The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-04
BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, M. D.
CHAPTER v-tContlnued.)

CHAPTER v-tContlnuedJ
Those black eyes seemed to be reading
y my very soul. Iqusiled under their fire
as I had never done before the bullets OF
the enemy on the battlefield.
sWhat do you mean?"
eDid my uncle die by his own hand, or
was he-murdered?"
THAT we have not yet fully deter
mined, Miss Leonore. The truth will
yet be made plain. It seems that you
knew your guardians anticipated dan
ger?"
I fancied I might catch olew with
which to surprise Abner Ketcham when
he joined me again.
II knew that he dreaded foe"
aAnd can you tell me who this enemy
WASP"
II cannot beyond one fact-it was a
woman"
All! that conceded with Mr.. Ketcham's
discovery, only he believed it was Leo
more. I did not believe this now. In
nv eyes the idea seemed absurd. The
assassin had, beyond all doubt, crawled
in at the window, ascending by the vines
An inmate of the house need not have
taken this trouble in order to reach the
! scene Of the murder.
\ The young girl had risen now.
81 @Csn I see him, Doctor?"
I had not expected this; at the same
time there was way out OF it.
Not Just now, believe. Mr.. Ketcham
has the key Of the room. Besides, he
does not wish any one to enter there un-
til he has completed his Investigations.
He believes he has clew to the identity
OF the person who caused DR.. Seabury's
death, providing it is not case OF sui.
eide"
aThen I shall 60 out for walk, Doc
tor. It is early in the morning, and the
cool air will do me good. have throb-
bing Notwithstanding that comes to
me very seldom; and then after that
I dream that have taken long
!. Journey"
These words came to me afterward.
J saw her move toward closet in one
&corner of the antique library. From the
depths of this she produced bonnet and
mantle.
Before she left the room she turned
ice more upon me.
I forgot to thank you for your kind
Yness, Doctor. It is more appreciated in
| this my hour Of trial than it might be at
! any other time. Heaven knows have
need Of friends just now"
\ She seemed to be in fear. Could it be
that she came under the same dread in
4 fqence as DR.. Sesbury?
remembered the writing on the pho
\ tograph.
A different construction could be put
npon it from Mr.. Ketcham's translation.
Leonore was gone before I could re-
1 ply. =,
kY 7 heard q rustlirg at the window
which was open, and turning saw the
Dsctiye standing there, shaking his
mysteriously after the departing
sty.
h remarkable woman, Doctor he
as he climbed into the room.
CHAPTER VI.
i'm look down at my feet, but
ed to all strange actions on
Mr.. Ketcham this did not
Is singular.
something Of surprise, Mr.,
to find the original of tha,
this very house."
ed. II / hoped to read any.
his face was disappointed.
urse it is folly now to think OF
ting that glorious creature with
d deed there"
gave me look, keen and pene-
80 ing.
Is that your way OF thinking, Doc
6r?" he asked, quietly.
u / felt the blood rush to my heart
Wagain, as it had done when I set my eyes
on Leonore for the first time.
His words knocked at the alarm door
of my soul.
What did.he mean? Could it be posi-.
BILE this man of wonderful powers hac
not yet changed his mind?
I controlled myself. 1t would never
/ do to betray my dense ignorance in tht
presence Of Mr.. Ketcham. Assuming s
nopchalant air was far from feeling
replied in studied tones:
aWell, sir, the idea struck me as rathe!
out of place that an inmate Of this hous'
could have done that terrible deed, whel
we have already learned that the assas
: sin climbed up the vines and entered tn,
window"
\ Mr.. Ketcham chuckled, and shutting
one eye compared the distance De
4 tween CeTIdlu oCIOllS Ou guO popOlC'
ceiling.
Remember, Doctor, said In the start
when we spoke Of Leonore, that it was
negative not positive clew. In such ;
. case the motive must be found. In tn
positive case we know the motive, ant
seek to discover and prove the presence
4 of the party suspected at the scene Of tn
Crime"
II see what you mean, sir"
"Since parted from you have discov
(,ed certain things that at least deman'
q close investigation with reference to
Leonore."
Indeed You arouse my interest
snew."
.This fact learned from Ursula. 1t
was drawn from her by degrees and
tLr,.gh the medium OF skillful ques-
aons, so that the old woman suspects
nothing.
Last night she saw Miss Leonore,
holding a candle. and clad in her blue
dressing-gown, enter the old lumber-room
that lies next to his chamber, and remain
there for at least ten minutes, when she
once more appeared and went straight te
her own ROOM"
His words staggered me. Still was
not copvhced. "Shc might have gone III