The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-25


fair, Miss Maxoy. This is treating you
candidly, isn't it?"
Miss Maxey Redeemed.
Il certainly cannot blame you for
your suspicious" she said.
''Never mind" "said the old gentle
man, who had been watching her keen
ly. 81 will not wait for time to set YOU
right. l will commit myself now, apol-
ogize at once place implicit confidence
in your story and invite you to d ride in
my carriage, Will you go?'
"Go" echoeh Miss Maxey in bewil-
derment Il do not understand YOU.
Where would you take mo?"
81 would take you to call on Miss
Stevenson, for the purpose of seeing
whether you can identify her."
but who is Miss Stevenson?"
"Never mind that You will know
her if you have seen her before; if not,
not Will you go?"
81 will GO"
The lawyer stepped into the adjoin-
ing room and spoke to an Office boy In
10 minutes a carriage was at the door.
Miss MaXey was driven by the gray
haired old gentleman to respectable
house in quiet street. She followed
him up the stairs TO the second story
There, in cheerful room, seated in
an easy chair, her feet upon an otto
man, reading a novel, was the pretty
girl whom Miss MaXcy had first seen in
the carriage with Mrs. Forsytho the aft
ernoon she had followed the somber Dye.
"Well," chirped the lawyer when
they were in the carriage once more,
Eyes or no. Do you know hcr?"
"She is the same girl whom l saw on
the bed i'll Mrs. Forsythe's room"
The old gentleman turned his head
for the, evident purpose of concealing
the telltale expression of his face.
"Shall l drive you to your door, Miss
Maxey? No? will set you down at the
head of the street then 1t will be safer
perhaps. Don't thank me, Miss Maxey.
The obligation is overwhelmingly on
my side. Rest assured that you shall
hear from me more to the point before
many days have passed"
A week later Miss Maxoy received
this letter:
My DEAR Mlss MAXEY-Yours of the twen-
ticth received. | have carefully examined tine
memoranda OF the cvcn's in Ballavoine place.
1, ,taIy 1,ft f,V. ,,1p,r
and nm sorry to say do not see my way at
all clear in this matter. | am afraid we have
before us very serious task. So far as the
Stevenson caso is concerned, do not think
shall have great deal of difficulty, with your
aid, TO prevent it bcins brought into court
But there 1t drops. As for clearing up the
mystery of the sea road, the more | examine
into 1t the less satisfactory the theory that
broaChed to You seems to me. can see nC way
out Of this labyrinth, except by the most vio-
lent and extreme measures. The failure OF the
one person who, if my theory We're correct,
would profit by the removal Of the victim of
that dastardly affair to set up the claim which
he could so easily render valid is the great and
insurmountable stumbling block. Can we ar
rest Mr.. Dye, Miss Stevenson and Mrs For
sythc on any such limsy evidence of conspiracy
AZ We possess? Most certainly not, though we
might possibly frightCn them ctfcctually, rs you
suggested. Hut !, who know more Of the For
sythe case than you do, tell you frankly that
seriously doubt whether any one of those three
persons is directly concerned in the matter
that interests you, and it is entirely possible
that II is absolutely unknown to them. There
fore | write this letter to caution you to be su-
perlativcy discreet and careful not to say
word TO anybody which might bctray our sus-
picions in this matter. Our only way is to wait
patiently and watch closely. But want to sty
to you, as said to You before, that there is one
person who without doubt holds the key
Of the whole mystery in her hands. | mean
your sister-in-law. | do not know enough
about the medical part of the case to know
whether do not murmur against the inevita-
BILE, but it dGcs seem as if all that stood be-
tween us and a most vivid ray of light is her
lack of memory Of events during her sickness
In your house. Is 1t not possible TO stimulate
her recollection Of that night when the strange
assault on yourself occurred, so that We may
Mt least know who was in the room2 At any
rate, it would do no harm to try. Question her
cautiously, but carefully. | will write again
in few days. Your very obedicnt servant,
FREDERICK BERNSTEIN
''Alas" sighed Miss MaXey. "Alas,
he asks for the impossiblo"
FRO BE CONTINUED.