San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-25
THE : SUNDAY : LIGHT.
SUNDAY. JULY Is. 1897.

opposite ard fOuEu t!.erc the BEGINNING
of the track On that side n-alkGG i'll the
diagram No. 1.
1.-The directress CT this trail from
this point to the house." said Mr..
Barnes, lis circumstantial proof that
the man crossed the river with the in.
tention of visiting that place. Fer
what? Whether he was or was not Lu-
cas-, he had already had an interview
with Miss Lewis, and therefore his visit
was scarcely to her. {"
"How could it be Lucas?"
Surprising he intended to kill Lew
is after being interrupted by the dog,
could he not have gone around by these
woods and returned later to complete
his work? 1t is barely possible that the
whole thing was planned, that the in
terview at the summer house was pre-
Iminary, and that Miss Lewis went to
the maple, where she was later Joined
by Lucas. who told her the result of his
first attempt and arranged the second.
How could he know that be had
failed in his first shot?"
II don't like to follow this line of
Still, il is enc of the possibilities, and
: in case it turns out wrong will teach
you how easy it is to misconstrue cir
cumstantial evidence To continue it,
suppose that at the meeting over the
river Miss Lewis and Lucas determined
to finish what they had begun. The OBJ
ject would be that by killing old Lewis
the prosecution of Marvel would cease,
the complainant being dead. Miss Lew
is undertakes to furnish q weapon be-
cause he had lost his. She owns one, as
the squire has explained. Therefore Lu-
cas- enters the house through the side
door. and from the dining room has &C
cess to the girls bedroom, where she
gives him pistol; thence he easily en-
tiers the parlor. Such an arrangement of
events would readily account for her de-
stroying the evidence that her weapon
had been used. But don't lay too much
stress on all this, for, as / said, it is
purely guesswork. There is a flaw in
it too. Why did Miss Lewis leave her
coadjutor on the wrong side of the river
when they separated, and thus force
him to wade stream of water ON
cold night?"
''That may be discovered later. But
look; there she is, leaving the house. F."
"Now, Tom, / will give you a chance
to do some work alone. That girl has
gone to mail her letter. The nearest
postoffice is in the vicinity of the bridge
and in private house. See; she is 60
ing in that direction. BY the road it is
more than mile. By the river you can
readily reach there first, as it is shorter.
Row as hard as you can and hide near
the postoffice. If she enters, wait till
she comes out and then 60 III and learn
the address ON the letter. You will find
it in cupboard in the hall, where the
mail is kept That is the main thing
which we want. will wait for you at
the house unless something should turn
mp to make me change my plans.
Burrows was already in the boat and
started as soon as these last words were
uttered. Mr.. Barnes waited till the girl
was out of sight and then returned
quickly to the house. He went straight
to Virginia's room and over to the writ
ing cabinet in which she had placed the
pistol. To obtain this he meant to break
the lock if necessary. Greatly to his
surprise, he founrl tie key in the lock.
He opened the drawer, but did not find
therein the object of his search. Look
ing around the room, he was startled to
find the pistol lying ON the bed He
picked it up and noted that it was of
the same pattern as the other two which
he already had and, like them, bore a
plate with its owners name, in this in
stance, Virginia Lewis"
SIS my last guess correct" thought
Mr.. Barnes, land did that young girl
fnstigate and assist at a murder? Why,
what is this? isweapon has an empty
cartridge in it," He examined it closely
and gently raised the hammer. By
heaven, she has replaced she'll for the
one which she removed. / see it all.
She wishes to get the best of me in
some way. She knows that picked up
the shell which she had drawn and
there would no longer be anything
gained by reloading the pistol. Why.
she has even taken the prccaution to SO
place the cartridge that the hammer
rests in the little indentation made in
the rim when fired, and there, on the
desk, is a little box of empty shells.
Evidently if showed the one which l
have she would laugh and show box
full. However, / still have the brush
with which she cleaned the barrel. But
am wasting time. This girl will out
wit Burrows. must go after her my
self"
When passing through the dining
room, he had noticed behind the door
several hooks on which hung some
clothing. fastening there, he found
these to consist of two suits of overalls,
such as farm hands use when at work
and evidently left there when the own.
ers had last taken them off at a meal
time. In New England the farmers and
their help often eat together. Mr..
Barnes quickly donned one suit of these
and, taking some whiskers from his