Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-15
Mystery Of the
Bayou Woods
BY WALKER KENNEDY.
copyrisnt.'vs, ovA Kellogg Newspaper Co.
Cn\prEH VT CoNrrN,pp


THAT looks ugly Tor Wright" said
Wlrde. rcgrclfuliy
Ordinarily IL would. but there is
something behind all this"
What do you mcan?"
why, when | took out this piStol
Mrs. Wright was dumfound,d for a
moment. Thcu She dacIarCd tha, IL
was not her husbands pistol, and that
wien She had left the house this
afternoon that weapon had not been
there. for she had cvamincd the ono
that was-an old aTair in order. She
said, to see whether il had been fired
or not. She asserted positively HAT
some one had changed the pistols in
her absence"
'i'y Jove." cried Wardc. this
grows exciting
don't claim {" he an extra good
Judge Of human naturc." said the de
tcctive. but in my opinion the vo-
mN,n was telling the truth She led
III" To the pistol without Il particle
or hesitation. aud | never saw any
person face fall as hers did when |
took ont the shining revolver. put
~ up tins way, that the man who
changed these reviewers must have
taken hand in tho murder. or else
Is bitter enemy "f young Wright
At any rate. my idea of the case has
changed considerably since this
ninrnino.'
4 have an idea" said Nar,ic. aud
II you will lclp me perhaps we can
bit on a solution of this riddle"
81 will do anything consistent with
riI official duty"
Il ask nothing more. II i~ YOUR
duty. as / conceive it not to hnlalrr
up any pet theory oI anybody's hob
by. but to get ~ the truth aud IN
mask the real criminal
You are right. agree with YOU
thoroughly"
Let me make - suggestion to YOU
Go back to Mrs Wright To morrow
and find out whether she has any
proof that the old pistol WAS there
yesterday morning. it she has not.
perhaps some Of her uciehburs could
tell whether auyb"dy Visited the
house while she was away II Won
can find the man who pat the pistol
there. YOU arc 80 fair vav in find
til" man who tilIrd John r Wright"
''llI 90 ont there to morrow and
sec what can do In the mean time
! must turn III this new linl, az cvi.
dcncc against that young fellow"
The defective retired. aud Wardc
unused awhile bcforc rcsuminr his
work II was indeed singular that
while the mystery was Deepening. at
the same time the visible proofs were
accommodating against Wright Hc had
more reason NOW than ever TO believe
that e still darker crimc that involved
something hc~idcs murder lny beyond
the prima facic case that had been
made ont For the first time he felt
that he was contcudiup with an IN
seen antagonist. and that while he
was cndeaVorne to clear the name
~ Herbert Wright some one was
fighting him step by step and was
trying TO fasten the guilt upon the
young man. II could not he the au.
thorities They were. of course. mere
~ doing their duty TO the best OF
their ability and they could not he
expected TO yield anything TO the
sentimental side 81 the case
From this time on Warde never
ceased 20 feel that he and the unseen
were engaged in desperate game.
IN which human life was involved.
He silently accepted the unwritten
challenge TO battle and made up his
mind that he would not he defeated.
The next morning Nilus was treat
cd To sensation, the startling evil
dence obtained 10y the authorities be-
ing supplemented by an exclusive
piece Of news published in the Jour
nal. When Wardc sat down 10 break
fast and picked up that paper he was
cold with amazcmcnt at what he
road. for in large. glaring headlines.
he saw that Herbert Wright. "stunp
by guilty conscience. had endcav-
ored 10 take his own life" The at
tempt, il seemed, was discovered bv
the "alert and tireless iailcr." who
had promptly sent for physician
and the young mans life was saved.
Wr1gnt had taken morphine but the
physician, who had. arrived prompt
". administered az cmetic. and so
checkmated the wOuid-be suicide.