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Beauchamp’s Double OB THE PRIMS DONNft. A Story of Mystery, Love and Devotion. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XIV. A FHIEND IN NEED. Miss Beauchamps was in an agony of apprehension As the. day wore on, she said to herself a thousand times, somebody will come to me, surely. She thought of Livingston. His manner more than his words had impressed her. Surely he was a true, kind, thoughtful friend —a very thoughtful friend of her brother’s. He would be sure to send her word through the day. If he did not, it would be because—but surely he would have good news God would not be cruel to her. What had she done to be punished? . O! there would be news through the day. When nours passed, and nature could not withstand the strain, she went down to see her landlady. The landlady was an honest, shrewd, and kind woman, with a cold exterior. Her helpless lodger appealed to her strongly. The landlady had a stock of stories, al] as wonderful as the unexplained absence of Beauchampe “Why, my dear, tlzsre was the case of Miss Wary. Her people gave her up for lost for three whole days, and where did she turn up? Why. the poor thing got on the wrong train, and was carried 100 miles out of her way before she discovered her mistake, ail because she had got the wrong ticket. Then she was put op a branch road, and the' culverts and bridges were washed away in a storm, and when the papers were full of the mystery doesn’t she come in as fresh as you please, saying: ‘I guess you al] thought I was lost’ —as sure enough she was all that time, so far as they were concerned. “Yes, and there was the experience of the old gentleman who lived out of town a few miles. He was known by everybody for miles around, and one afternoon he walked down to the village postoffice, and nobody saw him that day or the next, nor for five days. . It was the greatest sensation they had at that time. What could cojne on a sensible, decent old gentleman whose life was as clear and as blameless as a babe’s? But he was gone—gone like* mist. Nobody saw him going. Well, at the end of a whole week, mind you, miss, doesn’t the wife of the preacher almost faint dead away when the old nian walked past her door on his way home. She thought it was a ghost. Then it came out that he had walked all the way to his cousin’s —a lady older than himself (and they do say they ivere lovers when they were young), who was as well to-do, or better off than he was. And her children and her made so much of him that he just staid there five days —the oddest thing for a sensible, homelike mail to do that ever was known. And it seernsjiiat he had told a young man that he met to tell his folks that he would be gone a day at least, but the young man was called away the same hour, and so the message was never delivered. ” All of which, although designed to solace and reassure Miss Beauchampe, produced just the contrary effect, since the landlady’s motive was painfully apparent. Unable at last to endure restraint, spite of the protestations of her landlord, Miss Beauchampe went out, asserting her purpose to call upon the authorties. She made her way directly to the office of the chief inspector, but a single speech at the entrance changed the current of her thoughts, and caused the blood to recede from her heart. Two men near the entrance were talking loudly. One said as Miss Beauchampe approached them: “The rope’s as good as around the scoundrel Beauchampe’s neck now. ” Stunned, speechless from terror,„half blinded by the rush of tears that spread over her cheeks, Miss Beauchampe turned away, and slowly retraced her steps with sinking heart homeward. It was with difficulty she could walk. At • times she thought she would fall, but some strange power supported her and nerved her to pursue her way along an untraveled street until she entered her own door. There she yielded herself a prey to all manner of forebodings until she wrought herself into an ecstasy of terror. It is hard to say what result might.have been had not fortune sent one to her side who was able to soothe and reassure her. While she was weeping unrestrainedly, ;the landlady opened the door, said something in a low tone, then quietly withdrew. A moment' later a hand was laid gently on her head and a sweet voice said, “Do not yield to despair, child; al will be well soon. Listen to me. ” It was the voice of Vittoria. “1 can feel for you. my dear. It is horrible —horrible, this mistrust. It is impossible always t > resist the inclination to weep: and sometimes it does you good to cry. but I know, I feel that you are unwis ■ to yield to such a tempest of tears as this. You will have good news soon, maybe before morning. Who can toll? It may be later, but it will be good news. “How do I know? I cannot prove it to you, but I know. I feel there