The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-04

by the Authors
exclaimed Aunt Lii, impatiently. "French
people are 30 sensational, and they
jump at conclusions SO. The idea OF
their daring to accuse man like Ivor
/ Dundas OF murder! They ought to know
better. They'll soon be eating humble-
pie, and begging Englands pardon tor
wrongful treatment OF British sub
ject. won't they Eric?
I'm afraid there's no question OF
Jumping at conclusions on the part
OF the authorities. or OF eating humble-
pie" Uncle Eric said. THE evidence
entirely circumstantial SO far. luckily
is dead against 1vor. And as for his
ing In that. II an Englishman chooses
20 commit murder in France, he's
left to the French law to deal with,
as IT he We're a Frenchman."
But Ivor hasn't committed MURDER"
cried Aunt Lillian. Mortified.
"Of course not. But he's got to prove
that he hasn't. And in that he's worse
off than IL this thing happened in Eng
land. English law suposes a man In
nocent until he's been proved guilty
French law. on the contrary presumea
that he's guilty until he's proved in,
nocent. In face OF the evidence against
4 lvor. the authorities couldn't have done
otherwise than they have done"
|, For tho first time In my life feN
angry with Aunt Lilian's husband. do
hate that Cold. stern ''sense OF justicer
on which men pride themselves SO
much, whether It's an affair OF a friend
!. or an enemy!
Surely Mr.. Dundas must have been
able to prove an--an-don't you call
1t an alibi?" asked Lisa
He didn't try to-" replied Lord Bob.
Hes simply refused, UP to the pres
ent to tell what he was doing between
j IL O'Clock and the time he was found
|, except to say that he walked for
good while before going to the house
where Girard afterwards found him.
!. or course. he denies killing the man;
says the fellow had stolen something
, from him. on the boat crossing from
Dpver to f'9lsis yesterday, and that
4 after apply to the detective he got
. note fro thief, offering to givs
!. the thing II he would call and
: name d RI Says he found the
: room Already lansacked and the fell
v low dead. when he arrived at the adj
: dress given him; that ne was searching
Q for his property when Girard appeared
? lon the scene.
3 Couldn't he have shown the note
5 sent him by the theft" asked Aunt
lii.
HE did show note. But it does
him more harm than good. And he
wouldn't tell what the thing was the
8 thief had taken from him, except that
: 1t was valuable. 1t does look as II he
= were determined to make the case as
g black as possible against himself; but
), then. as said before. no doubt he has
good reasons"
He has no good luck, anyhow
a sighed Aunt LII. who always liked
). lYor. 3ssa
!. Rather not-sios Tar. Why one Of the
: WORST bits Of evidence against him Is
! that the concierge OF this house In the
4 Rue de Ia File Savage swears that
!. though Dundas hadn't been In the place
u much above half an hour when the de-
b tective arrived. he was there then for
' the second time. that he admitted it
7 when he came. The first visit he made.
n according to the concierge. was about
y an hour before the second: the con-
q oierge was already in bed In his lit
Q tie box, but not asleep. when man
v rang and an English-sounding voice
: asked for Monsieur Gestre. On hearing
J. that iGestre was away, the visitor said
i. he would see the gentleman who was
stopping In Gestre's room. By-and-by
i the Englishman went out. and on be-
II ing challenged, said he might come
n back again by-and-by After awhile
the concierge was walked up once more
t. by caller for Gestre, who announced
m that he'd been before; and now he
.e vows that 1t was the same man both
.e times. though Dundas denies having
called twice. If he could prove that
h he's been in the house no more than
II half an hour, 1t might be all right, for
h two doctors agree that the murdered
n man had been dead more than an hour
T. when they were called in. But ne
st can't or won't prove it-thats his luck
again-and nobody can be found who
iSl h I,,,t IN, OF I1vn ytyn
i which he mentions passing. The last
l. moment that he can be accounted for
m | Is when n cabman, who'd taken him
.g up at the hotel Just after he left us
set him. down in the Rue de Courbvole
40 not SO very far from the Elysee Palace
u. Then 1t was only between five and tie.
IN minutes past IL. so he could easily
have gone on to the Rue de la File
gs Savage afterwards and killed his man
at the time when the doctors say the
W fellow must have died. It's a bad
or Iscrape. But, of course, Dundas will get
lend"
IN DO you think he will Eric?" asked
re Aunt LII.
a II hope so with all my heart" he
IS answered. But his face showed tina,
he was deeply troubled and my hear
T. sank downtown.
as AS realized more and more the
OF danger in which 1yor stood, my resent
or ment against him began to seem Gu
% riously trivial. Nothing had happened
1t. to make me feel that ] had done hin
us an injustice in thinking he cared NOR,
as for Maxine de Renzie than for me-
lie, indeed. on the contrary eyerythtnl
wv went to prove his supreme loyalty tt
re her whose name he had refused t.
no speak. even for the sake Of clearing
himself. Still, now that the world wa
oi against him, my soul rushed to stant
ist Nv Ills side. 10 defend him. 10 giv
AZ him love and trust in spite Of all.
~; 1,o,, daan q, ~, taart far.<a !,
le- ~ - IL. -. - 10. ~ ~
~ andI yearned over him with an eX
70 ceeding tenderness. More than any
az thing on earth, wanted to help him
ot and I meant. to try. Indeed, asdthe tall
he MeHl ou Wits t,iaE tetri lD lIlea' ~ =
he sIesseu, lnoushi saw way " y
els w. II LASH ana shou4d act lose.Her.
= L ] yXaS so anxious; 70 have a talk wi "a