The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-02

Borbed their minds, until, at about
quarter to II, a horses hoofs sounded
without, and a moment later they wer
joined by Will Everly.
"Well," said the detective, "wha
news?"
II found Ainsley and through hin
was enabled to see the locket."
Every good! What is the inscrip
tion?'
"simply w. M The word to- doe
not appear, and the letters are SO clos'
together there is no chance that it eve
was there 1t occurred to mo that i
may have been and have become worn
out, but that is impossible.
AS this hope was dispelled Virgini;
seemed much disappointed
what do you think now, Mr.
Barnes?" said she. ''This is discourag
ing, is it not?"
''Do you know il your mother hat
more than one name?"
cannot be certain, but I neve,
heard Of any other except Matilda. >"
"Still she may have had another. and
it may have been 'Winona' or some 9th.
er with w. for the initial. We must
look that up. If the initials are hers, il
will answer our purpose as well. Now
We will start on the other errand. Mr..
Everly, you may come with us if you
wish, We are going to try to recover
the clothes which Marvel says be threw
over the BRIDGE
81 should like to go with you. but
doubt if you will succeed. Young Mr..
Lewis inaugurated regular search,
and besides l went myself and looked
thoroughly more than once after the
inquest. think should have made up
bundle for them to find, only could
not supply tho locket which he said is
in the pocket
''No. mol We must not resort to man.
ufacturing any evidence, If Marvel is
guilty. he must suffer, but il h3 is in.
nocent he must be saved Let US work
only for the truth" So saying he took
up the bundle Of wet clothing and start
ed Virginia and EVERY followed in
silence, neither Of them relishing the
last speech of the detective, however
just they knew 1t to DO. The trio soon
reached their destination, and Mr..
Barnes stopped at point near the rail.
Here. said he. eff my calculations
are correct. Is the place from which l
think Marvel must have thrown his
bundle, Twill now explain to you what
I expect will happen. Ihave soaked my
bundle, because his was wet. II dry,
the clothes would float nearer to tho
surface Of the water and would soon
be hurried over the dam, as the current
here is very rapid. But being wet, and
therefore more weighty, this bundle
will float below the surface, if at all. "
His companions listened with much
interest He continues II will now
commence my experiment Fortunately
the moon Is bright and we can see east
ly. First. ! will take piece Of wood. "
He looked about and soon found
large. heavy piece of timber near the
sawmill Approaching the rail he said,
Nov will throw this over, and you
will see that it will be carried. first,
against the boarding which projects
above the level, and then be swept to-
ward the center and over" He let it
drop and the result was exactly as he
had predicted "That much was easily
forcseen But my next may not be so &C.
CITRATE, for it is but surmise on my
part, My idea is this: That wood went
over readily. But with bundle Of
clothing it may be different If it is first
taken against the projecting portion,
aud then drawn toward the center, it
will go over more slowly than if car
ried directly. Now. if the weight is suf
fcient to hold it some distance below
the surface. and there are any ragged
edges to the woodwork of the dam, the
cloth would most likely catch on them.
In that case 1t would not fall into the
stream below. but would remain sus-
pended awhile, finally dropping into the
space under the dam. Mr.. EVERY, you
will go around to the other side, SO that
in case it does go over you can see
where the currents take II"
EVERY OF once obeyed, and, receiving
the signal that he was in his position.
Mr.. Barnes dropped his bundle. Vir-
ginia scarcely breathed, so great was
her anxiety as to the outcome of the
trial. As III the first experiment, the
bundle, which could just be seen as it
foaied below the surface, drifted straight
to the projecting ridge thence slowly it
went toward the center, where 1t re-
NAMED stationary for moment. This
momont seemed an age to the girl. She
almost thought that her lovers fate de-
pended on that bundle Of clothing. At
last IL moved again, and slid over, part
ly disappearing; but, as had been pre-
dicted, 1t seemed to catch and remain
Virginia was about to utter
an exclamation Of Joy when, to her dis
may, II was forced from its slender hold
and carried down into the rapids below.
Virginia uttered groan as she thought
the experiment had failed.
Come, come" said Mr.. Barnes re-
what did you expectf
Surely not that my bundle would drop
on top Of the other2 That would have
been miraculous. You noticed that, as
1t caught on the edge. Per-
haps the other dropped below, even
though mine did not may have tied
my parcel tighter than the other, and
30 have left loss chance for the cloth to
be caught Come below, and we will
search undor tho dam. Let Us see what
EVERY will report"
! Virginia accompanied him, bat when
they reached the SPOT where Everly had |