run ortunity, perhaps, of making a valuable discovery, and yet his heart chilled at the thought of ven- turing off on the unused road alone, “The deuce! I dashed T ahan't get devoured by wolves if I venture a little way, If only to see what this beast means, It may be that the dog Js only trying to have a little fun with mo,’ A sharp tug at his wrist apprised him that his guide had changed hi course, He allowed himself to be led between two mouldy gate posts, and 90 up @ private carriage way, or what had been used for that purpose, and pres- ently arrived on a kind of terrace a SRC ee 1) Md heavy and rank NO. tree ti about like sentinel, saan Something white, like a human figure, stocd in the centre of an open space! bovond, and Karslake, whose taint was | Stull Mled with memories of the recent tragedy, could not repress a shiver ax he stared at this spectre-like appari. tion, “ooh! sf this smait do f whe atonld TL bee ho amid th hie calt and advanced boldly’ space, Then he was tempted to laugh ot Ns into the open oe own comment. you will renter: my fancat! im citats ee ee hl ool ati he ul ities nor His vague gen my Li . 8 1 was cheap, Dut he lod licit, non eaned solved the momentous problem, as to! o i Pp pA i the fortutie-tellera told her and: how they arrived at thot tobe Mir, dad, opened the ‘@oor. gomiucted me to the back parlor, wherg he Introduced me Alsappeaned, Mr. | Int thie aeries of experiences with the fortane-tellers of New York Miss Mary FR. Miles undertakes to show itinont and information concefning the future may be expected by their intending patrons: Miss Miles visited & ndntber of them and to each ahe propounded the same questions as follows: 106 is to be operated on in Louisville, Does he Operation aud shall I go to, Miaa Miles’s simple, anembellished recital of w. Mr, Howard and loward, at once ver- Solving ing to bes cllent, ounducted mie the far corner of the rdom curtalned for consultation, 0- 3% . 2¢ 24 vax! /F 8% love mé better than auy woman on earth? « that he has but recently made up hia ‘mind that astrology pays better than barbering, r ‘When I had stated my fance's d trous eltuation, Mr, Howant sald; "I advise you to go to your fiance at ,omee, No matter what your mother saya, you are of age and can do pa you please, And you ate engaged to him, Because of the avpect of Mars in your horoscope in the last month, you have been subjected to evil influences 4nd are vory unhappy. Neptuno ts re- celving the moon's reflections and idl- cates original ideas, and a desire to travel, You must go" “Thahk you. Now.¢an you toll, mo it My flance will survive?" ‘ “Yon, if you ean tell me the year and day of his birth." On the spur of the moment I invented ft Wholly imagthary date, Aug. 12, 1877, after consulting @ book Mr. Howe ard sald, ‘Yeo, ho wil leurvive, his Planets are all in good aspect, And I'll tell you this, He is your true affinity. He was born under leo, and that is what you should selest, a» you were born under Artes. fs "Is there anything that you could do to ease his pain during the operation?” “No; not as he ts in Louisville, If he were here I might be able to do some- thing In that line," Then a new Idea woemed to strike the astrologer, How long is it since you heard from your fianive?’ le asked. “wo weeks,” I answered unthinkiig- ly, my knowledge of the epistolary hab- it of flances helng, oxtremely limited, “Two weeks,” exclaimed Mr, Howard, “That is a very long time, Have you Ati to suspect that you have a rival?" 