has been in for years y af s said the it was only held together by the ivy the bricks and mortar were rotten but even then a good strong push would have sent it over and gave it that push he was climbing over i believe as he wanted mad with drink to get into the s house and because of the had ordered the gates to be closed and locked however he found that the wall leaned a trifle towards the cliff and managed to knock it down the man has an immense strength naturally and when drink is added to that shrugged his big shoulders i have known drunken men do some wonderful things in the way of strength he finished i think must have been to have pushed that wall over rotten as it was if you remember mr climbed it i remember and a good thing it was it didn t fall and drop him into the pool below however it s down now and on that side the grounds of the s house lie open to the world by the way how is mr has he got over the death of that y girl laughed t don t think myself that she was y or that she killed that wretched it w n r i believe that she is dead and he at the officer s red face have any reason to think she h alive if r her body has not been found rejoined what of that plenty of bodies are not but the girl was never outside the s house that time she fled after the murder not knowing the lie at the sealed message the country it is more than probable that she tumbled into some river or water hole and was drowned if alive she certainly would have been caught by now we have had all over the place for weeks even now ell no the men have been withdrawn as so long a time has elapsed since the commission of the crime we ll hear no more of the matter never until you know mr i do know said positively i don t go about with my eyes shut mr and after he stalked in a military way down the street leaving to pursue his � which had come out to do rather chuckled at the positive way in which this official who could see no further than his nose asserted that the s house murder had been to the past on the fourth day of s absence received a letter from his friend in the character of a bridegroom everything had gone well as the clergyman on hearing the whole story told in manner had joined and his friend s son in holy matrimony now had lost his income as the conditions of the will had been fulfilled and in spite of all his precautions had come into her own would have been less than human had he not reflected with great glee that the income being safe from s his wife as the twin sister of would benefit to the extent of three thousand a year and lady called me a fool chuckled complacently what will she say when she knows that i have married an and will be able to get back a part of the family estate in his letter informed g eat pride that had learned ho to sign her name and the sealed had produced a singularly fine specimen of the rest of my darling s education wrote the young man will be completed by me after all these troubles are over and we can spend a proper education as a means of passing a did not commend itself to and he made a then he sat down and wrote a letter to telling charity to come over and repair to mrs s london flat where he would join her later he also gave her a full account of all that had taken place and detailed the story of the major as to her birth mentioning also the income which intended to hand over as soon as the mystery of the crime was solved when posted this letter he took his way to to see if he could find and arrange for him to appear at the s house it was necessary as had explained that all the actors in this drama should come together for the clearing up all but was not easy to be found afraid of the official warning uttered by he had taken to the hills and although all over the place he could not find the man he returned to the prince s head quite fatigued and found a from stating that he and his bride would be in by the midday train next day communicated the joyful news to who had come back from a round of � for the did not neglect his business even in these anxious days � and the two had a merry little dinner on that same night prepared by mrs own hands and the landlady s cooking when she desired was something to be wondered at insisted on a bottle of champagne being sent for and the and the lawyer drank long life and happiness to the bride and bridegroom with all honors although the sealed message said setting down his glass we are not yet out of the wood an hour after dinner and while was his early connection with mrs came in much oh sir she said here s that horrid black landlord of the maid he asks to see you sir i wouldn t if i were you he s always drunk and may be dangerous never mind i am not afraid show him up said mrs shook her head but did as she was and in a few minutes mr looking a wreck of his former self came into the room however he was perfectly sober and 