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'TOM eettlefled him that, eteeela ein. tEl rralinatei er the timbal Mel ornal-
malaria a eup of coffee or other light ly belomeed to the framework of the
e,ealting, the tiro -lament had hem). etatchel. One piece still remeinee to
be accounted for. Tale was a bit of
cloned, I"to thour:ht that roust limit
to find Emile ovidenee, joint .of throwing this awiev. leder-
'
ig enrolee yet, ttit nee:, :n welch iiiit hinted , wire. Tem rows WaS enema on the
portant, .wben it maidenly occurree to
ne passed throtath a door and found him thee it reus-t be ea that ei,...i; left
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. Mister in Ceti divionereone es a 'mint.
' et the fakie whiskere. Tc -r' wets
7 4111 (1.1171) Oft rlikl Pr1.4.7,41, A, mama' pc:wl. ' . '
- eto tee tatter showed a email etore 'cia llething imore that he could melte
tett ot tne mates; still he carefeler
•conned meats arid fruits,. birculte, len:
tor, sugar, and the like. The next ' wrapped .o.11 un Mal Plaeed the mime-.
• wee irs a mall satchea whieh, he heel
brouglit with him, Burrows eralled
ES he thought to Oimeelfe--" Marva
lied when he said the locitet waif sire
in his pocket. *taloa le no trato of it-
apartuterit. was the sitting-romn, but
- the aime and dirt everywhere bespoice
.an. absentee of all cere on the Part of
the ocounant. Ascending. one tight,
. he explored two rooms In a similar con- here, cm it evident that the cote
°cation of miglect before be reacbed one found was the same -Which he.d with
in whice there were any semis of liable him that utzliti"
tation. Thls. was plainly if not rude-
ly furnishede and ciontained nothing
but what was absolutely. necessary in
•a sleeping -room. A. -cot-bed, a metal
washbowl, and eipiteher on a painted
' wooden stand; e lookingeglass without
•a frame, Melted to. the wall; an old
--dreseing-case with the top, whieh orig-
inally beld a tease, entirely missing;
.a ;Ow chairs, and the inventsory is com-
plete. It was evident that the house
waS nsed, as has been .stated, only as
Berrows was now aexious to iind
the pistol. Ile recollected that the
squire had -told of• the pence welch
Marvel had Met at the house, and es
he knew that it .had not been foand
Le deemed it'probeele thee it. was the.
weapon used in the murder, Tale was.
not so • readily se:amnial. out eel the
Other matter, for, 11,13 viTital eauld
not ,be burned, it intuit he hidden,- Etna
as ,there wae no way of itueseing tee
hiding name there was but one course
•an ocettelonal sleeping place-, The •few open to aim—namelv, to hunt. 7.hie•
• odds and Oaths. had 'been, getheree from he did as thorotetibly as Ma Boa les
. the general wreek and put in this one bad ta.mebt eira to do, ana when he
'room, in the endeemour to make it et went tlownstairs apetie he felt almost
least' habitable. Amy further tremble sure that the weemon late not been
concealed. above. -He •wa.s juSt o.S
thorough in going over the rooms on
the lower floor, and anelly readied.
or eximns.e Med been =sleeved urine-
esessavy. * There was a commode:elm
closet, which had probably;deetded the
releetion of the Morn, for it was fated the kitchen without baying, found it,
- with a iniscellariceus collection of •ar- He badnot locked long in this; place,
tides, arranged withevident care and • however; before he noticed that the
neatness, comprising outfits for gun- tiles in front of the stove bad been
:nine, tieninge ate, • • eisturbed.One onee f the stohad been
Burrows gialiced about for the clues so. poorly 'replaced that Burrows mute
toyed to benself, " He must have war:M-
ee this to .be found," Removing 11,
he disclosed ae hole below, in which
was a pistol. He took this out, ane
another object attracted his attention.
This • proved .to he a small piece of
silver-plated metal, and a closer ecru: -
tiny' revealed, the fact that a name
was engraved thereon. Tine name was
"
John Lewis." t. •
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"Better . and better," thought the•
clt tective. '1 How nicely the preeau-
tens of a .criminal, as usual, .serve to
contact Yam This is a plate winch
-
he 'wrenched from the satchel, and
the mune proves tbat . he got that at
the 'farm. I am not surprised any•
lorger that he did not disturb any o1.
hie own people that night, for he- die
not go home at all. He obtained a
changeit-at the . houee ofhis victim.
