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Full Title	The New York Fireside Companion : a journal of instructive and entertaining literature, v. XLIX, no. 1256, November 21, 1891, [Incomplete].
Contributor	Old Sleuth, 1839?-1898 Fleming, May Agnes, 1840-1880. Benners, Will J., Jr. Garvice, Charles, 1850-1920. Collins, E. Burke, Mrs., 1858-1902. Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
Date Added	30 April 2022
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1891-11-21
Publisher	New York : George Munro
Alternate Title	Fireside Companion Old Phenomenal; or, The double tragedy mystery : an old-time detective narrative / by Old Sleuth. Double tragedy mystery The heiress of Glen Gower; or, The hidden crime / by May Agnes Fleming ; edited by W. J. Benners, Jr. Hidden crime On love's altar; or, A fatal fancy / by Charles Garvice. Fatal fancy Mad Kingsley's heir / by Mrs. E. Burke Collins. What was she to him?; or, Virginia King's heart / by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller. Virginia King's heart
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OCR A JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTIVE. AND ENTERTAINING LITERATURE. ee Vol. XLIX. GEORGE MUNRO, Provareror. 17 10 7 VANDEWATER 8) NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 21, 1891. {PRICE, $9 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. IWO COPIES FOR $5. ENTERED ACCORDING 70 ACE OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1601, nY GEORGE MONRO, IN THE OFFICE op THE LivnentAN oF Cononsss, WASHINGTON, D, C.—Ewranep at tue Poot Orice at New Yous at Seconp Cass Rares, LOVER'S GREEN, BY M. Parrase| draw the curtains clown, not we rel chill mo as T wander summer long ago, crowned myself with And I trailed the silken sheen Of my purple robe behind me Near at hand a thrush was trill 3a hie sober suit of brown, ‘And afar Teaw the windows : Gleaming silver in the Sweet and salt the ‘rind was blow. ing rom tho bay that dashed be, ve met that golden moming ‘On the dows of Lover's Gree It was there my soldier lover. "Mid the dows of Lover's Green. ‘bt he caught me to his bosom, th <All the dows of Lover's Green.» ‘Though a hundred yoars, in pass- Strew my head with ashes gray, winds are cold and ‘keen, And a woman's tears are shining With the dows of Lover's Green! ee nil I; sl ih By in Envered according to Act of Congress, i the year 160 Dy, George ‘Munro, in the office of the Librarian of Washington, D. 0. Old Phenomenal; “= oR — THe Dousrie Tracepy Mystery. An 01d- Time De Detective Narrative. BY OLD SLEUTH, Avrage oF “Onn Suxors, Banoxs & Co." “ Bruix Jorox, Tak GovERNMENt GPEci4l, DETECTIVE,” Ww oR, “Tan Max Was a "Foor; or, Back WONDERFUL CAREER ©) to Her Feen, fue Duxe ov Ne PLAN BOY, ? « Sinvee Tom, THE DeTECT- om, LINE Br isn “Paral ie THR Thi ero, ” yw mx a Coa 2 Te ap Seas “vox, Ish Derecr ? ETC, ETC, [rms STORY WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED IN HOOK FORM.) — “Tow, did yon notice that ola fellow who has been * mousing’ around the body of the dead girl?” “Yes, I noticed him. “Did you notice bis ‘manner? ‘Zee, Ta icular he was to pick up all he could about “he ‘andine of the body?” ss Yes, did and 1 noticed how he tried to ‘play off? innocet ocent « You, Well ve. yrant to keep our eye on him.”” i More than ««We'will follow him up. That old chap knows something about this marder.” conversation recorded above passed between two eity, detectives under circumstances that were tragic and startling. ‘Oi the night previous to the one on which the « talk” occurred, a veiled Indy bad secured a room ina well-known New York hotel. Nothing wasseen or heard of the guest iil Tale on the selling the the mai oftee ‘he ne e thew took was Something Wrong in Room 13. The watchman and S'sent to the ‘room, and failing to gui Tamittance, they forced an entrance, when a sight them to recoil in horror Her mouth was open; her eyes, beautiful in life, were fixed in tho steady glare of dea Tater investigation Ingicated that the fair r passing examination was made, when the door of ‘the room was closed and a message was sent to the police station: A sergeant from the station visited the room, and immediately afterward two detect- ives were put upon t Fro latter commenced nt rough investigation, and thetr dlegoveries and conolunione they kept to themselves. They