Wwf4&m&r 7S&l$Z' - l ' - "v-i k " THE LANCASTER bAlkY INTELLTGENCER, SATITHDAY; MARCH 17, 1888. FOR HONOR'S SAKE. BT B. U FABJEOK. Ant or of "Ureal FeHar Vqaarr," Bright Sim et Life," JCIe. IM (ehtircbd.) Still, It was with seme illfficully Hint he extracted from Mrs. Rutland the infer infer matlen that he desired te obtain. Obtain It, herrcTer, h6 did. Mrs. Itutland In formed him that Mabel had gene out en the evening of the 2eth of March, and did net return home until nearly 1 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Rutland was net nware of this. Mrs. Rutland had stepped up for her daughter, and had let her In quietly nnd secretly. The young girl was pole nnd greatly ngltnted, but she sold nothing te her mother. 8he kissed her hurriedly, went te her bedroom, and was found the next morning in the condition Mrs. Rut land had described. , "Being in a fcrcr from that day," aald Dr. Datnceurt te the mother, "your daugh ter has seen no newspupcrsf" "Xe. "And bIie Is ignorant of the peril through which her former lerer, Edward Layten, has passed, nnd in which he still stands?" "She Is ignorant of it," said Mrs. Rut land. . "Hnve any letters arrived for her dur ing her illness?" "Yes, two. One in the handwriting of Mr. Layten, the ether from my dear boy Eustace." "Have you these letters?" "Yes." "Have you opened them?" "Ne. My daughter mode- me glve her a solemn premise that I would never open ene of her letters, and I have net dena se." "But," sold Dr. Dalnceurt, "this is a matter of life and death. I must ask you te gtve me theso letters, and I will take upon myself the responsibility of opening them. I must ask you for something mere. Your daughter has a desk?' ' "Yes." "The key of which Is in her room?" "Yes." "Bring down the desk .and the key. Ask me no questions concerning my mo tives. I am in hopes that I shall be able te discover the true cause of your daugh ter's illness, and that will cnable me te adept toward her the only treat ment by which i' is posslble she can re cover." Mrs. Rutland brought down the desk and the key. In the Mether's presence Dr. Dalnceurt opened the desk. There were in it no letters from Edward Layten, but it contained two of what Mrs. Rut land called the mystery letters which Eustace was in the habit of writing te his sister. These letters were in their en velopes, the pest marks upon which indi cated their order of delivery. ,Dr. Dalnceurt could make nothing of t hem and Mrs. Rutland could net assist him. They were written upon small single sheets of note paper, and appeared te be a perfect jumble of incomprehensible words. Around the margin of these words wcre a number of figures and alphabetical letters as incomprehensible as themselves. Searching further in the desk, he mrule a startling discovery thrce ,playlng cards, each of them being the nlne of hearts. He asked Mrs. Rutland who appeared te be almost as startled as he was himself by the discovery whether she could glve him any explanation of the cards, ami she Raid that she could net. Then Dr. Datn Datn eourt said that he would take the playing cards and the letters away with him. , "At the same time," he observed te Mrs. Rutland, "If it is any consolation te you, I undertake your daughter's case and will de the best for her that lies within my skill und power." He then went te see Miss Rutland in her bed, wrete out a prescription, gave certain instructions and then left the house. "I have ceme te you," said Dr. Daln Daln eourt te me, "with these letters nnd the playing cards; I will leave them with you. Yeu said that the nlne of hearts was a tangible link in the chain of Ed ward Layten's innocence. Is it net most mysterious und strange that tlirce of these identical 'cards should be found In Miss Rutland's desk and tltat one should be found in the pocket of Edward Layten's ulster which he wero en the 23th of March? Dees net this circumstance, in connection with what you new knew of Mabel Rutland's imncmcnts en that night, go far te prove that the lady whom Edward Layten met in Dloemshury square was nene ether than his old nwccthcartf Heaven knows what conclusions ere te be drawn from the coincident e. I will make no comments; Indeed, I almost tremble te think of the matter. Your legal mind will perhaps cnable you te dedura .something from Eustace's letter te his sister which may be of service te you nnd Edward Layten. Te me they nre simply Incom prehensible. Before I visit Mi&s Rutland te-morrow I will call en you. Yeu may have something te say te me. I sincerely trust I shall net be the means of bringing fresh treuble upon her and hers." With that he wished mc geed night, and I was left alone. I set myself sedulously te the tusk of discovering the key te these mysterious letters. Dr. Dalnceurt had net opened the two sealed letters which had arrived during Miss Rutland's illness, and I did net im mediately