The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
CHAPTER XIII-Continued


the hall, the door of the Grosvenor
apartment sprang open. and | heard
laughter Not loud, not merry: a
happy ripple of content But II grew
merry when | entered, was so dazed
TO see Julia sitting on blue sofa, and
beside her, holding her hand, Profess
SOr Harrington. Near by sat Peter.
Standing, hat In hand, was Mr.. Almy.
"We had to have you here to make
it completed |" cried Julia, rushing
toward me with such a smile on her
face as had lever been seen there be-
fore "a miracle has happenedp
sank into chair.
''It must have" | gasped: "Ernesto's
got religionl"
Good old Ernesto" cried Peter
"Why aren't you joyful. too. Con
stance?"
Embarrassed, 1 glowered severely at
Mr.. Almy, who. the cause of my mis-
taken anguish. and the only calm per-
son present-Professor Harrington was
in such a state of ecstasy he couldn't
NfSNh ~ NohiC W Auy iCSSuC.
"We just wanted to return some of
your correspondence" he said; and
from his pocket he produced my vel
low motel
The professor now found his voice:
Miss Fuller kindly let me use that
bit of paper temporarily" he said in
his gentle, precise manner; lit was to
rescue me from great difficulties. And
ii finally brought me to my dear broth
er's child, whom had never expected
TO see in this world"
We were silent a moment, before
the picture of that fine old-fashioned
gentleman and that beautiful and gift
ed girl. At last freed, one from the
sorrow, the other from the persecu-
ton, which had filed their lives, there
could be no doubt that their happy
unexpected reunion fOreshadOwed long
years of sweet relationship. They
were absorbed In each other; Mr.
Almy beckoned Peter and me into the
little reception-room and shut the
door
pened?" | demanded.
lyon mean since you slammed Oar.
rows door?" inquired Mr.. Almy. I'VE
heard you! Well, | didn't blame you
then. But this is what happened:
Burton, taking Professor Harring-
tons place. started to reach for the
spring-lancet as directed. when sud
denly he Strengthened up and asked
Tucker how far the professor had
stopped to see into the law book alcove
from the rear"
You see." interrupted Peter, being
just Harrington's height, would of
course see just what Harrington saw
And had noticed that when Farrell,
who took GrOsvenor's place, said he
saw me through the gap, as he
stopped, didn't see him at all! Now.
that spring-lancet was right on the
and while | could see i'll said
could, you know-it was only by stoop-
ing over that | did so. So il occurred
tC me to ask Tucker how much the
professor had stopped"
"And he said" continued Mr.. Almy,
taking up his story. THAT Harrington
hadn't stopped at all, but had stood
upright all the timei Therefore we
told Burton TO look into the gap and
see where the lancet was, assuming
that Harrington might have seen it
and then reached for Il without bend
ing. And then"
81 couldn't come within eight inches
of 1t, without STOPPING overp cried
Peter, triumphantly.
But you said the professor admit
ted he made those streaks that were
found in the dust between the rows
of books" | suggested. "Didnt he
reach in there?"
Eyes, but just to feel. according to
his story, whether or not there was
any third row of books concealed be.
hind the front row, as Is often the
case on crowded Shelves" explained
borne out to some extent by the fact
that the marks In the dust were, in.
deed, far back from the edge of the
shelf where the spring-lancet was
placed, and II is partly cOrrOborated
by fuckers statement that the profess
sor never stopped over. Furthermore.
it furnished clew as to why Mr..
Grosvenor should have been STOPPING
TO lock through the gap. He was max
ing a thorough search for that law
book. So then Burton had another
idea"
shut perhaps 1t occurred to me first,
seeing that l had Harringtons part
He seemed to be let out: II locked as
if his story were true. Yet there Mr.
GrOsvenor was, killed by that instru-
ment-how? Well, | said: I can't see
Farrell. but he can see me. when he's
STOPPING over as Grosvenor was Now,
that old man had q weak heart and a
bad conscience. ae must have got a
dreadful shock when he saw Harring.
ton right In front of him. He must
undoubtedly have thought Harrington
had come to look for Clarihew' s
Notes" his own property. the book
Grosvenor had had stolen from him
even though the theft didn't quite
come off as hoped If man In such
circumstances. standing In such DO
sition, had such shock, what would
he dor"
$50 We worked II all out, with Tuck
er's help" finished Mr.. Almy, land
following BurtOn's lead. were able to
reconstruct what undoubtedly did hap
pen 10 Mr. Gr0sveBor Tucker said
no 5erked himself upright suddenly
from that stOODine position. when we