Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-06-26

receive penny IN his vii. which be had
been a witness Of. and ia which Mr. Lang
tOn'' daughter vas TO inherit the bulk Of
the property
That afternoon az dusk. I was walking
around the rear ofMr. Langtoa's residence.
small house with garden on the road
around HighgAte Hili. near S~aim's Lane.
two miles from Regents Park.
vas almost sure that George and Mr.
Langton's daughter had come together. al
though ! could not tell vhy / believed 50.
and a. Mr.. Langton denied their ever hav-
ing met in his house. their meetings Of
course were secret ones.
At about ten. when il vas quite dark.
heard light footsiep on the gravel-d path.
dog within seemed 70 whine With pleasure
and fawn upon some one. and the next mo-
ment female bead appeared AZ the top Of
the brick garden wall. looking over and
around. IL disappcarcd. Another moment
and little gate was opened. and a 6gure
stepped out from the garden directly oppo-
site d where was ambushed in the hedge
that skirtcd the lane
The figure moved quickly towards the
main road. followed IL. keeping inside
the heid With the high hedge between. for
about a quarter Of a mile. when il turned
doun an enhance % a pasture. where there
was carriage with one horse and voung
man. whom. by bis speech. recognized 20
be Mr.. Langton's clerk
Here was a motive on the vouns mans
part. for the lawyer's death. 4 witness to
the will which gave the girl much wealth.
b. must have sough; her love; and the IA
ther dead. the husband. from a mere clerk.
would possess the means 20 become almost
what he pleased
had % submit % half hour or hour q
consersAiion. no doubt OF interest 20 the
speaker. but a great bore % one impatient
% get @ work. and one which I could not
avoid. as Al a previous attempt 20 escape.
a snap Of tUig had given rise to an cxcia-
nation on the lady. part. and many c1pla-
nations from the gentleman.
Al last they parted. and waiting until the
footsteps died away on one side and ths
rattle of the carriage whrels on the other. /
stretched my cramPcd limbs in brisk walk
% intcrcept The omnibus. and ia IL % enter
the citv
The next morning another conference
With Mr.. Langton's physician. The poison
was distilled. be said. from the roots Of
certain herb. which. although not a native
OF England. might be grown there.
But the clerk was too shrcWd 10 have the
plant in hi. room a. the boarding hous~.
wh-rc. II hid. &, would have been ferreted
out by some ovrr-auentiye housemaid To
have Il in reach be must keep IL AZ the Of
fee
We did nothing further that day bat till
late az night. or rather early in the morn
ing. the doctor aud ] stayed in Mr. Lang
tons o,ice. and the result Of the doctors
experiments was that the edges Of the ledg-
err. paper. in fat everything about Mr
Langton's table. was STEPPED in an infusion
of the herb.
We made .Prolonged search in the two
rooms. for a long While unsuccessfaIly.
We first had passed over some old account
books on a high out-of the-way shelf. one
~ which books fsnciel was nearly free
from dust while al tbe others wrrc powder
ed with it ] took it dosn aud exclaimed
with surprise a. I opened it About tuo
hundred pages bad cut IN the centre Just
Eide enough and deep enough for tie Re-
ception OF little pLial half fIied With
coioriess liquid. i vas the deadly prcpa-
ration
After examination. We replaced every ar
ticle a. nearly a. possible a. beforc. a1d
the doctor took BIS departure with bis box
of testing apparat1s. jasi as morring broke.
/ concealed myself ia tie wardrobe q tae
ittle room. while the porter locked both
doors a'd kcrt ths keys a. usual f3r the
clerk
The latter came very early tlat morning.
20 NY great relief. f1r there VS. ro, TOO
ma.h ease in che closet that b,ld ue. tle
door of which vas isft a.ar. a. it hal been
Wien the doctor ani cane.
heard the clerk l-a-giag stool. With
BEL seemed 90 rei ap oa sni take do~n tbs
book With the phia' shieh laue- b. hcil in
h'' hani a. Do paused .n the doorway o.
look around the hitir room. Then he
drew ~ a chair f5 &C. table. l's back being
@ ue a. b. snt down. a-i r.th fhc practi--
ei manip1lation ofa che-ii.'. Do fbe l.la.I
f,'l drop By drop oa the different objects
on Mr.. Langton's table. AL on tbe Ht,le
shelves above e..
Gradually. in NY absorbed attention. ]
BAL moved outside the wardrobe. ard bal
leaned cot % far tiaf in nv haste % irno