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reason, to obtain an order for large
sum, possession Of which would secure
possession of the sum, which he thought
they held. OF this, however, | will not
speak at present for reasons of my own"
"Do you then think the murders were
deliberately planned"
mo The first, that of the daughter,
was unprecedented, but was done in a
moment of evaporation. The second
of the mother-was a consequence OF the
first as matter of self preservation.
Horrifed and much excited, Dorison
was silent His head was in q whirl,
and every moment fresh thoughts, each
one coming to him as a shock, occurred.
The murderer was his half brother; the
beast. Harry Langdon, was his half
brother. The same blood coursed in
their veins The passions and emotions
which possessed him he could not stop
to analyze. they succeeded each other so
rapidly-indeed, became so entangled
and exhausted him so with their violence
that he became confused and sick, in
capable of thinking clearly; but over all
as lainbent light, was the thought that
his own name was clear and he could
walk erect among other men in his own
own person
Cathcart was the first to break the ST.
lence.
+ Your friend, young Eustace, is out of
it," he said
Dorison reused up with something like
start,
1--WE have had him under examina-
ton" continued Cathcart, land he told
clear tale Say nothing to him about
it, and if he speaks of it to you do not
admit any knowledge of it. l do not
want him to know that you ever sus-
pected or watched him."
He will never know from me. am
far more anxious than you, cannot
look upon that part of the search with
anything but self contempt"
"But | never believed he was in it, I"
said Cathcart.
why, them" asked Dorison holly
"did you force me to an intimacy with
that iden in view?"
Because the glove business must be
explained, but principally because early
in my search into your part of the affair
| had come upon the intimate relation of
the elder Eustace to the elder Dorison,
through Cousin Nettleman, and | fore
saw then an intimacy with the family
would be necessary thing, and that |
might have to use you to elicit the in
formation wanted. at the time
could not give you the details, but had
to give you a reason for seeking the in
timacy, since you are one of those I'M
comfortable persons to work with who
must have reason for everything. But
your laundering and the GOODNESS which
You permitted to grow up between the
elder Eustace and yourself necessitated
my doing the work | intended for YOU
As it is, | am glad it turned out as it
did. You could never have gotten the
story"
Agitated and excited as he was, Dori-
son appreciated the truth of the old
mans words
You DO not know the reason of the
old man 5 GOODNESS to your
mo,
81 do"
w uGI! asked DOrlSOn eagerly.
he suspected you to be the son Of
Dorison by Mrs. Parish.
"Ohv The possibility of such thing
had not occurred to Dorisou
But that Is no reason why he should
treat me coldly since, as you have told
me, he was not then, at least, aware Of
the bad character of that son"
There was stain on the birth Of that
IN of the elder Dorisou."
Even then it should have appeared
lore as misfortune than crime of the
Grents.
True, so far as he might have looked
pom such son in the abstract, but as
person whom he had received as an
quail INTO his house, was entertaining as
guest vt his own board, and bringing
i'm into association with his daughters,
here was a great difference to man of
Us views of life and of his station. He
Iuuld naturally draw line on man
such birth at his own door, commits
farin9 the man for the necessity at the
Rlne time.
True You are right" replied Dori-
On thoughtfully
i think you ought to appear before
be elder Eustace now in your own per-
on
Dorison was startled at the idea, and
hrank from 1t.
Are you so certain Of your case
hem; he asked
4 am absolutely certain 1t is now
mere matter Of time to prove it in all its
letails"
CHAPTER Xxx.
AN UNEXPECTED TURN
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