Show 4 The he House o oBy of the Pj es By Anna Katharine Green SONS Copyright 1910 by i P PUTNAM'S York and London ANNA KATHARINE E ER IX Continued ii an envelope fron n liis hi pocket lifton n drew drow forth two two small scraps Scrape crt mt n d and Bod crumpled paper lie Ine of f ii i ws' ws the half hat of r lopo C diD attn sting very near nearly neary tM apace ap apace ace Bee t I be he pointed I-d I this the IS ou out t b he e r remarked m me k e d dhe lo d is not so BO common a baptis- baptis i eme me that there can be any doubt 1 he the h person addres addressed d. d J other Iother scraps also written in in pen pen- J-by J the tho sro hand contained container hut but butt hutt t t three disconnected disconnect words but butt t words was Adelaide delaide spent nt an hour bour and ann a half balf in the tho adjoining the station tion ti before J I those two bits I explained the lawyer with a simple earnestness to the theo tiro o seasoned m men n One was in l J hiding tin till Stacked up pile pie of outcome Ig t Li 4 and nd the other I picked out 0 of of tuff stuff which had b bae beri n e-n n swept up mornin morning I t offer ifer them jn n iery oration of Mr Ranelagh's state state- that oraton the I Come us used r m tu the par par- consumed letter found foun iu in the club club- chimney was addressed sed to Miss 55 il ii Cumberland and not to Adelaide lit the place of meeting was the station platform athe spot since made terrible by byJ nl J l 1 oa lIre are Ire acquainted with Miss Car Car- s 's handwriting Iam am am not the town is f full i of peo pea ho are arc 1 1 believe these words to been it ritt written ritten n by Carmul Camil Cumber Cumber- Fo placed place tho the pieces back in inand and laid the tho whole care care- iway Iny sr er second time we wo are arc obliged to a paid id he be onea oue ou can cancel the tho obligation lon was IcH c retort b by discovering tb the Lt ity of the man who in in dor derby y hat bat coat eat with a very ver high hillh collar colar left lef grounds 0 of The Whispering Pines drove into them t eno no DO facilities for the job and no undertake it had hd endeavored to speak naturally natural with t an off hand band air but he lie he else else why the quick Of i startled inquiry which Dr ent t him from under his rather eyebrows w well we'll l undertake that too the tho district attorney Mn in n ask no more returned Clifton arising arsing more to depart Tho The Thol l f that man with wib Rancla Ranelagh h the latter to unseal his bis lips i have nave finished with wib my y client esteem him much moro more hl highly do U i now strict attorney smiled at what the callow calow enthusiasm of a aI aI I 1 lawyer lawer but the coroner who wha uis 18 i district well 01 looked very down at the tho table before I the he sat and failed to raise rais his until the tho young youn man had vanished tho the room and his bis place had bc ben been n by Iby another of very different amace ap am nC nee ace and deportment Th Then n no ho 1 and introduced tho the new new- t to the tho prosecuting attorney as Sweetwater of the New York po po- eb Sweetwater eb was no beauty He Helain Helain Helain lain featured to to the point of ugh BO So 8 plain featured that not even evon his whimsical smile could make mako his to one who did not know ian valuable qualities His reg rc re- g chin ehin and far too to projecting nose not likely to creato a favorable tin im- ion ion on ono one ignorant of his s cheer cheer- eio mod est winsome di disposition and strict attorney after eyeing him moment m ment with ill i concealed abruptly suggested foil o nave have brought some Bome credentials I OUi I hope Tare lere ete is a letter leter from one oDe of the do do- neat Mr Gryce wrote it i ho a. a with just a touch of pride rie Fh letter leter is is is' isal all al right hastily basty reed reed re ed Dr Perry on looking lookin it over Perry is 18 commended to t us aMU aa as U in of ot sa sagacity and becoming rei re re- i JI anc N fory good To business then The Ther r we got get ot to work on this new newY Y yi the better hotter Mr Sweetwater wo e some gome doubts if the tho man we have iad md Ld is i the man mn we wo really rely want Buinow But Bui now OY much do you know now about abouL this Ul lI that's in the