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I t 0 - e Mystery of Agatha Webb, -4 you Simply told us whom this Man re-
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t > � " T11A ZA119Z 33110TUrM aembled, we Would be able to. got some be seen bj, either of 04% two wit
.I. ., Th IdeA Of his appearance." .
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I 11!> - I 1, who wore lons, boards. A list was made "I'le didii!t resemble any one I n him., 'To AmaW It "I �. ,!
- T By Anna Katharine Green. �*> know", growled Loton. "It was too fixed UPO - ,! i
4 1 of tbQst- and banded to the coroner, have given a throb of saWsib
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Copyright, 1900, by Anna Katharine Green. � somewhat too suddenly InterprotO W " I
111 P alone a crime. Y61 must loot; outsI4 "I didn't rec4nixe, big voice," . , ,
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still (101int 13 clififli-en around tits 'let,, ,,that Philemon is not answerable two interrogators aria OtiallY , .- 'o, .f
- first about these persons urged he reminded you of 9 I
board. one. 1-pason pt-rhatifi vi'lly be had for the whole crime, notwithstanding ed lilmselt to the coroner: , The man was Silent. but the wife an air of,confidence along the grov,04 ,
. . Knapp. "Wilo Is.4dward Hope?" for something be, had every reason to I ,
learned to cultivatt� silence to sne 4 . Issing money � "It was n0v money. I thought It "A watch repairer, A., wan of estimal. tossed tier head ever so lightly, .
. b Out, flifillro to And the in �, - Shock of a and- 14,
degree. Happily the time had co anywhere In the house. Uow else lip. ! f0t so at night, but I waR sure of It 10, o4 expect to find when the
me ole character.". Now, you must have bad .your relt, (le . 1.
'for him to talk, and he tallied. This is count for the resi.ptitlon with which ; the morning. A brand now bill, sir; , n distrust seized 111111, and he filing I"
. what lie said, She eVlde[1tIY m0l. her denth? Had it � 0 -but that Isn't the queerest part. I '141nd Sylvester Chubb?" . tions for that, No one thinks of a good himself dawn In terror, feeling OT14 ,�O.
"A farmer who, to su'oport ills moth- and rospeetable uelglibor in connection feeling again among the -fallen leave%
lls'ollle-15 ,rears ago Plillertion. Webb stronger struck her Agatha Webb - was asleep, air, and dreaming of my Or. wife and seven children, Works with tit(.- biA,,Ii)g of a loaf of bread at � .1. I
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I 1 came to me with a small sum of money would, have � struggled, There Is 110 1 courting days, for I asked Sally at the from morning Until Smidowu on big midnight with a $90 bill without some And broken twigs until a full reitlizit-
. WllIVb he said he wlshe(l to have me sign. or struggle to in the 1-00111.11 I vircus. sirs, and the baud playing on farm and i7ora sundown until 11 poxitIve, reason:" tion of his misfortuno reached him, ;
"Bile would" have struggled against I tile hill made me think of It when I and ho was obliged . to ge-knowledgo.
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� for his wife. It was the fruit � I .ryas suddenly shook awake by Sally o'clock at night oil little fancy arti- "The man wore a board. I felt it that the place was empty. 1, j
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of a small speolihition of his, and he Philemon had site bull strength to , cies he cuts out from wood and sells brush my hand as be tool, the loaf." , .
wanted it given unconditionally to her rltruggl(L I think she was itsleell, when : herself. who says she hadn't slept a lit n Boston." "Good! That Is a point.,* # Overwhelmed at his loss. aghast eadt
. Without her knowledge or that of the she was struck." I wink for listening to the music and 44 - the consequences It must entail UPOW
I "John Harker, Thomas Eider, Tlmo- Which inade me think of othe Men .
melghbors. I accordingly made out a "Ali.. and Was not Standing by tl,L� ta, I wishing she was a girt agin. 'There's who wore beards." _r wen him, lie rose to a trembling swea.14,
. thy Slnu'111 crying out In his anger and dismay: ,
-deed of gift, which he signed with ble! How ithent theN blood there, theal", it iiiiin at the shop door" cries she, "all good men, I can vouch for every ,# �
" . 'He's a -calling of you. Go and what . As for Instancetl- The detective "She has been here,, .She has takemt,, .j
joyful alacrity, and then, after due , 81100k froill the murderer's fingers I .. �One.11 had taken from ills pocket the card it!" And re4lIzInP for , the first time
'thought arid careful Investigation, I , in fright or ollsoust." " lie wants.' I was mad at being wak- .
