Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-06

z trust you u this matter implicitly. I 1 have come Go you for many reasons, |. chief of them being that il a second . victim has fallen beneath the hand !. of tho assassin. it is, ! know a woman :. "A woman Whom
 "At present ] cannot tell you . must first establish the facts II this woman were really stricken down, then her body lies concealed some where in the vicinity We must ind t and bring home the crime tJ the guilty one" "But if we succeed in finding it could we place our hand upon the assassiu?' ] asked. looking straight at her.
 "If we find it, the crime would then tell its own tale-it would convict the person in whose hand have seen that fatal weapon. was her clear bold answer
 Then you wish me to assist you in .his search Miss Leithcourt? My search may bring suspicion upon me. It will be difficult to examine the whole wood without arousing the curiosity of somebody keeper or the police CT have already thought of that she said "I win pretend tomorrow to lose .iis watch bracelet m the wood, and she held up her slim wrist Co show me the little erameled watch set m her bracelet "Theu you and l will search for it diligently and the police win never suspect the real reason Of pun investigation Tomorrow l shall write to you telling you about my loss, and you will come over to Ram loch and offer to help me.
 was silent for moment
 "Is Mr. WoodroGe back at the castle? ] heard he was to return to- lay.
 "No. ] had a letter from him from Bordeaux a week ago He is sull on Inc continent ] believe, indeed he has gone to Russia, where he some times has business
 "I asked you the question, Miss Mu- iel, because ] thought if MT. Wood rone were here he might object to Dur searching in company 1 cX- plained, smiling
 Her cheeks flushed slightly, as though confused at my reference to her engagement, and she said mis- shievously
 "I don't see why he should object in Inc least 1T you are good enough to assist me to search for my bracelet, he surely ought Co be much obliged to you"
 l at once gladly accepted her invi- ation to investigate the curious dis. appearance Of the body of poor Olin- .O's fellowyictim. determined to ob- jain the secret Knowledge possessed by that smart handsome girl before me That her suspicious were in the right direction l felt confident, yet if .ho dead woman had been removed and hidden by the assassinit must have been after fine discovery made by mo. The fellow must have actually dared % return to the spot and carry off the victim Yet fl he had done that why Sid he allow the corpse of the Italian lo remain and await discovery? He might perhaps have been disturbed and compelled to make good his escape
 "Yuu tell me, Miss Muriel, that you suspect the truth, and yet you deny all knowledge of the murdered man!' exclaimed in a tone of slight re- proach.
 Until we have cleared up the mys- .ery of the woman l can say nothing was her answer "I can only tell you, Mir Gregg. that If what ] suspect is .rue. then the affair will be found to be one of the strangest, most startling and most ingenious plots ever devised by one man against the life of an other"
 Then a man is the assassin, you think?" ] exclaimed quickly.
 CT believe so. But even of that am not at an sure. We must first fnC the woman"
 Raunoch wood was already in iti eoldbrown glory Of autumn, and as stood with Muriel Leithcourt on th' edge of it. near the spot where Olint' Santini had fallen. the morning SUI was shining in a cloudless sky asked her opinion which was the mos likely corner, but she replied
 'I know SO little of this place, NIT Grapg. You have known it for years while this is only my first seasol here"
 "Very we'll" ! answered. Let u start here. and first take a small circle examining every bush carefully Tn body may have easily been pushed il beneath a thicket and well escape ot Geryati0n.'
 And SO together after taking ou hearings. we started of, working ou way into the thick undergrowth, beat ing with our sticks, and making m mute examination of every bush o heap of dead leaves All through tn morning we walked on, our hand badly torn by brambles My own coa was badly torn, and more than once was compelled to scramble throug almost impossible thickets; yet v found no trace of any previous fl truder, and having completed ou circle were compelled to admit Cha the gruesome evidence of the secon