El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22
PAGES 9 AND 10.

Oily angry; you are only MAKING NAV
tiers worse by trying to put 1t on hlm.
Remember the size of the window. Be
sides you know how the lodge stands,
built against the garden wall. When I
came out this morning there was not
single footstep in the snow except those
we had made as we went there the night
before. noticed our footmarks particu-
larly, because 1 had been afraid there
would be more snow. No one could by
any possibility have left the house during
the night Even Jones himself had not
been out, for there was q little eddy OF
snow before the back door, and 1 re-
member calling to him that he would
want his broom"
"The snow clinches the matter.
Charles" said Marston, gravely. "You
have made mistake"
"Quite unintentional, I'm sure, whis-
pered Sir George.
There was something 1 did not like
about that whisper. 1t seemed to imply
more than met the ear.
Charles did not appear to hear him.
He was staring fxedly before him, his
hand had dropped from Ralph's shoulder.
his face was quite gray.
''Then," he said slowly, as If waking
out of dream, cit was not Carr"
"No," said Sir George, "Inever thought
it was"
Good Gody' CALCULATED Charles, sink
ing into low chair by the fire. and
shading his face with his hand. "Not
Carr, after air.
But my indignation could not be re-
strained moment longer. 1 had only
been kept silent by repeated signs from
Marston, and now 1 broke out.
'And SO, sir, you suspect my friend"
/ said, ''and insult him in your fathers
house by turning the key on him. You
endeavor to throw suspicion on man
who never injured you in the slightest
degree. You insult me in insulting my
friend, sir. Suspicion is not always such
an easy thing to shake off as it has been
in this instance. on my side might ask
what you were doing, walking about the
passages in your socks at o'clock this
morning? In your socks, sir, still in
your evening clothes''-
1 had spoken in anger, not thinking
much what l was saying, and ] stopped
short, alarmed at the effect of my own
words
Il knew it! l knew it!' gasped Sir
George, in his hoarse, sufocated voice,
and he fell back painting among his pill
lows.
Charles took his hand from his face
and looked hard at me with strange .
kind of smile.
cat any rate we are quits, Middleton"
he said. "You have done it now and no
mistake"
did not quite see what I had done.
but it soon became apparent.
81 knew it!' gasped out the sick man
again. 81 knew it from the first mo-
ment that he tried to throw suspicion
on Carr
''Sir George" said Marston, gravely
''Charles made mistake just now. Do
not you on your side make another
Come, Charles" turning to the latter,
who was now sitting erect with flashing
eyes, ''tell us about it. What were you
doing when Middleton saw YOU"
Il was coming upstairs" said Charles.
haughtily.
From the library?'' asked Sir George.
Charles bit his lip and remained silent.
l would not have spoken to him for a
good deal at that moment He looked
positively dangerous.
From the library. of course" he said
ut last, controlling himself and speaking
with something of his old careless man
ner, laden with the spoils of my mid
night depredations. Parental fondness
will supply all minor details, no doubt;
so. as the subject is delicate one for.
me, l Will withdraw that it may be dis
cussed more fully in my absence"
stop. Charles!' said Marston: ''tl1e
case is too serious for banter of this
kind. My dear boy" he added, kindly.
Il am glad to see you angry, but never
theless you must condescend to explain.
The longer you allow suspicion to rest on
yourself the longer it will be before it
falls on the right person. Come, what
We're you doing in the passage at that
time of night
Charles was touched, could see. A
very little kindness was too much for
him
at is no good, Marston." he said, in
quite a different voice: Il am not be-
heved in this house"
He turned away and leant against the
mantel piece. looking into the fire
Ralph cleared his throat once or twice,
and then suddenly went up to him, and
laid his hand ;lffectionately on his
shoulder
Fire away, old boy" he said. in a
constrained tone, and he cholSed again.
Charles turned round and faced his
brother with the saddest smile | ever
saw.
well. Ralph said he, Il will tell Won
everything, and then you can believe me
or not. as You like. have never told
you a lie, have T.
Not often" replied Ralph. unwill-
ingly.
You at least are truth itself" said