Telegram-herald., 1886-09-05

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~-sa the eltr.e from az -lrrailliilas district
are lhr=i fer sale sead lorsL an oll
c1lrel a i-4l 4al a sessions Lsls- i a.4s
tsa oc.oe4 ~ AZ ~ nlsn 4 re.srasi fhe end
~ mF ieaueF : llrr-sl to the laiel aui
derasi1ei iuF rartal anteaa. anl rall took
lhs porter W4a haI cirr.ei ll a. lng gai.is I'd
tie polee sra loa-
Mr Elsuue4i. ths chief constable 1 was
t.li ls4 gols hsua n I bad very partiea-
Jar business sili llm. Imislt po-si aly see him
there but I-s lile-r en duty suggested that
hai better call Tie next morning al ten
O'Clock when ] soa.d ne certain u meel
llu
-Aly duty is pressing. said, Il must see
hln tonight
So / .et forth on a walk OF half mile TO
tte chief eonstabies private residence On
or way Co ID. tl4e porter. who was still my
conn paniou. pointed 70 a high deaa wall oc-
cupyug one side ~ ona of tie streets
through whlch We passed
That S tha pris H. sir, be saiL
/ looked 90 the grim. forbiddlng al with
shuiier Daisy was within that awful
inrlasuie-a prisoner, made such through my
aceurs.d eageruess % suspect others ami 70
me,ldis in business with which hai no con
Germ the Thought was enough % drive me
mad I cap iel it from my mind ty an
effort fhat was almost heroic. i must keep
my mni clear now even from the pangs of
uuavailinr remorse If i were to o. able &c
do anything on behalf of the woman ] oyet
iilt j seemst to be in lhe midst Or some
hiie1us nightmare. some black phantas-
ma1or.c s. vs.on. CON iured up bv a diseased
BRAIN when at last reached the house OF
tie ofiria' Iaat 10 was really true that
Daisy was a prisoner suspected of tie
murder of her uncle and that / was about 10
speak 10 the very man Toy whom she had
b-sn arrested was a truth which ] simply
coud NOT rea'izs
When SIR Eastmeod heard my name he ar
once eXf rc-ssI his readiness % sea me- /
was u-herel into "A little drawing room fur
nished In the usual styie of miidle-class
households in provincial towns-rickety wal
uur and fa led green rep beinr the prevailing
features OF the furniture Almost before
hal time 90 observe the thoroughly common
place character Of the room. the chief con-
stable himself appeared
81 am IN 4 TO- sae you. sir he said Al
have been hoping to hoar from yon an to-
/ day" lie glanced at the fireplace. which
was still occuoied by the giided shavngs
which had done duty in the summer Il am
afraii Won will he cold here. sir. If you do
| not mind stepping into my sanctum, We can
/ perhaps settle our business more comfortably
/ there.
Tie "-a- cum" was a snug little room at
/ the back of the house furnished with a big
/ armchair and a bigger couch, a large
! writing tablo, and bookcase. 1t was clear
| from the perfume that still filed the apart
ment- that when arrived had interrupted
/ Mr. Easfmsal in the middle of a cigar. His
/ first step on installing me in the big arm
chair was t. produce a ciyar box But / was
far too sorely agltated to think of indulgine
in ''fhe sad mans comforter
''If you win excuse me- said the officer. a
shall light my pipe. I always think more
| clearly when / am smoking. And now,
sir. / am at your service
| Il was shocked % see that you had made
an arrest this morning in connection witt
YOU I could not bring myself to mention
| my darling name.
Eastmead's face grew grave "Yes we
have arrest d Miss Stanclihe, Mr. Maulev
erer's niece l never hal a piece of worl
TO DO in nv life that / liked less but it haC
to he done
~But she IS innocent, )" 1 said, trying t
| speak calmly. at was not she-I never
even thought Of her when | telegraphed t
you. The thing is quite impossible"
He looked at me keenly for q moment, ani
then said quietly. Il think we had better no
discuss Miss S.ancliffe's arrest at present
Mr.. Fenton. | wanted particularly to Sc,
YOU because / wished 10 know your reason
for tele rraphing TO m from Norway as yol
did What in short. made YOU suspect fou
play in the case OF Mr. Maueverer"
"Tell me first" | cried impl ringly "hov
Miss Stancliff. is. You have seen her. How
does she bear this frightful calamityl For
give me, but | am deeply interested in her
81 am afraid l must not answer mani
questions, Mr. Fenton," he responded ~bu
think ] may tell YOU that the Young lad'
is well in health. and that she bears her mis-
fortunes with courage. She was little up
set at first. and did not seem to understand
what had happened; but she was a grea
deal better before left her in charge of tn
matron OF the prison
! covered my face with my hands to try I,
conceal the emotion that / felt 1t is not il
words 70 describe what I suffered Their
was one question l longed TO put TO the chic
constable-and dare not That was whethe
Daisys arrest was due 10 the hint | ha.
given him.
"Now. Mr.. Fenton he resumed. Il thinl
we had better get 20 business. have aske,
you to tell me frankly what it was that pu
it into your head that 3Ir Mauleverer die
Of poison.
told him hurredy all that ! knew-o
rather that I had suspected / thought tina
If I laid everything before him. be would se
with me how impossible It was that Dais
could be implicated IN the horrible charge
and how strong was the evidence acains
Flnfer We. when / had tod my story,
was but too conscious Of tho weakness Of m
own case What did il all amount tor Tha
a madman whom / met in the railway train
and OF whose identity I knew nothing. ha
declared that murder was abou 10 be don
at the hI.l. and that had found on boar
the tfohlen Hawk n volume which had ev
IDENTIFY been usel for the purpose Of studyin
The symptoms of poisoning bv strychnia.
Easmeal listened 20 me- with close after
ti0n while told my tale. bat it was not M
til mentioned strvchnia that his intere.
seemed fo he really awakened
-You sail nothing about that in your tell
gram to ma
-No. ! only thought it necessary % Civ
you general warning
-Anf have vou heari--has any body tol
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