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As J it Mtmi a crim to me, 'Gaicattb beetenly powers, Not to prut lb waalio we , In tie taieoai dowers. Clrro. X. C Jm Stn. ISIS. AN ODD STORY or the justice noon. COKTOCRD.) CHAPTER III.. Crisp omission to return to tbe books may bare blunted bit id oral sense ; or it maj have been mere chance that led him to be nearly a quarter of an hoar late on 3londy morning, j Ae he hurried op tbe alley be waa sur prised by tbe sight ot a group collected about Park man's door. Among them were one or two of Prkinana clerks looking unlike themaelvet, and one or two policemen enable to look any thing bat themselves. What is up r be asked lightly ; but though they all seemed to be looking at him, do one answered. Instead, a clerx, ono of the juni or, said audibly, "That la Mr. Crisp V and a strange voice an wered emphatically, "That it tbe man!" This seemed to canse a sensation amid which a short stout person with a blunt hearty Toioe and a humorous eye poshed through tbe group, and said, 'This way. sir, please," In a voice of authority. What In the world is the mat terf asked Crisp. Tell you in a moment, sir. Please to step with me op to Mr. Parkman'a room And be took Crisp by tbe arm, in what the Utter thought an old fashion, and so led him op, and swiftly through tbe clerk's office, which wss half full of staring gapers, and into the junior . partner's room. Crisp looked round him in otter bewilderment Oa the hearth rug stood Mr. Parkman, pale and agitated. Ily the window two gentlemen were talking. At the table, apparently making some note, sat a police ofilcer. Watson,' said bis conductor, shutting the door firmly behind them, 4do yoa take him T9 And fell back into a corner of the room where he seemed to busy himself with an old Joe Miller, so Tery facetious that tt rendered him oblivions to all going on around him. TH Ten ;ZmaLU14 February rih. 1UX VOL. 3.' CLAYTON, N:C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, WbileCriiP stood looking from one to the other the superinten dent rose abruptly and stepped close to him. "Mine is a painful business, sir; yoa are Mr. Ear nest Crisp, I think r It darted into Crisp's mind that thechief bad pot tbe police in motion in the matter ot that little discrepancy in his accountf ; bat a single glance at Mr. Park man's pale, sympathising face sufficed to dispose of that. Yef, hesald,Iam. That Is my name You "may or may not know then, that a great crima wa committed here on Saturday afternoon. The cashier, Mr. Cri'chlow, has been found dead in his oflic, stabbed to the heart from behind." "Mr. Critchlow," the head clerk whispered, with white shak ing lips. 'And yea have been identified as tbe penaa last seen to leave tbe house, I'm sorry to say 1 must take you into custody on suspicion; I must warn yoa too, Mr. Crisp, that anything yoa say will b given in evidence against you.' On Saturday afternoon V Crisp muttered in awed accents, look ing round him with eyes that did not see. MBut what why am suspected T' "All that yoa will hear at the Mansion House. I am anxious to take yoa therq at once, and with as little unpleasantness to yourself as possible." -$.'! a meio formality, Crisp," Mr. Parkman volunteered, speak ing lor tbe first time with earnest kindness. "J will attend myself and sy how perfectly rediculoo your conduct for year makes this charge appear." The color came back to the clerks face; " Thank you, sir." he said. "Perhaps yoa will let your self be searched here? asked the policeman. Crisp nodded acquiescence, and did not flinch when tbe operation began, llut tbe first articles to appear were two keys. The policeman looked carelessly at the fitut ; but bis face lit op wonderJully as he held op the second. "This is the misiiug key P be exclaimed, and a thrill of intelli gence seemed to pass round the room. "That key," said Crisp, atill bewildered and grappling with tbe memory of things which seemed to have happened so long ago. "that is the key of Crltch be stopped with trembling lips, lie bad gone so far no thinking; and then his position in all its bearings flashed across his mind, lie remembered all that the pre sence of that key upon him. Tbe room began to go round, visions of Ethel and Mr. Critch low swarm before hisejes. Amid an appalling silence, which had greeted his words, he fell to the door in a dead faint. Five minutes later the room was cleared of all save its owner and the short stout man.. "I cannot believe it now, Mr. Park- man was saying, Mand yet tbe key I the key ! How can he ex plain that! How can he ex plain that ttt Yoa remember, sir, J told yoa it wss a pretty clear case !" answered the detective for such he was and a well-known one. "Yon did, and I did not be lieve yon," the mercbznt answer ed Jritli a groan. He was Terv CLAYTON greatly distressed, and no won der. -Well, sir, I'm inclined to think that yoa were right and I was wrong," the other answered dryly. "Eh ! Lew clear now, inspec tor? But tbe key 1" It is tbe key, and another matter or two, that puzzles me," the man answered thoughtfully. "You've read, I dare say, of mur derers doing stupid things, sir! There was that fcuee who strang led her patient and then could not refrain from laying her out! Yes, quite so. But I never hf ard of a murderer carrying a proof against himself in bis pocket; and that proof a thing be had no motive for keeping and every chance of getting rid of T1 it almost seemed as if the mer chant in bis interest in tbe puzzle