Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-22

SoncluSlon tnat Ine conspiracy oT1Tln ated with Jenner; but on the other hand, with the same facts little diff fcrently configured, it could be n. clearly shown that Mrs. Maynard anC Non originated the scheme, selected Jenner as an indispensable accomplice and by allowing her legacy to bC doubled drew her, willing instru ment, into the conspiracy. This is un doubtedly the true state of the case. Ii was Jenner, beyond all question, who | placed the will in Mrs. Dunkirll's desl and subsequently, led up to the dis covcry of it by the lawyers. It WI. Jenner alone who could have gained access to Mrs. Dunkirk's private seal It was Jenner who recollectcd that Mir Herman drew that first will; Jenne1 who furnished the specimens of hand writing by the aid of which the for gerry was effected; but they made theil first fatal mistake in dating this forged will after Norristowns death and Kcrnan's departure for Europe. We'll well, I am slowly solving all the mysteries of this case; and yet thus far notwithstanding my reckless attempts to do so, have been unable to put my hand on single direct and indisput' able proof of Mrs. Maynard's share ir the conspiracy. Can hope yet to ob tain this cvidcncc?"
 He raised his eyes to her as this ques tion entered his mind. She was appar ently lost in rcvcrie as profound as his had been; she seemed even to have lost all consciousness of his presence, and when he spoke abruptly after a long in tcrval of silence she started as if the whole current of her thoughts had beer changed.
 "Jenner was quito an old family servant, was she not, Mrs. Maynard?" The question was so strangely irrele want to her own reflections that Mrs | Maynard smiled little as she answered | it.
 "Ycs, she came from England witt | Dr. and Mrs. Dunllirll when they were married, forty years ago. She was their hOuscllcrpCr, and i'll this capacity she lived with Mrs. Dunltirk all these years"
 "A clever person, is she not?" 'Shc is woman of moro than ordi- nary intelligence. and Mrs. Dunllirk al ways treated her as friend, rather than a servant. Jcnner's family ir England were very respectable middle class people, and she received a fair ed ucation, which, added to her native shrcwdncss, made her appear quite the average of her class. A very scnsi blc, clever Woman."
 Was she friendly to you?"
 "From the very first was secure IT her good graces. It always seemed 6 little odd to me, for she was not at all disposed to show any friendlinesS tc | strangers"
 North nodded slightly. uc was malS l ing his own shrcwd mental comments on all these statements.
 And now, Mrs. Maynard" he said Ito pass abruptly to another point, as nearly as you can recollect, when was thls will of Mrs. Dunbirl1's-thc gen uinc one. you undcrstand-whenw was il l drawn?"
 "As nearly as I can rccollect, md nm convinced that my memory is not at fault, it was made two years before my marriage; just six years ago."
 "Then you havo been married four | years," was North's instantaneous com. mcnt, which, however, he kept to him self, merely saying nloud:
 | And it was destroyed some ter months previous to her death-no, no ten months previous to the present timo these dates arc so very confusing-foul | months previous to her death. Ther nll this tinc from the day on which il was drawn to the day on which it was destroycd-we can only approximate these dates, prcsume?" abruptly.
 II think so. I certainly have nc definite knowledge of them"
 "Wcll, then, during all this time-a | period extending over about six years not more and only n tritlo less-tha' | will was in Mrs. Dunllirl's possession md, so far as we can divine our senti mcnts in regard to 1t, shc was entirely satisfied with the document, and wa. | willing that 1t should stand as her las will and testament. Now, the ncx point that l propose to take up this morning, if can do so without consum ing too much time, is in reference t
 Hamilton Dupont. l consider 1t i'm | portant for mo to havc his history, SC far as it is known to you, clearly in my mind. His arrangement from Mrs Dunllirll, and the uncertainty II which, to this day, that unhappy affair has involved the fate of his daughter are matters of vital importance to us Will you, therefore, please tell mo brief ly what you know of the history O Hamilton Dupont?"
 And with pencil poised over his not book, North waited for tho recital.
 Mrs. Maynard began at once
 CHAPTER XIII
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