Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-30

tening intent Y, with knitted Or w.
at loolrs ike murder" he said at last
@The poor creature was carried to the sta
ton in dying state and that stertorous
breathing you noticed when the train started
was the last struggle. D mt be afraid. my
dear boy; there is not the slightest reason
for uneasinass Oar business is 10 fini out
all about this poor lady. and the man who
placed her in the train She must have
been brought to the station in some kin OF
veh ce-cab, bath chsir-some;hing The
frs tn NJ 10 be done is to have inquiries
made among the cabmen ard cab proprie-
tors the police will do all that: but shall
have to watch your interests in the matter
You must have a clever lawyer, too, to
watch the case. Brock ank, of Grandches-
ter. will be the man-alwavs about the
Grim nal cur there. up every move I'll
tel graph to him instantly. The inquest is
o BE- at four. you say. l must get it put off
till FIVE"
How good YOU areI" exclaimed George,
@and how claverr
II am a man of he world, that's ALL Some
rious people think that a parson has no
right to lie man of the wo Id, iorgetting
VINO it was that told US to he W Sc as serpenuS
Pm not the popu ar idea of a parson
you know. by ny means; but can serve
friend rs WI as your straIgnt-laced
srec men of the breed"
He wa, man OF Astounding chaerfuness
and infinite capa tv for work. as prone to
emuell sh his CONVEX alton with occasional
flowers of modern sang now a he had been
forty years ago az Eto. He was just the
man G. orge Cau.fieid wantel in this crisis
OF his ife.
II. leiegraphed TO the Grandchester al
iney AMI go he inques post oned from
four I'll five. H saw the medical man, he
taI4eI to the police A police officer had
started for Grand he ter y an early ira n
% hunt up tue owner of tie card, and OBJ
tam as - uch in ormation as could be go in
ii few hours
the inquAs. was held at the chief hotel in
NJ .ld.le IN a large dining room. which was
uly used on Give and part cular occasions
II re, under baze o. G IS. the curate OF st.
Pnemun's, South Kensing on. found him.
elf, for the frs time in his life, lace to face
vita a British jury ami a British coroner.
Mr. Har rave NJ. r C s.. general prac-
lit on at VI lllal'. dec AIRED that the de
co1sed, name unknown. had died from the
fleets of I; large d ,se of iaudanum. There
mad been no loss moriem AMI he saw no
n .cessitv Tor one. Tue co.or of the face
The o4or o. tie dps, the abnormal col lness
OF the corpse, were suffi it eviienc. as to
the II ,ture Of the pois' II. The bottle found
an ne prisoners Pc se,s on contained laul-
unum.
Sensation!
TIE railway quart and station master
tat all they knew about the arrival of
tie .iecaased al MiiIdale Junction Both de-
sclioed the prisoner as ' entity a,tate1
L cons. able " no had b. zen sent to Md
chester was mex examil u
He had foup nd Mr. E den, of Briar jlace-a
nun of sixty, vi, gray, bald, every a
trIbu unlike the mun described o crap
lcaliy by Mr. Caulfiell Mr. E $ len had
ben able o IF r no suggestion as 20 the
stran err who had made such a shameful Use
of his card
The constab had af.erward gone 10 no
less han TOUR ca yards, where he had III de
AL inquiries p' ssible i'll a limited time. He
had been unable to find any cabmon who
had driven an invalid lady to the alton OF
the previou, evening He had II xt hunted
out he on.y BATH chair proprietor % BE-
lound in Ganichester, wi h the same re-
suit Time had not e lowed MIN to visit the
numerou, chemists saops in that thriving
CIV, and that remained to be done.
There was no evidence on Mr. Caulfield's
beha f, except the vicar of FIR, shmeads
ev drnce as to his character and ante
ced nt>, and to the fact that he only parted
with him at eleven O'Clock on the previous
morning at the Freshmead Ro I'd stat on.
F eshmead was seven miles from Grand
chester
What was Mr. eau field Going to do when
he eft yous" asked he coroner
"He was going to spend the day in Grand
chester"
~Has he friends or acqua intances in tina.
cityf
M He was going to look at the cathe-
dral and Jaw courts, and to soend an hour
or two in the o bury library"
"He was to dine somewhere. I supposer
He me,nt to dine at a restaurant There
ara a goo many dining places in Grand
cheser; he could take his choice among
them"
A r this witness had been examined the
inquiry was adjourned for a week
At the close # the proceedings, Mr.
Brock 'ank, the lawyer, asked if his client
m~ht be released on bail, the vicar Of
Freshmead being prenared to offer himse
as security to any amou t, but the coroner
replied that the case was of too serious a
nature to a Init of bail
So Mr.. Gu fisld went. hack to the stony
rl1ce whencs he had come, where the
u most privilege hat c0uN be accorded
him was the liberty to see his friends at
stated hours. and to hive his meal, supplied
from an a1i1cent hotel.
His snirits wonl have assuredly gone
down to the point of utter d,sponiency on
that go nv winter evening, when the mody
hv that had conveyed him to the George
no ell carried him | ack to the Jail. had he
not been supported and sustained by the in
domitable Cheerful ness of his friend the
vicar
What do you think Of the case nowf' he
asked
"Think" cred Mr. Leworthy "why.
that shall have o much to do In Grand
chester ferreting out this mystery of yours
during the next six day. that | don't know
how the deuce my parish work is to get
done"
Wont you employ the polcal'
"Of course shall; but shall employ nv
self too Don't you be down hearted.
George | mean to see you safely through
this business and shall do it right away,
as thew say on the other side of the At
lantic."
Geor-e Caulfleld's confidence in his fathers
old friend was unb,unded He had seen in
the past how the vicar of Freshmead could
conqrer diff 'ulties which the ruck OF men
wouli have found insurmou,table. Mr..
L,worthv dinad with him as cheerfrlly
II they had been eating white bait at Green
witch or turtle in Alders -ate street under
the most exhilarating circumstances and
stimulated Ivy the force Of example George,
who had scarcely brok N his fast since he