Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1898 — Page 6

Blood Poison. Contagious B'ood Poison has been appropriately called the curse of mankind. It is the one disease that physicians cannot cure; their mercurial aud potash remedies only bottle up the poison in the system, to surely break forth in a more virulent form, resulting in a total wreck of the system. Mr. Frank B. Martin, a prominent jeweler at 926 Pensylvania Ave.. Wash-

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filled w-.tn eating sores; my tongue was almost eaten awav, so that ter three months I was unable to taste any food. My hair was coming out rapidly, and I was in a horrible dx. Iha ’, tried various treatments, and was neany discouraged. when a friend recommended S.S.S. After ' had taken four bottles. I began to get better, and when I had finished eighteen bottles, I was cured sound and well, my skin was without a blemish, and I have had no return of the disease. S.s.s.saved me from a .:fe of misery. * S.S.S. .'ijriv.'i-.'yi’.-.y re'gzfirri’c) will cure any case of blood poison. Books on thedtsease and its treat- 4-J>» menu free by Swift 'Js Specific Co., k. W kJ Atlanta, Ga. 'kV'

I CLEW BI WIRE OK Ab ißiirtDjM Cnrrenl. ST HOWARD M. TOST. "Perhaps yon will not object to my approach. Nelson," a voice called out as a second pair of legs came down. “We are all friends, true friends." it

continued. There was something so familiar in the sound of the voice that I hesitated in again uttering a remonstrance. “We are all friends." the man said again, as his head reached Below the level of the door. Dim though the Her.: was upon the stairs. I recognized him immediately, and with a loud call snrang toward him. “Mr. Perry! Oh. thank God. you have come!" I stepped unthinkingly on the plank at the bottom, and he came down to me and grasped my hand. “Don't mind that. It cannot hurt you." I remarked, as the warning voice again sounded out, just as though its services were longer needed. “I know it cannot." Mr. Perry remarked. with a smile. Here Sonntag and another man brushed by us. and went to Jackson's prostra'ebody. “Will you look here, sir?" Sonntag called, motioning for Mr. Perry to approach. “My God! It is Jackson! How terrible! Is he dead? Who did it?" asked Mr. Perry, glancing up at me. “Were yen compelled to shoot him. Nelson?" “No, 1 am tmuiafol that no n-an's blood is on my Lands. Although I eame very near shooting him.” Then I explained how Jackson had been killed. I told nothing about Mr. Morley’s connection with the affair. They listened intently, and then Sonntag. carry ing a jimmy, went to the door. “Will you two stand to one side?" Son-tag called out. "That shooting apparatus might go off again in getting the door open.” The bundle of papers which had fallen from the dead man's grasp was picked up by Sonntag’s companion ar.d handed by him to Mr. Perry. Then the man turned to me. and. bestowing a smile upon me at the astonishment he

evidently saw depicted on my face, went to Sonntag's assistance. No wonder I was amazed. For the man was he who had played such a treacherous came upon Florence, had tried to shoot me. and had escaped bt wrath a few minutes before—Skinner, the station agent at S'dincion. “Ah. here is some of it,Nelson—some of the stolen bonds!" Mr. Perry exclaimed. in excitement. "Perhaps we may recover all of them. I don't suppose there is any hope of getting back the money.” he continued, with a sigh. “Oh. well, the bonds stolen amounted to SSOO.OdO. If we get them back, it will

be something." Then he hurriedly stepped over near the door to watch Sonntag and Skinner, leaving me to my thoughts. Poor Florence! My heart was rent when I pictured her grief. And my promise to Mr. Morley that she should never hear anything against her father to cause a diminution of her love and respect—how was I to keep that promise, when the father lay there In yonder room, shot to death by his partner, his tool, his pupil in crime? Here another pistol-report sounded, followed by an exclamation of satisfaction from Sonntag, for immediate! v the door swung open. “Now. then. Mr. Conway, you can investigate this mystery." he said, coming toward me. While Mr. Perry and Skinner were engaged in searching for the cause of the voiee and the pistol-shots, Sonntag apoke in low, earnest tones: “Where is the man who came down after yon?” he asked. I pointed toward the inner apartment. “What, did Jackson lock him up there" HowdH he sneeeed—" Then he paused, and. holding the lantern higher.

gazed thoughtfully in my face. “Dead, too? You don’t mean to tell me. I nodded my head. “Lord Almighty 1" Sonntag exclaimed. and then turned slowly from and joined the two at the door. ••Mr. Conway, come here." Mr. Perry called to me. "See." he said, when I came up. "here is the voice.” On one side of the door was a wooden box. in which was a phonograph. “Ycu observe this wire." began Skinner. “It is attached to the instrument, and runs down seemingly in the ground. Now I’ll go and step on the plank and see if the wire is not moved and the phonograph set a-goiag. He did so, and a clock-worx arranger”ent was set in motion which communicated with the instrument. -Let us see what pulls the wire," said Mr. Perry. V.'e went over to the plank, and saw that Skinner had raised it so we could look underneath. There was a steel spring under one end. which was compressed when a weight was put upon the plank. The compression operated a lever which pulled the wire attached to it. The wire ran through an iron pipe under the stones toward the phonograph. the other end being fastened to the clock apparatus as we had already seen. An arrangement like that which operates the phonograph w as also used for 4k I SSRBk Wr // W J I ' JLJLj E.» eye? Fix--.-* lxed_y at —e.

