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WEAKNESS. v I An Iron monsrch rods the a. A nation's bop nd pride; Through storm and billows dashing free. It feared no wind or tide;.. Its banner waved In every land, With honor hailed abroad; Whene'er It hurled Us flery brand- The very deep was awed. -' The ocean's rage was felt at last: . . . Its billows set at naught It gathers up a cyclone's blast. And all- Its terrors brought;. Tossed, like a ball from hand to hano. A moment poised on high, Then dashed upon the rocky strand, And there the fragments He; A trim Physalla floating near, With Iridescent sail," Through all the dark, devoid of fear, Had sported with the gale. The storm that wrecked the navy's pride, It all outrode with glee, And still Is dancing on the tld To beautify the sea. Thus all who boast their native strength Will fait on weakest strain. And sadly find when tried at length, That all their hopes are vain. The soul that seeks Jehovah's care, Secure from every wrong, A mighty arm Is then made bare, In weakness they are strong! -Sidney Dyer, Ph. D., in Chicago Standard. . .rsv .rv .v .Ss. WCS -CS C C C THE CARUTHERS f AFFAIR By wnx if. Copyright, 1IM. bj . M. ItoUogg NewipaprCo. EAKBE9 SYNOPSIS. Minard Hendricks, great detective. Just returned from Boston, finds awaiting him an unsigned typewritten letter directing lilm to aDartments In Palace hotel, where ha will And remain of Mr. Weldon Caruth era currently reported for past two weeks to be out of town. Detective seems to con nect letter with attempt made on his own Ufa some time previous. Goes with friend, Dr. Lampkln, to Investigate. CHAPTER II. "You say you know Caruthers?" he asked. , "Very slightly." "See it you recognize hin in the ball room." Lampkln studied the throng for sev eral minutes, then he went nearer, and standing behind a crowd of men and a bunch of palms he studiously surveyed the ballroom. He went bock to the detective. "See anything of him?" questioned Hendricks, taking his fixed gaze from the rug at his feet. , "No." "Then we must ask for him at the desk." They approached one of the aptive clerks behind the counter. Hendricks drew out a visiting cord and fingered It, his name downward. Td like to see Mr, Weldon Caruth era," he said. , .Tbe clerk glanced at the key-rack behind him and shook his head. - "He hasn't returned yet," ! he an .wered.. "He is still out of town." ; "Where is he?", asked Hendricks. "I cannot tell you, sir," and the clerk turned to answer a question put by a man in evening dress on bis right. "I am very anxious to see Mr, Caruthers to night," resumed Hen- dricks, when he could get the clerk's attention again. "It is a very impor tant matter." The man in evening dress had over heard ; he paused, 'interested. "Are. you looking for Caruthers?" he asked. "I am," replied Hendricks. "That's odd," smiled the man. "I've seen a dozen people to-nigbt asking about him. We were just discussing his queer conduct and wondering what was the matter with him. He has broken several important engage ments without n word of explanation. His valet told my ihan this afternoon that his master had been called by a night telegram to Philadelphia nd had written him that he, would be detained there for a couple of weeks. I presume it was, some urgent business. The-. speaker lighted a cigar and moved away to a group of men in the smoking-room. Hendricks drew the clerk aside. "I era a detective," he said, in a low yoice. "Hendricks is niy name." ; "Kinard Hendricks?" exclaimed the clerk, in astonishment, his tone and manner suddenly apologetic. "I had no idea" "It is most important that I should have a look into Caruthers' apartment," broke -in the detective. "Don't say a word to anyone, but get a pass key, and how my friend and myself up there right away. The clerk nodded, a flurried expres. eionion his face. Getting a key, he came from behind the counter and tarted towards the elevator. "Not that way," objected Hendricks, detaining bim. "Can't we go up the rear, stairs?" "Sure," said the clerk. "It's only one flight." And he piloted tbem to the stairs behind the cloakroom. "You'll find the apartments just as Mr. Caruth- era left them. His valet said that his master had written him that the room must not be disturbed by anyone." Hendricks paused on the stair. "Did Mr. Caruthers not inform his man. that be was iroing away?", be asked. "No; you see Mr. Caruthers' nv&n ia married and lives on the west side He happened to have a day off and did not know what bad become of his mas. ter till he got the letter." "I see," remarked Hendricks, and he tarted on again. i Reaching the 'door opening Into Caruthers apartment, the clerk tin locked it and led them In. The first chamber was a private sitting-room, the daio-.y pieces of FrenoTi fnrziture, draperies and rugs being in perfect order. SAFETY IN "The gas is burning, observe"! Ken dricks, looking up at the cut-glass globes. ... ... J'. '-'. "As I said, no one has been in the vmmi since Mr. Caruthers went away." "Not even his valet?" asked, the de tective. , "It looks so, or surely