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;OPYRIG HI . i ea?: ey o,p, PUTNAA eon*,
• coulfi not accept such a theory, an,
thonett ke knew it to be ono esteem-
ed ler the rioniners oil his craft. The
majority of ileee. men hunt (Iowa a
clitniool all r.. 113.M V of, tine. A
1 , erime committed nivel them work to
•do. A man tetra to fit the eircurn-
: etanees of 11.:,f_t (Thee, and the tletec-
tive't: reit le maniple:11
It was not eo l'.1.ilt Mr. Barnes, He
had n heart, and title very fact, though
unrecognized by hie superiore, made
him the: Iseeneet man in the teveloy of
the Pilltiny.tase. 'lie did not work
simply to fit se crime on some one's,
any one's shoulaien. but rather that
it eleould uot la: nited to an innocent
Iran. He eouat dilbrently for the
right man, that the wrong man might
not be made to surfer 'through the ac-
seident of Implir at his eircurnstancee,
leeplyIng to Barrows he said :—
"No, I weak' not think of her eex.
A true detective should consider the
,evidevee ann. There is always do:ti-
ger, however, of .our mistaking it, or
rather to what it polnte. The evi-
derce itself is alwarr, dumb witness
•-o: the truth. Unfortunately our abil-
ity or sista too often fails to connect
it. Now I will tell you why I think
Miss Lewie innoceat.
'' It Is plain, from the charred con-
dition of the bodn, counted with the
fact that the fire has entirely burned
• out, that the man has been dead some
hears. Xf Mese Lewis had done the
est:outing herself, the probability is that
she would have cleaned her pistol
earlier. Still, she mieht have been
-disturbed. and, dror'ning her weapon
.'in a hurried flight from the scene of
the crifne, she might have returned
later to recover it.
1:1But, while I consider her a person
-of great will nower—from a phyeics1
standpoint quite capable of coneeiV-
ing and executing a murder—yet, hav-
ing done the Sleea, and accidentally
having left her weapon, I doubt her
having the nerve power to return for
it after several hours had passed. She
might within a short period of time.
but' in that case the eleaning would
"have occurred then, and not have been
left for the morning, for had she pre-
meditated the killing she would also
'have premeditated removing this evi-
dence. But, remember. 'this is roa-
:soning, not proof. The most specious
reasoning may be—nay, often is—dis-
proved by the facts." •
"But vou must think rate has some
knowledge of the -crime 7" said Bur-
row s.
"My theory is this." replied Mr.
Barnes. "Miss Lewis, et(iered this
'room this morning, perhapsimened the
• window, .and then discovered the dead
body, the weapon, and perchance more
—at any rate. enough to make her
Sureect young Marvel. Here let me
'point out that the fact that she does
so is not sufficient reason for our
suspecting him. It was not neces-
sary for her to know him guilty for
her to atteront to shield him. It was
:enough for her to entertain suspicion.
• Cc nvineed of (veil ' the possibility of
his guilt, she might try to save him
.-frorn the consequences of the act,"
Burrow s had listened quite atten-
I1tively to all this, and . was much im-
preseed by the reasoning. After
thinking a few moments in silence, he
:aeked "Do you thirk that the letter whleh
she n rote is to her lover ?"
Again Mr. Barnes was pleased to
mete that Burrows followed his line of
- argument. He reulied :—
" Yes, I think the letter is to Mar-
vel, but her writing to him might be
a sequence in either rase. 'Whether
she ecnunittecl thc deed herself or
thinks him guiltY, she would probably
write to hire."
"It would be well. then, for us to
get that letter ?"
" Well, Indeed t It would at leant
show ns his whereabouts. But how
to Become possessed of it ? That is
the queetion. We ,need not expect to
obtain it till it has left her custody,
and be sure she will .be very careful
how she forwards it."
"If we could get the pistol, might
we not be able to find out who is the
'owner of it ? That would be some-
thing perhaps."
" Assuredly. Besides, it is probable
that, though cleaned, one chambee
may :still be empty. We have the
shell and evidence of the recent clean-
ing. As sten as Mies Lewis • leaves
the house, as she will do tO start her
letter on tts way, I will get the pistol
from her cabinet."
"Ts there anything more that we
can niseover in this room ?"
" Let tut look." •
To approach the body they walked
around a small table, which stood in
front of the fireplace. On this were
scattered loosely sortie papers. A
drawer stood partly open, and a large
cut-MO.6g inkwell uncovered. nir.
