Emmons County record., 1911-02-02

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Well. slipped across and behind
the curtains. II was very still. The
man in ten didn't move although my
heart was dumping until thought he
would hear ii
1 felt around cautiously Ii was
perfectly dark. and came across a
biz Of chain about as long as my An
ger Ii seemed a queer thing to find
there, and it was sticky. too
He shuddered. and could see Ali
son hands elenching and unclenchins
with the strain.
All at once it struck me that the
man was strangely silent. and think
4 lost my nerve Anyhow. drew the
/ curtains open little. and let the light
fall on my hands They were red
! hlood-red :
He leaned one hand on the back Of
the chair. and was silent for mo-
ment. as though he lived over again
/ the awful events OF that more than
awful night
The stout detective had let his cigar
so out he was still drawing at it
nervousy Richey had picked up a
I paperweight and was tossing ii from
hand to hand; when it slipped and fell
/ to the floor. a startled shudder passed
] through the room
There was something glittering in
there, Sullivan resumed, and on i'm
| pulse | picked it up Then dropped
the curtains and stumbled back to my
own berth,
Where you wiped your hands on
the bed clothing and stuck the dirk in
to the pillow Hofchkiss was seeing
his carefully built structure crumbling
70 pieces, and he looked chagrined
Il suppose did-I'm not very clear
about what happened then But when
i rallied little saw Russia leath-
er wallet lying in the aisle almost at
my feet and. like a fool. | stuck it,
with the Bit of chain. into my bag
Il sat there. shivering, for what
seemed hours. Ii was still perfectly
quiet. except for some one snoring i
thought that would drive me crazy
The more | thought OF it the worse
things looked The telegram was the
Iirst thing against met would put
the police on my track at once. when
ii was discovered that the man in low.
or ten had been killed
Then remembered the notes. and
took out the wallet and opened it =
He stopped for a minute as if the
recalling OF the NEXT occurrence was
almost beyond him
Il took out the wallet" he said sim.
4 PLY. and, opening ii. held it to the
light In gilt letters was the name.
Simon Harrington
The detectives We're leaning for
ward now. their eyes on his face
Things seemed to whirl around f. r
a whilc | sat there almost paralyzed.
wondering what this new development
meant for me.
DO you believe me now?" he
looked around at us detiantly Il an
telling the absolute truth, and not tine
of you believes me-
My wife, knew, would sweai I
had killed her father: nobody We Nj
be likely to believe the truth
AlieI d Dlt tllt man III iOMtT EsIlG
got up and walked along the aisle to-
ward the smoking compartment
heard him go, and. leaning from my
berth watched him out of sight.
II was then got the idea of
changing berths With him. getting his
clothes, and leaving the train | give
you my word | had no idea OF throw
ing suspicion on him
Alison looked scornfully iner.dil-
lous but | felt that the man was ,ell-
ing the truth
/ changed the numbers of the
berths. and it worked Well got nto
the other mans berth, and he cime
back TO mine The rest was easy
dressed in his clothes luckily. they
fitted and jumped the train not far
from Baltimore. just before the
wreck
There is something else you NJ ist
clear up. said Why did you trs to
telephone me from Nj, and vhy
did you change your mind about the
message9''
He looked astonnded
You knew was at NJ o. he
stammered.
Yes. We traced you What atol,
the message 2"
Well. it was this way, of course
| did not know your name. Mr. Bls X >
ley. The telegram said: Man Witt
papers in lower ten. car seven.' AND
after had made what I considered
my escape. began to think had lei,