The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-02-28


aunt carries you to Europe on Satur-
days steamer your only hope of seeing
Jack before sailing is to visit him at
the Tombs. 1t will be impossible I'M
der any circumstances to secure his
liberation between now and them"
expected to see at least q shudder.
I thought that | might have to convey
Jacks message to her. But ] did not
know her courage. Her eyes did not
droop nor her voice falter as she look.
ed at me and said simply:
IL will go tomorrow, but You must
accompany me. AT what time shall we
go?"
"What time will best suit you?"
for a moment the grand head was
bent forward. bringing the white.
shapely neck into greater prominence.
II can command the carriage from
o till II. | will do my shopping this
afternoon AMI have my parcels deliv-
cred at a place where can find them
tom arrow morning. | could meet You
at the main entrance to the Tombs a
little before 10. Then afterward
could pick up my bundles and still get
home in time for lunch"
"Admrabler' cried. You may rely
upon me rs Il co-conspirator."
Her eyes fell rs she v4tually re-
proved what to her appeared unseen
" levity in the face of this terrible
misfortune In her young life.
~ am no consplrator," she said gen.
thy, "and you are jacks dearest man
friend. l trust you implicitly" And
with this reassuring statement she left
ne.
Why was II that the room seemed so
vacant after she had gone? Why did
sit fer an indefinite period gazing
into nOthingness? Why did the faint.
lingering "Reminiscences OF the odor
which she had brought into my office
seem like incense? ! sat ut my desk
until daylight faded into dusk and
dark deepened into night before | fully
realized that il was time for me 10
leave. 4 walk even Insthe close at
mosphere Of a sultry autumn evening
was attractive. and | resolved TO pat
ronlze no conveyance. | found Wash
ingtOn square almost deserted and sat
down ON bench TO rest. \ fog was
forming. AID from the damp grass II
sort OF dlaphanous brocade Of violet
and silver was beginning TO rise. float
ing dreamily hither and yon like ghosts
in flowing garments. Yet above. the
blue arch was resplendent with stars
F'leecy clouds chased one another
across the face of the moon. sharing
while they refracted Its brilliance. And
as sat aud gazed and wondered at
the power AMI glory revealed there
came into my soul peace even rs |
remembered that. after all, the moon
shines with but reflected light.
Next morning Miss Etheridge paid
her visit to the Tombs. with the as her
attendant squire. II was necessarily
unsatisfactory. yet after II was over !
found that IL had eomforted Jack
amazingly. Yet he was still obdurate-
" determined to 90 TO prison. willy
nilly." And so within ten days I had
the grief TO shake hands with him at
the Forty second street station as he
sat IN n smoker bound for Sing Sing.
handcuffed to u dudishly dressed man
who ascertained had been sentenced
to long term for squandering the for.
tune o: Ills orphan niece. the only child
Of his brother. who had committed her
to him on his deathbed.
For several weeks thereafter | found
II difficult 10 perform even routine du-
ties. The prison rules prohibited com
municaiiOn with Scarborough for d
month to come. had undertaken 10
become channel Of communication.
more or less subterranelu. between
Jack and his bctrothed. but bad heard
nothing from Miss EtherI.gr The en.
forced inactivity was t~uming IN.
endurable. over and over again
asked myself. what can | DO TO help
him? Over and over I read again tAe
minutes Of the trial IN tire vain hope
Of disc Oyering some IOUpi1:e through
which his innocence might lp made On
APPEAR, At length. not With any rx.
rccia:i"n - accomplishing a2y tangi.
lie rcv'li. but simply I" relieve my
mental tension by nakI.g EiyseIf he.
lieve that was doing something: !
determined TO consult inspector Ma.
honey.
The Inspector was OF the head 81 tie
detective force and highly esteemed
alike for his sagacity and bis prnbity
Willie be had never been suspected Of
acumcn such as Or. Doyle ascribed
10 Sherlock Holmes. II was said Of him
that his pcrccptIve powers were OK.
traOrdinarlIy acute aud that In many
a perplexIng ease be had been able 10
designate the criminal upon having -
bare recital Of the facts.
lie listened to my story with ever
appearance II interest. putting u qucx
ton now aud then In reference a.
what he seemed to regard as salient
points. when had finished he look.
ed thoughtful for few moments and
then said: II should say that the
strongest point against your friend Il
the finding Of the gold filings on tie
floor of the alcoye In which the coii
disappeared. Taken In connection
with the other evidence brought for