Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-27

quence in either case. Whether she
committed the deed herself or thinks
him guilty, she would probably write
to him."
ut would be we'll, then, for Us to
get that letter."
well, indeedl 1t would at least
show us his whereabouts. But how to
become possessed of it? That is the
question. We need not expect to obtain
it till it has left her custody, and be
sure she will he very careful how she
forwards it."
IF we could get the pistol. might
we not be able to find out who is the
owner of itp That would be something
perhaps"
"Assuredly. Besides. it is probable
that, though cleaned, one chamber may
still be empty. We have the shell and
evidence of the recent cleaning. As
soon as Miss Lewis leaves the house, as
she will do to start her letter on its
way, I will get the pistol from her
cabinet.
"Is there anything more that We can
discover in this room9"
LET us look"
To approach the body they walked
around a small table, which stood in
front of the fireplace. On this were scat
tered loosely some papers. A drawer
stood partly open, and large cut glass
inkwell uncovered. Mr. Barnes glanced
at these things as he passed, aud his
eye was attracted by a half sheet of pa
per, with bit of writing. which pro-
truded from under the other clean
sheets. He picked it up, more from Gu
riosity than interest, but after he had
read it his manner showed at once that
he thought it important. Burrows look
ed at him inquiringly, but for mo-
ment Mr.. Barnes did not heed him. He
was looking at the table before him
and seemed studying the situation. At
length he spoke:
"Miss Lewis has destroyed or re.
moved another clew. See this. " he
handed the piece Of paper to Burrows,
who took it and read as follows:
"If I am dead in the morning, my
murderer isl
The word sis" was followed by a
huge blot, as though the pen had splut-
tered at that point. Burrows looked at
MIR. Barnes in silence, and the latter
continued:
"Mr. Lewis was not killed outright.
He even saw and recognized his MUIR
derer. He attempted to warn his friends
and insure justice Fearing death be-
fore aid would reach him, he wrote
that. Evidently excited, perhaps al
ready growing weak, as he reached the
name of his assailant his hand trem-
bled, his pen spluttered and he threw
it from him. Here it is, lying on q
piece of paper, which it has blotted
where it fell. However, he essayed
again, and this time be succeeded, for
see, he has placed the second pen care
fully, the point Oh the edge of the ink
we'll, proving that he finished his note
of warning. Miss Lewis undoubtedly
found it. She read the name. Whose
was it? Her own or Marvel's? If any
other, why should she remove it?'
"What would Miss Lewis do If you
showed her this paper and demanded
the other?"
"I cannot tell. She might deny hav-
ing it. She might admit taking it and
refuse to yield possession of it. She
might treat me with scorn and deny
my right to question her on the subject
at all. However, I may conclude to
test her. I may ask her the question.
Burrows stood thinking and looking
down, when suddenly he noticed some
thing on the floor which attracted his
attention. He stopped to examine it
and then called Mr.. Barnes, who was
still absorbed in the table and its con-
tents. MIR. Barnes joined him and
looked at what Burrows picked up
some bits of plastering. Both simulta-
neously looked upward and saw just
over their heads a small hole in the
ceiling.
"The mark of O bullet" said Mr..
Barnes. He walked over to the win
dow, where he stood for a minute, alter
nately looking out and at the bullet
hole in the plastering. "That shot
came from without, passed through this
window and struck as we see overhead.
The summer house there is just i'll the
line. Evidently there was more than
one shot fired, for that ball could not
have passed entirely through the body
and then have continued upward. "
"Shall we examine the grounds
now?" said Burrows.
eyes. 1 think we have learned all
we can at present i'll here. "
Followed by his companion. Mr..
Barnes then led the way out of the
house.