San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-23

removed 10 rae bow uec, .la,Iun, wuvre the
charge having been en-. cred All. - thCm,they
were RECON re. ~ II 90 uIo.rv' tiiy force az
two nOtOuOu, hp.I C-Hl u. IS wu nave long
been want Il W '.u"Ctttn VITA tie Waliam
Green buryai,N. III Wn'.. a. vail D. rcIncm
bered, an u!.c.r lost Us /. e..
The paragraph went on 70 give their
names am: ,.2.,ry p.a.f ;g,-.ils. and
concluGeI vrs- a. ,-H...a.' which
plunwr' tents:
ain spite Of the usual caution. both
prisoners insisted upon volunteering a
statement, the exact nature of which
has not yet TRANSFERRED, but which is be-
lieved to have reference to another
equally mysterious outrage-the theft
of the famous Venus from the Wrickle-
marsh collectionLand is understood to
divert suspicion into a hitherto I'M
suspected channel"
What could this mean, If not that
those villains, smarting under their
second failure, had denounced him in
revenge? He tried to persuade himself
that the passage would bear any other
construction, but not very successfully.
"If they have brought me in" he
thought, and it was his only CLEAN of
consolation, II should have heard of it
before this
And even this CLEAN vanished as
sharp knocking was heard below, and,
descending to open the door, he found
his visitor to be Inspector Billbow.
Evening, Tweddle," said the In
tpector quietly. 1--WE come to have
another little talk with you"
Leander thought he would play his
part till it became quite hopeless.
proud to see you, Mr.. Inspector" he
said. "Will you walk into my saloon,
and I'll light the gas for you"
mo, don't you trouble yourself" said
the terrible man, I'll walk upstairs
where you're sitting yourself, if you've
no objections"
Leander dared not make any, and he
ushered the detective upstairs accord
ingly.
aHa!" said the latter, throwing a
quick eye round the little room. Nice
little crib you've got here; keep every
thing you want on the premises, eh?
Find those cupboards very convenient,
i dare say?"
"Very," said Leander like the in
nocent Joseph Surface that he was);
"oh, very convenient, sir" He tried to
keep his eyes from resting too con-
sciously upon the fatal door that held
his secret.
h0tp your COdl anu your WHO anu
your spirits there" said the detective.
WAS he watching mis- countenance or
not?)
"Y-yes, " said Leander: "leastways,
in one of them. Will you take any
thing, sir?"
"Thank'ee, Tweddle; I don't mind if
do. And what do you keep in the
other one, now?"
"The other?" said the poor man. ooh,
odd things" (He certainly had one odd
thing in it,
After the officer had chosen and mixed
his spirits and water, he began: Now,
you know what's brought me here don't
you?"
"If he was sure he wouldn't try to
pump me, argued Leander. Il won't
throw mp just yet.
Il suppose it's the ring" he replied,
innocently. "You don't mean 20 say
you've got it back for me, Mr.. Inspector?
Well, am glad"
Il thought you set no particular value
on the ring when met you last?" said
the other.
"Why," said Leander, az may have
said so out of politeness, not wanting to
trouble you; but as you said it was the
statue you were after chiefly, why
don't mind admitting that l shall be
thankful indeed to get that ring back;
and so you've brought it, have you,
Sir?"
He said this SO naturally, having
called in all his powers of assimilation
to help him in his extremity, that the
detective was favOrably impressed; he
had already felt a suspicion that he had
been sent here on FOOLS errand and no
I. l..
criminal and the trusted confederate of
still more daring ruffians than did Lean
der at that moment.
Heard anything of Potter lately?"
he asked, wishing to try the effect of a
sudden coup.
Il don't know the gentleman" said
Leander, firmly; for, after all, he did
not.
Now, take care; he's been seen to
frequent this house! We know more
than you think, young man"
ooh! if he bluffs, l can bluff too, 4"
passed through Lenders mind. I'm.
spector Bilbow," he said, Il give you my
sacred honor,I I've never set eyes on him;
he can't have been here, not with my
knowledge. It's my belief you're trying
to make out something against me- II
you're friend, Inspector, you'll tell me
straight out"
"That's not our way of doing bust
ness; and yet, hang it, 1 ought to know
an honest man by this time! Tweddle.
I'll drop the Investigator, and speak as
man to man. You've been reported to
me (never mind by whOm) as the re.
ceiver of the stolen Venus-a pal of this
very Potter-that's what I've against
you, my mani"
II know who told you that" said
Leander; ait was that count and his
precious friend Braddle."
%Oh, you know them, do you? That's
an odd guess for an innocent man,