Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-09-28

York the week of the robbery the other he
had traced to st. Louis, and asccrtained
that no possible suspicious circumstances
attached to it.
Wells. FaragO & Co.. had given hin: ::cvey
assistance in their power to discover who
had sold that bill to the California branch
OF their house but an an Swer had been
returned from there that the person who
disposed of it was a stranger. on his way to
the mining regions. whom they had never
seen before or since. and whose name they
had not taken. The clerk who transacted
the briefbusiness with him. had nossffstinct
recollection of him, except that he was rath
cr a thlck-set man, with an unpleasant cX-
Observation-Disclosures one Of the hard cases
SO frequent in the precincts OF san Fran
cisco.
OF course. it was clear to us two, who
sat in company with the dead letter. that
the Observation-Disclosures bill was part of
the sim referred to by the writer that it
was blood-money paid for a murder and
the receiver was this person who, III the
letter. 50 explicitly declared his intention
Of fleeing for California. We We're much
excited in the presence of these bold facts.
In our ent.,usisani, then, it seemed easy to
4treatch hand across the continent and Lay
it upon the guilty. We scarcely realized
the long and wearisolne pursuit to which
we were doomcd-the slight clue whicl, we
had to the identity OF the individual whose
deeds were yet so patent to me.
At this revelation of conspiracy. my mind
eagerly searched about. for the accessory,
and agin settled itself upon Miss. Sullivan,
1t did seem to me that she had thrown !;
glamour over the usually clear sight of Mr.
Burton 50 that resolved to keep 4 >epa-
rate watch which should not be influenced
by his decisions.
While was thinking of this. Mr.. Burton
was walking about the -four, Suddenly he
stopped before me, and looked into mine
with those vivid eyes, SO full of power and
said. rs confidently rs if vision hid re-
vealed it to him
Il have now made ont all the meaning
of the letter. In the first place. it is writ
ten by contratIes' is. it means just
the opposite of what it says. The contract
,cds fulfilled. The price Was expected. the
emigration decided upon. The bright day
w;ls Il rainy night the picture taken was
u human life. And-don't YOU see it. Rich
!, ard the old friend WAS the hiding place
OF the instrument Of death. after which the
accomplice is directed to look. That instru.
lncnt is the broken tootll-pick. 1t was St.
crctcd in the pocket OF the old friend. Now
who or what is this old friend :: Richard
didn't LccSy affirm she SAN man dcSccil-
ding from the old oak tree ut the right o;
the Argyll mansion, on the evening of the
murder :"
She did,
Then INT is it. | want to know nC
more. The arm, are the arms Of that old
oak. uieSs it has been removed. which l.
not probable. since this letter was never
received the broken knife or dagger (ol
which have the point which was taken
i from the wound will be found in some
hollow. on the left side, of that oak
gaged ut him in aSlonisilm mt but he
unconscious of my wonder, sat down. wit!
Il relieved, almost happy. expression.
TO BE CONTINUED.