Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-20

were the good friend. an out o. the kind
ness o is cart took i'm I'M. or e should
ave been in prison. sir. Hist ye, T
were e as killed the old master lint
Not AIRY Milbrath, mind ye but i'm,
She lowered her voice to a dramatic
whisper as she spoke these words and
leaned toward me with one finger raised
to emphasize each slowly uttered syllable
Notwithsta nding my pre-conyiction OF
this fact felt chill crawl UP my back
bone and set the hairs of my head on
end.
You have known this-how long,"
Sin last night only sir, when We ad
gone an Maggie feared fur 'er life in the
night an come an toll me all. She as
known since the airly summer, when Mr.
La Cour began TO come. hut jamie said
she would he killed, too. 4 she let any
un know as e were ere. They ne'er
tot me. sir. lest my Of tongue ID wag-
as hit did to We that day
Was Mr.: La Cour here when you went
TO the garden yesterday morning.?
Aye. sir Or so Eye believed sin
Maggie toll me this. F. were ere at
breakfast. but started away as soon as IL
were over. an Jamie said e were gone.
But I've been thinkin' Jamie knew e
d be back. an so Z was e 'urried us OFF
to the berry patch an put on 'is coat and
collar. E was very careful wi is dress.
were Jamie, when the hold gentleman
come
Did you not think of Mr.. La Cour
when you found your son dead? Could
you for moment believe that your
Il thought Of nothin'. sir but that
And you?" l said. turning to Maggie
and trying to speak gently. did you
think OF Mr.. La Cour?'
She nodded.
Il thought of i'm. for his words with
Jamie were ofttimes 'ot. but / though,
that e 'ad gone. and that it must ha'
been Joeie."
She glanced about her nervously. an IL
afraid of an avenging fury even as she
spoke.
When did you first think that he might
have done it,"
After the coroner came. when
thought 'ow the back door closed in our
faces and Joeie on the porch
Are you certain that Mr. La Cour
got away"
Maggie shivered
re must ave. sir Would e stay after
| that"
I thought Of Red Gables and of Mr..
Mcclure. but I said:
Probably not. especially as he knew
the way through the woods to the sta
ton
You know that SIR
Yes. and many other things Do not
fear that he will ever return ard harm
you. He will never. come here again.
Had :.S,I he been pes,a here since IN Monday:.
it was plain that her fear was passing.
"E was afraid OF you. sir
of me? Do you know why
II card i'm say once when e was
wild &c was often wild, sir. either with
laughter or with anger but this time II
was with something else-fear, thought
SIRE said that you would get i'm
Maggie" I said. quietly. after q mo-
ment's silence, when Mr. Somhers was
killed you were afraid Of something Did
you think that your brother had killed
him.
II thought-oh. the Lord forgive me,
Yes. sir: I thought 1t was Jamie. for e
| Harry should die
| She paused, gasped. and then covered
her face with her hands and broke into q
| storm of tears.
Within another hour j had learned that
Mr.. La Cour had left winton by the
evening train the day before. He had
appeared on the station platform. as
usual. just as the train was coming In.
and Hutton had noticed nothing unusual
in his appearance.
While I was puzzled as to where he
had hidden himself between the time OF
the tragedy and the evening hour when
Mr.. McClure's agitation became evident,
my calmer reason of the morning
strengthened my conviction that ii was
the man known to the Arms family as
La Cour who had been the cause Of Mr.
McClure's distress and of his drive after
nightfall In the covered buggy.
When l returned to Overlook Gaspard
met me with an air Of Importance.
M seu shall now know" he said,
where zee OIL man run zee day in zee
tunnel iss it?-zee place under zee
ground? See!''
He extended his onen palm on which
lay small Greek cross in gold with the
letters "P. S." forming a monogram In
tiny diamond chips in the center. 1 rec
ognized it as q watch charm that Phil
ander Summerfield had worn the day
he sought me in New York.
Where did you get it, | asked.
"In zee dollhouse, sieu. Win m sieu
come and see?"
I followed the man to the abandoned
dollhouse. into which ! stepped for the
first time, and there found an explana
ton for the only feature of the case that
had so far encountered Except Mr..
McClure's connection with it, which re-
manned open to speculation-how Phil
ander Summerfield had eluded us.
CTo be continued tomorrow