I I " I � . r, .9 cried. Dreaming Is pleasant. especially "And .John Zabel. J'ames Zabel?" which. he had used with such eaect at the subtlety and strength, of the An,
put the money Into a now enterprise I ... I'liere was no blood on Philemon's "All.' You might its well ask about the minister's, and as he said these tagonist pitted against him be forgot
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'then being started In Boston,. it was , lingers, 'No. He wiped * them on ills vdivii clowns and Id"Ing get mixed up on,melves. Irlepro . nollable, both of words twirled It so that the two bames I arid even that olcl
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the I)t%t stroke of business 1'ever did Sleeve." It) It, but duty 1.9 duty, and so Into the t1will. QllIto famous shipbuilders once, written upon It fell under Sally Lo -
I In my life. At tile end of a year It paid "If lie was tile one to use tile (In shop I stumbled. swearing a bit per- h promise to Agatha Webb and uttered
" lint the change to Iron shipbuilding ton's Inquialdve e.v(?s.* The look wit oath, cursing himself, thep. -,11
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. -double, and after five years had rolled -agatust her. where 1.4 the dagg.,:F, haps, -for I hadn't stopped has quite thrown them out of that. which she read their) was enough. John wonian arid what she had ,done .11
laway the accumulated Interest had ShoUld we not be rilfte to flud it I till(] It was as dark asAouble shutters. Pity. too, for tlliey were remarkable Zabel, James Zabel, ,one unt I
reached snob a sum thnt both Phile- where about the premises?" I could make It. The hammering had a casual ,glance at the heavens over- I
, builders. By the by. Fenton, we don't "Who told you It was either of these head. In which the Ilqul4 moon butte; I
mon and myself thought *It wisest to "Bo may have burled It outside. - e ch or Ili the docks man?" she asked. calin and beautiful, recalled him to )
� -let, her know what she was worth Crazy men are supePtiaturally (,nil-. 4 , I any more." *,Yon (lid." be retorted, pocketing the himself. Ceasln- his Vain rt,PllllngX
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land what was being done with the ning." f I 1. "No. They keep very much to tile card with a smile.
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I . . money, I was In hopes It would lead "When you can produce It Prom any .- . I., scylk's, Getting old, like ourselves, W.,Lt ., I never spoke a teriphied effort the ,. fierce donion In his I
lier to make some change to her mode place Inside that board fen", I will "'. . Ord." She Insisted. In anxious protest breast. be turned from the unballowetl
of living, which seenied to me out of �, I , Talbot" v
, consider your theory, At present I , "Lively boys once. We -must hunt to her husband as the detective slid Spot and ,made his way with deeper
keeping With 11(n. 01PIwarance and men- limit my suspicions of Pilliellion to the 1 1 - , . k!_W. A, I quietly from the store. I ,
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. it'll Illialifleltiolls. while he, I Imagine. half Unconscious attentions willch a �," L , .,.- I � them up. Fenton. Can't beat, to see and deeper misgivings toward a home -
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j,;�/ .. , 11 old friends drop ont or good eompatly. made hateful to him now by the pres-
low.-vil foi, something inose important Intellect 9V .1z, '�, I
l , man of disordered I te t Inunder
I Irt tv - i -1 , " 1- But this Isn't business. You need not CHAPTER XII. once of the woman who'was thus Ilent
-stl't, a suille oil the face which bad a wife bleivdlug and dying t�ulvrghllg I I pause over their naives, Knapp." VAT On SUFFER EXPOSUMD. upon tits ruin. . .
sojilelloW lost tile trick or merrioneur. eves., Aly Idea on the subject r-mOn- . � I The r1allidayr, lived but a few rods
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"Would .%,oil be So kind at. .m. tog. I !�. � a, He understood her now. He ratod at
thuu�b It had never acquired that 09 I I V , 171""..., ''A We will follow 111111. from the StitherlAnd%. Yet a% it was
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ill nature. But we did not know utterance to Your Idenq until I have I 1115 - ,�.� I Walking briskjy (town the street he tInsk when Miss Halliday rose to do- nnrj t bad she been $iy.
