The evening world., 1912-09-23

0nnn<a INNEY was not tho man to re-
iinquish anything OF value that
fell into his hands without
making An effort 70 retain II.
y He knew that ohsnes had
placed q fortune In his power. ans ne
there and then determined that II should
not easily DO taken from him. He had
no fear whatever Of . search being made
6r IIollins on his prsmises-he was GER
!, tain beyond the shadow OF doubt rnat
no one had recognised the ex-wArder ~
the station or In the outskirts OF Tue
town by which he had guided hsm. or
had seen him admitted by himssir 70
tho Glass works yard.
SO secure was Finnsy OF absolute
safety in this respect that no waStSd n
| time IN thinking Of the matter. Thsrs
were other and more important matters
| to think OF NJ that moment ana ne
gave himsclf up 10 thinking OF them. q,
Tho first was tho immediate disposal
of tho diamonds. Finney. under an
other name. kept q banking account u
Leeds. ten miles away. with nrm VINO
believed him TO DO n Respectable one
| legged gentleman possessed or house
property, and did not know that the
considerable sums he paid into his ac-
count were the proceeds Of usury. HIS
bankers kept various little matters for
him under lock and key: Pinney deter
mined TINT the diamonds. hidden from
| s,gbt in carefully sealed parcei,
should be deposited with them next
day. 49,, nm
| For tho present ne wrapped chem up
4, an old flannel shirt and laid them IN
a aiding place of his own which u Wa:
extremely unlikely that anyooey ou'
| himself could md a.
SO far. % kood-ths DIAMONDS were 'n
n fair way to be his. But Wna& OF tns
disposal of HollinSs bodyF ne .ooSSa
AZ the poor house OF clay a. II lay ON
the bed ana felt BY no means weh as
posed toward rs late tenant. Aod then'
with the ooolness characteristic OF him.
ma locked the door upon the oedro0n
and IT'S contents and set TO wosk 70
prepare his breakfast.
whil. ne ate ana drank Finnsy con-
s,dered the question Of Riding himeelt
of the thing IN the next room. ~ urs'
he thouEht that he would 20 to the 20
lice station. tell the inspector that hol-
Inns had Gene TO him late a. night. beg
cling for shelter. and had died suddenly
during the night
THAT would shift the responsibility Of
dealing with tho body from his own
shoulders 10 those OF the authorities.
He could say that ne did not know
that Hoiiins waS wanted for mur der
and thus escape any charge OF collision
with the dead man. But momsnts re-
Election convinced him that this plan
would certainly be attended BY unDisas'
snt consequences.
All sorts OF questions would DO asksd;
the body would be examined: there
would be q coroner's inquest; MS ON
ployers would certainly have something
Ito say TO him as to his harboring folk or
their premises who had no business u
be there, Further more. he would b
obliged to put back into Holllns's pock
cts Mt least some con siderable portion
OF tho money which he had abstractet
from them. and TO that part OF the pro
ceedinxs he had q strong natural ob5ec
ton. lie decided that. whatever els'
happened. he must keep the fact tina
Uoll!ns lay dead In the next room Z
profound secret.
What. then, was to be done, II va!
imposslbis to keep a dead man In thu
. house for an indefinite period-Hollin'
must certainly be buried within the mex
twenty-four hours. But whore and now
F!nney suddenly realized that nothinl
IL so difficult to dispose OF as a human
I body, which. unlike that OF a dog or Z
cat. cannot be thrown upon the nearss
a dust heap.
, IHo NOTION OF chstInS tue Oouy lut'
the river occurred to him hrat. Thu
river was but few yards away from
his cottage-he would have nothing Il
do but TO drag the body out there a
night, weight II and throw II from tn
! wharf. But he remembered az soon a
. this expedient crossed his mind tina
bodies that are thrown Into rivers hay
a nasty trick OF coming to the surfac
4 at unexpected moments. and that
, they present themselves with weight
, attached to them questions are sure 4
= be asked and Inquiries instituted.
! II was quite true that he might cas-
, ily throw Holhns's body into the river
I equally tRuA thak tn thaGyH nrnhDAl,