The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-07-18
CHAPTER NY


THE story about this Spanard, Cuff
fanta is a strange one" Philip Smerdon
wrote from Deceive Chase to Lord Pen
lyn, who had informed him of the visit
he had received and the revelations made
by the Senior. but l may as well tell you
at once that I don't believe il. although
you say that the lawyers, as we'll as
Stuart and Dohson, are inclined to do SO.
Ny own opinion is that, though he may
not have killed Mr. Cundall. he is still tell
ing You a lie-for some reason Of his own.
as to the friendship that existed between
them, and he probably thinks that by pre-
tending to be able to find the man. he will
get some money from you. With regard
to his having been face 10 face with the
murderer. why, if SO, does he not say on
what occasion and when? To know his
face as that of the murderer, is to say,
had either known he was about to commit
the act, or that he had witnessed it. It
admits Of no other Interpretation, and,
consequently, what becomes Of his avow-
cd love for Cundal, if he knew of the
contemplated deed aud did not prevent it,
or. having witnessed it. did not at once
/ arrest or kill his aggressort You may de
pend upon it, my dear Gervase, that this
doco, with as said before, the probable
object Of extracting money from you as he
previously extracted it from your brother
AS to the locking up Of the garden and
allowing no one to enter il. | am inclined
10 think that it is simply done with the
object Of making pretense of mystcri-
ously knowing something that no one else
knows. And it is almost silly. for your
] oar n Goa niy har lC
Cd 10y the murderer as place 10 visit, and
4 what object could he have in 50 visiting
it: However. as it is place never used
| should crafty him in this case, only |
would 20 q little farther than he wishes
and never allow il to be opened-not even
when he desires it
The letter went on 10 state that Smnr-
don was still very busy over the summer
accounts ut Deceive Chase, and should
remain there some time: he might. how
ever. he added, shortly run up to town
for a night.
A feeling Of disappointment came over
Penlyn as he read this letter from his
friend
During the two or three days that had
elapsed between writing to Smerdon and
receiving his answer. he had been buoved
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And his story had earned the belief Of
the others that. surely. was in favor of
it being true. Stuart had seen him bad
listened 10 what he bad 10 say. and had
formed The opinion that he was neither
lying nor acting.
pnhson also. the man who 10 the Sc
nor's mind was ridiculous and incapah]e.
had been told everything and ne t,n
had come 10 the conclusion that emf
fanta's story was an honest one. and that.
Of all othcr men. he who in some mvsre-
riors manner. knew the murderer's face
would be the most likcl. to eventually