Barnes glanced at these things as he
paesed, and his ene was attracted by
a half sheet of papa, with a bit of
writing, which protruded from • under
the other Olean sheets. He picked it
up, more from curiosity than interest,
but olte0the had read it his mariner
stowed at once that he thought it Ira-
' portant. Burrows looked at him in-
. Ottiringly, but for a moment Mr.
• 13arnes did not heed him. He was
if
looking et the table before him, and
1 'seemed studyieg the sitUation. At
la gth Ile stroke :--
"Miss Lewis has destreyer or re -
I
moved another clue, See thl ." He
hencled the piece Of paper to arrows,
who took it and read. as follows a—
sbowecrhei this 'Paper and demanded
the other 7"
"1 cannot tell. She might deny
letying it. She might .admit taking
it and refuse ta yield possession of
it. She might treat rne with seorn
and deny my right to question her
00 the subject at all. 'However,
may conclude to tent her. I may
ask her the question.".
Burrows shod thinking pnd loohing
down, when suddenly he noticed some,
thing on the floor whicli attracted his
attentioo. He stooped to examine it,
and then called Mr. 'Barnes, who wee
still absorbed in the table and its con-
tents. Mr, Barnes Joined him, and
Ircked at what Burrows picked up --
some bite of plastering, Both simulta-
neously looked upward and saw just
over their heads a small hole in the
eeflIn
" The mark of a ballet," said Mr.
Barnes, He walked over to the Win-
dow, where he stand fon a minute, al-
ternately looking out, and on the bul-
let hole in the Mustering. " That
shot came from • without, peeped,
through this window and struck as
we see overhead. The summer-houee
there is Just in the line. _Evidently
there was more tl'an one shot fired,
for that ball could not have passed
entirely through the body and thea
have continued unward."
" Shall we exanilne the grounds
low ?" said Burrows.
" Yes, I think we have learned all
we can at present in here."
Isollowed by his companlon, Mr.
Barnes then led the way out of the
bcuee.
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Foom (I), which is• AS wide as the
lour v.ne hall.
it will be ocreu by consulting the plain
that Vitelinia's room communicates
with pariour..ball, and dinbeg-room,
which latter has a door leading cm to a
small plazeit, and thus le approached
readily from the lawn. 1'011 repro
writ ehitnnera, aah serving tar two
rooms, and 0 is the WilltloW looking.
toward the eummer-house (MI e) alluded
to by Burrows, and through which he
bought the fatal shot had been fired.
The vartous clotted lines represent
the different tracks or footplinte ill the
newsfallen snow, but farther alluelon
will be made to these later, as tine Man
griim is a, facsimile ot the one made
by Mr, Barnes and used by him in hie
study of the ease.
It will be reniembered that Just be-
fore leaving the Parlour Mr. Internee
stood for a. moment looking from the
window. While there he noticed the
Piazza with whielli the dining -room
communicated, and be deemed this a,
suitable way to get out on the lawn,
so when in the hall he looked for a
way to reach the room into. which he
Judged that the door on the piazze
opened, Seeing the door rthe end of
the hall, he et once entered the dins
Ing -room and we thence out to the
Parch, Before deecencling the eteps he
stood a montylit and looked obout him,
13urrows ,atel is side, At length he
"Tote, I think we are in luck, for
here we have a fresh fall of snow, and
plainly there have been several peo-
ple about, since I see footpriats 14
every direction." ee
"How can they help us 9, They may
have been made by the servants, gr"—
"Exactly. They may "nave been. but
were they ? That isethe question, the
solving of which!gray throw censiders
able light on theirmysterious affair. I
intend to folnona, as fax as I can. the
different teethe before us from begin-
ning toe d. That will at least sho
mew
ut,
the anind travelled'over by those
who I ve beep heie. even though it
tell hilt little of the ooJect or person-
alities of the visitors."
" Well, since you say you will trace
these footprints from beginning to
end, we can eommence here, for this
Seems to have been the point of nn-
partune for two people. See." Fur-
rows panted to the ground lentore
them, Mr. Barnes stepped down7from
the piazza, ,being careful noanto de-
stroy any of the •impressiorin" already'
in the snow. -nle examined the foot-
prints closely a ininute, wild then said:
"' As you say,' here ,ate two track$.
'Mich would you trace first 7"
" The smaller," answered Burrows,
after a little consideration.
" Why.?" en ,
"Mainly beet:Luse it leads to the sum-
mer -house, which is whatewe intended
to examine) when we started out.
Then, again, I noticed that these two
sets of etnotinarks are very different.