de se. I felt a delicacy with respect te Edward Layten's letter te tlie jeung lady which he had given me In prison te pest for him. I put them aside, and selecting the first of the two letters from Eustace Rut land which had been found in Mabel's desk (judging from the postmarks en their envelopes which of the two she had first received, for they bere no date), I devoted myself te n btudy of This is an exact copy of the singular communication, the size of the paper and the arrangement of the words, and of the figures and alphabetical letters, being faithfully fellow eil: H se x a e li n 7 e w -: :'';. t, A' face bird the ktaie.l lti runs back get I . i .v. T . In your hundred sena , a ,-.;,- - . r' . trees the tncney wen are X . - -y v.. " : te death river diarr.eid gayly :n ' r en bracelet faur tinging instantly cherry tha ' the S a s k ei a ci a It appeared te me that the first thing I had te consider was the relation, If any, that the alphabetical letters and figures bore te the words te which they formed a frame. I did net lese sight of the sug gestion which immediately arose that this frame work of figures and alphabetical letters might be placed there as a bllud, although the evident care and pains which hail been bestowed upon them was opposed te the suggestion. But then, again, the care thus exercised might be intended te mere deeply mystify any strange person into w hose hands the missive might fall. In order net te deface or mutilate the original, I made two exact copies of It for my own purposes, using as a kind of ruler ene of the playing cards which Dr Dalnceurt had also found la Mubcl Rut land's desk. There 'were two words in the pus&he which seen attracted me. These were the third word, "diamond," lu the fifth line, and the second word, "bracelet," In the sixth Hee. "Diamond bracelet," I did net doubt that this wa3 the diamond bracelet which Mr. Rutland had presented te his daughter, aud which she could net wear at the dlnuc; nartr because i was net at that tlme In her possession. Here, then, was a clew, but here I stepped. Ne ingenuity that I could., bring te bear en abled me te connect ether words with 'diamond bracelet." I. cadgdM my Drains for at least half an hour. Then oil at OBce It occurred te me (what in the ex citement of my pursuit I may very well be excused for net having thought of be fore) that the playing card, the nine of hearts, must bear some relation te the missive. I placed it upon the paper. Every word was hidden by the surface of the card; only the figures and the alpha betical letters were visible. "Doubtless," thought I, "it I cut out the pips of a nlne of hearts, and place it upon the paper, I shall see certain words which will form th6 subject matter upon which Eustace Rutland wrote te his sister." In that case the mystery was confined te nlne words, which, whatever their arrange ment, would net be tee difficult te Intel llgthly arrange. I would net mutilate Miss Rutland's playing cards. I had packs of my own in- the house, and from these I selected the nine of hearts and cut out the pips. It was net an easy matter, and lit my eagerness I pretty eiTectually destroyed the surface of my table; but that did net trouble me. My interest was new thoroughly aroused, and grew keener when, placing tee nine or Hearts upon Eustace Rutland's mystery letter, I found theso words disclesed: Face stares In send money death me Instantly the. ncre, then, In these nine words, was the communication which Eustace Rutland intended Ids sister te understand. I cop led them en a separate sheet of paper and arranged them In different ways until I arrived at their correct solutions "Death stares me In the face, send money instantly." , Congratulating myself upon my clever ness, I came te the conclusion that Eustace Rutland, being banished from his father's heuse and net being ahle te obtain from his father the funds necessary for his dis reputable career, was taking advantage of his sister's devoted affection for him, and was in the habit of calling upon her te supply him with money, which, no doubt, the young lady did te the best of her abil ity. Curiosity led me te the task of en deavoring te discover whether the alpha betical letters and the figures in the frame work bere any relation te this cemmuni catien. With only the nlne words ex posed through the pips of the nlne of hearts which I had cut away, I sawhat the first word, "death," was the sixth, and the second word, "stares," was the second, and the third word, "me," was the seventh. The sequence of the figures, therefore, was 0, 2, 7. New, hew wcre these three figures arranged fn the f ramo rame ramo werkr The figure 0 came after the letter M, the figure 2 came after the letter X, the figure 7 came after the letter H. Sat isfied that I had found the key, I began te study hew these figures from 1 te 0, rep resenting the nlne