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.Jb 0%)5||| C0P«<16HT, liSi #Y O P MI*AM s soirt. CHAPTER IX. THE DIARY OF A DETECTIVE. It was the morning of the Now Year. Mr. Barnes was seated in nu armchair by his own fireside at his cozy homo on Staten Island. In his hand ho held a diary, whom* pages he was studying intei.ily. Before peeping over his shoul der to read with him it will be best to give a slight insight into the state of mind which led him to take np the book on this particular day. After the clever manner .in which he had discovered that a young girl existed whoso name was Rose Mitchcl, and who was supposed to bo the daughter of Mr. Robert Leroy Mitchel, and after the equally clever trick by which the girl was removed beyond his ken, Mr. Barnes had come to one conclusion. This was that it was necessary to keep such a strict watch upon Mr. Mitchel that if be had not already committed the crime about which he had wagered he should not be able to do so and avoid detection, for Mr. Barnes began to have some fecliiig in the matter beyond the mere fulfillment of duty. He was being thwarted by this man at every turn and this made him doubly determined not to allow him to win that bet. Therefore he had removed Wilson from the post of Watching Mr. Mitchel, and had replaced him by two men who were thoronghly skillful. Wilson and another he set to spy upon the movements of Miss Rom- seu, for he hoped to find the child through he-. Being the 1st of January, and there fore the last day upon which Mr. Mitch el conld commit his crime within the conditions imposed, always supposing that ho had not already done so, Mr. Batncs wished once more to go over the reports sent to him by his various spies In order that he might be assured that no mistakes bud been mada He began to read at: “Dec. 15.—Mitciiol left his hotel early and went over to Hoffman Honsa Remained there two hours, and came out accompanied by Thanrrt. They walk ed up to the White Elephant and spent the morning playing billiards. Dinod together at Delmouico cafe and sepa rated at a o’clock. Mitchel then went to his livery stable and obtained a horse and light wagon. Tin y are his property. Drove slowly along Madison avenue and stopped at Thirtieth street apartment house. S . “No sign of Miss Remsen all morn ing. She has a now maid. Her girl Sarah returned yesterday, but her mis tress refused to take her back. Evident ly she recognizes that the girl was brib ed to go into the country and to recom mend Lneetto as her cousin. About 2:30 Mitchel drove up in bis light wagon. According to orders, I prepared to fol low them, that they might not visit the child, eluding us by driving. Obtained a cab ami was waiting in it ns the two turned into Madison avenue and started up town. Easily kept them in sight without exciting suspicion, but learned nothing, as they simply drove up through the park, along St. Nicholas avenue and home again down the Boulevard mid Riverside drive. Ho remained at the Remsens’ till 10 o’clock. Then went straight to his hotel. W . “Doe. 10.—Mitchel spent his morning at bis clnb; afternoon in his hotel; evening at Miss Remsen’s. S . “Miss Remsen and her sister spent the morning shopping; the afternoon paying calls; the evening at home. W . “Dec. 17.—Mitehel’s actions same as yesterday, except that Thauret called on him at hie hotel daring the afternoon and was with him an hour. S . “Miss Remsen, her sister aud two other young ladies went to Brooklyn in the afternoon, but simply visited the largo stores there. At home iu the even ing. W . “Dec. 18.—Mitchel and Thauret to gether iu the morning. Mitchel aud Miss Remsen ont walking in afternoon. Mitchel and Thanret at club in the even ing. I bribed doorman aud succeeded in getting in disguised as one of the serv ants. Mitchel aud Thauret played whist, playing as partners. They lost about $100; went home together. S . “Miss Remsen indoors all morning. Out on Fifth aveune with Mitchcl iu the afternoon. During their absence Thanret called. W . “Dec. 19.—Mitchel and Thanret play ed poker all afteruoou in one of the rooms of their clnb. Both lost There were four others in the game. One of these won heavily. I have discovered that this is undoubtedly the man who was Thuuret’s whist partner on the night when Randolph thought that he detected them cheating. He also answers the description of the muu who left the jewels at hotel in New Haven. His name is Adrian Fisher. In the evening Mitchel and Thauret were in a box at the opera with the Remsen family. “The Miss Remsens gave an afternoon tea. Mr. Randolph called and remained after snpper. Went to the opera with the ladies in the evening. W . “Dee. 20.