San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-25

MY theory is THIS, lCpllCu MI
Barnes. Miss Lewis entered this rCCn
this morning. perhaps opened the " in
dow, and then discovered the dead tody
the weapon and perchunCe more-at any
rate, enough to make her suspect young
Marvel Here let me point out that the
fact that she does so is not sufficient
reason for our suspecting him. Ii WIS
not nsce ssary for her to know him gull y
for her to attempt to shield him. Ii was
enough for her to entertain suspicion
Convinced Of even the possibility Of his
guilt, she might try to save him fIon
the consc qucnces of the act -
Burrows had listened quite attentive
~ 10 all this and was much imIresseo
by the reasoning After thinking few
moments IN silence, he asked:
do you think that the letter which
she wlote is TO her loverP"
Again Mr. Barnes was pleased to
note that Burrows followed his line q
argument. He roplicd:
YES. think the letter is to Marvel.
but her writing to him might be n Sc
quence in either case. Whether she
committed the deed herself or thinks
him guilty. she would probably write
to him."
1T would be well, then, for us tc
get that letter."
well, indeodl 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 las lett her custody, and be
sure she will lie very careful low she
/ forwards il.
IF we could get the pistol, might
we not be able 10 fird out who is the
owner of ity That would be something
perhaps"
.'Assurcdly. Besides, it is probable
that, though cleared, one chamber may
still be empty. We have the shell and
evidence of the recent cleaning AS
soon us Miss Lewis leaves the house, as
! she will do TO start her letter OH its
way, will get the pistol from heI
cabinet"
lis there anything mcre that we cal
discover in this Ioon.y"
Let us look. "
To approach the body they walked
around small table, which stood in
frCnt Of the fireplace On this were scat
tered loosely some papers. A drawer
stood partly open, and large cut glass
mkwell uncovered MIR Barnes glanced
dt these things us he passed, and his
rye was attracted by half sheet Of pa
per, with bit of writing, which pro
| budcd from under the other clean
sheets He picked it mp, more from Gu.
riosity than interest but after he had
read il his manner showed at once that
he thought it important. Burrows look
ed mt him inquiringly. but for mo,
ment Mr.. Barnes did not heed i'm. He
was looking at the table before him
and seemed studying the situation. Al
length he spoke:
Miss Lewis has destroyed or re.
moved another clew. See this. " Hs
handed the piece of paper to Burrows.
who took it and read as follows:
IF l am dead in the morning, my
murderer Isl
The word ''is''. was followed ~
huge blot, az though the pen had splut-
tered at that point Burrows looked at
Mr.. 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 a
piece of paper, which it has blotted
where it fell However, he essayed
! again, and this time he 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 OF Marvel's? If any
other, why should she remove it,"
what wonld Miss Lewis do if you
showed her this paper and demanded
the OtherE
81 cannot tell She might deny hay
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, may conclude to
test her. l may ask her the question"
Burrows stood thinking and looking
down. when suddenly he noticed some.
thing OH the floor which attracted his
attention. He stopped to examine 1t
and then called Mr. Barnes, who was
still absorbed in the table aid its con-
tents Mr. Barnes Joined him and
looked at what Burrows picked up
some bits of clustering. Both simulta-
neously looked upward and saw just
over their heads small hole in the
ceiling.
1.-The mark of bullet" said Mr.
Barnes. He walked over to the win
dow, where he stood for minute, alter
nately looking out and at the bullet
hole in the plastering. THAT shot