Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-01-06


but 1t seemed not unlikely that OAR
will Bosworth or both OF them.
might have gone there for the solace
| of a weed Advancing quickly, /
drew the portiere a little further
aside and then halted for moment
before going forward. What j saw
J was Darvill in the act OF reading the
letter | had come in search Of while
on the table close by lay the min iature
! face downward. Almost before | had
time to take in the scene. he turned
the page he had been reading and be-
gan on the other side There was a
sheer on his face that maddened me
even more than the fact Of his
reading the letter. The next instant
he looked up and our eyes met. My
blood was fired to the point of frenzy.
l sprang forward. and while with one
hand / snatched the letter from him.
with the open palm OF the other |
smote him on the face applying TO
him at the same time one or two cpl
thets which he richly deserved. The
next instant he made a rush at ms
and felled me 20 the ground with n
blow Just above the left eye A
moment later | was on my feet and
had closed with him In the struggle
that ensued the lamp was over turned.
Darvill was much bigger and
stronger man than ]. but / know all
the tricks of the Westmoreland wres-
tiers and in less than a dozen seconds
he was lloundering on his back All
/ tod tN
waiting for Darvill TO rise / snatched
up the miniature-the letter / had al
ready-made hurried exit by the
way | had come. nc. oiued my fly. and
got back TO the station in time to
catch tee IL o'clock train for Liver
| pool. The wound over my eye was
caused by Darvill's ring. Finally. l
may mention that have n distinct
recollection OF seeing the Indian
| dagger with which you stated ,ust
new, Oar sill Is supposed to have been
murdered. 1t was lying on the centre
table as if IL had been taken down TO
look at as any other curio might have
been and had not been replaced. a"
Ivor ceased and the three sat mute
for a little while. each thinking over
what the others had said. fitting the
links OF the different narratives one
into ~he other and striving 10 deduct
therefrom n coherent whole. Mrs
Bos worth was the first to speak.
'And now what is 10 become OF my
poor boy?" she asked. I'VE all
know now under what mistaken i'm
preston he acted. but the question
tbs. remains is by what means is that
II take to be remedied?"
Which question said Ivor
naturally resolves itself into another
Who was the real murderer OF Vivian
Darvill?"
We must at once return to Eng
land" said Emma RIDDEN must be
seen and everything told both to him
and to Uncle Godfrey After that
She paused and looked at Ivor
after that" he said. 1--WE must
set the cleverest detective brains in
England to work on the mystery. No
expense. no effort must be spared
On the face Of it as the case now
stands it would seem as if revenge
must have been the motive which in
stigated the crime. Darvill must
have had secret enemy and our
first object must be to have that enemy
traced
You will go back with us to Eng
land. Ivor?" said his sister entreat-
ingly.
He started at her question and sat
awhile staring at her. but with no
conscious recognition in his eyes a
sort OF frowning hesitancy expressing
itself on his face His sisters ques-
ton had turned his thoughts with a
channel After sitting thus little
while he said abruptly: Yes l will
go back with you and the sooner we
| get away the better | shall be pleased y