words in the com munication and the nlne of hearts in the playing card, were arranged in the frame work in such a manner as te lead an in formed person at ence te the solution. There must be a starting point with which both Eustace and his sister Mabel wcre acquainted. Wfiat was this starting point? One of the letters of the alphabet. What letter? A. Starting, then, from A in the framework, I found that the figures from 1 te 0 ran thus: 0, 2, 7, 8, 0, 1, 4, G, 8. Upen following, in this order, the ceurse of the words which were exposed by the playing card with tbe nine pips cut out, I came te the conclusion that I had correctly interpreted this first mystery letter. I was very pleased, believing that the key I had discovered would lead me te a correct reading of Eustace's Bccend nnd third letter te his sister. Se absorbed had I been in the unravel ing of this mystery letter, which occupied me a geed hour and a half, that I had lest sight during the whole of that tlme of the two words which liad at first enchained my attention "diamond bracelet." "Death stares me in the face, send money instantly," had nppenrcd te me se reason able a construction te be placed upon the communication of n man who must often have been In a desperate strait for want of funds, that the thought did net obtrude Itself that these words might be merely a blind, and that, In the words that re mained alter the obliteration of tills sen tence, the correct solution was te be found. The longer I considered, the Btrengcr be came my doubts; with "diamond brace let" staring me in the face, I felt that I had been following a'Wlll-e'-the-wlsp. I had asked Dr. Dalnceurt the date of the dinner party at which Mr. Rutland had detected the absence of the diamond bracelet en his daughter's arm. That date was the 8th of September. I exam ined the postmark en the envelepe of Eus taeo Rutland's first communication; it was the 20th of September. Mr. Rutland had laid upon his daughter the Injunction that the diamond bracelet was te be shown te htm before the end of the month. What month? September. She had pre duced It in tlme, and her brother's mis sive must have conveyed te her some In formation respecting the missing article of jewelry. The elation of spirits In which I had indulged took a flight; I had net dis covered the clew. I set myself again te work. I felt new as a man feels who Is hunting out a great mystery or a great criminal, and upon the success of whose endeavor his own safety depends. It seemed te me as if it wcre net se much Edward Layten's case as my own in which I was engaged. Never in the course of my career have I been se in terested. I determined te set aside the words, "Death stares me in the luce, send money instantly," and te search, in the words that remained, for the true mean ing of Eustace Rutland's first communi cation. I copied them in the order In which they wcie arranged, and they ran as follews: , H te X a O 14 II 7.E uSV-l- - 1 birda tU' in runs back get I your bundled J trees tha wen are river dirmend gayly j t ' ' en bracelet four tinging cherry the a K Ol J 1 A V d I counted the nnmber of words; there were twenty-two. New, was the true reading of the cot munlcatien contained iu the whole of se "twenty-two words, or In only a portie A them, nud if in only a portion, in what portion? In hew many words? There lay the difficulty. The words "diamond bracelet" gave me a dis tinct satisfaction, but there were ether words which I could net by any exercise of ingenuity connect them with, such as "birds" "trees" "river" "gayly " "cherry" "singing." Undoubtedly the communication was a serious ene, and these words seemed te be Inimical te all Ideas of seriousness. Hew te select. What te select? Hew te arrange the mystery? What was the notation? Ah, the notation! I had discovered the notation of the sen tence I had set aside for the time. What If the same notation would lead rae te the clew I was In search of? The arrange ment of the figures from I te 9 was arbi trated by the first letter In the alphalct, A. I would try whether that arrangement would afford any satisfaction in the twenty-two words that remained. It would be an affectation of vanity en my part if I say that this idea occurred te me Instantly. It did net de se. It was only after long and concentrated attention and consideration that it came te me, and then I set it Immediately into practical operation. The first flgure In the sen tence I had discovered was 0. I counted six In the present arrangement of the words. It ended with the word "get." Cressing out the word "get" and placing it upon a separate sheet of paper I pro ceeded. Tbe'secend figure in the seattnee I had discarded was 2. I counted tw e en from the word "get" and arrived at "your." I crossed out this word "your" $pi prawJti -lbs ihiri flsuw la tee sentence itum mscaraea was r. i counted, seveu words