The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-29

hensive dictum. This is a rum go!'
he muttered. unconsciously plagiariz-
Ing himself on many previous occa-
sions.
The baronet sat down and medita-
lively chewed the handle OF his UNI
What is this nonsense Mensmore's
sister talked about being responsible.
for my wife's death?" he said.
Il do not pretend to understand" an
swered Bruce. Little more than a
week z she learned for the first time
of your wife's supposed murder. OF
that l am quite positive. She feared
that her brother was implicated, and.
without trusting me with the reasons
for her belief. took measures she
thought best to safeguard him.
Took measures. What?" Sir
Charles jerked the words out impetu-
ouSly.
"She followed him to the south of
France. and found him in Florence.
What she said ! cannot guess. but the
result was their visit here tonight.
During interview it came out. quite
10y accident. that some furniture was
taken from her place to her brothers
on the morning of Nov. Z. thus shift
ing the venue of Lady Dykes death. or
imaginary death, | must now say. from
Noa II Raleigh mansions 10 No. 81.
ibis discovery was as startling to Mrs.
liillmer as to us. for she forthwith pro-
tested that the whole affair arose from
her fault. and practically asked the de-
tective TO arrest her on the definite
charge of murder"
Pooh, the mania of a hysterical wo-
man.
Possibly"
why. 'possibly: No one was muir
dered in her abode. DO you believe
the monstrous insinuation:"
NO. not in that sense. But her
brother was about to make some rev
elation regarding a third person when
she appealed to him not to speak.
What would have happened finally l
do not know. At that critical moment
my servant announced your arrival"
but what can Mrs. Hillmer have to
conceal? she and her brother have
been lost to society since long before
my marriage. Neither of them, so far
as | know. has ever set eyes on my
wife during the last seven years"
Yet Mrs. Hillmer must have had
some powerful motive in acting as she
did"
rs 1t not nor than likely that she
had a bad attack of nerves?"
A woman who merely yields to ner-
vous prostration behaves foolishly.
This woman gave way to emotion. ii is
true. but it was strength, not weak
ness. that sustained her"
what do you mean?"
There Is but one force that sustains
in such a crisis-the power of love.
Mrs. Hillmer was not flying from con-
sequences. She met them half way in
the spirit of a martyr"
"'Pon my honor. Bruce, l am begin
ming to think that this wretched bust
ness is affecting your usually clear
brain. You are accepting fancies as
facts"
Maybe. l confess l am unable to
form a logical conclusion tonight"
Why not abandon the whole middle
to time? There is no solution of a
difficulty like the almanac. Let us both
go off somewhere"
What. and leave Mrs. Hillmer to die
Of sheer pain of mind? Let this I'M
fortunate fellow, Mensmore. suffer no
one knows what consequences from
the events of the day? 1t is out of the
question"
Very well. l leave it to YOU. Every
one seems to forget that it is l who
suffer most" The baronet stood UP
and ~dejectedly gazed into the fire."
II, at least. can feel for you, DYKE
said Bruce, alphabetically. ''but you
must admit that things cannot be al
lowed to remain in their present whirl-
pool"
so be it. Let them go to their bit
ter end. If my wife was tired of nv
society she might at least have got rid
Of me in an easier manner"
With this trite reflection Sir Charles
quilted his friends house.
Bruce sat m~otionless for a long time
Sir Charles had left. Then. as
his mind became calmer, he lit a cigar.
took out the double mysterious letter
and examined it in every possible way,
critically and microscopically.
Thn,o cD,,ll 10 40 l-.l. -
a genuine production. The condition
of the ink bore out the correctness of
the date. and the fact that the note
paper and envelope were not of cont.
mental style was not very material.
Ii did not appear to have been in
closed in another envelope. as the writ
err implied, for the purpose of being
reposted in London. Rather did the
frayed edges give rise to the
assumption that it had been carried in
ones pocket before postage. But
theory was vague and undemon-
. q nan lIo