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t6e mokning stapw, wilmingtonI n. c. Sunday, February 20, 1921. TWENTY THE REIGATE PUZZLE (Continued from page one) a squeeze to fit his 'quarter' In between the 'at and the 'to,' showing that the tatter were already written. The man who wrote all his words first is un doubtedly the man who planned the affair." "Excellent!" cried Mr. Acton. ""But very superficial," said Holmes. "Yl'e come now, however, to a point which Is of importance. Tou may not be aware that the deduction of a man's age from his .writing is one which has been brought to considerable accuracy by experts. In normal cases one can place a man In his true decade with tolerable confidence. I say normal rases, because ill-health and physical weakness reproduce the signs of old .agt even when the invalid is a youth. In this case, looking at the bold, strong hand of the one, and the rather broken fracked appearance of the other, which till retains its legibility although the t s have begun to lose.tbeir crossing, we can say that the one was a young man and the other was advanced in years without being positively de crepit." "Excellent!" cried Mr. Acton again.- "Tl t.c is a further point, howt-vor, which is subtler and of greater inter est. There is something in common between these hands. They belong tc men who are blood-relatives. It may be most obvious to you in the Greek s's.r but to me there are many small . points which indicate the same thing. I have no doubt at all that a family mannerism can be traced in these- two specimens of writing. I am only, of course, giving you the leading results now of my examinatfon of the paper. There were 23 other deductions which would be of more interest to experts i than to you. They all tend to deepen the impression upon my mind that the Cunningham.;, father and son. had written this letter. t "Having got so far. my next step was, of course, to examine into the de-1 tails of the crime, and see how far they would help us. I went up to the house with the inspector, and saw all that was to be seen. The wound upon the dead man was, as I was able to ietermine with absolute confidence, .Ired from a revolver at the distance of something over four yards. There was no powder-blackening on the clothes. Evidently, therefore. Alec Cunningham had lied when he said that the two men were struggling when the shot sympathy was wasted and your fit an imposture?" "Speaking professionally, it was ad mirably done," cried I, looking Hn amazement at this man who was for ever confounding me with some new phase of his astuteness. "It is an art which is often useful," said he. "When I recovered I man aged, by a device which had perhaps some little merit of ingenuity, to get old Cunningham to write the word 'twelve, so that I misht compare it with the 'twelve' upon toe paper. "Oh, what an ass KJpave been!" I exclaimed. "1 c?uld see that you were com miserating me over my weakness," said Holmes, laughing. "I was sorry to cause you the sympathetic pain which I know that you felt. We then went upstairs together, and having en tered the room and seen the dressing gown hanging up behind the door. I contrived, by upsetting a table, to en gage their attention for the moment, and slipped back to examine the pock ets. I had hardly got the paper, how everwhich was, as I had expected, in one of them when the two Cunning hams were on me, and would, I verily believe, have murdered me then and there but for your prompt and friend ly aid. As it is, I feel that young man's grip on my throat now. and the father had twisted my wrist round in the ef fort to sret the paper out of my hand. They saiw that I must know all about it, you see, and the sudden change from absolute security to complete despair made them perfectly desperate. "I had a little talk with old Cun- t ningham afterwards as to the motive of the crime. He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect demon, ready to 'blow out his own or anybody else's brains if he could have got to his revolver. When Cunningham saw that the case against him was so strong he lost all heart and made a clean breast of everything. It seems that William had secretly followed his two masters on the night when they made their raid upon Mr. Acton's, and hav ing thus sot them into his power, pro ceeded, under threats of exposure, to levy blackmail upon them. Mr. Alec, however, was a dangerous man to play games of that sort with. It was a stroke of positive genius on his part to see in the burglary scare which was convulsing the countryside an oppor tunity of plausibly getting rid of the man whom he feared. William was de coyed up and shot, and had they only got the whole of the note and paid a little more attention to detail in their IT "6 ALc 4at jlc Jeu UrtlL 6c f ttZbjKnxx?tfi jOL. an (Lu aut was fired. Again, both father and