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-wh..r exclaimed. 1T was the yer,

years. or near It They weto oh'y ioVonShe"e
little before her death. and she was that fond
OF him-roor fool-she left him oil tho money.
| Tho wife hats buried In the Dem Cemetery.
l mean. Now. sir. II you havo written that
Wen 90. Mr.. Bland. too. II you please 1t Is
but stop Ron here"
Not ut tho hotel then9"
No: at tho rooms Of friend OF his"
Would Il not be better" said Mr.. Bland, as
wo walked r. pidly along to deier our inter-
view till morning, and get Mr. fayneF
Timms shook his head "Ledbury or After
| bury leaves Tomorrow We havo no excuse
for OBTAINING him. Mr. Payne Is i'll. and boz
sides. he always says he's not sure no could
swear to Atterbury. never having seen him
but the once. Th&res no one this sido OF the
Atlantic who oan. five let him slip this time
we may never sot eyes on him again. am
going to risk all. Perhaps I'm fool. but per-
haps not"
In Il short time We h>d reached street OF
rather small but good houses AT one OF theso
Timmis stopped and rang
:" come by appointment 10 speak to Col.
Ledbury" said Timmis. and tho maid. looking
slightly surprised Mt our numbers. showed
us into small sitting room. and. after the
fashion OF maids. turned on every burner 1t
contained.
=" That's WE'LL" said Tlmmis. with furtive
grin as she left the room. II she had not
done that must have taken tho liberty my
SELF" could see he was intensely excited.
AS for me. the perspiration stood on my 1 'e-
head. though 1t was a cold night Mr.. Bla,d
alone showed 10 traces Of anxiety. We hoard
Ledbury's foot on tho stair. In another iu-
slant he was among US. Tai. loosely built
with dark hair and moustache. and a scar on
his cheek exactly as had seen him. He was
we'll dressed and had tho air Of u prosp rous
gentleman.
Good evening. gentlemen" he said: Il did
not understand was to sec any one but Mr..
Smith" looking at Timmis-
These gentlemen were concerned In find
ing the papers OF which spoke" said Timmis
hastily. II will show them to you at oncc."
He took out my pocketbook and appeared to
turn it over, selecting various papers. A few
words passed between him and Ledbury as he
did SO, from which gathered that he had in
vented some story about missing papers con-
nected with an Australian property. In
moment or two he appeared to have completed
his selection. Now. sir" he said. 'l'll lay
them before YOU"
Lcdbury seated himself at the table. the
strong light full on his face. Timmis put
down the pockctbook in front OF him. and
stood beside him apparently holding some
loose paper over tho face OF tho book. He said
something did not catch. i see. see." said
Ledbury imratiently Now. 60 on" and
Timms withdrew the paper.
Ledbury's Dyes fell on the book. Thore were
the sketches. with the fatal date and the num-
Der OF the carriage below each.
Never nave seen q human lace change so.
In one secohu no Was shast'y Us =" corpse MS
breath coming IN great gaspS' tho sweat
starting ON his brow in big drops. and aged by
twenty years.
And who can wonder? There before his
eyes was damnina evidence of his secret
crime. crime that no eye had witnessed and
of which he had mover even been suspected.
u mill" he gaspod. trying to rise. But Tim
miss voice Interrupted MIN. capt Alter
bury he SAID with emphasis arrest you
on cnatse oi nusu ,,,r mutaef NJ S 'nn
Ncttie iayne IN railway carriage; NO. ioo.
A.erouS s.iM s,nn .Whetn I he .r,ad .irs
come to that, has itr 30 faced us with a look of
intense fury. like trapped wild beast. Timmls
laid his hand on the nocket a, Atteroury's
eyes fell upon 1t; his tone changed. he seemed
almost eo"ou uom nnS% s, ina ,.oa. uoa
himself. Two had long run. long run.
arr, all is not lost: I'm not in your power yet"
Tmmis drew whistle from his pocket
handing it to me. land whistle twice."
al so and two nolicemen appeared to
| u!u s' ahu WV poite."''h appoa'ou W
| start from the darkness. went to the door
ard Lot them in.
.To.,,nrrou. rr,mr,s Was sov,no AL "a
entered. you will gee Mr.. Payne. and be
| brought before the Procurator Fiscal"
noticed sardonic smile cross Atterpurys
face. but at that instant q gentleman entered
| tba room and looked in establishment at the
$3.50 onit,,aJ crow tha noIireman aloha
s standSc " si"iI iSm oo lie. p''''Aa "0A0
III, E crgs tha ihcy;tv VIZ haya
MGckihG ,husn, $3.50 TSes t'o reytensn
| made n business appointment! Win me. hh1 IL
arrears ,Lnpsaarp that business was TO arrest mo ior
h ,Th erroo,t,ouo, rooo;a5 s,igbt,v and Attor-
bprys to1ks and manner Were teE!sSctry lend
ish Dut Mr. Diana Gu ne wnn M rnttr
Ecii' you hho" me. WI cAmain M, , ,,r,'
CO... Le6bIry whose Teal name y sh httr.'ufS
. vn naWn hin cyu,e Of vcnrs" said
| mr.. Iamppell. VINO lopRcH ntt"!iuurSu. L., NJ