The Arizona sentinel., 1890-06-28
THE DGAWoxsp BUTTON.

Hence he gave little thought to the fact that an owner of the diamond button had probably been found.
 He did not blame Flora for refusing to yield up the secrets of touT.tain, and Tn fact respected her reserve. He did wish, however that Tom had not gone to Fountain before the result of his visit to Flora had been known, and hIs first i'm pulse was to set out in search of his journalistic friend and comnunlcateftbe facts in his possession Indeed. II would be so much easter to meet and talk with Fountain after the interview with Flora.
 A little reflection told hIm how useless would be the effort for he had no knUwl- edge of Tom plans
 IL was now late in the afternoon and he could do nothing if he returned to ms office, so he determined to call upon the Tampletons and see if he could not elicit something from them that would point to their connection with Pierson.
 He found hOth ladies in and both un- affectedly glad to see him He plunged at once into hIs subject by asking if they had any relatives of the name of Pierson
 Mira Templeton was quite sure she had none. and as equally sure Mir TeDlpjeton had none
 On Mr Tempieton side it was easy of settlement Her husband after his un- cIe's death. whose name was the same had no relatives in this country. however remote He maintained a correspond ence with relatives of the same name m England and also with those upon his mothers side. of the name of Col chester
 He had visited England few times during hIs life. and on two occasions relatives had visited him in this coun try. but they hsd returned to their own homo
 On the occasion of his death she had received many kind letters of condoience from his family abroad many from those of whom she had never even heard before. but among them all there was none Of the name of Pierson These let ters she had preserved, and if of any use to Mir HolhroOk she would give them to him
 As to her own relatives, she had al ready told Mir. Holbrook all she knew about them
 HoIbroOk pursued his inquiries ss to her fathers relatives Did she Kuow anything of the brother of her father2
 Very little. was the reply He had
 m away to sea before she WAS born
 ld all she had beard of him ~as long
 Ger all sight had been lasi of hiul and
 ter he was supposed to be dead Xvi snt.y he had done something wrong
 rr the elders tC'ok little i,ic;-iu1t i,- -'1.'aa
 E of him. and when they did it > as in
 tone of relief that he was dead He had died in her clIildh0od
 HolbrO0k then said that though they had male little progress in the unfolding of the mystery surrounding the death Of heT soH. yet they were steadfastiy al work at it. Ti;at whiie be had thought 1t t,cst to say ii;i!c to thcm about ii while they wore groping in the dark they haG ill tileIr investigation thought perhaps, a man of the name Of Fiarson who had died recently. had been con nectnd with the events
 It was strange, but none the less true, that Tom had failed to tell Hoibrook of the report the Shadow had made to him of the scene between the dr;Inkard Pres ton and Parker Had he done so Hol brook undoubtedly would have elicited something from Mrs Templeton which gould have put another aspect upon af, fairs As matter of fact, the report oi the ShadoY had made but little impres. sion on Tom at the time, for his mine then was concentrated upon lhe task O fastening the crime of murder upon Fountain Such thought as he did give to it was that. perhaps, a discreet in Quay in that direction might lead up to Q discovery of some Sf Pierson's sur roundings, which might help them 10 an understanding of how Templeton, Foun &in and PierSon were connected And 50 it was that HClbrSOk was treadins close upon facts of great value without being conscious of it.
 However. satisfied that Mrs Temple ton could tell him nothing that could be of value. he dropped the subject. and turned the conversation in another chan nel
 But Annie, who was sitting at the win dow engaged in embroidery work. and making very pretty picture as she sat there, remarked that she was glad the search was being continued, for though they had heard little about it recently they were greatly interested in it.
 Holbrook who thought there was of gentle reproach in the words. said,
 ''The truth is. Miss Templeton. nothing has been accomplished For ten days we have been under the impression that we could lay our hands upon the man. but this morning we discovered that the man in question could not have possibly done the deed. We hardly dared to ad init to ourselves our suspicious, and should have been greatly to blame had l raised false hopes in your breast or had ] pointed to a suspicion that could not be justified Rest assured that everything Is being dCne that can be done to un- cover. the mystery"
 ''Ohr' said Annie, covered with con fusion and blashing very prettily. Il had no intention of complaining. Indeed we are really too much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken in our affairs 10 criticise CT to complain"
 During this exchange HoIbrook had moved from his chair in the middle of the room, where he had been conversing ~'it'- Mrs. Tenpleton, and taken a low. easy nne near the window where Annie @t
 Nrs Templeton had turned to the ls6l, nd had resumed the writing of a 5sll.I 7ha waa encaged upcn when Hoi.