New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19

always expressed much sympathy and promiseod ID
do his best. declaring, however. that his uncle did
cot like him. and resented his interference.
When the three young men met neAt morning,
all traces Of our "tin' had vanished; 1lenIicns
and l purposed to 90 -a.iishing john saio me ne
would stay at home and arrange ms Stores udr
way TO the sea lay across the railway line, anu,
as the early train had already brought In the udly
mail from Colombo. there was a newspaper ior
me. IIenricus walked on leisnrely' ana sauh'
tered after him, reading as went. 49,.
There was seldom anything of surprising inter;
est in our paper. But to-day, as hastily scanned
the columns. my eye caught the starving Ivaums
1t was then set forth that at a NJ Yesterday
morning Mr.. Reeves, the nephew OF Mr. Scnrauci'
was awakened by great noise OF trampnns T ,;,.
As his uncle often had clients, who sought nun
secretly at unreasonable hours he was not at hist
alarmed. but lay and listened. when he became
impressed by the total absence of the usual ac,
COMPARTMENTS of loud and often angry. voices ana
by the profound silence which presently loiIoWeu
the ccsaatio of trampling footsteps ineieupon
and getting no answer. walked down the PASSAGE
10 his unclc's room lie found the door w'de open,
the room empty and in disorder. ana a poo, o,
Hood on the floor from which he cond tiac" oioon
all down the passage But his uncle was nowhere
TO bc seen. nor the child Reeves had at o1ce
given an alarm, and the house had soon hIirl WIN
people No constable had com" 70 the scene LOT
some time in which interval the ground ROUND
Schradcr's house was hopclessly trodden by scores
outside the house. and all search fcr, the miscr'
living or dead. had been utterly iruitlcss. A..
Here was tragedy As looked up from the
paper, l saw llenrcus dawiling aohs, iI punnn
low saw John JAM rush out and make aiter nlh'
his face chastity white and his eyes starting from
their sockets Ianricus saw him at the same
Minute and stood still 1t was lie to whom JAM
What informal Trick have yon been mp to ~
Whats the matter now !? aSk'd Iichricus VIII"
his accustomed GOODNESS. -, -,
What! Don't you know? linen come anu
see.' ,.,o 80 =,
And he turned back and walked before us a;
we returned 10 the house The veranda was iIil
of the cases from which John had been unpacking
his stores and table stood the pr, WHICH
Ucnricus had been careful TO carry nin'Se,il
from The station 1t was open, and was evidently
the cause of JAMS wrathfnl horror, ! Pr"pca
into il rather gingcriy, tor VINO couiu tri Mna'
foolish trick a romp like lIenricus would play.
| was prepared for anything-cNccpt what saw
II WAS mans head
I stepped back with a cry. Iienilcus s'oopru
forward and exclaimed: IL is heaa IL Is '''c
IbaJ failed 10 recognize it. though had already
read Of Schraders disappearance Dut fehf'cu'
>'' We looked at each other in silence. John Ianz
was first to recover from the shock IS tha' .,e
Jar you rot from my mother?' he asked III q $40"
''. "yce'" said Ienrcus: 4" at least, should have
sworn so five minutes ago o,
"On your honor. You never touched II
"On nv honor never touched it. Your mother
herself came with il to the tain. Your mothers
10y carried it, and he put 1t into 'ht cap,''S
w | IL
never touched il till lifted il from the cartias"
and brought it here. as yon saw mo-
well. WE'LL said John. whatever TINS means
Tn, sorry poor mother should BE- mixed up in IT.
