The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26

- ~ ~ oNECT races UGuulnR toward MIN he
loWered, his voice and quietly said:
roots rh et h tSis tn niS buried burr th hi money under the
in. Agatha Webb's front yard"
You d9 pot mean Amabel Pager" Dried Mr..
fenton with natural surprise.
les | 20. 1 am glad 1t Is you who have
CHAPTER XVII.
\ hall hour later these men were all close,ed
TTadn r. gr; rS'9 ,b.m IN a thG gwss kitchen; A Aa,sl
ih9 ms story with great earnestness and no
OF respectable appearance and connections
WIN suoh a revolving crime "a murder. | do
s maE N,' nlh foo to reason yon : as l hope presently TO
Ar uMssn'l %ssP' w Sn he tiI,s niRht ar and at ct the h hour
four other musicians in Mr.. Sutheriand's hail.
way, From the place where | sat | could see
what went on in the rarlor and also, have a
the garden door. As the dancing was going
on in the parlor naturally looked that way
evening: Frederics Sutherland and Amsbell
c rSTe s' dancs .saes Somet II sse she u sroke as s sRa
net not nhlw Nv 3 although lthsS he never failed 70 show
been u something PERHAPS it was his; lack OF
confidence IN her. sirs-had not stood in the
after . while showed less inclination to sneak
and that i%ntently, But she didn't watch him
any more closely than I did her. though | little
espionage. She wore a white dress and white
she sy hn 6rU was as c9Gusttish anh ssdqytiye as
minute, and entirely out Of i the next, Nat
urally expected that she had slipred aside
In sight. but looking so pale and SO distracted
was sure the young miss was IN to some sort
and waiting. but no longer continuing nv at
tention to the parlor. | presently espied her
s stsn iGf he slS snTrt ths Ds q iogs Cloak Siy;k l n nfys m sSe
rolled up and hid behind the open door. Then
she GAME heck, burning a gay little song
soon Join company And they did,
I again caught sight OF her stealthy white ng-
ure In thai distant doorway. SeizinG, the cloak.
f%nrtiS"e look backward. seen. !" warrant IT, bv n
one but myself: she vanished in the outside
faFfB; but 'S SoSod to 9 i"Ifow web fhS sT . f hHs .tr fnSef init
as strange. and having q natural love for de-
%1 srtsl e w9rS; IL t hi c I5 ny At d tS. toGt t Si the the
scrIbbIed the hour on the margin Of my music.
would linger outside alone. Gentlemen. II
vas two hours before saw her face again.
It vas not bv The the garden door. for IN my ~ eve sell:
dom left It; vet at or near half past | heard
her Soics on The stair above m" and saw her
not been absent from it more than Aye min
utss%; A half hour later saw her, with Fred
the same shirt as before. and even while I
watrRrd them they senara,el; Now where
self TO the police.
cove eg! H I made mus" whi 1s't the dance G"n o. W = S.n stil ~" :in
rroGress. Miss Page had come downstairs. as
have said: from what now know to have
spects. the same az before. with one exception
her white s'ippers had been exchaneed, for
been rendered unserviceab'e. or at least I'M
slightly. by tne walk she had taken; This in
cuIiar escapade have made more than a tenn.
pnrarv impression upon my.curiosity IL she had
nnOOsscsofateerrT,aFT I'D s hnT il my Eressn Re such an
the murder which Ind taken place in the town
fh rdm Nj 4n sn,be tHs Se;y s, hours Tb Of her h ro HSsenGe
tie nsrson attacked, was remarkabis: apd;
] did. | no sooner saw the house emptied Of
master and seryan,si than stole softly hack
good % followed this Intrusion. which. 1 am quite
ready to acknowledge, was a trife presumn-
,,pons; ! should "a have held my peace IN reGardt2
has. as ! believe. an important bearing on this
Hfrllr. have forced myself to mention It, The
K" fq. No It Rt'' BY tbs tolld f"%IHt sc att nsdi'i nHenf:.
search 1ui Tor nh her ?'S sffippe'r rSA and pres presently cams
upon them. thrust behind an old picture. in
the them aI doWs. I G s8P9ins cd tho hsm T e'os.rv. rq ThsT
were not only soiled, gentlemen. but dread
fully cut ia and r%Gbed Ina, IN rs short rHtrt th o5r we're Esr
self would. be glad to b. rid ofthem., ] quietly
nut them into my rocket and carried them to
NO you can see them for yourselves, and. i
your Judgment cotncides with mine. you will
Dr.. Talbot. though he stared a little at the
, young mans confessed theft. took, the slippers
iA hsm w Sesr! ho They 1qt and as f sMeetWate e4r Rsd
said. grievouslv torn and soiled. and showed.
besides several deep earth stains. q mark or two
Of a dark red color. quite unmistakable in
blood. declared. the Coroner. There Is
II have another proof agains. hcI" Sweet
nence among these, men who, up ill pow. had
barely recognized his existence. When full
IF San tHf IN s ,ns mnFae that a, Mis- Miss W EeSs ff Ras hsn Z
down to the scene OF the tragedy. met this
ss33unG woman is'ni { from the front gate;
plot, Dr.. Talbot, who was there. WIN rememi
doubt Il he noticed how Abel here looked, or
so much as remarked the faded W the silly
Damn mo il / did," calculated the Coroner.
Yet .hnt flower has a very i1IG9Ttant bear
t teR you S1 .@ on the isSf floor near "&f ba dt"s" s / IT. az and as
soon as J saw It in his coat, bade him take It
out and keep II. FOR: gentlemen. ~ was n very
uncommon flower. thu like Of which can only
be found in this :own in Mr., SutherIand's con
servatory. | remember seeing such a one in
you that flower about you. Abelt",
Abel had. and being filed with importqnce.
too. showed il to tho dOctor and to Mr.. Fenton.
1t WAS withered and faded In hue, but II was
unmistakably an orchid OF the rarest descrip-
ton. "
1T was lying near Batsy.' explained Abel.
81 drew MIR, Fenton's attention, to it at the
time, but he scarcely noticed H." =.
Il will make UP for my indifference now
said that gentleman.
II should have been shown that flower put
so YOU should" acknowledged Sweetwater,
but when the detective instinct is aroused It
Il hard for a man to be Iust to his rivals be-
sides, | was otherwise occupied had Miss
Page to watch. Happily for me. It had been
decided that she should not be allowed to leave
town till after the inquest, and so my task
became ensy, This whole day | have spent In
sight OF Mr.. Sutheriand's house. and AZ night
fall | was re arded By detecting her end a FRO
longcd walk III the garden by q hurried dash
into the woods opposite. ! followed her and
noted carefully all that she did. As she had