The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-07

nd as IL he really loved the name b,
ras endeavoring to bring into plainel
lew. Scowling a little, he turned ant
net me point blank with a look which
ad a good deal of inquiry in it,
II am not usually interrupted here,
e mphasized-''except by the boys,
|e added more mildly. They some
mes approach too closely, but I ar
sed to the imps and scarcely notice
hem. Ali, there are some of my ole
riends now, Well, it is time they
new that a change has taken place in
by fortunes. Hi, there. Hands up and
Htch this and this and thisv' he shout
D. "But keep quiet about Ii, or next
ear you will get pennies again."
And, finging quarters right and left,
b smiled in such a pompous, self salts
ed way at the hurrah and scramble
Fhich ensued, that it was well worth
by journey there just to see this exhi-
ttion of combined vanity and good
umor.
Now gow he vociferated; and the
rchins, black and white, few away,
inging up their heels in delight and
houting: Bully for you, Uncle David!
Yell come again next year, not for
twenty -flves, but, fifties.''
II will make it dollars II I only
We so long" he muttered. And deign-
hg now to remember the question
Id put to him, he grandly remarked:
IL am going straight into town. Can
do anything for your"
Nothing. I thought you might like
know what awaits you there. The
ty is greatly stirred up. The coro-
er's jury In the jeffrey Moore case has
hst brought in a verdict to the effect
bat suicide has not been proved.
aturally. this is equivalent to one Of
|urder."
"Ahr' he calculated, slightly taken
back for one so invariably impressive.
"And to whom Is the guilt Of this
time ascrfbed 2" he presently ventured.
There was mention Of no name, but
be opprobrium naturally falls on Miss
uttle."
Miss Tuttle? AIR
"Since Mr.. jeffrey is proved to have
ZEN too far away at the time to have
red that shot, while She
II am following you
"Was in the very house-at the door
! the library in fact-and heard the
stol discharged, If she did not dis
barge It herself-which some believe,
btably- the district attorney. You
hould have been there, Mr.. Moore"
He looked surprised at this sugges-
|Dn.
II never am anywhere but here on
be 23d Of May" he declared.
|''Miss Tuttle needed some adviser"
f'Ah, probably"
f'You would have been good one"
|"And a welcome one. eh?"
II hardly thought he would have been
welcome one, but did not admit the
let. Nevertheless he seized on the
Vantage he evidently thought he had
hined and added, mildly enough, or,
kther, without any display of feeling:
|"Miss Tuttle likes me even less than
|eronica did. do not think she would
i've accepted, certainly she would not
i've desired, my presence in her
>unsels. But Of one thing 1 wish her
be assured. her aud the world in
kneral. Any money she may need at
(is-at this unhappy crisis in her life.
he will find amply supplied. She has
D claims on me, but that makes little
nerence where the family honor is
kncerned. Her mothers husband was
brother-the girl shall have all she
eds. / will write her So"
BE was moving toward his carriage.
Fine turnout" he interrogatively re-
Arked.
assented with all the surprise-with
the wonder even--which his sub
he egotism seemed to invite.
tit Is the best that Downey could |
sc In the time allotted him. When |
feally finger the money. we shall see,
J shall see."
His foot was on the carriage step. |
) looked up at the west. The sun
AS almost down, but not quite. Have |
h any special business with meT' he |
|ked. lingering with what 1 thought |
surprising display Of consciousness
the last ray of the sunlight had |
appeared.
glanced up at the coachman sitting
his box as rigid as any stone.
|'You may speak," said he; Caesar
4ther hears nor sees anything but his
rises when he drives me-
The black did not wink. He was as
Implicitly at home on the box and as i
let and composed in his service as
|he had driven this man for years.
He understands his duty" finished
p master, but with no outward APP
hrance of pride. What have you to
y to me?"
hesitated no longer
Miss Tuttle is supposed to have
fretly entered the Moore house on
= night you summoned US. She even
Re she did. I know that you have
Torn TO having seen no one go~into
ut house. but Notwithstanding this.
went you some means at your dis
pal for proving TO the police and to
, world at large that she never fired
1T fatal shot? Public opinion is so
bel. She will be ruined. whether in
eent or guilty. unless 1t can be very
linly shown that she did not enter
library prior to going there with
police
And how can you suppose me to be
la position to prove that? Say that
lad sat in my front window all that
ening and watched with uninterrupt-
assiduity the door through which
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