thus presented to him forgot his anxiety on bebwlf of his poor clerk. "But " he suggested, "it was very likely sheer careless ness. Its discovery yoa could see vras a terrible shock to him. "Quite true, sir, the detective said. And the female who, if the policeman is to be believed, was with him if yoa could get a clue to her she might clear it ail up." "I hope she may," the man an swered coolly, "for I have not only got the clue to her; I shall Ece her to-day. I don't think there can bo any imprudence in showing you this.' He took from a large pocket book which he produced a tiny newspaper cutting. Mr. Parkman looked at it with a face of great amazement. It read thus: 'Ql r7ro nzrmgivv slhvsrtstz gvnvvg nv uvzithg zg 17 xszmtv xoovb zg ufi qlnliild vb gtzg grnv rdroo szev trie nbhvou lujli dlihg amtnbblfi olermt vimvhg." 'But this is gibberish !" the merchant said, after turning it over. "No, not gibberish," the detec tive answered, wondering that such a man should know so little of sdeh a subject "only cipher, and the easiest that exists. It's merely a transposition of the al phabet, Z is A Y is B, and so on. But here is my translation I may add that the advertisement appeared in the Standard of last Friday, sir.". The translation ran as follows; "To Ethel.Malntre Hou. Illffhttate: Mtt me. drst. at 17 Chan Alley, at toar to-morrow. Bf that time I will have rid myself of oar worst enemy. Your loving Ernest. 'Good heavens!" cried the merchant, pale with excitement. "He is lost I This is almost con clusive evidence. I don't know what can be said to this.7 "Umph!" the detective said. 'This advertisement is another thing which I had not when I gave you my opinion this morn ing.' He said it meaningly, and paused as if to be questioned. Bat Mr. Parkham bad not mark ed tbe drift of his last words, and let them pass unchallenged. Shortly afterward the me pale bnt collected, had to b sent at the lord mayor's i at tbe justice room of the sion house. We need not him thither, for only sue dence was taken as would j a remand, and the read guess what that nras. T liceman was examined wh seen Crisp go into the ho the Saturday afternoon, an likewise seen him leave it a later, each time in com pan a lady.' Then the superintendent of police produced tbe key found upon the prisoner, and proved that it was the key of Mr. Critch low's office, the door of which was found locked upon the out side. And two of Parkman'a clerks reluctantly described the bad terms upon which the pris oner and deceased were, and the quasi tkreat with which tbe for mer bad left Critcblow npon tbe last occasion, when the cashier was, so far as could be proved, seen alive by any one except the murderer. This amply sufficed : and Ernest Crisp, clerk, was for mally remanded bail being of course refused until the follow ing Thursday, npon the charge of wilful murder. The inquest, opened 'tbe same day, was ad journed! to await the result of the magisterial inquiry. - (TO BE CONTINUED.) Washington Letter. From our Eesular Correspondent Washington, D. C; June 6. In thse days of party strife 8nd political discussion, the work ofj intelligent charity go2s forward. A distinguished body, representing thirty states,is now bolding'a conference in this city, in the interest of charities and penal reform. This Congress cf philanthropists is composed of about five hundred delegates, selected by tbe governors ot the various states, many of the dele gates being representatives of charitable and penal Institutions throughout the country. The object oi this gathering, enlisting as it does the most prominent men and womea interested in charitable work, is to consider the best; method of treating the dependent and delinquont class es, and to secure the abandon ment of old abases and the adoption of more enlightened methods'. The topics under dis cussion are, Prison Reform, Employment of Juvenile Delin quents in Houses of Refuge, Care and treatment of the In sane, Charity Organization in Cities, Immigration, Prevention of Pauperism, etc. As these problems of the century are being handled by eminent spe cialists in each line, the meetings are very1 interesting. Before be ginning their sessions on Thurs day, the delegates all boarded the Mount Vernon steamer and made a j visit to - the tomb of "Washington. The nw Administration seems intent upon reducing tbe running expenses of all the Departments here. This will -be gratifying to the people everywhere, as there nas long been a demand for greater economy, in the public service, and a widely prevalent impressiph that the cost of the service can and shonld be ma terially reduced without any im pairment of its efficiency. The working force ot the Pen- io!ilfficGJiaA,yt-,t'f,(jly in- I three 5 Man- the 3 been not es are a will ng ot ment. makes by, in epart mat BUD. Etered in PtolEc at Sca4-Cm Mattcf. 