| Show ing THE 4 A HL AT af A 36 L R T xa QUE d ST OR ok R FOUND OUT v jy by A L if harrl 1 auth or of mine own Ira ramil millar Har Fri frand erid etc tc copyright copy lost by gessell company co 0 p y V r ig t g h t 1 9 6 y a S t r a 0 9 A a m t A CHAPTER X continued long betor th i avice was waa over there jiin r of lamentation and wal ballini lini front from many of 0 those pr sant it and nd sevi sev ral wi wit i lied to quit tile the church arm fr m th thi violence of their emotion emolion at baht it wap as ov r an I 1 the numer oua DUB and variously compounded gation gallon broke up lip aft r partaking of a frugal meat meal api lat gat lon down to ti await the of dr ajr cartwright lie III holed that noth ing hocur to cause him it to put pill oft off ills hia visit foi fat ho he was gf to artly a good deal upon the little man who had shown himself at once aal kindly in tits his dealings with him ho to could scarcely believe lie ho had met him es for the first time an I 1 here be became aware of a brisk and familiar voice below illow how do you find yonel today loday lo day mrs unman and hows how B your lodger hope youre after him well giving him plenty of new laid eggs and artam anti and that sort of thing there a nothing like good thing living to soften the of a tod ted heard beard tho the voice gradually mounting the stairs anil and the ucil mo merit the he doctor a head waa afi put in side the lour door hullo was tits hia grec erecting ting there you are vell uell liow how are you getting I 1 on teft ted sald said that he felt lit betty etty well glad to hear it the he next remark as aa tho the maker of it allowed the rest of his body to follow tits his head call by tho the by saw you in III church this thia morning sad bad all eracle very I 1 shall we bo be on off they left the cottage and made their way in III the direction of tho the sta bla lion when they came in sight of the tha line they saw that there afire vore baill part parties of men nt at work murk searching among the heaps of rubbish for money moncy oi 01 jewelry or else that might have sur nur the benu al ruin tho the station elation master was watching belr operations front from tile Ilat i platform form and to him dr cartwright addressed himself louie look here mullins mailing I 1 iv want ant to know what bouve ve done dona with that carriage the tha fourth from the engine eliat we managed to save from lit bt I 1 ing rig quite destroyed with the others the one you know in which we me found lie tile the rest lit in his car iho station roaster master milled with a glance of 0 curiosity and sympathy corn com blued at the young man who mho waa mas the doctors corn pana lon th tant rt the tha carriage or the remains of it had lioen been loft left at the sido side of the line about ono one hundred larda further farther town down they soon found it ah ab er said bald the docton this thin Is ig tho the very carriage I 1 iou on hie it 11 Is a good deal cleal damaged da maed but I 1 think for nil all that wo we may he be able to find what ii ve e are looking for the first corn coin apartment part ment Is the ono one that concerns us ue one door ot of this had bad been Emah lied end beaten in by forte force of 0 the th con cus slon the seat eat had been splint ei lit and showed that the lh fire had baught it in places and the flooring was as boin up the other cud of the compact coin pait ment though less hd had reit alved lydd more damage from the the flip the cushions cush lona had entirely eDtl rely th tile mood woodwork dwork woric was I 1 lark alach and charred and list hat remained of tile the door hung from a single binge now said tho the doctor taking tailing off tits his coat before clambering in boti inn had bad better stop outside there loom for two tao of us lit in here at once it nas as in this urner corner indicating that end of c the carriage which had received r least 14 amabe from tho the fire that we vve found him ile he wai lying there with hla his head aga liitt the back of 0 the comportment comp and tile tho lower I 1 art of his body jammed between ih the 0 broken door and the tha seat ula ilia head as s you might say rested hat heio e 11 point ing ig out a particular pall pait of 0 the pit pal ding which yet remained remaIn cd the bul bill lut let which passed through it must have lodged about there I 1 it t so e are bure su re to find 0 nd it I 1 t 14 cutting what nhat was mas lift left of the cloth 1 la strips with ith his hl knife he began to lull I 1 ull out the stuffing in hand fulls 11 I 1 J lont blont linow know the railway com coin pany would have anything to say to athla his he remarked as he carefully ass edithe mi aerial n ars on to hasco hla com f an lon kil vi h tit 1 e h nier I 1 eniy beij w right to do a certain thing I 1 always do it fart and inquire afterwards thi th ri r m wan as a nose of something me gallic railing falling hullo finite cried the doctor that and regardless ng rg ardless of the consequences to ills his doll clotha H lie he began to grope among the red remains of the flooring in a few sroni s grondn lm he looked tip again flushed an I 1 but triumphant ife he hold held in his hand a conical patre ot if 1 had ad I 1 thought as much lie he sald said as ar he be handed it to the other a ball from a revolver CHAPTER XI dr jeremiah at home the anim st which took place at noon on oil monday was hold in the befool house ilie jury having been sa sworn orn in proceeded to view tile the bodies and on their return from this me mel 1 anchovy duty tile ho coroner made an unexpected announcement which caus 1 d I a groat great sensation among the cloudy audience it having been brought to my no lice that one of 0 the supposed victims of the late disastrous affair instead 11 of losing ills his life as aa was wag concluded at the time through the accident in which so BO many have unfortunately perished has come by his death through foul play it Is iny intention to hot