One is Rfo large it must be that of a
man, Vid equally the other is So tiny
noneetnat a womau's foot could have
mane it." t
'/And YOU would follow the woman's
f tsteps first, eh ? etkat did youleay
yhiie ago about not considering. see. 7
'ut shall I tell you what you a'ae
thinking ?" t
Burrows looked up enquiringly. and
Mr. Barnes proceeded, impressively : 's
" Tom, you are making a great mis-
take, one which I eannot to� much
warn you to avoid now and alt through
life. •You have already formed your
opinion of this case, and unconscieusly
perhaps you are renUy to fit to your
theory any evinence that turns ma"
Burrows attempted to disclaim any
such intention, but Mr. Barnes con-
tinued
"I don't blb,me you exactly. You
have youth and ambition as your ex-
eLLSO, and I um sc,rry to say I *tve
known older and more experienced
men drop into the same error. Then
are so anxious to discover a criminat—
e criminal: mark the words."
- But, really, you are mistaken. You
misjudge me. 1 "—
"
1 ant afraid not. 1 don't wish to
stay your zeal either, but in cases like
this it is wisest to. make haste slowlY,
as •the proverb has it. Now let me
show you what you have done in your
own mipd. First, you find a hole in a
pane of glass, and because you -can
M eave enough, evidence to . snow that
it is of recent origin you. conclude that
the fatal shot passed in that way. The.
fact is, all that evidence prole is that
a bullet eassed through the lass last
night. Anything further Is merely a
matter of circumstantial possibility, 3r
perhaps in this ease I might go so far
as to say prehensility. Second, you
find a woman who is certainly acting
euepiciously.I don't sa.y you actual-
ly accuse her,' but you incline to such
a judgment. Third, these footprints.
Having in your theory settled that
the shot came from without and clean-
ing it possible that a certain woman
committed the Crime, you would. ex-
amine the womanni footsteps first, and
if possible prove thereby that the WO -
man whom you would implicate was
in the position to fire through the win-
dow. Thus you would strengthen
your theory."
Burrows seemed confused, as though
• detected In a mean act. In truth, he
'wee to himself considering the chance
of discovering the murderer by lila
own individual efforts, thus, if pos-
sible, forestalling the man with whom
he was working. He was therefore
hot a little astonished at the accuracy
with which his companion hare read
his thoughts.
"I am afraid you hit the nail on
the head," said he, " and I am asham-
ed to be forced to confess it. But
• tell me, which of these trails( do you
decide on. tracing first"
CHAPTER .111.
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW.
The town of Lee, N.H., though cov-
ering a large territory, is so sparsely
settled that one might almost ride
through it without meeting a half-
dozen persons. Indeed, it covers so
much ground that the various sections
where there are clustered together •any
considerable number of houses all
bear different names, as Lee Hill, Lee
Hook, Lee, or Lee Depot, as it is more
commonly known, because of the rail-
road station, and lastly Wadley's Falls.
Wadley's Mils is the southernmost
and most populous section of the town.
It is in the immediate vicinity of the
lotfalls in the Lamprey f'iyer,..whielt
runs thrbugh the place. This river,
though at times so shallow that one
might wade across ixt many places,
turns numerous mills: in its course.
Both river and falls play an important
part in this history.
A good road leads from the depot at
Lee, and with a few easy tarps winds
its way uphill, passingetlie farm and
homesteads of thvgawises, and on a
mile farther, weliere the river is crossed
by a brIdge:0' Beyond one finds the
Wadleeeelealls' post -office and the sa-
loorir" The bridge, being of some inter-
est to us, must receive a moment's
description. To -day there is a neat
iron structure at this point, but at the
time of which I write. a wooden ram-
shackle affair did duty for man and
horse. It /was situated about fifty feet.
to the south of the falls, and where
the river winds under it many a huge
boulder projects, making the rushing
stream the more noisy. Here also to
the north is a ,dam, and over on the
east bank stands an old ruin, which
is still in use as a, stawmill.
The Lewis farm is bounded on the
east by the Lamprey and on the north
by the road, which at this point runs
eastward. After crossing- the bridge it
turns to the south, following a some-
what parallel course with the river, so
that did ona chooSe he .could leave ithe
rcad on the south side of the bridge,
and by crossing a narrow stein of land
and the river be upon the Lewis farm,
which covers over 300 acres.
