The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-14
Chester frowned, but took the motto

want any such man in the regiment
after this What's the use OF taking
him with us?''
''That isn't the point" said Armi-
tage. 'Now or never, possibly, is tho
time TO clear up this mystery. OF
course Maynard will be up to join us
by the first train, and what won't it be
worth to him to have positive proof that
all his fears were unfounded?'
even if it wasn't Jerrold, there is
still the fact that l saw q man Chamber
ing out of her window How is that to
be cleared up?" said Chester gloomily.
''That may come later and won't DO
such bugbear as you think. If you are
not worried into morbid condition
over all this trouble, you would not
look so seriously upon thing which 7
regard AS piece Of mere night prowl-
ing, with possible spice Of romance. !"
"What romance, I'd like to know"
Never mind that now. I'm playing
detective for the time being. Let me
see Jerrold for you and find out what
he has to offer. Then you can decide.
Are you willing? All right! But re-
member this while 1 think of it. You
admit that the light you saw on the
wall Sunday night was exactly like that
which you saw the night of your adven-
ture, and that the shadows were thrown
in the same way. You thought that
night that the light was turned up and
afterward turned out in her room, and
that it was her figure you saw at tho
window. Didn't you?''
Eyes. What them"
"Well, believe her statement that
she saw and heard nothing until reveille.
/ believe it was Mrs. Maynard who did
the whole thing without Miss Rem
wick's knowing anything about it. -
WHY"
Because / accomplished the feat
with the aid of the little night lamp that
l found beside tho colonel's bedside. 1t
is my theory that Mrs. Maynard was
restless after the colonel finally fell
asleep; that she heard your tumble and
took her little lamp, crossed over into
Miss Renwick's room, opened the door
without crcalling, as l can do to your
satisfaction found her sleeping quietly,
but the room u trifie close and warm,
set her night lamp down OH the table,
rs I did, threw her shadow on the wall,
as did, apd opened the shade, as you
thought her daughter did. Then she
withdrew and left those doors opon--
both hers and her daughter sand the
light, instead of being turned down, as
you thought, was simply carried back
into her own room.
'That is all possible. But how about
tho man i'll her room? Nothing was
stolen, though money and jewelry were
lying around loose. II theft was not the
object, what was?"
Theft certainly was not, and I'm
not prepared to say what was, but l
have reason to believe it wasn't Miss
Renwick.
Anything to prove it!'
Eyes, and though time is precious
and l cannot show you, you may take
my word for it, We must be off at
noon, and both Of Us have much to do,
but there may be no other chance to
talk, and before you leave this post
want you torcaliZc Ecr utter innocence. "
81 want to- Armi.a&e
81 know YOU do, SO look here. We
assume that the s22ao man paid the
night visit both here lrd at Sablon, and
that he wanted to sec the same person
If he did not come TO steal: do we not?'
Eyes. Z"
eve know that at Sablon it was
Mrs. Maynard he sought and called.
The cole, says so.
eyes.
Presumably, then, it was shc--not
her daughter-he had some reasons for
wanting to see hero at Sibloy. What
is more, if he wanted to sec Miss Rem
wick, there was nothing to prevent his
going right into her Window"
Nothing"
We'll, / believe I cen prove he
didn't. On the contrary, that he went
around by the roof of tic porch to tho
colonel's room and tried there, but
found it risky on account of the blinds
and that finally he entered the hall Win
dow-what might be called neutral
ground. The painters had been at work
there, as you said two days before, and
the paint on the Stats was not quito dry.
The blinds and stills were the only
things they had touched up OH that
front, it seems, and nothing on the
sides. Now, Oh the fresh paint Of the
colonel's Stats are the new imprints Of
thumb and fingers, and ON
the sill Of tho hall window is n foot
print that know to be other than Jer-
rold's."
"Why?'
Because he doesn't own such thing
as this track was made with, and /
don't know man in this command
who does. 1t was the handiwork of the
Tonic Apaches and came from the other
side of the continent 4"
'Yo9. mean it was"--
Exactly. An Indian moccasin.
Meantime Mr.. Jerrold had been max
ing hurried preparations, as he had
fully determined that at any cost he
would go with the regiment. He had
been burning number of letters when
Captain Armitage knocked and hurried
ly entered. Jerrold pushed forward q
chair and plunged at once into the mat
ter at issue:
There is no time to waste captain.
l.s,