—Mitchel iu his hotel all day. He and Thanret went driving iu the afternoon. I followed them in a light wagon. At the roadhouse in the park they alighted and had a bottle of wine. Talked together earnestly. Saw Mitchel give Thauret a roll of money. In the evening they played whist as partners at the club, and again they lost, is . “No sign of the Miss Remsens till afternoon, when a young lady called and the three went to matinee at Daly's. Evening they spent at homo. W . “Dec 21.—Mitchel attended worship at St. Patrick's cathedral with the two Miss Remsens. Afternoon remained in bis hotel. Evening at the Remsens. e—. “Miss Remsen and her sister at St. Patrick’s cathedral iu the morning. At home the rest of the day. \V . "According to instructions, I have wade inquiries about Adrian Fisher. He is a man of good family, but poor. Be long! to two fashionably clubs. Plan cards for money frequently, is a good player and seems to earn a living off of his friends. Has no relatives living, ex cept a sister, who is a cripple. He is very fond of her and treats her with great kindness. It is a mystery bow he manages to support her as comfortably as be does. They live together in • small flat at — East Fiftieth a it It was he who introdneed Tlmure’ the club and had hiui made a member. He was ont of town from Dec. 1 to Dec. 4. Q . ” At this point of bis reading Mr. Barnes laid down his book and tbongbt a moment These questions occurred to him: “Is this man Fisher the tool of Thauret? He is poor and a card player. He is well born and has a sister to sup port in a style snitable to ber birth. Has Thanret induced bim to play, that together they may fleece the other mem bers of the club. It looks like it, but why this sudden intimacy with Mitchel, or is that less smlden than we know and have they been long acquainted? Again, is Fisher the naan who received the satchel from one of these men, and then took it to the hotel in New Haven? He was ont of town at the time. Why did he place the satchel in the hotel and then abandon it? After seenring the plunder, why did he thus lose it? Was he suddenly overtaken by his conscience, and, becoming aware of the fact that Thanret was using him as a tool in a piece of criminal work, did-he take this method of clearing himself, and of al lowing the jewels to be returned to their owner as soon as found in the ho tel? This would account for Thauret’* having left the train at Stamford, in tending, perhaps, to return to New Haven and meet his confederate. Fisher meanwhile having abandoned the scheme and returned to New York, Thanret was thwarted. But who killed the woman?" Mr. Barnes resumed his reading. "Dec. 26.—Mitchel arose early and called for Miss Remsen at 11 o’clock. To gether they went to the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Van Rawlston, at Fifth ave nue, near Forty-eighth street. They re mained nearly an hour, and then sepa rated when they came ont. Mitchel ate luncheon at the Brauswick, where he was joined by Thauret. They went to the club iu the afternoon and played whist. They lost money. Mitchel paid for both aud took an I O U from Thauret for his share. Randolph was in the game. There is a growing coolness between Randolph and Mitchel They barely speak when they meet. It is evi dent that no love is lost between Ran dolph and Thauret. In the evening the three men were in the Remsens’ box at the opera. S—. “Miss Remsen accompanied Mitchel to Mrs. Van Rawlstou’s in the morning and left him when they came ont. She made several calls mainly upon well known fashionable society leaders. Something is evidently on the tapis. It occurred to me that the missing child might have been placed iu the care of the Rawlstons. Therefore in the after noon I allowed R to follow the young ladies on a shopping expedition, while I interviewed the policeman on the beat He is acquainted with Van Rawlston’s maid and will send a report to you tonight. The ladies went to the opera in the evening. W . “Mr. and Mrs. Van Rawlston have three children, all yunuger than 14, and only one a girl, the youngest. The Miss Remsen who called was a Miss Emily Remsen. She was accompanied by a Mr. Robert Mitchel They came to^ieg Mrs. Van Rawlston to allow a society to which the yonug lady belongs to give an entertainment in her bouse. The enter tainment is to be New Year’s night Po liceman 1660. “Dec. 23.