That you may well understand the
deductions which the detectives rea,ch-
ed from the study of the grounds, it
will be best for you to follow' closely
a description of the place with the
assistance of the accompanying map :
"If I tun dead in the morning, Iny
Murderer is "--
The word " is" Was followed by a
huge blot, •res though the pen had
spluttered cit that point. DurrOwe
looked at Mr. Barnes in Silence, and
the latter continued
"Mr. Lewitt was not killed outright.
e' even saw and reettgriized his tritir-
derer. He attempted to warn his
friends and insure justiee. • Peatirig
death before aid would reach hitn, he
wrote that. evidently excited,
haps • already already growing weak, as he
rettehed the neme of his assailant his
hand trembled, his pen spluttered, apd
he threw it front hbn. Here it 18,
lying on a, piece of paper, tvhich it
has blotted where it fell, 110Wever,
he essayed again, and this time he
streeteded, for tee, he has placed the
second pen carefully, the point on the
edge of the inkwell, proving that he
finished hie note of Watifing. Mies
Lewis undoubtedly. foetid it Site read
the t tune. Whose was it 1 tiler own
or Marvel's 7 If any ether, why
Should %riie remove it 1"
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toefixed eerietinie ,e the move.
Burrewe followed in. Wane.. teicelima
N C
AA—Gates. B—Paved walk. CCC—Pi-
azzas. IS—Parlour. F—Vir-
ginitt's room. 0—Library. H—Lewis'
room. I—Dining-room. K—Kitchen. L
—Boat -landing. MN --Two parts of 11= -
mer -house. 0—Window through whteh
tt, shot was supposed to have been fired.
PPP—Chimneywith fireplace openings.
le—Maple tree. SSS—Closets. The plan
of the house, as here given, is. out of
Propertioh to Surrounding grounds, but
is enlarged that it may be more readily
understood. The footprinte found by the
detectives are represented by the dotted
lines, and are numbered as Mr. Barnes
nuttiberect then. The arrows show the
' direction.
A beautifel grassy Mein is seteirated
from the road by a neat paling fence,.
iti Which there are two gates, one ow,
posite the maiil entrance to the dwel-
ling and the other opening into the
grounds, About a couple of rods to the
east (AA). Pitesleg through the first
of these a brick north (14) leach the
visitor to a piazza (C), thrett steps
above the ground lied extending the
full width of the building, lentering,
oho tittle himself in a seactous hall
(D), which en the first floor divides
the house in the centre, doors leading
Into the rooms en either side and into
one at the farther end,
1 '.Co the west is the library (G), back
of that Lewis' bedroom (Ity and be-
nd fatirig the lawn and riv-
send, again, the kitchen (Ii). On the
east side a
er is the parlour •(.11), 'Wherein the
corpse was discovered, then Via-
tritsitshs Alut.r.t.reitsrtt an and the dirtitex-
"'rhe same as You selected, but for
this reason :—Notice that here the di-
rection is toward the summer -house.
as you just now said, while on this
side the point of the toe shows that
that the owner of the foot returned
to her starting point. Unless we find
another trail leading from the house
we have here proof conclusive that
this party has rerneined within 'doors."
" ItOlV SO 7 I don't see that."
"Yet it is simele. Notice that the
steps away front the house are very
Indistinct, while those coming toward
ns: are, on the centrary, lear and
sharply defined. The woman left this
spot while it was yet snowing, so the
enow filled un the tracks somewhat,
'Wherever she went, and that we shall
find Out perhaps by following the
trail, she did not start for home, or,
to be accurate, she did not rettell here
U11 the snow had ceased falling, as
the clear Werke testify."
"Mr. Barnete vou are a genius. Why*
ell we have to do is to find out When
the snow ceased to have the time of
this young wotuan's promenade."
" Why do you say Touts' woman 7
You are smarter than 1 if you can tell
her ago' by these," poulurig: at the
erntitid.
Burrows seemed a little aboMed. al
be replied I—
" Surely, since you proved thee the
Woman 18 Still within the house, who
else can it be but Mise Lewis ?"
"leer mid, . perhaps," said Mr,
reenee, with some eurtnete. Of all
tbings, hit abittree vottelesione which
were tors hastily and iherofore illogi-
cally drawn.
"Come," he tontineed; "We will fol.
low this trail et tae as the Sttmener.
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rebuked .aad luse a little resentful.
The tracks led in almost a direct, line
to the .summer -house, which they die: -
covered to be divided into two ports.
It seemed that the unknown person
whose movements they were tracing
had entered the southern half.
"This was a place of meeting," said
Mr, Barnes,. " for notice that still an-
other eet of steps leads here, evident-
ly a man's, judging from the size."
" Then you think the woman carne
here to meet some meet ?"
