Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-03-19


looked at him critically with this new
thought in my brain.
AS have said before, his face was q
strongly marked One-there were no
signs Of weakness there
He was capable OF great things, either
for good or evil, as the spirit might sway
him.
@Wil you not tell me what you saw
there, Seabury?D I asked.
He shook his head.
Il cannot, Doctor"
SMedning you will nOt?"
take it as you please. My lips are
sealed upon that subject"
My interest was bounding on apace-
could hard keep 1t in sight.
@If l understand you correctly, you ac-
knowledge having looked into the room
of the old DOctor?"
Il do not deny it."
@And you saw something that occurred
within that chamber"
He did not answer.
1 could see his teeth close hard, and he
had the appearance of a man who was
sternly resolved upon his course
@Do you refuse 10 tell me what it was
you saw?"
~ have nothing to say"
~Perhaps you forget that your life may
pay the penalty OF this refusal to speak
and clear yourself"
Il forget nothing. Would to heaven
could forget! At the same time, If il
must come, so be it. am resigned AS
the Arabs say, Kismet-it is fate.
was becoming more and more in
terested in this man. He was charac-
ter to study with profit In fact, do
not know that / ever met one who gave
me more of a chance for observation
"Since you are determined upon this
course we will drop that question; but
perhaps you Will not object to answer
ing certain others Of minor import
ance."
Twas going to beat about the bush,
and perhaps discover in an indirect way
what he refused TO divulge openly.
Anything 1 can answer 1 shall do 50
with the greatest of pleasure. he said,
quietly.
LYou admit entering the grounds by
means Of the wall?"
yes
"You made your way direct TO the foot
of the vines, retraced your path to the
wall, and then back once moro to the
side OF the house. What made you do
this thing?5
~You are mistaken, Doctor"
ain what?D
81 passed through the garden only
once each way"
%There were two sets OF tracks there.
1 saw them myself"
~Then some one else made the other "
Impossible. They were near enough
alike to have been made by the same
man."
@And yet stand ready to swear that
I went direct from the wall to the house,
and when 1 left I followed the same
route"
He was quite determined in his manner.
could not say that he was telling q
lie; at the same time I felt sure he must
be very much mistaken.
Possibly at the time he hardly knew
what he was doing, and had fed from
the spot only to return again, drawn
thither by some terrible fascination.
To assist my investigation. l pretended
that 1 had fallen in with his idea.
-Then yOu think some one else mus
have been IN the garden on the same
night, and almost followed your course
to the vines"
@Since you affirm that there were two
sets of tracks, it must be So I made
but one"
~Let me see your boot"
He held up his foot
Ii was a very small one for n man OF
his size, and not unlike Il woman's.
THAT will do. Now tell me, while you
were lowering around your fathers
place that night, did you notice any sus-
picious character abOut?"
He started at my words, as though
they offered him lOophOle Of escape
@Yes, 1 did"
~Tell me about it
did not take any stock in what he
was about to say, for believed he was
simply jumping at the bait offered. AZ
the same time, to deceive him, pre-
tended TO be greatly interested.
~As passed out through the break in
the stone wall l heard q sound near me
and turning my head saw the figure Of
n man OF low stature, standing with hi:
back against the wall.
81 noticed no more, for was not in {
condition to care for such things. Hi.
head was bent low as l passed him, anC
I could not have seen his face had
tried"
~You don't know whether he wen
into the grounds or mop"
81 couldn't say. 1t would be yer!
likely, If he was bent on burglary, o.
anything else"
aAnother question, Seabury. Hav,
you ever carried any burglars tOOls?"
His face flushed, either with real o.
assumed Indignation, but, biting his lips
he controlled himself
Never in my life, sir"
~Let me describe a tool that fOun,
under the vines, and tell me whether yOl
have ever seen it"
1 described il accurately.
He shook his head as l finished.
Il give you my word Of honor. Doctor
never even saw such tool, and Ger
tainly never possessed one. If you fOun,
that among the vines, depend upon /
some one mounted them either before o
after 1 had been there"
If 1 could believe his words, then
third trail had opened up before me; bu
I was not yet ready to change my mind
Until l did so, this man was the guilt,
party, although il was far from my in
tentiOn to say so, as 1 had no intention
now of arresting him, and wished TO keel
him quiet.
Just about this time 1 began TO fee
the need Of counsel.
If l could only see Mr.. Ketcham, an,
have a good hours talk with him, per
haps there would be a Strengthening on
OF the kinks that were beginning u
bother me-
Strange things had occurred TO M
since last 1 saw him
What was he doing-pursuing the tral
that brought up with LeonOre?
My heart was in my mouth at tn,
thought Inat possibly what 1 hdu 10 tel
him would be only strengthening tn
tolls about the poor girl.
Nevertheless he should know all.
For the last time, turned upon tn
other.
Theodore Seabury, tell me truly, If
come to you with positive evidence tina
I know Vbn drove that blade to the hear
of your father-if 1 prove that you
silence is no longer necessary, and that
in speaking, yOu will do no harm, an
only clear away some of this dreadful
mystery-win you then tell me what yOl
saw when, hanging to the WindOw-ledge