Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30
CHAPTER IX-SHADOWS.
The revelation held me utterly dumb

founded
Already had, by placing my hand In
contact with the shawl, ascertained its
exact texture. and saw that both its TIM
and its fabric were unquestonably tEt
Same IS the tiny fragment / held in M
hand Chenille shawls, as every woman
knows, must be handled carefully or the
1ishty-mado fringed will come asunder,
for the kind of cord or floss silk is
generally made upon single thread
which will break with the slightest strain
BY come means the shawl in question
had accidentally become entangled-o.
perhaps been strained by the sudden up
lifting Of the arm of the wearer. In any
case the :ittle innocert-looking fragment
had become strained, and been dropped
at the bedside Of the murdered man.
Tho grave suspicious of Ethelwy1in
which ] had held on the previous night
when she endcavored to justify her sis
3ers neglect crowded upon me. and Sir
Bcrnard's hint at the secret of her past
thrust the iron deeply into my heart
Ny eyes Were fixed upon the little OBJ
feet in my palnl-the silent but damning
svidence-and my mind became filled by
Interest regrets. I saw how cleverly l
heG been duped. and recognized that this
woman, whom l had thought an angel
was only cunning assassin.
No, reaCer, / was not prejudGing her,
The thought had already occurred to me
that she might have entered the room
wearing that shawl perhaps to wish the
Invalid good night. She lad. however
in answer to my question, declared that
she HAD retired to bed without seeing
him-for Nurse Kate had told her that
he was sleeping. She had therefore not
disturbed him.
Then. yet another thought had occurred
TO me- She might have worn the shawl
vixen she entered after the raising of the
alarm. In order to clear up that point
( had questioned the servants one by
one, and all had told me the same story,
namely. that Miss Ethehwynn had not
entered the room at all. She had only
come to the door and glanced in, then
.urned away in horror, and shut herself
n her own room. AS far as any one
knew she had not summoned sufficient
courage to go in and look upon the dead
mans face. She declared herself hor-
rtfied and dared not to enter the death
chamber.
In the light of my discovery all these
facts as related to me made the truth
only too apparent She had entered
there unknown to any one. and that her
prcSSNCc pSSu Nit1 LUX pdi POoS
] could no longer doubt.
II gave the clue into Amber Jevons's
hands he would / knew, quickly follow
IT. gathering UP the threads of the
tangled skein one by one. until he could
openly charge her with the crime l
stood undecided how to act. Should l
leave my friend to make his own In
yestigations Independently and usbi-
asked. or should frankly tell him Of my
own startling discovery?
I carefully went through the whole OF
the circumstances. weighing point after
point, and decided at last to Still retain
tho knowledge I had gained. The point
which unbalanced my attention was the
curious admission Of Short regarding the
possession Of the knife. So resolved to
ray nothing to my friend until after the
inquest.
As may be ina ined, the London papers
that afternoon were full OF. the mystery.
Nothing like a flrst-class sensation, SUBJ
editors will tell you. There is an art in
Alliterattpe headlines and startling Gross
heads. The inevitable interview with a
member of the family" who is generally
ANONYMOUS. be 1t said. is sure to De eager
4 " deVoured by the public The worl,
1 may sneer at Sensational Journalism. hI