The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-09-19

ACIfApTER e--At a house party az Har-
Z Manor the monogram In silver IL found.
Xbe admits II belongs 20 her. Harcourt
eonginced OF her connection With the erin
stood confronting each other in the
moonlight. To Kandwahr, Il was all
perfectly clear, and " tn a keen in
terest he watched the returning mem
DRY of the other man. At first Har-
court seemed dazed. 1t was all so
unreal, so strange, like the recollection
Of a dream. hazy and impossible in the
daylight of awakening.
But how did we get here-both of
us7" Harcourt que led.
Your Illness dek troyed your mem
ory for a time but you will soon un-
derstand now. / came by a different
and a more difficult, more mysterious
route. But we are both here for the
m reason"
Then Towneshend's murderer has
not yet been found" Harcourt asked
we are both herein hiding,
Kandwahr said meaningly.
Yes, we are both here now-but
shall go back at once" Harcourt an
bounced.
Il would not IL l were YOU" Kand
wahr advised.
II must-it Is my duty. Do you
MIX we should both go?"
YRandwahr shrugged his shoulders IN
depreciation. Il shall not go" he said
in a posive tone.
"But suppose some innocent man
suffers 2" Harcourt suggested.
mo innocent man win. Look here
Harcourt, there Is no reason why We
should quarrel over this affair. Our
interests are too closely allied. l have
told you that ! am innocent, but yoI
doubt me. do not know that / car
blame you for that. You think per
haps you may be guilty yourself.
know you are not"
you know / am not guilty?" Har
court said. unable TO grasp the full
meaning of his words. How can yol
know that-unless~"
"Unless myself am the manT
Kandwahr spoke his thought for him
Easily enough. / know-not wh'
struck the actual blowout at who's
Instance IL was struck"
"And yet you have kept silent?'
"Decause | must do 80. My owl
| life depends upon my silence. IL
should tell what l know, | would no
live a day afterwards"
surely the police would protec
youl"
A sheer came over Kandwahr's fea
. MOS. ut is beyond the power OF tn
police TO protect me-" he SAIL quietly
1T was beyond their power to hol'
me when | was under arrest
oyou were rescued by you
friends9" Harcourt inquired. "Yo
know / am ignorant OF all that ha
taken place"
Kandwahr smiled. Il was rescue
at the cost OF two lives on the wa
to INV formal Examination. followin
NV arrest-hat l was not rescued b
my friends"
Harcourt looked questioningiy a
him. 81 don't understand" he said.
and I may not tell You. HARBOUR
am "A QODlntu man
power is following me; a create
power than Scotland Yard. Some da
I will be found. That day shall B
a dead man."
surely you are not In earnesti
Harcourt said incredubously.
Il am absolutely serious. IL Is US
less to question me further. HARBOUR
for I cannot answer you But u yc
can, accept my word that neither yc
nor I KILLED Towneshend."
Then why should either OF US fei
to return and face the charge that III
been made against us?"
because circumstances point abs
lutely to both OF IN. There Is enoul
evidence against either OF US to wa
rant our being sentenced to death.
cannot say fhat | would blame a cou
for doing fo either. oh, the plai
were ca~ref1frN land cunningiy laidl" ]
concluded bitterly.