'No,"" L peplied. ‘Oh, ao you think Such a thing ts podsiblet” "Yea," sald Mr Howard)? “1 am Gh ae i ‘This le Mise Miles'’s horoscope #8 prepared by Prof. St. Leon, The writing, figuree and hieroglyphice ure St. Leon's, With this before him the Professor answered Miss Miles’s questions, ‘whether or not I ehould go to Loulswile, “Mack”. Opens the Door and “How- ard” Takes Your Money. U wet & more positive answer than was possible for $1 I rerolved, therefore, to visit the studio of Howard-Aack, polentific astrologer, at West Torty-third street. ‘A tall man of pechaps thirty, whom 1 enone! A Néw York Mystery. By Ernest De Lancey Pierson a him there just to look at thi, Then, as he stared tun) he saw on the right & black mass, so hidden among the trees {t. but could now make It out to be a house, Not a pleasant looking building It w. viewed among the dripping trees by faint ight of the stars that filter through the wet branchos, but he nearer, impelled by Surloslty, wat ne stood within the shatow of tho bul jane. Tt must have long been abandoned, it SRbaed me a ecny ON ten shutters of the window! J and in some cases fallen from tholr hinges, “What can have made tho little heat lead me here?” he grumbled unjlor his ‘breath, for plainly the house was not occupied, itt ped poet 1 oe § turning a y ing aouoa as o! foot on tho gravol caused him to pause. It seemed to como from what must be, the front of the house, He stooped down anf patted tho Som on the head to quiet it and folt the ant- mal trembling violently. Then he Jrew close into the shadow of the wall and, his id heart beating above.normal, ho jaited, te geemed to him that beyond, mnie the frees, something wos moving, Ho had “provided himself with a revolver since that day he and his present wifo had made their unfortunate visit to lool at the house, and now mechanically his, hand sought the weapon, ‘here was certalnly some one ‘there, He heard aswishing sound In the wet erass. Then @ man appeared for a Moment In the open space near the ruined stitue, as If reconnoltring, It was too faint.a ight for him to make out what the stranger looked dike, f seemed to wear a long cloak or mackin- tosh that giistened with moisture, A soft hat pulled down over the oyew shaded the face. there for a moment ag if He stood sald to himsefagiistening, and then suddenly turned and disappeared In the shadows. Karglake wan plod to see him go, He had no own fears, Tt was only the remains of A plaster nymph standing on a mouldy pedestal. its head awry and two drokon arms outstretched, varied acco: reading, call @ aketoh, You would. n b) ¥ ng ‘There he explained that his terms rding to the depth of the “Qur entallest’ foo ts $1, for what we find that satlafactory, A, moderately’ deep’ read- ing will cost you $200, but, ‘somplate reading, with full typewritten predio- tion covering five years, wil be, | It 0! k fl that I really want what todo, ... 5i On to. That ot frst glance he had not perozivel| ina, | BUI, man je that Ipoke ap if he had stepped as a the sound of jh |. ne 4 ata with In tho bulld | head, dog with tay tered vin d windows and shadows puynlng, and thou % mn Ky by he dotected the low mur. le | and, comii resolve a crunch: | wou vi whlch he tha hou: “ig is) way al on y slong with quite ap He ho. the house & few bruises fro of debris, Hie bes Hie 3 8 Winking what Pondriog, for ‘nat ee Py junder the clroeumstances, a janine light much like the time The last I elected to, take, as I felt know positively ‘The asclentifie astrologer. is a, small man with an. over-curly mustache aad highly” perfumed halr, that suggests char emnneatiintereeeenemenaneerinin Cd od “It may be anly a chit hd hae tak fi ie he Bit of that step’ bsorned tri ain him,” Kurdlake was think- ry ho would not hav me 8, fe red, rata, ibe andi chore in a. grand i] et rt hts Sut 0} ig) mor way, arnae him, ana beniwa the fe yan: e of a treo Berd out, ime he saw Int Habe t the same i a fe and forth behind a mliute Nia the the. GhE. Back of tho} ack of io In On deserted bulldlng tell 19 ah) ne he and Fone, wan r" pe find out sombth ng of thls strani Karslike returned to tho ti reo. f id viewed the filokering Il back and forth within It np longer to be seen, as ailent and Arat beheld ft We bul ed loo rom hit Adel! In salnd th in mind that the ho deserted as it looked, suediaad fi made a complete olrcult of with no worse can re ne wi th heaps and arrived again in thi Mlding not far trom ‘where he dog, Ho was standing tance, wauld Aeverdone men nv fiick- ttracted his attention, litnmerea ie int the shutters of a’ window on the ond floor, directly above a shod-like Wed that must have been at one he: Na ed 8 A Wash room or gummur t the bu What pussled lim was eA Pak ay Was that the lent Cc till, hut seemed to be con- tantly on the move, There was some: | tit, desire to make the gentloman’s acquaint: | thing whostly about vi ance, and was fied the stranger had |when viewed among yok meenany not moved about on @ tour of Inspection, | hut iKaralake was far from being super: He stooped again over the dog to ut-|stitlous, and though ho ter a soothing word, and found the ant- The Return of Sherlock Holmes. we First Publication ina Newspaper of this Great New Series of ** Sherlock Holmes Storles By Conan Doyle. '.