Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-04-23

the look on his face Just as readily as
trace the workings of fever or other
sickness in a patient
1t seemed TO say:
81 shall be arrested anyway if l elude
this man. I now know certainly that
am involved in the Seabury murder case
aft arrested they cannot prove me
| guilty, but am wanted for other crimes,
and a long detention, possibly term in
| prison, would not suit me.
| 81 give in-that Is partly, but-what
| does this man known"
The ColOners first audible utterance,
after fully five minutes cOgitatiOn, sur
prised and flattered me-
@Well, you are an original one!"
I smiled plaeidly.
GYOu think SOP"
al do"
@Then reward the unique with prompt
attention and confession Colonel"
| "HOld ont"
| 1 paused.
| 81 have q word TO say"
"Say it then"
ELower your revolver and put 1t away.
| You, valued friend, turn out TO be my
/ natural enemy-a detective; but like
/ you all the same. 1 admire you. You
/ speak candid and honest You have led
me into no traps You have eornered
| me legitimately."
| I felt battered
| aYou accuse me of a murder-the kill
ing of DIR. Seabury. Well and good I
am innocent"
@YOu say So"
Il can prove it."
THAT is well for you"
~DOn't sneer, threaten, or be Over-san-
1 gulne. l know what 1 know You
/ know nothing. can sec IL by your face:
I can judge it by your following me the
/ way you have done. I propose dealing
/ squarely with you have proposition
/ TO make"
/ Somehow it impressed me that Cain
was sincere. He was nettled at having
/ been duped, but beneath it all fancied
/ that he had honestly decided to act
| square-man TO man.
81 did not kill DR.. Seabury."
1 nodded, silently, reseryedly.
At was IN the Seabury mansion the
night Of ehe murder.
That was-a confession of importance
at least.
you cannot prove that did the muir
/ der. There is no court in ChristendOm
/ that would convict me. I an In a trap,
/ however. House-breaking proven, a
/ confession in my case would mean ten
years. That does not suit me-especial-
ly just now"
SYou mistake said, interruptingly.
There are clews to connect you with
| the murder"
"What?" demanded the Colonel, in
sharp, defiant tones.
First, you were at the house at the
time DIR. Seabury was murdered
| @Yes-admit that"
"The creese you took from your room
was the instrument OF death"
Cain turned white as death. @Perdi-
| toni" he calculated, uneasily.
My face frightened. I knew it.
I felt the victor. I pressed him closely,
eagerly.
aAhal You SEQ"
81 sec nothingl" he almost screamed,
convulsed with fury. Demons, 1 am
trapped Oh, why did take the creese-
l mean-dOn't stare at mel COnfound
yOu-Pm in pretty trap"
Colonel Cain squirmed and muttered
and writhed. IL was not being pris-
cred him. No; saw that the general
| environment chagrined him.
And now some other motive-some
plan or hope disturbed by my revelations
and hold on him-seemed to distress
him.
ats too bad;H he muttered, in
troubled tones, %too bad. Where will
the ten Observation-Disclosures! don't stare
so exultantly at me. 1t amt me you've
caught"
"Ain't it?" I remarked, incredulously.
~No."
at looks nightly like it."
~LOoks are deceptive"
"And the truth will help you"
@Will It? Yes, it will. Say, don't
make me dislike you Don't glOat.
want to be straight. 1t amt that I'm
afraid of-the murder-for 1 had no
hand in It. It's the row suspicion will
get me in-it's the loss of the-the-
some money"
@All Ringing on this same crime2"
@Yes.S
sFrom whom?B
Colonel Cain paused. He arose to his
feet Great drops Of perspiratiOn made
his brow clammy.
He sighed dismally.
He looked Respondent and shook his
head in a troubled sort of way.
Like a person unnamed, driven TO n
wall, Cain stared blankly, ruefully
at me.
~Too bad-too badi" he muttered
time and again
Then, Strengthening up, the old
shrewd fire came into his eyes.
partner" he said, with lingering
touch of familiarity in his tone, ~lets be
square. 1t will pay both of us You
want to know all about this Seabury
ease2"
Il mustis I replied, firmly.
~Then, first and foremost, tell me all
you know"
@What?]
1 started at the mans audacity.
~Tell me all you knOw-show your
1 hand"
~You are mad!"
~Am 1? VIII you do it?"
Certainly not"
"Then it amt an honest one. My side
is clean and clear, but not wOrd-not
a hint will I give till l know what you
knOwl" cried Cain, with wonderful
force. SIN in earnest-stOry for story.
When you know mine you won't be sorry
that you acted squarelY with me-
CHAPTER XIV.
I studied my man for q minute or
two.
A strange man he was. tried to an
alyze him, and, amid a score of quick
theories, 1 acted on the most plausible
He was in earnest-pitifully, pathet-
ically in earnest 1 had drawn him to
| me- Aside from that, some latent and
| mysterious fear caused him to court con-
| tinued surveillance rather than escape
me by force or craft and not know ex-
i actly how the case stood
In Theodore Seabury's case had
blurted out the truth at once With this
man 1 had done the same l had not
acted deity, IN approval with usual de-