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I Agatlia, at least I did not. been able to form some for myself 7" in. . 't, ii� I �. (rt Pi,ederick naturally offered his
,, 11%0;1, went up the stops or a Pertain house IN unfortulinte as to have carried hor Im-
�p 1-k I �g(,!.;! -vict-s as her escort.
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.,At-%..._ _1- ter: a voice froul the doorway. f I*t",, Ai!;! q set
learned that she was etch, I. I It ;�� -�:�� f% -- , and rang the bell. A gentleman with. .e.dollee to the point of slirprishm him
" � first stwo, struck and then As this voice was unexpeetod they nil ,Z "." 1'�� I - She accepted them with a Slight pi �
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looked a -, �R a face not entirely unknown to us at that moment In one of the, hollows
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heart pierced. Forgetting me, or Ignoc. turned. A small man with sleek, dark .-iz:� I ,� ,_ - . --- came to the d.• r. of that midnight copse It would have
hair and expressionl3ss features stood , . 11 11 _� least lind ever noted there. -
1111n ille. it makes no matter which, she ;f4;..- The detective (,lid not pause tot, pre-. face or tit h �
� I �_� talien more tiltin the memory of that
,threw herself irito Philemon's arms and before them, Behind him was Abe!. � -_s_�� . It caused film such surprise that he
.... liminaries, forgot Aniabel's presence Ili the garden day's reqolve,% to have kept him frolix
. ;wept, while he, poor faithful .follow, carrying a handbag and umbrella., * 47 - . " "Art- you Air. Crane." be asked, "the
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looked as distressed as If he had "The detective from Bostonan" ' I gentleman who ran ngainst a man until they came upon her at the gate. using lit.% .strength against her. But
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,brought news of a failure instead of tri- uounced the latter. Coroner Talbot I " I'Ve have u*rlc of 7z o ordtnary nature " she wns wisp and did not intrude upon
for vou." coming out of Mrs, Webb's house last "A pleasant everting," observed that him -Ili tits bout- of anger. tbotioll whoi
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emphant success. I supposeshotbought rose, young girt In her high, Unmusical � ft
I � bpeome deafening., No let up till I night?" . ft could say she was not near enough too ,
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'-pt bet- buried children and what the "You are in good thne," lie remark- reached the door.' when It suddenly .11 am Mr. Crane," was the slightly vote('- lival. the sigh which broke firres1stilil3r,
. a "Very." was Miss Halliday's short .
I . money would have been to her If they ed. "We have work of I no ordinary na. ceased. . surprised rejoinder. "and I was run t I from his lips as he -emerged from -the, 1.
had lived; but she (lid act speak of ture for you." 11 'What Is it?' -I cried. 'Who's there, against by a'mau there, yes." reply, and for a moment the two faces I wood arid approached tits father's I
. ,them, nor am I quite sure they were Ili Tb.e, man. failed to look. Interest A. I and What do you what' "Very well." remarked the detective were Ili line as be held open the gate house.
I I .- - _. . _. _... quietly. "Uy name Is Knapp' I have before his doptirting guest. A Tamp was still burning fit Mm �,e ,
her thoughts when, after the first ex, Dat then Ills Countenance was not ono I --A trembling voice answered me.