son agreed as to the place where tho man .escaped into the road. At that point, however, as it happens, there is a broadish ditch, moist at the bottom. As there were no indications of boot marks about this ditch, I was absolute ly sure not only that the Cunnipghams had again lied, but that there had never been any unknown man upon the scene at all. "And now I have to consider the motive of this singular crime. To get at this, I endeavored first of all to accessories, it is very possible that sus picion might never have bet-n aroused." "And the note?" I asked. Sherlock Holmes placed the sub joined paper before us. "It is very much the sort of thing that I expected." said he. "Of course, we do not yet know what the relations may have been between Alec Cunning ham, William Kirwan, and Annie Mor rison. The result shows that the trap was skillfully baited. I am sure that you cannot fail to be delighted with the traces of heredity shown in the p's and in the tails of the g's. The fa le Se "aib"-!ab-"- of the i-dots in the old" maTs , - i ojiu i ntii icriain v reriirn m 1 1 -. n n. ninghams. Of coarse. 'it instantlv or currcd to me that they had 'broken into your library with the intention of get ting at some document which might be of importance in the case." ( "Precisely so," said Mr. Acton. "There can be no possible doubt as to their intentions. I have the clearest claim upon half of their present estate, and if they could have found a single paper which, fortunately, was in the stnng-box of my solicitors t hey! . wouia undoubtedly have crippled our case." "There you are," said Holmes, smil ing. ''It was a dangerous, reckless at tempt, in which I seem to trace the Influence of young Alec. Having found nothing, they tried to divert suspicion by making it appear to be an ordinary burglary, to which end they carried off """r mey could lay their hands upon. That is all clear enough, but vigorated to Baker street tomorrow." THE EXD. RAILROAD DITCHIKG MACHINE USED TO UNLOAD DEAD CATTLE II How to quickly dispose of 155 head of cattle, which had been killed by a fast train on western railroad dur ing a blinding blizzard, was a problem that was solved by the division officers in a novel manner. A big ditching ma chine and a train of gondola cars were rushed to the scene, and within three hours of the time it left headquarters, it was back with three gondola loads of carcasses, says Popular Mechanics Magazine in. an illustrated article in the March issue. A chain was substi tuted for the bucket of the machine and fastened around one leg of .each there was much that was still obscure d",ma' an the derrick man, with a 'What I wanted abov? all , tn J..' ?.extwous nlo of the big boom, placed the missing part of that not t carca 'n the cars exactly where ' . . . - "u i hp rnnso rriii wo 1 certain that Alec had torn it out of me aeaa man s hand, and almost cer tain that he must have thrust it into the pocket of his dressing-gown. Where else could he have put it? The only question was whether it was still there. It was worth an effort, to find out, and for that object we all went up to the house. "The Cunninghams joined us, as you doubtless remember, outside the kitchen door. It was, of course, of the very first Importance that they should not be reminded of the existence of this paper, otherwise they would naturally destroy it without delay. The in spector was about to tell them the im portance which we attached to it when, by; the luckiest chance in the world, i tumbled down in a sort of fit and so changed the conversation." "Good heavens!" cried the colonel, laughing,' "do you mean to say all our r REBELLION IN STOMACH 1 "Pape's Diapepsin" at once 2 ends Indigestion and j I Sour, Acid Stomach j .... ..,.,.iiM,.4-.,.t..,,,. ' Lumps of undigested food cause palnl If your stomach is in a revolt; If slckv gasy and upset, and what you Just ate has fermented and turned sour; head Sin to help neutralize acidity and In rive minutes you wonder what became' ; off the pain, acidity, indigestion and distress. - - . . .. r -- If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is a damage instead of a 'help, remember the' quickest, surest. f most harmless stomach antacid is Rape's Piapepsin, which" costs so 'little at drug stores. (Adv.) thing of a feat as the boom v long enough to reach to the end of the last car, and the load had to be swung intp place. EXPORT BANKING HOUSE AIDS PRODUCERS IN THE SOUTH NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19. The first transaction of the Federal Interna tional Banking corporation organized here recently under the Edge act. In volving the shipment of 15,000 bales of Mississippi cotton .to Europe, marks an mportant step in the movement to re lieve southern- producers from the re cent hard times, according to local fi nancial observers. With a subscribed capital of $7,000. 