Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-02

sake to wait until you're r;.imer,
DaTrent observed, pausing in the work
of jotting down in very prosaic way
Astray's rambling statements.
Il mean to tell you all that happened
that night, and you can do what you
choose with it and bring me to the scat
fold If you like. -
my dear sir, you are talking wildly.
The law has no desire to bring you to
the scaffold if you re innocent -
II swear ami"
:"'Then, If you are and can put me on
the track of the guilty party, SO much
the better, Darrent replied, seating
himself and preparing to listen to the
weak story Of defense, which he was
sure would only be like many others
that he had SO often heard. !: ::
>"On the night of the 10th Of Janu-
airy, just week ago. I returned to Chi
cago from South Africa
"And Travelled to Barnstap1e by the
O'Clock train next day. Darrent in
terjected.
Eyes; hadn't seen my guardian for
two years. When left him in 1894, it
was after serious quarrel. He wanted
me to marry one girl, and I wouldn t
because I loved another, Astray con-
tinued, with stronger look in his face
than he had worn throughout the inter
view.
"Well?"
Il returned to The Grange. and he
welcomed me.
''You entered the library and stood
on the left hand side Of the fireplace, as
you were standing when I came into
the ROOM with your elbow resting on
the mantelpiece, Darrent continued
land then you quarreled about the lady
again. Youl uncle asked you if you had
outgrown your mad infatuation, and
you answered NO. Then he asked
Will you marry the wife have chosen
for your and you said, NO. no, NOT
and emphasized each word by blow of
your fist on the mantelshelf o.
Astray glared at Darrent in astonish-
ment. Glow do you know?" he asked
because I'm bloodhound of the
law" Darrent replied, sneering in his
excitement. |'Then you both got more
and more heated in the discussion, and
at last the old man, overwrought with
excitement, became faint and asked
you to reach him some brandy from the
sideboard, and you did So"
eyes; that's right.
''Presently he grew calmer. and. you
settled down and talked of other
things"
eyes, of my travels. .
"He became interested and asked you
to tell him more You drew up your
chair. opposite him and lighted your
pipe meerschaum.
Eyes. -.
''It wouldn't draw. You took out
your knife and cleared the dry, hard
tobacco away from the bottom of the
bowl reflled it and tried, again, but
the stem was choked. Old Marsden Of
fered you a. cigar. You got out a box, q
fresh and unopened box, from the side
board, and pried it open with your
knife, a Norwegian knife-this' one. "
And Darrent suddenly displayed the
knife, with the letter "a" burned into
it, before Astray's eyes. 49, H.. IT,.
eyes; it's true. That's it. y :. r=::t'
81 know it's true. I know this is the
knife and that. this knife killed old
Marsden.'' .1e% - E +s<E 4 - i III
eco on, hang me-! You mean tot )
You quarreled again. Old men al.
Ways get back to the same topic, and
he brought You back. You got angry,
lost all control Of your temper and r. -
Darrent shrugged his shoulders. !.
/ And left. swear. it left in a
krage,: turned the wrong way by mis-
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81 was blind with rage I did moi
know where I was walking walked