The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-03-18

dny because today would be too late I
meant that should confess everything
openly today, and I'm going to do it. I
have merely been playing tricks"
You're excited, Donald" said his IA
ther, trying to soothe him. This mans
death should not affect you 30. You are
In no way responsible for it,
we made our way to the street. Gill
lespie's body had been taken into q
store, and the doctor who had pro-
nounced him dead was just coming ou,
again. :.
The fellow had weak heart" said
he In answer to my question. "The
blow which he got by falling against
that hitching post weakened it still
more, and liquor combined with the
heat OF this noon finished him. There's
nothing unusual in the case"
isn't there, eh?' said q voice behind
me.
4 turned and saw Kelvin, who raised
his right hand and shook a finger Mt
EDonaid.
I've got no cause to take sides with
you" he said, "but one thing I'm will
Ing to admit: You are wonder, q
wonder! That's what you are"
MIR. Kelvin" cried Donald in voice
ofhgony. "I have confessed"-
Confess all you want to-" answered
EKslvin.s "FSheard what you said to
that man, and know what has hap
pened to him. That's enough for me-"
"Butsdon,t you see," exclaimed Don
aid, "a coincidence was bound to come.
It was certatn. I couldn't go on in the
way j was going without having some
thing OF this kind happen sooner or lat
er. never meant that he would die"
Kelvin was turning away, but Donald
sprang after him and caught his arm.
Let me tell you" he pleaded. "The
diamonds! knew where they were.
Some one told me. Some one in your
house heard a noise in the night and
looked cut OF the window. And there
was Cobb digging hole in the ground.
1t was dark, but she knew him by his
extraordinary shape. OF course she
had no idea what he was doing it for,
but when the diamonds were missed
she understood Meanwhile she'd men.
eoned the incident to me. I'd confided
In her days before. l had told her that
l knew there was q plot against my
father and that Archer was in it, but
MIR. Harrington would never believe
the truth unless some awfully queer
thing was done to impress him. Well,
che agreed to help me. She saw in the
Cobb affair a chance for me to shine.
She'd mentioned the incident to me in
the morning before the diamonds were
missed. She knew that l would know
what 1t meant. So when Mrs. Kelvin
insisted upon coming over to see me
Amy chimed in with her. And you can
understand the rest"
"This may all be true,n answered
Kelvin, 'but it doesn't change my
opinion In the least"
When. Cobb was let out of JAIL"
continued Donald eagerly, "he went
straight to your house and climbed in
through the library window. You
caught him taking down some books.
What was the absolutely certain in
ference? Why, that the deed was in
that room and somewhere near those
books. Cobb had found it weeks ago
and had left it there because he could
not think of safer place. I told
Amy. and she smuggled me into the
library. We found the hiding place,
with the deed and other documents in
1t. We took them all out OF course
1t was certain that Cobb, having been
prevented by you from getting the
deed, would elude Reedy and return.
Joe Harvey, as we all understood,
was in this plot to backmail you by
making q pretense of producing an
heir of Walmsley and then selling you
the deed. He had put up the bail for
Cobb. When Cobb escaped from Rec
dy that evening, he got into your libra
ry and found that the deed was gone.
WHAT could he do? Tell Harvey and
go back to Jail? Not at all. He skin.
ped, Just as any other rascal would
have done. Then went and bought a
skeleton hand of n young doctor over
In Solway, and, with the aid of that
old scar on the table, fixed up my
story"
FRO BE CONTINUED !