papers more f J JV V very r little Ive I've not been in town Ian ean hour we Ue you known here A d think so its it's my first visit 1 lt Pica hen way way en you jou OU are aro as ignorant of the theras Was ras as tb they aro are of you vou Well that f disadvantages t tc Bid c its is advantages if you will wi per per- EC eto to say sy so 50 sir I r have bave no Bo o 9 preconceived notions to I can take persons as I them and if there is is any deep y- y secret to unearth its it's its mi mighty tJ tide for a 3 man mazi to nave have nothing mar aIm A the way of his own instincts Uin s I T mean mean no no leanings this for tor humane or other purely reasons eye l of District Attorney Pox Fox towards Cowards that of his bis brother Jox ut did not meet it 1 The Thc coroner r tuniC his attention to tho the table while betraying no embar- embar nt was not quite his usual self l d attorneys attorney's b hand nd stole etolo to tom thin hn m which he ho softly soft rubbed with wih lefi en an forefinger as he again ad ad- 1 Sweetwater aw tragedy tho the most lamentable I ich has nas ha ever Over occurred in this thia town townlY town town- g lY ny and without exaggeration cration a 5 I high life fe e Ind lady who W was M le by b a br brutes brute's tes te's clutch cutch was ivas a v nf f the eLe bi highest hest culture and md most able aole e character Her r sister bister tiser who wh to have been the t o 5 canie of the crime Is s a young girl irl 51 record Of the man mun who seen sen bendin Pending over tn- tn tho i th with inas on her throat w w.- w. w. w cannot speak peak 1 He ha has hs the faults fauls has vi H I Do a n social favorite Gifted in ays 1 and popular with both men omen nc ho Ie has bas swung on his len r y disregard of thc the claims of ol uch oh th while leaving its traces is a humble and D ag heart en did dd not attract attra notice 4 lack of principle until i LOT U f this tragedy lifted nt him I b He new str stripped of ull his 11 a an egotist of tho fir t water theres there's tg no getting oer over that that But did he lie strangle tho the woman 1 He says bays not that he was orly following some Borne extraordinary impulse of the mo mo- in 1 laying his thumbs on the marks he saw W or on or Miss hR Cumberland's neck A fantastic as ic story ft told story toJ ory-toJ told too tO into I te i for perfect credence nce ind nd not worthy ot of ot the least Itt attention if if The reasons which fallowed ire ir ff too well wel known to us for r. r repetition Swept Sweet wat r listened with snapping eve o ill all al that vas as said and when he ho bad b been given en the thc various c ins indicating thy tho presence of a third third and and ns as 19 yet yot un tin known party known party on the cene c of ef f crime ime he hc rose roso ros excitedly to his feet and declaring declaring ing that it i was a most promising case hc begged ed permission to make his own ine investigations in in- e at ot The Tho Whispering Pipes after which he would be he quite ready I to he begin legin in his search for the man in the derby hat and hi high h coat collar whose love 10 0 ovo for wine wire was so great that that he chose choge and nd carried off of th the two choicest bottles bottes that lat tho the clubhouse contained A hardy act for any man gentle gentleman gente genteman man or otherwise who had just strangled stran- stran the life Hio out of a a fine w woman man like that hat If I he ho exists and the whole story storys is s not n a pure fabrication of the tho entrapped en en- trapped rapped Ranelagh he ho shouldn't be hard bard to o find W What hat do you say sav gentlemen 1 He le be 10 hard to find fiod We Ve not found have foune him the district at attorney or C with wib tho the shortest possible glance at the thc coroners coroner's face ace Then tlC field tho-field is is' all al before me Wish me mc 00 me luck Its It's Is I's a blind job but bit that that's F just lust in my line lne A map of the town a a afew few ow genera instructions and Im I'm Im off of 1 Mr r Fox ox turned tuned towards the coroner and nd opened his' his lips ps but closed them gain again ain without speaking Did Dd Sweetwater Sweet Sweet- water notice this thus act of 01 01 self restraint 1 If I f he hc did ho he failed to show it To be continued |