ington.D.C-.says: I was tor a long time under treat meat of two of the best physicians of this city, for a severe case of blood poison, but my condition grew worse all the while, notwithstanding the : fact that they ' charged me three hundred dollars. My mouth was

the revolver, which was fixed above it, •he muzzle pointing to the small hole in the mortar between two stones. The spring, however, which caused the explosion of the pistol, was fastened on the inner side of the door, and so arranged that either a pressure on the door or an adverse force compressed it. My leaning the weight of my hand against the door when I had stooped down to peer into the hole had operated the spring, as had Jackson's body when he backed from me. ‘■Clever rascal, that Jackson, and a patient one,” remarked Sonntag. "Then yon know he robbed the bank?” I asked. "Oh. yes. we knew it. and have known it for some time." Sonntag said, iryly. "Then why was he not arrested?" I continued. “WelL we wanted to recover the property also. He had i; hidden around his hunting-lodge somew here, we were quite s :re. but he was too cunning for us. and we could not discover where It was. Then yesterday you told me of the walled-up cellar, and I knew I had him.” “From what yon tell me now. and what I have heretofore thought of your peculiar ways, I suppose I am right in surmising that you are a detective,” I said. “Yes, I am a detective," he quietly responded. “And your name is not Sonntag?” “No. Wilson is my name. It was simply a stroke of chance that made me your lawyer and agent for a short time. It was necessary to be present here, and the death of your former agent came most opportunely.” "So then Jackson never suspected you?” "No. At least I believe not.”

“And how did you come to suspect Jackson?” I asked, curiously. “By looking up his record.” “Why. was he a regular criminal?” “No. Not until he robbed the bank. He used to be in the employ of a large safe manufactory as an expert on locks. When we found that out we were certain he was the man in the bank who could open the lock, when the timepiece was off. without knowing the combination.” Did the detectives know of Mr. Morley's connection with the affair? If not, I could easily keep secret what I knew.

“And you think Jackson was alone in the affair?*’ I asked, with a view to ascertaining how much Sonntag, or Wilson, knew. He cast upon me one of his whimsical looks, and after a pause replied: “At first it seemed quite certain there was some one connected with Jackson in the affair. But now I find there was not." Here Skinner, who had been listening to our conversation, glanced quickly up at Wilson, and I saw some signal flashed between the two. “And what may your name be? Are you a detective, too?" I asked of Skinner. “Yes." he replied, simply, “I am a detective and Skinner is my name.” “Why did you try to shoot me ?” “I didn't. I fired in the air. Still, ■ I did want you to think I did. It was for two purposes: One, to frighten you away until this affair was settled; another. to make you really down on me. You see. Jackson at last seemed to . suspect me, and I thought if I could show him you were terribly down on i me it would put me all the closer in ( -■ “Oh, you succeeded in making* him

believe vou were his friend?** I remarked.* “Worked the pal racket on him. eh?” "As much as I could." "Then you really were not treacherous to your contract with Miss Morley ?" "Good God. no. Who could play false to her?" Skinner exclaimed, in such convincing tones that I was satisfied. Here Mr. Perry broke in. "Your name will come out resplendent. Nelson, when the whole truth is known, and w e will take care that it be known that vou allowed yourself to be made a martyr of. by enduring the suspicion for the sake of aiding the search for the real robbers. Now then. come, gentlemen. Let us go into the other place.” CHAPTER XVII. Sonntag —or Wilson, as I ■ -ight to call him now —went first, with the lantern Jackson bad used; Mr. Perry followed; I came next, and Skinner brought up the rear with another lantern. "Be careful and don’t strike your heads against the dirt above, or some of it w ill come down." Wilson called back to us. As the passage was not more than three and a half or four f“et in he : ght. it was rather difficult to follow his advice. “Do yon suppose Jack- -n did all this work himself ?” I heard Mr. Perry ask. "UndoubtedlySonntag replied. “You see. he used to come to Nelsonville quite frequently. For the past six weeks he had not been seen about here. But then that is no sign that he was not here. Probably during those six weeks he was at w-erk. Here we are.” he said, as he crawled out into the room. Mr. Perry followed quickly, and I heard him exclaim, in tones of horror: | "What in heaven’s name is that?" Wilson placed the lantern on the floor and bent down over the prostrate body of Mr. Morley. "Why. were there two? Is he dead. I too?” Mr. Perry went on. "This is terrible! —a most horrible affair! Who can it be?" The elder detective silently motioned to Skinner, and ■< gether they gently turned the body ever. The president leaned down, and then started back. Consternation, doubt, amazement, horror, were on his face as he glanced from one to the other of us. 1 “Sylvester Morley!" he finally, gasped. "Impossible’.” Then he leaned ‘ over the body again. “It looks very I much like him. very much like him." [ he whispered, glancing down at Wil-

son. w ho gravely nodded his head. "What? You mean it is Morley—this body Morley’s? Great God in Heaven!” We stood silently around the body for some time, none of us willing to utter a word. But the realization of what the father’s death, and in such a vio- : lent w ay. would mean to Florence had been growing stronger and stronger in my mind, and I finally broke dow n under it. covered my face with my hands and groaned aloud. Soon I felt a touch on my arm. Glanc- ■ ing up. I saw Mr. Perry standing beside me. “It is a most terrible affair. Nelson: but never mind, my boy." he said, softly. in an attempt at comfort. His next words told me. however, that he did not know the real cause for my grief. “I know how you must feel to have a horrible event like this happen on your place. But you are cleared, at any rate. It will soon be known that yqu are in- I nocent of the crime the suspicion of which you have borne so long and bo patiently." (To be continued.) HOwIoWoUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with I urine and let it stand twenty-four hours: a sediment or selling indicates an unhealthy condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder aie oat of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s swamp Boot, the great kidney remedy , fulfills every wish in relieving pain in ' the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and I

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