I 1 a imparate inquiry upon the body at the same hour to morrow I 1 shall now proceed with my inquiry as to the manner in which the other pis met their death call tho the first wiell HI sq I 1 atar in the tiny day hundreds of people gattia led in the churchyard to witness the interments Inter ments tl tin body of silas burritt had been buck back to the vestry estry where it moul I 1 remain i antil his son fulfilled the pro promise intHe ho he jail had made and brought t it home faith to earth ashes to ashes dust dual to dust cume tho the words vi filia ae ILI sasan 1 I thought at a I 1 A ball from a revolvers verl of I 1 burial bernice na as one by one the collins vero mere lowered lovered and the first BI adeoul of eat eai th cast upon thern them ted burritt stood be side itis ilia new fr franl itil tho the doctor sud still denly there was mas a commotion among the crowd at a little distance and lie heat 1 I a sl at arp cry then the browm opened as 01 to mako make way for sonto boino one and lie he saw a young man loading a figure lit in black whom lie ho as aa the widow midow whose hope loss grief brief lie lial hal before been a wit 11 ness ess of but who now was clinging to the arm of the bouth who support od ad tier her and seemed ni as though her sud bud den joy were almost mole moie than she could C ou id boar bear I 1 win wan beci in the train at III all lie he was assuring tier her over and over again it mas vi aa quito a nil mistake what made ou oil think ou on recognized me nai mag a bit of cloth just like ilk e your coat but oil oh my boy to think thin k I 1 ve pot got ou again anti and the aup couple le pissed on follow follo oil etl by the thetla murn irus of the crowd well now what ayou think of that tor for a sentimental epi episodes episode Hode 9 of thing onu ono roada reads of but do doean es n t believe in eh ch 7 dear me and the doc tor took tok off hla his spectacles for no ap parent reason and pointed them carefully caie fully on ilia hla bilk chief you dian didn t see aee the meeting lic between tween item alem did youa you 9 tit tho 0 women omen m were cr co ing alt all round me and they ve made my iny quite dull thion parsing his arm through the 0 the r 8 corny come along he sald you ve had quite elouth of this come and t pend the with mith rue me IOU ou know where here I 1 ahe no wall any one can tell ou that goodbe good b e I 1 must be off got a lot of sick to flo look arter after t re fe I 1 had no difficulty dini culty in finding out ont the house tile the door was opened to him by an aa elderly woman ser fernant Nant who bo as thought seemed to re hard hlin him with mith a certain amount of Now norbeit beit she aha bado bade him anter erom an inner room a voice hailed balled him iilo abat you right be with you yen in a minute just wait until lye finished dolring pol ring oft off the parish pariah and through the halt open door came tuo tue clink of glass and ahe the bound teof laiq liquids ids ping being vo y red 60 from one to adoth e rat abe curbed from his tanchum tum and greeted him with great cordiality so you ve come thought you would glad clad t to 0 see gee you and what do you lu think of my little place was the next inquiry accompanied by a comprehensive of the band pretty snug eh ch not bad quarters for a bachelor ills visitor expressed approval of his surroundings which certainly were well worthy of the appellation snug bestow bestowed cd upon them by their owner at the time there was waa an air of compactness of severe attention to detail which was vas suggestive of oe the fact that the present occupant had haa at one time or otar been restricted in the matter of elbow room yes im I 1 m pretty comfortable the doctor went on lye I 1 ve got a deiy good housekeeper on the whole iler her chott fault li Is that she shea a so confound edly suspicious suspicious re echoed tho the other well I 1 thought she ehe looked at me rather strangely when she let mo me in the little doctor chuckled and showed symptoms of great inward en ah abl you thought so did ion the fact Is she shea a in mortal terror of my getting married 1 well but that make her suspicious of met mel my doar f ft now how ashes auspicious of 0 evio vc r body she shea a jealous of every woman single or married because the single ones being single are open to offers while tile the married ones are liable to inso inse their husbands Lus bands at a apo w 0 ment 9 notice and as widows would be more to be ba feared than the others otherl but I 1 belong to neither category bifid the soung man surely my dear boy cut in fit the other I 1 as a young man ou on are likely to pus poa sois mw female relatives a sister oi 01 a cousin or nn an aunt either of whom might eventually prove dangerous to my peace ireace of mind fed actually laughed to the little mans gnat satisfaction as the idea presented d itself to him of ills his ister may as aa a possible aspirant to the position of mrs jeremiah calt wright in less that a moment how bow ver ever the laugh had bad died awa and a corresponding capri gaion of despond ency settled down own upon ills hla faturos fa f tures ile he thinking of that inquest to tomor mor row thought the doctor and his bis fathers father B boily body lang ing in the batry vestry I 1 must get him out of that gloover again here starting to his feet como come and have a valk malk lound my premises before it arts dark lie ho took him out through the bin III egiy and shoed him a neat ineat little domain which was divided into por eions in which grow respective flowers fruit and vegetables at the bottom was mas a fowl run and a very small circular pond about the size of an ordinary wash A ash liand land basin in it which aich paddled a solitary duck who as soon OT ai be caught sight bight of the doctor for sook sock his fa favorite element and came mix waddling lilling tow toi aids him quacking loud ay iy y lie ile to linom know you said ted to bo be continued continue |
