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tteams have obliterated them. Vy-e fin
the first or number 4 at the little gate
'The woman went directly to the stunrner-houe, and into the northern side
(M). That She was the earliest iu
the scene is evident, because the
tracks which she made going in are
ahnost entirely destroyed by the snow
which fell slime. 1 even got so far
as to Venture the opinion that this
woman SUSPected a meeting, and came
'to this spot as an eavesdropper."
".Now you are going rather fast, are
you not ?" asked Burrows, sarcastical-
ly,
1'. will give you reasons for aN my
eleductione. Tho evenener-house faces
the west, and, the north-west wind last
night drifted considerable snew in
through the doors; enough, at any rate,
to show me that this woman at quite
still in a corner all the time while she
Was inside, for the mark of her foot
shows it. Had she moved about more
the snow would have been more
trampled. 1 even think she sat on
lute foot, as many women do, for there
is but one imprint near the bench
where she must have sat, and that is
•exaggerated out of all shepe, as though
in her impatience at the slow flight oS
-time she had nervously kicked this one
foot about and into the drifted snow,"
" How much you make out of little
things," said Burrows, admiringly.
"She came prebabler to hear what
'passed between the Man and woman in
the next compartment Certainly she
sat as close to the partition as possi-
ble. She stayed -until after they had
gone. This she would naturally have
done to avoid detection', but I have
stronger proof in the fact that near
the gate I find an imprint from the foot
of the man, and across it is one of the
woman. The latter is plainer than
the first, and was consequently made
last. By plainer I mean that the out -
Hee oil the sole is easily traced across
the larger footprint, whialt it obliter-
, ates Where the two cross. There is
• another thing worth noting. Observe
that this woman went almost in
straight line from the gate into the
• summer -house. In departing she came
out in a straight line toward the house
end then turned and went to the gate.
Just where this turn occurred she
stopped 'for a moment."
" Why, you seem to discern a great
Hew do you deduee, that ?"
" Very easily and almost certainly.
If one walks or runs, the footprints
•'must be single and about equidistant.
At the joint where I say that she stop-
ped I find two imprints nearly side by
side. So she stopped, but why ?"
'Can you also tell that ?"
"I think that 1' could make a very
;shrewd guess. But we will leave her
or the present and take up the next
-set, No. 3, a man's. He evidently had
-an appointment, for he, too, entered by
the small gate and went directly to
the summer -house. He returned as he
dame, which strengthens the theory
that his sole object in coming was to
meet someone at this place. That it
was not to meet the woman ' whose
, movements I have followed is shown
'by' the fact that his steps pass the
,
-compartment M, and go to the other,
'• N. - There is another point of great
-interest—he was attacked by a dog."
" What ? You don't mean to 'say
ethat the footprints tell you that ?"
" As clearly as though they spoke. I
Cannot trace the dog's movements, for
his marks are all over the lawn, but at
one point on my diagram you will ob-
serve that No. 3's feet sheet a great
many imprints in one place. Here lee
was stoppedby the dog, • whose ' foot-
' marks. are numerous at' the point indi-
cated. Their exaggerated shape, too,
:shows clearly that the dog • jumped
• upon the man, and that in falling back
upon his haunches the mark af his
whole leg was nttle. Again, from
this point toward the gate I note that
the stride of the man increased. This
means that he ran away. You fol-
lowed the other two. What did you
discover ?"
" I gave you my drawings, and you
have them shown quite accurately.
No. 2, made by a woman, commences,
as you know, at the steps of the din-
ing -room piazza and leads to the sum-
mer -house. Front there X traced it
over the river. where I found a, boat -
landing. Thence she returned to the
steps again. No. 1, a. man's, commen-
ces at the river -bank, about 200 feet
south of the landing, and leads direct-
ly. to the steps. Thence it follows
around the house and out through the
,rnain gate. Outside, unfortunately,
our party this morning made so many
:footprints that I could riot follow No.
"Did you erose the river, Tom ?"
