The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-14

had not particle of evidence Iasf night to prove he was sailor.-
 No e.sdenoef Perfect evidence, as-
 -Of what ki.d, prayr'
 @ ev'dencs of my osa syss-his
 You pszsist then that ron .u< n ,n- faIlibIe judge of sailor kv his h.Sds '
 Yes You knew.I hass siven yoa many pssoh of ny inseises. t my SO call it, - that pareScnlae.s
 "very wsil-lsf is - granaed tAss he w.s sail4 n dlsCl1A Wat thseF
 f.e he9 . N spoe, cd thGue he disfuisss hia kufiing G1Ais bospd and meueler1a Kknan vAo has mcuev . his poeksf 6a have scuur reneo Tor shayiag hima Ia such sn out-oEtAe- uay placs and r1noss. nc knife-.
 Knife Rsnenhesyou knew nothius q kni(e lsse Highta
 ! hsa fsryotfsA Wen, cali i, what you piease-the razor, if you like. It would be quite capable of being used as murderous weapon !; and why should he be 90 anxious to ges rid of 1t secretly fl there were not the strongest reasons for doing so ~
 How did you know last night that he had got rid ofit?"
 Because he had neither knife nor fire arm about him when he laced me ., Rotherhithe."
 Are you sure of that? p
 Perfectly. If he had, I should have been made short work of. His only reason for not killing me was because he could not make up his mind if he were powerful enough to overcome me without weapon. fine had knife or any other weapon, he would have stabbed or shot me the moment he recognized me. To sum up-for l am anxious to tell vou about to-day-a sailor disguises himself at one side of the river, and dispuises himself again at the other side. He has a knife in his possession-o or a raxor- which he hides. After my adventure with this man at Rotherhithe, make up my mind, rightly or wrongly, that he has committed some great crime. Full of this thought. learn that a sailors wife has been found with her throat cut in the neighbcrhood of the Tunnel pier. about the time when disguised sailor came on board steamboat at that pier. know ho~ cla,nish sailors are-hov likely to quarrel among themselves and hsw un- hkeiy to quarrel sith non-seafarers. Can you wonder then that in the strange, ex. cited condition of my mind jumped to me conclusion the woman was murdered. and by the Greek P
 In an excited condition of mind can perhaps pardon you, but"
 know what you are going to say. It was absurd. Very well. Remember. Ieps my suspicious to myself What hap pens next: You tell me in the morning he woman did not commit suicide. and hat a man, foreigner, who was not a 'ailor-or rather who was not dressed as sailor-entered the house in Wellclose square between one and two o'clock. Was not this confirmation of my sus- 'icions ! l may tell you that when lwoke this morning 1 had made up my mind that those suspicious with regard o the Greek were groundless but your lrst words when came to breakfast set ne thinking afresh that they were not 'niy not groundless, but reasonable"
 Maneon spoke in a hurried, nervous manner. For few moments there was dead silence in the room. Mantoa lay 'ack m his chair, his hands clasped be-
 Suddenly Bompas started and said.
 Did you hear any noise outside-in the 'assage, mean ?"
 "l thought did" replied Manton rho was evidently wrappei up in his own "l suppose it j. rne cat.n
 Your story has made me internally 'ervous," said Bompas, standing up and aking revolver from the stand over inc "Co on, Manton,n p he con lnued, sitting down. I'll amuse myself 'utting some cartridges into this while ou are telling me about your advep,uree o-day. What did you do after going out his merning~ o.'
 Il went to Greenwich park again-not y water this time," said the younger nan with slight shiver. "f eas;lv ound out the spot where saw the Creek itting down the previous day. Affer retty long search found the knife urled under few inches of clay.n
 The knife on the manteloiece 2n
 "fes. ] was then, of course more han ever determined to pursue my in. uirie& It was after two when i ,ef, 'reenvich. took the train to London ridge, and in the railway carriage read n evening paper. The Wellclose quare Suicide and sWeIlcIose Sousre lurder has nov advanced a mrther age, SO tar as the newspaper heading re concerned. ltis now The WelIcIo.e quare Mystery as, no doubt, you are ware. 'No further intelligence of anv n ekA ~~. -r .ad.n
 !" Not even clue" :" smiled Bompas
 Not even clue. It was stated ,h. oiice were instituting vigorous search IT the foreign gentleman, but no hone as held out that there was any chanr~ discovering him. One portion off inc ewspaPer paragraph struck me. Iust the conclusion 1t was stated ina, ,h. urdered woman's husband vas res;oen, bout his wife's early history. de to visit the man. Hehad som. 'ason for being reticent, and I vouId y and ind out what it was. Revolv;nc any plans, 1 reached S Kafher;re3s