en from "jeur" and came te "diamond." I treated this word In a sim ilar way te the last two and continued the process. "Get your diamond." New for "bracelet." The next flgure wsas 8. I counted three words from "diamond" and came te "bracelet." I was mero excited than I can describe. There is scarcely, anything In the world that fills a man with' such exultation as success, and I was en the track of suc cess: "Get your diamond bracelet." The following figure was 9. I counted en nlne nnd came te the iverd "back." "Get your diamond bracelet' beck.", I continued. The next figure ,was 1, This was repre sented by the word "I." The next figure was 4, represented by the word "wen." The next flgure was 5, represented by the word "four." The next flgure was 8, rep resented by tbe worn "nunarcevj I con tinued the same process and earner back te the flgure 0, represented by the word "en." The next flgure was 3, repre sented by the word "cherry." I stepped here for a reason and I read the words I had crossed out and written en n separate sheet of paper. They ran i thus: "Get your diamond bracelet back. I wen 400 en Cherry-" It was net without a distinct reason that I paused here. Mixing with the world and moving In all shades and classes of society, I must confess as I have no doubt ether men would confess if they were thoroughly Ingenuous te certain weaknesses, ene of which is te put a sov ereign or two (seldom mere) upon every classic horse race, and upon every' im portant handicap dating the year. I nearly always lese and serve me right. But it happened, strangely enough, that In this very month of September, during which Eustace Rutland sent his mysteri ous communication telas sister Mabel, ' ene of the most celebrated' handicaps of the year was wen by a herse named Cherry, and that I had two sovereigns en that very horse. It started at long odds. I remembered that the bet I made was two sovereigns te a hundred, nnd that I had wen what is often called a century upon the race. I was convinced that I 1 had come te the lcglttmate end of Eustace Rutland's letter: "Get your diamond bracelet back, t wen 400 en Cherry. ' This young reprobate, then, was in dulging In herse racing. Ills sister Mabel lmil wrrlttpn In him nn npcm-nt fif thn sccne between herself nnd her father at thd dinner party. She had given him her diamond bracelet te extricate htm from some scrape, and he had been luckily ena bled, by his Investment en the horse Cherry,' te redeem it most likely from the pawnbroker In tlme for his sister te , exhibit It te her father. Se as te be cer tain mat l neu get tne proper ciew, anu had arrived at the gist of Eustace's com munication, I wrete down the' words that remained, which were: ' 'Birds t he the In arc the trees runs rivers gaylyi singing. ' ' It was en easy task new for me te ap ply the same test te these remaining 'words, and I found that they formulated 'themselves in this fashions "The river runs gayly. The birds are singing in the trees." I was curious te ascertain whether there wcre any special sign In the framework of Eustace Rutland's communication by which the person' engaged with him In the mystery letter could be guided. I counted the words In each sentence.. The words in the first sentence wcre nine the nlne of hearts. The number of words in the second sentence was eleven. The number of words in the third sentence was eleven. After the alphabetical letter A in the framewerk I saw the flgure 11, and I was satisfied, the last cloven words being meaningless, that It was the second sentence of eleven words, referring te the diamond bracelet and te his winning en Cherry, that Eustace wished his sister Mabel te understand. At the same time I was satisfied in my own mind that, .without the nlne of hearts te guide him,' a man might epend days ever the crypto graph without arriving nt the correct bolutlen. I had taken no count of the passing tlme. Engrossed nnd nbserbed in my oc cupation, I was surprised, when It had reached what I believed te be a successful termination, te find that it was nearly six o'clock in tne morning. N't 'IV IV. Dr. Dalnceurt called while I was dress ing, after n few hours' sleep. I am net usually a dreamer, but I had a dream se Btrange that I aweke with the memory of it lu my mind. It was of hands ladles' hands every flngcr of which was covered with rings. Helding the theory, as I have already explained that the imagination .during sleep is net creative, but invari ably works upon a foundation of fact, I was endeavoring te trace the connection between my singular dream and some oc currence or clrcumstance within my knowledge, when Dr. Datnceurt entered. "Well," were his first words, "have yen made anything of the letters which I left with you last night?" "I was employed only upon one," I said, "which kept me up until 0 o'clock this merniDg. I don't begrudge the tlme or