Williams news., 1915-06-03
CHAPTER vI-continued.

CHAPTER VI-Continued.
 "Ah, Judge Ostrander," she ex- claimed in hasty but not ungraceful greeting, you are very punctual was not looking for you yet" Then' as she noted the gloom under which | he was laboring, she continued with | real feeling, Indeed, appreciate this | sacrifice you have made to my wishes. | It was asking a great deal of you to come here; but I saw no other way of making my point clear. Come over i here, Peggy, and build me little house out of these stones. You don't mind the child, do you, judge? She may offer a diversion if our retreat is invaded"
 The gesture of disavowal which he made was courteous but insincere. He did mind the child, but he could not explain why; besides, he must over- come such folly.
 Now" she continued as she re- joined him on the place where he had taken his stand, 'I will ask you to go back with me to the hour when John Scoville left the tavern on that fatal day. I am not now on oath, but might as we'll be for any slip shall make in the exact truth. 1 was mak- ing pies in the kitchen, when some one came running in to say that Reu- ther had strayed away from the front yard. And here found her, sir, right in the heart of these ruins. She was playing with stones just as Peggy dear is doing now. Greatly relieved. was taking her away when thought heard John calling. Stepping up to the edge close behind where you are standing, sir-yes, there, where you get such a broad outlook up and down the ravine-I glanced in the direction from which I had heard his call-just wait moment, sir; I want to know the exact time"
 Stopping. she pulled out her watch and looked at it, while he, falterins up to the verge which she had pointed out, followed her movements witl strange intensity as she went on ts say in explanation of her act:
 The time is important, on accoun of a certain demonstration am anx ious to make. Now if you will leal a little forward and look where I an pointing, you will notice at the turl of the stream spot of ground nor open than the rest. Please keep you eyes on that spot, for it was ther I saw at this very hour twelve year ago the shadow of an approaching fig ure; and it is there you will present. see one similar, if the boy I hay tried to interest in this experimer does not fail me. Now. now, sir! W should see his shadow before we SC him. Oh, hope the underbrush an trees have not grown up too thick! tried to thin them out today. Are yo watching5 sir?''
 He seemed to be, but she dared a, turn to. look. Both figures leane intent, and in another moment sf had gapped his arm and clung ther
 Did you ysee?" she whiepere Don't mind the boy; it's the shado wanted you to notice. Did you 0 serve anything marked about it?"
 She had drawn him back into u ruins. They were standing in tn one secluded corner under the rui ous gable, and she was gazing up him very earnestly. Tell me, judge she entreated as he made no effe to answer.
 With a hurried moistening of l lips, he met her look and respond, with a slight emphasis:
 "The boy held a stick. I sho, say. that he was whiting it." '.Atf!''% Her tone was triumpha That was what I told him to do. I you see. anything else?"
 No. I do not understand this pertinent or what you hope from .. T will tell you. The shadow wh I saw at a moment very like u twelve years ago, showed n whiting a stick and wearing a
 with a decided peak in front
 husband wore such cap-the o one l know of in town. What m did I need as proof that it was
 shadow I saw?"
 And wasn't it?"
 Judge Ostrander; I never thou differently till after the trial after the earth closed over my r husbands rem2ins. That was wh
 could say nothing in his defens
 why ! did not believe him when
 declared. that he had left his stick
 hind him when he ran up the |
 after Reuther.- But later, when it
 all over, when the disgrace of
 death and the necessity of. seel
 e home elsewhere drove me into