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again to assure myseir or the alrecuon.
= brought tin Of biscuit from the

bow locker. more as an excuse for
opening conversation than from any
feeling Of hunger.
1T must be pretty close to mid,
night said finally. Are you hun.
gry?'
The shapeless form in the oilskins
Strengthened slightly. and knew She
had turned her face toward me.
Hungry: Oh. no; had not thought
of that
You have been crying:"
Yes: it is 50 foolish. but am so
frightened out here in this little boat
The darkness and that awful water
has got upon my nerves. You-you
mustn't scod me-
"Of course not. feel the weight
myself" replied kindly. This expe-
rience Is almost as new to me as to
Yourself. You must remember | am
no sailor
Then ! described the change in my
plans. She listened quietly. asking a
question now and then.
What papers did you find in the
desk:"
Letters mostly. establishing the
identity Of the captain.
who is he-really:''
Charles Henley y Philip Henley's
half brother 10y negro mother. Did
YOU ever bear OF him?"
NO: was never told there was such
a man."
II doubt if any one outside those
Immediately interested ever knew the
circumstances. OF course the family
kept it a close secret. This is where
the man had all the advantage. AS
soon as the Judge died he determined
to represent himself as Philip and
claim the property.
las Philip had been absent so long.
no one could dispute successfully his
claim to be that Individual He pos
sessed ample evidence that he was the
son OF Judge Henley"
But surely be would anticipate that
my hus-Philip would hear of his ia
theirs death?''
He took the chance of getting the
property into his hands first. AS
understand the matter. he possessed
no knowledge that the judge was in
communication with Philip. He be-
lieved the latter had disappeared ut
terly and would only learn of his in
heritance through accident. To pre-
vent this be dispatched man north
to discover him. if possible. and keep
him under surveillance He thought
he had every avenue guarded"
How did you learn all this?''
| From Broussard first. He talked
| more freely than he intended to do,
and later l verified all he said by the
! letters found"
'"Then. strange as it sounds. it is
| true?' :.
without doubt. Moreover"-and l
! lowered my voice in sudden embarrass-
| ment-"within the last two weeks the
captain had received news from his
agent in the north which gave him
fresh confidence The man reported
| that he had found trace of Philip Hen
| ley: he told of the life the man was
leading and where he lived. think
| all this must have been Immediately
after your separation. as he mentioned
no wife. However be described some
thing even more important
You must tell me!'' she burst forth
as hesitated. Don't be afraid to
trust me with all you know"
Il am not afraid" returned stout
| ~ enough. mot in the sense you mean
at least. yet it is never easy to be the
bearer Of evil news"
| is it evil?'
misfortune. certainly. The man re-
ported the death Of your husband"
His death. You are sure? Tell me
now what he said; how it happened
THE report was specific and would
seem to be true. He says that Philip
Henley while intoxicated was struck
and killed by an automobile. The date
given was after you left him. His
body was found by the police. but his
pockets had been rifled. and there
were no marks of Identification on his
clothes. He was buried unknown, but
the informant claimed to have visited
! the mOrgue. viewed the body and
states positively the dead man was
Philip"
"And-and you think tell me what
you believe. Gordon Craig"
There is but one conclusion to my
mind. have no doubt as to the en-
tire truth Of the story. The silence
and disappearance of your husband is
evidence that he is either dead or in
some other way helpless
"l-I-really l have thought this all
the time. But about those others:"
Vail and Neale. you mean? 1t
seems to me they fit in exactly with
the story. Everything had been re-
moved from Philips pockets and all
ordinary means Of Identification de-
stroyed. There must have been pur-
pose in this. and it must have been
done by second party, as there is no
suggestion Of suicide My theory is
thistle body was either found by
others before the police arrived or else
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