The Huttig news., 1913-01-18

ttttiS VhlCh lead 10 the conclusion Iudt Brotherson wrote all of them.
 CHAPTER VIII-Anderson goes with Sweetwater to identify Brotherson, who IS to address q meeting of anarchists The place Is rajded by the police and Bratherson escapes without being idenH fled
 'Very near the time. l remember hearing some disturbance in the lobby behind me, just as l was passing out at the Broadway entrance"
 You did, and did not return?"
 "Why should I return? l am not man of much curiosity. There was no reason why ] should connect sudden alarm in the lobby of the Clermont with any cause of special interest to myself,
 This was SO true and the look which accompanied the words was so frank that the coroner hesitated moment before he said
 Certainly not, unless-well, to be direct, unless you had just seen Miss Challoner and knew her state of mind and what was likely to follow your abrupt departure.
 q had no interview with Miss Chal- loner"
 But you saw her? Saw her that evening and just before the accident? ?"
 Sweetwater's papers rattled; it was the only sound to be heard in that moment of silence. Then
 What do you mean by those worlds" inquired MT. Brotherson, with studied eomposure. T have said that I had no interview with Miss Challon- CT. Why do you ask me then, if l saw herr"
 Because I believe that you did. From distance possibly, but yet di- rectly and with no possibility of mis- take"
 Do you put that as question:"
 T do. Did you see her figure or face that night?"
 q did"
 Nothing-not even the rattling of Sweetwater's papers-disturbed the silence which followed this admission.
 From where?" Doctor Heath asked at last.
 From a point far enough away to make any communication between us impossible. I do not think you will require me to recall the exact spot
 'If it were one which made it pos. sible for her to see you as clearly as you could see her, think it would be very advisable for you to say so.'
 Tt Was-such-a spot"
 Then I think I can locate it for you, or do you prefer to locate it your self ?"
 T will locate it myself I had hoped not to be called upon to mention what l cannot but consider a most unfortunate coincidence. 1 met Miss Challoner's eye for one instant from the top of the little staircase running up to the meZZanine. I had yielded thus far to an impulse l had frequent ly combatted, to seek by another in terVieW to retrieve the bad effect which must have been made upon her by my angry note. 1 knew that she frequently wrote letters in the meg zanine at this hour, and got as far as the top of the staircase in my effort to join her. But I got no further. When I saw her on her feet, with her face turned my way, I remembered the scorn with which she had re- ceived my former heartfelt proposals and, without taking another step for ward, turned away from her and fled down the steps and so out of the build. ing by the main entrance. She saw me, for her hand flew up with startled gesture, but cannot think that my presence on the same floor with her could have caused her to strike the blow which terminated her life. Why should I? No woman sac rifces her life out of mere regret for the disdain she has shown a man she has taken no pains to understand"
 You saw Miss ChalIoner lift her hand, you say. Which hand, and what was in it? Anything?"
 She lifted her right hand, but it would be impossible for me to tell you whether there was anything in it or not. 1 simply saw the movement be- fore 1 turned away. It looked like one of alarm to me. I felt that she had some reason for this. She could not know that it was in repentance I cama rather than in fulilment of my