—Mitchel and Thanret went to a costumer’s on Union square. When they had left, I called there and said that I was afriend of Mr. Mitchel's and lie gave Thauret a roll of money. wished a costume made for the same en tertainment. The plan worked, and by adroit questioning I discovered that there is to be an Arabian Night festival on the night of the New Year. It is to be a costume masquerade, and Mitchel has promised to seud all of the men to his costumer for their dresses. He or dered an Ali Baba dress. Thauret left no order, saying he wonld not attend. I ordered an Aladdin costume. If you do not decide to attend, I can countermand the order, but I thought you might find it advantageous to be present. With Aladdin’s wonderful lamp you might shed some li^lit upon the mystery. Par don the joke. The afternoon and even ing were spent bv Mitchel and Thanret at their club. Again they played whist and again they lost. S . "The young ladies spent the morning at a fashionable dressmaker’s on Madi son aveune. I have picked np an ac quaintance with a servant girl who lives in one of the flats in Thirtieth street house, and from her I learn that Miss Remsen’s new maid tells her that the affair at the Van Rawlston house will be a costume masquerade, all par ties assuming characters from the ‘Arabian Nights. * Miss Emily Remsen will appear as Schoherezade. W ." Mr. Barnes tnrned two pages at this point, evidently considering that noth ing of special moment W4s contained in the reports coverthg the next few cays. He began again: “Dec. 80.—Mr. Mitchel came out of his hotel at 10 o'clock and crossed over to Jersey City, taking an express for Philadelphia. 1 of course took same train. 8 . “The Miss Remsens were at home all day. They are buqy on their costumes for the coming entertainment W "Dec. 81.—Telegram from Philadel phia: ‘Mitchel at Lafayette hotel la siuk in bed. Doctor in attendance. Sent a telegram to MUa Remsen telling her that he cannot be on band tomorrow night. ’ S . “Thanret went to Union aqnare cos tumer yesterday and obtained the Ali Baba costume ordered for Mitchel. He gave the costumer a letter which be had received from Mitchel, dated at Phila delphia yesterday. It reads: ‘Friend Thauret, I am suddenly taken ill Don’t let the Remsens know that it is ahytbing serious. Oblige me, if possi ble, by attending the ‘Arabian Nights' festival *1 inclose my invitation and a note to Mr. Van Rawlston, which will introduce yon. Yon may wear my cos tume, and the costnmer will give it to yon if yon present this. Yon were to have gone ont of town, I know, but if you wish to do me a favor I hope you will change yonr plans and take my place. I do not wish Miss Remsen to be entirely unattended. Therefore be with her as mnch as you can. She will be dressed as Scheherazade. (Signed) Mitchel’ “I obtained this from the costnmer by saying I am a detective shadowing F criminal Q ." { [TO BE CONTINUED.] NOTICE. B y order of the county Board of Commissioners, I am instructed to say that un der the plan for working the roads the present year, all over seers employed will be required to open all the roads the proper width. All persons who con template planting their crops in the road will please not do so, as it will be quite unpleasant to both the Commissioners and overseers to destroy crops so planted. The County Com missioners cannot consistently, and will not, approve the claims of overseers for their services as such until they have fully complied with their contracts. The main object of this notice is to beg all persons planting by the road to stake it. off and, if possible, run a furrow along where the road properly belongs and then plough and plant to this line only, thus leavjng the road the proper width. We are glad to note that quite a num ber of persons have already done this. The hauling or throwing of trash, litter or any other oh struction in the roadway is strictly prohibited, under the penalty of the law. Ditching and clearing of ditches along the roadside is approved of, and the dirt taken from such ditches may be thrown in the roadway, provided it is leveled and put in proper shape to improve the road This must be done as soon as it is put in the roadway. The telephone line running from Darlington to Florence has put quite a number of its posts in the roadway—some of them being at least eight feet out. The company or persons operat ing said line will please remove said posts out of the road at once and thereby save further trou ble. The