000 25 per cent of which has already been paid in by member banks, giving the organization a borrowing power" of 517.o00,000 to begin operations, the first onanl lransaction involving about ?-50,000 is only minor Item compared to what is expected by promoters of the bank to follow in rapid succession as fast as foreign loans can be ar ranged. This transaction Ms typical of the kind of service to be given southern producers, officials say. The bank will handle all kinds of southern products as well as cotton. ALLEGED NEGRO THIEF1 IS TRAILED BY BLOODHOUNDS (Special to The Star) v CLINTON, Feb. .19. Cleburn Moore, of Turkey, was shot and badly Avound ed by a negro. Snnday night when he went, to his mokehouse. to investigate a noise that he heard. Mr., Moore was rushed to Warsaw where he received medical attention until he could be carried to a hospital. Bloodhounds were secured from War saw and put on the tracks and trailed to a negro house not far away. The man proved to be a negro that had lived oh the" place"'flve or 'six years. He was brought to Clinton and lodged in Jail to await trial. : ' A wireless telephone service between the. lsland of, Catalina,. ,2? miles from tljs,. mainland of California. Ig being maintained. J M eday Bargains at FmcItis Gasli Departinniept Str 10-yard bolt White Nainsook . $1 50 10-yard .bolt Long Cloth, velvet finish 1 DC for ". pl.3D 36-inch Magnolia Bleaching, good quality, ijj per yard . IDC Linen finish Indian Head Suiting, 00 per yard LtUC 72x90 Bleached Sheets, each 7. ... iC 36x42 Bleached Pillow Cases, each ..... ... ... ... ... Full size White Bed Spreads, each ..... ... ... ... . . . 25c $1.25 SOAP SPECIALS Four cans Swift's Arrow Borax Soap . . . Four cans Sunbrite Cleanser Four Packages Swift's Washing Powder 49c IP El NEW TAFFETA DRESSES They are neatly trimmed, prettily embroidered with sashes; colors navy, brown, black and dji C A A an; pour pick All-Silk Petticoats $5 Big Assortment Also taffeta in assorted colors. Just think of such bar gains! They have assorted colored flounces, some with ribbon flouncing, plain and pleated : your choice at $5.00 Hats in Advance Styles for Spring, Women's $2.50 Silk Stockings at $1.25 This is a clearance lot and women who want to save one-half on their hosiery should take advantage of this sale to buy a season's supply. They are pure thread silk and are really worth $2.50; or priced at $1 Lo S5.00 ' These smart models are designed for immediate wear and come in all the most popular shapes and col ors, for street, dress and tailored wear. There are smart sailors, turbans, pokes and off-the-face shapes; all of excellent materials, including fancy braids, straw and crepe combinations, straw and satin and all-straw. Trimmed with flowers, ribbons and fancy ornaments. One lot of corsets, front lace and back lace, an ex tra good quality; $2.50 value; J r priced at MDU New shipment of waists in tricolettes, georgette and silk pongee ; priced JJ gg to 32-inch dress ginghams in all new plaids and stripes 19c 26-inch agron ginghams, in blue checksr A black checks and brown, yard llC Children's Skuffer style shoes, all solid leather, guaranteed, tan and black, sizes dQ jq 8 1-2 to 11 1-2; a pair $40 Same style in sizes 12 to 2, tan only, gg One loth of boys' shoes, solid leather, in black and tan; sizes 9V& to IV2I special, a pair P&,40 Boy Scout Shoes, black and tan, sizes do rr 12 to 2, a pair 0 Ladies' high-cut shoes, brown kid, dQ AO military heels, a pair Pil0 Men's work shoes, tan only, heavy sole (0 AO and solid leather P&ii0 X Wo Ho Fuflehs' Cash Department "Where Smart Styles Meet Moderate Prices" Store 28-30 South Front Street Telephone No. 272 Put On a Drive of Your Own Nails are plentiful NOW. Lumber is plentiful NOW. Labor is plentiful NOW. All you need to build that home is the inclination and perhaps a little money. Have you noticed how manufacturers of building ma terials with national distribution are spending thou sands of dollars in advertising at the present time? It is the opinion of many others as well as our own that those who start building early this spring are going to. be the wise ones. Clark-Lynch Lumber Co. WILMINGTON, N. C. ! ! ' . Try out the 1921 Buick. It's the same rugged, reliable Buick of the past but with an added measure of dependability, easier control, greater riding comfort and beauty. In the 1921 Buick you also have a car with a 25 greater investment value the day you wish to sell or trade. We will be glad' to give you a demor: Nation. There's AuthonV- ' Buick Service everywhere. LEGAL HOLIDAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921 Washington's Birthday t Xo Buftincs Will Be Transacted by the Bnk of ThL City on That Day Wilmington Clearing- House Association THOS. E. COOPER, Secretary Wilmington, C. 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