I -citement was over, sho drew back and to allow emotion. Let me In.' it said. 'I want to buy been simt from Boston to took Into this They were very different faces in Sutherland'B Study over the front door. .1
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. I'lly name Is Knapp," something to eat. For God's sake open and the sight of it sectried -to change, I
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said quietly, but In a tone of strong said, lie. "I I , I
,feeling to Plitlemolu: 'You meant me a have bad my supper and am ready to I the door? '. can help rue more than any other trian night he had never thought of compar- - a moilient the current of Freder-
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.happy surprise. and It shall be so, I'llill- go to. work. I have read the newspa- I "I don't know -vAy i obeyed, for it here In Sutlivrlaitoltown. Who was this med from Amabel Page's far from Stopping with the ate I q
*mon. -This is heart money. We Will pers. All I want now are any addition- I was late and I d1d,not know the voice, person who came Ili contact with you bea In lit.-, hand.' he considered with lohn-w I
* . regular eountemince had put all other ' .1
use it to make our townsfolk happy.' I al facts that have come to light since I but something In the impatient rattling so violontly? You know. even If yon re, self and then with a freer c , ountenstim I
have . been careful not to mention any fnees out of tits mind. but now as he I
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saw him glance at bar dress, which the telegraphic dispatches were sent to of the door which accompanied - the � I purl- tind a lighter step Was about to p;o- I
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. was it purple calico. 1 remember It be- L,,oitou. Facts, mind you, not theories. words affected me ;3n spite of myself, nanies." Surveyed the two the candor and teed toward vrfwn be heard tile sound I
cause of that loot- and because of the I
You are mistaken. I don't know. I ty which marked Agnes' features came of a henry breather coming up the
I never- allow myself to'be hampered and I slowly opened my shop to thip c'an't know. He wore asweeplil- heard out so strongly under Ills glance that �
sad' smile wit which she followed his, by other persons' theories." I midnight customer.,, , , bill and flanged, why be.barolly knew.
.glance. 'Can we nut afford now; be Not liking his manner, which was .. 111m, and wolked and note(] like a ",an no than
conlitenanep of Amabel lost Itsexcept h ery tLartincing stop oL-
. I U allist 1"' ,hungry,' I began. longer yourig, hot heyoud that"- clitirms, and he hastily drew his young caslouml Will .more or less appreh�n�
ventured, 'a little Show of luxury, or brusque and too self.important for a But the'person, who. had crowded In as 'I'M r: ('raise, eximst- me, but I know neighbor away. I .
I . ,lit least a ribbou or so for this beautl" man of such Insignificant appearance, soon as the opening�,was large enough, met). If yall I'll(] no SuRpleloll 11K to %I'll() Aniabol no'ted the movement and , Sion.
ful throat of vours?' She did not, all., Coroner 'Talbot referred him to Air. wouldn't let me firildlit. that p(.1 -0t, %v. I Agnes ewer him, but bet' look had a rare com. , I ., ag, you would not Inc.1c so smiled. She had n6 fears of Ag e The person, whoever It Was, stopped I
I Fenton, who Immediately proceeded to . ,I 'Bri-tioll I want ,bread or crackers before reaching the brow of the lint.
passion in it, a compassion, strangeto +-mbarnissed.' Ytju sustivot ut at least Halliday. �. � .
give him the result of such tnvestiga- ar wiytlilng that yo� can find eastesW have felt less con-
. . expended upon � I e Perhaps She Might It and panting heavily muttero;d an oatlt ,
I.vay, that seemed to, be exp tions as he and Ills men had been able he gasped, like a man who had been associate in yore; own mind a natu c short whien ert,derielk, hutrd, 'i'lliot:gh It .
him rather than -upon herself. PhIle- to luake, which done, Xr. Knapp put with the mail -,%-oil suet, 'Was It either. f1dence4f she could have seen the hL:Kowlitch .. .
. Mon swallowed bis disappointment. oil tits bat and turned toward the door. running. labre's money.' And be of these you see written here?" glances he cast Ills old playmate as "vIls Ili) n.io;%. ln,(;r,inv than t, .
