Gunnison news-champion., 1924-04-18

hes Into the library together. II
----ri as- That Mr. Hlld!tch had had
great deal 20 drink. and there was e
gue-r look pH Slr Timo;hy's face that
flEnt urd-r-tand stepped into
rh- Little room which communicates
Nth ;he Irhrary by folding doors
There was 4 chink already between
re two. I got a knife from the pantry
md vld~net It until could ~ee
through heard very little o. rhe
-anv~r.a,i0n- but Their. was no quar-
~ NJ Hltl'~h took W the weapon
shl-h you knox about. sat In chair
III Aeld & to his heart ! heard him
say something Tx. this: This ought
IN appeal 20 you. Sir Timothy You're
specialist in this sort Of thlnE. One
I''Ie touch. and there you are' Mr.
lIltirch said something about putting
r. away. Ny master turned to Sir
Timothy and said something in e los
totgs. sud'enIy Sir Timothy leaned
over. He caught hold Of Mr. Ill.
t.ich's hand which held the hIli " the
dagger. aud-nni-Well. he jus; drove
90 tsAH 80 "a - sA' ra'FNf4 n -AA--
Hudiirh spranE up and would have
srr.umsd. but Sir Timothy placed his
hand over her mouth. In moment |
heard her say, What have you doneF
SIR Timothy looked al Mr. Tiildllch
Iglte calmly. I have ridded the
World % Il vermlnuus creature he
said Ny knees began 10 shake. My
nerves were always bad cr"pt back
MO my room. took OF INV clothes and
got Int" bed had just put the liZht
out when they called FOR me"
Francis was himself aEain. There
rs an iHms use relief "a JOY IN his
cart He Ind never for = single mo
w"ur blamed Margaret. hat he had
never for single IHOfncnt forgotten.
I' was closed chapter. but the stain
vas on its pages II ans wU1derful 20
tear It ou, and scatter the fragments.
I remember you az the inquest" lac
said. Your name Is John Walter"
Yes sir"
Your evidence was very different"
Yes. sir"
"Iuu kept all this to yourself"
Il did. sir Thought IL best"
Tell me what has happened slnceT'
The man looked down at the table
y have always been a poor man.
sir" he said. Il have had bad luck
whenever | made a try to start any
hing. thought there seemed
rhanr" for me here went 10 Sir
Timothy and told him everything"
"Wenf"
Sir Timothy never turned hair
SIR when had finished he was very
short with me. almost curt. 'You have
behaved like a man Of sense, Walter.
he said. How muchT hesitated for
some time. Then could see he was
getting impatient I doubled what !
had thought Of first A thousand
pounds. sir ! said. Sir Timothy he
went to safe in the wall and he
counted out thousand pounds In
notes, there and then. He brought
them over 10 me. Walter he said.
'therr Is your thousand pounds. For
that sum understand you promise
Ia keep what you saw to yourselfT
Yes. sir agreed Take II. then
he said. hut want you TO understand
this: There have been many attempts.
hut no ore yet has ever succeeded in
matchmaking me. No one ever will.
give you this thousand pounds Will.
ingly. i, Is what you have asked for.
Never let me see your face again. II
you come TO me starving. II win be
useless. shall not part with another
penny"
The mans simple way OF telling his
story. his speech, seemed all to add
to the dramatic nature of his dis
closure Francis found himself sitting
like n child who listens to fairy
story.
And them" he asked simply.
II went OF with the money Walter
continued. ''and ! had cruel bad luck
! put II into a pub. I-wns robbed
little. drank little. my wife wasn't
any good. lost II all. sir. found
myself destitute. went back to Sir
Timothy"
"well1-
The man shifted his feet nervously
cult part of his story.
"Sir Timothy was as hard as nails"
he said slowly He saw me The
moment I had finished. he rang the
bell. Hedges he said to the man.
servant who came In. this man has
come here to try and blackmail me.
Throw him out II he gives any
trouble. send for the police II he
shows himself here again. send for the
police"
what happened thenT'
swell. I nearly blurted out the
whole story" the man confessed. "and
then I remembered that wouldn't do
me any good. so went away. got
Job at the Ritz. but was took III q
few days afterward. ! went to see 4
doctor. From him l got my death
warrant, sir"
is II hearth