Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-28

which you went to the stateroom to re-
claim?"
no." he said. flushing Il won't tell
you or any one that. l deny your right
to ask the question"
Il have the right of a magistrate" /
returned. Every captain of a ship is a
magistrate as we'll, and l assure you it
will be greatly to your advantage to an
swer questions and have as much light
thrown upon the matter as possible"
81 have told you all can," he replied
obstinately. You must now do whatever
you like with me-"
What / had to do, not what liked, was
to have him handcufed (lest he should
attempt to put an end to his life), and
placed in confinement below.
1t would have been pleasant thing to
be able to keep the fact that murder had
been committed from the ears of the pas
sengers, but that, of course was impos-
sible. Questions had to be asked of those
whose staterooms were in the neighbor-
hood of No. 40, as to whether a cry or
noise of other kind had been heard by
them in the night; and, indeed, in any
event the truth would have to come out
I had to be the one to break the news
of what had happened to Mrs. Ransome
and her daughter before they should have
time to hear it in some even more start
ling way.
While 1 was arranging for the unfortu-
nate Trefusis' burial knock came at my
cabin door. l was alone at my writing
table, and | was not surprised when the
door opened, to see Miss Ransome
''Tony Sewer isn't guilty." she said 81
have come to try and make you believe
that"
Can you give me any reasons for be-
lieving it?" I gravely asked.
Zone thing l can tell you," she said,
after a moments reflection Indeed, two
things. The first one is, that there was
a knife in Arthur and Tony's stateroom
which might have been used by the MUIR
derer. 1t was mine-a sort of a dirk
which l carried in case hanging from
silver and leather belt given me by a
friend who has big salmon fishing near
us IN Canada. 1t was presented to me in
honor Of a huge fish l caught last year.
l was very proud of it, and generally wore
the belt from which it was hung. I only
lent it to Tony yesterday, to use as a
paper knife, and then, when Arthur was
cross because he saw him with it, l said
(half out of spite) that he might keep
it. But he hadn't it on his person,
know. At dinner last evening he hap
pened to mention he had left it in the
stateroom, but said he valued it so much
he would carry it about with him in flu
ture in the case which l had detached
from my belt. So you see it was lying
about in the stateroom, person who
came in with wicked intent would see it,
and naturally pick 1t up"
In an instant l guessed what was the
article for which Sewer had gone to the
stateroom. But l had not the heart to
tell the poor child how she had added an
other link in the chain Of evidence against
the man she loved.
1.-THE second thing l can tell you" she
went on, when / made no comment. sis
that whatever was the quarrel you con-
fessed that you had overheard between
those two, am sure it was not about me-
1t was at my request that Tony SAILED
with us. We were to remain friends for
always, since / had sacrificed myself and
abandoned the hope of anything dearer,
and this was the proof l had exacted. He
had sworn that he would have no hard