" No, but there is a boat there. and
I meant to suggest that we go over
. together. I think we will find evi-
dence on the other side that my lady
.crossed last night. Wit* else should
;she have gone to the boat ?" •
" Certainly; we will go at once, but
'first I have something more to coin-
, municate. Your theory was that the
Shot WOW fired from without and by ii.
woman, and you inclined to the belief
that you knew the identity of that wo-
man. 'What, then, do you think of
this ?" ' He handed Burrows a beau-
/ tiful silver mounted revolver, in the
A chambers Of which Were four loaded
4 eartridgeel and one empty cartridge.
The weapon had apparently 'bean re-
cently fired. Burrows looked at it a
Moment in amazement and then ask-
ed
"Where did you find this ?"
Outside of the summer house, ly-
ing in the StieW, just Where I claim
that the woman stopped. Now yeti
see what / meant when I said I could
guess why she ma so. But volt have
not eeen all yet. There is a name on
. / it. ;Read,"
,... J. -e' /eurrows examined the butt more at-
. ' eeeritively, and there saw a piece of
,p
On-
-1
plate let fete the stock, and, neatly On-
graved'thereon the name, "Ailed Mere
vol." •
" Mr. Barites, What do YOU Make of
that ?"
"I think that someone had that
plate last night and fired it. I'rem
other evidence that I have I Should
'Say it le a circumstantial probability
that Miss efervel hereelt was here last
night and fired her pistol,"
' " This is the second time you hay*
used that Phrase, ' ciroumetanetal
prohabilitY.' Won't You explain it?"
"Certainly. We are considering a
Case purely on eircurneteutial evidence.
I have all MY life made a -specialty of
elide and 1 divide it into three grades,
acme -ding to the tqlett2 ',r -"t qinri
Yemen st mereeecee. env ere; eeeeeeee
I call a ' circumstantial possibility.'
For 'e.eattiPle, had the wound In this
case been differently located it might
have been a eireurnaantial possible.
ity' that it was a suicide. Second, we
have a circumstantial probability
such as 1 have here and will exelain.
Third, the circumstantial proof'
where the attendant facts leave abso-
lutely no room for doubt is in my ex-
perience a rare thin."
" I unclerstand, Now will you tell me
why you think it a. circumstantial prola
ability that Miss Marvel was here and
fired the 1)1:lee ?"
" From the facts which I have al-
ready given you I should say it was
a question whether she was here or
whether someone else had her pis-
tol, But 1 found another pistol."
"Tho deuce you did !"
"And this one," producing a dupli-
mete of the one already shown, " also
bas a name—Harry Lucas, Now fob.
low my argument. Squire Olney told
us that these two young People are
sweethearts. Tho tracks indicate that
a woman played the spy on a man
who came to meet another woman.
The weapons bear the names of a man
and his sweetheart. Is it not plain ?
Miss Marvel came to hear what the
other girl had to say to her lover, and
he to her."
"You are right," said. Burrows, ex-
citedly, "and.is it not equally evi-
dent that the second woman is Miss
Lewis ? Remember, the meeting was
in her own grounds."
"I ani more inclined to think so than
at first, though I do not commit my-
self yet. But there is another mat-
ter worth considering. I found Lu-
cas' weapon in the snow at the point
where I claim he was attacked by the,
dog. There is also a little blood
stain "—
.h, I dee, you argue tbat he drew
his pistol and tired at the dog, and so
account for the empty shell there ?"
" Yes. But the blood stain is im-
portant. .I think that came from a
wound made by the dog's teeth. As
the discoloration is, visible, although
somewhat covered, I believe the snow
stopped alertly after. Thus I reckon
that he left about 9 o'clock. The wo
inan left after. the snow had ceased."
You think Lucas shot at the dog
and dropped his pistol in the seritn-
maze. Do you think Miss Marvel
shot at the dog also ?"
— "That we must find out. I have
shown you the probability of the
cat. ending with the Idea that both
of these pistcls were fired at the dog.
