Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-13
FALSE WITNESS /
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Copyright, 1914.
by the Associated Newspapers. Ltd


CHAPTER XXVI-CContinued
"TTURoN struck match, and We
i i found ourselves in a room that
looked like a study, with writing table
and bureau, maps and charts, and that
sort of thing. Huron told me TO mount
guard at the door, and, kneeling down
began to try a bunch OF keys in the
locks of the drawers As he examined
them and found them useless he just
flung them on one side, being in too
much of hurry to put them back
in their places Looking over his
shoulder, saw his eyes fixed on docu-
ment beginning-I saw the words plain
enough-'This is the last will and testa-
ment Of Before 1 could read any more
he placed this in his pocket and went to
the next drawer. He glanced at the con-
tents and said Here we are l saw these
looked like the plans Hand 'em over 1
said. Wait a moment. he said, and be-
gan to examine them more closely. 1 was
so interested that l came and stood by
him, forgetting my post at the door,
which We had not locked on the inside.
Huron didn't seem in hurry to give me
the plans, so 1 just drew them out OF his
hand and put them in my breast pocket.
And then all of a sudden the electric light
was switched on and there was a man in
eveing dress In the doorway staring at us.
He was on me In an instant and had
me on the ground He had just opened his
mouth to yell for assistance when | heard
the report of a pistol. and he clapped his
hand to his shirt front and dropped Hat
across me. His blood stained my coat
collar sprang up and made for the door
/ felt Huron was after me, In the door
way nearly knocked over Mrs. Plessey.
who was leaning, white as a ghost
against the doorpost.
"Eustace. was horribly skeered!
expected to have the whole household
after me. I left the door open behind me
and hid among the trees Presently, 10
my surprise, saw Mrs. Plessey and
Huron walking together as cool as could
be near the main drive. Then / saw a
man on a bicycle ride by. l didn't wait
for Huron but got out of the park IS
quick as I could and walked back into
Portsmouth. 1t was curious how easily
| escaped. No one had seen me 20 TO
the admiral's house, no one noticed me
at all l just took the last train back
10 London, let myself into my boarding
house in Bloomsbury and went 10 bed
Eustace grunted. Well who shot the
old man-Huron. / suppose?"
Il don't know for sure, He says ne
iidn't That Mrs. Plessey shot him"
That his wife shot him2 Why should
he ?"
For Huron's sake, guess. Any way
when I came 10 think over IL next morn
ng / saw that things looked pretty bad
or me. Huron came back about IN
he afternoon and said that I had better
iestroy the papers and make myself
carce. He said he was going on the
Continent for while. That afternoon he
vent / hung around to see what would
lappen Then / read that they had ar
ested this chap Arrol 1 wasn't going
o take any more risks so / took the
lext hoat-steerage-baek 10 the States
md amt stirred out Of em till now.
aw that somehow my whole plot had
allied. Huron hadn't given me the ad-
.ress Of those foreign agents he spoke Of
nd j darsn't so 10 Berlin hawking those
lians around. The hrst oflcer / showed
EN- 70 might have handed me over to
he British police"
.he certainly would agreed Eustaee.
well. Just kept EN- IN my pocket tin
thought the whole business had been
orsoiten and then I traded them on 70
'ou' I've told you the whole truth, and
.olhins but the truth. about the whole
iffy business swear. Eustaes.
wouldn't haFe killed that man II I'd
= me chance. im as innocent q his
ea'n - sou zfe But no court would
ssiefe ms stcie ths plana from hIs