Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-27

Its hand at once IN the first inqulr!
that comes along, They don't civ,
out any description OF the man tina
ran sweJ. but you bet its being cir
eulated around every police office IL
the United Kingdom
cazalet said they would give It on,
fast enough If they had it to give. B,
the way, he was surprised to see thai
the head gardener was the same VIII.
mad been at Uplands in his father /
time, he must be getting an old man
sAa ho doubt shaker on points of d.
tsll than he would be likely to admit
Cazslet instanced the alleged hearing
. " the gong as in itself an unoonvinc
Ing statement 1t was well over q
hundred yards from the gates to the
house, and there were no windows to
open III the hall where the gong would
be rung
I've dreamed Of the old spot 30
orten' he said at length I'm not
thinking OF the night before last
meant In the husband now to think
OF q thing like this happening there,
In the old governors den, OF all
Places"
Seems like kind Of poetic jus
tice, said Hilton Toye.
1T does. II Isl" cried Cazalet,
fetching moist yet fiery eyes In from
the fields. Il said to you the other
night that Henry Craven never was
white man. and | won't unsay It now
Nobody may ever know what he's done
to bring this upon him. But those who
really knew the man. and suffered for
1t. can guess the kind OF thing"
Exactly" murmured Toye, as
though he had just said as much him,
sell. His dark eyes twinkled with de
liberation and debate. How long ia
1t. by the way, that they gave that
clerk and friend OF yours"
A Keen look pressed the startling
question; at least. 1t startled Cazalet.
You mean Scruton? What on earth
made you think Of him."
Talking OF those who suffered for
being the dead mans friends, | guess"
said Toye Was 1t fourteen years."
That was IT,"
But | guess fourteen doesn't mean
fourteen, ordinarily, II prisoner be.
HAYES HIMSELF"
"A little more than ten
Then Scruton may be out now"
Just"
Toye nodded with detestable
splomb That gives you something !
to chew on" said he OF course, | /
don't say he's our man"
Il should think you didn't" cried
Cazalet white to the lips with sudden
fury.
Toys looked disconnected and dis
tressed, but at the same time frankly
puzzled, He spologized none the less
readily with almost ingenious cour.
tesy and fullness, but he ended by ex
planning himself In single sentence
and that told more than the rest OF his
straightforward eloQuence put TO-
gether.
III man had done you down like
that, wouldn't you want to hill him the
very moment you came out, Ca1alet?"
The Creature of impulse was OF at
a tangent I'D forgive him If he did
1t, tool! he exclaimed I'd move
heaven and earth to save him, guilty
or not guilty Wouldn't you In my
place."
4 don't know" said Hilton Toye.
1T depends on the place you're In, I
guess" And the keen dark eyes came
drilling into Cazaiet's skull like
augers
i thought told you" he explained
lmpatiently We were In the office
together, he was good to me, winked
at the business hours | was inclined IL
Keep, let me down lighter in every way
than | deserved You may say It Was
part OF his game But take people
as | md them. And then as told
you, Scruton was ten thousand times
more sinned against than SHINING
Are you sure? II you knew IL al
the time"
Il didn't told you SO the last
night
Well | mustn't ask questions. said
Hilton Toye and began folding up his
newspaper with even more than his
usual elaboration
oh. I'll tell you!" cried CazaIet I'm.
sraciously It's my own fault for tell
Ins you 30 much 1t WAS Ia a letter
from Scruton himself that | heard the
whole thing Id written to him to
ward the suggesting things He
to get an answer through
hat would never have passed the
prison authorities, And--and that's
Why | came home just when | did,
Cazalet that's why didn't
nait I'LL after shearing He's been
through about enough, and I've had
more luck than deserved meant to
AXE him back with me, to keep tie
books on our station, II YOU want to
now" The brusk voice trembIed
Toye let his newspaper slide to the
ioor But that was tine!" he ex
laimed simply That's as fine an ac
Ion as I've heard of In long time
III 1t comes off," said Cazalet In d
,loomy voice
Don't you worry, It'll come of. Ii
'e out yet for sure? mean, do you
now that he is?"
"ScTuton? Yes-since you press II
he wrote to tell me that he was com
as out even sooner than he expected
Then he can stop out for me, said
Hilton Toye Il guess I'm not running
Or that reward"
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