Widnes Examiner. — 1897-01-29 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SYLVANUS COD.  CHAPTER VII.  THE PLOD THlchiglE.  An anon nil the bervant hol retioal the doctor oi nod the °Moe. with an exyrtaaice of antenance that betrayed the dent ihteratt he  e Mr. Veereroft, you my your man Longmhanks was with you in the maple grove?" Yes ; and hie sight for fo.d mark. is as keen a.. the orient of the hi nt loeind I vrvr raw. Ills faculty I. mmething wonderful " 'lnd he make a thorough eznmination of the ground?" e Yes, on M. hamlet and knee.; and thus he crept over the whole span, from the brook to the outer margin of the grove.' , The man of whom they spoke was called Jack Lontothanke, who bad been or several year. in the employ of the detective, and prised not more for Ms wonderful fgeulty of finding and following a trail, than for hie general shrewdne.o in unearthing any .minehief given hini to illseover.  An.l you 10-ly he found only the tracks of the& one roan?"  lie aurprlaed me," said the ofll,r, In reply, when he gave me that reyort. He did not Ire It in presence of the other., but walled until we were alone, half way up t'oe park towards the great pt.e. hen he came to my aide, and arldapered into my ear that only one men had been In that grove—near that spot when Mornington woe Pita The tracks of those who had come later, after the dew had fallen, he could easily separate from the other, --t•lht you put entire confidence In him judgment I Do you think he know. whereof lie 'peek. WI confidently 7" o I do, Doctor. Ido not think Jack could make etaternent which I eliould doubt."  "Then," punters' Treveiyan, gratoplogly, "he could nnt have been murdered. It must have been suicide, or accidental sMtwing. Does it not •pbear so to you? (trait possible that Morningtoti could bave been killed elvewhere, arel his body dragged or carried to that liner .  tt Thai c nnot have been," the lfleet quickanawered. t. We know that the roan fell where he wait allot, and that the boly was not afterwenbi moved until it wan taken up to tio carried to the house. There Is not a trace of blood elsewhere.-- Hob: on, dear man! I. myself, at titet euggested to Jack that, from what he had the yoog man Inuit hase snot Limed!, lot he quickly knot ked over t hat propoei• thin. 11, called to toy atter:, ion the fact that the man hail (alien close uimn the margin of .he iin —a,,rre:rrtlr.rt another norri, 4.ancling in Ole W•,er. might Inive done the shoot tug, •nd aft, rivard- idled !the body, williout so much ra petting a trot now the sod. Anil it is ae he Pahl. All I.n sey ia, if the munlerer took the water wann. In order that his tracks might not be kit behind, lie acted very shrewdly; but I Ant inclined to the opinion that his lejpg in the water was the repuli of chance. It. eAllently earns up by that way from the shore of the bay, mot t here ts ing cluini, of small adios, directly !limn the margin od the iitreein at that point he took it for • cover. It a Turned°. Vase any. how ; yet I think the villain will lw brought to jtei. tier. Woe it not for the robbery. I should lie inclined to the idea of suicide ; but that one man would have done the Idllimr, end another. artirg Independently of him, could Lame followed after sill done the robbing, Is a little too touch for belief."  --Nearer and nearer waa the doctor. In hie own entimation. corning to the truth, for to him it appeared posande that Arthur might, In a moment of blind paamon, have done the killing ; but that Arthur could have done the other I/Asir—robbed the man he hurl Plain lif. onald not believe. It wan too nerrrlrrruio be mon conent red. But not a word of 41.4 v 4.44M.1 he hi ea to V....r0t-oft. To bon he ad roil tml that the ease was wont myateriona, and so Ire lelt It.  After the officer had gore the two carpentero were conducted to the I loctor's presence. They were goed.looking nien,und Trevelyan Isdieved 111.111 tO I. Itonemt and true and, haloted in their Sate bath-day garb., they looked quite genteel. Davount, ▪ man of French parentage. though born on this stir nf the renter, acted aa spokesman. " Doctor," roil he, rpeaking with manly frankness and true friendehip. " we meth In't let this thing go on without coming to toe amt. and telling pow evotly how it was; and 11111 .ahl If I'd emne, he'd come with me. It wart never in our minds. Mr, to  'peak • word of whet we heard st your d'onr last evening ; and we wouldn't have done It If them hadn't. come to question us as we uouldn't refuse. They woo the officers, sir— two deputy•oherilTs. Or one of 'em was • deputy, at any rate. Now ni tell you out how It all come to pass " You will tell me of the man who was with you —who rano, alone et the eatne time. and callml your atter , ion to myself."  •• Yes, sir ; tnet's just what I war golli to tell. Bill and me .MII,I never dreamed fstomm. 10 el. tr. drop. 7.tint our Bildt. I.eest wine, No more It aren't mme," spoke up William, promptly. •• In COllll. It mint.. nodded the other, patronising], Awl then to the doctor, he resutntsl: Well, sir, m I wee ruin', Bill and me was comin' along putt your gate, when • man, with • brond-brimmed, slouched hat pulled down over his eyes. end the roller of his blouse pulled up around him chin awl ears, hailed us, and asked us to hold on • minute. Said b.: • Hold on, my good men ; here's eoitarthing I went you to hear ' Aral lir told us to hsten, and we did it before we thointlit. After you'd sent the ynung man otT he said to us, Kays tel o' herd on the young man, fait it?' told linii I lidn't know miything shout it. • lint,' rays how would you like to be 111101 off in that fashion, and kicked ont Boon that Bill spoke up, and said lv lersenoled UpOLI what the doctor's renews wm for doin so.  n'fhat was. all, ; •nd after that we went our way. Young Mr. Morn ngton .111111 nut first, how. 1111111eTPT. anti we mtepped lose, to lot hint part. Ile ktn,l o' end like, anti I maw ten, wipe hie I pitied the 'boor yonng elan, and I toll 1101 on ; hut I ne‘er