Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-16

"Now go!'' he vociferated: and the
urchns, black and white, flew away,
fiinging up their heels in delight and
shouting: Bully for you. Uncle David!
Well come again next year, not for
twenty -hyes, but fifties.''
Il will make it dollars IL I only
live so long," he muttered. And deign-
ing now to remember the question
had put to him. he grandly remarked:
II am going straight into town. Can
do anything for you?"
Nothing l thought you might like
to know what awaits you there. The
city is greatly stirred up. The coro-
ners jury in the Jeffrey Moore case has
just brought in verdict to the effect
that suicide has not been proved.
Naturally, this is equivalent to one of
murder"
"Ah!' he calculated. slightly taken
aback for one so invariably impassive.
"And to whom is the guilt of this
crime ascribed 2" he presently ventured.
There was mention Of no name, but
the opprobrium naturally falls on Miss
Tuttle."
| Miss futile? Abr
"Since Mr.. Jeffrey is proved to have
been too far away at the time to have
fred that shot, while She
/ Il am following you
"Was in the very house-at the door
| OF the library In fact-and heard the
pistol discharged, if she did not dis
charge it herself-which some believe.
notably the district attorney. You
should have been there. Mr.. Moore"
He looked surprised at this sugges-
ton.
II never am anywhere but here on
the 23d Of May" he declared.
| Miss futile needed some adviser"
| "Ah, probably"
you would have been good one"
"And welcome one, ehY
| / hardly thought he would have been
welcome one, but l 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 display Of feeling:
| "Miss futile likes me even less than
u. L
| have accepted, certainly she would not
have desired, my presence in her
counsels. But of one thing 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 supplied. She has
no claims on me, but that makes little
difference where the family honor is
concerned. Her mothers husband was
my brother-the girl shall have all che
needs. l 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 sub
lime egotism seemed to invite.
ut is the best that Downey could
raise in the time allotted him. When
l really finger the money, we shall see,
we shall see"
His foot was on the carriage step.
He looked up at the west The sun
was almost down, but not quite. Have
you any special business with meY he
asked, lingering with what thought
surprising display of consciousness
till the last ray OF the sunlight had
disappeared.
l glanced up at the coachman sitting
on his box as rigid as any stone.
''You may speak," said he; Cesar
neither hears nor sees anything but his
horses when he drives me-"
The black did not wink. He was as
completely at home on the box and as
quiet and composed in his service as
If he had driven this man for years
lie understands his duty" finished
the master, but. with no outward ap-
pearance of pride. What have you to
say to me:'
l hesitated no longer.
Miss Tuttle is supposed to have
secretly entered the Moore house Oh I
the night you summoned us. She even t
says she did l know that you have I
sworn to having seen no one go into
that house, but Notwithstanding this,
haven't you some means at your dis
.posal for proving to the police and to
the world at large that she never fred
that fatal shot? Public opinion is SO
cruel. She will be ruined, whether In
nocent or guilty, unless it can be very
plainly shown that she did not enter
the library prior to going there with
the police
"And how can you suppose me to be
in a position to prove that? Say that
I had sat in my front window all that
evening and watched with uninterrupt-
ed assiduity the door through which
SO many are said to have passed be-
tween sunset and Notwithstanding
which l did not do, as have plainly
stated on oath-how could you have ex-
Caesar and his
turnout
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