He is cieceol hand, to. Rill a man and
then wear eis clotaing :away frorn the
scene of his crime." 0
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alurrews now turned his attention :to
the pistol, .• and at once noticed that
there were three empty chambers. tee
concluded. Trani this thee Marvel Must
bave fired aotri shots found itt the
body. . Still looking at theweapon, be.
totieed that a name was engravea ori
•the stock. ale approached the win-
dow for .mere iigate to read, "Walter
Marvel.” At this moment the door
was oriened, and Mr. Barrice and Lewis
steed on the thxeshold.
:for which he -was searehing. The first
polet to determine was, had the men
. 4 bidden his diegulee in this place; 7 To
learn this he did no go searching
• blindly about the -pla6e, but adopted
=ether -Is which he. had seen used by
Mr. Barnes on similar occasions. Al-
though he was jealous of iletr. Barnet%
he . admired ,his ability, and clid not
heeltate to imitate him. He dropped
into a chair and glanced around, look-
ing about hini keenly, while he en-
eleavoured to discover what hetaisbed
by reasoning it out, rather than by
ohance. Mr. Barnes would say, "Un,
. •doubtedly chance is a great factor
all investigations. but the man Who
uses his brains will have more of t these
'lucky accidents' than he who waits
for thing's to 'turn up.' " Burrows felt
the truth of this, and acted according -
lee At this. moment he wished to
know what had beendone with the.
disguise, and reasoned as follows :
"Marvel crossed the river; therefore
the things .were wet He says he.
'•
-changed them at his house and threw •
the bundle into the river. adid he
make the change, and, ie so, did he
• throw the things inte the -river ? He
had a satchel, and itis probable. that
•• it' contained the. clothes. , If so, he
made the ohange,but did not -throw
, them into the riyereAccording to Wes-
ton, he took,. the satchel with him
when he started for this houee. As
this is his sleeping -room, be probably
brought it in here, whatever ae may-
be -ye done • later.Although • cleaner
still a' considerable quantity of dust
• than the rest of the house, there is
about this room; yet It is not likely
that I can find oet, from such a source,' ,
where he laid down his qatehel. How-
ever, 11 he took out the wet clothes
and laid theni down, the water would
have converted the dust into, mud arid
.would have left a distinct mark on the
fioer. There is nothing of the kind
about, so he did not put them on the
'aeon What did he do With them ?
What would I do ueder similar cha
muustatices ? Burn them perhame
Bet they were saturated with water.
Still it isalways dengerous to con-
aeal such evidence, for stimmine gen-
erally finds the best hidden articles
• when 0 crime 18 coimected with them.
. herefore X should ,hate burned them
.atall coat of time or trouble. X should
• have burned the satehel with them,
building a large log fire end putting it
• with ite coatente oe to of the loge.
in 'this way, bY thetime the fire had.
destroyed the satchel, the clothee
would be dry' enteueh to barn, Then
'X shOule have raked out and thrown
away the ashes. a DOint which would
-. not .strace a crirainal as quiekly as a
• deteetive—at .least, it seems that it
seldom does. I think I may as Well
'examine the fire-plaise."
Reach:Ida this point in his reasonina,
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"Iittes pea Mc Utter nowf"
tilereeontehsaa r. with it," i,5
"What do u ,Mean ?"
"1 mean that'you will go IV,* to
lateston and rernain tiliere."
"And let you talce all the credit for
my work, I suppone ? Alr, Berne°, yea
0 to prettimptuous,"
"3 am In oharee of this ca0e, aria
1 Order pal to have no more to do
te ith 11."
a What if I 'cause 1" '
" 1 v, ill , deepateli a -menage to the
eiterime and requeet pticer recali."
001)0 eo le you %Mai, Perhaps I shall
gend a message ease that will plaue a
diffxreat atipect on what you ask them
to ao. I have discovered the true crime
aloe and I doubt if I ellen be recalled
for so doing." • •
Ir. Bernes etopped a moment to re-
flect. He did not wise to force Bur-
rowe Into any basty action, and pre-
ferred, it pOssiele, still to control him.
So, abandoning for a moment his tone
of commandr he asked :
" Since you have assumed charge of
the affair, will you mind telling me
what you what to do next ?" .
" 1 believe thet the evidence is eel
to lie given to the grand jury to -day.
1 sbould go to Dover at once arid re-
late to thorn the eacts which I have
Jake: told you.".
" In other words, not satisfied•witli
the trouble which you have already
given to Mies Lewis, you will now go
and obtain the indictment of her lover,
netwiteetanding the feet that he is
" Innocent !" .
"02 course he is innocent, You have
prove,d it by your work. Only be,
your delay you have it all traces of
the real criminal."