were still in the midst of their Inquiries when the coroner arrived: aud later on, in some mnysterious manner, a queer-looking old man gained an entrance into the room, and he silently made 4 little examination on his own accou iciousness excited comment on-the part of the two detectives. ‘They spoke to the coroner. - The latter merely said: “1 won't order the old man away. No, certainly not, Ho may discover something, or may turn up ness tho coroner was in command, and as be would not order the old man fi 0 de- tectives had nothing to's care ee tHe re pe their eyes "on te old fellow, and azteed to follow bint up, j precaution. Yewas the egeneral impression, from a mere super- ficial study surroundings of the beautiful corpse, thi ay 8 case of suicide. No wound was found upon the boty: abel another conclusion was that death had followed the swallowing. of some teadly drag and this suspicion was con! the fact that ere were no ydentiReation mal Upon the body, nor Ww re any letters that would serve te idteate ‘the: identity of the dead git Tt was eviden ere had beow a wellconsidered attempt to prevent all possibiity of Mentideation, The coroner had the body removed in due time to the morgue, and after having impaneled a jut an adjoutnnient was taken to await the revelations of an antopsy. TOM BAILY SUNK TO THE FLOOR HELPLESS AND IN eh ‘| et a nh ‘ nt i { In the meantime somo very enriousine}dents had occurred, The two detectives tonting upon the actions of the okd man who had been s0 otlicious in the room where the bod: been found, determined to fall to the trail of the Stranger, and their motive in go doing will be dis- closed late ‘The Stranger h made ai hot remain during the. Smpancling: of the jury, but seemingly, after having picked up all the information he could, ne turned away and left the Tom, and at once the two detectives started to fol- ‘of them said to th 8 “jes going to develop into a great myster « You're right.” «That old fellow knows something.”” ~ «We'll find out what interest he has in the mat- ter, anyhow? “Tye an idea, chummlé, that the old fellow is ‘under cover.’ ” ‘Did tat strike your” | “Thais just what ran through my mind, Mat- tie.” old man meantime had gained the street, and the two Metetives followed down and his track, The} rate men. ‘They were young “Fal % but. fad won ‘consider: tance, When suddenty @ litle urchin ran ‘up, to them’and exclaimed, as he seized hold of ‘Tom saily. “ Hallo, mister! you're just the man I want to Bee!” rought to a bale, and for an instant their attention was distracted from the chleat of their pursuit, The lad meantiine Jooked up into their faces, and then again ‘Well what do you wan, Jad” S<Pardon. me, gentlemen’ I've made a mistake, You ain't the ‘covies’ 1 thought rm looking for a “cop,” T am;” and without “another word the lad shot away and was lost in the throng passing along the street. ‘The two detectives started to resume their pur- suit, but their man bad most mysteriously disap- peare The officers ran forward, and then by mutual consent, after the exchange of a signal, separated. n minutes later they came together’ again, and Mattie said: Well, old man, that was a‘ dump.’ "” “We're a pair of fools.” : Z3 «Thats go,” But do you fumblet” «Bue leas” ¥es,”” H “« ow cit “Don't you ! get on to i” «cing out your tenor?” “Tho lad ‘was in it.’ Wo were fooled, . It was SIBLE, AND OVER HIM STOOD THE WONDERFUL LITTLE “SHADOW.” all a trick; but wo will pick up the thread again ron bet”? ‘¢$o Fou think the lad ¢was in 1?” vet ‘was so all our suspicions were well war- Tr ¥ou're «Did pou take any notest” “T did.” “ You'll know him‘ Pa recoeniee him If he were drawn from the river after havin ech dead seven weeks.” "We'll follow Neat hm hungry. Let's go in and enallow a lunch" ‘The two men entered a well-known public-honso, and, a few moments later, a little incident occurred which in the end proved to be a very startling PTER II. Tae were much disconcerted by the little trick that bad been Played om thean, AS intimated, they were two very bright officers. They had ned to the case, and baa tain eenetisone that: will be’ disclosed as car sar Talive advat nt eriog “the lunch-room they sat down at a table, apd Tom Bally sald, as be rem ed his hat and wiped his brow: ‘(That was a ad beat, Matte.” “ten means ‘something. ” tie does CHAI ‘0 detectives 2 « Betweei