he would have extinguished the gas. It seems to be burning in the next room too." This chamber was a large luxurious bedroom, and as they entered it Lamp- kin's imagination prepared Itself for a horrible spectacle. To bis great re lief, however, everything here was also in perfect order. -The white lace cov erlet lay as smootfoiy as newly laiien snow, and the sheets and pillows looked as if they had never been used. The clerk now with a look of growing curi osity, if not of incipient horror, stooped down and looked under the bed. " ' ' - Vi- "Nothing there," lie said. Then his attitude grew more serious, as he went to the large closets one by one and opened the doors. ''There is the bath room yet," he remarked, witn a snua der, his mind perhaps busy with a bit of French history or some recent Amer ican horror. "It's getting migihty com mon , nowadays to commit bloody crimes in bathrooms. Do you suspect foul play, sir?" "You are going entirely too iai, said Hendricks, in a curt tone. "L-very matter I choose to investigate need not necessarily be a bloody one. He smiled and added to Lampkin: 'My reputation among the people is as red as cranberry sauce." The clerk bore the reproof with be coming humility. He made no reply and hung back till the detective naa opened the door leading to the bath room. Here the gas was burning also, and the small chamber, with its pol ished tiled floor and glistening porce lain walls, revealed no hint of blood shed. The face of the clerk fell ; his appetite for sensation was not to be fed on this occasion. "What time did Mr. Caruthers leave the hotel the night he left?" Hendricks asked him. "I really don't know, sir," said the clerk. "I am pretty sure he did not mention it at the office, and that is cue tomary among our guests. That is why I thought there might have been some underhand "Leave your pass key with me," in. terrupted the detective, coldly. "My friend and I want to have a little pn vate talk. When you go down, don't mention our being here." The clerk reluctantly laid the key on a table. "I'll not give it away, sir." He moved slowly towards the door. "If you want anything, ring. I'll be on the lookout, and will run up myself." Good, said Hendricks, you are very kind." The detective followed him to the outer door and closed it after him Then he came back into the bedroom I hope this is only a hoax, after all, observed the doctor. "What are you going to do next?" Hendricks shrugged his broad shoul ders; it amounted to a shudder. . "We are going to look through those trunks for a trunk and the rest." "Is it really so bad as that?" "My blasted premonition which fac ulty in my make-up has always been a mystery to me has hold of me with its four claws," said Hendricks. "I can't explain it, doctor, but the min ute I entered that door and saw the gas burning bo brightly I felt murder in the air., Sometimes on a day like this at a crisis like this I imagine that the spirit of the murdered man lin gers round the spot where he lost his life totryto give mead ew." Lampkin shuddered as the detective laid hold of the nearest steamer-trunk and began to unstrap it. It was empty save for some clothing in the bottom The next trunk was a large square one and its lock for several minutes resisted the efforts of' the detective to unfasten it. Finally, however, aided by a key of his own, and no little experience in such matters, Hendricks released the brass hasp ' and it fell down with sharp click. This trunk, also, contained nothing of a suspicious nature,-and the same re sults were produced by a careful ex amination of two other trunks stored in the bathroom and a dress-suit case of heavy leather which wis found in one of the closets. "Ah, I certainly feel better," cried Lampkin, a triumphant ring in his voice. - "I don't," ejaculated Hendricks, with one of his massive frowns, which al ways made his great brow resemble miniature jutting crag. "And why?" ,., - ;, ... "Because my anonymous correspond ent says I shall find the remains of Weldon Caruthers in these apartments, and I believe on my soul be meant what he said." "But that man downstairs said Ca ruthers' valet has received a communi cation from his master in Philadel phia." "I'll bet my life it was forged." Lampkin started, and then he gazed into the detective's eyes steadily. v "I can't follow you, and I won't try. Your mind darts out after things I never would ,d re am of. Do you think; you may find a trace of the missing man here?" "If my thinker would operate smooth ly." This with a forced grin. "My trip to Boston has fagged me out. I am not normal. But it will not surprise me to find out that the same man wrote to the valet that wrote to me." "If so you have a deep villain to deal wlth" .. ,i ; ... ! ; :. v As deep as the crucible of hell can turn out." j ;t-j i' i The detective sat down in achairnear the bed and, taking' front his pocket the anonymous letter, he studied it in silence. After ' a minute be said, re flectively: "You will observe he does ot tat I shall find the body'of Cartthers here, . ;. t. . v but the remains, and