"But how ean you say that he is
ineocent when I have proved that he
came here straight from the farm ;
that he .was recognized -a"
"13y a man Who does not know him."
" But here in his own house are signs,
of his guilt."
"Burrows, if this were not so ser-
ious e. case, I would it you have your
way, and ,then, at the trial, show YOU
what an idiot you are. But as 1 wisb,
if possible, to avoid anY more mis-
takes, I wilt show you how easy it is
for me to overturn your castles in1
the air. . According to yoar latest
theory, yew make Marvel commit mur-
der and leave the Mem on a train
wbich etarted from •Lfe at 14.119 Pan.
Now, Mies Lewis. left 1,1irri across the
" There a,re • .
" That te to saY, It tiix mad
teles farce tee elmt wake Marvel
firti at the he.thilay party ea.
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miry:tee later they all were at the
Mr Dover, ante aft: Bermes for large ttrt1;1111:0-con:Leln°::34t::
la whento ilea, went to the depot.
lean -me and Loe•is started train fool tO let him leave Wee
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tl hrtft necurredi Ile was eiosee ;ion, Tee me way you
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a ei earrosi:, e as cm a, wrong. seent stray that raper upon. Wale
ee e tamale 1'0 con v 1 n e 0 tha.t personage 001e
Cie tie; coutrary, he seemed tO think 11" written Mr. MarVers
a, wee
e man aseon. (using bini of tbe erime.
sel rabic; elality in ferreting out tile a clangereUxt bit of evideriee to leen)
time the tung hd hown
if i,e41.(ut,eVIleih,ne4dw,toirt7thiletldiah3iuttisejbeciuse
truth atelithe matter.
-it setmed so coneluSive that 1 rila14ela
INS144,1Vir. Harriers,' you muet it, 1 thought that I all.oisicl bia able to
, I cheese betwe 111(1 and lane If you prevent ita eXisteneIrene being We-
i valise., to rttallhiistviv from the case, yea • covered, bat in that X was wily rais
me
' 1.• em sae eienetien freer Tim taken. I Rept tt for this reason, 1 was
' 4.,‘ Willing to rhield Mr. afa.rvel at EVOY
, ae,reyai 4 ,
"1 slibuld he sorra to ;nee Mir beet retainers. •becairee—iletiatise I lave him,
mini." reepenfied the etilee,"but, reel. Eat 1 sealed never have receivedeara
la. Your rermeet r•?om.Fs a little iterate ermal so 'Meg as I Immo birn to be Or
ennable to me. Zaurrotre hae only tboutatit that he wee a, erirainal. Sup-
.
&me what We muat conaider serVice,e mate that Me aad gone away, Bald
bve.vritecaly =past 79 then sheUld return after a Year or
" Tian evu refuse to call him home?"
" Wen, don't :me"—, •
" Tbero are mit lialf-way measurers
which you, Can amen. It must he
ev,i.ati:etrell,i,urrows or iaarnes. Cenle, de-
cide at once 1 haaee leo thee toe
Wen, then, einee. Yon will bane it,
YOU force me to aceept your resignoe
tiou, though road very much."
" aentireent is unneceseary," said Mr.
Barnes, dryly. " Greelanorning !"
;ore the chiee could say a word he
quickly, only to regret as n as the
only man's. naturei We often deckle
soot, .;
half doubted, the winaere of the mime
wheah he had purzued But taat is
decision is irrevocaele.
Leaving the agency, ,Mr. Barnes Pro-
ceeded to a telegraph. office and sent a
despatch. to the olerk of the eourt at
Dover, asking for news as to the re-
sult of the examinatton before the
grand Jury. This done, he went to
his home and dined, after which he
waited imeatiently• ter a telegram
from Dover, beceuse he heel decided
fo do nothing until he should. heat'
• from the court officer. The a.fternoon
passed, end the ee ening, till at length
he concluded that he woula not heat'
till the following date and therefore
retired to rest. Early in, the morn-
irtemiadh:1 received the deseatch, which
" Marvel indicted for murder."
This was only what he had expected,
but he could not repress an exelamai
of disgust at what • he still
thought was the COnSectuenee of crim-
inal interference on the part of Bur-
-rows. What should he do next ?
That was the mint • to eettle, but
while he ate, his breakfast and ponder-
ed over this point a servant announced
that a lady wished to see him. He at
mice repairee to his parlour, whither
she had been shown, and was astouna-
ed to see Virginia Lewis.
" You are no doubt surnrieed that I
a91••Iheeorenf"ess that I
" have been set at liberty, and Mr.
Marvel has been indicted by the grand
jury."