'Aga Agatha Is right.' lie said to me. 1AVe do "I will go to the house and. see for poked into my hand a bill so stiff it Mr. Crane glanced at the vard oil they proceeded slowly down the road. 1-';,,l jl',z;t C.,:(�w"* d his tit:' r. llp.-4 In tlic� i
rattled. Its more than enough,' he ,tile .t it vr(th;oxd as vfA,t!t upon Fred-
'�not aced luxury. I do not know how I myself what there is to see there," said which the other had scribbled a couple Not that there Was any passlon in '
1so far forgot myself as to mention it, lle. '!May I ask the privilege of going hastened to say as I hesitated over it, of ,ame.4 and stni-ted perceptibly. . them. Ile was too full of care for .:lick which was only s,Lcund in inten- .
That was ten years aqo. and every day alone he added, as,AIr. Fenton mor 'but never mind that. I'll come for the , .,You have me." sald be. "You rulist that. but the curiosity which could Sit.',' to t!,L' terror of the (liscovery,that: I
. I . change Ili the morulng,l be a man of remarkable porspicaelt.s.11 prompt him to turn ills head a dozen chejuativy he had t;e Barely hidden was
, .Since then [let, property has Increased. ed. "Abel here will see that I am "'Who are you?' I cried. 'You're . . .
. I did not know then, and I do not knn,ry given. admittance." .The detective smiled and pocketed times in the course of so short a walk �'011e' , I
. not Blind Willy, I'm sure.' his card. The names lie thus conceal- to see why Ag es Ualliday held her- TrE-nibling ill evvrs Ilmli, it(.% dashQ&
.. 1110W, why they were both so anxious "Show me your credentials," said the . to down the hill and eonfronted the per- .
'that all knowledge of tbelr good for- ' He did so. ,Mey seem all "But his only answer was, 'Bread!' �d were John Zabel, James Zabel. face so persistently away from him
coroner. "
. tune .should be kept from those about, ri lit,. and you should be a man who while he leaned so hard against the ,,you have not said which of thb two had an element of feeling in it tbat s011 f4t;1:1(1i1l` 111(')"�- I
I counter that I felt it�shake.' more or less significant. .4is for "You!" liv,crIc(l. -You!" .'%.ii,l for a.
,,them, blit that It was to be so kept was understands his business; Go alone If It was," Knapp quickly suggested. Nylls �
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I- made very evident to me, and, not- you prefer, but bring your conclusions . "I could not. stand that cry of "No," returned the minister, "and I 4gues, she was so unlike her ascus- t�torwmt Lie loo.kpfl as If lit- would like
- withstanding all temptations to the here. They may geed some correct- Bread,' so I groped about in the dark have not even thought. Indeed I am tomed self as to astonish even herself. to fell to the 9:rO I 1111(l. the. man before
- . ,contrary, I have refrained from atter. , tale loaf, which I
- In-,, and found him a a not sure that I have not made a dread- Whereas she had never before Walked lihn-
- , ling a word likely to give away their . '. put Into Ills arms with a shout: ful mistake Ili th'10cing It was either. a dozen steps with him without in- But this man was to livai-Tvireiglit of
� "Oh, I will return," Knapp non- � no, ordinary pby,%Ival qtrength and
. A. The money, which to all ap- There! Now tell me what your name A glimpse such as I bad Is far from (11.1191111- in Some sbarp saying, she �
- , seem clialantly remarked and went out, bitv- . I ,, qs arid only smiled at F red -
w I Ilearance was the cause of her tragic both are such found herself disinclined to speak talroltue,
m . in made an tint a favorable Im- "a- satisfactory, and they crick's hent andAlimnateuln- attitude. A
, and untimely dedth, was intemst mon- "But at tills he seemed 'to shrink excellent men"- . all, much less speak lightly. In mil- �
l . I•* pression upon the assembled gentle- e "I thought I would be made wel-
.. t ley wbi6b -1 was delegated to deliver- to met,. Into himself, and muttering something 'IR -1 -lit! Yon did make a Mistake of tudl silence, then, tLey reached the
that might pass to--- thanks he $turn- *' ome," be smiled. with just the hint o:C f,
her.' I took It to her day before yes- "I wish we had shown more grit and course. I have not the least doubt of gateway leading Into the Halliday Coale„ ' '
! terday, and it was .-tit In!crisp, new tried to handle this thing ourselves," bled toward the door and rushed hasti- It. So don't think of .tile matter again. grounds. But Agnes, baying passed in Sinister liieaufu,� Ili Ills tone. Then,,
I I notes. som0' of ttivin twenties, but roost observed Mr. Penton., "I cannot bear j ly out. Running after him, I listened they both stopped and for the fi;;j before Frederick coilld speak, be said:
I - eagerly to tits steps. They went up 11 1, time looked squaroly at ,each other. "I Ilnve Merely saved you a trip to Hos-
. I ioCthem tells and-Oveg. I am free to to think of that cold, bloodlesrj creature . ton- Why so much anger, friend7,
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'say there was not such another roll of hovering over our beloved Agatha." the hill." I . - Tiol- eyes fell first, perhaps because his
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I fresh money In town," . . "I Wonder at.Carson. Why 'Should "Arid the money? What about the . ;7:4� . I tilld changed Ili ills contemplation of You 'have the money. Of that I am . .
