Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-27
CHAPTER XVII.

"This waiting is the worst part of it," Mr..
Forbes was saying to his wife. 1t was five da vs.
since Pat had been hurt, and DR.. Mckinney at
the close of his daily visit had promised a YER
dict for the next day. "And even after we know
whether he is going to see or not we shall still
have the investigation into the attempt to muir.
der him."
'That," said Jarvis Burke, who was walking
with them to the stables where Forbes. having
taken the last of his lessons that morning and
having bought an enormous charger in Dublin,
was ready to electrify his wife; ''that will be
a perfectly useless investigator five days gone
and nothing done; they might as well give it
up"
"They might indeed" Forbes answered.
"They say they're waiting for the Earrs evil
dence. Well, he has none to give. 1 asked
him. He doesn't know much about it as we
do. The fellow will get clear away. His pals
will deny everything; that he ever had gun,
that he knew how to shoot that he had any
arms or legs, that he was out on thai after
noon, that he was ever born--anything that the
case seems to require. OF all the peryersions
Of truth of which humanity is capable, think
an accomplice in a crime like this is the most
abominable."' This speech and Mrs. Forbes
hearty concurrence in it were rather too much
for Jarvis Burke, and he invented forgotten
appointment which called him back to the
house.
those things are cleared up we still have the
question of Michael We have a wonderful
daughter, John. l wonder what has made her
so brave and calm?"
Glove" answered Forbes promptly.
81 have read about the triumph of love-" his
wife answered, "but never saw it before. She
loves Pat SO much that she can believe in him
in spite of everything"
"Of course she does; of course" said Forbes.
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love. Surprising that she knew him to be
guilty and yet loved him, wouldn't that be even
nobler, dear?"
eyes, suppose it would. How lives differ.
Everything has been calm and uncomplicated
for me, and here's poor little Dot struggling
with such awful uncertainties"
"Shel come through them, you'll see," cried
Dots father. "And now l want you to watch
my struggle
But Mr. Forbes equestrian exhibition was
doomed for that day. A fOotman hurried out
through the yew walk to say that lady and
gentleman had called to see Mrs. Forbes.
"Some of the neighbors, l suppose, Thomas"
said she, coming to ask after His LOrdship"
Mrs. Forbes had enjoyed numerous inter.
views of this nature. They generally began in
formal inquiries and ended in the intimacies of
tea. But Thomas was of the respectful opinion
that these were not neighbors--they were il
he might hazard an opinion, Americans. Their
name they had disclosed as PettyMr. and
Mrs. Abraham Petty. They had come with a
small trunk, on a jaunting car, from Dunbog-
gan. Thomas manner as he detailed this re-
port seemed to add that Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham
Petty might, without breaking his heart, re-
turn with their small trunk, on the jaunting
car, to Dunboggan.
"Petty," cried Mrs. Forbes, miserably. ooh,
John, The House is burned and they've come
to break it to u.s."
She few to the great hall and there she
found Abraham Petty, respondent as Of yore
of shirt and cowlick, self-conident and awk.
ward in a triumph of embarrassment. BY his
side stood Mrs. Abraham Petty. nee Matilda
Anne Perkins. rejecting all her husbands