n you and me, this affair is going to be What they calla celebrated case.” “Yow're right “There bas been & game.” “Certam.” “That girl did not commit suicide. It is a mur- der case, as sure as you are sitting opposite me at this morent.” «That lea, and it came to me the moment Teet eyes.on that compos! “You have the handkerehtef?” “have.” “Let m Ni Mattio Grow “a lady's handkerehiet from_his pocket and passed it to his partner, ‘The latter ex- Emined it carefully, and then said: ee here,” Mattie directed hie glance as requested, and bis eyes rested upon a name almost obliterated; but Sihen'pat inde glass there was plainly revealed the letters which indicated the name, Essie Hins- lale. “That handkerehlef was intended to, be found, Mati “ Weil, y Not ain dy , It looks so.” her identification mark was found on “Everything had been sevool oft?” es conversation in ‘progress a very ordinary looking tuan“one who might be set dows for a clerkentered thelmeh-room nnd took a seat near the two detective The new-comer gave an order, took up ® paper, and appeared to be deep- ly interested in its contents. The two detectives pald no attention ta he—man who had entered. ‘The latter; however, cast an occasional | lan ward the two o cers, ens ‘a keen, searching lance, There was intelligence “saw the handkereblef produced, sion. of ep nvorest on bis ace, He was not reading; the paper ‘a pretonse: Patebing and “feng “T tell Mattie,” “said ‘Tom Baily, “I'am deeply intor- ested in the old eodger.” as it he got into tne on™ T'don’t understand, Twoutd ’d say nothing and ‘lay low.” ‘Did you notice how bo std ied the facet wT dias and that isnot al: ho - was looking for some identifica tion mark; and, between you and me, be knows nota ¢ about pt ata ir." hin. ea te stecl oo ah gid foe ver,” as I ; ‘gaakmm pretty well satistied hes] «Dia he know ust” “That I can’t say; but one thing is certain: he Was there » guiek rr nd that onts i Not my suspicions ar > turn up. 8 bie, poise ‘over ee Aetective stopped short. “Unless what?” “Some one 6r9 Fl be body—some one wh is own good “And then?” ‘The ease drops out. But, be: tween you and mie, pepon wil ‘identify marta G ‘Then you think i will not be “T think it will vo ‘and there 1s where we will come in for our clew. ’ I tell you there is something under this death, 8 case of sulcide; and i itis a murder, here Tyas gome deep pt Jed to the of so handoome a Bie Bie could mee have been been over relghteen, and wast seat health few How jong has sho been dead, ‘Ton “ Mate,” feeiaimed "Tom "Jou're a wizard” a ‘ot on to that.”? ‘ Sho id not dio katt an hour ago, that's cer ain.” {1 got on to that» “But the “Wel, he ge ets shistee, He isnot going very deep into the case.” Tom, “Itis, anh wo Gilt get a t the bottom of it; and a short way to the light, in my opinion, is to'get on fo the old man and find out his interest in the dead 0500 suspect anything? “Novyek We have net shad timo to pat things together. But I tell you there is something under the death of that fair girl not dreamed of in the or- Ginary observer's philosophy, and that mystery we mil solve, A we have to io now is ‘lay low’ and get on to the track of that old ms wes a pi we were play “It is a pity; but we will ot there again.” iT vonder if any one got into’ the room before arrived; I mean any one who would be likely to. Investigate? 1c Yee, there was some one in that room.” “ it \eThat no one knows. But the clerk told me that some one in some mysterious manner must have got into the room.” “ Olde he see Who it was?” “But someting is missing?” “What “When we found the body there was one ring on the second finger ‘The clerk says he can ewear that there wore two when the body was first discovered." “« Will he testify to that?”” No; I told him (o say nothing about f The ino detectives completed thelr Inch and left the place. The man who had been pretending to rend the paper lettalso, ‘There was a sinile upon His face, and & look of een tntellizence. THe fol- low t ik of the two dstetives, “and, erangely, enough, the two bright did not “tumble” to the fai c e, When h ad. “The latter stole. ‘ap silently, ‘;Eddle, you see those two men?” « The taller one?” “Yes.” “He has a lady's handkerchief in his pocket.” i the gleam of hiseyes when he ach. | AV v ‘on the lay,? a ‘eomethng wi i

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