Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-12

don moodily. Ut would have saved q lot of trouble"
 T do so now" replied Darlington testify Better late than never. Well, Mrs. Jersey lived and dourished for fifteen years. I tried to find you out, George, lest she should get at you"-
 s.Oh, was that why you offered to make me an allowance?"
 .'It was. I intended to give you yearly income on condition that you went to Australia. Then could be sure that Mrs. Jersey would not seek you out. But you refused my offer and disappeared"
 T went to college under the name of Brendon," observed George.
 tsAnd that is why Mrs. Jersey never found you and why I could not come across you until you put those advsr- tisements about the marriage into the papers. It was that which,
 "Yes; so Bawdsey told ne. You had me watched
 "I did, said Darlington, land in that way I found out that you were going to stop in Mrs. Jerseys house."
 How did you learn that, sir?'' ask ed George in surprise. T never told any one"
 sOh, yes; you told Lola" sSo I did" said Brendon quickly. s.She bothered me to come and see her, and said that was going to stop in the neighborhood of Amelia square with a friend and would call on her the next day. expect she told this ts Bawdsey."
 Exactly, and Bawdsey told me. l was afraid lest you should make Mrs. Jersey confess wrote to her and asked her to see me. She refused to come to my house, so made up my mind to seek her out in Amelia square. I arranged by letter with her to call about Il o'clock at her place and see her secretly"
 "Why secretly, and why at night3 l Your visit could have been accounted l for from the fact that she was your l tenant
 @Ah,' said Derrington grimly, 1T never thought of that. | received a note from Mrs. Jersey saying she l would wait for me on Friday evening at II o'clock in her sitting room. It was foggy night, if you remember" .tYery foggy, I suppose you traced the house by means of the red light over the door.r
 T did not trace the house at all,'' said Darlington quietly. T did not go l near the house.
 "But saw you" insisted George. stYou saw my coat and man with l my tall figure, and, having my associa- ton with yourself in your head, you jumped to the conclusion that the fig ure was mel
 Then if not you, who was the man?'
 .sBawdseyr' said Darlington curtly. George stared. "In your coat?" he said incredulously.
 Tt seems strange" said Darlington, '.but the fact is that Bawdsey is one of the few who have got the better of me in my life. 1t was in this way that he prevented me from seeing Mrs Jersey. On that night visited him at his rooms, which then were in Bloomsbury I ldesired to tell him that I intended to see Mrs. Jersey and 70 warn her against revealing any thing. I don't suppose the warning was needed, as she knew when she was well off. But the fact is, Mrs Jersey was not in good health and was feeling compunction about keep. ing you out of your rights. I learned from Bawdsey that Mrs. Jersey had written out confession of the whole matter and that she intended to leave this to her niece, Margery Watson, So that I might be forced to continue the lease of the house"
 George uttered an ejaculation. T thought from what Margery said that there was some such confession" he remarked, 'sbut it is missing. 1t was not found among her papers after he1 death. Unless Miss Bull took it and forced you to''-
 "No," interrupted Darlington vigor ously, ssshe came here quietly and put the case of the poor girl to me. She also undertook that the rent would be paid regularly and that through Miss ! Watson she would manage the house I was quite satisfied with the exist ing arrangements, and, moreover thought that if such confession were found, out of gratitude Miss Watson might bring it to me"
 s'If Miss Bull had told her to she would have done so, but not other wise,' said George. "She is under Miss Bulls thumb"
 .'The best place she could be George. The girl is a born idiot, from what I saw of her. However, you know why I renewed the year by year lease. Where the confession is have no idea, but the person who holds il will certainly make use of it some day to extort money, and then we vii learn who killed Mrs. Jersey"
 Darlington proceeded with his Nac count of his doings on that night. "As I said, I went to see Bawdsey at his rooms. I took cab, and as the fog was thick I had considerable difficulty in finding the place. The rain and fog chilled me, for am not so young as I was, and when arrived was shivering. But'I was too anxious tc tell Bawdsey about Mrs. Jersey te | trouble He heated some water tC