the labor, because I have discovered the clew te Master Eustace Rutland's com munications te his sister." "That means," said Dr. Dalnceurt, ex citedly, "that you have discovered the mystery of the 'nlne of hearts.' " "In se far," I replied, "as respects the playing cards found In Miss Rutland's desk yes, I have discovered that part of the mystery; but I have net yet dis covered the mystery of the particular nine of hearts which was found In the pocket of Edward Layten's ulster." I showed Dr. Dalnceart the result of my labors en the previous night, and he was delighted and very much Interested, but presently his face became clouded. "I am still disturbed," he said, "by the dread that the task you nre engaged upon may bring Miss Rutland iute serious treuble." "I hepe net," was my rejoinder te the remark, "hut I shall net allow considera tions of nny kind te step me. Edward Layten is an innocent man, and I intend te prove mm se." "If he is innocent," geld Dr. Dalnceurt, "then Miss Rutland mast uhe be Inno cent." a "Undoubtedly," I snld, "with a cheer ful smile, w ltlcli did much te reassure the worthy doctor. "Have you opened the two scaled let ters," asked Dr. Dalnceurt, "which I brought from Mrs. Rutland's house?" "Ne," I replied. "I hae devoted my self only te the first of the opened letters found In Miss Rutland's desk. I shall proceed Immediately with the second, and then I shall feel myself warranted in open ing and reading the letters which arrived for Miss Rutland during her Illness. By the way, doctor, I lme had a singular dream, and upon jour entrance I was en deavoring te track It. It was a dream of ladles' hands, covered with rings." "Any bodies attached te the hands?" in quired Dr. Dalnceurt, Jocosely. "Ne; simply hands. They seemed te pass lnjfore my vision, and te rlfce up in unexpected places pretty shapely hands. But It was net se much the hands that btruck me as being singular as the fact that they were covered with ling1 of one particular kind." "What kind?" "I must have seen thousands of rlng3 upon the bhapely fingers, and there was net ene that was net bet with diamonds nnd turquoises." A light came into Dr. Dalnceurt's face. "And you mean te tell me that j ou can't discover the connection?" "Ne, I can't for the life of me discover it." "That proves," said J)r. Dalnceurt, "hew easy It Is for a man engaged upon a serious task te overlook Important facts which nre as plain as the noonday sun." "What facta Ime I ocrleoked, doctor?" "Have you the newspapers In the room containing the report of the trial?" "Yes," "Glve me the one containing the report of the third day's proceedings?" I lianded it te him, and he ran hU eyes down the column In which the evidence of the waiter In I'revest restaurant was re ported. "The waiter was asked," said Dr. Daln Daln eourt, "whether the lady who accompa nied Edward Layten was married, and whether there weie rings uoen the f-na et tier tongievoa nana. - "Yes.-yes," I cried, "I remember I And the waiter answered that she wero a ring Of torquelses and diamonds. Of course et ceurse. That explains my dream." "Yes," said Dr. Datnceurt, "that ex plains It." "I need no further assurance." I said, ''te prove that it was Miss Rutland who was in Edward Layten's company en the night et the 83th or Match, but I wish te ask her mother whether the young lady possesses such a ring, nnd Is In the habit et wearing It. Your face Is clouded again, doctor. Yeu fear that I em really about te bring treuble upon Miss Rutland. Yeu are mistaken; I am working In the cause of Justice. It I preve Edward Layten te be innocent, no shadow of suspicion can rest upon Miss Rutland. Yeu must trust entirely te me. Can yen net new under stand why Edward Leyten refuse te be defended by a shrewd legal mind? He would net permit a cress examination et any of ths witnesses which would bring the name Ot Mabel Rutland before the public. Te save her honor, te protect her from scandal and calumny, he Is ready te sacrifice himself. He shall net de se. I will preventit. Your patient Is In n state of delirium, yen tell me. She knows nothing et what passes around her, she recognizes no ene, she has net heard et the bcrll in which Edward Layten stands. Say that she remains in this state et Ignorance .until Edward Layten is sen tenced nnd hanged for a crlme which he did net commit say, then, thnt she re covers and hears of it reads of It why, she will go madl It would be Impossible for her te prcserve her reason in circum stances se terrible. There is a clear duty before.us, Dr. Dalnceurt, and we must net shrink from it. I need net urge upon you te use your utmost skill te rcstore Mabel Rutland te health, and te the con sciousness of what Is passing around her. If before Edward Layten Is put again upon his trial I de net clear htm, I shall net hesitate te mnke seme kind et appeal te Miss Rutland which, even