Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1919 — Mystery Explained. [ARTICLE]

Mystery Explained.

IVIJObW* J He stood amid -the blaze and splendor of his magnificent mansion, and in his hand he held the portrait of a beautiful woman. His face was pale and haggard, and his lips moved convulsively. . What was this mystery. Was this the picture of his departed wife? No. , . . . Was it the portrait of his dead but dearly remembered daughter. , What, then, was the cause of m» haggard face? Was it not the same portrait that two minutes ago had fallen from its nail, and raised a lump as big as a hen’s egg on his head? It was.