But there is another aspect which
lent must not neglect, and that is the
' circumstantial pessibilitye ,Ilemem-
her that both Lucas and this girl, ac-
cording, to the squire's story, had
threatened the dead man. • They both
came here armed, an unusual thing
for a woman at all events. Suppose
that Lucas saw Lewis through the
window a nd shot at bins The noise
may have attracted the dog, and
thus that contest may have occur-
red after the discharge of the wea-
pon, instead of before. • Further, sup-
pose" that, seeing, that her. • lover had
left, the girl had also taken aim at
the same target. One shot may have
inade the hole in the ceiling, and the
other may have reached the mark?'
"Why, this becomes more compli-
cated every minute. What about the
pistol in Miss Lewis' room ?"
"Ab I That is the problem. But,
eonte; we will .m across the river."
, Thereupon . they prodeeded to the
boat landing, marked L in the dia-
gram, and crossed in a light row -
beet which they found fastened at
that pia.ce. On the other bank they
found t. eontinue.tion of the footprints
marked No, 2.' These led to the base
of a gigantic, intspie (R), around which
a seat of boards had been arranged.
Nix. liarnes examined the spot critical-
ly and finally said '1 guess it was Mies Lewis after
all. See, this tree is covered with
(leered monograms of her initials and
Starves. Evidently this has been a
trysting place ic.” that pair of lovers.
Here is aeother evidence that the
snow stopped shortly after the meet-
ing at the summer -house, for, wbere-
as she came' here directly, her foot:,
prints on this side of the river are
quite distinct, showing that the mew
ceased during her trip over to this
place."
" She met a man here. too. See
his footprints. Could • it have been
the lover this thee—I mean Marvel ?"
"Possibly. But let us see if We can
trace him to where he crossed the
river, if indeed it was he who did."
They followed the tracks, but they
entered the woods just back of the
maple and were lost. However, a dili-
gent tteerch along the river hank dis-
covered a track which emerged from
the Wood and approached the river.
They got into the voat. rowed across
to a point opposite, and found there
the beginning of the track on that
ride melted in the diagram No, 1,
" The directness of this trail from
this point to the house," said Mr.
Barnes, " is circumstantial proof that
tee man erossed the river With the.
intention of visiting that place. For
what ? Whether he was or was not
Lucas, he had alreadY had an inter-
view with Miss Lewis, and therefore
his visit e as searcely to her."
" Row cOuld it be Lucas ?"
" Stleposing he intended to T111 Lew-
is after being interreoted by the dng,
could he not have gone around liy
these Woods and returned latee to none.'
plete his Work ? It is barely Possible.
that the whole thing Was Planned,
that the interview at the summer-
tietise Was a preliminmey, and that
Mies Lewis went to the maple, where
she was later joined by. Ltiess, who
told her the result of his first at-
tethet and arranged the second."
"1 -Tow could he know that he had
failed in his drat shot 7"
"I cloret like to tallow thin line of
thought much, as it is an guesswork.
Still, it is one of the possibilities, and
in Cage It turns out wrong Will teach*
you hoW easy it is to iniscotetrue eir-
eurristeritial evideeee, To continue it,
suppose that at the Meeting over' the
river MIAs Lesvis and Lucas deterrhin,
04:tet drab Whitt they had begun, The
eelject woula be that by killing olcl
Lewis the peerecution Of Marvel would
raw, the darnel:tit:tent being detect
MissowwoaniswoLnne ebw,e1 tsolltlideehrtictqutuki itterresi .111 Ont f eahxxisvn.11. as hi fisebtai
Therefore Lecke enters the house
through the side door, and from the
I
- dining-roofn Lae nevem:4 to the girl'S
' hedroorn, Where she gives him a pistol;
tlteeee he easily enters the .parlour,
J'
1/..CONA1 tilt!, 01,1,1 h titt51,, ff0 —
, 9 •• • .4"' •
, , v „ 4 ,heefeee 11)5 ,e).- • ,
fetteb, teretenginnent tertneve vowel.
readily aeeGunt for betreying
vide that her lawmen ball been
teeed. But don't lay too inuch stress
on all this, for. alt 1 eld,. it ie purely
gUetiework. There 18 a liaW in it, too.
