Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-30
23d of May" he declared.
Miss futile needed some adviser"
"Ah, probably"

90 Oh May, ne declared.
Miss futile needed some adviser"
"Ah, probably"
You would have been a good one"
"And welcome one, chr?
hardly thought he would have been q
welcome one. but did not admit the fact.
Nevertheless he seized on the advantage he
evidently thought he had gained and added,
mildly enough, or rather without any dis
play of feeling:
Miss futile likes me even less than
Veronica did. I do not think she would
have accepted. certainly she would not
! have desired, my presence in her counsels.
But of one thing l wish her to be assured,
her and the world in general. Any money
she may need at this-at this unhappy
crisis in her life. she will find amply sup
piled. She has no claims on me. but that
makes little difference where the family
honor is concerned. Her mothers hus-
band was my brother-the girl shall have
all she needs. I will write her so.'
He was moving toward his carriage.
Fine turnout he interrogatively re-
marked
1 assented with all the surprise-with all
| the wonder even-which his sublime ego
tism seemed to invite.
ut is the best that Downey could raise
| in the time 1 allotted him. When I really
finger the money, we shall see, we shall
! see."
/ His foot was on the carriage step. He
| down, but not quite Have you any spe-
cial business with me?" he asked, lingering
with what I thought surprising display Of
conscientiOusness till the last ray OF direct
| sunlight had disappeared.
| 1 glanced up at the goodman sitting on
| his box as rigid as any stone.
you may speak" he said; Caesar
| neither hears nor sees anything but his
| horses when he drives me-
| The black did not wink. He was as COM
| pletely at home on, the box and as quiet
and composed. in his service as If he had
| driven this man for years.
L ,1xn do hfc drrty Anti
master, but with no outward appearance of
| pride What have you to say to me?"
| / hesitated no longer.
| Miss Tuttlefis supposed to have secretly
entered the Moore shouse on the night you
summoned us.lifShe even says she did. l
| know that you have sworn to having seen
| no one go into that house: but notwith-
| standing this haven't you some means at
your disposal for proving to the police and
| to the world at large that she never fired
| that fatal shot7 Public opinion is so cruel.
| She will be ruined whether innocent or
| guilty unless # can'be very plainly shown
that she did not enter the library prior to
going there with the police"
position to prove that? Say that had sat
| in my front window all that evening and
watched with uninterrupted assiduity the
door through which so many are said to
have passed between sunset and midnight
something which / did not do as have
plainly stated on oath-how could you have
| expected me to see what went on in the
black interior Of house whose exterior is
barely discernible at night across the
| street?"
Then you cannot aid herr" asked
With a light bound he leaped into the
carriage. AS he took his seat he politely
remarked:
II should be glad to, since. though not a
Moore, she Is near enough the family to
affect its honor. But not having even seen
her enter the house cannot testify In one
way in regard to her. Home, Caesar and
drive quickly. l do not thrive under these
evening damps."
! And leaning back, with an inexpressible