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tfon. Both described the prisoner a.
violently agitate6.

violently agltdteo.
The constable who had been sent to
Grandchester was next examined.
He had found Mr.. Elsden, of Briar-
gate-a man of sixty, stout, gray, bald,
In every attribute unlike the man de-
scribed SO graphically by Mr.. Caul-
field. Mr.. Elsden had been able to Of
fer no suggestion as to the stranger
who had made such shameful use of
his card.
The constable had afterward gone
to no less than four cab-yards, where
he had made all inquiries possible in
the limited time. He had been unable
to find any cabman who had driven an
invalid lady to the station on the pre-
vious evening. He had next hunted
out the only bath-chair proprietor in
Grandchester, with the same result.
Time had not allowed him to visit the
numerous chemists shops in that thriv-
ing city, and that remained to be done.
There was no evidence on Mr.. CGul-
fields behalf except the Vicar of Fresh
mead's evidence as to his character and
antecedents, and to the fact that he on
ly parted with him at eleven o'clock on
the previous morning at the Freshmead
Road Station. Freshmead was seven
miles from Grandchester.
"What was Mr.. Caulfield going to do
when he left you?' asked the coroner.
''He was going to spend the day in
Grandchester."
HAS he any friends or acquaint-
ances in that city?"
ono. He was going to look at the
cathedral and law-courts, and to spend
an hour or two in the Oldbury Lii
brary."
"He was to dine somewhere. 1 sup
pose?"
He meant to dine at a restaurant.
There are good many dining places
in Grandchester; he could take his
choice among them"
After this witness had been exam
ined the inquiry was adjourned for a
week
at the close of the proceedings Mr..
Brockbank. the lawyer, asked if his
client might be released on bail, the
Vicar of Freshmead being prepared to
offer himself as security to any amount,
but the coroner replied that the case
was of too serious nature to admit
of bail.
So Mr.. Caulfield went back to the
stony place whence he had come, where
the utmost privilege that could be ac-
corded him was the liberty to see his
friends at stated hours, and to have
his meals supplied from an adjacent
hotel.
His spirits would have assuredly
gone down to the point Of utter de-
spondency on that gloomy winter even
ing, when the moldy fly that had con-
veyed him to the George Hotel carried
him back to the Jail, had he not been
supported and sustained by the indom-
liable cheerfulness of his friend the
vicar.
What do you think Of the case
now?" he asked.
"Think!" cried Mr.. Leworthy. "Why,
that l shall have so much to do in
Grandchester ferreting out this mys-
terry of yours during the next six days
that l don't know how the deuce my
parish work is to get DONE"
Wont you employ the police?"
"Of course 1 shall; but I shall en-
ploy myself too. Don't you be down.
hearted. George. I mean to see you
safely through this business. and
shall do it right away, as they say
on the other side of the Atlantic"
George Caulfields confidence in his
fathers old friend was unbounded. He
had seen in the past how the Vicar of
Freshmead could conquer difficulties
which the ruck of men would have
found insurmountable. Mr.. Leworthy
dined with him as cheerfully as if they
had been eating whitehall at Green
wich or turtle in Aldersgate street I'M
der the most exhilarating circum-
stances; and stimulated by the force of
example. George, who had scarcely
broken his fast since he left Grand
chester. found himself enjoying the
tavern steak and tavern claret.
ITO BE CONTINUED