Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-14

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deree against you." i,
On Saturday sAernoonf" Crisp mu
tered in awed accents, looking around bit
With eyes that did not see. ftBut what
Why am | suSpectedT'
IAN that you viii hear at the Manso
house. sm anxious to take you there q
oSee, and with as little u~npleasantness ;
yourself a. possible"
"Itisa mere formality, Crisp" Mr.. Park
man volunteered, speaking for the first tim,
with earnest kindness. Il will attend NV
self and say how perfectly ridiculoal
your conduct for years makes this charg,
appear"
The color came back to the clerks face
Thank you, SIR he said.
Perhaps you viii let yourself be searched
hereY' asked the policeman. Crisp nodded
sequisscence, and did not finch when the
operation begsn. But the first articles to
sppssr were two keys. The policeman
locked caTelessly at the first; but his tscs lit
Up vonderfuDy a. he held up the second.
This is the missing keyl' be exclaimed,
and q thrill Of intelligence seemed to pass
around the room.
That key" said Crisp, still bswildered
and graphing with the memory OF things
which seemed to have happened so long
ago, that is the key Of Mr.. Critch-" he
stopped with trembling lips. He had gone
so far unthinking; and then his position in
all its bearings flashed across his mind. he
remembered all that the presence OF that
key upon him, Sll that the words he had
uttered, might mean for him. The room
began TO 90 round, visions OF Ethel aud Mr..
CritchloW swan before bis eyes. Amid an
appalling silence, which had greeted his
words he fell TO the floor in q dead faint.
Five minutes later the room wa cleared
Of al save it's owner and the short, stout
man. 81 cannot believe it now Mr.. Park
man was saying, and yet the keyl-tbe
KEY How can ne explain that?'
You remember. sir, | told you 1t was a
pretty clear case? answered the detective
for such he was, and q we'll known one.
You did, and ! did not believe you" the
merchant answered with q grosn. He was
very greatly distressed, and no wonder.
"Well, sir, I'm inclined TO think that you
we're right and was wrong," the other an.
swered dryly.
"Eh, Lsis clear now, inspector? Ba,
he key
1T Is the Eey. and another matter or tTo
hat puzzles me the man answered
lk~ousbtfully. You've read, | dsre say OF
murderers doing stupid things, sir? There
vas that nurse who strangled her patient
and then could not refrain from laying her
out2 Yes, quite 50. Bgt | never heard Of
q murderer carrying a proof against him
selfiu his pocket; and that proof a thing
he had no motive for keeping and every
chance to get rid Off
Ii almost seemed as If the merchant in
bis interest 10 the puzzle thus presented to
him forgot his anxiety on behalf OF his poor
clerk. But" he suggested, it was very
likely sheer carelessness 1t discovery you
could see was s terrible shock to him.
Quite true, sir" the detective said.
ARD the female who. if the policeman is
to be believed, was with hint you could
get q clue TO Ter, she might clear it al
up"
Il hope she may the man answered
COOL "for ! have not only got the cleS to
her: | shall see her to-day. don't think
there can be any imprudence in showing
you this" He took from a large pocket
book which be produced q tiny newspaper
cutting. Mr.. Parkmsn looked ct it with a
face Of great smazement. 1t read thus:
"GL VGSYo SLFHv sRrSrZGv
syYG Nv wYzIyHG &c II NSENTy zOOyB 10
ULFI GINLIILD YB CSC GRNv RDRoO SEW
IRw NRUyOU IL LII DLlHG yAySB TLFI OLgR.
Mt vINyHC.
CHAPTER II.
It was bslkpast four when Crisp, after
threading divers Of the city ways. in which
the crowds were nov rapidly lessening,
turned again into Change alley. A look OF
6~epression-s hsggard. careworn look-wss
upon the young mans face as be crossed 1t,
his head bent down. Suddenly a sweet,
glad cry-oh, so out of place there-struck
upon his ear, and be stopped and looked
round with a start, TO meet the next Instant
two little gloyed hands thrust into his, two
brown eyes swimming with tears looking
into bis black ones. "Oh, Ernest the girl
cried-she " a young aud pretty, but dressed
very plsiuly in black, and until this moment
had worn her veil down-"Gren't you glad
to see me-
Glad, nv darling be cried, all the care
zone out of his face; ives, very glad. You
know | am glad"
And VOC DO love me IS much as ever"
she pleaded, with her eyes fixed 80 very
anxiously on his.
YES" he said simply. Nor did she doubt
him now, though during the last fortnight
of arrangement following that wretched
petty quarrel she had fsncied sll sorts Of
dreadful things. more and more every
day, dearest. 1t was all my fault, Ethel. !
had been worried and vexed by business,
and visited it upon you
The girl looked up at him with clinging
eyes as II it had been 3 privilege ne had
Granted her. Then she said, but not re-
yroachfully; Il have been here half 90
hour. expected you before.
Did YOU" he answered. ut was good
of you 10 be here, generous of you, like
Yourself. But you must come in for a min
ute with ne, Ethel. The house is quite
Empty. The care-tsker | know has leave
10 be away this afternoon; and Critchlow,
our cashier. will have left By nov
Il don't think l ought" she said, smil
ipg.
Nonsense he replied gayly. Il must
put my books away now, and come bach
after tea. And see, if you are thinking o.
the prophecies, there is q policeman watch
ing Us with the most untlsttering interest.
He opened the door with his key, and 81,
came slyly in. Once inside, however, and
the door shut upon the inquisitive police
maxwell, it is no matter to Us how CriSE
welcomed her. But this satisfactorily per
formed, they went up stairs, his arm round
her Waist-a strange sight in that dust!
plaee-their steps echoing in the empt!
house. At the top Of the stairs he door int
the large clerks room was ajsr. Crisp pushed
il open and led her in. "Aud this is where
you do FOUR work. she asked. d~svouring
with wideopen eyes the long bare room
with its four windows, its row Of desks anC
stools along one side, and the glass box il
the far corner.
mo" he answered, laughing. Il am sup
posed to be a cut above this dazzling. OIL!
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