Arizona republican., 1898-12-14
Number Six s
 Sister.
BY BERNARD BIGSBY.
Continued From Yesterday)


 hope" his wife persisted.
 Why. yes!" the rich man said. II had perhaps better not go empty handed. You can collect the dresses and things you and Jane have done with and I will take them with me- They will cut up splendidly for the little girls
 For minute Mrs. Evcsham's face firshed an indignant objection, but the long force Of habit was too strong for open opposition to her husbands judg rlant. so she sighed faint acquiescence and departed to prepare the parcel.
 IL was on the very morning of the trial that 4Ir. Isaac Evcsham put in an appearance at the widows house in FOrty-ninth street, much to the dis comfort Of that unfortunate lady, who had really never appreciated her we'll to-do lrothor-in-law, whose interest in her affairs had never manifested itself in any moro substantial way than q dict2torial interference, which she was ungratcful enough to deem i1npertincnt.
 This is a most dreadful occurrence, Esther he said, with solemn wag of his head, while he patted the childrcn's checks with his hot, nabby hand, but blood is thicker than water, and 1 could not see my brothers children dragged into this newspaper nOtoriety without an effort to rescue them"
 He disapproved of everything she had done, reprobatcd her carclessncsS in re- ceiving inmates in her house of whom she knew nothing, rated her worse than the coroner had done for permitting the stranger to take the photograph, thought she was foolish in receiving the little girl into her family, and growled heartily over remissness in not at once applying to him for advice in her dilem- ma. But he was properly indignant at the coroner's treatment of her-not at the fact that the official had dealt harsh ly with an unprotected lady, but that he had been rudely ovcrbearing with his, Isaac Evesham's, sister-in-law.
 T will teach him lesson which he will not soon forget" said the irate lumberman.
 And, strange to say, he was at last, by accident, placed in position to be of ma tcrial service to his sister-in-lav. for when they all reached the coroncrs court it happened that the little, fox-eved man who had sat at the presiding officers right hand and whispered so many evil cOunsels in his ear, and who was none other than James Maxwell, the veteran detective, recognized the wealthy burghcr from Buffalo, and communi- cated his information to the coroner, who, after the manner of his kind, be- came excessively gracious to the lady when he found she was kin to so valua- ble member of society. Mrs. Eve sham, landlady of q lodging house, was q person of small consideration in the official eyes; but Mrs. Evesham widow of the brother of millionaire, was one with whom it would not be wise to trific. So, being spared the indignities and inuendOeS she had endured at the opening of the trial, Mrs. Evcsham gave her evidence in a clear, intelligent man. ner, which called forth the commenda- tion of the court and obliterated all inn pressions in the minds of the jurors that she was attempting to obstruct the course of justice. But, after all, the in formation she gave literally amounted to nothing.
 Mrs. Wilkins was not so fortunate in her ordeal, but she said what she had to say with a blunt indifference to re- suits, which disarmed suspicion.
 The chemist, who had analysed the of the deceased, testified that he had found abundant traces of miner al poison; but there was no evidence to show how or when the unfortunate man had taken it.
 Of course the child's valise and the box addressed to Ambrose Arlington had been thoroughly examined, but their contents revealed no clew to the
 
 ply of wearing apparel of the richest but not line of writing, or anything to prove the child's identity. The underwear, however, was marked in a clear, feminine hand ''Wanda 
 With these few facts before them, the verdict of the jury was conclusive Lhat Ambrose Arlington had died of poisoning, but by whose hand the drug had been administered there was no evidence to show.
 The newspapers the next morning of the case in half a dozen lines, and in twcnty-four hours their readers had forgotten that such per- son as Ambrose Arlington had ever eX- sted.
 And now" said Isaac Evesham, as they were seated round the widow 5ea table, weary with the excitement of 5he trlal, yet relieved from the dull sense of oppression which had hung over them for the last few days, ''now, Esther, we must finish our work. That Wilkins must be sent at once .o Wisconsin, and I thinl1-yes, think that the little waif and stray you nave so foolishly harbored had better pc packed off to the Home of the 
 There was dead silence in the little circle. Every eye was fixed on the rich umberman and every face betrayed horror ct his proposition.
 Uncle Isaac" gasped Alice, who was frst to recover sufficient composure to ;peal. Wanda will stay with us. She IS a little, wee thing and will be no trouble or expense"
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