The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-04-13
CHAPTER XNH.-CoNTINUED.

sTod are quite wrong, Mr.. Hill. True,
there were two witnesses, but Miss Lloyd
was not one of them. She but entered
the library in company with Herbert
I.athrop, and saw Angus turning from
the bed: the bloody knife was in his
hand. He had just drawn it from the
bosom of the banker, where it was
buried, even TO the hilt, by the hand of
Lathrop. The blow was struck with the
assassin standing behind the back of
Angus-the blade was thrust under his
very arm. It was a Well-laid plot to
throw the guilt on Bruce, and in getting
rid of the uncle to brand with the mark
of Cain one he had reason to fear would
prove q bar TO the contamination Of the
wish to make your sister his wife.
angus was paralyZed with horror,
but he saw the retreating form of La
throp as he receded through the bath
room. and heard a cry
''He sprang forward, but the closed
door was a barrier that withstood even
his weight. He heard voices on the 9th
er side. but turned back
There lay the banker, dead. In very
Knife and drew it forth, the red blood
followed It, staining his hands and
clothes. He gave cry OF murder, and,
as he turned, with the knife i'll his hand,
Lathrop and Miss Lloyd entered the Ii
l;1-ary. Miss Lloyd tainted at the terri
bic sight that met her gaze. Lathrop
charged Angus with the murder, and
. fled to cali officers and cause his arrest.
Al circumstances were against him;
even the murdered mans daughter
would have condemned him TO the moose
Of the hangman.
''To fy was but q further evidence OF
his guilt. To remain was to die on the
eallows. He chose the former alterna-
tive. Would you or I have done other
wise?
Life is dear, reputation to some men
dearer yet; both were dear to Angus
Bruce, and made doubly so, by what
had become the highest ambition of his
life-he would live, and live to see the
murderer of John Lloyd brought to JUS
flee. and his own good name clear
You appall me; but where got you ali
CT this information? who was this other
witness? who uttered this cry of which
you speak? why has this witness re
manned silent?"
Because, Mr. Hill, the evidence OF
this witness would not be taken III a
court of law against a Caucasian; that
fact, and terror have kept her lips
sealed. Lathrop would have killed her
also, had he not have known that her
evidence could not condemn him--An-
gus knew it, or he would have remained
10 confront his accuser, who told him
as he staggered from the room, that
Digger's oath wouldn't save him. Aunt
Mag knew it, for she begged Angus
TO fly"
Aunt Mag! What, the old house
keeper? What knew she about it?''
''All, ALL 1t was she who uttered the
CRY in the bathroom; she saw the knife
driven home by the hand Of Lathrop;.
she is the other witness"
Great God" exclaimed Tom. Can
Il be'possible?''
You still doubt?'
II must, without legal evidence"
You are a friend, an ad1nirer of Her
bert Lathrop's?"
Far from being an admiTer, if indeed
there be anything about him TO admire.
a friend. ] must be since he weds my
sister, and yet l have had hard work to
reconcile myself to the union"
Would you doubt the evidence of
your own ears, should you hear Her
bert Lathrop confess his guilt?'
sHow could L? But | think | shall
10 al
the murder of my uncle fall from his
lips"
''You shall, and you shall see him, too,
and in every lineament of his coun-
tenance, while he utters the words that
condemn him. read his guilt"
..When? How? Ii there is truth in
al this. there is no time to lose.
There will be none lost; all arrange
1nents are perfected. Lathrop has gone
to Wilmington, as you probably know.
He will return on the down trip of the
Sunshine, and be home at seven o'clock,
though he may leave the boat at orton
landing and call at your house before
going to Kendall. That we cannot tell;
but will you meet me at 6:30 this even
ing. prepared to hear and witness what
have told you, after he has entered
his house? Otherwise, remember the ter
rible position in which your sister will
be placed when she finds herself welded
30 murderer"
sit needed not that last remark to
induce me. Yes, ] will meet you at
the time stated. and at the rice mill on
wonder ridge. From there we can see
: where the steamer stops. But won't
YOU come to the house and dine with
us? 1t is now noon, and father must
know of the hazard of his daughter?
-.By no means. 4 word or a suspicion
would ruin ALL Do not lisp syllable
1T your home. Remember, if it proyss