The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-22

SJep OH lIlSbdltI1I2 me IN tnh nI2 arm
chair was to produce a ci1ar box But was
far too sorely agitated to think of indulging
in "Ihe sad mans comforter"
'1f you will excuse me said the officer II
shall light my pipe. I always think mors
clearly when / am smoking. And now,
sir. am at your service"
II was shocked to see that you hai made
an arrest this morning in connection With
the matter about which ! telegraphei to
YOU" could not bring myself to mention
my darling name.
Eastmead's face grew grave "Ye,, we
have arrested Miss Stancliffe, Mr. Maulev-
erers niece never ha piece of work
to do in my life that liked less; but it had
to be done"
@But she is innocent" said. trying to
speak calmly. at was not she-I never
even thought of her when telegrauhed to
you. The thing is quite impossible"
He looked at me keenly for mom,nt and
then said quietly, II think we had better not
discuss Miss Stancliffes arrest at present
Mr.. Fenton / wanted particularly to see
you because wished o know your reasons
for tele raphing to m, from Norway as you
did. What in shor made you suspect foul
play in the case of Mr.. Maueverer"
"Tell me first" I cried impl 'ringly. chow
Miss Stancliffs is. You have seen her. How
does she bear this frightful calamity For
give me, but am deeply interested in her"
IL am afraid | must not answer many
questions, Mr. Fenton, he responded; "but
Think may tell you that the young lady
Is well in health. and that she bears her mis-
fortunes with courage. She was littla up
set at first, and did not seem to understand
what had happened; but she was great
deal better before left her in charge of the
matron of the prison"
covered my face with my hands to try to
conceal the emotion that felt 1t is not in
words to describe what / suffered There
was one question j longed to put to the chief
constable-and dare not That was whether
Daisy's arrest was due to the hint | had
given him.
Snow, Mr. Feuton," he resum ID, II think
we had better get to business have asked
you TO tel me frankly what 1t was that put
it into your head that Mr. Mauleverer died
of poison ...
told him hurriedly all that / knew-or
rather that had suspected. thought that
if / laid everything before him. he would see
with me how impossible it was that Daisy
could be implicated in the horrible c;'arge,
and how strong was the evidenc4 against
Flinter Ye, when had tod my story.
was but too conscious of the weakness Of my
own case What did it all amount to! That
madman whom met in the railway train
and of whose identity I knew nothing. had
declared that murder was abou to be done
at the hail. and that | hal found on board
the Golden Hawk voume which had evil
IDENTIFY been used for the pur pose of studying
the symptoms of poisonin by strychni4
IL
tion whila tod my tale. but it wa, not un-
| til mpnt oned strych1ia that his interest
seemed to be really awakened
@You al noGhing about that in your tele-
gram to me
you general warning
AM have YOU heard-has any body told
you the res lit of the post mortemt"
Il hav heard nothing beyond the bare
fact OF Miss Stancliff IS arrest"
"Ah; then do not know whether you will
or witt not be surprised to hear thar the
autop,y has shown that Mr.. Maule.ere; un-
/ doubtedly died from poisoning by srrychnia"
Then, said eagerly, do you not SEQ
how clear it Is that F inter must ne the
guilty person~
"You jump to conclusions in a surprising
manner, sir. Why, F1inter, by your own
/ showing, was somewhere up in the Arctic
ocean at the time the poison was admins
| tered to Mr. Maulsverer. As or the book,
/ you have not even shown that it belonged to
( him. OF course he may have been an accom-
plice of the real murderer, but for that muir
derer we are bound to look. not o board the
! Golden Hawk but at Great Lortor Hall or
/ in tn mediate neighborhool.
| "And was there nobody else Nhom you
could suspect without inficting this degra-
| dation uron a woman for whose inuoceuc-
could v5uch with my lifeF
Il see you are deeply interested in the
lady, Mr. Fel on and certainly she is a
| beauti ul creature-a bonny lass as | ever
saw fel5 real sorry for her this mora-
ing But am afraid | must tell you we
have not arrested Mss SianclifRe on mere
suspicion
I'm heavens name, what do you meant" !
demanded.
''tWell, you have been quite frank with me,
Mr. Fenton, AMI shalt be equally frank
with you We have discovered, first. as
have told you, that Mr. Mauleverer was poi.
soned By strychnia, and next that Miss
Stancliffe had poison of that description in
her possession shortly before mis- death.
'sBut even so-granting that she had the
poison, of which l know nothing-it must
have been got for some innocent purpose
''Oh, that is a matter of course" re an.
swered. in iocular tone. When you are
going to poison one of your friends you
don't go the chemists and say; Give me 9
dose of strychnia that may get rid Of old
| Brown It is always rats that you want it
for Miss Stancliffe was like everybo y
slse VIII she bought the poison shs
| bought it for the benefit of the rats
aBut assure you, l myself know that
I.orton Ha swarmei with rats heard it
from Miss Stsnciiffes owa lips while was
there
4 Perhaps so; but It is unfortunate that Il
is not the rats, hut Mr.. Mauleverer, who has
been killed. But think we must wait q
little before d scussing this question, Isball
be very glad if the poor young ledy can te
proved innocent As for the story you have
tod me, | iIlink wc must now try and lay
ho'd of Gregson BE may not be a prophet.
but at all events we must admit that he
made lucky hit when he declared that muir
der would ! done at Great Lorton.
@But may It not have been case Of sui
cider
1No," replied the chief constable, witk sm-
phasis. Il have thought it al over, and
cannot make IL into suicide. You may de-
pend upon II that it is a case Of murder if It i
anything at all
The night was now far advanced. but !
could not leave him until had learned
something as to the possibility Of my being
allowed to see Daisy. He told me that, II
she herself desired it, he thought an inter-
view between US might be managed without
difficulty, and be promised to do everything
In his power to further my wishes. ! left
him with an unshaken beliAf in my darlng's
innocence, hut oppressed by the conviction
that the evidences against her was strong.
and that it was upon my wre'ched head
that ihe responsibility for her pressnt
position must rest
passed night Of sieeplss agony at the
hotel. And here let me say that il utterly