County Board of Com missioners has decided to work the road this year in sections, similar to plans worked bv rail roads, making each Township comprise one section, aud all persons liable to road duty who have not paid their commutatioi tax will be worked first, and then a gang will be employed to complete the necessary work. All persons who have not paid their road tax will be required to work three days of eight hours each during the year un der the overseers above men tioned. W. S. KING, Supervisor. A9-3t. JUST RECEIVED, MUNYON’S HOMOEOPATHIC HOME REMEDIES. Dr. JOHN A. BOYD, ' Druggist. DARLINGTON, . . . g C. ililiijuii 1 , Pii.riG AND Coitract Work ol all M undertaken, and satisfaction guaranteed at JHHN SISKJIOH'S SHOPS: r~ and Undertaker*’ supplies always on hand at low nnces. T. C. Jeffords. Janl’96—lyr. The management of the Equitable Life Assurance j Society in the Department of the Carolinas, wishes to se cure a few Special Resident ; Agents. Those who are fitted ] for this work will find this A Rare Opportunity: It is ztwk, however, and those ; who succeed best in it possess character, mature judgment, tact, perseverance, and the respect of their community. Think this matter over care fully. There’s an unusual opening for somebody. If h fits you, it will pay you. Fur ther information on request. W. J. Roddey, Rock Hill, & C. EDISTO PHOSPHATE CO., CE£ A-IRLESTOIT, S. O. ANAI/X8ES 1895-90. Name of ChemUt Brand. 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Station 1896 14.34 15.63 Factory Teste, SuaBon 1896-1886 14.06 MJB1 do 1896-1886 14.57 16.22 do 1896-1896 15.16 16.40 do 1896-18(6 14.98 16J6 do 1896-1896 14A7 16.90 Dr. TTlex, Hamburg, Oer. 1896 Alabama Department Ag. 1896 14.86 16.04 do 1896 mi 13.62 do 1896 9-47 13A9 do 1896 6JO 11.28 do 1898 11.29 mo do 1898 12.98 14.62 do 1896 8X1 13.87 do 1898 10.36 13.64 do 1896 TenneMee Department Ag. 1898 8.94 1197 MILLINERY. HOI8BRY, VEIUNOfl, FLOWERS, LAC Eg, KIBBON6, COMETS, GLOVES, AC. Sole Agents for the World Renowned FBatherbone Corset. No other hooae in the city haatheee goods. The only guaranteed Corset on the market. At the exceedingly low price of TEW CENTS EACH. Kindly call and inspect oar goods care fully. Yoa will soon be convinced that It pay* to trade et ■is. BUB'S, DMIIIGTOM.C. WE. J. GiBMB, I. D„ DARLINGTON, g. C. Office over Boyd’s Drug Store. Office Hour*: 11 a m to 1 p m; 4:80 p m to 7 p m. 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We carry a full line of the Deering Harvester Co.’s Harvesting Machines; Disc Harrs a, Disston Saws, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Rubber Belting anil a large supply of pipe anil tlttiugs. valves, pumps supplies,, etc.,etc\ The Deering Ideal Ball Bearing and Holler Hearing Bicycle Mowing Ma chine Is the finest working aud lightest machine In the world. We ask a trial, and guarantee satisfaction. We also carry a largo stock of Studo- baker one and two-hnrse wagons. Iron axle and thimble skein and a full line of open and top buggies, surreys, etc. C c rrespondence solielted from parties wishing anything in our line aud fair treatment, bottom prices and reliable goods guaranteed. We often have bargains lu second hand machinery. W. H. GIBBES, JR, & CO., NEAR UNION DEPOT. COLUMBIA, - - . S. C. Tobacco Growers' Association. T here will be a meeting of 'the Tobacco Growers Associa tion in the Court House on' Tuesday the 21st. 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I expect to use no other guano this year hut “ Acme," and you may refer any one to me who wants to know how I used it. Very truly yours, V. W LAND. MR. ALEX. GREEN, Whitakers, X. C. Dear Sin—I have used “Acme” fertilizer bought of you for the paat two years. I have just sold some tobacco grown with “Acme” fertilizer at the bla premium sale in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 28th and 29th, one for second best lemon wrapper and one for second-best smoker. 1 shall use “Acme" again this year, and consider it the best guRno for tobacco that I have ever used. Yours very truly* 8. L. COLEY. t aoo. # „, „ , , Louisbnrg, N. C., Jan. 17,1896. I used 2v tons of Acme fertilizer last year, and it gave entire satisfaction; in fact, better satisfaction on tobacco than any fertilizer I ever used I shall use It again this year. E. W. TIMBERLAKE. FOR HETZ- Judge, Superior Curt, N.C. Brunson, Lunn & Go. Have That Old Bieyeli Fuad da and moderate ohanraa. If reu want PATCHING RUBBER, CEMENT. 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