Show THE FATAL REQUESTOR REQUEST-OR FOUND OUT Dy A L Hnrrl Author of Mine Own Familiar Friend etc lopyrf9At 1891 by a a I t If I ub H fad a g 0 In Pal 1 Oopyr O 19011 I CHAPTER IXContinued It was rather strange but tho moment ho put this question tho little doctor shifted his glance and merely answered Humph I while he seemed to ho looking at nothing In particular You know what I mean was tho somewhat Impatient response Did my father meet his death through the shock of the collision or by thc1 Your father was not killed In the railway accident at all was tho < paralyzing reply as tho giver of it still avoided the eye of tho questioner What shouted tho latter leaping to his feet What do you mean For Heavens sake explain yourself and do not talk In riddles What I mean Is this was the answer an-swer given with great confidence and decision as ho once more allowed himself him-self to meet tho other mans eye Your father was not burnt to death us you feared and ho did not perish through the shock of the collision which you hoped might be the case as being tho more merciful death of tho two Your father was shot Had tho young man received a bullet bul-let wound himself ho could not havo started more violently than ho did on hearing theso words Shot he crledBbol Then passing his hand across his forehead Im not dreaming am I Dr Cartwrlght shook his head No my boy youre not dreaming except Inasmuch as life Itself Is a dream Your father I repeat met his death by foul play that Is putting aside the question of sul Suicide cried the young man snatching at the word as it were Suicide My father Oh you must be mad The doctor shook his head again I discovered on examining the body after you had left the church that death had resulted from a bullet wound in the right temple which had I L 2 t I 1 ti I LSi t rl I I l iii 2V I knew the man he cried traversed tho head completely and must have caused instantaneous death I cant realize it groaned tho other oth-er Who could have done Uunlcss ho was robbed Dr Cartwright shook his head His watch and chain and valuables were taken charge of like those of the other passengers and a considerable consider-able amount of money was found upon him Whatever the object It was not that The thing will bo to discover If he had a traveling companion and who that traveling companion Ted Burrltt brought down his hand upon tho table with a force that made that article of furniture shiver I know the man ho cried Or If I do not know now I will never rest until I have found out Phew I whistled tho doctor Then rou know something about the affair You havo your suspicions Suspicions cried the young man more than suspicions I see It all If I only knew the mans name I What mans name asked the doctor doc-tor What man was tho impatient reply re-ply Why the murderer to be sure I wish you would just begin at the beginning and tell me all you know about It I will tell you all I know us well as what I only guess Two days ago my father received a letter which appeared ap-peared to havo a peculiar effect upon him It is evident to me that he was expecting tho letter and that It was that which made him nervous and fidgety and unlike himself At breakfast break-fast tho next morning to our surprise sur-prise ho announced his intention of taking a short Journey giving no other i oth-er explanation than that he was goIng go-Ing as far as Dover partly on business busi-ness though we had reason to ho Hove that the business was only I an appointment with a friend And tho friends nnllluof course ho told you No was tho answer that was just what ho did not do I Humph said tho doctor that was rather Well never mind Coon Co-on I The night after my father left I homo I was awakened suddenly In the middle of tho night by his voice callIng call-Ing me And I answered him back Tho next morning my sister Mnj I came to mo In trouble about a dream shed had the same night She dreamt I that something dreadful had happened hap-pened or was about to happen to her father Of course I made game of it I Of course you did Interrupted Dr Cartwright and qultu right of you too Always make game of this sort of thing whenever you como across It I always do myself on principle If I didnt I should have half the parish sending for me whenever they had the nightmare At tho same time ho added In a tone of concession I admit that It certainly wasa coincidence coin-cidence Anything more I cant acknowledge ac-knowledge my reputation wont allow al-low it Yesterday morning resumed tho young man we received a telegram It gaj Hero it Isyou can see for yourself Dr Cartwright brought his spectacles spec-tacles to bear upon the document Humph Ha Am returning today by the 430 train Shall bo home to dinner Friend accompanies me He read it through twice before returning re-turning It And you say you have no idea what tho name o this friend your father went to meet was To my knowledge I have never heard it mentioned I thought I knew all my fathers friends but this ono must have been an entire stranger tome to-me and my father must have had some reason for lie stopped abruptly respect for his dead parent held back the words upon his tongue But Dr Cartwright apparently ap-parently guessed the remainder of the sentence You mean your father must have had some reason for concealing the fact of his previous acquaintance with the man he went to meet at Dover Tho young mans face flushed I tell you no I wont believe It I wont even listen to such a supposition supposi-tion for a moment I tell you but there you never knew him And ho turned his head away To return to our subject said the doctor You Insist on connecting this same unknown personage with tho mysterious circumstances of your fathers fath-ers death Who else could it bo exclaimed 1 Ted You yourself have put the mo tlvo of robbery out of tho question Certainly was tho reply But having disposed of that motive only makes It the more necessary to provide pro-vide another I And there again you supply it yourself I your-self burst out the other You hinted hint-ed of tho possibility of my father hav ing something discreditable in connec tion with his past life Not discreditable Interrupted the doctor only Indiscreet Now proceeded tho other re verso your Implication Apply what you have sold of the one to the other and there you have jour solution of tho mystery your motive and what ever else you require lIe paused breathless with the ve hemence with which ho had pro nounced these last words Well said the doctor wagging his head sagely I dont deny It There you have a motive of a sortnot a very strong one nut before you can proceed further with It you havo to establish the Important fact as to that other occupant of the carriage And when you consider that the Individual In question hh even If ho did travel by i mi tlalllU 1 train and In that same car rinse was actually the recipient of an Invitation to jour own house there seems to be something so improbable so coldblooded about the whole con corn that And Is not tint exactly what It Is A coldblooded dastardly outrage upon ono who never injured a soul and who was ono or limo kindest anti best of men Oh lord I cant stand time thought or II Now Ive started him oft again murmured the doctor Why coulrlnt I rmorsetllll have left well alone Anyhow I must he going now So drawing hllllBol 1111 nrlll ins ids sllunr shoulders In ills most III military style Ite remarked his fnlllnl back Into ejaculatory manner Must be on now FOllnd tho wound in your lath ers head today Tomorrow tutu bullet look fin that nlllllo It Good hya Cant stop another was gone moment and III CHAPTER x The Fourth Carriage From the En One The next morning being everyone from far Sunday and to tho near reimlre church < which contained within r Us walls the materials for ral sermon Bucb a as in all tory It had never hcfolnent l PA ercd together there Been tt Tho remains now all II closed In coffins still decenS I lay nllGld t precincts of tho chllncei lthlll t must remain until whore th on tho following day after the lDQnt TOCI AS WAS Tho church which was of size was filled 110 gre to ovcrtta blolu not only were ag f there many Put present who I had mourn e PI from all parts of comelO sthl peatar the ii kingdom P1110 strangers for miles round atfc1 attracted ClnsOI the morbid dl curiosity which prlve dra crowds as with a cartrope whera rope Educe there is a prevalence ropeberer of the element blocked ghaet < ed tho aIsles lII pULl glitb porch and t stairs oven OccupIed the pale EXIS People who came to gape and I A him and then going homo thS ns Sl to the Snnd A Cat dinner exchanged cxpcrtSjH A Par the shoulder of mutton and balredr Immu1 tatoes remarking as thoy wipodthr Freed mouths that it was a sad X Blght h Right one they wouldnt have missed 1 Freed anything you could have offered tt J the At tho same time they were compF the f to own that there L were not so m nt n bodies as they had confldenth amcal pected hut then nothing ores d s bee como up to your expectations In i world fil Ted Burrltt had a seat asfe him In ono of tho front pew glance at his face on the part of t functionary who discharged the oy t of ushering the people Into the places seemed to be sufficient thii to which portion of the conrecitv Ut ho belonged Ted Burr ilt knew that his father body now lay there r within the the cel rails in one of those hastily era strutted coffins which had bef roughly put together to meet the tj den and unprecedented demand It was evident that a certain nn her of seats had been reserved those who It was felt had the I gnu est claim to them for he observe ft after a short time that the same pei Into which ho had been ushered afc contained two of his fellow passe gers on that over memorable journe t a widow and poor another TOW rn I The former it was impossible t t doubt had found her worst feu au realized for she artm still cried silent and ceaselessly behind the shelter c 1 din her veil Tho other woman who aen ho now guessed to bo about foi Dan I years of ago and who was goodl inIst e1d Ing In a sort of hardfeatured wjj OJ was also clothed in deep black gu inlet satn meats but there was a suppress r glitter in her eye and that same m i fJ less movement of tho fingers as tii mcl perpetually rustled the leaves oJ ht rlwy esid prayerbook which betrayed the e pOSI reads istcnce of some strong but suppresse ce dw feeling which seemed to bo morellli excitement than grief set But then we are all at liberty to show our grief in our own p is of way In tho other pews round himbtrr eas ognlzed other faces those of tenor s to travelers or others whom he had re tat t-at the station or in the church In Hi Ie g early morning of the day before 0 hI Among these there were of course iff happy exceptions to the general rule There were those who had found tit Is living where they had looked for lh rclOi dead and who after a few hours cl Th torturing suspense had dlscoveredthe of tone t-one they sought either in the village old for f-or in some of tho neighboring bam sold lets and were present on that mom pIe Ing with a chastened Joy and gratitude evld grati-tude unspeakable tis t To bo continued t 11 yea School Children Saved Ir fIn f-In but few of the cities of the world the are school children examined on ei f on trance or subsequently to determine den which are defective with reference to J 10 applying tho remedy Examination sl t tf of nearly nino hundred pupils In wj e c American school of the hotter clasj rolu during tho last year showed that 31 eer per cent wero nearsighted 129 V r nor cent hail functional heart dIsorders gt 56 per cent had spinal curvature wIth > I PI some vertebral rotation 412 percent ey more had a symmetry of spine hIp 1 or shoulders 14C per cent had sde i nolds or chronically enlarged tonsils j In over 10 per cent of the cases letter I wero sent to parents recommendlis that medical attention bo given to j some physical condition Examlna 1 lions of 40000 school children W school physicians In the duchY cl f SaxeMolnlngen Germany shoved that 23 per cent were nearsighted 10 j per cent or moro had spinal curra lure and CO per cent had teeth which J needed attention |