Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-03-10


side-. we-sing !. not a man who would
pursue any point To death and who could
do deliberate murder. glance IL sun.
Gent to determine that-he u weak. On
the contrary. Fountain would We have
by,h agreed Ia that
"Bui. saiI Tom. ",s not your theory
fancifup There u q great deal % sup
p,.a admit that. - far as Fountain
u conccrncd. II !. plausible
only plausible alo,e the rest because
you have certain ascertainci facts of
statements ~ himself aud Flora to rca-
son upon Fountain !. proposing to scck
a fortune. Per.on's fortune lies waiting
to h. sought. Fountain inquire. here
aboui Pier-on's papers, and admit. To
Flora that be calle,l upon me Ia refer
enoe Ia that enterprise. Flora Il horror
stricken nj the idea ~ his cunning to me.
who saw thc murderer at distance. and
Who pfsicnly,l Ia sce more than dbl
Tbcse are the connecting links which
make the reasoning seem plansibls as to
Fountain. Yoa ~cm to stumble over
the idea that there must have bcen some
knowlcdgc ~ wcssing by Fountain. and
of Fountain by we~sing
Il confess IT,
lit l. not necessary 10 the truth ~ my
theory that they should no, have knowl
edge az that they should Scc here
Suppose Fountain did know u wcssing.
which I wholly doubt. aud that be- ~as
an illegiiimate son also. u would make
no differvnc. In his enterprise of killing
Tsmplcton IL soald 10 the lcgiiimai.
heir be would have To H. rid Of tefore
hc OF any other illcgitimaIe heir could
pretend io iaVea claim on the unclaimed
fortune
There II true reasoning la that
Bui you have no hasis for supposing
ihsrc "a. any abandonment ~ Temple
tons m,thsr
llolbruok had bccn pacing up aud
down a. be- vas thus reasoning Upon
Tom. pnark b. turned quickly around
end bringing his hands together with a
rcsounding shack be exclaimed
"Y... by Heaven. havei Mrs Tenn
plsion told ne that her father had left
her on hef niothsrs death % the care Of
AN aunt. and vent 10 Philadelphia. tha,
subsequently, nimof of his marriag.
bad frached them. but Was never ysri.
hc,i That ~as after they had heard of
hi, death abroad.
"Th. facts In this ca-s come out slow.
~ said Tom ''Tb. line of inquiry to
follow j. tle risr-on line Why not
push youf inquiries with Mr. Temple
tonl So u u u no, Io.sible 20 connect
tho Tcmplston. with PIcnon."
"lll 10 u, aud az once Nouil 40
with nae too. wunt Jour
"Ycs, III 80 Wilh you, AMI would t.
glad To
"liut haven't We already ground
enough lo t.gin judicial inquiry
NO. wait until have established the
Identification ~ Fountain with the man
who puruhassI the clothes "Tn 40
ahoui u now anil then meet you.
But say. Tom. n Fountain don't
own tlIc goli button. who docsy'
"Ill h. hanged u can tsll-thai h
ouc oi the puzzles In thi. most puEIling
% all c4-ss
lon hurried od 10 hi. frenl. the
lsaler suisr. Who had undertaken 10
obtain q surryptitious portrait of fOan-
tain.
"wsn. hos did YOU make 'uty- asked
Tom.
"pir.' ..,- s.s '~o ,,--. - hin--
profile and hill face ~ took them
from hi, deSk
Tom inspected them closely. "capl'
tai, hs saii. perfect piciurrs.
what are you going Ia do With
them asked the leader writer
Pardon me. aid Tom, II am Ia
desp.nts hurry. and N do not wait 10
explain AMI thank you for them you vii
excuse me. know
Then be went to the clothing store and
found the clerk.
"wlai kind q time did Joa have on
your clambaker
Rang up. aid Tom See here, you
rccollect my asking you u you could
IDENTIFY the man who bought that suit
the nan outside of u. $. r.'sy
YES
"well. here, the man I suspect DO
you recognize himf
The clerk took the photographs and
examined them carefully
Tom waited In an agony OF impa-
tiencc. hi, heart beating with such
throb. that be though, the clerk must
surely hear IL
Finally the clerk said.
Il am ccrtain-positive, that Il the
man"
Good said Tom "Ilsll find his
little jokcturned upon him Thank you
III tell you all about " shortly III come
here TO tell YOU for your kindne<s-
lie hurried out ~ the store.
The coil l. finally wound aiout him
Fountain. my boy. there is n surprise In
store for you In two days time. my
gsntlc lad. your name will be the lest
known In New York town"
lie hurried OIL Ia meet Holbrook.