Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-18
TO BOOK.
IConlnucd from Screnth Pace. I

nv the time Jhey ieib Oh piSy OEdhe
IA his 10 u for three pounds fifteen
,orrowed cash, as to which he was not
.toH uneasy, feeling sure he would be
as,orped on the morrow. 1t was evil
i,r, that Gray, who was ordinarily
r5st sbstemlOuJ, had been drinking
- than was good for him. lie stag
cred slightly as be came out into the
- night air and clUtched al the lapel
~ his companions coat.
Crske drew the others arm within
bi, own, and as they strolled up the
erect together he said:
81 suppose / had better hail the first
bers0m we come acrOSS?"
10 which Gray, who had left his I'M
.rs,s house sometime before and was
now in lodgings at the west end, re-
"Rsgbt you are, dear boy; only I
bsven't got a blessed sou TO pay the
-,frv with" Here he gave lurch
.,pf,h carried Crake and himself half
srr5ss the pavement.
,Niy dear fellow, as IL my purse
wasn't at your Service!" exclaimed
Crske reprOachfully.
a second or two later Gray came to
an unsteady halt.
.Crake, he said with tipsy gravity,
.rys made a dashed idiit Of misheli
.Can't see It, my boy. What is it that
YOU have done?'
eve given you I o U for the money
Lowe YOU. while all the time I've
twenty pound note in my pocket6oOk."
..Tnst's no good tonight, old man.
There's no place open where you could
gst il changed. But what does it mat
ts~9 You can redeem your bit Of paper
when see you tomorrow
oYesh. but you won't see me tO-mOr-
r,,s answered Gray with another
Ir-rh and a hiccOugh. "GOing TO Paris
bv morning train. Telegram. Forgot
81. shout il until now. MuSh 60. Be
hack in fortnight or three weeks. III
YOU can't change note, l o U muSh
stand over till come back"
Fora full minute or more Crake stood
an silent thought. The chances were,
he argued. that if the American once
gotas far as Paris nothing more would
he seen of him in London, In which case
blsIO u would be so much waste paper.
The sum was not large one, but Crake
Wa, 5v no means minded 70 lose 1t.
ne SET his teeth hard for a moment or
tw0aud then be said;
'If YOU like 10 come with me as far as
nv lodgings, I think l can perhaps
manage 10 change your note"
HaIf an hour later Marcus Gray was
on his way home In a hanson. All signs
% inebr,ety had vanished. he was his
usual self-keen, alert and quietly self
possessed. In exchange for his twenty
hound note, Crake bad given him three
FIVE pound notes, his 0 U and the bal
ance in cash.
Eustace Crake was seated at break
fast the next morning, with sporting
newspaper supported against the hot
water lug In front of him, when the
door OF his sitting room was uncert-
mouiously opened and TWO men, entire
strangers to him, walked in and shut
the door behind them.
"You are Mr.. EuStace Crake?" said
the elder of the two inteUogatively.
Crake nodded.
IL am Inspector Fountain, of Scot
land Yard, added the officer.
On the Instant every yeS,ige OF color
faded out OF Crake's face, leaving it Of
a gray, corUse-like pallOr. For few
moments he was like man suddenly
smitten with the loss Of speech; then,
with a grimace which he evidently
meant for a smile, be said:
ITO what may / attribute the honor
OF this visit, Mr.. Inspectors"
.tT f0h
hour lis morning, you changed a
twenty pound note for gentleman OF
the name Of Gray, giving hun as part
OF the change three notes Of i've pounds
each Can you oblige me, Mr.. Crlke,
by informing me when and from whom
the notes in question came into your
p0ssessiOn?'
Crake bit his lip hard for moment
or TWO, IS If the pain might help him to
keep down the nervous trembling that
was beginning TO overmaster him. Then
he said.
Really, you ask me more than am
il a position to tell you. In my probes
s0o which is that Of a betting man,
such number Of notes pass through
my hands in the course Of month that
&c out Of the question for me to keep
any record Of their numbers or to re-
member from whom l may have reeeiv-
ed this one or the other.
lean quite understand that" re-
piled Fountain. "May l ask whether
you are acquainted with any one Of the
name Of ParklnsOn-Mr. William Park
ius0n?7
Cra,e oonsidered awhile and then
shook his head.
81 have no recollection Of having been
Introduced to OF done business with any
one OF that name. But what Is the oo-
Jet OF all this catechising, II may be
allowed q question in my turnY
THAT you will presently learn. In
the first place, I may inform you that it
was Mr.. Parkinson who paid the late
Mr.. Lumsden certain sum In bank
notes on the morning OF that gentle
mans death, which notes were undouot-
ed.y stolen by the person or persons who
we're guilty Of the murder"
"Ah.' was all that Crake could ind
% say for moment. Then, after molS-
tel.lz his lips with his tongue, he
added: "Tog will pardon me II fail TO
see what way that fact connects
liss T'th tho notes paid over by me TO
Nr 1y My counsin, Mr.. Charles
II e1, On a talk had with him a
- bile ago, distinctly assured me
number of the missing notes
known. Now, II that be the
e. W. His eyes finished the
cutie true, Mr. Crake, that the
oi the stolen notes are not
said the inspector, grayeiy,
.t docs NOT fmDlV that there