The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16

repreaent z human form, until he came across
In a lower drawer under a pile OF old papers
something white, yet not all white-another
instance In itself Of how a murderer when In
venting a scheme to incriminate the Innocent
almost Involuntary has recourse TO what reahy
took place.
II was the following day and Judge Marcenus
was &C the Heaton place. where Geruuoe re-
pentant Of her rashness and terrnled py us
consequences, had summoned nm Polon,
she said, had named the murderer. he promised
TO produce proof before the family lawyer
And oh, dreadful. incredible, impossible though
IL was, the one he denounced was Herbert
Lowering, the kindest friend, the ~gentlest soul
Here the girl had burst into a torrent OF tears
and wild lamentations. which, however, SET
tied into a composure. ~resolute. even haro'
after the Judge had made an explanation ana d
suggestion.
Abe Cronkite was there. too, In his porter $
guise, industriously plucking the weeds from
the verge Of the embankment. But PAU 20
lon thought nothing OF IL a. he saw MIN so en-
gagged. 1t had been Mr.. Heaton's wont 10 nave
tho men from the works do odd Jobs around
the place. Doubtless when he himself was'he
master he would do away with such plecemeai
methods by employing a skilled landscape
gardener: but now, ah. there were more lmpor-
tant things TO occupy his attention.! And so
he hung over Gertrude, with high excited
speech and exaggerated gesture as he ana she'
with Judge Marcellus, came across the knoh
1T Is here, " the lensmak er was saying, that
your honored father stood. II wash here, pardon
me, that-he-fell to rise no more! Inc we
assassin. he ran. wiping hs hands. so. so. with
his handk erchiefi Down he plunged out OF
sight for a moment. and then p~lunging again
-. - -. VrAa 20 ahF1th until hA Te1GntO
the railway track and disappeared around the
bend! But, my dear young lady, when hereached
the bottom he did not have that and erchlei
I'm his hand. / knew him. IA | have told YOU
by dress, by movement. by form; but at that
distance your police, so rough with the poor
foreigner, might say | was mistaken had no
proof And so | kept silent until l spoke TOT
love Of you. and then. and then, why, thought
Of that handkerchief, all spotted The Tor
rental rains. they might have washed IL into
some crevasse! I looked. | found, ! left II for
your dear eyes, so distressful! Seel
Paul Poloff crept lightly to the embankment
and swung down from bush to branch unul
he stood on a ledge. He raised a rock from the
hubble and took out something that was white
vet not all white, from underneath. 1hen ne
swung himself just as lightly back again and
presented his discovery TO Gertrude. lhere
Il a name In the corner. ne sald' VIII you
favor me by reading ~"
The girl took the handkerchief shrinkingly'
all dabbled as it was. and reid 1t up 10 the light
Her eyes we're Arm, though her lips were pale.
a. she read the name in the corner, paul Po-
lofl-
The eject Of this unlooked-for transmutation
on the lensmaker was extraordinary. lie
sprang back. his arms In the air, his eyes pro-
truding. NO. no. moi" he shrieked. 1t Is not
so-a lie, a plot, a conspiracy That man,
that Herbert Lowering. II i his handkerchief
that should be there! I saw It, | swear -
Abe Cronkite laid a heavy hand on the mans
shoulder. You saw it. yes, he said slowly,
after YOU had stolen it and stained II and placed
IL there, but you didn't see me, did you, watch
ing YOU from the tower through the telescope
which, as you yourself suggested, commanded
this spot? You didn't see me either when
found this one hidden away in your drawer
when | came across the dummy you rugged thai
afternoon? Come, now. you mustn't do that'
YOU know, a man never gains anything by losing
his pluck. Brace up, | tell you; IL will he months
before anything can be done"
The old detectives ENCOURAGEMENT was
kindly and pertinent. bu useless for Pau
Polof, as he wa led away, tottered and trem-
bled under an ever-increaing comprehension
that out Of his own mouth and through hl'
own actions he was uuiOne.