Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-21

the beginning of this inquiry. All my
suspicious at first were set on a man who
was purely innocent-a legal gentleman
of fair repute, to whom | have now
made all honorable amends In the most
candid manner he has forgiven me, and
desires no better than to act in the best
! faith with u.s."
Asking your pardon for interrupting
did the gentleman happen to have
sharp nameY
Yes. Grips, he did. But no more of
that. l was oversharp myself. no doubt:
he is thoroughly blameless, and more
than that, his behavior has been most
| generous, most unwearying. l can never
do justice to him.
well, your worship. no-perhaps not.
A would take rare sharp 'un to do so.
You hold by the vulgar prejudice
well, l should be the last to blame Won
That, however, has nothing to do with
what | want to ask you. But first.
must tell you my reason, Cripps. You
| know l have no faith whatever in that
man, John Smith. At first l thought him
tool of Mr.. never mind who. Since
was so wrong / am now convinced that
John Smith is art and part in the whole
affair himself. He has thrown dust in
our eyes throughout. He has stopped us
from taking the proper track. Do you
remember what discredit he threw on
your sisters story?"
He didn't believe a word of 'un. Had
good mind, l had, to a knocked 'un
down."
ITO be sure, Cripps, l wonder that you
forebore. Though violent measures must
not be encouraged. And l myself thought
that your sister might have made some
mistake through her scare in the dark.
Poor thing! What a brave girl not to
Shrek or faint"
"Ay, your worship. that her be-"
And now for the man with this vii
famous voice. You know, that | never
was satisfied with that wretched affair
that was called an inquest Enough
tfat the whole was pompous shild's play,
guided by crafty hands beneath: as hap
pens with most inquests. / only doubted
! the more. friend Grips; l only doubted
the more, from having wrong way
taken to eNtinguish doubts"
ITO he sure, your worship: lie on the
| back of another lie makes 'un go heay-
| ier."
We'll, never mind: only this did. For
q few days, perhaps. l was overcome;
and the illness of my dear old friend,
/ the Squire, and the trouble of managing
/ so that he should not hear anything to
| kill him; and my own slowness at the
back of it all; for l never, as you know.
/ am hasty-theSe things, one and another
kept me from going on horseback any
where"
ITO be sure. your worship. to be sure.
You ought to be always a horseback I've
a seed you many times or the bench;
but you looks very poor stick there.
| compared to what ee be q horseback"
well. after the weather began to
change from that tremendous frost and
snow, and the poor Squire fell into the
quiet state that he has been in ever since,
found nothing would do for me. my
health not being quite as usual, except to
take long rides. 1 viii tell you just
what happened to me. l never believed.
and never viii, that poor Miss oglander
| is dead The coroner and the jury be
/ lieved that they had her remains before
them. although for the Squire's sake they
forebore TO identify her in the verdict.
Your sister. no doubt. believed the same;
and so did almost every one. could
not 90, | could not go-no doubt was
fool: but l could not face the chance
/ of what I might see. after what / had
heard of it. Well. began TO ride about.
saying nothing. of course. 10 anyone.
and the more l rode the more my spirit
and faith in good things came back to
me- And think have been rewarded
Grips; az last have been rewarded. 1t
Is not very much: but still il is Ike 8
fssn of light TO me. l have found out
the man with the horrible voice"
Your worship-the man as laid hold
% the pickaxr
II have found him, Grips, do be