The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03

lnseasibls on the road going up the NIL.
and was very Ill for some days; she said she
bad had fall, and Of course she might
have had, although &c Is not often young
women fall down 50 heavily as to stun
themselves, but it may Of course have been
something else.n
What else, fatherr'
well, it Is possible she may have met
this lover Of hers, and that they may have
had quarrel. Probably she knew he had
been engaged in his poaching affair and may
have told MIN that she would have nothing
more to do with him, and he may nave
knocked her down. or course, this is all
mere suppposition. but it is only by SUPPOSE
ton that we can grope our way along. 1t
seems she was well enough anyhow to go up
to her place again at the Hold, for she was
the first to discover the murder, and the
shock was so great that she was ill for
weeks, In fact in great danger; they say
she has been greatly changed ever since.
don't know whether anything can be made
of that, my dear"
II don't know. Idon'tsee what, father"
Mary said, after thinking for some time,
unless she is fancying since that it was
| this man who did it OF course, any
how, it would be a fearful shock for a girl
to find her mistress living murdered, and
| perhaps it may be nothing more than that"
'No doubt, it may be nothing more than
that, Mary; but it's the other side Of the
case we have to look at. We must piece
the things together. Here we have four or
| five facts, all of which may tell Here is a
bad character in the village; that is one
point. This man had a poaching ARRAY
with Mr.. Carnes keepers; he killed, or at
any rate the coroner's jury found that he
| killed, one of the keepers, He is eng aged
to Miss Carne's own maid. This maid is
| just after this poaching business found in
sensible in the wood, and tells rather an i'm
| probable story as TO how 1t came about.
| She is the first to enter her mistress room,
and then she has serious illness. OF
course, any girl would be shocked and
| frightened and upset. but it is not so often
that a serious illness would be the result
| Aud lastly, she has bean changed ever
since. She has, as you remarked to me
| the other day. an absent pre-occupied sort
| of way about ner. Taken altogether, these
things certainly do amount to something y
81 think 500 too, father; think SO too"
Mary Armstrong said, walking up and
down the little room in her excitement. 81
do think there must be something in il,
and you see, father, after this poaching
business, the man wanted to get away, and
he may have been in want of money, and
so have thought of taking Miss Carne's
watch and jewels to raise money to take
him abroad"
$50 he might. my dear. That Is certain
| ly feasible explanation, but unfortunately
instead of taking them away. you see he
buried them"
eyes, father, but he only just pushed
| them into the ground, the report said, be-
cause on readins through the old files of
the newspapers the other day, particularly
noticed that"
| Perhaps just as he was leaving the house
a dog may have barked, or something may
| given him a scare, and he just hid them in
| the ground intending to come for them
| next day; and then, what with the excite
ment and the police here. and the search
that was being made, he could get no oppor-
tunity of getting them upagain, aud being
afraid of being arrested himself for his share
in the poaching affray, he dared not hang
about here any longer, but probably went
| down to Plymouth and got on board ship
there"
sit really all does seem probable, father.
| There is only one difficulty that caa see
| Why should he have killed Miss Garnet
because the doctors say that she was GER
| taiuly asleep"
| "We cannot tell, dear. She may have
moved little. He may have thought that
he had better make sure. He was des-
| perate man, and there's no saying what
desperate man will do. Anyhow, Mary, this
| is clue and distinct one, and we must
follow il up. 1t may lead us wrong in the
end, but we shall not be losing time follow
| ~, lOE 5udll keep my ours open, ana
may find some other and altogether differ
| ent track"
"How had we better follow it," Mary
asked, after having sat silent for some min
utes. This Forester is gone and we have
no idea where. / think the only person
likely to be able to help us is Ruth Pow
| lett.n
Exactly so, my dear"
'And she would not be likely to speak
| IF che knows ANYTHING sha UOuld ba va said
| it at the time had she not wished to shield
this man, whom she may love in spite of
| his wickedness."
"Quite 80, my dear, and BESIDES" and he
/ smiled. young women in love ara not dis
| posed to believe in their lovers guilt"
''How can you say so, father~ Mary said,
| Indignantly; ''you would not compare"
| mo, no, Mary; would not compare the
two men; but l think you will admit that
! even had the evidence against Ronald
| Mervyn been ten times as conclusive AS it
was, you would still have maintained his
| innocence against the world"
''Of course should, father"
"Quite SO, my dear; that is what I am
| saying; however, If our supposition is cor
rect in this case, the girl does believe him
| to be guilty, but she wishes to shield him,
either because she loves him still or has
| loved him. 1t is astonishing how women
will cling to men even when they know
them to be villains. think, dear, that the
best way Of proceeding win be for you to
| sndeavor to find out from Ruth Powlett
what she knows OF course it will be
| gradual matter, and you can only do 1t
when shs has got to know and like you
| thoroughly"
"Bu., father" Mary said hesitating. twill
| il not b a treacherous thing for me to be-
coma friends with her for the purpose of
| gaining her secretF
1T depends how you gain it, Mary. Ger
tainly it would be SO were
| you to get it surreptitiously.
That is not the way should propose. If
this girl has really any proof or anything
like strong evidence that the murder was
| committed by this man Forester, she is
acting wrongly and cruelty to another to
| allow the guilt to fall upon him. In time,
when you get intimate with her, intimate
enough to introduce the subject; the point
| should be to impress this upon her 80
| strongly as to induce her to make All open
confession. OF course you could point out
to her that this could now il no way injure
TIE man who is her lover, as he has gone
no one knows where, and will certainly
never return to this country, as upon his
appearance be would at once be arrested
and tried on the charge of killing the game
keeper All this would be perfectly open
and above board. OF course you could, if
you deemed it expedient, own your own
strong interest in this matter There would
he nothing treacherOus In this dear Won