° | First Story: The Mystery A Complete Story in The Evening World Every Saturday, wv EMPTY HOUSE. In The Evening World, Saturday, Feb, 11, of THE a m te top of the the Tt was much Hke climbing 9 growed mole at a foir ty try and ascend tn slippery posts, slimy with: moleture and moss. but It was accomplished | a rn h {a in {si i | jy the windows of the ascon which the strange Ihei } for il men was not feeling j¥ brave as a lion, shook y TE cous! not be that the dog had ted) mat was stil shivering as If with fear,| that the fleet had’ any th Si mon oriin, hing but a hu. The root of the shed silo dd upward to story behind moving, 18 com at his own mber un te the n. thinking atl he was Us like he Ienew not what dunger {ust to atisty his curlnatty, AS ind after ho had rocuvered 1) sure, wather surprised ymorliv, he bewan to of: 3 nd ihe sank panting down ‘ont and walted to recover his hreat The Hamlet that had sterted him on ig risky adventure was still mow'n: bout In eccentric fashion, and be want’ nt have been surorised if one of the huttera had been thrust suddenly bach nd a bullet hurtled by his head, For io was satisfied that whoever it was ehind that liwht, his business was not ‘9 know and that there he took such Rood reasons why we [7 autions against being seen, (Zo Be Continued.) Afrald It Js, And under the clroum- stances I cannot tell you to. go, Now, I falled to soo, how my flance's hot haying written could have chahged the aspect of the planets, which a mo- ment before had indjoated a journey for me! “Do you tell me not to got” ‘Well,’ said’ the 'estrologer, ‘4f you 60, (Ko withthe intention of in Y Angyhim, «Bp yery mupplcidus, Buf} \ Y Firat mall Boy-My sister got her Folly any Boy~Hutt A ain’ colors on @ brew'ry poster, Geocer (to smal" customes)—Johnny, Grocver—Why? y Johnay~'Cause my prandfather . H é clean as they should Have been, ‘wi “Huh!” exclaimed ‘Tommy, conten toacher if you dorte know dirt when Mamma—Well, what of It, dear? 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(NE whew Lady Johnny~No, vir, I'm afraid to eat em died of applo-plex; ——e y "Tommy," 2ala the teacher to ® suntill’ Title Johnhy-Papa'e a politician, im't” Little Johnny—Then low does hy know? ‘@oentury: | Al on ‘This was dreadful, “¥ou know,” continued Mr, Howard, “you have been under strong matriman- {al impressions for some time, This man drawe you as tho magnet drawa@ the ato, You! wilt marry this your, that 1a, 1th thé lant quorter of 190) But I will Bo Into greator detall on thé subject in the Horoscopa which I will p ‘Would you, like to conaull you, any other subject?” "Yes, tension," "You} you haye strong’ Impresstonal reunde, amuse, Inter> power and can est. and. convince. people; you ari should be, engaged In a line that will I am, an actress, whether I will succeed in me on Tell me my = pro- and bring, you In contact with the people, and there Iles your success, theatrical pursult you, ddan and will be- come a audcers (eppectally In the logitl, you have an emotional) na- ympathy, passion, pity and mate), thre, 10 In the affection; These you posont by neturat ‘nhoritance, as the planes that ruled at tho? time (of. your birth’ are in’ falrly BO0d' aopect toward each other, and above all: the ruling planet you tehaclty and atrongth, quick, active témperament, and power of exenution, ©; “You will succeed “ Heed i Poth Ay oa feb 94 Little Johnny—Papa says that hqnesty 1a}the) bea! pe Ital nar ie mah it Phen! won't haye any one-night | no! 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