The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-30

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..You loved his father also. james,
with all my heart. sir
Would you be willing. James. in or
der that justice may be done not onl,
Z to your dead master. but 10 his father
memory. and Tor the sake of the family
name, to permit a great shadow to fal
upon Won for Il time:''
Il don't know what you mean. sir.
replied James humbly. Il only know
that | am willing to do anything tina
/ L can do if in doing il | can serve him
Il believe you. James. Now. liste,
| closely to what | have to say. Your
| master is dead and 10y the act of III
! assassin. \ great crime has been com
/ mitted. and that crime is the result OF
| events that happened long ago. | know.
something of the history that led IL
this deed. but my information is very
meager. l have no doubt that YOU are
aware Of many things connected with
this strange history which will assist
me to unravel this tangled skein. We
Will talk of that later. The death of
Mr.. Pendleton must be reported to the
police and to the coroner at once. II
we say anything concerning the visit
of this stranger and the subsequent
open door, as you believed you had
closed and latched it. suspicion will
point its finger at him, but we cannot
say one thing or prove one circum-
stance to convict him of the crime and
he would therefore escape BY CON
Meeting him with the affair at all we
would strengthen the position lie is in,
Cor you may be sure that he has plan
ned thoroughly to save himself. On the
other hand, James. there are those who
will suspect you of the crime"
James started back with cry of hor-
ror.
Suspect me.' he almost shouted.
Eyes. James. If you look at it calm
ly, you will see that l am right, and.
james. that is precisely what l want
the world to believe. l want you sus-
pected of this crime. but only for
time
But why. sir, why:"
$50 that the person who really did
it may be thrown off his guard: so that
will have time to work out to the
end all of the facts connected with the
crime that l now know so little about;
so that l may have time to guard
against the revelation of things that l
am sure Burr Penheton desired never
to be known: so that l may be enabled
to fulfill what l know would be his
wish were he still alive to direct us
what to do, and finally so that I may
in the end palsy the hand that struck
your master TO death. Mr. Pendleton
lived in a shadow. James-a shadow of
the past. He guarded it jealousy. even
from me. his closest friend. Now it
becomes my duty to work it out until
know all that l am sure he meant to
tell me tonight. Lastly, James, there
is one reason more vital than ALL 1t
is more than probable that suspicion
will fall upon me also. ! think the
man who committed the deed will en-
deavor to bring that about If you
disappear. thus convincing others that
you are guilty, it will leave me free to
work; if | am hampered in any way.
that fact will play into the hands of
the enemies of Mr.. Pendleton. Will
you do what wish you to do. James?"
Il will do whatever you think best. |
Mr.. Wyndham." replied the old man |
simply. Il know that Burr loved you |
md trusted you more than any other |
person in the world. Tell me what l |
Am to do, sir, and | will do it,"
.'Then you must leave the house at |
,nce. taking nothing with you. / will |
write an address upon this card where
7ou are 10 20. Assume the name of
Thomas .judson Walt; l will write a
inc for you to take with you
"Wyndham tore a leaf from his note
,ook, wrote rapidly upon it and passed
to the old servant.
"Give it to the lady who will admit
'ou at that address. Wait there for
ne until l come, no matter how long
hat time may be. Will you do it,
ames:'
Eyes, SIR
James, very much in the manner of
ne who is stupefied. found his hat and
hen returned to the room where
Vyndham was awaiting him. The
riend of his master was still standing
j the middle of the floor and evidently
ad not moved after the instant when
ames left him.
Il am ready. SIR he said "Can L
Tould it be possible-I mean are you
filling that l should see-him-before
go?'
NO, James," was the calm reply.
Go as you are. Forget that you have
cen him at all except as you saw him
Ist In life. What comes after that
b. well, Go as you are, James. Do
OF forget your overcoat. The night is
DID,"
James hesitated at the door. He |
.opped and looked back. but Wynd-
am was still in the same position in |
lie middle of the floor. He did not
Use his head or make a sign. and the
d servant stepped sadly into the hall
nd closed the door.
Wyndham still remained in the atti-
lde of one who is listening. He could,
fact. hear the old mans footballs as
= descended the stairs; he could hear
le bang of the outer door when it
osed, and not until then did he make
move. Even then he only raised his
Fad, so that be could listen more in
ntly. and waited.
Many minutes passed in this manner.
1t at last. as If satisfied that there ,
as no chance that James would re- ,
I'm he closed the inside shutters at