Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-10-16

DOUBT II 1 had three months to spare ! could
lay q heavy wager that l should nab him
in this very city of York before the end of
that time. But you see, sir, it is a matter of
life and death; and u single day might make
all the difference; so 1 must follow the safe
clew you nave given Inc, and not the uncer-
tain one."
"And what is the safe clewa"
"The time about which Gregson landed in
! England from Melbourne. This is all I have
to 20 upon. I must track him down from
that hour to tho present. Good day to you,
SIR" And in another instant he was hurry
ing off to catch the ten O'clock express to
town.
The remainder of that day l spent in con-
sultation with our solicitor, and in awaiting
the arrival of Harding. He came to York
by an evening train, and pressed my hand
affectionately when We met upon the rail
way platform.
"What do you say, Harding; shall we ap-
ply to the homo secretary at once Oh the
| strength of the discovery Of the s%trychnia7"
"No, we must wait. Don't look disap-
pointed, my dear fellow. As soon as I re.
ceived your letter this morning l hurried off
to Belmore's chambers and was fortunate
enough to get five minutes Of his precious
time. Indeed, I believe he gave me fully fit.
teen minutes if the truth must be told. ]
read your letter to him and asked him his
advice. Il should like to consult Grange be-
fore l say anything was his answer"
"You mean the judge"
"Precisely. Our one hope, you know, is in
the Judge. 1t will rest with him in the end
whether there is to be a pardon or not; and
Belmore, who knows that all his sympathies
are on our side, is anxious to take him along
with US in every step"
Accustomed as 1 had been to see in a judge
| only tho awful being clothed in a medieval
costume, who dispensed life and death,
liberty and slavery, from the judgment seat,
l could hardly realiz, the fact that such a
man should be full of active human YIN.
pathy, even OIL behalf Of q fellow creature
whom he had just doomed to the gallows,
So it was, however.
'"Well," continued Harding, II had a note
at four o'clock from Belmore to say that
Grange was very much pleased to hear of
this discovery, which would of course need
to be properly authenticated; but that some
thing further must be Notwithstanding
if possible tending to break down the evil
Hence as TO motive-before any stops wers
taken at the home office. You see it is not
communication Of tho acntence that we
want-it is a free pardon"
EYES," l answered, feeling depressed and
disappointed, for I had thought that all our
troubles were OF an end now that we had
discovered the strychnia, II suppose We
must 60 on, but I confess that I seem to be
at the end of my resources"
"Now, my good fellow, you must not give
up in despair. Let us wait until we have
caught Gregson. Who knows what no can
tell usa'
I sat in gloomy meditation. -Four precious
days had already passed. It is true that
they had not been wasted; but Daisy still
lay under her awful doom, which was
hourly drawing nearer to her. A heavy
Sigh broke from my lips.
Harding, evidently anxious to divert my
thoughts, asked me to tell him all the par
~ticulars of my visit to the hall, and I COM
piled with his request.
slave you got the memorandum book you
picked up in the room Flinter had been
using?"
eyes," I said, and threw it across the
table to him.
He opened it and looked at it long and
carefully. Alas! Nothing was to be made
out of it. Page after page was filled with
hieroglyphics like the following: