The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-17
FOULPLAY.
A NOVEL.
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MRs. UNpyscLlrF, having read the reports,
avoided Hsln's ere (another bad sign). She
turned to Dr.. Undsrcli6, and, probably be.
cause the psfeal ofths reports had dissap.
o sss a hsr .sa 70 : ssngy SIS
that trial? Botl these papers say that AN
Expert was called, whose ingenuity made the
court smile, but jiid not counterbalancs the
..Why. that & . falsshood ON the face Of
it, said tho Exert. turning red. II was
called simply sp,>splely toprovs Penfold did
judges satisfaction. and he directed the
prisoner to b. acquitted on that count. Miss
Rolleston, tho lawyers often do sneer at ex-
perts; but then four experts out Of Eve are
rank impostors, q set Of theorists. who
go by arbitrary rules framed in the
closet, and not by large and laborious
comparison with indisputable Documents.
These charlatans are not aware that five
thousand cramped and tremulous, but genu-
Inc, signatures are written every day by
honest men, and SO they dsnounce every
cramped or tremul0us writing as q forgery.
The varieties in mans writing, caused by
his writing with his glove on or off, with o
quill or bad steel pen, drunk or sober, calm
or agitated, in full daylight or dusk, etc..
etc. all this is q dead letter to them, and
they have bias toward suspicion oil forgery;
aud bankers clerk, with his mere general
impression, 10 better evidence than they are
But am an artist Of o very different stamp.
never reason q priori. l compare; and
have NO bus. I never will have. The
judges know this and the pains and labor
tnNp ArHh A SAA n.
courtesy. AT Penfolds trial the matter was
showed the court he had not written the
note, and my evidence crushed the ,indict.
ment SO far. How could they have laughed
at my testimony? Why, they acted upon it.
Those reports are not worth a straw. What
journals were they out ofl'
~ don't know" said Helen.
'h sSo."
NV 3 not Ga either of them'"
"show them me. please. Thi. is respect.
able paper too: the Daily News"
20 Mr.. Underclif, howcan you know that?"
8" don't know it; but ! think SO, because
conductors are fond OF Glenn type; SO am
]: Why, here is another misstatemsnt;
the Judge never said lie aggravated his
ofense by trying to east u slur upon the
Wardlawa. Iii swear the Judge never
said a syllable of the kind. What he said
was, 'You can speak in arrest ofjudgment on
Erounds Of Law. but you must not impngn
time he spoke to the prisoner at oil. These
reports are not worth q button"
Helen lifted up her hands and eyes In do
spair. "Where shall l find the TRUTH" said
she "The world is quicksnnd."
MY dear young lady," said Mrs. Under.
cliff, don't you be discouraged; there must
be correct report in some paper or other
~ um not SO sure of that" said Undertliff.
II believe the reporters trundle off to the
nearest public-house together, and light their
pipes with their notes, ind settle something
or other by memory. Indeed they have
reached pitch ofinaccuracy that could not
be attained without cooperation. Indepen-
dent liars contradict each other: but those
chaps follow one another in falsehood, like
geese troddling after one another ucross o
common"
Come. come" said Mrs. Undercliff, sifyou
can't help us, don't hurt u.s. We don't want
q man to tull yellow jaundice TO US. Miss
Rolleston must employ somebody to read all
with these"
"lll employ nobody but myself" sud Hell.
en-. IN 60 to the British Museum directly"
1.-THE Museum!" cried Mr.. Undercliff, look.
ing with surprise. "Why, they will be half
ON hour cropping for a copy of the Times
No, no. go to Peele's Coffee House. He di.
rected her where to find that place: and she
was 40 eager to do something for Robert
rectly, and put up the prayer-book, and was
going to oak for extracts when she observed
Mr.. Underclif was scrutinizing them with
great interest. so she thought she would
leave them with him; but on looking more
closely, she found that he was examining,
not tho reports, but the advertisements and
miscellanea on the reverse side.
She wnited out Of politeness. but she col.
ored and bit her lip. She could not help feel.
ing hurt and indignant. "Any trash il more
interesting to people than poor Roberts
case" she thought. And at last she said
BITTERLY
"Those advertisements seem to interest
you, sir; shull leave them with your"
fyou please. said the Expert, over whose
head, bent in dogged scrutinty, this small
thunderbolt of feminine wrath passed un-
conscious.
Helen drove away to Peele's Coffee. House.
Mrs. Undercliff pondered over the factsthat
had been elected In this the Elk.
pert remained absorbed in the advertise
ments at the buck Of Helen's reports.
When he had examined every one of them
infinitely, he held the entire extracts up to
the light, and looked through them: then he
stuck q double maeniner In his eve, and
locked through them with that. Then he
took two pieces Of card, wrote on them lie
Pentold, and looked about for his other ma-
terials, to put them all neatly together. Lo!
the profile oiRobert Penfold was gone.
"Eow that IL too bad" snidh he. $50 much
for her dovclike eyes. that you admire SO.
Miss Innocence has stolen that profile
''Sto!eu! she bought it-of me-"
"Why, she never said word"
"No; but she looked look. She asked me-
with those sweet imploring eyes. might she
have it; aud looked yes; then she glanced
is."
"Why, you beat the telegraph, you two!
Ten pounds for that thing! must make it
up to her somehow"
Il wish you could; Poorgirl, she is lady
every inch. But she ia in love with that
Pentold. I'm afraid it is hopeless case"
II have seen palmer. But hopeless it is
not. However you work your way, and III
work mine"
But you can't; you have no materials"
mo; but I've found door that may lend
to materials"
Having delivered himself thus mysterious.
", ha shut himself up in obstinate silence
until Helen Rolleston called agoin. two days
afterward. She brought bag full OF manu-
script this time; to wit. copy in her own
hand writing Of eight reports. the Queen v.
lenfold. She was in good spirits, and told
Mrs. Cndercliff that oil the reports we're
somewhat more favorable than the two she
had loft: and she was beginning to tell Mr.
Undercliff he was quite right in his recollec.
ton, when he interrupted her and said, "All
that is secondary now. Have you any OBJ.
lection to answer me question:"
She colored; but sale, 20 no. Ask me any
thing you like" then she bluahed deeper.
How did you become possessed Of those
two reports you left with me the other dny?'
At this question, SO different from what she
fenred, Helen colored up and smiled, and
said, From q Mr.. Hand, clerk in Mr.. Ward
laws office; they were sent me ut my re-
quest"
The Expert seemed pleased ut this reply;
his brow cleared, and lie said: "Then don't
mind telling you that those two reports will
bring Penfold' 8 case within my province. To
speak plainly, Miss Rolleston, your news
paper extracts-ARE FORGERIEs."
CHAPTER In.
"FoRGEmEsl" cried Helen, with innocent
horror.
RANK FoRcERIEs," repeated the Expert,
coollv.
"Foreeries" cried Helen. "why, how con
printed things I've that?'
THAT is what should like to know" said
why. what else can you Gull them?" said
the Expert. "They ore got up to look like
printed as they are, and were never IN my
journal. Shall tell you how found that
out?"
''If you please, SIR" snid Helen.
well, then, looked 1T the reverse side,
and found seven misprints in ono slip, and
five In the other. That was o great number
to creep into printed slips Of that length.
The trial part did not show n singleerratum
'Hullo!' said to myself; why, one side Is
printed more carefully than the other And