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By LILLIAN v. HALL.

there were a few little ;mrrs -hs clothc, . were covered with ttclo when he cams home from hunting; and there were ads" two or three little feathers from tho birds. ''
 "The bur,s are good but thc feathers are clumsy, said Stanley. 'NAete "&s Richard Souic all this timcf,
 "Ile said at the trial, when on the wit ness stand. that hc was ernis ng of tb' coast of Texas. He had only fetnfnet two days before we did. =
 "Was he the other wiihcSas
 .No; il was Joe Bates, the man that Gerard killed yestcrday.'
 "What did he swear toq'
 .IIe sworc that Gerald owed him 2 gambling dcIa of seven thousand dollars; the check in payment waf stopped at the bank; he:W.H to have received the other two thousaiii when Gerald got control of my fortune.
 "What was sHorn to in tcbnttal. do you remember
 "Not much; only to Gerald s good character-and no one could be found save Richard and this Bates, who knew of his gambling, but Gerald was away great deal; often upon long trips Ill sur veying railroa1' lines and such work, lis grandfather did not care much about what he called reasonable vices, but al ways declared, if one of his grandsons gambled m any way, n cards, races, or stocks, he would cast hi'n off forever; so he was bitter prosecutor of Gerald It killed him, however; he only lived about six months after that He left all his money to Richard and me. l did not want it. bur I thought Gerald ought to have il. left before he died. tle wr"'e Gerald a letter forgiyrng him; at my earnest prayer, Gerald answered much against the grain, forgiving his grand father Then we came here. mother aud I''
 "Where is this Richard nowP''
 "Wc do not know; of course we think, are positive, that be forged the check and wore Gerald s clothes, but our lawyer IS. surcd us that il W;is no so; he had all his crew to say he was of the coast of Tex as. >s
 ''Thnt was easy 1 think Nour lawyer betrayed you.
 '.So does Gerald nov.
 ..Whcre did this old slave. woman live tt the time and Nas she called as a wit ness
 "Dclilahf She lived in little house of two rooms quite at the back of grand Gather grounds but she was absent alL pf this tilnc; she had asked permission to, go and see & daughter living at some dis .nce. whom she had not seen since she ,same from Georgia with Richard E moth CT. do not know if she ever returned af. ssr the grandfather s death. She went and same about the place-no one paid any attention to her; only when Richard wat At home, she waited upon him constantly :; sAc rather disliked Gerald, who, she con. sidered stood in the way of Richard
 t'You are very tired, Aileen; I will go now. I want to get the next train. think it will be best for you to go with me and introduce me to Mir. Soule. Can you bear the journey, aud eau you leavs your motherf'
 ''Oh, yes; she has au excellent maid, who will attend her till my return'
 After long interview with Gerald, Stanley returned home, only to go the next morning to the distant city to go ever tho ground of tho old trial and re- view the evidence, of nhich he brought home enough to make quarto volume; he remained at his office early and late leading over and over the type written copies of the evidence iu The State VI Soule.
 MT Clinker took q graat interest in the ease, and Stanley, cor rary to his usual sust n, took Thomas nuch into his con- fdencc
 "We must get this old negro to tell what she knows. That she IS a particeps eriminis, am sure; trough her, we may be able 10 nail Ric''aea Soule. '
 "suppose we get voluntary confess sion out of her!
 q don't belje5 NC ,aa Aileen-Mrs. soule, I mean--s;as taai sbe will suffer torture rather than he;.sy Richard; we must proceed carefully, as, if he takes Che alarm, he can hide or kill her. Here u Richard Soule's picture; he looks a good deal like Gerald. except his eyes are . pale gray, while Gerald's are dark gray.
 "They have not anything of the sama expression; I'll give odds that he hal ya shifty look when you meet him. be Geve I met this man yesterday in cafs where went to lunch. l am sure of i he is in this city.'
 "Watching Aileen, I dare say. won der if she bas seen him l don t th; ;nl