Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-25

past G. But il was no use. The only
thing gained by il was discovery OF a
trampish sort OF fellow who said he had
stopped in at the tailor's establishment
about o'clock TO get light for his pipe,
had found Bilsing alone and apparently
all right.
"' Now il you could only prove that
that Olgreich fellow is wrong and that
you are right about the time Of your
being with Bilsing we could get you clear
in jiffy,' jack assured me.
But that was the worst OF il. !
couldn't prove it and OF course, under
the circumstances. Olgreich's word
would be believed before mine. The
case against me looked blacker and
blacker. Money was found 10 be miss
ing from Bilsing's place and so, 10 the
mind OF nearly all in town, it was evil
dent that had choked the German to
death in an uDgovernsble fit Of passion
and disdained to flee after the deed bad
been committed, trusting TO my good
name TO save me from even the suspi-
cion OF bong implicated in the affair.
The finding Of my locket among the
shreds Of cloth on the floor had betrayed
me.
"Thero was no jail in tho place, OF
course, 30 l was detained in q we'll
guarded room at the hotel. My friends
we're allowed 10 come in and see me at
intervals, but. as You can imagine, these
interviews were anything but cheerful
ones. At last the day OF the 30
called formal trial came. and all my
worst fears we're realized az the case pro-
crossed. All the little flaws had picked
in the array of evidence against me, and
charged the boys to bring up when the
time came, were showed under by the
preponderating evidence on the other
side Suddenly Jack DingmaD sprang
to his feet, and / imagined he had
thought OF o new line Of evidence but
he said nothing. only hurried out of the
room, carrying my las. shred OF hope
with him.
"'H lie can't bear to stay and hear me
convicted, told myself.
"But | was wrong In five minutes
Jack was back again. out OF breath, but
with look IN his eyes that set my heart
10 tuIoDDluR qulchIy'
90 Will you please call Herman Oh
greich back to the witness stand he
said 10 the man who was acting the part
of Judge.
"Amid a good deal Of wouderment
about what might be coming, Jack
turned TO the German youth and asked :
"'How did You know that it was quar-
ter pact when you saw the prisoner in
Bilsing's shop? You have no watch, L
believe
81 looked at the clock was the re-
ply. ,
What is Jack driving at?' / asked
myself. Surely this has all been gone
over before.
Where we're you standing when
you looked at the clock?' went on Ding
man.
"'In tie doorway. 1t was just as l
was going in. replied Olgreich.
Jack brought his hands together
with smack. That settles it, ! guess,
he exclaimed. But there is just one
more question / should like to ask How
could you tell the time if you got no
farther than the doorway. because the
clock at Bilsing's is over it?"
Why, sure enough, answered the
unsuspecting promptly. There Is a
looking glass behind Bilsing's table, and
i saw the clock reflected there.
"'W Which. turned the hands round and
made it seem to you quarter past when
it was really quarter before 6 and
Jack rushed toward mo with hand out
stretched.
"Itwas il a bombshell had been burst
in that improvised courtroom. There
was a complete revulsion Of public SEN
timent i'll my favor. and it scarcely
needed the testimony of the trampish
individual who wanted light for his
pipe to clear me.
"Suspicion being now turned back
upon itself, so TO speak, doctor was
procured and an autopsy held on the
dead man, which established the fact
that he had died of an apoplectic stroke
"And now, do you wonder. Grant,
that am little sensitive to the ticking
of clock, even though, as L said, one
did save my life ?"
at wasn't the clock, Frank, but the
mirror which did that" and Young
shiyered slightly as he sat up on the
lounge and looked at his watch to find
that it was Just midnight.