Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
A Capital Charge.
CHATTER Ill lCnNrINrEnN.
~ wRAY LINDSAY.

~ NhAh lINDSA1.
CHAPTER Ill (CoNTINUED).
"lou would never have done for a bust.
ucss man, my lad, y he told his heir for
the tttleth time within a month Il was a
iavnrite asSer ion OF the Baron is OF
may well feel relieved, as the matter does
no concern yourself only. SO long as We
are able to put such a weapon As the num-
bcrs Of the no es into the hands of Justice
TIE murd 'rer is pretty sure to be hunted
down sooner or later. course il Ism t
likely that he will hoard the m ney for
over; and the first attempt to use tat
any rate in Eng and Ill betray him.
BUT here we are You'd better come ill.,
- on can give the amounts of the notes
with which so were suppl d, /, it should
hc necessary
>UCh Information was unnecessary 10 -
ever. as the cashier we'll remem cred The
Transact II and was able at once to sup
ply the desired information. Afterwards
ST go r'y only fingered 20 convey the
intelligence to DaviS the pOlice-ins ectOr,
hct re turning the horses head iowa DIS
hOIc
The roads ere slippery and bad to
travel o or after the Sn W and the tn W.
HE Baronet was an excel mt whip. but
70 day his attention was too much eng tged
with his bay to allow of connected con-
versa on, and the grea er pa t of the
Journey was accomplished IN unDroken
silence.
1t was not until the Chimneys o Roo *
Hall came wi hin sight that Al an dis
tnrbe this nG silence by a somewhat
start ing remark.
ats rather queer thing this happen
Ing on the very nj III that turyl Nane
chO,r for his late walk from HUI " said
the young man.
Sir Geo rey shrugged his shoulders
''ln a q rs OF this sort there are always
number Of strange COnci lenceS, " he
replied.
There was no rejoinfer for a moment
then Han murmured fly and almost
as thor Oh speaking to him elf
Yes. till wish now, for his sake
that hadn't mentioned the amount con-
tanned in those tiers. IL was the Nica
who registered them u 'tmately, believe.
but in t-c clrcumsl ance| it mig have
b ell a, we'll for Caryl if he had not been
OF what t pos man carried. Lon gu
agree with me, air?'
Sir Geo rey was viSiby shocked For
tie first time he understood at what his
nephew was limiting, and the mere idea
made h IN angry, for was not Caryl sne
Odeyne'S bro her.
Good gracious. Allan. you must be mad
to SaN such thing" he &C med. IL
would 10 have suspicion of that sort
coup! Il with the young mans name for
any amount OF money. 1t would half kill
his ia her and besides But there, the
very notion Is absurd
Allan Der ram shook his head
It may be-" g responded. "Yet 1
think that the police would consider the
whole Iair SUI picious. There are so
many medicines as you are pleased to
call them, with sneer which. as the
Baro ct was at that moment d awmg M
at the hall door he was too much occupied
to observe.
Allan sprang to the ground, striding
away. without giving Sir Geo rey another
chance 10 continue the discussion.
1t was whilst the desert wa in progress
that same evening tn the master of Look
Tia had his W sh gratified-he saw the
London detective.
SHOW him in hero, Sir GeOffrey order.
Ell, after reading a short noe which the
butler had presented apOle getically.
In other moAent Mr.. litson was in
the room.
There are one Or two mat er, as to
which no one can help me so vel as your
self Sir Geo rey, planned the polite
Otlic al, As soon as he had been sup lied
with wine and the ser ants had withd avn.
Yes it is Il cut case, as you sly.
till We known harder ones in my expe-
ricnce. We have a clew already, sir.
which must be followed up without delay.
Sc he e
FIR III his PICKET Ritson produced a
strap of paper folded into a ) al! Hat
package, which lie proc 4eded 10 open.
INSIDE there lay tangled curl OF dark
brown hair.
That hair was in the clenched fist of
the pos man, he said, and that Is the
first evidence that has been obtained.
fou d it rectly | examined the BODY >
he added, with touch OF pardUnable
v. nifty.
Allan Bertram glanced keenlY at the
Baronet from under his eyebrows sir
Geo rey's features we're twit"hing ner
Vously, and the color had deepened upon
his checks; otherwise he made no 81 n
that he recogni ell this confirmation OF his
nephew suspicious
You will scarcely do much with that,
he remarked, at er short pause. There
ale many men in ngIand wi h dark hair
70 can har ly hope TO convict any crimi
nal NJ on such testimony"
Ii is the first link in the chain, which
by-and-by will lead TO the gallows. " the
dc g tive answered very so ~ and dis.
tinct y. And the main thing which It
teaches sir, is that the murderer was a
gen leman.'
Allan was leaning upon the table, toy
ing with he fruit upon hi' plate His
face was in shadow, which may have ac-
counted Tor It's ioUk of palOr At any
rate his voice was strady enough as he
asked how that fact had been asceTtained
J iston smiled, as though amused at the
question.
''You d not do for detective sir. If
you can I tell the dil erence between a
gentleman ha r and workingman'
ee how this shines II has been care ul.
ly brushed every day; 1t too ne TOO and
falls naturally III ripples Besides, what
iaborer would wear il as long as this at
a. Q same time straighten ng out a single
hair upon he viii table-cloth.
Again the Baronet started. Allan
thought sardonically that he would tell
him alter on that his his nerves were out
of orier.
Now continued the detective.
there's one thing quite distinct TO me,
aud that is that whoever il was that
killed the postman understood very well
that he was worth robbing And that
brings me 10 my business with you, cir
Geoffr y. VIII you tell me the names Of
all who were aware that the ties were
sent of?n
>ir t;eofrey leaned back in his chair
With as gieal All assumption Of ease as be
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