"I bave Just received a telegram to
that effect."
"'What will you do neat? I went to
the agency in search of you and' learn-
ed that you have -severed your con-
nection with the case. Will you tell
nee why you. did so ?"
" Because they refuee to recall Mr.
:Ceram se'
" Then you do not think that the
evidence • which he discovered naves
the guilt of Mr. Marvel ?"
"Miss Lewis, I most tell ynu that
did not credit the stersewhich you aed
implicating yourscif. and if I believe
in your ienoeenee X must also believe
in Mr. Marvel's."
" Way ?"
"BurrowS is no doubt rieht in °Mim-
ing that the murdcrer is the man who
made the trip to Epping that nis•ht,
mat I tatirac he is waine in his identifi-
cation of ris man." .
I thoueht he had that all thor-
mighty explained ?"
Miss Lowis, I imagine from your
corning here that you wish my aid."
"I Move come to You becalm- I fan-
cied that You believe Mr. Marvel in-
nitc,hent. I wish you to trY to Prove
" Precisely. Meanwhile, you yourself
suspect that he is guilty, do you not?"
" •clo not say 50."
It is so, neverthelese. But tee shall
not get along in this way. You must
not Mime with me any more. We are on
the same .side now, and though Bur-
rows has not had as much experience
as I have it will take all my to
de.struy tho case which he has made
used this word purposely to arcane her
oyuout appl•eciainsset, your lover." Ma Barnes
to action.
our affair in your hands. Aek me what
"I trust you, Mr. 'Barnes, and place
and I will' reply."
"Very good. In the first plata tell
me am I not right in saying that you
balm believed that Mr. Marvel is
guilty ?"
" Yes. You are right"
" Very good. That proves your inno-
nerice. Now, I wil demoristrate this, to,
your satisfaction tit least." • He e)t-'
piained the discrepancy as to time in
the theory of the other detective.
"But, then." said Virginia, "the rest
murderer must have placea the pistol
where it was found, so as to throw
suspicion on Mr Marvel ?"
" Exactly ! You are quiet to see
things marker thith our adVersary, Mr,
'aitirrows, Before we go leto that how-
ever, tell tee why you cdesider Marvel
You must have more reseon
for that opinion than is known to me."
"I have. After we separated extess
the river, as Yeti shrewdly discovered,
he returned to the farm. Ile admitted.
to you thet he haft entered the bouse,
but int did not tell you that he had left
a note for me. I foiled this in the
morninee And, as see now, I mistier-
etraecl, it That Was the secret motive
of all My actions! thereafter."
"'Have you the 'letter now ?"
".Yee, here it isai Takng it front
her pocket, • she banded it 'to Mr,
Barnes. 'It read tte follows
CHA.PTER XIV.
WHEN DETECTIVES QltARREL-- ?
When Burrows caw Mr. 'Barnee in
the doorway, for a moment he was
confueed, but camcet inneeeiatelv, be
cc ncluded, that it was too late for the
older detective to take any of the
gicry away from him. Summoning
up his courage, he saki a-
" Good morning, Mr. Barnes. You
are Just le time to hear the news: X
lame cliscovere.d the real murderer."
Ma Barnes looked at him keenly as
he asked •
" Who is it ?"
" The mon whom I susaleCted from
the start—Walter Marvel," replied
leurrotese with a tieee of exultatioa in
his V okra.
Arid Dray bow do you prove this ?"
asked Mr. Barnes, quietly. Burrows
was nettled at the tone of his super-
ior, arid answered with cOnsideraine
aSuerity
"011, there is proof enough I am
sure of what I etiy, or I ebould eot
n,ake the assertion."
I 'horse you are not making any
blunder, Burrows. . Remember, it 18
eeriotts thine; for a detective :to maim
a charge of nairder aratirist. aneione
mass he can assure a conviction at
the trial."
I know that. but I tell you ,there
river, went directly toi
reached there at 10.30
'it is plain that Mary
!proved alibi." •
.•
Burrows flushed at
not evilling to give up
.out one mere atrul.,;g1
"The ottly way
erove that Would b.
of his accomplice,
Seces! -. For Sit Ins
Would you resor - to •
as :dander Sint! to
neaten of fin' eg a
Ma.ke youe ch" n cone.
implicate a mi • aEai
have riot a -I aiticie of yidence r •
" She has nteseed fler share in the
trirne."
elm is noble warm n and is trying
to shicid her lover fro the mistakes
of such detectives as • u are provitig
yeurself to be." '
••" You ought to i0
he went to the chimney and found is mistake Mee. I have beake&
slime ashes'. He carefully brushed the my man to and: from the tweet, of the
pile onto a. piece of newspaper, -which crime, and van give you incontestable
he took from his overcoat pocket. This proof of what I sae."
