The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-08-13

- tain for her what was Jusuy
her own. all feeling Of doubt vahisneu
and I became grimly confident Oh Tux
final result. 49,.
az am glad to know that" ! said, to'
now | can work openly, knowing eAae'
ly what | ought to do. have 1elt IKE
n rat skulking In a hole. ! behe'eu
what those men told me. Ihey con
WINGED me with proofs ! could not "
more. but they must have lied Would
II he possible for Philip Henley TO Of
In a peuitentiary convicted OF crimes
at would not be-" she returned hrin
IL There was no time after ! iel'
him for an arrest and conviction. iha'
alone is sufficient to convince me oil
fraud and conspiracy. His remittance
were amply sufficient"
Then what do you think has occur
red:''
Either one of two things. she said
soberly. He Is dead or heipiessiy III
the power OF those men who SEM you
| here. There Is no other conclusion pos
sible. They had possession OF his pa
pers, even bis private memoranda
They knew more OF conditions here
than had ever been told. In my Judg
ment. be Is dead. Otherwise ! cannot
conceive II possible they would dare al
tempt to carry out such conspiracy
The very holiness Of their plan con
vinces me they believed no one lived 10
frhnv ha dead
and believed. II still lived. that
knew nothing OF his Inheritance The
telegram announcing the judges death
never saw II must have arrived
while Philip was too Intoxicated ia
grasp Its meaning"
you know nothing. then. of the two
men Neale and Waltz
NO. There is Justus C. VAIL a
lawyer. In the city. found the name
In the directory and called at his office
He was away making political speeches
had been gone two weeks"
Then the fellow assumed that name
thinking | might be familiar with il
and thus be impressed with the legality
OF the transaction. As TO Neale. ! will
go to the courthouse In this county and
dnd out about him. You have told me
the whole truth about yourself now:"
Absolutely. yes. Here is my mar
riage certificates: | have always kept IL
with ME. for ! have been afraid OF
him almost from the first. | gave You
the name Bernard unthinklngly. Is
that was the name he insisted upon
living under. Is that all you wish IL
knowy
"Ail now. yes. | must have time IL
think and plan what is best for us
TO do. | can already see my duty sut,
tciently clear. but not how tn ~ at
it The fact Is. Mrs, Henley"
Would il not be better for you 4,
call the Niolag she interrupted. Some
one might overhear. and We must con.
tinue 10 carry cut the DESCRIPTION, sup
pose"
Then. Viola"-and her eyes sudden
~ dashed into mine-"the conditions
| have already discovered here In this
house are no less strange aud danger.
Gus than the mission which hrous hi
US here Everything looks had. There
was murder committed in this house
last night"
"Murder~ Her face Went white. her
hngers clssping my sleeve Who was
killed? Coomesg That womang
Neither. A man | never saw he
fore beard the shot aud found him
lying dead on the door Of the rear
Rom. He had been shot In the hack
Of the head through an open window.
And | told her the whole story.
Bewildered cousternation WAS clear
" manifested in the girls white face
and yet there WAS rrmness to the
lips that promised anything but sur
render. For an instant she seemed Il
struggle 10 regain her breath.
"oh. how terrible, | can seap>ely
realize that all you have told ME car
be fact. There were pirates along this
coast once-l have read Of them-hui
now. In our age OF the world. even II
dream Of such s state OF affairs would
be madness What can t meant Have
you any theoryY'
Absolutely nome ! am ETcrins IL
the dark without single clew. Rus
in my Judgment there are others thar
COMBS Sallie aud the creole Involved
about whom we know nothing
You mean there Is a hand. that We
have stumbled into rendezvous "
outlawss~
Il suspicion -, This plantation has
been practically abandoned for years
sven when the judge was alive he
lived In town and could set NJ nesn,,ss
TO work out here eeeanse they believes,
the place WAS haunted A hayoa
comes within a hundred ysrNis ot the
rear OF the house, - ccn,>eslea as
tnees and wessis as 10 I've almost instsi,
bic until You stand on the hanks. We
are onH little oysg twenty mtles