The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-01


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 the
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 man Chamber
ing out of her window. How is that to
be cleared up?" said Chester gloomily.
"That may come later and won't be
such bugbear as you think. If you are
not worried into a morbid condition
over all this trouble, you would not
look so seriously upon a thing which 1
regard as a 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 l 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 the
window. Didn't you?"
Eyes. What then?"
"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 l accomplished the feat
with the aid of the little night lamp that
found beside the colonels 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 creaking as l can do to your
satisfaction, found her sleeping quietly,
but the room q trife close and warm,
set her night lamp down on the table,
as did, threw her shadow on the wall,
as 1 did and opened the shade, as you
thought her daughter did. Then she
withdrew and left thCSS doors OPEN
both hers and her daaghter 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
the man i'll her room? Nothing was
stolen, though money and jewelry were
lying around loose. If 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 l
want you to realize her utter innocence. "
Il want to, Armitage"
81 know you do, 50 look here. We
assume that the same man paid the
night visit both here and at Sablon, and
that he wanted to see the same person.
if he did not come to steal; do we not?'
Eyes"
eve know that at Sablon it was
Mrs. Maynard he sought and called.
The colonel says so.
eyes"
Presumably, then, it was she-not
her daughter-he had some reasons for
wanting to SEQ here at Sibley. What
is more, if he wanted to see Miss Rem
wick, there was nothing to prevent his
going right into her Window"
Nothing"
"Well, 1 believe | can prove he
didn't. On the contrary, that he went
around by the roof Of the porch to the
colonePs room and tried there, but
/ found it risky on account of the blinds,
and that finally he entered tic hall VIM
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 quite dry.
The blinds and sills were the only
things they had touched up on that
front, it seems, and nothing on the
sides. Now, on the fresh paint of the
colonel's Stats are tho new imprints Of
masculine thumb and fingers, and on
the sill Of the hall window is foot
print that l 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 q man in this command
who does 1t was the handiwork of the
Tonto Apaches and came from the other
side Of tho continent
"You 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 Arnitage knocked and hurried
ly entered. Jorrold pushed forward
chair and plunged at once into the mat
tt issue:
aero is no time to waste, captain.
l 1--we sent to you TO ask what | can do
to be released from arrest and permitted
to 20 with tho command" "