The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-12

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whom i have no apparent relation. repeat
Il to him, what Is the i~nferenca7 Why
that there Ia collision between us
-Impossiblci' cried the Judge.
''She went further than he. remember,
when l seemed TO hesitate Notwithstanding
her confederation Of his theory. She pro-
duced a clue at my demand. Here II Isl
n telegram from q women asking Dalmont
TO meet her at the city hotel where he was
accustomed to stop. A clever device, yet
bearing in itself unquestionable proof OF It's
falsity.'
How sof" asked the Judge.
1T IL written on the blank on which
kilograms are sent, not or the blank on
which kilograms are delivered. You and
l, sir, Of course, know that telegraph COM
guarding jealousy the delivery blanks
as a wise precaution against fraud; but a
groom might well be ignorant OF the rule,
and so might a young woman
But think, Abe. Of all you imply
when facts and implications conflict,
that Dalmont did not stay long in the
library that night. He went up to his
room much earlier than usual"
But the inference, the incredible in
ference"
who can place bounds Of credibility, sir,
on the whims Of passion. the attraction OF
sexY He may have seen something that
offended him, trifing, but familiar. There
may have been the hasty, cowardly blow Of
discovery, harder than intended, fatal:
Then, with a dead body between them
that must be disposed Of at all hazards, the
trammels of weakness, refinement. breeding,
would burst and disappear and the two would
work, plot, act together for their lives.
Il must go down. faltered the Judge,
visibly shaken. Il cannot leave my old
friend, Mrs. Dalmont. unprotected, alone,
in the midst OF such horrors, You can re-
port to me there; I'll have the gueet-room
on the first floor, you know. There is much
for you TO discover before we dare act on
your frightful suspicious
As Judge Marcellus drove over the wooded
road TO the house on the following day, he
was struck with the prevalence Of moisture.
The ground was fairly soaked with the es-
Gaping frost. From shrub and rock and
tree, myriad drops we're falling to join as
rills and combine into rivulets.
Spring Is a advancing rapidly he said,
thus far. had preserved an uneasy but re-
spectful silence. THE wise ones down in
the village say we're going to have a freshet.
] beg pardon, sir. but l suppose there is
10 news?'
NO news yet" replied the Judge briskly.
but | may tell you confld entially that there
Is likely TO be some soon from the Far West.
where my man Cronkite has already gone :
The chances are he'll end up in Japan
before he gets tr'oo.' chuckled Thomas;
'that's where they all go nowadays.'
All night long the rain fell with tropical
fury; and the Judge tossed uneasilly as he
heard the heavy pines crash and groan to
the voice Of many waters. And in the morn
ing the prediction OF the village wiseacres
was verified the little river had swollen into
q monster. ~ravaging the fields far and wide:
Steadily throughout the day The tuTbid
tide advanced over the lawn until II reached
the house. There II stopped, as II at a
command, and remained constant; tapping
greedily at the foundation courses, and now
and again sending a wave over the veranda,
in its fret OF bonds 1t could not exceed.
Within the old homestead was still peace
full, secure. the ladies engaged with their
fancy work under the Judges diplomatic
reassurances, as they all sat before the
library hearth, cracking with logs. And
with nightfall the storm ceased.
The pines were hushed from their lamen-
tations. The voice OF the river still rose
and fell. but with a minor note, as il in re-
gret. or, perhaps, apprehension. Over the
terraces the moon looked dow coldly on a
scene OF devastation, but not destruction.
At the Judge fingered in his room after
dinner there came a rap, tap, on the window.
He raised the sash. q entered.
awe-stricken.
The freshet has done the work for me,
he said.
What" cried the Judge. You don't
Yes, and there is now only n course
for us TO pursue"
mo, no. objected the Judge vehemently.
the detective had outlined his plan,
1T Is too horrible"
The horror, sir, properly lies in the
deed; yes. and In the chance of the guilty
ssso cap g., Re ss% men ss. ,o 95s, D Ds,%onsS
and his body hid by some marauders whom
he had Intercepted. Don't you see hat
this will seem TO be substan-
Il see, : said the Judge with a sigh; Just
"a | zee that ! must have made ON radi-
cal mistake when | thought | wa reserving
he cream Of my practice for my old age.
Once determined, however, the Judge,
TO nature and training. fulnlled
his part worthily Returning To the library
he complained Of the cold and rang the
bell for Thomas 20 replenish the fire Then.
the mAn was crOuching at his task
the hearth, he slowly paced the floor,
expressing the reflections which the food
reused Ia him In a portentous way
vastly different from his banter Of the day
a natural CONFUSION he began, lie
often the Interpretation Of God IA human
II IL the one unexpected, unpro-
yided for event which can explain many a
MYSTERY. The criminal may have cal
against every contingency, lac may
concealed the fatal proof against
him far from the eye aud the hand 81 man,
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CIV. up their dead. then the day II Judg'
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How clumsy YOU are, Thomas inter.
Helen shafpy, as the groom drupprd
|, heavy billet ID ~ "a, Judge, ! Juni
Owe 10 hear YOU phiS sopliz"
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