is a cruel mistake; that it will be righted. I believe as truly as I believe the good God is just and merciful. I have come to tell you this. Would I come if I did not believe what I And what is it that sends me to you? I have come now twice to bid yon not yield to these terrible apprehensions. They will drive you wild.” Her voice was sweet; her tones soft and low. The touch of her hand was like balm to a wound. Miss Beauchampe repressed Jjer sobs aad looked up at Vittoria through her tears. “Yes, it is I, Vittoria, your friend, and % sympathizer in your trouble. Come, lift your head; let me, permit me to wipe your cheeks. There is no reason for these tears. You will smile with me soon, perhaps to-morrow. Then the trouble will be .explained to everybody’s satisfaction. ” Miss Beauchampe was prevailed upon to rise and bathe her face, and then Vittoria comforted her, encouraged her, talked unrestrainedly until Miss Beauchampe became interested, and then she too talked until Vittoria discovered she had prolonged her visit “an uncbnslderable length of time. ” When she withdrew a messenger approached the door. “What did I tell you,” said Vittoria “It is good news. Open it and read. ” As Miss Beauchampe read the world seemed to whirl around. Vittoria took the paper from her hand. The message was brief. It was dated Chicago, and contained these words: Do not be alarmed unnecessarily. We will, I think, solve the mystery satisfactorily In a short time. Livingston. “He would not send this If he did not know there is good news in store for you. Now, go to sleep to-night without fretting more about it This proves that what I have said is true. *

Then kissing her on either cheek, Vittoria left Miss Beauchampe hoping, and half believing, her brother would be restored to her speedily/ When she re-ofitered hey room, she glanced at a table, and espied a small package. Opening it quickly, she discovered twenty goldetf eagles. Her cheeks flamed one instant, then suddenly grew pa’e, as she said; “How like Vittoria! I shall keep it until my brother returns. He will restore it to her. ” CHAPTER XV. THE DETECTIVE DOUBLES IN HIS TRACKS. When they were apart from the group of police officers, whose chagrin over their discomfiture was manifested in actions and unmistakable language, Simmons said to his companion: “I have other reasons for believing that the man we are after is bound for the East. Tn the first place, he is not concerned in any way or manner with these anarchists. All I have learned warrants the opinion that he is in quest of assistants in a job somewhere. ” “What sort of a job?” “That I am not sure of—a burglary likely. Something that promises a big ‘divvy. ’ The sisrns are plain. My information is correct. It comes through the police here, the greater portion of it. ” “Then you agree with me. It is not Beauchampe at all we saw. And if it is not ”, “I can’t make it out, just yet. Sometimes, it seems all straight sailing, then I’m puzzled again. I am sure of one thing—the man I want is a bad egg, and I’m bound to have him soon, if I travel to Canada for him. But the chances are I’ll find him in New York. They all head that way. Which way are you going?” “To bed. lam all tired out I need rest ” . “Well, don’t worry about the morrow. The worst is over here, as all thecountry will know. You can send the whole story to New York before 5 o’clock today. That is all I will say to you now, except to get ready to write all I tell you. It will corroborate every statement you have wired New York, and will locate the source of all the trouble, So go to sleep on that, and get ready to return home. There will be no necessity for a man like you to remain here after to-day. in all probably.” “That will suit me exactly,” said Livingston as he bade his friend good morning and walked on to his hotel, white Simmons returned to the group <?f policemen. The day was well advanced when he woke. He felt refreshed, eager for work, and enjoyed his first meal. Somehow Simmons infused hope in him. The detective was not a man to make loose statements.. It would be a good thing if it was shown to all the world that the outbreak that startled the country was purely local, and a good thing for Chicago, for the authorities would know where to lay the ax. It would enable Livingston to suggest his own recall at once, and thus he could be within reach of Miss Beauchampe and render her aid, and if he could not reassure her himself, at least he could devisq means to reas sure her. All his thoughts were centored on Miss Beauchampe now. He did not know, or suspect the truth. He thought it was his duty to befriend his friend’s sister. Who was it said pity is akin to love? He mastered all that was new in the newspapers by the time he ate his first meal thatfday. Then he visited police headquarters, called upon a leading county official, dropped