The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-21

evidence is not very nice for Mr.. Pc
iard?"
"But-but Pollard wasn't herer' h
gasped- I'VE know where be was"
I'VE know where he says he was"
Hut surely the girl-centraI-will re
member what happened"
Perhaps she will, and yet
l was interrupted by the sudden en-
trance OF the officer whom l had sen
to search the grounds A small cor
ner OF my mind had been wonderin.
for some time what had become Of IN,
man. but | had not dreamed that ht
would appear with a prisoner. far les.
that that prisoner would be a woman
"Robert!' she cried. "How dread
fulr'
He put his arm around her.
Where did you get herr" l asket
Devill in guarded tone
SHE was outside there | chased hel
clear to Willow street. Pretty nea,
home she was when | caught her"
You know who she is, them
Sure. She's Celia Burton, the girl
that's made the trouble between Bob
Clinton and his uncle"
| asked him what Miss Burton had
said i'll explanation Of her presence
and Devlin answered that she told
him that she had come to see Clinton
He was to have met her this even
| ing, an he didn't" said Devlin, "an'
along about / O'Clock she got to Won
derin. why, SO she come over an whis-
tied under his window. an he looked
out an said bed be with her in min
| ute
This extremely unconventional be-
hav1or was quite characteristic of Miss
Burton. She was a clerk in a candy
store and had been written uNs in the
local papers as the prettiest girl in
town. Such fame as that must neces-
sarily have prejudiced her in the eyes
OF rigid aristocrat like Frederic
Clinton. Indeed, 1t was for love
affair with girl of very similar ante
cedents and condition that Clinton had
disinherited and banished his only
son.
Miss Burton repeated to me the story
she had told Devlin. and she made no
excuses.
II wanted to see him. she said. as
ia that were quite sufficient
On his part, Robert said that he had
spent the evening in Greensboro,
about twenty miles from Bradbury.
and had returned by the last train.
but he refused to tell me what errand
had called him there. Pollard would
not disclose the nature of his business
with Mr.. Clinton. pleading professional
privilege.
On the morrow. however. there came
a startling revelation The cashier of
the First National bank told me that
Pollard had obtained during the last
few days over $4,000 in cash from
Mr.. Clinton's account and had also
visited the safe deposit vaults with
Mr.. Clinton presumably to get securi-
ties.
This disclosure seemed to justify me
in questioning Pollard more sharply.
reticence completely.
MY business with MIR. Clinton he
said. has related to settlement
with his son
I thought he was dead" said l.
He is not dead" replied the law
yer. His father has seen him several
trees of late. Mr. Clinton desired to
ke-p this matter from the knowledge
Of the nephew. Robert. and therefore
the Sun. Edward Clinton. has been
living is Greensboro
"Gveeasforsi? 2" said l. Did Robert
60 to see him last EVENING"
He did. they were together up to
train home"
'"Then Edward, the son. has an alibi
In Roberts testimony
HE has" replied the lawyer Il
have talked with Robert today about
It"
did RGsert fear that the son would
be restored to favor and he himself /.
asst adrift2"
II think so.''
II have always understood that Mr..
Clinton had made Robert his sole heir
" will"
That was true, but 1t Is not true
low," answered Pollard. There Is no
viii. MIR. Clinton destroyed it three
lays ago. intending to draw another.
The son lie the natural heir. Robert
,ets nothing. butt he added signifi-
antly, Robert does not yet know of
his. Neither does Celia Burton
do you mean to Intimate that one Of
hem killed him?"
WHO else could 1t have been?" said
e. "Who had motive?"
But Edwards safety depends on
Lobert's evidence
(which l have induced him to put in
he form Of an affidavit" said the law
er grimly.
You don't believe that Robert killed
im," said I. '.yet this is not woman's
rime." - /,
1T Is not an ordinary woman's
rime," he rejoined.
When left Pollard the case looked
ktremely bad from the point Of view /,