Warren sheaf., 1903-05-07

e"uaS e"uaS AoeiIHS as III Cne past, before
this trouble came up. He often won
dered, too, what had become Of the
little man who had acted in such a
friendly way while he was enjoying.
or rather enduring, Mr. BEven's hos
Pltallty at Exton. He finally set him
down as an eccentric, who had be-
come tired of playing philanthropist
in his case and was probably anus
ing himself on fresh subject. .-...
When he was examined he was sur
prlsed to find what weight of cir
cumstantial evidence there was
against him. There were two things
that counted in his favor, First. his
good character and even temper
making it seem impossible that he
could in fit of anger have killed
the mother, simply because she op-
posed his suit; secondly, the discov-
cry that Mrs. Ellison had been de-
spoiled of her earrings of diamonds
and emeralds. Still, there was
some doubt whether she had worn
them that night, though they could
not be found in the receptacle where
she usually kept her jewels.
That the young school-teacher
could have been a robber as we'll as
guilty of deeper crime seemed ab-
surd on the face of it. On the other
hand, he was very poor, and had
made arrangements to leave the town
that night surreptitiously.
so the case remained, and he was
remanded to await his trial with the
prospect OF some months in jail, any
way, before he could be free. AS for
Ellison, he promised to do great
things. He would pay a force of de-
tectlves to search for new evidence,
and proclaimed dramatically in court
his belief in the young mans inno-
cence. He did all he could to make
his former prOtege comfortable in
prison, and Dick, far from feeling
downcast, as he expected to be when
he found the weight of evidence
against him, became confident that
he had but to wait and all would be
WE'LL
On the very day of the examina-
ton, while James Ellison was still
enjoying the proud feeling of man
who has been defending the cause
of the poor and weak, a card was
brought to him in his hotel room
that drew from him an exclamation
of surprise.
"Show the man up," he said to the
servant, and straightway began to
walk nervously up and down the
room as if the prey to a violent ex-
citement.
When he heard a step in the cor
rldor without, and heard a timid
knock on the door, he went and
opened it, admitting a gayly-dressed
young man, with a sharp face and
closely-cropped hair, who stood for
moment on the threshold, twist
ing light felt hat nervously in his
hands,
'sWell, why don't you come imp"
grumbled Ellison. And then, as the
fellow seemed to have trouble in
making up his mind, reached out his
hand and pulled him into the room,
closing the door behind him.
"Sit down." pointing to chair.
The visitor, who seemed to be un-
comfortable in his new clothes. and
at loss to know what to do with
his hands, slowly lowered himself to
a resting position on the edge of
fauteuil, while his black eyes turned
here and there about the room, as if
looking for means of escape.
Ellison, who had taken a seat di-
rectly in front of his visitor, eyed
him with contemptuous smile.
well, what have you done to earn
your money!" he began.
''Blime me, Mr.. Hellison, I amt
had good nights sleep since I went
on this here 'untin' hexpedition,'
speaking with strong Cockney ac-
cent.
That's all very we'll. But what
did you accomplish by staying
awake? The paper-did you get it?''.
mo; I didn't
Ellison made a gesture of irrita-
ton, and looked at his visitor in no
very friendly way.
''What chance was there for me to-
lay lands on it?" explained the young
man, energetically., ''Didn't I plank
myself down in the same lodgin'
'ouse with the party? Didn't L keep
after him all day-an', let me tell We,
he amt a pedestrian you can give
distance to. Didn't ransact his bag
gage when he was hout?''
''Oh, that was all nonsense. You
might have known that he carried it
about with him." I.-.. -' T.
"And I suppose I was to knock the
gent hover in broad daylight, and
take it from imp" remarked the
other, showing that he had a pretty.
skill in the way of sarcasm.
II don't care what you might have
done. Your duty was to get the pa
per, and you haven't done it. I de-
clare, you are not so clever as I
thought you were." g. re.. ',.. :.
"Come, guv'nor. I done the best
I could, SO just please wait until %
"Well, go on, I am istening," re-
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