Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

given IL to you, likewise ," he asked.
NO" ] replied, 81 gave it 10 him.
l helped him 10 escape"
Stand up, Gentleman ThOrne, and
let as look each other i'm the face" ne
said.
stood up. He held out his hand
and ! gave him mine.
Now, standin' here hand i'm hand
and face to face, say air we the
n0blest works of natur' or air we
mott"
/ could not go so far as to admit
that his appearance realized my
highest ideal of nobility, but l-un-
derstood his allusiOn, and replied
Il believe you are an honest man,
if that is what you mean, Brace"
at is; and that is my opinion OF you
likewise Let us sit down and hold a
committee. Now, pardner, will you
tell me why TO let Israel git p
Because the poor wretch IL hall
distracted with the loss of the dia'
moud and his fear OF you"
why does he fear me-
He believes that YOU took the dia-
mord auO intend 10 nave his hie, IN
order 80 get the revlslOnary share, or
something of tnat KIND. And now tel
me why you pursued him when you
saw be wished 10 avoid you ="
because he Did so wish for one
thing, and, ne added, with emphasis,
because he's got to speak, Israel $
got to speak, ne repeated, with sui
greater dCc}S'o9. A man what has
presentimeut- as q thing Is gong TO
ho took 50 accurate as hlsn', must nat r.
rally have prcsenumCntS what's gone
of a. when IT'S took,
Ano suppose ne cannot tell you
wei. t0,u, hes got TO try TIL he
90. AS Jedge, I've had 20 try "A
pretty cons JcyaDiC numoer OF Dap
lots. but "a more burned onprcpos-
sesslng lot than lsrael ! never Yet sen
tenceu 10 = Wcu-aIrned gallus Emo
marx this, parcrer; eff lsrael WAS
charged w,tn tins crime, and ii was
my uuJy to airec' the jury "a 10 the
verde they should well and truly tnc,
] should Wrce' them TO bring hm Ia
guilty, or 10 lock 'em ny TIL they
did"
you are as unreasonable iu your
suspicious as Van HOeck Is IN his, out
YOU have not his eXcuse-you are not
under the influence of fear.
because I hev nothing to he atccf
on, Gentleman ThOrne.'
Tel me how on earth it Is posi-
Die for = man In Van Hoeck's cOodl-
tion-a man absolutely helpless, rs
we know hlm TO be-tO accomplish
feat of this kind ~
Il don't say he did it, pardner-l
don't say he took the Great Hesper;
on the other hand, don't say he
didn't. but { am free to maintain
III
ask me how he knows it, I'd tell you
as I don't know. There's many
things we don't know, but that's no
reason why We shouldn't try 10 ind
out. We amt SO everlasting clever
that there's uOthin' more TO be- larnt
out of this almighty universe, take
my word for it. And though we heV
drawed a pretty good lot OF truth
out OF the well, we amt yet come 10
the last buCketful-not by long
way. One of the things we hcv got
TO iarn concerns IsraePs PRESENT.
ments, aud" he added emphaticaily,
Pm going TO iarn it.
Eve must get back TO the house.
The police must be sent for"
81 don't see what harm they can
do. and it's the regular thing. and 50
they ought 30 be called II" he said, MS
ing from the trunk on which We had
been holding this discussion. 81 am
going for Israel. So long,
! hesitated 10 separate from the
Judge
"if you mean by violence taking Of
his life away, will give You my
word not TO be violent with him.
There's my hand on it.
On This understanding We shook
hands and parted He plunged again
into the wood; / returned 60 the
Abbey That was between scveu and
eight o'clock
Al two o'clock ] went once more
into the wood Lola was wanted.
The police-0fhcer from Southam0-
ton. on hearing my story, dcclarCC at
once that the theft had been COM
mitted by q servant, and that Lola
must be found at once, TO know n
she had seen the thief as ne cs-
capped by the window, and coulc ideu-
fifty hin.
The protracted absence of Brace and
Van HOeck excited by misgivinG, and,
despite the Judges promise, ] already
reproachd myself with having abaU-
doned my blind partner. The Judges
notions OF justice were pCrcui1ar, and
based upon the rough usage o. Cali
fornia miners ir the days when they
made and executed their own laws. !
believed him capable Of applying tor
ture, only stopping short of actu9i
murder 20 wiring from Van Hoeck the
secret which he believed him 20 hold
with respect to the lost diamond.
retraccd my steps to the spot
where ] had helped To conceal Van
Hoeck. The broken brake marked
a distinct trail and in pit less than
a hundred yards from that point the
underground was beaten down, as if
a struggle had taken place.
Was it not possible that Brace had
gone further than he intended, and
killed Van Hoeck? Had he concealed
the body, and fled with his daughter
10 escape the consequences of his act
Asking myself these questions, J
followed track from the pit that
brought me into the bride way.
Ionkipy for further traces of a DaSS-