1SS5. NO. 11. ter of mail routes, and deciding that there were unnecessary ex penditures and poor service, made new contracts by which over 45,000 have been saved in tbe annnal expenditures ot tbi division alone. Ho then award ed a contract for envelopes for departmental purposes, and for tbe use of postmasters in send in? in their returns, which saves over $42j 000 a' year. His newi postal card contract saves oyer 87.000 a year, and by adopting steam printed postage stamps inr stead ot those done by band, a further yearly saving of $33,000 was made. The total of $133,- 000 saved to the public is not an inconsiderable item in the year ly expenses of this one Depart ment. Since the advent of the new regime, in Washington alone several hundred places . have been made vacant and hot filled again becaase the public busi ness can be done without them. Four or five hundred gnagers and store keepers have been eli minated in several parts of the country, who used up taxes bnt were not needed. The entire so called "fraud roll" has been dis missed, and important reforms have been made in the custom bouses, which will save a million or two of money per year. President Cleveland baa just given notable evidence that no relatives need apply. Among tbe candidates for the position of collector of an Ohio district filled yesterday by him, waa a man who, unfortunately, bore the name ot Cleveland. His eligi bility foi the place was unques tioned, but the President did not want the charge of "Nepotism' raised, and consequently refused the application. The disappoint ed-applicant, it is said, is a nephew of the President, and tbe man who received the appointment was so pleased with the Presi dent's action that he openly de clared he would make the un fortunate relative his first depu ty if he would accept the place. EDUCATION. IWrltUA tor TU Bc.l Me. Editoe :. Will you allow me a short space in your valua ble paper! I wish to say some thing that will promote and ele vate the cause of Education. Education imparts new life into every fiber of civil polity and social well-being. It transforms us and recreates oar dead selves. This is no new theory. It has been tried and confirmed by the experience of ages Lyncurgus of Sparta, nearly three thousand years ago, required the children of every citizen to bo educated. And I believe it shonld be a law here and everywhere. In Athens, five hundred years before the Christian era, under the rule of uve uwu nnu. u .Ul-. .11 K iili.na rwar A educated, and compelled to be educated by their government. Hear the sequel: These two little State ruled the whole pi of the whole Mediterranean. It was not her physical force that did it, bnt the power of her uni versal intelligence. Tberelore, we see the need of education, because we are surrounded by hostile foes, of whom ignorance it commander-in-chief. This s ; jL a - Advertising Watcs 1 TIMK- 11 XO. 11 MO. 2 Ot 90 CO 75 V3 1 Inch, ... I lUCliW. . 3 4 " .i cvlamn 1 15 1 Of 1 fell a 1 i o t a i Jl 7 w if 10 tfc 10" of- 15 w 1" i H it uOj :o to! rO w, 35 P" chief baa captured fifty percent of our people. Ifjnoiance nas caused and erected jails and pen itentiaries at onr own expense in which to enslave cur people. Private iodividuals have fought thfir foes long aud bravely, and stitl thefoe piesents au unbroken front. ' Thou art weighed in the bal' ance and art found wanting. I repeat: Ignorance and vice arer our worst enemies. Let these bo driven from our borders, and the minds of onryoutb-fortifitd with knowledge and virtue these are the proper fortifications of the republic The only way to mas ter Ignorance is to educate onr youth morally., Mau, like the generous vine, supported lives ; the strength be gains is from m embrace he gives. Let us mark this. The total number of color ed illiterates in this State, ten- years of age and op wards, is 310,- 071; and the illiterate whites, are 59,777, making a grand total of 369,843. I'h eta figures show the illiterate persons ten years of age and upwards in this Statc who cannot read. Think of it. The Bible is yet a sealed book to this mnltitoder ' - - ' . i- of immortal souls, Here is work for me, . and work for you, alw though the faithful teachers meet' with great oppositions in tbfa honorable work of their callincv Eut Vet us hold tbe light of edu cation and truth to the world. To scatter thin light has always been honorable. So, some then greatest anoV best meuthe worid ever knew, Irave believed, and have illustrated their faith by their practice. Their works live after them, and will continue to live, when the proud iame'of the mighty warrior, who have mark ed their course in blood, shall hare perished from tbe earth. Now, when will the 78-5 per cent, of the colored illiterates and the 22-4 per cent, of the white illiterates, in this Stater rise to that light oi intelligence, thrift and moral power required' of upright, sensible and progress slve citizens in this wonderful and progressive age. Set la motion thinking principles with in, by which the illiterates ean plan and execute for the satisfac tion of his' wants and thus-be come thrifty, enterprising and progressive. Mr. II. Man sas, education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which ia at. once best in quality and infinite in quantity." " Mothers, as edu- cators, must provide for the civi lization of nations, they must prepare tbe inner and unseen, aa well as the visible life of tbe child ; they must nourish the root which love and frothy so that when the tree grows it may prove impervious to the malarial at mosphere of vice The proper culture of the I1CLL1 al O OCA iu nuivu i)UayH)4 shall be developed is of the female sex in which character 1 greatest importance m uumaa I - . afiairs. C altered womanhood is man's leaver, socially; but we can never1 be a people, moral, social and religious, until wo be educated. We must turn and mold race In it. childhood, nd Uionit iuthe best manner of lunctiona 01 cititensnip. Respectfully submitted, ' A M. Golds. A. w svn r r lailo f T.vnllinfr vWinia htm nt Prpnidont Cleveland a, four-leaved clover, for luck.
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