hie has under scored the word heavily. Further more, he boasts of the skill with which the crime has been accomplished; that, old man, means something." : "But it seems to me that you have looked into every possible nook and cranny," said the doctor. As if under a sudden inspiration Hendricks sprang up, and going to the bed he pushed aside the silken certain of the canopy, turned down the sheets and doubled up the mattress. Then he drew himself up and began to examine the brlc-a-brao about the room. . He thumped with his knuckles a marble statue of Venus de Milo in a corner, and then stood still in the center of the room and stared at the articles of orna ment on the mantelpiece. He walked slowly backward to the doctor and laid a hand on his shoulder, and pointed to large covered Japanese vase, shaped like an ancient urn. "Doctor," he said,- "the man who se lected all the bric-a-brac in this room did not select that vase." "It does seem a little out of har mony," admitted .Lampkin. "Itather cheaper than the rest,don'tyou think?" "It is a disgrace to such a collection,: returned the detective, "besides it has been crowded in between those beauti ful bronze pieces. ! Old man, I have an idea." Lampkin said nothing as he watched his friend place a chair near the man tel-piece and mount it.. The chair raised the detective so high that the cover of the vase was on a level with his chin. Hendricks removed the cover and looked into the vessel. Lampkin saw him pick up something inside the vase, examine it and lay it back. For a moment the detective stood, his back to the doctor, a hand on either side of the vessel. Then he lift ed it, cautiously stepped down to the floor, and placed it on the table. "Prepare to be horrified, old man," he said, grimly. "It is here." Lampkin started. "You don't mean" "You needn't look unless you want to," frowned the detective. "But our arch fiend has actually cremated the body of Caruthers, leaving only the jeweled hand of his victim to prevent there being any doubt as to the identity of the ashes. It was cremation ; I know bone ashes when I see them." Lampkin got up and peered into the jar, turning the ghastly object over on the bed of ashes beneath. "There is no odor," he said, trying to speak in a matter-of-fact tone. "That is strange." "Embalmed," said Hendricks. "I saw indication of it in the punctures of the flesh." "You are right," agreed the doctor. "Let me see a moment," .with these words the detective sprang to the vase, HE SAW HIM PICK UP SOMETHING. ' and, picking up the grewsome object, examined it minutely. "I have only one isolated clew," he said, putting the severed hand back on the ashes. "What is that?" "In his effort to cut and wrench this hand from the joint at the wrist, the murderer allowed his sharp nails to sink into the flesh. , The marks did not show at the time, but the process of decomposition has brought them out distinctly. Doctor, the fellow who did the iob manicures his finger-nails to sharp points, as is the vogue among so ciety men of a certain class." Lampkin made an examination "You are certainly right," he said returning the band to the vase, "Shrewd and cautious as the perpetra tor evidently was that did not occur to him." "God has never yet made it possible for a human mind to be full of a hellish deed and at the same time master de tails that will completely overcome de tection," was Hendricks reply. , You do not think that the body could have been reduced to ashes in these apartments,"said Lampkin, tentatively. Hendricks shook his head, and point ed to the open fireplace where lay the ashes of a wood fire. "No, this is the only fireplace and it has not been used .for ft fortnight." 'Are you sure?" incredulously., ('Quite sure. This tjhimney seems to come straight down from the roof, and raindrops have fallen and left their im prints here. It rained two weeks ago and has been clear ever since." "I would never have thought of that." "It is my business to think of every thing." Lampkin'B face betrayed the birth of an important idea. - rSurely," he said, "the body could net easily have been removed for the purpose of cremation elsewhere with out being dismembered. Perhaps ,if you made a careful examination you might find traces of its having been Cut up." "Thanks for the suggestion," said Hendricks. .Lampkln watched him aa a - i ' he went into the bathroom and closely examined the porcelain tub and white tiled floor. .