The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-09


"She was next of kin, no doubt, and
you were aware that the old fellow
would make no will
Couldn't read or write" said Car
ruthers.
80 you came over, the two of you,
and hunted up the girl The idea was
that one of you was o.marry her and
the other have share of the plumber
For some reason Woodley was chosen
as the husband. Why was that?"
I'VE played cards for her on the
voyage. He won'
Il see. You got the young lady into
your service. and there Woodley was
to Go the counting. She recognized the
| drunken brute that he was and would
have nothing to do with him. Mean
while your arrangement was rather up
set by the fact that you had yourself
fallen in love with the lady. You
could no longer bear the idea of this
rulian owning her?'
NO. by George, l couldn'tr'
There was a quarrel between you.
He left you in rage and began to
make his own plans independently of
you"
at strikes me, Williamson, there
isn't very much that we can tell this
gentleman" cried Carruthers, with
bitter laugh. eyes, we quarreled. and
he knocked me down. | am level with
him on that, anyhow. Then l lost sight
of him. That was when he picked up
with this cast padre here | found
that they had set up housekeeping to-
gether at this place on the line that
she had to pass for the station. |
kept my eye ON her after that, for |
knew there was some devilry in the
wind. l saw them from time to time,
for / was anxious to know what they
were after.
1.-TWO days ago Woodley came up to
my house with this cable, which show
ed that Ralph Smith was dead. He ask
ed me if would stand by the bargain.
said | would not He asked me if l
would marry the girl myself and give
him share. | said l would willingly
do so, but that she would not have me.
He said. Let US get her married first,
and after a week or two she may see
things bit different | said | would
have nothing to do with violence. so he
went off cursing, like the foul mouthed
BLACKBOARD that he was, and swearing
that he would have her yet. She was
leaving me this week end. and | had
got a trap to take her to the station,
but was so uneasy in my mind that
followed her on my bicycle. She had
got a start, however. and before !
could catch her the mischief was done.
The first thing | knew about it was
when saw you two gentlemen driving
back in her dogcart'
Holmes rose and tossed the end of his
cigarette into the CRATE. Il have been
very .obtuse. Watson said he. when
in your report you said that you had
seen the cyclst, as you thought, arrange
his necktie in the shrubbery that alone
should have told me ALL However, we
may congratulate ourselves upon Il Gu
rious and in some respects a unique
case. | perceive three of the county
cOnstabulary in the drive, and | am
glad to see that the little hostler is able
20 keep pace with them. so it is likely
that neither he nor the interesting
bridegroom will be permanently dam
aged by their mornings adventures.
think, Watson, that in your medical
capacity you might wait upon Miss
Smith and tell her that if she is suffi-
GENTLY recovered we shall be happy to
escort her to her mothers home. If she
Is not quite convalescent you will find
that hint that we were about to tele-
graph to young electrician in the
Midlands will probably complete the.
cure. AS to you, Mr.. Carruthers, l
think that you have done what you
could to make amends for your share
in an evil plot. There is my card, sir,
and if my evidence can be of help to
you in your trial it shall be at your
disposal"
In the whirl of our incessant activity
it has often been difficult for me, as
the reader has probably observed, to
round off my narratives and to give
those final details which the curious
might expect. Each case has been the
prelude to another, and the crisis once
over the actors have passed forever
out of our busy lives. | find, however,
short note at the end of my manu-
script dealing with this case, in which
have put it upon record that Miss
Violet Smith did indeed inherit a large
fortune and that she Is now the wife of
Cyril Morton, the senior partner Of
Morton & Kennedy, the famous West
minister electricians. Williamson and
Woodley were both tried for abduction
and assault, the former getting seven
years and the latter ten. OF the fate of
Carruthers l have no record. but l am
sure that his assault was not viewed
very gravely by the court, since Wood
ley had the reputation of being a most
dangerous ruffian, and | think that a
few months were sufficient to satisfy
the demands of justice.
Running AmucIS.
A Malay is intolerant of insult or
slight; it is something that to him
chould ha x,,inad out in blood He