The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-25

As I have said before, his face was
strongly marked one-there were no
signs of weakness there.
BE was capable of great things, either
for good or evil, as the spirit might sway
! him.
"Will you not tell me what you saw
there, Seabury?" asked.
He shook his head.
u cannot, Doctor"
Meaning you will not?"
Take it as you please. My lips are
sealed upon that subject"
NV interest was bounding on apace.
Icould hard keep it in sight.
IF understand you correctly, you &C.
knowledge having looked into the room
of the old Doctor?"
II do not deny it."
sand you saw something that occurred
within that chamber"
He did not answer.
1 could see his teeth close hard, and he
had the appearance of a man who was
sternly resolved upon his course.
3Do you refuse to tell me what 1t was
you saw?"
II have nothing to say"
aPerhaps you forget that your life mny
pay the penalty of this refusal to speak
and clear yourself"
"I forget nothing. Would to heaven !
could forget! At the same time, II 1t
must come, so be it. am resigned. As
the Arabs say, Kismet-it is fate"
! was becoming more and more in
terested in this man. He was charac-
ter to study with profit In fact, do
not know that I ever met one who gave
me more of a chance for observation.
aSince you are determined upon this
course we will drop that question; but
] perhaps you will not object to answer
ing certain others OF minor import
| ance."
was going to beat about the bush,
and perhaps discover in an indirect way
what he refused to divulge openly. ..
Anything can answer I shall do so
with the greatest Of pleasure" he said,
quietly.
"You admit entering the grounds by
means of the wall?"
Eyes"
"You made your way direct to the foot
of the vines, retraced your path to the
wall, and then back once more to the
side of the house. What made you do
this thing?"
@You are mistaken, Doctor"
.In what?"
Il passed through the garden only
| once each way"
There were two sets Of tracks there.
I saw them myself"
sThen some one else made the other
Impossible. They were Eear enough
alike to have been made by the same
man."
"And yet stand ready to swear that
! I went direct from the wall to the house,
| and when I left followed the same
route"
He was quite determined in his manner.
I could not say that he was telling a
lie; at the same time I felt sure he must
| be very much mistaken.
Possibly at the time he hardly knew
what he was doing, and had fled from
| the spot only to return again, drawn
thither by some terrible fascination.
To assist my investigation, pretended
that had fallen in with his idea.
"Then you think some one else must
| have been in the garden on the same
night, and almost followed your course
to the vines"
,sSince you affirm that there were two
sets of tracks, it must be so. I made
but one."
| "Let me see your Root"
He held up his foot
| It was very small one for q man or
his size, and not unlike woman's.
THAT will do. Now tell me, while you
were lowering around your fathers
place that night, did you notice any sus-
| nirions character abOut?n
| He started at my words, as though
they offered him loopho)e OF escape.
| ayes, did,"
| Tell me about it."
did not take any suck in what he
was about to say, for believed he was
simply jumping at the bait offered. At
the same time, to deceive him, I pre-
tended to be greatly interested.
| ~As l passed out through the break in
the stone wall heard a sound near me,
and turning my head saw the figure Of
man of low stature, standing with hii
back against the wall.
II noticed no more, for I was not in
condition to care for such things. His
head was bent low as passed him" "srd
I could not have seen his face had ].
| tried"
| 4ou oOA huOw "AOVAOA AS "Oas
into the grounds or not?"
II couldn't say. 1t would be very
likely, If he was bent on burglary, or
anything else."
Another question, Seabury. Have
you ever carried any burglars tools?"
His face flushed, either with real or
assumed indignation, but, biting his lips.
he controlled himself.
! "Never in my life, SIR"
| "Let me describe tool that / found
nnder the vines, and tell me whether you
have ever seen it."
| I described it accurately.
He shook his head as l. finished.
II give you my WORD o. n0nor. Doctor,
1 never even saw such q tool, and GER
tainly never possessed one. II you found
that among the vines, depend upon it
some one mounted them either before or
after had been there"
: II I could believe his words, then q
third trail had opened up before me; but
was not yet ready to change my mind.
| Until did so, this man was the guilty
party, although it was far from my in
tention to say so, as I had no intention
! now of arrestinp him and wished to keen