The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-04-06

he vent on. II Was ready to stsal tAe
Dotes-l had 70. But nurder!"
He wiped his forehead With his
haadkerchief.
well. l slipped across an bshi.A
ths curtains. II vas vssy stu. T1s
nan in ten didnt move, altAeuGA NJ
heart was thumping until tAsugAt -
would hear II.
Il felt around cauteusly. II was
perfectly dark. and I cane seross .
bit Of chain. abost - lag - ny Aa.
ger. It seemed . asssr thiag to AnA
there. and II vas sticky. too"
He shuddersd, and I coalA ~ An.
sons hands cIenchiAg anA unclsncAiA6
With the strain.
"All at once II struck ne that tAs
man was strangely silent. and I think
I lost my nerve. Anyhow. drew The
curtains open little, and let tAs hgAt
fall on my hands. They were red.
blood.red"
He leaned one hand on the hack a
the chair. aAA 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
90 out; he was still drawing at II
nervouslys . Richey had picked up .
paper-weight and was tossing 1t from
hand to hand; when It slipped and fell
to the floor, q startled shudder passed
through the room.
"There was something glittering ia
there" Sullivan resumed. "and on i'm
pulse I picked It up. Then I 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" Hotchkiss was seeing
his carefully built structure crumbling
to pieces, and he looked chagrineA.
Y suppose did-I'm not very clear
about what happened then. But vAsa
I rallied little I saw . Russia lsatA-
er wallet lying In the aisle almost at
my feet, and. like fool. I stuck n.
with the bit Of chain. into ny beg.
II sat there. shivering. fer what
sssnel hours. It was stil1 Dsefsst1
quiet, except for some oae snosias. I
thought that would drive ne erasy.
The more I thought Of II the wsess
thiags looked. The telegram was ~
first thing against met woaA pat
the police on my track at onos, wAsa
It was discovered that the man IN low
er ten had been killed.
"Then remembered tAs nstes, aal
I took out the wallet and opsaeA H."
He stopped for = minute, ~ II the
recalling Of the next occurrence WAS
almost beyond him.
II took out the wallet" he said sim
ply. "and, opening 1t, held It to the
light. In gilt letters was the name.
Simon Harrington"
The detectives were leaning for.
ward now. their eyes on his face.
Things seemed to whirl around for
a while. I sat there almost paralyssd,
wondering what this new development
meant for me.
DO you believe me now" Hs
looked around at Us denantly. Il an
telling the absolute truth. and not one
of you believes me!
my wife, l knew. would swear I
had killed her father: nobody would
be likely to believe the truth.
After . bit the man ip lower nine
got up and walked along the aisle To-
ward the smoking compartment. I
heard him 90, and. leaning from my
berth. watched him out Of sight.
1T was then l got the idea q
changing berths with him, getting HI
clothes. and leaving the train. I give
you my word had no idea Of throw
ing suspicion on him"
Alison looked scornfully incredu.
lous. but felt that the man was tell.
ing the truth.
y changed the numbers of the
berths. and 1t worked well. 1 got into
the other mans berth, and he came
back to mine. The rest was easy. I
dressed in his Enthusiastically, they
fitted-and Jumped the train not far
from Baltimore. just before the
wreck"
There is something else you must
clear up." said. "Why did you try to
telephone me from M. and why
did you change your mind about ths
message?"
He looked astounded.
You knew l was at M" As
stammered
Yes. we traced you. What about
the message?"
Well. It was this way; Of course.
I did not knov vour mama Mr. Blakor
ley. The telegram said: Man WITH
papers In lower ten, car seven and
after I had made what I considered
my escape, began to think had LETT
the man IN my berth in bad way.
tTO BE CONTINUED.)