into a newspaper office, and then,<lepming it the time to meet Simmons, sought the detective. Simmons was delayed unconscionably; Livingston, who could not be idle with work ahead of him, sat down and rer viewed the situation. His review rah into a column, then he paused, and still there was no word from Simmons. Livingston began to feel uneasy. What had happened? Simmons was the soul of promptness. Possibly he was fortunately in away to accomplish his aim speedily. Another half hour passed. Livingston was nervous with apprehension, when suddenly Simmons presented himself unannounced. The moment he entered the room Livingston surmised the truth. “You are disappointed; everything has gone wrong. I can see it in your face. ” “Yes; that is, I have not caught my man. Our idea seemed right. We went out of town a good way's, and here I am. I have precious little time to give you. You’ll have to take whait I am going to say in shorthand, and write it out. I must go to New York by the first train. I would not be here now if I could have made a train two hours ago. I only stayed to assure myself my man really had got away. ” “I wish I could go with you! Fire ahead, Simmons,” said Livingston, as he settled down to work.” Spin it out as fast as you like —I’ll tell you when you are too fast for me. ” Simmons reflected a few moments, then, in a very even, low tone, related the numerous circumstances and wellascertained facts that warranted his belief that the crime which thrilled the country was the result of a plot devised by a few who* assumed to represent thousands. He outlined the motives of the master minds, the means employed, the deceptions practiced, the agents enlisted, the arguments and inducements that led men to violate laws—in fact, he described in detail the conspiracy which was afterward laid bare in court. At least twenty minutes were consumed in the relation. Livingston s pen sped over the paper without a pause. When Simmons ceased speaking, the pen was still poised on the sheet, as Livingston wanted him to proceed. “That is all, ’’ said the detective. “All? It is the most complete statement that I have ever written —and I have reported not a few decisions of the Supreme Court,” Livingston answered admiringly, as he looked at Simmons. “Thank you,” said Simmons. “You couldn’t give me the salary a Supreme Judge gets, could you?” “No. But I’ll tell you what I can and will do. On the strength of this extraordinary and complete expose, I shall go back to New York with you. ” “I thought ” “I could not go until I received orders. Not exactly. There are times when we can use our own discretion. In this case I shall go along with you, and by the time we are half way, sooner, perhaps, I’ll have the whole story written out and I can begin to wire it on the way.” “On the way?” Simmons looked at Livingston. The latter smiled. “That’s no trick at all. Say we reach a good-sized town in Ohio, well, any place where I can wire ahead from a station to the telegrapher that I may want, that he must be ready to take from three to five thousand words. By the time I get to that point I chuck the copy into his hand—with ten dollars or so. That’s the little end of it. He sends it on to New York. If it is too much for one man, I pick another fifty or a hundred miles further on, and he gets a lot of copy. The story will be in type in New York by the time the last word leaves—well, say Co-, lumbus, Ohio.” “Not quite so soon as that.” “I’ve seen it ahead of time, as time Is rated now.” “I forgot. I see now. Well?" “Why, when I do all this, I’ll tell them I am on the road home." The detective mused. “And what guarantee have yon that your telegrapher won’t sell your story to one or half a

dozen papers, Some of them New York papers at that?* “He could, but if he did he might as well hang or drown himself.” “I believe yoti,” said Simmons. “He could never find anybody to employ him aa telegrapher again. But if you are in earnest, you’ve precious little time. We must make the first train. ” “I never missed a train in my life,” Livingston replied. “You ean hang around here, or go t<\ the depot. I’ll be on time. ” Simmons hastened away then, and Livingston immediately prepared to return to New York. “Lucky I wrote up my review. Fits into- the expose as’ neatly as one ‘want* fits another in the Record. Will make at least five—possibly six—columns. That’s not so bad for a round-up,” Livingston soliloquized as he made ready for his homeward journey. “Take it all in all, I think—yes, I’m quite sure—it’s the very best—by all odds, the best piece of work I have ever done.” Time and the managers of the Record proved the correctness of this surmise. His specials from Chicago proved the stepping-stone to the great good fortune that rewarded the journalist very soon after his return to New York. “Here we are,” said Simmons as he