Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-06

frustrated in his designs, but had lost
heart at the last and allowed me to es-
cape, and then somehow fed himself. Some
held that he had intended to force me to
reveal the whereabouts of fathers money,
but his courage had failed him.
Father had quite sum in hiding
place which only he and l knew. But no
search for money had been made, so far
as any one could see-not bureau drawer
| had been disturbed, and fathers gold watch
was ticking peacefully under his pillow;
even his wallet in his vest pocket had not
been opened. There was a small roll Of
bank notes in 1t, and some change; ia
tier never carried much money. l sup
pose If fathers wallet and watch had been
i! taken l should not have been suspected at
all.
1 was discharged, as I have said, from
lack of evidence, and have returned to
my home. free. indeed. but with this awful
burden Of suspicion upon my shoulders.
That brings me up to the present day.
returned yesterday evening. This evening
Henry Ellis has been over to see me; he
VIII not come again. for l have forbidden
him to do So This Is what l said to him:
Il know you are innocent, you know
am innocent To all the world we are un-
der suspicion-I more than you, but we
are both under suspicion. If we are known
to be together that suspicion is Increased
Tor both OF u.. I do not care for myself,
but l do care for you. Separated from
me. the stigma attached to you will soon
elsewhere
Then Henry interrupted me. IT will
never marry elsewhere" said he.
could not help being glad that he said
1t, but l was firm.
IF you should see some good woman
whom you can love, it will be better for
you to marry elsewhere" said l.
Il never will" he said again. He put
his arms around me, but had strength
to push him away.
You never need. IL I succeed in what
l undertake, before you meet the other"
said |. 1 began to think he had not cared
for that pretty girl who boarded in the
i. What is that?" he said. What are
you going to undertaken"
ITO find my fathers murderer said I.
Henry gave me strange look then, be-
fore could stop him, he took me fast in
his arms and kissed my forehead.
"As God Is my witness, Sarah, I believe
In your innocence" he said. And from
that minute have felt sustained and fully
confident of my power to do what 1 have
undertaken.
My fathers murderer 1 will find To-
morrow 1 begin my search. 1 shall first
make an exhaustive examination of the
house, such as no officer In the case has
yet made. in the hope of finding a clue.
Every room propose to divide into square
yards. by line and measure. and every
one of those square yards 1 will study as
If 1t were a problem in algebra.
I have theory that it Is impossible for
any human being to enter any house and
commit in it a deed of this kind and not
leave behind traces which are as the
known quantities In an algebraic equa-
ton to those who can use them.
There Is a chance that l shall not be
quite Inaided. Henry has promised not to
come again until / bid him, but he is to
send detective here from Boston-one
whom he knows. In fact, the man is
cousin Of his. or else there would be small
hope of our securing him, even if l were
to offer him large price.
The man has been remarkably success
full in several cases, but his health is not
good; the work Is severe strain upon
his nerves. and he Is not driven to 1t by
any lack Of money. The physicians have
forbidden him to undertake any new case,
for year at least, but Henry is conf
dent that we may rely upon him for this.
I will now lay this aside and so to bed.
Tomorrow is Wednesday,; my father will
Rave been dead seven weeks. Tomorrow
morning I commence the work, IN which.
If 1t be in human power, aided by high
er wisdom, I shall succeed.
(To be continuedD