The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-29
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iceal only what one knows not tWHde one merely guesses. Keep those two things saparate and that danger. and many others. will disappear"
 Surely he had now said all that any one could or need to say to put her on her guard. but it seemed without eff feet to relieve her mind. With that he felt that the chance of instructing by duplication was past and that the sine had come. for directness When he spoke farther it was with abrupt ness bordering on rudeness:
 Stop Kuessing! Keep in mind only what you know. Miss Calden!"
 Alas" she said. T know so much I've nothing left to guess! came here with Horace and twas he and earrIed John Altenburg upstairsr'
 For a moment he was too surprised D speak Then q great rush of light came to him and he spoke with assur- knce born Of facts:
 .'Theh yous can't know. either of you. Ipho did this thing?''
 But know whom we came here hxpeEtinE to fnd." she said.
 eBut do you believe.'' she asked, Studying hts face rather than waiting hfs words for her answer. as if her baivatibu depended on it. that the ekact we did not find whom we expect td does not prove him connected with khat we did find 2 sI,ve kot nothing to do with believ- Ing or not believing. nor have you" De said desperately. fighting with the 6ew presAntation Of the case he drew krom her statement and question. "It's hot my business to draw conclusions From facts. The state and Trafford bvin do all of that that is in anyways necessary or desirable I'm simply td tell what know. You do the same tnd step short with what you do know kctua1ly.D
 sBut I know I came here. we came 6ere. expecttnE to find some one. and m place of finding him we found
 .snts sdozen other people might have been here before you came. I might have had an appointment with Altenburg anybody might. There was nobody here to say who came or who Aid not come Suppose. for instance. 1sd come at half-past six. had seen him and had quarrel with him. with the result that had '
 Donst!'' she interrupted him, with a frightened face. Don't make it any more horrible than it isl You don't know how dangerol1s the mere think ing of such things may be with that h6rrid man on our tracA.'s
 I'm not trying to make it horrible. I'm simply stating what it is possible, entirely possible. might have happen ed, and the very danger you suggest. and that terrifies you so. shows the dangerous nature Of the speculations In which you have been induIging and on which your fear is based After I'd 'beeu here r could have stolen back. ,khfough the woods. say. and been in any room an hour before was called pn the phone. As a matter of fact, I had come in short time before. Do rou suppose any one could prove I had been here if that was the oues- kion ?.'
 The door of the sitting room opened hnd Ca1dsn Joined them just as Grim 6lashaw was done speaking.
 ssWhat saall this meant to prove ?' ne aeked. struck by the earnestness in he facee of the two.
 sssf1nply.'' replied Grimbleshaw '.that where % many things might have hap 6sned ftss folly wasting time guessing khioh one did actually happen let 6alone the chance that that one thing s the one of all others that you might hot guesa ak all.
 I Casden drew him into his room be- Lore epsalRinR again. Then he asked: You were at the camp last night ?'' E ~YAl. Torr mother expects you to porne for her this morning as early
 a you acan.''
 Then father Is not there nowa' \ Thfa open speaking indulged in now by either of them for the first time berved to mark the degree to which khey had at last given him a part with Themselves in this affair.
 still Grimbleshaw was unable to re- npoud fully tosthe confidence they gave Him. for he held the secret of another. Eiven under conditions that forbade Revelation. His professional training Stood him in good stead to guard him heainsf the danger of telling too much EaA gave an outline of what had oc- blurred. and. the result. so far as the Might to Canada was concerned. but he left the details to be assumed and U10IA A@k1Ec6pL64+l tLS tAC DcCtCI Wtly. IHe consented to remain to breakfast. Tor 1t gave him another half hour or eo with Judith. and. at calden's sug- Gestfon. boy was called by telephone sfwllo tnok the sleigh back to Lance boro This brought it back to the stable at the earliest possible moment and it also enabled Grimbleshaw to return to town through the woods, by which means he might reach his rooms without it being known just when he did so.
 "Of course Trafford knows that you and mother left town last night in that sleigh. if he's back from New York. as I suppose he is" said Calden. sand, of course. he'll know as soon as 1t is back and that it's been here That much we can't stop. The inn portant question is. how much does he know of what's happened between times?',
 tsBy far too much," replied Grimble- shaw, as basis for letting them know how closely the camp had been watch