, 1873-02-23

he only drew up to the station when the trnin
was in sight. He aupposes thas We both came
down BY the trim. You're understood to be my
| clerk. You would come and you must accept
TINT position. But bo very careful what you
say. Not word moro now. You're from Lup-
| ion, coachman? To meet = gentleman from
| London? Quito right"
| They entered tho carriage. and wore driven
from she station.
npp]) mn lint ,v;,dov p;,1er That fc,,ov
| mustn't hear us. This II a delicate ma:ter. and
/ We must proceed very Cautiously"
"Well2 And what's been done ?"
poor caso as yet. can't got much beyond ans-
! picion. cannot arrive .. proof. Still, I've
| set two o. three At work, aud something may
! come out at any moment couldn't appear &C.
lively in the matter myself, for many reasons.
we must luu suspicion AZ much as possible.
The criminal, if there is one-nnd mind, won't
vet say there is one--will then grow boider, i'm
prudent, perhaps, and then we have chance"
l" The funeral will proceed2"
"Not so loud. Yes. You know, or, perhaps,
And we've scarcely = preto1t for demanding an
inouest. The doctor, local practitioner, sticks
to Ills aneurismal hypertrophy. What can We
DO in the face Of lis certificate? The servants
have been rot at, not by mel did not dare to
20 near the house-end questioned skillfully
enough, without awakening their suspicious.
Something has been gathered that may be Of
importance A hint Of physic bottles destroyed
immediately after the death Of Mr.. Delpratt.
But its nothing like clear enough at present and
there mpy be nothing in it."
ssDut il the funernl"-
1.-THE funeral doesn't matter. II we'vo any
evidence to 20 upon, We can obtain from the
Home Office an order for disinte1ment. Never
mind about the funeral Get that over quietly;
It nav be all tho better Tor u.s.
s:Bnt the other doctor. who gave hint to the
ofico -
u1ra .aan hin, and - on1v co,,a. n +bi.-ba
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n4,an 10 sace..,1 th-aa watts aeo. 40 von
@ 'he ,1st @ m.snn 1saar IESa1,,-.tt ,r-
Io it fo1a1,t - iu ~ p'oA s.;1j ts nan.
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& ~ aad1 ha;1 .ln9 5oI Anom isa1onars
se Slsu oois asu ~ = ypa9a1,na that'a b,,~
aoc.os alaln.ssta M t 1or n,conpesense' tn0t
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ucna,;noo. aoo; na;r1 - sI2n,,nt n ,,t,;no nm.
iess you caa support m saem n oo WIN eVoente enc m o.
aacss auo % s@t VIC @ 80 ,d ~ e. .1aaaoo1'
tpna5 ~ sUa hs tha an5
eu9Gneu ate ~ ~ 'n1 oa+a t3.s+ ~
,adc;nea ers an.p Io tanorod tb spd th.t desth
,,rol,sh r. araen;c ;n sma1I hnt fraonent ,3oaes
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canstsut 49, suta nt+sn3.nna n-non +he Iace,sed"
A. ~ i,o1. that Frnaat Danrstt had m.
VII FL ~ .naf ~. n IT. eo+ ,;o,ts
Les tuas We Auo"' az ~. ap 5"a sgnto snss '
t:1 M1.n Inc ueceaeeu, nas WIZ L. Ena aphe ~ sJu
t1nnaily, oxceps VI 1ue oag y. u.s a0l.n Eea ne
H. Had 1've ar aacerta;Ied 70. thst Ha did - to
tn meet mt there was bnt poor davis snort.
ahort r,,,, with . younc for- ana Kill in Dar.
naton Pl.ntot;ons onfr faw mica from Inn
tnn Ia Tn;cht 1--we hoen home hv , o'clock
But ho STAYED drinking in q little public-house
on the Purhau road. So, You zee, he 1iod. Tint
doesn't prise me; he Mas always . Lar, as his
father WAS before him. It looks Like administer
fr1 III 3oE+f frf4 41 md Eaa iun rt1f
tho closing scene, to avoid suspicion. On
the other hand, an innocent man might have
put up at the public, and afterwards,
being ashamed Of himself, have given false &c I
HE WAS on good terms With the doceased?"
ssTeH. Not so good as he'd make out, but |
still on good terms He'd been forgiven, and |
made welcome to the manor-house- Poor Del
pratt, take it, was trying to like him, and on
the whole, the yonng man had behaved pretty /
well Of late. II had been different formerly. |
In truth, Ernest was as bad as Delamere had |
been. Dismissed from the army before he Was
20 for disgraceful condnct-cheatins at cards
then guilty Of what's called, in plain terms,
1t the Old Bailey, forgery. But tho thing was
hushed up, and tho young man WAS packed off
10 Australia. Poor Delpratt, always feeling
acute1y his own position. and doing his best to
serve the legitimate members of the family, |
softenod to hi1a Of lato yearp. believed in his re-
form, and viewed him even aifectionately."
"Who was with him at tho time of his
leath Z"
"So ono. There we're weak. He had cer-
aiulv heart disease OF considerable standing
sufficient perhaps, to account for bis death.
rhoro's on1y this to add. He is known to have
:omplsined Of the strange taste OF his medicines.
md Of tia great internal pain and burning thirst
hey proyoied.'
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uon we 'uhs4 1 10 IVY etoonos 1of fesls'-
" !. Payiuoat h:.,,.,,n ~. ~ 1ne 10 p. puncsni
!elunps 1os, a7 Het. nut uefer 1usu a1 co.,
lusons; lo1e fa1ley. we've time I'm % oeiofe na. and
mean 70 snrns pa nnon ma hun ynrn IN case
la ucn ae ae nIl.e o5eams ms. OF; Euhtaee De1pratt
xs,In ~ my r,l ri1eao uon lorge. tna:. ansh!
sT ,T,' 70 alIaved. hememner, you re- ny clefH:
tne .IIelai "as u s1niple kina II "as eheny
~ ~ sq ior . lts pnuclsy o1 9utneIa.
n1, as -. ~ Ie5uK naa e.P!alneo, me laso Mr-
o!Ess nao ieS1ly sp1eahlng. no selsnvea'
,,or1, tas,a hns so ouod ~ use .ne eonSes
nesiS si Aao no"eo !" ois 'e111s' 8no ne LAO
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