Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-01
,.,oo looking around me all the time

,r on interested way. NOT That there
~ 90" r,ncb to see, but / was determined
thot nothing should escape my obserya-
zion ton that might serve as clew in the
case l was engaged on;
Nv We this the man who had entered the
homso Of DIR. Seabury by means Of the
pantry window?
p"IC Looking at him, tried to imagine
,,,lot conse he could have for the bitter
hotrcd against the old Doctor
Uo was swarthy enough to have been
r,,dor an Indian sun, and his hair was
biocL &c the strand found in the dead
rnan.s cIasp. but rot so long by half.
had some hopes 1t was plain to mo
tbot Mr. Ketcham believed the man who
Lad entered that house intent on burg
iorv could tell something Of the crime,
| hut on nv part, / hoped he would provo
the author of it himself.
had built up a new theory. The
man from India was pursuing him on
acconnt of some private wrong, and he
II was who had been it at the DEATH
| Colonel Cain was my man.
He had all the appearance OF a muscu-
lar fellow, and might have been match
| for a stronger man than the ola DocVoI.
Strange, though, that either Leohoro
or Theodore would not know OF hlm' ior
the former must have some connection
with the case, else why those words on
the photograph? c.,, c.,n
hcr father? 1t might be possible, since
She was only ward OF the Doctor s.
This thought brought new trouble.
looked my man over again, and was
ready to say there seemed no actual na"
in the chain as yet.
Rlindlv I shut my eyes to the main
facts. and would only see what was
pleasing. wv
This was human nature we very
often do this same thing in ordinary NE
Meanwhile. the burglar was making
himself at home. From hole IN the
wall which served him as closet ne
took q bottle and couple of glasses.
@You must excuse the lack Of style, my
friend. 1t is hardly possible to live IN the tn,
hunted manner / do and keep up VIII,
the reigning fashions. Like all Others
; hone some day to make fine haul, ano
= retire on an Independent fortune.
, ~Iet MS hope that the day OF our re-
firing is not far distant" | said, and ne
of conrse misunderstood me.
; We drank to the retirement l am
very moderate drinker, and l SAID so
nv new friend. / had beel eXceeoih9i.
careful to let him take the first SIP L
nroye that the liquor was not drugGco
for I was on the lookout that such
: game should not be played on me.
Il AsI ra 'sed my tumbler to sip the con
o tents again, received an electric shock
1t was as though my system hao SUD
d denly como in contact with the pOsiIV
Is and negative poles Of battery.
g At the same time great 1celing 9
Il satisfaction came over me. rca lze
that step forward had been taken
sr nrovinq the innocence of LeonOrc.
d Upon the wall hung knife. 1t was
necnliar mold, and recognized the tAta
- Malay creese!
l. This s'gnified great deal!
ut When my eyes had fallen upon tn
a hlade hone was revived in my soul to a
g astonishing degree.
ar It was singular how much the cree'
seemed to have to do with the case, al
r, we had simply to follow the clews pl
l forth by the one who perpctrated u
10 crime in order to reach the end.
Of course I was too wise to betray m
IS self and after making sure that my ey
or had not deceived me, kopt my atteh'l'
away from the blade as much as poS'
'o Bile.
wv After time. however, In getting up
sh stretch my limbs, my hand happeheu
aS touch it. on1,-o
Pc @Halo! what's this, anyhow" l aske
with seeming curiosity.
IN "A knife" he replied, and saw SOL
IN sign of uneasiness in his manner.
"WelI, that's the queerest knife eV
nc set eyes on. Whatdo you call it, Colone.
was examining it as spoke. L
'ut blade was far from bright. Dlngy-loo
nd ing spots that might come from rust
ART dried blood marred its surface.
Try 1t was quite a contrast to the hne cree
used as paper cutter by Leonore, a
@ a vet both were built on the same pattel
ma at is called a creesc. They are us
Dno by the thugs out in India"
RI. 81 hope you are not thug" laugh'
tes "Nonsers,. picked the blade
up from beside the body of friend who i
en- his life at the hands Of those cursed II
inc atics. Yes, that crease has seen terri
ms 10 work.
TO An unnatural glow came over his Il
at the words, and | could see, with'
hoC appearing to notice, that he had shuI
teeth hard while he spoke.
DuC did not ask for particulars.
sell They were already before my m
better than he could give them
VI Replacing the creese on the wall
as sumed our conversation at the pc
40 where had broken it off.
'ver There was one thing l was very a
ions TO do now. This was to search
yn's room
If the Colonel would only leave
alone there for time l believed VIC
be able to tell positively whether he
ror the man we wanted or not.
'0' Fortune favored me.
! :. He was a heavy drinker, and CT
y W stand more liquor than most men Kn
ao oi The black bottle was now empty,
'"V,, e. nv the way in which he took 1t up
non eral times and locked into 1t Kne"
i,, i,,,n had not had enough yet.
'nJ' n1 So I finally threw a halt-dollar on
% do taDle VIII Jlno thoro coma nIace ,
"o bv where you can get that replenlsl
J., Tll stand treat, and by the time you
> III hack III have finished what is in
'Ulh tni1 glass and be ready for more"
'n'S eyes, know of a den near at h
.uo TIL take me five or ten minutes to
!. LUZ hack. Amuse yourself as best you
rh;le comrade
'nHc Selling the black bottle, he was G
s. hoard him descending the stairs,
eneu - 10 nod reached the second