,•done, he laid the whole on the floor "Go on; I ant listening." Mr. Barnes
' near the window, and then, with a F.:at down on a chair near him. Ear-
piece of stick, gradually moved the rows•forthwith entered into a minute
soft ashes from the centre to the side. and detailed account of the facts from
As he did this he was careful to ex- which he luta reached the conceal -don
• amine every particle, searching for which he had,Jugt.' so pesitively as-
allYthing that m,av haVe 013011330(1 cone- serted. During the narration Mr.
bustien. Xt was not Tong before his Moues: made alesolutely no comment,
patience was rewarded, for first a few and whorl Burrow's reached the end of
igen buttons and then several other
pieces of iren or Metal of some Icind
were generated from the debris. , The
bUttons, of course, proved that some-
thing more than an ordinary fire had
beea madeen the hearth, and it was
bet fair to Suppose that clothine had
been burned.' The Other things, how -
O'er, puzzled him awhile, for, though
not entirely clestreved, he still found
-11 hard to tell eaectly what thev weee.
After :mem thatinht he concluded that
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what would be said. Ile already mw
coated the elem., detective,
that has would not reeeit-e the praire "T sball go on to Dover with Mr.
herro•one and
.m. Tlierefore
has /la easily
iseebut he was
i ?theory with-
yhiele he could
the testimony
Mr. Burroairs !
o base a thing
o.ve the grati-
riminal ?
roto, would you
st whom you
n the stage,"
sneered :Burrows.. " You would make
mate a heroic actor, Mr. Barnes."
Cerae," said Mr, Barnes, sternly,
"110 imearttnence ! Reseect my age
and egeertertee if you de not respect
me, and now. einee 1 cannot tura you
CrOM your folly, which itt this case will
possibly be a crime. I must resort to
coropulsiOn, Etnd again., as your super-
ior,. I circler you• to abandon your pro-
tect."
" And 7 refuge," returned Burrows,
avetlie
" 'Very well. I will give you one
more cbanee. Whatever little ability
as aaletective you may have, you have
• imbibed meet of Your beat methods
from association with rte. Let me
tell you that if vou do not obey me in
this instance you must never expect
any assistance or advice from me
again. Moreover, I swear to find tho
guilty man and 'to riteeit the wrong
which you will have done to two in-
nceent :temple, Act as you have said
you will, and you will live to rue the
day when you Quarrelled with Jack
Barnes."
Bun ows regretted the turn of events,
but he felt too sum of his position' to
give it un. lie thought Mr. Barnes
was actuated to some eittent by Jeal-
ousy, and that 110 would find it diffi-
cult to arcontraish all that he threat-
ened. He had no pity tor Marvel,
.for he believed him to be the giant"
men, and so eie determined to Eo at
once tcu Dovet with his new evidence.
In reply to Mr. Bernes, he said :—
"You have ramie the querns', not I,
I A.M.,doint,- duty."
" What will von do, Mr. Lewis ?"
Which he Cottsulercd \Nab due tO 3313
Mr, Barnes pondered over
the siluaticm for a few moments, aral
then said 1—
" Do you reellze what YOu home
clone. Mr, leurrowee" Burrows dicl
like to have Mr. Dernes Call him
" Ale" Burrows, for he itnew ttt ante
Low that Mt, 'Mimes -wee angry, caul,
determined ;le he had been to pursue
this examination alone, lie had by no
means remittal no a mItarrel. There-
fore in a tratibled tone he answered t
" 1 realize what X have done'?
No harm, I hone 1"
"Yeti have been the Meets of fligieg
a terrible 11111111t111 3033 ext the char -
maw. of a girl tette' le the pride of
• tele cotinte."
" How go S" •
" It was distinctly e'otni duty to ere -
I:01 t to lee the convereetiot which 'you
tad with the station -'agent. I atia In
eherge Of this 'equine arill by your
etupitlitY and VanitY you have eattSed
irmearable harret"
a I don't sett that !" EurroWe Was
geithig onery now, Ito did not relish
being thus chided before .Lewis, tut
Mr, torr,es did not appear to notiee
his 'Tieing temper.
• "7 suppose not. Like all young ineti,
you do a, Wrote' act, and then, instead
• of having the inanhood to gelthoWledge
the error, ahd in seine way eridea.votir
1to atone therefor, you persist in de -
o 71Th3st7f, feuding the course ptirsUed. tilt YOU
:Mail net melee ant" More mistrike..s 111
' this care. rrorri this moment you
reev cotteleier thea vim I.,.t... ....