. I "Warn all shopkeepers to keep a lie send us such a man? Could he i . er. "Didn't * � .�-') tier. at, Kniliva as lie saw this and in positive."
, I loot -out Of the money they rdeelve." dot ,trioney?" asked the coron , I I 11 ,�,, - % R a half careless, half wistful tone said "Hush! NVe can't talk here," -Vrhis-
see the matter demanded extraol-dina- i he come back for the change?" 11 ,ey
I pered Frederick. "Come Into, the "No. I put it in the till, thinking � ,,/, �
. �was Dr. Talbot's comment to the con- 1i quietly:ry skill and .Judgment?" ' �"' grounds, or, ,what would be better, int&
-istable. "Fresh $10 and $20 bills are 'dOhthis fellow may have skill. But � It -a dollar bill. But when I came to � I "Agnos. what would you think of a- . - tit it I. u the morning It was a .. :_Z,�, ;,zr �. the woods over tlivrc."
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JAnd now about tier will. Did you with folks of such fishlike cliaracterls- 20. Yes, sirs, a 20111 1. tie else but folly all his life, suddenly
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"Xo. I did tont know she had made gontle tap was heard on the door. i the coustable looked at each other be- F. .- , � � . d the right and to pursue It In tilgilt, my friend. But I will talk low,
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i i9ile. I often Spoke to 11' What can he .want 1 fore again looking at him. 11 T , r�qce of every obstacle and every dig- t
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I*- . her about the " asked , N. � ,- � '. A , , cour,agement?" . to put you Into any other man's poVr-
,�_ advisability g so. but she bel -c,1,1 . i "And. Where Is thnt bill now? 7. W I I
I- , always put me off. Arid nosy It -seems t the former. "Have you brought It 1. I I "I should think." she slowly replied, er, especially if you have the money.?' -
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I that $Ile had It drawn nil In Boston. with you?'! , " i; 111i �i, 'S , I Witt, one quick lift of her eyes toward almost unintvIligIble. "Wbat .
way ]gad called out this. exclamation X.4 I', 1 1 .1 I I �ls face. "that lie lint] entered upon broken, .
'Could not trust tier old friend with started at the sound of the doctor's i "I have, Sir. It's been In and out of " o you mean by Your allusion to last.
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! "So you don't know how her money known what to do with It. I don't like � ALI 11 11 pabiv and-the'liardest. I Should have
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- . . "I be pardon," said he, "for show- I I couldn't rest for the weight of this Ill words over a mischance word I may- .