encountered Livingston at the depot, A “Yes, right side up with care,” Livingston replied, “and devilish glad to be on my way home. ” CHAPTER XVI. » TAKING UP THE THREADS. When Livingston and his friend reached New York they separated; Simmons to meet an inspector credited with more experience than any in police circles in the city, an old and trusted friend of the detective’s. Simmons disclosed to Livingston all that he had learned in Chicago concerning the man he sought. The information acquired, summed up, consisted of the following facts: 1. A well-known “cracksman” who had served one term in an Eastern State, and who was a fugitive from Illinois, was seen in Chicago the day Simmons left New York. He was shadowed by the police. He was traced to his lodgings. It was discovered that he had received two telegraph dispatches from New I Y 7 ork. The second was in answer to one he had forwarded. 2. The house he lodged in was a resort for “crooks.” While here he borrowed ten dollars from the proprietor. The proprietor did not dare refuse the money. The burglar might give information to the police that would cause the proprietor trouble. The money was borrowed in the morning. At five o’clock on the evening of the same day he repaid the loan, handing the proprietor a fifty dollar note to exchange. The proprietor observed he had another note of the same denomination. 3. The telegram he received was signed “Samuel Jacobs, No. street. New York.” 4. The next day at noon the burglar inquired if a visitor had called for him. He was not satisfied with the answer he received from the proprietor. He questioned his Wife, and insisted that some one had called for him. When he left the house, it was his purpose to return soon. Instead of returning he sent a boy for his grip-sack. He was seen on the street three hours later in company with another man. 5. The police made inquiry and learned there was no person of the name of Samuel Jacobs on street. Nor was there any number on the street that could be confounded with the number Samuel Jacobs gave. (>. Next Simmons assumed that the theory the Chicago police advanced, that the man in New York had telegraphed money to Chicago was correct. To prevent the possibility of error, Simmons, by means of authority given him by the United States attorney, proved the correctness of his surmise—the telegraph company showed him the dispatches authorizing the payment of the money to the cracksman, who received it in the name of William Alexander. Out of these facts Simmons surmised the following: (He was assisted to these conclusions by other knowledge he had acquired through his own efforts, unaided by the Chicago police.) William Alexander was in a strait for money. His condition must have been known to Samuel Jacobs, bis New York correspondent. Possibly he had written friends in New York, or the man who forwarded him the money may have known Alexander’s movements. Noted criminals often charged themselves with intimate knowledge of the movements of felloe-rogues. He made known his need in the answerjto the first telegram, which was in cypher, a jargon not yet analyzed by Simmons. The answer was in the same jargon. The man he expected the next day was either his New York correspondent or some one sent to him. Evidently the man had met him; he doubtless encountered him after he left his lodgings. They met to perfect a plan to rob a bank, express- car, or moneyed institution in the eastern part of the country. This much was plain to Simmons, since he had found the man Alexander had bought his grip-sack from. Alexander had ordered his name and the word Chicago painted on the sack in large letters. This was simply done to mislead. Acting upon his convictions, Simmons had striven to discover the ex-convict, Alexander, had failed to find him or locate him, but with the aid of the Chicago police soon located the man who was seen with Alexander on the street. This man was eithqr Beauchampe or Beauchampe’s double. This was the man the detective was resolved to capture at all hazards, and who eluded him, as has been shown. Later Simmons received information that satisfied him the companion of Beauchampe, or the “double, ” had gone East. He bought a short distance ticket —a ruse that did not deceive Simmons. It was this information coupled with other circumstances that prompted the detective’s sudden return, to New York. He was positive the scene of operations planned by the burglars was in the city of New York or vicinity. When Simmona parted with Livingston, it was with the unalterable determination to pursue his inquiries until success or failure rewarded his efforts On Livingston’s side, there was the necessity” of reporting immediately at the Record office. It was He could explain anything that might be essential to a clearer understanding of the situation in He could also, he