Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

listen to my tale-it is strange but tr,,e. Set
uoWn wnat say, for this am prepared to swear
TO In court of law. l should have soon vou he.
tore and spoken had known that Rernsrd was
awe but thinking he was dead I did not talk
Ss iancled there might be danger to me-"
is true" N'iioS ueoidreS
~ Iontront her with me. What does she saw"
40 not know where she is" confessed Dur.
nam ana related how the diary had been found
and explained tho contents SO far as thew ', bore
lively. iie hs'eneu a''en-
On, what wicked woman!" he said vebenent.
When Durham ended. "I do assure Won signor
snat Sis am innocent. Listen I called to see Sir
nan'o on IgIore T, ten on that night / sent up my
name' The woman you speak of BROUGHT bacl, .
message that her master would see rneH
One moment" put in Durham. "Did Won soo
red light in the Window" '01 ''0
- les there was a lamp near the window al
Ihough the room was lighted with electric lamps.
a reu handkerchief was stretched across the win
dow But know of the Red Window AZ +ho
Hai said the Italian, with shrup. "Nfv s;sTe,
uesd TO signal to me. / guessed that Sir Simon
was making signal to Bernard"
Are you sure of that?'
lie told me so himself" said Tolomeo. ouietlv
ana IL was because he thought might know
where Bernard was that he saw me He ss;d
ne would forgive Bernard and help me. We had
some words, as he called me-a Tolomeo-names
wmch could not hear quietly But afterwards
ne SAID ne would help me, and then he wanted to
see Bernard Miss Randolph told him of the
use sne had made OF the Red Window, so in this
London house he did the same thing. bonino
that Bernard might see the light and enter If
bernard had" said the Italian, with great earn.
estness, all would have been we'll"
| DO You know if Sir Simon sent bov to hiring
Bernardo" wy W Diins
7 II - L.
OF that. He only put the lamp behind the hand
kerchiet In the hope that Bernard might come
to the house. For all he knew Bernard might
nave learned where he was staying think tbe
old man was sorry he quarreled with my poor
nephew, said Tolomeo, with earnestness.
well, after arranging this you left Sir Simon
Not Immediately. Mrs. Giroy came in and
said that someone wanted to see Sir Simon. Hn
heard her whisper to him. and said [ could on
away, telling Mrs. Gilroy to send up the stranger
She went away. followed, and opened the door
myself"
"The front door,"
"Yes. But when I wars going out heard Sir
Simon call over the stairs. He asked me to re-
turn. closed the door and did so"
"Ah!" said Durham, making note. Mrs. Gil
roy thought you had left the house She said so
in her diary. Then she came downstairs?'
"No," said Toomeo, "she did not. went
back to the room, Sir Simon said he wanted me
to be present, as he had disagreeabe interview
He made me hide behind curtain. did 60
Then the door opened and Bernard entered"
"What!' Durham started from bis seat. "That's
impossible"
"Of course it is, rejoined the italian, smiling;
but [ assure you, signor, the man who entered I
took to be Bernard. He was"
Michael, the son of Mrs. Gilroy. l know
that"
"Ah! And how?" asked Tolomeo, surprised
and rather vexed. II hoped to astonsh YOU by
this"
"Well, it's long story. I'll tell it after you
tell me yours. Michael entered dressed as SOL
der"
| eyes" said Tolomeo, more and more surprised
by the extent of the lawyers knowledge. 'I
thought he was my nephew until heard his con-
versation. Then l knew that this was Mrs. Gil.
roys and that she had been deceived by Wal
| ter Gore in false marriage. Sir Simon told
Michael that he tired of assisting him, and
accused him of making love to the houscmaid
The boy-he is but boy ignor-acknowledged
this. Then Sir Simon said that Michael had forg.
ed his name for one thousand pounds"
Durham started up again. "What! Ah!" he
said $50 that was forgery, and thought Sir
Simon gave him the check. 1t was honored J"
eyes. Sir Simon said he knew it was a forgery,
for the bank sent the check to him. But he said
nothing about it so as to spare this Michael. But
he said also that if Michael did not leave the
country he would prosecute him. Michael retort-
ed and there was quarrel. 1 thought he would
have struck the old man, | out When
Michael saw me. he grew pale and, opening the
door, ran downstairs and out into the fog / fol-
lowed to bring him back as Sir Simon said, Fol
low him."
"Why did Michael run away?"
| II do not know But he did. / went into the
fog and followed him to the High Street Then
lost him. As l turned out of the square /
brushed past man. It was under a lamp post
and his face. He in evening dress and
was walking rapidly. He entered the house by
the door I had left open''
"And who was that?" asked Durham, cur
iousy
Julius Beryl"
"1mpossible He was at the theatre"
"He was; but he came back" said Tolomeo,
putting his hand in his pocket. "T4sten l ran
up to the High Street, but could see nothing of
Michael. I walked about for long. Then came
back before eleven. l found the door open, I
saw Bernard in the hall, and heard that he was
accused. I thought he was Michael returned.
He escaped, | was by the ratings on the oppo-
site side of the street. As he ran he dropped n
handkerchief. See!" Tolomeo produced f. 'It
is marked y. b.
Durham snatched the handkerchief A faint
smell of \ chloroform fingered about it still
BeryPs initials were in the corner. Durham look
ed up very pale.
eyes" said Tolomeo, "that man killed Sir
Simon"
To BE Continued Next Sunday