The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-12
cHAPrER Iv.-coNrINunp

CHAPTER Iv.--CoNTTNuEp
al will tell you how Morstan died.
he continued. Tic had suffered for
years from q weak heart, but he con-
cealed it from everyone. alone knew
1t. When In India, he and !. through
remarkable chain OF circumstances.
came into possession Of considerable
treasure. / brought IL over 20 Eng
land. and on the night of Mcrstan's ar
rival he came straight over here to
claim his share. lie walked over from
the station, and was admitted by my
faithful old Lal Chowdar, who Is now
dead. Morstan and had difference
of opinion as 10 the division of the
treasure. and we came 10 heated words.
Morstan had sprung out OF his chair In
n paroxysm OF anger, when he sudden
~ pressed his hand to his side, his face
turned duslxy hue, and he fell back
wards, cutting his head against the
corner Of the trcasure-chcst. When
stopped over him found, TO my horror,
shat he was dead.
"'For a long time / sat half dis
tracted, wondering what l should do
My first impulse was, Of course, TO
call for assistance; but could not but
recognize that there was every chance
that would be accused Of bis murder.
His death &c the momont OF quarrel,
and the cash In his head, would be
black against me. Again, an official
inquiry could not be made without
bringing out some facts about the
treasure, which was particularly
anxious to keep secret. lie had told
me that no soul upon earth knew
where he had gone. There seemed to
be no necessity why any soul ever
should know.
al was still pondcring over the mat
ter, when, looking up, l saw my scrv-
ant. Lnl Chowdar, in the doorway.
lie stole In, nIisi t,issss s nc dec. behind
him. "Do not fear. sahib," he said.
.No one need know that you have
killed him. Let us hide him away,
and who is tho wiscr?" II did not
kill him." said |. Lal Chowdar shook
his head. and cmiled. II heard II all,
eahib," said he. II heard you quarrel,
and / heard the blow. But my lips
are scaled. All arc asleep In the house.
Let us put him away together" That
was enough TO decide me II my own
servant could not believe my limo
ccnce, how could / hope 90 make II
good before twelve foolish trndcsmcn in
n jury box2 Lal Chowdar and dis
posed OF the body that night, and
within few days the London papers
were full Of the mysterious disappear
ancc OF Capt Morstan. You viii see
from what say that can hardly be
blamed Ia the matter My fault lies In
the fact that we concealed, not
only the body, but also the
treasure, md that have chung
20 Mors.1n's share as well as to
my own. wish you, therefore, TO
make restitution. Put your ears down
10 my mouth. The treasure Is hidden
In At this instant horrible change
came over his expression; his eyes
stared wildly, his jaw dropped, and he
yelled IN a voice I can never forget:
Keep him outl For Christ's sake keep
! him outr We both stared round at the
window behind us upon which his gaze
was fixed. A face was looking In nt us
out OF the darkness. We could see the
whitening Of the nose where II was
pressed against the glass. IL was a
bearded, hairy face. with wild, cruel
eyes and m expression OF concentrated
maleyolcncc. My brother and rushed
towards the window, but the man was
gone. When we returned TO my father
his head had dropped and his pulse had
ceased 20 beat.
1--WE searched the garden thnt night,
but found no sign Of the intruder, save
that Just under the window n single
footmarls was visible IN tho fiowcr-bcd.
But for that one trace, we might have
thought that our imaginations had con-
jurcd up that wild, florcc face. We
soon. however. had another and more
striking proof that there wcrc secret
agencies Mt work all around us The
window of my fathers room was found
open In the morning, his cupboards and
boxes had been rincd. and upon his
chest was fixed torn piece Of paper,
with the words The sign u the four
ecrawlcd across a. What tho phrase
meant. or who our secret visitor may
have been. wo never know. a. far as
we can Judge. none Of my fathers
property had been actually stolen.
though everything had been turned
out NV brother and naturally ASSOC
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