The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-16
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 checked himself suddenly. "T mean" he resumed, "he had it up to the time
 my mother went away. and I suppose it was there the night he was killed. though. of course. I do not know Who knew of this?" demanded Trafford. This strikes me as being as important as anything you've said. I haven't heard word of it in all that's going regarding the affair. If it was there. and you can tell who knew the fact. don't you see what bearing it may have on the question of his death?"
 I've no means of knowing whether he kept it after my mother left or not. excepting that I'm told he had 1t up to that time. Certainly. I can't tell you who knew of it besides my mother and me- Calden began with an air. as it were, of feeling for his words, but he grew bolder as he continued to speak and ended with his old show of frankness
 "As matter of fact, did anybody know of it besides your mother?" 'I don't know!' The answer had dogged sound that rung unpleasantly even to Beckwith,
 Were you at the house often?.. Trafford kept up his questions.
 ''No. My mother knew my dislike for her brother and his for me, and during the first five years they were here she kept me away as much as she could. She always went four times a year to see my father. and each time spent month near him. Then l she always had me with her. but here, mo- After my quarrel with John A1ten- burg, five years ago. never went to the house.. excepting to my mothers | room, and then always at night, when | there was no danger of meeting him., 'sWho told you that he had this money and how much there was of it?'' My mother, about six months ago. just after. in fact. she had left here. had always. in a way. known that he kept a lot of money in the house. place."
 But after she finally left here, six months ago. she told me how much there was" 'tYes'
  "I did not ask her and she did not tell me-,
 | "But as an actual fact you only 1 knew the amount through her telling. and that quite recently, say within few months?'
 l Beckwith raised his hand as if he thought the time had come to inter- fere but before he could quite make up his mind Calden had answered in the affirmative and the lawyer let it go, perhaps because he was caught with Traford's next question t'So you did have a quarrel with your uncle?"
 .I had quarrel with John AIten- burg" replied Calden. doggedly.
 Well. he was your uncle. wasn't he?" ''I haven't called him so for years"
 "well, whatever you called him. you | had quarrel with him?" "Yes. I supposed all Lanceboro knew that. I came here and went out to the farm Altenburg was in l bad humor, especially bad humor, and | wanted to know why I didn't go to work and stop living on him and my mother. I retorted that if I'd ever had a dollar of his money I'd never forgive myself or him. He sneered,
 If you hadn't, you'd have starved to death long ago. I said, I'd rather thousand times.' At last I lost control of my words and declared. Twas your lie put my father in the insane asy- ] lum.' And if I hadn't put him there he'd be a convict in states prison to- day. he retorted. At that I went wild and shouted, He never stole a cent and you know it. I'd a thousand times sooner think you were the thief! At that he seized me by the cellar and, I withonae strength I wouldn't have l thought a man of his age could have. l threw me out of doors, declaring that | if ever came inside the house again he'd put me where my father was. If I'd dared, I'd have struck him. but knew that if I did once I'd kill him l before I left him."
 Trafford looked at the speaker, on whom the recital of the story had act | ed as an exciting force. as if he would read him through. Beckwith bit his lip in chagrin that he had not been quick enough to foresee this and in | terfere. Trafford's look embarrassed Calden, who stopped until the detec- tive said, coldly:
 "Well. what more?'
 "Very little," answered Calden. GAS I told you. I came after that at night only, and then simply to my mothers rooms. which she had furnished with more comfort, or at least with less discomfort, than existed in the rest of the house. Six months ago my moth CT went to see my father. and some thing that happened then, or that had happened before, I don't know which. caused her to stay away. She did not return until yesterday, when she came on account of her brothers death. She had, however, intended returning on that day in any event, for the req son that both she and my father had come to believe that there were papers or documents in her brothers possession that bear on my fathers affairs and may even help in the way of evidence that will clear him of the charge of dedication. They had al- ready applied for new examination to test the question of my fathers