The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-11-12
CHAPTER XIV.
A Prophecy Comes True.

| e0S0 OF the COT III the county jail anu
stared unseeingly at the blank wall Of
my cell. ! couldn't sleep; I felt that
/ never wanted to sleep again.
Torturing me every instant came the
| thoughts of Alice and her father.
was afraid-afraid that Mike Garven
would somehow learn the thing I had
| taken such care to keep from him. For
| they were the only ones who could tell
| him where the money was; even
| though they had no idea of its where
| ahouts.
In the morning they took me to
Cranston; gaunt. hollow-eyed scare
crow, whose eyes saw nothing, but
etared--stared into space.
| There was not word from Jami.
son, and I knew that could mean but
| one thing. His encouraging words OF
the night before were mockery. 80
| didn't want the life of horror they
| promised longed for the swift,
| merciful death OF the electric chair.
The inquest wss held in the barn
| like town hall. Il was crowded with
curious townspcop,e as they pushed
| me to a seat at the end OF the long
table inside the rail.
could feel the curious glances-
| heard the excited buzz OF talk my en-
trance arousCd--but l paid no atten-
ton. Jamison was Whispering to the
coroner, who recognized by the scar
or his chin "a the mnn my fst had
i ~. ...rist h., I'm hxa
bushes.
My lawyer came and sat beside me,
| and took one OF 10y maracled hands
| in his and told mo 10 buck up. Ho
| unwrspped a bundle that had been
OF the other end OF the table and took
| from il brown raincoat and \
SLOUGH hat
ITO make the Identification easy"
he said grizzly. looked up at that,
then dropped my e.rz. II might rs
we'll he over quickly.
Came to. my ears another excited
way through the crowd 10 take sSat
az the other end OF the long table.
glanced up mechanically andit
was Mike Garven.
"He consented TO come gladly"
whispered Jamisor. and there was a
note of triumphant JOY in his voice.
He never wants anything to come up
| in the future regarding his inno
| cence."
| nodded DULY. II was Just like him.
| He would ait there, and his devilish
blank eyes would show no sign of feel
had put at my door.
| He would go back to his Wall Street
| office and continue his work of rob-
bling innocent people. 1 met the gray
eyes as they stared into mine unwink-
| inely, then turned away.
Jamison had said as Slivers Ola
gen had said: the boiler would blow
W some day. Vain, foolish hope. The
lawyer did not know! The dead Sliv-
ers O'Hagen had not known! Mike
Garven could not be stirred.
The coroner--or Judge, as everyone
seemed to call hnl--put his jurors In
the box, and I did not even see their
| faces. They were only part of the
blur. ! heard several witnesses tell
of the discovery of the murder:
heard tho city lawyer who was stay
ing at Cranston for the summer tel,
, u the ash-tray, and his care that no
one should touch IL and destroy the
| prints. But the words were only part
of the nightmare.
The coroner halted the questioning
for minute, and l saw Jamison rise
and hurry TO the rear of the hall. The
buzz of talk rose again. and the coro-
per made no attempt to still It.
The whole thing seemed more like
family gathering than a formal in
quest, and several times l had noticed
the witnesses calling the presiding Of.
fetal by his first name.
Jamison came back, and looked up
a. he placed chairs ut the end OF the
table beside Mike Garven. The new
corners were Alice. her father, and the
banker. They had been found!
looked UP eagerly now. Jamison
had seen her and had given my mes
sage. She looked at me, and smiled
wanly. Her bard eyes never softened!
She knew I did not have her fathers
money and still refused to believe
that was not murderer!
That was the last straw. buried
my face in my hands and became OBJ
livious to everything. My closed eyes
saw nothing; my ears heard nothing.
Jamison's hand on my elbow jerked
me awake.
Put on that raincoat and hat" he
ordered.
Like an putoma,on I obeyed: He
had found her. My prayer had been
answered, and che. knowing. con
demped me again.
"Face the witneas," ordered Jami-
son again. II he had spoken before
during the inquest had no idea Of ~.
.GTasi TO tho i;ac,! bearded man