The Washington times., 1909-04-02

| the way in which Arthur Darlington
| had the sheet folded.
He resolved to get a copy OF the same
edition Of the newspaper later and en-
| deavor TO ascertain what part Of the
! account of the murder it was which af-
lorded the junior p. -rtner Of Darlington
! & Sons such eviden- satisfaction
few minutes later he saw the latter
turn the page of the newspaper and be
gin 10 read the second page, and as he
did so Clayton observed an anxious.
puzzled expression take the place Of the
| loOk of satisfaction
Arthur Darlington frowned at The
printed lines, and then he shifted his
| gaze from the paper and stared al the
ceiling of the car. apparently lost in
deep thought
He's found something now which
! worries him. unused Clayton. TT s
situated at the top Of the second page.
l must find out what that is also
His luck was with him. for he sud
denly sp'ed a discarded copy of the
same newspaper lying upon an empty
seat of the car
He picked it uD eagerly and began to
persue the account of the murder Half
away down The last column of the first
The police express themselves as sat
| isfied that Wilbur Leslie. now under ar
rest, is the murderer of Frank Barring
ton. They declare that they will have no
difficulty in getting together enough evI-
dence 70 convict the Young man. who
| although he protested that he was in
nocent when arraigned before Lieuten-
ant Mason in the John street police sta+
ton. die so with a sullen air which was
not at all convincing.
1.-THE police claim TO have discov-
cred a motive for the murder They
allege that Frank Darlington. the muir
dered man, and Leslie, his clerk, were
in love with the same girl. They be-
lieve that Leslie killed his employer be-
cause the latter had succeeded in trl-
umphing over him by winning the girls
affections"
-Haf" exclaimed Clayton. 1T was this
which brought that expression of salts
! faction TO Arthur Barrington's face He
is glad that my unfortunate friend is
/ accused Of this murdeI-confound hi1nT'
Then he turned the sheet and eagerly
examined the top or the first column Of
! the second page. He found this para
graph there:
! The police are much HANDICAPPED by
the absence Of the woman in the case
| the young girl with whom both Frank
harrington and the prisoner, Wilbur
Leslie, are said TO have been in love
| The girl, whose name is Laura Harnil-
| ton, and who is a stenographer in the
| o1fce If Darlington & Sons. Is believed
| 10 have been in the office at the time
the murder was committed. What has
become Of her since the police do not
know. They are determined TO find her.
as they expect she will be able 20 give
them some important information con-
cerning the crime. A general alarm hes
been sent out for her
"Ah!' unused Clayton. This doubtless
! is the cause of that anxi us look on
Arthur BarringtOns featur IS These few
| lines have got him ter Ibly worried
for some reason. Either IL s because the
girl has disappeared, or else Il is be-
cause he is alarmed to read in this pa
per that the police are determined 20
hEd her? I wish I knew which OF these
two theories was correct"
/ The bject of his reflections remain
/ ed staring thoughtfully at the ceiling
OF the car until the end OF his journey.
! Apparently he was trying TO make up
/ his mind about something and found
great dlulcuity IN doing so.
/ At length, ss the train pulled into
/ the station, Arthur harrington alighted
/ and began walking rapidly along the
dark. lonely road which led to the home
1 OF Laura Hamilton.
/ OF course steve Clayton followed him.
/ He saw him climb the front porch and
/ ring the bell The door was opened by
/ somebody and Arthur Darlington en-
tered. Then the door banged behind
him. and Steve Clayton, standing in the
shadow of . clump Of trees a short
/ distance up the road. wondered what
should be his next step.
OF course be could not follow Ar
( thur Ba TinGton into the house. He
realized that that would spoil every
| thing.
Doubtless he would have been vel
come 90 enter, as far as Laura HamiI-
tons parents were concerned, for they
would have recognized him as the
young man who had he Ted rescue their
daughter from her wOuId-be kidnapers
a week ago. and consequently would
( have received MIN cordially, but Ar