'Burrows and see the thing through.
don't ray that I think he ig riebt, for,
as you mar, 1 shoula be obliged to ac-
cept the theere that 'Miss Lewin is
guilty also, end while I thought Mier -
Mil tee murderer, es I told volt before
I etatted ,here, I must say that I
would rather think him Ineocent, than
believe thee Inv cousin had a. hand in
the affair. Still she may have been
mistaken &soya the thee. atowever,
X must wait for older heads than mine
to volve this problem."
"I ant glee tbet You are not tis eas-
ily convineed by this array et' eel -
&nee ea our young friend teitilta the
3ury will be. AS I titininlae VOtt event
the truth, X nrotiiise you that 7 will
ate all MY beat &AI to unravel tbie
enlister:1," •
"Do ee, Atte Barnes, and / will give
you $1,000. I hem saved sonic: moneY,
and rathough that le a, large aunt it1
will give it chtierfulia." ' '
Thank you for your generous offer,
but 7 ant going to Work. how ;IS a ditty. •
The innocent must tot arta 011011 pot
salter if 7 can prevent it. Besildes, 11331
motes:gam' /11.1de is arCIUSed Iti thee
hoer."
The three turn then threed their
aters toward the town, arta walked
along in Silence. Each of the earty
had MUM with veivieh to oecupy ble
thoUghts, besidee, the reeerit
scene had mused rather tt. marmite
Itt least between two of them. Jaist
lit fore they Vet:rhea the hotel, hoWe
ever, Entice eeked Thirrowe 1 i
" How many sludis were fired fro
that nistel 7"
two, Tiever Otiviva been pataielY e -e
ceased ? Do -'t you see hew terribie A I.
rey peeition tvoula be ? To tee obliaed WitWanefid, lit aepteraeer 18O. fie Wine
leg it ,bildAy-
IsTauseit ieiotit
Hood's loa
leleaet)14)tile. •
Another of the attarely estimate' a
seettozi lamed covert() the trreat. Itraitit
077 .Satu.rday Tam '28th, i&1 the Ixersou
Auche'son, after several *catgut
of iatense suffering from sciatica, De-
ceased Was bora in Lausrligkkire, $7104-
IiinCl, 18 years ago, anti canto to 0a,nadsti.
about 1848. He spent a few years in
Puelinch township, and dually settled on
lot 16 In the 18t1), concession of West
t0 proof
enecute rhInt of a crime v,(110.a 131111ha
‘3r'
tiaetteeli%Y7derie
9ulevetl:!, wIliing' t° bsup-
p3'13133 t
you presuved it to i.:.ve yourself.. Very
proper, perhaps, but, you see, very
rlslcY, considering your primarY Pur-
poee.. Of course that papev will tell
egtr:that
?,
hiin now. Tben there is tile
matter of the locket, That certainly
looks. very bad. licow d.0 y0u. aecoUnt
o
"` Why—way—don't you see? That
mY last hope destroyed. Whea I
Leant that Walter -4.1.r. Ivlarvel—had
taken the locket, and remembered thet
X had 'found it tight 111 xny dead
emelces hand, the wbole -thing seerned
too terribly certain, But no—"
"Ah ! You have a theorY ?"
"Mr. Barnes, you men never quite
uralerstane as women. We love a. mani
and after that we cling to him for-
ever. We hope against 'reason, and
mantlfaCtUre reasone upon \vetch to
bane hope. So, ever eince the inquest,
I 1-ai,,e• striven to find an eaplanation
of this loctiet affair, There te .0110
Possibility that has occurred to me,
Mr. Marvel certainly entered. the house
after I had retired, and probably while
my mimic was yet alive, MaY he not
have dropped the looket, and hay
not my extiele, disturbed by some
noise, have searcbed the hOuse and
accidentally have found the locket 7"
"That is very well argued, Misil
Lewis, bet I fear that it will not prove
to be true. Unleas Mr. Lewis was
killed immediately after he would
sc:arcely have retained the locket in
his hand. Still,it is a poseibility. It
would do at a pinch in trylem to con-
• fuse a • jury; but, unless I be greatly
mietaken, nothing of that sort wal be
lul,ch.coelsegarso5tu. ticin loltehltscisindgiusaciyrleyr cole.
plea iaffair"
"Where will You begin ?"
