Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-09-25

do you not see, renuon," ne sa,d. In
hurried whisper, "what it is that you hav
donea You have put an idea in the head
of those fools at Barton and the CONSEQUENCE
is the arrest of Daisy"
"You cannot believe that" I said, will
! more energy. Surely you do not charc,
me with having caused her arrests 1t i
some hideous mistake on the part of thes
clumsy Yorkshire policemen. We shall hay,
it put right Immediately. 1 shall 90 to Bar
ton this evening, and see about it"
my dear young friend" said B~ranksome
speaking in measured tones and a softened
voice, "your eyes are closed to the truth. Il
you had never limited at such q thing a.
murder, Daisy would never had been sus
pected. But you have lighted the match
and you cannot now prevent the explosion
shrank back from him in horror. "Why,
you speak as though she might be guilty."
He shook his head slowly. mournfully.
ibid not tell you that I feared for thu
consequences when a girl like Daisy, proud
passionate, sensitive, is subjected to such
prosecutions as those which she had to suffe,
at Mauleverer's handss"
"But they were overl Do you not remep.
Der the letter you had from her at Bodo? Be.
sides, the thing is ridiculous. Daisy a muir.
deressl l shall believe that you and I are
PARTICLES sooner than suspect such a thing. n
Eyes" he said, thoughtfully, II knew !
should shock you. But for Daisy's sake, as
well as yours, it is better that you should
know the worst. You and l have got to save
that poor girl, for remember it is uou who
have brought her into peril"
Was overwhoIrnod with n c,;oe ...l =. 7
had never known before. Very hurriedly
we made arrangements as to the future, for
I felt that we must work together if any,
thing was to be done. He meant, he said, to
60 to Great Lorton the next morning. For
my part l was thankful when l landed to
find that there was q train by means of
which I could reach Barton that night.
Barton is a pleasant agricultural town.
boasting a big market place, where once a
week the cattle from the surrounding district
are offered for sale, q good hotel, an old
church, a Jail and a sessions house. It was
ten O'Clock at night when l reached the end
of my journey, I hurried to the hotel and
deposited my portmanteau, and then l took
the porter VIC had carried it as my guide to
the police sta. ion.
Mr.. Eastmead, the chief constable, l was
told had gone home. If l had very particu-
lar business with him, Knight possibly see him
there. but the officer on duty suggested that
l had better call the next morning at ten
o'clock, when l would he certain to meet
him.
"My duty is pressing" I said; Il must see
him tonight"
So I set forth on a walk of half a mile to
the chief constable's private residence. On
our way to it, the porter, who was still nv
companion, pointed to a high dead wall oc-
cupying one side of one Of the streets
through which we passed.
THAT is the prison, sir" he said.
Hooked at the grim, %forbidding wall with
a shudder. Daisy was within that awful
inclosure-a prisoner, made such through my
accursed eagerness to suspect others. and to
NEEDLE in business with which l had no con-
Germ. The thought was enough to drive mo
mad. expelled it from my mind by an
effort that was almost heroic. l must keep
my mind clear now even from the pangs Of
unavailing remorse, if l were to be able to
do anything on behalf of the woman l loved.
But l seemed to be in the midst of some
hideous nightmare, some black phantas-
magoric vision, conjured up by a diseased
brain, when l at last reached the house Of
the official That it was really true that
Daisy was a prisoner, suspected of tho
murder Of her uncle, and that l was about to
speak to the very man by whom she had
been arrested, was a truth which l simply
could not realize.
When MI. Eastmead heard my name he at
once expressed his readiness to see me. I
was ushered into a little drawing room fur
nished in the usual style of middle-class
households in provincial towns-rickety wal
nut and faded green rep being the prevailing
features Of the furniture. Almost before I
had time to observe the thoroughly common.
place character of the room, the chief con-
stable himself appeared.
Il am glad to see you, sir" he said, II
have been hoping to hear from you all to-
day." He glanced at the fireplace. which
was still occupied by the gilded shavings
which had done duty in the summer. II am
afraid you will DO cold here, sir. If you do
not mind stepping into my sanctum, we can
perhaps settle our business more comfortably
there"
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