, I , door opened, arid a Slim young man Ing 11i5%elf. I don't like to Intrude Into w ir aversion US he
. wearing spectacles came In. At slpbt slieb company, but I have something to ! thing on my conscience. Ilere's the K-happ 0as not to be caved by Iter antall, gazed into tile* womanly countenance have let drop"
. �, I bill, Sir. I wish I had lot the old man keen eye or strident voice, "I don't card anything about last
,,of him they ell rose. jell .Volt which may be of use. airs. ;;
, P I y door until morning before I I Will Had out who the real man was, be had hitherto slighted as Untriterest, it. Ts work or who was concerned hx
t "W0011 eagerly inquired Dr. Tal. though it Isn't any great tl�Itng eltber-lo I roll on ill * Ing. "It Is the first kind word you it. That's nothing to tile. All I want,
bot, � . ,,Something about the murder which ; had taken It from him." rest easy." have ever given me, Agnes. Possibly my boy, is the money, and that I want
- . . . . ",Nothing new," answered the young hits taken place?" asked the coroner i They did not Share this feeling. A And with the lightest of bows XhapP it is the first I have ever deserved." devilish bad or I.,%lould not have PUM
.. I 13111.11. Witt) a. consequential air. "The in a 11111der tone. Ile knew Loton well , distinct and valuable clew Seemed to drew off and passed as qUIcklY as he And without another word he doffed UP here from Boston. when I might;
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milder woman died from loss ,of blood and realized the advisability of encour. I be afforded theta by the fresh. erlsrk could, without attracting attention, his bat saluted her and varilsbod down have made half a hundred off a coun- I
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.,� . consequent upon h, blow given by a agetnent In his ease, Talbot took It, while Mr. Penton, With er's. trymati Levels brought In from the.
small, three aided, slender blade; tile ,,The murder! oil, I wouldn't pre- I She remained, remained so long that s this morning."
- . Younger from U stroke of apoplexy In. sumn, to gay anything about the mut- I it Shrewd look, asked. Ilere his attack was warier. Sally It wag nearly 9 o'clock ,When She en- Canada ,xvild,
A i "What reasons have you for calling Lototi was behind the counter with her Wattles, I swettell-
�. I duced by fright." oler! torn not the mail to stir Up any 1 this mysterious customer old? I husband, and they had evidently been tor6d the family parlor. As she came, 13at the hand be had raised whit,
"Goodl I dra glad to boar my In. stiab subject its that. leg about tile , tI,.ringht it was so dark you could not talking the matte over very confiden- - - quickly drawn down to the other.
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I "Why, Agnes," cried her Mother, , ,,It Wbil,t par, :Sutherland. Stage talk
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- 0'. stall tatleOUST, was rather queer, give,. and I have felt I ,.rho mail, Who lookatl relleved since by her small, keen eye or strident , hat t, att . -Areything with me.
- 'No. he had rid himself of the bill. eyed the %.Oldo and presently never passod for
.. : � a to the flutter of It all (lay. Shall I tell ,utly succeeded In tur- 116i, answer was inaudible. .
. , . 1. . constable in some perplexity. prising it knowing look on the lady's whilt Besides, your white race tend, a truer
, "StrdligerP fell front the lips of ills you about It? It happened last night- i "I didn't ode a feature of big face," : face, Which convinced him that In the -was the matter? She dreaded, Oven story than your, 110s, and time is Pre-
. two listeners. "She fired, yet gave to Into last flight, airs, so late that I was I feared, to risk herself. 0,
. ,stild be, "and Yet I'm sure he ryas old, eonfidon6es between husband and wife 6ous. I Want to take. the 11 01016ek
, , alartil." In bed with ms, wife and bad been ; I never thought of him as being any a name bad been used Which She Was MeantIffle 6. strange scone was taking train back. So down with 'the easlit. I
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A, , other town. fresh bills, Loton?" eagerly questioned you ba; -,6 to ten us?" Lis full attention toward. h0r, using Ili which wits particularly bright that co -0 , . ,
" id no oftra. but Ills, nod Was expressive, ,and they Ilia attack that older and most subtle icarthIll hollow "'Wittflog. I wit to bring It t6 you tw-
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. I Philemolf.4,11 observed the coilstAble. Loton, W110 Was the keeper of it where h huge tree Ift,v� Atouild It the �*':'t
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