" Wbere Iturrowe 'clicl, only I will go
tho other way. Ile 'ft:pewee the man
away from the scene of the murder
artcl allowed himself -to get on a false
scent. I will trace him to the place
from whieb he came, and there dis-
cover his identity. Meanwhile you
must go home again. 'When ie the
funeral ?"
"It is to be this aftern0On."
".Then I go back with you. But,
firet, thca.e is something that I )an
find out, even here in Boston. If you
will wait for me, my houzeiteeper will
get. 0V 0011. a,,zo.me.. breakfast .v1:file I,. do
I31131.y
Miso Lewie teeresci, and Mr. Baines
went out Ile I rotieecied to the main
office of the. Itoeton and .Maine rate.
road, ancl aelted 1' or the sup.erintentlent.
Beleg shown ieto the presence of that
official, he at once explained the ob-
Jeet of his *tea.
"1 am tracing a man," sale he, " ana
know, that he reached Lee, N. He on
tile train which is due there about
rine o'clecit. 'eau you Mid the ticket
%%Mich he gave to abe collate:tor . on
that train last St nclay night ?"
" Very easily, 1. rovided 1 was the
po.steoger for that elem."
Calliug an aticntiOnt, lit s_ave I-im
ciders, to Rod the ticket, a. few
minutOg Inter Mr, Barnes 11e,31 it in 1,ts
1-, oral. It mita, " Wareeser to 7..ee."
Mr. Barnes Ns, as troubledfor he re-
membered that etervel had testified
that he had been in Worcester, Weil=
front the authorities. He etmenioee
the ticket closely, and noted that IL
was roueli on one edge, as thinsch
a portion had been tom off. He band-
ed it to the superintendent, and a.slced :
Ca.n you tell me where this ticket
W3)33 belesat ? I see that one or More
ticuporis bave been torn off.. There-
foee the passenger nrust have started
from eome zoint the other side of •Wor-
cutter."
The sunerinteraent looked at tlie
ticket. and melee? :--
" This was nil -Molly noel in New
York, and is the form used by the
Norwieh line of steamers. But your
man mar have eotveht this half of
the ticket :from a =elver in 'Wor-
cester."
Mr. Barnes thanked the superin-
tendent, and left the office.
among the very first settlers of the sec-
tion, and together with the feW ethera
who came into the unbroke33 forest en-
dured all the berth -hips incidental to
pioneer life in ,the Queen's bash#
was 311311333 of progoi,sive spirit, and was.
(MO of the first 111 this pctrz of the Pro-
viuce to go into thoroughbred stock, ant
for many years was a proMinea mai Su-.
cessfal breeder of Durham cattle and.
high grade Leice6ter sheep. Re WaSort.
excellent judge of the qualities of these
animals and for many years ably °Mei-
ated as judge 61 cattle and sheep itt the;
fall shows in the • surrounding district..
He was au ardent 'worker 411'4 supporter.
of our "fell shear, aettl was the first Prest-
dent of the Kinloss Branch Agricultural.
Soeiety nearly forty yearti cm°, :runlet
the thne of his death was second Vice,
President of the Society, a position. ha
had occupied for man' Years. Sdalaie
eighteen years ago he gave up farming
and mune into the village and for some.
these was =ember of the village council.
He was twice naarrietl, but had no family,
and the widowhas the earnest sympathy
of all inher. bereavement. •ltir, Ander:-
sou was wiclela knotau and greatly re-
spected by all, and in his death the eene-
ninutty'bus lost a good. citizen, and the,
Presbyterian chroich a life-long member
and an earnest and consistent worker.
London has leaCO acres of .parks, Dab,
Ita about 40 aeres 104. ' off
'Mien eve perted to -night, you spoke
ne though eel) could net give me the an-
swer that I wiele Perhaps• when this
rcliches Yoe yoo moy ere things differ-
ently. By -morning what flow eceme on
tbeteele in your Judgriterit may be re,
inercd, rind yOu may feel free to decide
our own fate nee my fate yourself.
Sheuitl you decide ticialrst me, write to
me, as agreed, and I win leave You, etni
this country forever.
WALTB1.1.
Mr, Barnes read this ettrefully, aed
then Said
"I see yolle Mistake. In reading it
placed a comma, after the word
'judgment,' whereas he meant it to be
after the word 'obstacle.' Irotyaver,
this paper alone will prove the alibi
ell necessary to Air. Marvet and so
you may rest easy, although X shall
not until X have found the man who
manufactured alt this evidence against
MarVel. There is another point
Which I wish 'cleared up. How did
you 'know there worl twn wounds in
the body, arid go bo nble 1.32 arrange'
yelp story to 171(21 the rereeirentetstsi
Two hundred and twenty-four gallons;
of fresh water weigh a ton,
No, sonny; mixing it with hot water
and a spoon is uot a Scotch rite.
