Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-01

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The uncle cannot be restored; therefore
the lover must not be sacrificed Do you
know what she will do2 She will exert
every effort to save him, and then she
will still refuse to marry him. She is
strange womanv'
"How do you know her character sc
well?" said the detective sharply. Lew
is started slightly, but replied quickly:
"I do not know. I am simply telling
you my opinions, formed on the little
that I have seen Of her"
Mr.. Barnes was satisfied with this
answer-at least he did not lett appear
if he was not-and, resuming the threrS
Of their discourse, he asked:
"Haye you any special reason fol
thinking that Marvel is guilty3"
IF not guilty, how did his locket
come to be in the possession Of my IA
ther? 1t is very evident that, even il
Miss Lewis tells the truth, she has not
accounted for that mystery. This is q
point that Mr.. Tupper mentioned.
II mean to investigate that matter,
of course, but I have seen stranger
things than that explained away"
"Well, then, let me call your atten-
tion to another point. Do you remem-
Der the story that the squire told us OF
the row at the birthday fetef"
Certainly"
every good. If you do, you will recol-
lect that the squire said that my father
kept Marvel's pistol. Now, what has
become of that weapon?'
Mr.. Barnes saw at once the value OF
this, and it had certainly not occurred
to him. He was thankful for this con-
versation.
"We have not looked for it," he re-
piled.
"You may not have done so. but
have searched everywhere, and it is not
to be found"
"Perhaps the squire may have it."
81 have asked him, and he assures
me that my father would not part with
the evidence Of the assault which had
been made on him. More than that, the
squire told me that he kept it locked in
a drawer in the parlor.
"How, then, could Marvel have OBJ
tanned it,"
my idea Is this: I think that after
his interview with Miss Lewis across
the river Marvel, as he admits, came to
the farm. I think he sought an inter
view with my father; that they quar-
relied, and that my father took up the
pistol, whereupon Marvel got it away
from him and shot him..
Mr.. Barnes shook his head. "There
is no sign of struggle. Besides, if that
is the truth, how could your father have
written the name of Walter Marvel on
the slip Of paper?"
Lewis thought a minute and then re-
Piled:
II have it. When my father heard
the barking Of the dog outside, he took
Marvel's pistol aud fred at the man
whom he saw there. At the same mo-
ment a bullet struck him. This was
either from Lucas pistol or else was
the shot fired by Miss Marvel from the
summer house, as she declared. Then,
when Marvel came, the weapon may
have been on the table right at hand,
for as father was wounded he would
scarcely have thought of locking up the
weapon again. As for the writing, that
may be as Miss Lewis guessed. My
father thought Marvel had fired the first
shot and so wrote line to that effect,
not realizing to what extent he had
been wounded.
"But what about the empty shell in
Miss Lewis weapon?"
perhaps her first statement was cor
rect, and she had previously fred it, or,
again, my father may have fired 1t at
Marvel in self defense.
A silence followed, and Mr. Barnes
did not speak for several minutes, dur
ing which time he was thinking deeply.
At last, however, he said:
"You are right; it is Of. Importance
to find this missing pistol. But where
can we look for it? That is the ques.
tion."
II think I can guess that, too," said
the other eagerly-a little too eagerly,
thought MIR. Barnes-although he re-
fected that when a novice is working
out a mystery of a great crime he Is
usually impetuous. Lewis continued;
marvel himself described his move
ments on leaving the farm. First he
went home; then, making bundle OF
his wet clothes, he threw them into the
river, and, lastly, be went to his old
house in Epping. Now, either he threw
the pistol in the river, or else, remem-
bering that it has his name on it. as
young Harrison testified, he was shreWd
enough to take it with him and hide 1t
in the Epping place"
"Your reasoning is very good, and It
may be as we'll for me to 60 to Eppine
in the morning"
"Do so, and while you are gone
will have the river dragged, in the hope
Of recovering the clothing"
Mr.. Barnes stopped, looked at Lewis
a moment; then slowly and distinctly
he said:
"Mr. Lewis, / would prefer that yor
go with me to Epping."
"Oh, "saii Lewis quickly, II should
like Chat, but I thought you detectives
preferred to work alone"
"We do, as a rule, but I will make
an exception in this case," returned
Mr.. Barnes dryly.
By this time they had reached River
side, and both at once retired to rest.
MIR. Barnes awoke early and called
Lewis, who was still abed when he en-
tered his room, and together they wen
to Squire Olney's house, where Mr.
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