should she tcmaln delirious, shall result In favor et the man who is se nobly and rashly pre- iccting her geed name." "Remember," said Dr. Dalnceurt, gravely, "that she is in great danger," "Yeu mean that she may dle seen?" j "Yes," "But net suddenly?" I nsked, In alarm. i 'I think net suddenly." "Still," I Bald, "there is n chance et her being restored te health?" ' "Yes, there Is a chance of It." I "It the werse happens," I said, "Is It likely that she would recover conscious ness befere her death?" S"It Is almost certain that she would." "Then it would be necessary," I said, ','te take her dying deposition. Docter, it is my firm conviction that the man and the woman who entered Edward Layten's house after midnight en the 20th of March were net Edward Layten and Ma bel Rutland." "But the coachman drove them home!" exclaimed Dr. Dalnceurt. ..;.;- ,- . "Se he said." '"'- i '.'And took them from Provest's Restau rant." J "Se he said. Recall that part of the coachman's evidence bearing upon it He snys that Edward Layten, accompanied by a lady, issued from the restaurant nt 11:55; that Layten appeared excited, which he, the coachman, attributed te the fact of his having taken tee much wine; Te rebut this we have the evidence of the waiter, who declared that Layten simply tasted the wlne that was ordered. He could net have drunk half n glass. The man and the woman came from the restau rant, jumped quickly Inte the carrlage, and but ene word, 'Heme I' was uttered In n thick voice. New, Layten, In his ridicu lously weak cress examination, put two questions te the witness. 'Did it occur te you,' he asked, 'or does it occur te you new, that the voice which uttered that terd was net my voice?' The witness re plied that It had net eccurcd te him. Then Layten Bald, 'Yeu are certain that It was my voice?' And the witness re piled, 'Yes, sir.' Te me, these two ques tions put by Layten are convincing proof that it was net he who entered the car riage from Provest's restaurant," 1 "But he wero his ulster," eaid Dr., Dalnceurt. 1 "Here, again," I Bnld, "we have ovl evl ovl dence which, te my mind, Is favorable. The waiter testifies that when Layten en tered the room in which the supper was ordered he took oft his ulster and hung it en a peg In tbe wall, at soma distance from the table at which he sat. More over, he sat with his back te the coat. Layten, in his cress examination, asked the waiter, 'Did I put the overcoat en be fore I left the room?' The waiter replied, 'Yes. The Judge interrupted with the rebuke, 'Yeu have said in examination that you did net see the prisoner and his companion leave the room. And the wit ness replied, 'But when I returned, after?', being away for three or four minutes, monsieur was geno aDd the coat Was also gene' The prisoner put his lest question te the waiter, 'Yeu did net see me put en' the overcoat?' And the witness answered,' 'Ne.' Docter, I see light. Bring me news of the ring set with turquoises and diamonds. I shall be at home the whele of the evening." After Dr. Dalnceurt's departure I made a hurried breakfast, went through my correspondence and resumed my task et examining Eustace Rutland's letters te his sister. The second opened communi cation was exactly of the same sliane and form as the first which I had deciphered. I glve here an exact copy of It: K 10 N 17 D O L 13 C 1 Of te dUtractlen htrcct m an fully yours an till ut leve hard tilsLt up engel Chester pencr my corner her Ida all o'tleck death In will nlne de Tuesday r or. ' A r a 8i a e The notation of the nlne figures, repre senting the nlne pips in the playing card, in Eustace's first communication, was 0, 2, 7, a, 0, 1, 4, C, 8. Tttklnt: as my gulde the alphabetical letter A, 1 round that the notation lu Eustace Rutland's second com munication wa3 3, 0, 1, 5, 2, 0, 4, 8, 7. I placed the playing card, with its pips cut out, ever the paper, and the following was revealed: "Of street at night Chester cor ner o'clock nlne Tuesday. ' ' Arranging these words according te the new notation of figures, they formed this sentence: "At corner of Chester street Tuesday night nlne o'clock." "New," thought I, "this may have been an appointment." If be and nothing was mero likely I could derive no ossUtance from it. It conveyed no information, and contained nothing which would assist me In my In quiries. It was very likely that I should light upon something further, and I pro ceeded with my task. The flgure Im mediately following the alphabetic letter A was 12, which meant, If I wcre en the right track, that the second sentence In this communication was composed of twelve words. I followed the same pro cess I had previously employed, and the twelve words formed therntehes thus: "Awfully hard up Ida Is an augil I leve her te distraction." Se as te finish this communication, I unravelled the last ten words and found them te be: "I will de all lu my power yews till death." This I set aslde as being Intended te convey no meaning. The first sentence, making an appointment at the corner et Chester street, was, whether correct or net, of llttle lrntwrtance. I concentrated my attention upon the second sentence of twelve werds: "Awfully hard up Ida is an angel I love her te distraction." Se the young scamp was hard up again and knew that his sister would respond 19 hlj. appeal. And ht wg la love, tee. nna. in wh -iiu ntee. ma, ei course, was a capital I. I jumped te my feet as It I had been shot. Ida I What was the name et Mrs. Layten's' maid, who had gtvsn such damn ing ovldenco against ths man I meant te set free? IdaWhttet Net a common nnme. An untisual one. I walked about the room in a state et great excitement. Ida White, the angel, aud Eustace Rutland, the scamp. But tbe woman must be at least eight or ten years elder than Eustace. What mat tered that? All the mero likely her held upon him. Yeung feels frequently fall In leve wllh women much elder than them selves, nnd when the women get the chance they don't let the youngsters es cape easily. Yes, oppestto te each ether steed two men ene n worthless ne'er de well, the ether a martyr! Opposite te each ether 6toed two women ene n scheming woman of the world, the ether a suffering, heart broken girl I I would save the neble ones. Yes, I would save thorn I The chain was forming Irak by link. I breke oft here te dispatch telegrams te two et my confidential agents. My In structions te them wcre te employ them selves Immediately In discovering where Ida White, the meld who had given ovl evl ovl dence against her master at the trial, was living, and having found it, net te .leso Bight et her for a single moment, but te set a strict watch upon her, and te take nete et her proceedings and movements, however trivial they might be. Theso tel egram) being dispatched 1 returned te my task. The two scaled letters which Dr. Daln Daln eourt had received from Mrs. Rutland lay lictore me. I took up the first, which I knew te be in Eustace's handwriting. I opened It. It was et a similar nature te the two I had already cxamlne nd In terpreted. There Is no need her' repeat the details et the process bj menus of which I read this third communication, a copy of which I also append: O 11 S 9 J 11 A 7 N 13 os , O 3 knew am I me address i I I be ai w me awful me tha M luneccnt laid te that guilty h find de against you ti M net chares am net desert M old swear may where f i 1 . c a n i e av et a a h I will simply say that the notation was 7, 1, 0, 6, 0, 8, 4. 8, 2, nnd that the words resolved themselves Inte the follewing: "Yeu knew where te find me, The old nddrew." "An awful charge may he laid against mc. I am net guilty." "De net desert me. I swear that I am Innocent." I decided that the whele et this was Intended te be conveyed te Mabel Rut land's understanding, and that In the last of Eustace's communications te his sister there was net ene ldle word. "An awful charge may be laid against me." That charge, undoubtedly, was the murder of Mrs. Layten. "I am net guilty. I swear that I am Innocent." But all guilty men are rctdy te swear that they are Innocent. Net a moment was te be lest In setting my agents te work te discover Eustace Rutland's nddrcss, as well as the address et Ida White I quickly opened the letter which Edward La) ten had written In prison te Mabel Rutland, and which I had posted. It was very short, te the follow ing effect: "Dkab Miss Rutland, All is well. Hnve no fear. De net write te me until you hear from me again. Bcllove me, faithfully yours, Edwahd Lattow." Thus It was that he endeavored te keep from the woman he loved the true knowl edge et the peril In which he steed. Te save her geed name he was ready te go cheerfully te his death. (TOSH COKTintJXD.) K'tiluc Goei bj Faver, Hut Hep Olntmnnt goea for chapped Iinndf, anni cosea, reld cracks, eta., without (ear or favor A'cvtr attt. All druggist tell It st U cunts a box. (O "He ("lvlnnutlilD(a---eiriannmvlirinVi" whim her com 1 cuied by Dr. Hull' UuUn Syrup. " Mether, can I tre eat te fltl V He, no. my llitlotenny, Yen tnew you' Kela wnllen fcet, Sty prccleua lltue henry." Hat they get a bottle of Salvation Oil, and he went and caugLt an eel, and ale it like a man. Ltfe la a Jey forever when you knep stomach aid bowels la order by taking Vinegar Hit ters. If ULTON OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY, MAROB lOtb, 1S88. TIIK UKMAUKAULK 8UCCKH4 Of MR. J. K. EMMETT, FRITZ, OUR OOU3IN GERMAN. With Kntlrely Kew tenga and Dancra eom eem eom peaul ij-rbitiiMiif, and tbu Original Ueslutnes uuui uuruiuuy. PI'ICH1 2te , CO J , 7V5. A 1 00 Ki:iKUVKl HKATa .. 