Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1919 — Mystery Explained. [ARTICLE]

Mystery Explained.

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 wa»rpalo 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 his haggard face? Was it not the same portrait tnar two minutes ago had fallen from its nail, and raised a lump as big as a hen’s egg on his head? It was.