thought, learn what progress, if any had been made in discovering the real murderer of Major Dabney. When he entered the Record office, an attache hailed him heartily. “Hallo! Back again! —See the paper? No?” tossing him a copy. “That lays them all over—the greatest thing you ever did, Livingston—it’s surprising. You ought to hear the boys talk—and you ought to see the Colonel. He stretched out a foot this morning. Bet he’s seventeen feet by supper time—and rising. I never saw a.man in such good humor. It’s wonderful, I say——" “Excuse me, ” said Livingston, blushing at the torrent of praise; “is there any message for me?” He was thinking of Miss Beauchampe and Vittoria. “I believe there is—yes, here it is. The Colonel left it with Bob. * Livingston opened the envelope hastily, and the attache in the business end of the Record caught a glimpse of an order on the cashier for two hundred dollars. “Is that all?” He looked ruefully at the clerk, who laughingly replied;

— —.— •Ain’t that enough for two or three days’ work? I work all month for a third of it, I don’t think there is anything else—unless you want me to turn the office over to you. I wish I could—- • you could ruh it to suit me. Why-—yes, | here is a letter for you—but it’s not I from any of our people.” “Let me see it,” said Livingston, eagerly. He was doomed to disappointI ment again. It was a curt note from I the editor and proprietor of an evening paper upbraiding him for failing to make good his word. Livingston had not supplied the facts which had been promised, and which were counted on to correct the impression that the artist Beauchampe had killed Dabney. Livingston looked at the date. It was dated that morning. He turned to the clerk, saying carelessly, “Any naw developments about Dabney’s murder?” “Nothing; the anarchy business has made people forget it. I haven’t seen anything new. Are you going for that now? I’d think you’d want a week’s rest. ” Livingston next made his way to the editorial rooms, wrote a brief* note, and placing it on the managing editor’s desk went out. He had plead weariness in his note, and said he was to be found at his lodgings. When he walked out of the Record office he did not look or walk like a weary man. He was all animation. He had resolved to do two things. In the first place he would redeem his word—he would give the evening paper a column or two that would make the proprietor his fast friend, yet reserve sufficient to make the Record the channel through which the real murderer of Major Dabney would be indicated. Then, he would call upon Miss Beauchampe. If any who read this think Livingston was “fagged out” by his labors, they do not know how love sustains and inspires youth. Livingston felt as fresh “as a daisy” as he sat down at his table in his own room, and wrote out his theory of the murder for the evening paper. It was an easy matter to suggest, in a generalizing article, the details that he would supply to his own paper a few hours later. One was merely preliminary, as he treated the subject He worked rapidly. In less than an Stour the article was completed. When /ead carefully, it pleased him. Calling & messenger, he dispatched it to the editor with his compliments, explaining his absence from the city, and referring him to the Record of that morning. Then he dressed himself with unusual care, and set out for Beauchampe’s lodgings [TO BE CONTINUED. ] -■ .... -g= Progressive Australia. Australia to-day is as far advanced in civilization as any country in the world. The roads are better than any on this continent; the daily and weekly papers and the development of literature and art are far in advance of the age of the colonies or the population. The new commonwealth has all Europe and America as a field to seek the improvements of the time and the means to secure them. 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It is easy to deduce from these figures a rate of regular and gradual decline in human stature, and then to apply this, working backward and forward, to the past and to the future. By this calculation, it appears that the stature of the first man attained the surprising average of sixteen feet and nine inches. The race had already deteriorated in the days of Og, and Goliath was quite a degenerate offspring of the giants. Coming down to the latter times, we find that at the beginning, of our era the average height of man was nine feet, and in the time of Charlemagne it was eight feet eight inches, a fact quite sufficient to account for the heroic deeds of the Paladins. But the most astonishing result of this scientific study comes from the application of the same inexorable law of diminution to the future. The calculation shows that by the year 4000 A. D. the stature of the average man will be reduced to fifteen inches. 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