The Morning herald., 1877-08-03
! HE isa able man, this siyorv.ns


him; for in prison lie would nevs- os "a'.
woM; wlile frec, and let him think sth,
eyes OF the police are of him. and III,
kncws but he may fall into the trans !, I
I he was common criminal, it wonld y.
wesi to arrest and remand him, While y
prison. on remand, be might saw aoma
thing to some old comrade be might ~ meat
and who would turn Queens ev;danco
But as tits. he would hold his tonona ~
Jail" ~ 0oA VI
! "And whas If. being at liberty, he leaves
Englandi"
mo, he won't roam. If he was inclined
to roam, he would have been off before
this time, and directly after 10 committed
the murder, ii he did commit it. Once be-
fore you, aud once told that he Is free to
land he will think he is safe. No, he
will not leave ENGLAND. Again, out of
London. he could ITO nothing, make no
'noney. and fnd no friends. He can only
live in London, and be wants to live.
will suppose Sivoly guilty, and then
know how he puts it to himself"
"The prisoner is free, and you are at
liberty to watch him." said the magistrate.
What are your prcjects7 What is your
rlan"
"My plan7 Oh. it Ia not yet planned.
E,ust set it all out when am alone" said
the Sdetect;vc. But it's here" be said,
tapping his forehead; "it's here, and let
him look to bimself" 49,
The maqisrratc Examined tho strange,
faded being before him. The pale face
was heightened in colcr: the dull eyes
shot bright glanccs through the blue spec
tacles; 'the frail bust was drawn up; the
vhols man seemed convinced that he was
speaking the ntter and unshakable truth.
Tho magistrate accustomed rapidly to
Judge of men by the appearance they pre-
sent, al once saw that be had before him
cne Of those men who are turned to ac-
count by trade or profession, rather than
men who live by given shape. OF indus
try. He saw at once that Wcbber would
bring Austin 6ivory to justice, if he was
indeed guilty Of the crime Of murdo ring
Graham Forbes. And at once he deter
mined to use all his authority and in1u-
ence to enable the detective to do his
best. a. wfR !
So far, he. the magistrate, had protected
Austin Sivory, because, firmly HE believed.
him to be innocent. But if guilty. it was.
the magistrates bountlen duty to do all
he could to bring the culprit to the cri1r-
inal dock. at the Old Bailey.
OF course it is not the duty OF magis-
trate to have any business directly with o
detective police-constablc, but Mr.. Gael
lem had already arrived at tho conclusion
that the mystery of Taggarts Inn was one
which would call for all the acumen of the
police to solve it, and he felt that Wcbber
was man who, to extreme acutencss,
added positive devotion to biz terrible
business. d, r
80 you answer for your successs" he
said, suddenly, to Lord Arlington's pro-
tege.
"If sivory 10 guilty. he replied, without
hesitation, II will undertake to bring you
proofs Of his guilt. But must make Ger
tain conditions"
'Let us see the conditioner
s'In the first place. it Is to be understood
that he is only to be arrested when apply
for warrant"
"Iagree to that"
"Will you. sir, let the reporter to your
court know that the accusation made
against certain gentleman (na1na not
givenl of having been the murderer OF
Graham Forbes-an accusation made by
the police - was perfectly groundless.
This will still more throw him Oft, his
guard" --....,...-.-...
Twill see what can be done,", said the
Anything moref' w
Anything more'" replied. the detective,
sharply. THAT is just 1t. / want to DC
alone in this affair, not to be inteIfcrred
with, and to do exactly as like. without
any reference to Scotland Yard" .nl
II will do what can" said tho r1aels-
trate. a w a.
"Then," said the detective. ''all ! have
10 do is to lay my plans, and submit them,
sir, to your notice, when I hope that yon
will feel that in helping me you will then
be doing the proper thing"
The last words were uttered in de- |
cided, distinct tone, like that of general
settling the plan of battle. Then turn
ing to Margaret, who had stood by per-
fectly silent and patient during the con-
versation between the magistrate and the |
detective, and in whose opinion Webber !
had become tho very carnifcation of the !
power who was to track Graham's assassin, |
1e said, miss, before long may want to
zee you. Will you give your people orders
hat am to DO admitted when ! DO call7"
Certainly" said Margaret. "Callwhen
you will, and at any hour. shall always
20 grateful to see you."
'Tbe detective smiled, saluted the mag
strate, and withdrew, softly.
Immediately after, Margaret was shown
~ the magistrate 10. the cab waiting for
Aer, and be himself returned to hiA court