Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-29
CHAPTER xx1v.


CHAPTER XIV.
When that which is green shall move
when that which is green shall move"
these were the words written by dead
Hannah Haynes in the parchment screed,
the Amory Catecaism.
/ reflected over them early the next
morning in my own room. They refer
red to the peculiar green bar in the old
clock, was assured, and towards it now
I went.
My mind was filed with one sentient
thought--of Consuelo. 1t seemed likely
that before many Gays her enemies WOULD
publicly proclaim her real identity. Then
would come the fight Of my life, for l
believed entirely IN her innocence, and
to the death / would be her champion.
Meantime, | resolved to explore the
clock, the tower, the sealed-up wing, ev-
cry secret nook Of the old place, in the
hope of discovering some clew that might
serve oct her alIaost fanatical inspira-
ton that fate destined THAI here she
should find the means of establishing her
innocence.
What is thisr' / suddenly exclaimed.
As | neared the lower framework of
the clock / made a startling discovery.
Some one had been tampering with it
there had been an intruder during my
absence, for the interior of the cabinet
portion had been entered, anc all the in
! tricate mechanism had been disturbed.
| reflected deeply for some time. Then
a new train of thought came to my mind.
began to search for the secret door Ma
om had so often utilized
Ali at last! at last! Strange, l had
never noted what patient, persistent
search now evolved space back of a
screen that moved as l touched 1t. A
passageway showed. l followed it.
Tortuous and dim. it led NE on from
room to room.
In the third dusk, weird apartment l
paused. At its end heavy window,
iron framed, was up a few inches, and
dangling over It's sill saw!--
Sir Wilfrid Amory, my uncle, sat ike
one dazed-it was In the library, two
hours after my discovery"
We had told him our story-Consuelo
and l. We feared the shock, yet he was
not entirely unnamed.
1t was in the Amory blood to be loyal,
still, the revelation that his adopted child
was an accused murderess naturally
stunned him.
"But innocent" he said, placing a
trembling hand on Consuelo's bowed
head-"that we know"
Thank you," she breathed feryently.
YES, uncle, innocentv' / now said
boldly. II can prove it to the world"
Coasuelo looked up in beviiderment.
She shank as l placed on the stand be-
fore them a small. worn bag With di-
lated eyes she regarded it.
40 you recognize it2'' l asked.
"Yesr' she gasped in reply. sit is the
one belonging TO my aunt that we could
not find after her murder"
Where did you get this, TerryY' my
uncle Intercepted. \
From dead mans hand"
"HowY
"Yes."
"WhoseT'
Haynes Haviland."
"Deadw cried Consuelo.
Listen" / said, and told OK the clock,
of the secret door. Haynes Haviland
was the intruder. He found by thorough
ransacking what the parchment alluded
to: the missing money. He must have
known of the secret door, and sought TO
leave the building that way. The iron
window must have fallen or him after
he had raised it. / found Kim. caught
by the waist as in a wise. dead. He must
have shrieked aud struggled fearfuily,
but of course no one heard him. Dying,
/ desperate, shall we say remorseful, too
he hastily scrubbed these few lines"
| presented a slip Of papev.
| what does it sayT' queriea Consuelo,
"He confesses that he murdered Han
nah Haynes" l answered solemnly.
He had also confessed that his was
the hand that had once sought my life
and there was a curious added reference
to Paula as being the daughter of Ellice
Meredith and Robert Meredith. and her
resemblance to an early love OF Sir VIII
frid was now understood. for Elice had
| been the first love OF his early youth.
/ We scnt for the Annesleys. and ther
for poor Paula. Mr.. Nobody Of Nowhere
prudently disappeared. and Jonas snc
his mother sullenly shut themselves NJ
at Spider Earn. Naomi detailed tbs
facts Of the supstIs dead body
for Paula. and one byO>
Of the pest were cleared awas.
Paula and the Annesleys and Jero.-...
speedily left the Nest. The world haC
10 know Consuelo's story-is conld noi
be kept secret-but my uneie's great in
fiuence spared her more than 4 brief ap
Pearance in court, which she left-at las
! vindicated.
The homogeneous Naomi was retained
in our service. l say "our." for cf course
l married the beautiful Woman in Gray
tThe cnd)