The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-02-22
CHAPTER VIII,
HELEN PLAYS A TRUMP.

HELEN PLAYS A TRUMP.
"Therc was fellow clerk at the
Office" said George Warneford, after
reading Rupert's letter, 'named
Samuel pringle. l remember him
WELL
"a fellow-C Clerk," cried Helen, land
of that name! What kind of IA man
was heo''
II must he owned that, in the future
examination of the Warneford case, by
far the most intelligent and active in
vestigator was Helen Elwood. Wheth-
er his long confinement had dulled
his brain, or whether he despaired of
success, George Warneford himself
was mostly irresolute, and sometimes
as if a cloud rested over his brain, he
was silent and apathetic.
Try TO think, George, what
manner of a clerk was he"
He was in the same room,n said
George "He was my junior by few
mouths in point of years, but he had
entered later. / do not know what
his family connections were, nor any
thing OF his habits, because he lived
in different part of London--some-
where up the Kings Road, | think;
but | know his name was samuel
Pringle." 4"
George, II this Thomas Priug!e,
whom the men call Boston Tom, knew
your fate--if he knew your story-if he
knew, "a he said who, did the
thing-what other clew is more ready
than the onnection of Samuel Prin-
gle with Thomas Pringle? And If
as well, I"
II believe you've got it miss said
Ben. "How can we find out about
this Samuel Pringle?"
"rhey could tell us at the office; ut
| least they could tell us if he is there
STILL said George. But who Is to
askea"
Helen thought little.
81 will go" she said--"'I will 90 and
see Mr.. Baldwin myself George, we
had better take Mr.. Wybrow into the
same confidence as your sister. With
Rupert and John Wybrow both work
ing for us, we ought to do some-
thing"
| George sighed.
futt Il f,s. ~
many times had poor Helen said these
words, as much to strengthen her own
| faith rs to sustain his.-"Have faith
and hope. We arc nearer now than
ever we were before. We have found
out the man who knows, and now we
have only got somehow to make him
confess
Rupert's letter arrived, of coarse, in
| the evening. Helen Elwood had q
| busy time. She had first to represent
to the professor and Madame Lemire
that their eldest-born, though he
would not return for few days, was
in reasonable safety, and might be
expected to take care of himself and
was engaged in matter requiring Sc
crecy and confidence, which might
he OF great advantage to Ruth She
had to calm down the boiling fury of
old Ben, who, now that his enemy was
within his grasp longed to bring him
up, and saw himself, in Imagination,
reeling out the evidence that was to
hang him. She had to find CORE
spondeut in Manchester, matter
effected 10y means ola gentleman of
the sea-farins persuasion-friend of
Ben's-who would send Rupert the
five pounds asked for. with a suitable
letter. She had to calm the eagerness
of Ruth, who wanted posse of consta-
bles at once to arrest the man, and
make hIm confess then and there.
Also George showed, when once he
was alive to the situation, unusual
agitation and excitement
"a Will go myself, Helen" he said,
''to Mr., Baldwin"
mo, George, you will stay quietly
at home. can go, because | can
talk without excitement. Let me 90
alone; keepquiet at home.
But all night she heard him pacing
backward and forward i'm his room
over her head. The end near at hand!
1t was too much to hope for; it was
thing of which he had never dared in
hs 80 l,., ,t t,,t rI To
Helen loved him, even she could not
altogether understand the revulsion of
feeling which the new prospect Of his
rehabilitation caused him. After
eight years of suffering and disgrace
after returning to England with an
assumed name, in hiding so to speak
after the agony of knowing that his
sister was suffering with him and for
him, and yet that he could not take
her to his breast and tell her who and
what he was! And then another thing
he had schooled himself to expect
disappointment. How was AN eight
ycars-old crime proved upon himself
To be transferred to another man? How
could the proofs be collected? From
what quarter should they come; And
who would put them together"
And now, suddenly, he was asked
to face solution in which the
impossible was to be made possible.
Within mile of himself was the man
who knew all about it. 1t was only
left to discover if that man would he
ready or could be made to confess.
Toward morning George Warne-
ford dropped upon his bed and fell
into heavy sleep. Helen below
heard his footsteps cease, and fell
asleep herself. AT nine o'clock he was
asleep still, when she set forward with
beating heart on her mission.
She knew the office of Messers.
Batterick & Baldwin SO well, through
Georges frequent descriptions, that
she knew the way right through into
Mr.. Baldwin's private room. She
passed, unchallenged and without hes
itation, through the three rooms.
The clerks looked up from their work
for a moment at the strange apparition
| offs Young lady in the office, but the