The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

barn, and locked himself IN. where he
remained until his conscience over
came bis fear OF Warner. when he
ventured forth and gave his infor-
nation"
Or. Gerrish here paused. and pro-
duced large diary, bound in red
His voice had been perfectly restrained.
indeed mechanical. as he repeated the
gruesome story. and now ne continued
In the same tone, still held as II IN
consciously by Furnivall's gaze. his
eyes never straying the width OF a
hair from those bottomleSs depths.
even when he showed the diary and
laid its pages open:
This volume / found in her room
when ] went there yesterday. II Is
a confession Of her passionate love.
the record OF "A year or more. She tells
how first she met him. where they
went, what they did. and so on. for
nearly every Gay during the year. The
miu1Jest details are gone into. and
the most passionate and intimate pas
sdges between them are given with
perfect caudOr. Ia short. II is the
whole love story Of two extravagantly
tond~ people. but"
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iy on the table and added:
1t was always I'm the afternoon. not
evening. that she met him. and his
name was not Percival. but John
Dr. Furnivall jumped to his feet and
clapped his hands I'm the air
love. Gerrish,' he exclaimed de-
hghtedly, you're a jewel, lis the
most beautiful complication! The
curves and angles are as clean cut
and lovely as In a Greek statue or
even in the propositions OF Euclid
himself. Let me see that diary"
He examined II rapidly, pushing over
the leaves from the first page TO the
last. Then he threw 1t down. AS ne
did so. DR.. Gerrish said. with return
ing nervousness
DO you remember your last words
TO me the night OF the Hautover caseg"
Why. I believe 1 asked you. when
you seemed to disapprove OF my ne
glec1ng medicine for detective work.
whether II you had a friend in trouble
YOU would Tather leave his case TO The
police or me-"
Yes. that was exactly IL. But lit
tie thought I should ever have TO call
on YOU. 1t was abstract justice 1 was
thinking Of when I wished you good
luck. justice which you might force
when some poor fellow was suffering
unjustly. Now-now-''
Furnivall wheeled upon him as he
hesitated.
do YOU mean" he said, that IL
this young man is guilty you don't
wish me TO prove it?''
turned persistently away from Fur
nivalTs
II don't know what to say" ne
stammered finally. Il fairly loved that
boy. he was all that is noble and
manly. He simply couldn't have done
IT, l knew his people. They We're
sound mentally and physically. YET
yet. That diary-suppose ne had found
out about this other man-and now his
abseHce-the watchman's confession
FurnivaIl waved his hand careIessly
and sank back into his seat.
All right" ne said. 1T is a mere
matter Of weight between the boys
character as you know it, and the evil
dence against him. With you the evil
dcnce is the heavier.
Put isn't il with your" Gerrish re-
gardod his friend eagerly. Il brought
the whole case 70 you. just as I saw
it. in order to get your opinion-to see
Tiff there wasn't some hope. some
way"
"Of escape for the guilty." inter
rupted FurnivaH dryly.
Gerrish's fair face colored.
If I had a noble and manly friend"
II .
fact tone. Il should think il my sacred
duty 10 consider him innocent until
he was proved guilty. And I'd fight
the whole world for him. But you do
not seem 10 believe. really, that noble
and manly describes this friend OF
yours. though you used the phrase.
or else he added after pause. and
with sarcasm. you think it possible
that n manly and noble youth, with
gooG blood back Of him, could knock
down defenseless girl and throw her
BODY into the river
But ut-the-evidence- objected
Gerrish helplessly.
Il win undertake TO solve this mys-
terry. but only 10 find the truth Inter
rupted Dr. Furnivall imperturbably.
Gerrish, with a sudden determined
expression. arose.
Come" he said. IN help you-but
I'd stake my life on the boy"
Wen. that would have been some
thing like, If you had said II in the
nrst place. grumbIed Furnivall. as
they FASTENED out. Your suspicious
should have indicated the other man
instead Of the one YOU trusted. as soon
as you saw the diary. Why shouldn't
It be he? But that's the way with the
human mind,"- he added ENORMOUSLY.
as they entered his motor and sped
away, 'it always jumps to the thing
it fears most like the moth 70 the
candle. II can't seem To see anything
else. So II is always biased In the
direction Of overthrow. like the old
woman who was afraid she'd go out
over the back OF the sleigh every
time It struck a cradle in the road, and
so finally did"
That's right. give il to me-" said
Gerrish. 4 deserve 1t. and will ac-
cept e. meekly."
'Yes-because you think believe
your friend innocent. That eases your
mind. But / am not at all sure of
that innocence. The whole thing looks
bad for him, and the only argument