Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-11-04
"Just one thing" T said. "a fnIl


wa, between j aai the window You
may -afelv tell ne whether Won saw
the slaloy ii lifted arln from where
yon stood SO Hn." She had
whispered her .'N-no"' with dry
lips anl hesita'ion: lie had raised his j
ARIA once Leave It IL me. | told
her ''In an hof.r III come ami tell
you what think
Size understood and went Well, |
puzzled aud puzzled over the thing
ard c}lld make nothing of it. The
door hal been locked, you see, and
he Va7 found dead tive minutes after
Markhouse had stepped ont on the
balcony. / had vague idea but the
facts would not seem TO tit IN at all,
and / suppose the hour went by, for
present,vT ~asT her standing IN the
doorway, her eyes vide with terror.
I. lyon YOU didn't come. You
you think" the rest died off III her
throat If il hal only been for her
sake | should hare tried my level
best
Il think nothing yet, | told her.
cts complicated, simple a il seems.
! on SEE, the motive WAS scarcely rob
berry. a. the packet was found there
aftervard 4 be plain with you: II
il was not your husband, il was some
one within this house, and there's no
clew 50 far Having nothing to 20
upon I'm going to concoct something.
You must he patient and give me
time.
She did try, but shan't forget her
face #hen, an honr or So later, She
came to tell me that her husband had
been committed on the coroner's war
rant had plan IN my head by
that time, but | felt certain, if nothing
came Of it, there was not much chance
for Leo Markhouse.
About : O'Clock that evening the
drawing room at the Wimbledon
/ house presented rather a dramatic
| sight. All the household, from Sill
/ verlev down to the sculerv maid, had
! filed III there II my request and formed
+ Il gaping, excited group. When, after
! giving them plenty of time for vhis-
i pering, | walked in, carrying a black
bag, You could have heard a pin fall.
''All here | began, very impress
/! siyelv. VERY good. A queer pause
.Now,I wish to tell You all something
/ Up ii / two hours ago, | confess, /
could find no possible loophole III the
net that at this moment surrounds Mr..
Leo Markhouse. l have called you
all here to tell YOU that now | fancy
the new he nne = Another BREATH
less pause, as [ fetched out square
Of cardboard 'FAll hangs upon this. "
[ said, "a photograph of the deceased
gentleman eyes, taken after death.
Two hours back | made the acclden-
tai DISCOVERY that there was III those
ewes he in4elible reflection Of a face,
a face al but recognizable at sight,
and then | remembered something.
~ tomorrow morning, i there IS amy
basis for the Vell-kuoWn scIenti tic
theory that tie eyes If a person meet
ing lea'h by foul play often catch and
retain likeness of the assassin :
features. We luay be IN possession oi
the truth. + this the face Of Mr., Leo
Markhouse? | am not at all certain
Of it; / am gong straight away how
t. have this snap shot OF mine enlarged
tentold anu then IN the meantime,
Will ask Won not 70 let the matter =,
beyond the house.
a shiver and then craninc Of pale
faces to catch a glimpse Of the photo
sraah. but | was gore before they
could fully grasp what / said | ha
motioned 10 Kate, and She followed
ME u the hall door ike one gropine
III dream.
'Will you will you save me-
recollecr her whispering. ''Yor
have discovered this, voa suspect som,
one, aud vet vou warn tAenf all Yo1
it /, false, Show me that photo
graph. OF | shall scream out,
Ssh. You It too sensible, " | SAID
The photograph, 1t la blank card
see, Mrs. Markhouse. I've @impl,
PLAYED a card | don't possess, that
all Time Is precious Now, listen
I They think I'm 81 To town; you vii
let me- IN hv the drawing room window
. IN ten minutes from now. Goodb,
First train In the morning." | added
loudly, and the big door changed
Four hours later. when everything
was duiet. / heard someone creep3n.
along tie ia sage leading from ~
servants quarters and n the stairs
had been AastlnE in the drawln4
room / uas at ii a .itty. 4 man
!, ve~ lie ua- ~tau.1s- Al the tor q "a
! .'.-At. II. II afraid II - n. | "a.
| I.fa II j ereur IL went SRA 81
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