Why did. West Lewiti leave her eas4.
jitter on the wrong side of the river
when they separated4 and thus force
him to wade a strearri Of water on a
chid. night ?"
"That may be discovered later.013,14
look; there she la leaving the hottsee
"Now, Tom, I will give you a chance
to do some work alone. That girl hag
gone to mail her letter. The nearest
poet -aloe is in the vicinity of the
bridge cunt in a private house, See;
she is going Im that directIOn. By the
read it is more than a mile. By the
river you can readily reach there first,
as it is shorter. How as hard as you
can and hide near the poet -office. If
she enters, wait till she -comes out and
then go in and learn the address on
the later, You, will end it in a cup-
board in the bale., where the mall is
kept, That is the main thing which we
want. I Will wait for you at the
house unless something should turn up
to make me change my plans,"
Burrows was already in the boat, and
started as soon as these last words
were uttered. ler. Barnes waited till
the girl was out of sigett, and then re-
turned quickly to the house. He went
straight to Virginia's room and over
co the writin,g-cabinet in which she
had placed the pistol. To obtain this
• he meant to breeic the lock if neces-
sary. Greatly to his serprisa he
found the key in the lock. He opened
the drawer, but did not find therein
the object of his search. Looking
around the room, he was startled to
find the pistol lying on the bed. He
picked it up and noted that it was of
the same pattern as the other two
which he already .had, and, like them,
bore a. plate, with the owner's name,
in this instance, Virginia Lewis."
"Is my last guess correct." thought
Mr. Barnes, "and did that young girl
inetigate and assist at a murder ?
Why, what is this ? This weapon has
an empty cartridge in it," He exam-
ined it closely, and gently raised •the
hammer. " By heaven, site has re-
placed a shell for the one which she
removed, I see it all. She wishes to
get the best of me in some way. She
knows that I picked up the shell which
she had drawn, and there Would no
longer be anything gained by reloading
the pistol. Why, she has even taken
the precaution to so place the car-
tridge that the hemmer rests in the
little indentation made in the rim
when fired, and there, on the desk, is a
little box of empty shells. Evidently
if .1 showed her the one which I have
she would laugh and show a -hex. full.
However I still have the brush with
which she cleaned the barrel. But I
am wasting time. This girl will out-
wit Burrows. I must go after her
myself."
When passing through the dining -
room, he had noticed 'behind the door
several hooks on which hung some
clothing. Hastening there, he found
these to consist of two putts of over -
alis, such as farmhands use when at
work, and evidently left there when
the owners had last taken thein off at
ni•!meal-thne. In New England the
farmers and their help often eat to-
gether. Mr. Barnes quickly donned
one suit of these, and, taking some
whiskers from his pocket, was soon
sufficiently disguised. Having finish.,
ed these arrangenients, he left the
house and hurried. toward the Wadley's
Falls.
•
CHAPTER IV.
Al' NOT 'WPM Tegielig 'Mr 44,
ate the itsatter• teteleseff orhe/
proxy, mending eneeettene from Where
eh* was. aft, ware setssPeely within the
doorway before he became aware Of
the preaenoe of Tom Barrows, who was
seated near the window and evidently
watching the postofilee. Satletied,
therefore, that there was no immediate
need for him to do so also, and noticing
that place was mere than ordinarily
crowded and that the inmates were in
deep conversation over some Very ab -r
sorbing topic, whieh he at once guetieed
must be the murder', Mr. Barnes moved
to the beck of the 'gore and mingled
with the loungers there.
Almost the tint person whom he
noticed was Will EVerlY, the young
man with whom he had had the brief
conversation in the earlier part of the
day. He was still staunchly defend -
"1 tell you irrtaaryColit," he was say-
ing, " it is wrong in YOU to accuse
Walter of this thing when you know
very well that he has not been in this
neighbourhood gizmo the ntht of that
• THE LETTER:
When Mr. Barnes reached the road
he started on a run, for he was anxi-
ous to overtake Virginia Lewis before
she .should discover that she was
watched by Burrows. After what he
had just learned, he very inuch doubt-
ed whether hie young assistant would
be able to circumvent this shrewd girl.
