Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-08-26

Of occasion: and on that particular day
Of the dinner-party he had been more
than unusually cantankerous That ana
my old habits made me take to the
liquor again. / felt annoyed and put
out. and was 'nipping' pretty freely
throughout the day. After the dinner
was over, took bottle Of sherry from
the cellaret. and drank it up In my
room"
Yes" said Mr.. Hall; and you were
not quite sober in the morning"
Il was three-parts drunk when
awoke. and could not clearly bring to
mind anything which had occurred on
the previous night"
"Just SOL"
well. you know the rest was
convicted. condemned, and ultimately
pardoned. Edward Bartlett, the foot
man. svore In his evidence against me
1t the trial that had been often talk
ing Of how should like to raise money
enough to take me out to Australia"
And had you done sol"
Believe me. sir, - there's . Heaven
above and A. sit here, it was he who
was always speaking OF coming out
here. Such . notioa never entered my
head"
We'll, but how does this bear upon
the question:
Il will tell yon. sir. My brother
Robert was In court when l was tried.
| He had ban Fap An he
Metropolitan Police. and, unlike me.
was steady in his habits. Bob always
had his head screwed on right: and.
putting two and two together, he made
up his mind that the missing man and
woman had somehow or other made
their way out herei"
Yes, yes-I understand" said Mr..
Hall
His letter explains the rest" con-
tinued Luke. 81 came out here a.
quickly as / could-not only In the
hopes OF tracing them and bring ing
them to justice, but, must confess, OF
sharing the thousand pounds reward
"Exactly-yery natural"
"On the way out, on board ship, ]
was drinking pretty freely; but 1t wal
not until my journey up by the coach
that it began TO tell upon me. When
got to Sullivan's, felt in an unnat.
urally excited state-sort of wild
cannot tell you how"
Il hope never to know from person
al experience" said Mr.. Hall, smiling
"but l can easily imagine. You fell
! what the men up here call .jumpy'?'
Just SO. sir. / felt it coming on
:. and, when heard of my brothers dis
$ appearance. l was taken
well, we won't talk about that
q know all the rest"
Thank you, sir" said Luke. wipinl
the perspiration from his forehead .
the bare recollection of the agonies h
had endured. "One thing i most par
ticularly wish to ask you, sir" he con
tinued, after a pause-"is 1t true tina
Baynes received letter from Sydne
: that night by the mail. telling him hi
l. sister was dying?"
Poor Baynes, Well, Luke, you Gel
: tainly have it firmly implanted in you
bA0t SAot uoi hiicSS We
q mixed up in some way or other in you
{. tragedy. To answer your question
u to the best of my belief Baynes did g
6 q letter to that effect"
: ITO the best of your belief"
Yes; for l did not see It"
. ''But you have locked mail-bag!"-
g "Yes"
It "And you saw the letters taken out,
le Eyes. l took them out myself: b,
3 his letter was not amongst them. +
told me the driver OF the coach, So
It Jones, brought It up for him by hand
l. THE driver brought it up" repeat,
Luke.
sr Eyes, the driver-so he told me"
lie That Is strange. l never heard
a. that before. = The mail comes in t
night. / will go down to Sullivan
m and ask the driver"
ie Poor fellow" thought Mr.. Hall, q
ID ter his departure. Il should not NO
lie der II this business drove him ma
He seems to have the Baynes on 4
10 brain"
ID (To b Continued.)