The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-12-22

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y. should get y:"k 9hs id to ,i7le
;, expired, AMT. 'hc' her clock
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!. the otlit.. lie 1etail<," marmured the
), YOU: Whr. of pol'", W; = inst the
u we cannot lille round the corners Of his
!. i:rlc Of the easily auh"nticated," said
Il ,hrv will vrlted detective: Examine
= fer and will above the old high writ
{ u,onry. 70: one of those that go from
n hours at time but,
: ,.oes o. =. one thing is posi-
81" that ;h- widow was winding it up be-
fore going to bed. How, then, is it that this
clock should have stopped at five o'c'cak7 7
Because she had just commenced t. draw
the weights up when tn" knock came ; and
to support the assertion. let me draw your
attention 10 this chair under the clock, and
to the footprints upon It's cover. Now look
at the costume of the victim. The body of
her dress has been taken off. and, in her
hurry TO open :he door. she had thrown this
old shawl around her shoulders"
"Well, l never !" exclaimed the brigadier,
evidently much struck.
"The widow" continued Old Corkscrew,
recognized the knock. Her hurry in
opening the door made me at first suspect
this. What follows pr"ves it. Thus the
murderer was admitted .ithout the slight
est demur, and must have been already
known to his victim. He is man still
Young. q little above the middle height, and
elegantly dressed. He wore on the even
ing in question. {, hat, and not cap. He
had an umbrella, and was smoking Ira
bucos cigar with montl!pirce."
"Oh. come draw il mild :" cried Gevrol,
unable TO restrain his feelings any longer.
a can swallow a great deal, but this is too
mlrh."
"Too much. or too little," retorted Old
CorkSrr"w, lis the truth. If you are not
as minute and careful as | am, that's your
fanlt, not mine seek, and 1 find. Too
much, is it? Well, just come here and, if
Won will be 80 coMd"scending, glance at
the:" pieces Of wet plaster. They repre-
sent the loot-herlS Of the assassin, of
which found two magnificent impressions
near the ditch whcr" tn" key WAS found.
Upon these sheets Of paper l have traced
the entire footprint, which, being upon
sand, could not succeed otherwise in
bringing away, Look High heel, arched
in>'ep foot li.te and nanow-an elegant
boot, v0n must own. lou will find this
fnu,~iep twice repeated on the road, and
five timcs in The gar,ler-which proves, by
the way. that the wrarer of the boot had
kn0rked, not 1T the door, but at the
shutter Of the window, through the
chiu'S of which he must have seen
a igmt. At the cnt,Ynr" OF the gar
den orr man made 4 jump to avoid
STEPPING upon iowcr-bcd, a the point of
th" lloo,. sunk deep in the soil. sufficiently
he,ray~ Thus he cl'ar"1l, with ap:,ar"n'ly
little exertion. a distance Of nearly two
yards. This Shows him 10 have been light
and Suppl"---'hrrrfJrr, Il young mai"
Oll C,ikscrrw spoke in high, >hrill tones,
metallic and cutting as Il razo,, and his
restless eyes wandered incrssantly from
one to the other Of his auditors, watching
their impressions.
@Is it my remark abont the hat that has
aStonished you, Monsieur (ievrol 7" pursued
Taharet "Exanlhe the perfect circle left
upon the dusty marble slab Of the old writ
i,ls-desk Is it because have fixed on the
height of the individual in question? Be
SO good AS to look at the top of those oak
presses, and you will perceive that hands
something. Don't tell ME that he stood on
a chair. for in that casa he could have seen
without lming Obliged TO feel. Are you
S,rp,iral about the umbrella This clod
of earth contains an admirable imprint not
only of Il" 'op but of the round piece OF
wood that holds the silk. Is it the cigar
that annoy< You? Here is the end of the
Tr:,ln,coS. which I picked ont of the cin-
derS. lI:S the extremity been bitten, or is
il 80. with ,al;va2 No. Therefore the
,,"..,e, ,'ho smoked it must have used
mW..' .'..'c4.
L""nJ rndeevored, but with very small
success, TO conceal his enthusiastic admira-
ton Of hi+ old friend and, in order to re-
press any outward signs of approval. r"'-
bed his hands softly together, ;ls though ne
w"r" going through the process of washing
them.
l'l.. commi>sarv of police seemed stupi-
fled the magistrate looked delighted;
Will Gevrol'- face, on the contrary, grew
longer and longer. As for the hrigadier of
gcnlarmerie, lie appeared to be in the
seventh heaven of enjoyment.
"Now," continued the old gentlemen,
pray give me your most earnest attention.
We have come to the point where the young
man has entered the cottage. How he ac-
counted for hia presence at so late an hour,
of course, I cannot tell but one thing is
very certain. he told the Widow Lerouge
that he hadn't dined. The worthy woman
Immediately SGT ahou' preparing a repast
"a rHpast in which she herself did not
join. because in the cupboard there are still
the remains of her dinner. and you will
perceive plates are not laid for two"
H"re Old CorkSrrAw parl>"d, elevated his
inguiSitive nose in the air. and, with twink