Tn nv excitement. and with srndry recollection,
serthing in my mind, turned to lenrcus' looked
him full in the face. and . snld :,,,,,ro-
"Non had no hand in tins surely
"No-none he said. stoutly., 49,.
lie uttered no rcprcach NJ the suggestion, p't
lie met ne with glance, of lis KIND nazcl ,N,S'
rard tho terrible Jar Poor oil Schradcr' he
said, WHY. saw him myself late on the evening
of the dav before yesterday. 40 ~ must ""''
Loon murdered since then
YES" / answered. he was murdered IN IN"
small hours of yesterday morning. 10" can r'''
"' ,nd yyliIe ~. was glancine through III" nrws
ranar report inv Predictions were hnsv. ara 'ooK
on an even more sinister tlni'' WHAT WIS I"
Dear dear. said IIcnricus. 'lropping the pap"r
wei. I'm glaI didn't rrrt ron lim IN nn %T
II will be lesson 10 me For very h'iN VA T.
IL lie am and n,S e2a 'i Bat 1 WHAT a ar" 70
We could all understand the gravity OF our
position / tool; a card from my pock't a'l
scribhlng on it the words :" Come - ne At one"
I called in our boy" and Dispatched him t'rT"-
with to my f,irnd Joseph Diaz one OF the l'1u'h'
Thon soid We ought TO get little liglt on
this before we give Information 10 The poi''
so while we wait for Daz. hope. Il"nrlcn'. tiil,
Won will not take il amss if ask you L."
~. III answer what can, said lie quite calmly
"Do. yon mind telling us what 20" "'d AL gay
yesterday A., ,n;a, h,o,t-
tasted and bathed as always do: wrot" two or
three letters mad" call; nj 10 was a, 'he
cf,icr. took the o'clock Train here. ion know
Then what did you do the day brforH
ain the morning had q headache ana s'lN"n
in bed till went to Once. d,,ere r T,r Wrs
Tont,oss Ino,kr1 in Yon know thc .Tonsl"ss pee
RE i've closc by Scnadcrs honss She had com p,
TO tell me- that the Schradcr chI won' , t,m
somebody ought 10 take the matter M ] heard
ali she had 10 say but discounted little know
ing the woman is bnsyboiy ana gosS,p;. h m""
| and found the child sitting in tn" passa9" crying
| bitterly. lie told me q story Of cruelty anI
and sent him away TO buy food. and then
| knocked at the door OF the mlscrs room. Whcrc
he always kept himself locked in lie was IN no
Great hurry 10 admit inc. AMI by III" tim" he up
| reared 7 had worked myself into such race over
| That chid's misery that i Just caught nm ny
| the coatcolar and shook MN. u" SLID" on,
| NJ nv clutches and went back into M room
vcllinr for hclp rushed after him with my
| cane. hut I bcthought myself and stopped. ana
told him. in pretty stiong lanenasc, w WI soo m
| brought me there. To my astonshln"nt ~" sceihch
| ready TO promise anything for the future" pro
| vded would not 90 back on his past treatment
of his protcqr. got him to cypress w,psn's Mr 10
Ionkles, provide it with ncceSsarl"s NJ ms rAp'ns
| Teen hc suddenly became quit" friendly, ,a ana
asked mo III | Womb nO' Hh" w 'oIi"" /" NV,
,o,. - NOT for myself then for some friend
| 7 lave 70 own that il was only then that rrmcm-
hcrrd my promise to NEGOTIATE a loan f., for , yon
| So 7 asked him his terms. And he s1ii n" w'nlu
| coal with mo for T.. rrr cent. which was per
cont under his usual figure. told him J. wanted
| none of his money. on any terms. for would
warn my worst enemy not to get into his clutches
| I;ut he made believe to treat my words as loS"
| and said if woudh't to-day perhaps | would
| tomorrow SO parted found Mr. Reeves
harajnc about thr vcranda. evidently listening
| ar1 70 wonder for he must have thought the
| house was couli9r down when first made for ~"
| miscr | explained tho cause of my stormy VISIT
| and Pecvcs laucted. and said he was glad my
! uncle had got II hot-it always did him COED
| So camr away. o,
| At this pont lIcnricns hcsitated and flushed
So said: .,. =, ,oro,r T. ;s M, n