The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-03-12

band a great injustice"
You found? What do you mean
by that? What could you have
found?"
His peaked cap lying in q corner
Of the garnet. He had not worn 1t
that day; for when he came back to
be hustled off again by the crowd
he was without hat OF any kind. and
he never returned again to his home
you know that. judge. had seen the
shadow of some other man approach
ing Dark Hollow. Whose, l am in
this town now to find out"
Judge Ostrander was q man OF
idea. quick to form an opinion. But
his mind acted slowly tonight. Debo-
rah Scoville wondered at the blank.
ness of his gaze and the slow way
in which he seemed to take in this
astounding fact.
gave some evidence of his usual acu-
men.
Madam, a shadow is an uncertain
foundation on which to build such an
edifce as you plan. A dozen men
might have come down that path with
or without sticks before Mr.. Etheridge
reached the bridge and fell a victim
to the assault which laid him low"
Il thought the time was pretty
clearly settled by the hour he left
your house. The sun had not set
when he turned your corner on his
way home. So several people said
who saw him. Besides"
yes; there is a besides I'm sure
of it."
Il saw the tall figure of a man,
whom | afterwards made sure was
Mr.. Etheridge. coming down Factory
road on his way to the bridge when
| turned about to get Reuther."
"All of which you suppressed at the
trial"
Il was not questioned on this point.
sir"
"Madam'-he was standing very
near to her now, hemming her as 1t
were into that decaying corner-"I
should have a very much higher opin-
ion of your candor If you told me the
whole story"
81 have, sir"
His hands rose, one to the right.
! hand wall, the other to the left, and
remained there with their palms rest.
ing heavily against the rotting plas.
ter. She was more than ever hemmed
in; but. though she felt a trifie fright
ened at his aspect. which certainly
was not usual, she faced him without
shrinking and in very evident surprise.
1T seems too slight a fact to men.
ton, and, indeed, | had forgotten it till
you pressed me, but after we had
passed the gates and were we'll out
on the highway, l found that Reuther
had left her little pail behind hel
here, and we came back and got it
Did you mean that. eir?
Il meant nothing; but | felt sure
you had not told all you could about
that fatal ten minutes. You came
back. II is quite a walk from the road
The man whose shadow you saw mus
have reached the bridge by this time
What did you see then or-hear?"
Nothing. Absolutely nothing, Judge
| was intent on finding the baby's pail
and having found 1t ! hurried bacl
home all the faster"
And tragedy was going on or wa,
just completed, in plain sight from
this gap!"
q have no doubt. sir; and II l ha,
looked. possibly John might have beef
saved"
The silence following this wa
broken by a crash and a little cry
Peggy's house had tumbled down.
The small incident was a relief
Both assumed more natural postures
so the shadow is your great an,
only point" remarked the judge.
Il shall not desist. Judge Ostrar
= der"
t You are going to pursue this iacl
> o'lantern?"
t Il am determined to. II you den
counselor. Johns name must be vir
dicated."
He gave her a look, turned an
1 glanced down at the child piling ston
on stone and Whispering just a littl
when they fell.
Watch that baby for a while" h
remarked. and you will learn the LEI
: son Of most human endeavor. MADAM
- ] have a proposition to make you. 70
a cannot wish to remain at the inn, nc
can you be long happy separate
from your daughter. have lost Bel
p ! do not know how, nor would | b
willing, to replace him by anotht
servant. ! need a housekeeper; som
e one devoted to my interests and VIII
will not ask mi to change my habit
too materially. VIII you accept tn
position, If | add as an inducemer
t my desire TO have Reuther also as a
inmate of my home? This does M
r mean that ] c~ountenauce or in an
| way anticipate her union with my so
= l do not; but any other advantage