---"No," h j said, coming back. "I think he managtd to remove the body in its entirety." "You think thatr' remarked the QOCior, suv cuuimttu. i . i j "Yes; it would be an easy thing to do. As Canithers was supposed o be leaving, it would be natural for him to take a trunk, and his luggage going out would not attract much attention." honoris!" oxnlnimed the doc- tor. "In his own trunk! At this juncture the door leading into the corridor swung open and the clerk who had shown them upstairs entered suddenly, his eyes alighting on the severed hand whieh lay across the somewhat narrow mouth of the vase "My Lord!" he exclaimed, his eyes bulging from their sockets, "has has he been murdered, Mr. Hendricks? . An expression of deep annoyance set tled on the face of the detective. Yes," he said. "But leave us alone for a few minute?, and please don't say anything about this down in the office ust yet. We would be interrupted by sight-seers." The clerk thrust his white, horrified face forward and peered into the vaM. "Surely not not cremated, Mr. Hen dricks!" he gasped. "That's about the size of it," retorted the detective. He went to the door and held it open. The clerk took the hint and backed out of the room. "Don't lay it to me if this gets out sooner than you wish," he said. "A member of the detective force was down there in citizen's clothes and recognized you when you first came in. He had heard of the remarks going round about Mr. Caruthers' absence, and seeing you on hand made him more curious. He has Mr. Caruthers' man down there now, asking him ques tions. It seems nothing has been seen of Mr. Caruthers since he had the row with Mr. Arthur Gielow at the club." Hendricks leaned against the door- facing. "They had a row, eh?" "That's the general report, sir." "Did you hear what it was about?" "Some dispute over a woman, I think." . , "Who was the woman?" "Miss Dorothy Huntington was the name I heard mentioned. 'Ah," broke in Lampkin, coming for ward. "I remember But Hendricks was bowing to the clerk and smiling, as if to denote that the conversation were at an end. TO BB CONTINUED. FOLLOWING THE SCENT. The Strange Story of Wild Young Han nnd His Sharp-Nosed Bloodhound. T7e were back from one of the pret tiest rides in all California and after supper sat under the trees with our genial host, rich and owner of a model fruit farm, says a clever story teller. Some one spoke in the severest terms of a heavy defaulter then prominent in the public eye, nnd the man who was entertaining us astonished every one by breaking in abruptly : "Gentlemen, I do not believe in passing judgment upon a man untu you unoerstana an the circumstances of his case. To as sume that every man who goes wrong has the instincts and the impulses of a common criminal is preposterous. You have to know influences, temptationr and motives before you can pass in telligently upon results in such cases." "0, you re too tender hearted and char itable," declared the first speaker.1 "A rogue's a rogue, and you can't paint him an honest man." "Nice break you made," said another, as the host left us with a flushed face and passed into the house. '.'Don't you know his story? But, of course not, for it's almost for gotten, even, here. He was a. wild youngster and ran heavily into debt. His father was thought to be wealthy, but was realty worse oft than nothing when he died. The young man went to work with a will, though with all his opportunities he had never fitted him self for anything better than a day laborer. He wag engaged to one of the sweetest girls in the whole state, but her family would nothear toamarriage until he was able to support his wife in something like the way she had al ways lived. Out of all the vast estate the yotir.g fellow took nothing but the old bloodhound, famous for his sagacity and courage. To insure the services of the brute his master was made a deputy sheriff. One night the bank in the coun ty seat was robbed of an immense sum. Before daylight the man who had just left us and his bloodhound took the trail of the robber. Since then the former deputy sheriff has never known what it was to want." "What's the ex planation?" "The hound wentstraight to the fine suburban residence of the bank president. The facts never came out until the latter had a fatal brain fever a few years ago." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Another Purlat t Large. ' "What is your objection to women's clubs, professor ? Havent they as good a right to organize themselves unto clubs for good fellowship, mutual en tertainment or , instruction as , men have?" , 'fOby yes, madam.' I don't question tneir right to do anything th'.y please. My objection to Women's clubs, if I have any, is that nearly all the club women I happen to be acquainted with pro nounce it progr'm. -Chicago Tribune. One. iTom I will venture to say thattiere isn't one great pity in this country or Europe on whose streets the bicycle is not a familiar sight. ,, ,Dick There is one. .' "What?" "Venice." Up-to-Date, Only one out of every 1,000 married i - i . - , i , . . ? i j couples iive-iu iraeurtiiv mcir gutucn weddintr. rEvU Dispositions Are Earty Shown." 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TELEPHONE 71 EAST MAIN 81 The cbculation of The En terprise for the year of 1898 was 63,274-. This maket the average weekly circulation 1217 Nearly one-half of these circulate in j the , city of WeU lington; 500 copies go to tie surrounding towns. We can prove our circula tion by the invoices of paper purchased from the si. K. Kellogg Newspaper Co., of Cleveland. The circulation of The En terprise will be larger for the year 1899. Remember this, Mr. Advertiser, circulation is Mat counts. , - . -a '- v 1 f'