The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1905-10-20

Sau UlHll mot express either surprise
or regret over the fate Of Oldacre ON
the contrary. she spoke Of him with
such bitterness fhat She was uncon-
seiud 'r considerably strengthening the
ea>r 81 tHa police for. of course, if her
u ial heIrl her speak Of the man in
dis fashion il would predispoSe him
laWr7 hatred aud violence lie WIS
more Ike u malignant and cunning ape
tHm luuau being said she and he
H#5e- S. ever since he was young
mail
--Esu aHcag linn at thai timef' said l.
~'ft- knew BIN well: In fact. lie
W. Oh ~uitpr Of mine Thank heav-
"a t lad tie sense 10 turn away
fe hm and 10 marry better if
n1a.aH. Hau was engaged 10 him.
AZ. Holiness when / heard n shocking
story ir how be- had turned cat loose
la aH ariary. and WAS 50 Mortified at
his HntaI crnrllY that I would have
nothing more In do with him. She rum
magea 10 q bureau. and presently Size
produced photograph Of woman
shanefuly defaced and mutilatcd with
4 knife That is my own photograph.
Size said lie sent 1t 10 me in that
static. with his curse. upon my wedding
morning
We'll said 1. at least he las for
given you now, since lie has left all his
property 70 your son
Neither my son nor ! want any.
thing from Jonas Oldacfc. dead or
alive. she cried. with proper spirit
There is God IN heaven. Mr.. Holmes.
aaa that same God who has punished
that wicked mau will slow IN his own
gol time that my sous hands are
HI.iezs 81 his blood
"WeIl ] trieI one or two leads. bur
.oaH get I'll nothing which would help
our hypothesis and several points
which would make against it,. gave
it mp ut last. and of ! went 10 Nor
wood
This place. Deep Dene House is
a'g modern villa Of ataring brick stand
iug back n IFS owp grounds. with
laurel dumped laWu ia front of it, To
ihe iasd ea- the timber yard which
had been The scene Of the ire Here's
I'd rough pilu ia Il leaf OF my notebook
This Wiud ~ 9u thr left is the one
which 0peIs into 0ilacrc's room. You
can look iHp il from the road. YOU see.
That is about the only bit Of consola-
ton | have bad today. Lestradc was
lot there. but his head constable did
lie honors. They lad just found a
great treasure troye. They had spent
tie morning faEing among the ashes
OF the burned Wa8l pile. and besides
the charre1 org ui.- romans they had
secured several disr0lorp1 metal disks.
/ examined them sill care. and there
was 10 doaui flat they were trouser
buttons I even distinguished Uhat one
81 them wis narEs with HE name OF
Iyams. Who Was Oldacre's tailor |
then worked The lawn very carefully
for signs and traces. hntstlds drought
has made everything a. hard as iron.
Nothing WAS II he seen save that some
body or bundle had been dragged
through low privet hedge which is in
II limo with the wood pile All that of
course. fits IN with the official theory
l crdwled about the lawn with an
August sun ou my back. hut / got up
at uie end Of an hour no wiser than
before
We'll after this fasco went into
the bedroom and examined that also
The blood stains were very slight, mere
smears ANA discolorations. but un-
d0ubtedly fresh. The stick had been
removed but thcre also the marks
were slight There Is no doubt about
she stick belonging TO our client lie
admits IT, Fo0tmarks of both men
cogld BE- made ont on the carpet, but
none of any third person, which again
IS trick for the other side. They
were piling up their score all the time.
and we were at a stand.till.
only one little CLEAN of hope did l
get and yet It amounted to nothing.
| eXumincd the contents of the safe.
most Of which had been taken out and
lefi on the table. The papers had been
made up into sealed envelopes. one or
two Of which had been opened by the
police They were not, SO far as
could judge. of any great value, nor
did the bank book show that Mr.. Old
acre was m such very afiluent circum-
stances. lut it seemed To me that all
the papers were not there. There
were illusions to some deeds-posslbly
the more which | could not
find This. Of course, If we could def.
nitely prove II. would turn Lestrade' 5
argument against himself, for who
would steal a thing If he knew that he
would shortly inherit it?
FINALLY, having drawn every other
cover and picked UP no scent, / tried
my luck with the housekeeper. Mrs
Lexington is her name-a little, dark
silent person, with suspicious and side
long eyes. She could tell us something
If She would | am convinced of it,
But she was as close rs WAY Yes. she
had let Mr.. MeFarlane in ut half past
D. She wished her hand had withercd
n. u 81. 4