Evening star., 1895-04-27

and their confusion became more as l per-
ceived that both Hilton and Marshall were
&C ming more and more closely into confer
cree and conspicuously stunning me.
heard one of the servants say to another
that Capt. Marshall had done 1T, and the
reply was that, whoever had fired the shot,
Margaret Holiday was certainly party
to the crime. Another servant in response
to my questioning said that he had seen
Hanley enter the LongRoom from the dining
room which adjoined it, not ten minutes be-
fore my discovery of the murder Hanley.
with white lips, denied that he had been IN
that room since the morning.
Marshall and Hilton divided between
them the care of the body and did not con-
suit me. 1 passed the night in torment, re-
lieved only by an occasional sight OF Mar
garet. who twice or thrice came from ne ner
mothers room to speak with me. she
would not see Marshall. l thlnk that sne
believed him guilty.
At o'clock l was standing on the Veran.
da in front of the house when the sound OF
wheels startled me. and 1 saw carriage
containing Bernard Kelly and man who
leaned far back with his face IN the
shadow. 1t flashed across me in second
that Kelly had solved the riddle, arrested
the murderer, and was bringing MIN 10 tne
horse If that was SO, the prisoner could
be no other than the man whom Hanley
had seen. And then l thought OF the steps
that had heard. and had supposed to pe
MarshalTs, as l lay in the hammock. HAD
the murderer passed me then!
The carriage rapidly approached. IN a
few seconds it was near enough LOT me 10
see the face of the shadow. heiiys conf
panion was Horace Preble.
hone to get through this mortal life
without suffering such a shock as that
again. ,,,,
Preble got out of the carriage with Kelly
close behind him.
In heavens name what Is tnls! oe
manded.
TIE young man looked disconsolately
down upon the ground. He had at mrs,
"a 1,;e Hnv,
withdrawn it.
''This thing had to come out" he said;
"I've tried to cover it up as much as
could. but 1t was no use. You might as
we'll know the truth"
Speak, cried.
"Why, you see, about two years ago
when I lost all my money. l was In des.
perate fix I had hoped to live without
work, and that hope failed me. 1 got into
sad straits, and at last.of course youll
regard this as confidential?"
"Confider tial.'
well, it's known to few. Every time
tody has to be let in
Look here, Preble," I exclaimed. Il m
altogether too nervous to stand this strain
any longer Since yesterday I've been sus-
pected Of murder by half a dozen people
and have convicted. in my own mind. hall
a dozen others in town. I convicted YOU
when 1 saw you with Detective Kelly. But
Of course, when l stand here face to face
with you know 1t can't be true. Yet yor
rave some part in the shameful secret, as
you have confessed to me. What Is it.
Don't keep me in suspense!"
A sickly smile distorted Preble's hand
scne face.
Il am detective in the pay of the New
York police department" he said. I'm
| here professionally.
| He shuddered at the thought.
| Its title different from the old times.
| he continued. I'm heartily ashamed of it
my boy. but 1t can't be helped now. There
| little to choose between detective and Grim
inal, in my opinion. The criminal inf1ict
an injury on society, and the detective in
| fiicts an injury on the criminal. and tn,