"Yes, and, furthermore, the man aa-
riven- first, for his footprints, or at
least those leading in, are more (Area:
erated by the failing rnoW that are
hers. Similarly, arguing; from the
impressions which they left for our en-
antinetien, it is evident that they
separated here, for the woman plainly
walked off toward the !river, whereas
the man returned, as 'he had entered,
through the little gate yonder."
" Mr. Barnes, as there seem to be,
So many sets pf Impressions, would it
not be well to mahnea drawing of the
greancls, and the general direction of
the tracks, for convenience as well as
reference ?"
"A good suggestion,. We will act
upon it e,t once. Bat wait here a mo -
Went. Thee is a man going along the.
road: I will question,him about last
night's snow." MrBarnes' hurried.
over to the fence, :there be found the
man awaiting him, having been at-
tracted by a call from Burrows.
" Good morning, friend. Do you live
about here ?"
"Yes, jest over the tillage."
-" Then perhaps you can tell Inc
about what hour it stopped snowing
last evening. it 11" y teem a trifle
to stop' ycu abeet. I,ut 1 have a good
reason for inquiring, and hope you
won't mind my trout:lire; you."
" No trouble 'tall, not the least In
the world. Le'me see, I don't know as
I kin tell you for sartin, 'cauee I went
ter bed airlv is,st night. But stop
a minute. Conte ter think, I kin find
Out purty nigh an' kin else. you eunie
notion myself."
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"I shall be much indebted, and
hope vou can fix the time as near as
noesiblen'
" Well, as I said before, I went ter
bed airly—seven o'clock. In fect. "levati
snowien hard then, an' I 'lowed 'ti (end
keep tip all night. 1 slept putty squid,
but was waited un by the noise ny
girls made ecmir.' in from a visit ter
a neighbour's. • You know how 'tie
when a man's wc.:::e ur. He's kineler
crusty an', mote 'an all, can't tail
whether he's sleet ten hours or Len
minutes. So, as the girls went by
my door, I growled ont, Ain't you
putty late gittin' heme 7" No, pop;
it's just nine o'clock,' come the an-
swer. Seein' ao how I had a good
Piglit's .rest before me, 1 felt a ieetle
mite pleasanter, an' in a' easier tone
I sesta, ' I so. bee the snow's purty
deep, ain't it ?" Nut very,' says Gee
on 'en: It eteeeed awhile ago, ett
the moon's, out flow.' That's all was
said. But you see that ehows it didn't
snow after tine. though, ef you want
it nearer, mebne I ken and out front
the girls."
"I should thank you to ask them.
Will you please give me' your nam' 7"
"J'ef Harrisan's my nane, an any.
'Sof Harrison's my name, an' any
ter come up an' speak ter the girls
y.
much obliged,. Mr. Harrison,
and perhaps Tel accept your invite -
tion to call."
"1,11 be glad ter see you. But, say,
there ain't nothin' wrong, is' there ?
Nothin' speshul, hay 9"
"No," replied Mr. Barnes, not deem-
ing it wise to tell of the death of Mr.
Lewis, lest he be kept from his in-
vestigation by further talk.
" You ain't got track of young Mar-
vel yet, is you ?"
"Not
"Well, good :lave ter you. Hope ter
see you up ter the house by and by."
Jef Harrison walked off slowly, evi-
dently reluctant to. leave. As he pass-
ed on he muttered to himself :—" Guess
he's the detective they told about
down ter Lee Depot. • Guess he's a cute
one, Ain't much of a hand at art-
swerin' questions. A doggoned sight
better at askin' 'c -m. Wonder why
he wants ter know when the snow
stormed. Them fellers kin make a
mighty sight out of durned little,
that's what I • think." And so he
trudged on, stili wondering at the
presence of the detectives and what
it all pertended.
Mr. Barnes rejoined Burrows, and
they followed each Set et footprints
• thoroughly, the elder choosing his and
assigning the others to his compan-
ion. Then the two mon returned to
the parlour., where Mr. Barites tore
off half a sheet of tether from some
which l'ay on the centre table, and epon
itin., axle a careful drawing. This
completed, they discussed theo.
situ-
tkprt
"Wall," began BurrOws, "now that
you have finished Your map of the
movements oe the Several parties who
were abotit these premises last night,
what do vou learn from it ?":
" We found four seta of tracere,"
said Mr. Bartlett, "besides the dOg'e,
which latter May Drove of Vale. Two
of theme we think were Made Int wo-
Inert and two by Men. E'or catcall -
thee 1 IItLVC numbered them 1, 2. 3
and 4. 1 will consider. number 4 first-"
"Why net taVe them le the meet -
1St order 7"
That is What t meat to do. Bet,
Whereas1 have numbered there in re-
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