It is not as easy to shadow a persom
along a lonely country road as it might
be in a city, where the crowded streets
offer ready opportunities for hiding.
As Virginia had only a few minutes
start of the detective and walked at a
moderate gait, Mr. I3arnes caught sight
of her just as she began to cross the
bridge. As she passed over it he noted
that she was attracted by something,
for she stopped, looked over the rail,
and then around her in every direction.
Mr. Barnes was glad that he had
found a chance to assume some sort of
disguise, as there was no avoiding her
gaze. In a moment she went on, and
when he reached the bridge he saw at
once what had aroused her caution.
It was the sight of her own boat, whieh
Burrows had used to reach the place.
As she knew that she had left it up the
stream the night before, its presence
at this landing must have been .suffi-
dient to indicate to her that she was
being followed, for sh,,bad evidently
chosen the time for her errand when
she knew the detectives had gone off
exploring near the river bank, It was
easy far her to guess that her depart-
ure from the farm had been observed
and that her own boat had brought a
spy after her.
Mr. Barnes sv(sts disappointed that she
should have tints been placed upon her
guard. She would noW ethrost cer-
tainly not poet hc. letter at the office.
She walked on about one hundred
yards beyond the bridge, and from the
alert glanceswhich she cast about her
it was plain that she was looking for
the detective, of whose presence she felt
assured. She passed the. post -office,
a.nd going a little farther entered a
house on the opposite side of the road.
• '
!Thr torrtr? (Ina looked °vet, the reit.
Party, when he and Lewis had the
spat ' —
"Spat 7 That's a mild way ter put
it when he tried ter ehoot the old
man." The speaker was the man who
had given the information about the
snow. "But I say, Everly, I don't
exactly accuse Marvel. I merely say
it's a bad business for hint, seein' as
how he threatened ter cle this very
thing."
"Nell, what if he did? A threat
whena man is mad is a very differ-
ent thing from actually committing a
Murder, As to that, why, Xaucas threat-
ened hint too,"
" Wby, of course, I hope Marvel will
come out all right. He. a. fine fel-
low, and I like him. It's a limiter thing
the squire had them detectives right
on the spot. They'll clear up mat-
ters mighty quick, 1 reckon."
" Whatever they do, they won't find
that Walter is in this ugly business!
I can prove that he was not in town
any way,"
" How kin you da that ?"
Mr. Barnes became interested at
once.
" Why, I have a letter from him this
morning from Epping."
" Bosh ! What does that amount
ter ? That's only live miles off."
Mr. Barnes noticed that Eyerly
spoke louder than was absolutely
necessary, and as he glanced toward
Burrows occasionally, it seemed that
his defenee or his friend was in a
measure meant for that ,detective's
ears. At this point a lad entered and,
approaching Everly, said :—
" Will, Miss Alice asks you if you
can go as far as New/ Market for her."
"Tell her I'll be with her as soon
as I can hitch up my horse." As
Everly started to go Mr. Barnea
touched him on the arm and said :—
"Friend, if you are going to New
Market, I'll thank you to give me a
lift if you would be so kind. It will
save me a loeg walk."
" Who are eou ?" Everly was suspi-
cious of strangers.
" I live up on the Nottingham road,
and am going to New Market to try
for work on the new factory they are
building. I am a carpenter by trade.','"
"Alt right," said Everly, after a lit-
tle more hesitation: "look out for me
as I come back, and I'll pick you 'up."