75j. ftl W hew ou salt) at Op iru liuuie OtUce. nilJ t -FULTON OI'KHA HOUSE. Tuesday Evenlntr. Mareb 20, 1808. Grand Speclnenlar Production of tbe !!at Aineilcan ruy ever wrlitue. A bvu 1'ul him Araum la lour acta ami Ave tableaux, enllUid "RANCH 1CT New and Planeraln 8cenry. Btartllng Mo Me cbtnlcai and biuk Hecl-i, und a tirenif Cut of Cburiictuis. une 1'epulur a:ters, J. OL1NTON HALL HORACE MILLER, And Ihelr Streng rerrpany of Comedians. Tim Ure4i-et HroMenu hvur Produced, flew Sunn; Mjw Dances, Miw jiuste. l01,UI.AItriUCl!H...!3,MAMClCITf. KKflhUVKU slK.-'lrS MJOKN'ia. ew en cnlii atepura lleueu. uillMt J'OII'JVAI. lUllM UONUHKS-, B. PRANK E8HLEMAN. - Nubji ct te lbfpubllcan liules. aiH-7-UriA- 1" .OR JURY COMM1HHIONKII, II. T. BI1ULTZ, Of Kl'zib tlilevu llninuuh. fiil!i in iim tii-iLlim el ihu lK.mirf.nule Ceumr ien-i-u-1 1"". unilS-lldAW T7-OIS. JUKY COMMIhSlONhK, UHOUUK DAUlUTXTIElt, Foventh Ward, city. Subject te Drinocratle Knit. uiarlO-lyuAw HOOTH A M kJIlihU. T ADIKM, LOOK TO YOUtt INTKUEST. EKLLINO KID gliOKS AT UKDUChl) l'UICIH. reach Kid, tUO! rrdurud tell i". Teal t.uniu) Kid, l 7a te U.W i $-i.W te 12.50 IllUtefJ (0 'J liese KObda mutt be sold by April 1 te cleje bU'lneaa. WlTMKIt IIKHS, iebU-i.Wawtf Ne, 41 Weal King Street, MBW ABTMMTIMBMJIMTB. nriDMYBR'S. YOUR 'WANTS is FURNITURE Can be supplied at WIDMYER'S FURNITURE. STOIiJH TO YOUR COMPLETE SITISr ACTION. AT TRACTIVE OO JDJ, ATTRACTIVE I'lUCKS. Otvs yeuTtalf thn tli'actlen of string tbe Ltrgeat, Heat and Cbtaput Stock In tbe City. Oer. fast Bang & Duke SU. WIDMYER'S COBBER, -nriLllAMBON A FOSTER. I 4 New Styles for Spring Gent's Neckwear VERY CHEAP. Knets and Tceks, U Cents. Uent'sSuuionders, Patent Wlre llneklea1, JJe Rew Styles Gent's Linen and CelUleU Cellars and Cuffs. Ladles' Celluloid Cutta, US els. Gent's Full Urtai Kid Gloves and Deg's Bkln Driving; Glovea. Gent's Plain and fancy Hots; l'ers Linen Bandkereblsfa wllh l'.'aln and - Fancy Borders. Gent's Underwaar, Medium Weight ferSprlng, In Merine and All-wool. Kew Bpilng Patters a In Gent's and Heys Taney Clannel and Percale Bhlrta. Geal's Pnli Dress Bhlrta. White BbtrU for Men and Beys, si, 13, 60. 7 le, IL Trunks, Trunks, .Trunks, VERY CHEAP. Williamson &. Fester, 32. 34, 30 & 88 E. RING ST., L4KCASTCU.PA. JlOSTON STORK. STAMM BROTHERS. Nee.26&28N.QneenSt, WILL MOVE TO TUEia NEW STORE IN ABOUT TENMYS. ' FROM JNOW TILL WE MOVE, WJS WII.L8KLL 1TIVE THOUSAND YAKCS MtW AM) DAHIUAULH D YOU. LESS THAN COST, THI3 13 NO FAIRY TALI, BUT IT XI A SOLID FACT. Till) KKKOET 13 ONLY TO LAST JTOU TEN DAYS. f UEalSMBKU YOU TE DAYS ONLY. Dress Goods for Less Than Oest -AT THE- BOSTON STORE r Will Move In Ten Dsys te New. 55 and 17 N"uh (Juteu utiiei, right acreai lieui Pot Pet Pot efllce. EVAN'S FLOUR. UOf ALL TIIINQS AND HOLD PA3X TO TUAX WHICH IS UOOD." LEVAN'S FLOUR. aLTalB Goods, 33 TOBACCO. UTANDABD OUKW1MU TOBACCO. DOYOUQHEW? 1HER QET- THE BEST WHICH IS Finzer's Old Honesty. Qenulna Has a lUd H Iln Tat; ea vary Plug. OLl HONESTY is atkncwlK-rcd te be IM PUUEBT and MOST LABT1MO pteea tsf BTANDABDCHEWlXOTOlUCCOeBtk rnarkct Trying It la a better teat tba any talk about lu Ulve it a fair trial. a-TTnOE DEALER HAS lT.-a nevU-iydaw it mr weeds. '"''w''"iaH-i-'-i---ti apta--aaw-ity-aFaa--aiaawaVi'-t-'-tww'i XTEW 8PR1NU QO0D3. sp-(awa-aBB JOHN S. GI7LER CANNOT Or JBXUI9 $EW STORE, UNTIL Saturday, March 21, 1S88. On acemtnt of ievr snnw atenn goods esn nntbadfllverrdby ths railroad eerupsalea DA,r.Viacu?u,88 mu 0Ia 0B Atv' NEW STOCK or- tw n;u m.u- i-a n Uj&mi 1 ..". B- i- L1.V UUUUVi AlUltWUB MM VmiU3aaa K M -AT- Ne8. 6 & 8 North Queen St, t (Next Doer te Leng's Drag atere.) LANCASTER, PA. nuiie-lrdaw ' JOHNB.QIVLEE. rhtlM PEOrXKB CAB!! BTOREf " Wait for tbe Opening ! WILL OPEN IN SKILES' BUILDING, i (Nest Doer te luncuUr County Dank) I&JLFEWMYP. i ONE OV Til K MOST ATTIIACT1VK SPElt Q bTOCKSOP SSBBBSW SBBBBB-SL IK M -Bak Bh. -. The People's Cash Stere BT- W- W ?"" r - aTS-!- f LI-IT KJKJVJUa , IN QUALUY, STYLE APJUOE kvkii orrauEe in tuis city will bb PLACED OK BALE FOR CASH. i 4JTIT WILL PAY YOU lO WAIT MOM Tills OPKNIRO, G,ee. P. Rathven, 25 EAST KING SI BUT, LANOASTEll, PA. warlt-lydaw JACOB F. HHEAFiTKU'S PURE RYE WHISKY. (MY OWN DISTILLATION.) I NO. 18 CKNTBE BQ-JAWB. . TNFOKMATION. Te tnean about Ordering Spring Clethes. If you want te save ilenuy anu be Pleaudt qeTO ASKEW'S. 'ee-ijrsf E XTKAOBOiNAKY LOW 1-KiOJB PINE TAILOBINQ AT XXTUAOUDINAKY LOW PEICBS, Overceating snd Heavy Weight Bull 1st: made te Order at Ceat Price te mduce steak and glVH employment te my handa. Speelal atuntleu paid te Pull DretS IVitS, which I will new make ut order In the very beat style, Baun Lined all through, trcttKO.! UP" H.GERHARTS, M- PINE 1MPOKTIMO TAILOE, N0.43NOaTHQUKtCN8TLANCAaTE.PA -IROFiT HFK1U DJBTlLitKKV, OLD QBOFF SERDJU DISTILLERY ON East Orange Street. STORE-63 NORTH QUEEN BT., LANCASTKU.PA. SVUlghest price paid for Bye. A.H.BUEAPPJUC, Proprietor. jrlyd vh! ? j ft rtW nm -m SvjS i.K -&a fei m ja Sw
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