The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-06-06

was hard to say. It was almost bsfaed huased look that came into his Esh. hlne eyes, and the hand which he raised to stroke his moustache scarcely hid an odd contraction of the mouth. The noise ceased as burly man pushed his vav through the crowd to the table. He seemed to be of some importance, for the counsel paused in the act of sitting do Wn. and lent willing ear to his Whisper Then a hurried and seemint Iy' excited conference went on between these two and the solicitor for the defense and one or t"o others-so exciting that expecta- ton vas raised to very high pitch, and at length the lord mayor, unable to bear logger, said: Have you any more quesuons for this witness, MT. Banck- worth ?"
 Thus recalled 10 himself, Mir. Banck- worth rose from his stooping position and seemed to hesitate Finally he said, with an air of reluctance, "Yes, my lord, 1 fear l have. Mir. PArkman, did understand you to give it as your opinion that who- ever inserted that advertisement com mitted this murderf'
 A strange pause, then, in an equally strange hoarse tone, Yes"
 Is that" holding up Russia leather plotting case filled with green plotting paper, the plotting case you use in your library at Richmond ?"
 IL sounded, apart from the sudden pro- duction ot the case, harmless question enough. And yet how was it that through all that crowded court every one felt the terrible nature of the silence which fol- lowedf Was that ordinary looking case gorgon's head, that at sight of it the precipitation should spring in great beads to the witness forehead, and his mouth should wrlthe in vain attempt to speak ne couldn't. In the end he only nodded. Then can you explain" the lawyer asked solemnly, "how it happens that upon page of this plotting paper there appears in printed characters a reverse Impression of the latter part of this ad- vertisementP'
 The crisis had come, the worst had happened; and yet even now some cool plausible reason might avail him. Now was the time for >ady brain and steady pulse. Now; but now all these were wantingl He glared round him for a moment on the sea of faces. qrasned wildly at his throat, and fell to the floor of the box in fit
 Amid thrll! of such sensation as few in that court had ever experienced they bore him out to an adjoining room. But ne was dead before they could bring a doctor to him. That moment-and heaven knows what of bitter anticipation had been his punishment in this world.
 Peters, 1t appears, had gone down to see him at Richmond, and while waiting In the library had in the instinctive pur- suit ot bis profession turned over the leaves of the plotting book. The cipher caught his eye; but the merchant enter ing at that moment 1t was not until he left for town that Peters could get into tne house again, confirm his impression, ana with this strange piece of evidence follow to London by later train.
 For a few hours after the merchants death 1t seemed one of those motiveless murders that upset all calculation. But among his papers was found the key. He had lost great sums by deep play at West Eud club. His father was then Ill, his needs were most pressing. He had already far exceeded his right to draw upon the firm to get more he de- posted forged acceptances' At his fath- CTS death the cashier discovered this, and though the junior partner was now able to refund the money, Critchlow held the forgeries fn kerrorem over him. Parkman, secretive yet fierce, took his life.
 or him enough. For Ernest Crisp, he married Ethel three weeks later.-Lon- don Society