The area of tea culture in India at, the.
end of 1S00 was over 5733,700 acres:
Children Cry for
TIRi
10,
Itt the region of the Sbuthern Urals a.
Russian labeler gets only 15 cents a day,
anti a man with a horse and r oart costs
45 cents a day. ,
In an old curiosity shOp near West --
minister is a flshing-bag • formerly be-.
longing • to hank 'Walton, bearing his
initials and the date 1045::,
• 'A wise gay" once eaid, ,"nvery
fail -
11315.03 a step toward •snecess." TWa
may explain why the oftener some men.
!ail the richer they beconte. •
, CHAPTER XV.
MR. BARNES ON HIS METTLE.
Mr, Barnes and Virginia returned to
ItiverSide farm, reaching there just as
the people were assembling: for the
funeral services. The squire greeted
Virginia .cordially, and looked inter-
rogatively at Mr. Barnes,. eeidettly a
little confused at seeing them together.
Virginia hastened to explain,
" Squire, 1 hope you will be glad to•
'near that Mr. Beatles is now working
in my hiterests ? He does not believe
that Walter is giiilty."
"Is that tree ?" said the squire,
quickly interested. "1 am glad to hear
It, for, though Burrows seems to have
made out a complete chaih of evidence,
if you, Mr. Berne% with your experi-
ence, are undonvinced, there must be
a weak spot ih it. Tell me hoer is
it ?"
"Mr. Bari -owe is mistaken," geld
131r. Barnes. "Ills evidence is all good
and Most important, His cledUetioes,
hoWelfer, ere ilmorrect AS you say,
there is a flee,. I pointed it oUt to
him, but he Is elietinate and 'refugee
to See it. Ile eannot eteteict Marvel
without proving that miss Lewis here
VISS an accomplice aster the fact a not
beanie."
"God forbid that he eliould do
that."•
X wile afraid that he Weilld have
brought met this point before the grand
juliy, and that Meg Lewis, as ft Otni-
oectuence, would have 'been still in
prison. That he haS not done se Shot%
that he secretly fears that lie Mad
not sustain the charge."
"Well, but de eon think Yen can
eleae Marvel ? If so, who (lid kill
Lewis 9"
+, your last titterer IS 0, hard one to
answer, but X Mast do so 'it I am to
prove Marvel's intritence. All X oari
Pay tiOtv Is that X elope te
filet, Now, I ealfsh VS sae thebody
aire70, s'oll care, fieM eau re
There are two reas.ons why some peoa
ole do not miud their owa business.
One is they haven't any business, and.
the other is. they 11217e11't any mind.
If thot,e'c• Ft cif Catarrh
Taint appoi'lar. Agiiew's Catarrhal i
3,00 without delay. It will Save you i•ufter-
iug, beat yeti quickly whether 7/00 1)500 bmie
a sewe one month or fifty years. It relieves
cold in the head aria cafe rrhal headaches in
tel minutes. `rho Hon, David Mills
Minister of Justice for the Dctrnini,m
Canada, endorses it. eo cents. -159
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Twelve wemen of the W. O. T. IT.,
armed with pickaxes, hatchets an&
hammers, raided and completely de-
inolishe d four saloons at Anthenye
Kansas.
The trunk of the elephant has no
fewer than 4,000 =sales—at least sot
tid OnVier, tho iattiOUi. comparatim
artaboam.t. *The whole of the muSeles,
of a
number 527, dud together only
nom's body ad
PI-Pric0.--The clays of 25 cares a
box fov pills are numbered. De. Agnew's
Liver Pills at To tees 0. vial are sorer, safer
atid pleasanter to take. Cure Coestipetion,
Sick and Nervous Headaches, Dizzleeese
Lassitude, Hearthnrn, Dyspepela, Loss 0€
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Arc boy dint, uses cigarettes eau be
omployt.4 la the Chicago 721013
Vor a time, no smoking WM; alowett
during /Attu holm.; ut.w it is—no
aretto users employed. 1.2,,vo lurgo de-
part Went al st...e es 111 Chicago bolt
ailopteit the eaten imie.
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One nate
Tone the story. 'Whets head
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pitted, mad ont of tttne, with year
stomseh sour still no appetite, lust
buy a patkage ot
Hamra Pills
,Atid take a 'dose, .frotti 1 to 4 pills.
tout W111 be. Sarprised 's.t, holt easily
they. .win do their work, ewe your'
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