As soon as he had gone Mr. Barnes
took a notebook from.his pocket and,
tearing out a page, wrote as 'follows :—
Dear Tem.—It is ot no use. She saw
the boat and has taken the ;eerie. I
think she means to amid the letter to
the post at New Market. If you see rne
remain in the waggon with Brolly, you
will know that •this surtniee on ir,v part
li correct. In that case t will take el* re
of the letter. 'rell no 'me whero 1 bare
gone. even though E should not return
for a day or two. Teti the squire to.
impanel his jurY, tura th., body over to
a doctor for • a post-mort,in, and then
ocl.laurn until L get ta.ck.
heel) your eyes oven. NVatch young
Lewis 1 itemembete he is a stranger,
and should move Lis identity heyond a
doubt. +especially it n will turns up,
drnwrein his favour. Ietnip him nil sun
Can without his suepectirnt that you have
a motive.
Ale, Barnes dld riot follow, because
there was nothing to be githied, She
was 1F•yc.nd his reach for the t)resent,
and Inwhig seen him behind her may
have mitered se friend's house merely
to ohs.rve him as he went by, being
stispicicuatt atrangerse Ile therefore
went Into the ealoeri where he had met
the squire that rame morning. If
rile( ,Atifs WaV11111)? bird. It would per -
it N,Ite natural place whereat one
ors divsrm her suspicion of him, since
drtmsed et he was might stop, $ Fur -
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Having metlen this note, the next
Mag. to do was to give it to Burrows
without arousing suspicion of collu-
sion. It must be borne in mind that
everyone present know that the man
by the window was a detective, and,
further, that Burrows had failed to
recognize Mr. Banes in his disguise.
The latter went to the door and stood
there a few minutes, whistling a tune
that was a great favourite with Bur-
rows. He kept this up until at length
he attracted his notiee. .As soon as
this was accomplished, having his hack
to the others, he slightly lifted his
false beard, thus revealing his Iden-
tity, and then held up the note Sure
then that Burrows anderstood him, he
dropped into a chair, picked up a copy
of the Boston Herald which lay there,
anti pretended to read. until Everly
at length appeared in the road. He
then simply laid the paper down, hav-
ing hidden the note therein, and, join-
ing Everly, was taken into the wag-
gon. Thus nothing was left to Bur-
rows but to possess himself of. the
newspaper and note, which he easily
did.
Reaching the house into which Vir-
ginia had gone, the horse was stopped,
and Everly jumped out. He Started to
enter the gate leading to the dwell-
ing, when the main door was °paled,
and a veins woman, emerging ther t •
from, came down the gravel walk to
meet him. She greeted him familiarly,
and they stood conversing in low tones
for a few merrients. Mr, Barnes
watched them closely in his endea.vour
.to see whether she entrusted a letter
to his care..HO did not actually de-
tect her doing 'so, but he saw by the
motion of Everle's arm that he care-
fully placed something In the inner
pocket Of his cdat. Satisfied that this
was the letter, the superscription of
Which he was so anxious to see, he de-
termined to keep his seat and accom-
pany Everly to New Market. On the
road thither he attempted hut little
conversation, fearing to reveal his
identity and thus destroy all hopes of
sec.cess. As his serene:mien seemed
little inclined to talk, the trip, which
accepted about three querters of an
hour, was male eoreinaratIVe
erica
Arrived at New Market, he deemed
it best to Wight as 800n at they reach-
ed the hetet. Entering, he hosted
hint-
Scif en as to watch whither Everly
should drive, and the latter, entirely
unconseioos as to whom he had
brought with bine went etraight to the
phet-ofhee, situated about a block far -
filler. 'With considerable satisfaehoti
letr. Barites saw him presently emerge
again, and immediately turn hie
home's. head homeward, thus ehowing
that his Sole errand to the town had
been to Poet the letter.
As Moon as Everly as out of sliht
Mr. names removed his dieguise and,
making s, bundle of the overalla, en'
trusted It to the care of the hotel
clerk to be kept 'until he should call
twilit. Ile then beveled over to the
poke-ofilee, where he asked for the
poottnasi et. To this °Metal he de.
claret' himself to be a, detective and,
stating that itt his belief a letter had
just been manta. to an important wit
-
neva in a ease which he wails investi-
gatitg, receiVed permission to eit-
tbernierc, being neat' the pool -office, amir,e the. lettcts uneancelled. rhis
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