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Show MifiMlk f Jly ANNA KATHARINE GREEN 1 "121 sMz-d&WA AunioH op -Trtc LEAvcmvoHTH case" r- AV "SZ&KsS; MMawi m I & illustrations dv V)- y,oj( y7&&22muvtK- M 1 CHADLE3.-VV.BOSSEP f 4t VWTT I could have the pleasure of seeing him eat them. When I came out of the alley the small crowd had van-tabed, van-tabed, but a big one was collecting up the street very near my home I always think of my booka when I see anything suggesting fire, and naturally natural-ly I returned, and equally naturally, when I heard what bad happened, followed fol-lowed the crowd Into the court and ao up to the poor woman'a doorway. Hut my curiosity satisfied. I returned at once to the street and went to New York as I had planned." "Do you mind telling ua where you went In New York?" "Not at all. 1 went shopping. I wanted a certain very fine wire, for an experiment I had on hand, and I found It in a little shop on Fourth avenue. If I remember rightly, the name over the door was Grlppus. Its oddity struck me." There was nothing left to the Inspector In-spector but to dismiss him. He bad answered all questions willingly, and with a countenance Inexpressive of guile. He even. Indulg. in a parting shot on his own account, as full of frank acceptance of the situation as It was fearless in Its attack. As he baited bait-ed in the doorway before turning hla back upon the room, he smiled for the third time as be quietly said: "1 have ceased visiting my friend's apartment in upper New York. If you ever want me again, you will find me amongst my books." He was half-way out the door, but his name quickly spoken by the inspector in-spector drew him bark. "Anything more?" he asked. The Inspector smiled. "You are a man of considerable analytic power, as I take It, Mr. Hi-other no n. You must have decided long ago how this woman died." "Is that a question, inspector?" "You may take It as such." "Then I will allow myself to say that there Is but one common-sense view to take of the matter. Miss Challoner'. death was due to suicide; so was th.it of the washerwoman. Hut there I stop. As for the means the motive such mysteries may bo within with-in your province but they are totally outside mine! God help us all! The world Is full of mlstry. Aguln I wish you good-day." Tb air seemed to have lost its vl- ' tallty and the sun its sparkle when be was gone. 1 "Now, what do you think, Gryce?" The old man rose and came out of his corner. ' "This: That I'm up against the hard- 1 eat proposition of my lifetime. Noth- 1 ing la the man's appearance or manlier man-lier evinces guilt, yet I believe him ' guilty. I must Not to, la to strain probability to the point of breakage. 1 But bow to reach Mm Is a problem 1 and one of no ordinary nature. If he 1 is not innocent as the day, he's as ' hard uuquarrled marble. He might ' be confronted with reminders of his 1 crime at every turn without weaken- 1 ing of allowing by loss of appetite or 4 Interrupted sleep any effect upon bis 1 nerves. That's my opinion of the gentleman, gen-tleman, lie Is either that, or a man 1 of uncommon force and self-restraint" ( "I'm Inclined to believe him the lat- 1 ter." "And ao give the whole matte Ind 1 "What do you waist? You say the mill la onworkable." "Yes, In a dsy, or In a week, pos-ilbly pos-ilbly la I month. But persistence and I protean Adaptability to meet bis 1 noods might accomplish something. 0 I don't aay will, J fttfry say might If ' Sweetwater bad tbtf jW, wKh unlim-ted unlim-ted time la which td tarry out any 1 lan4 mar have, or r rn for a hange of plana to suit a changed Idea, access might be his, aud both ftme, ffort and outlay Justified.'' I "The outlay? I am thinking et the utlay." tl "Mr. Chaltener will see to that I b ave hla word that no reasonable qi raotmt will daant him." "But this Brotherson Is suspicious, fe baa an Inventor's secret to hide. If one other. We cant saddle htm with guy of Sweetwater's appearance and bnormal loquaciousness." "Not readily, I own. But time will U ring counsel. Are you willing to belp u e boy, to belp me and possibly your ar pit by this venture la the dark? The w apartment shan't loae money by It; m lat'a all I can promise." (, "But It'e a big one. Gryce, you aball T! v your way. Youll be the only Tl er If 700 fall; and yon will fall; w, ke my word for It." gn "1 wish I could speak as confidently ne th contrary, but I can't. I can give rlt m my band though. Inspector, and reetwater'a thanks. I can meet the ha y now. An hour ago I dldul know pn w I waa to do it" th) CHAPTER XV. ei bui Thst's the Question. for "How many times has lie eeVa ma thf "Twice." ter "That'e an fortunate.' wt "Ifcmned aafortanate; fat one must! ten osi some sort of a handles s la a j pre SYNOPSIS. Oeor.e Andnmon and wife tea re-larkahle re-larkahle looking man coma out of the Clermont hotel, look around furtively, waah hla hansla In th anow and paaa on. Commotion atlra.ta them to lha cUrmonl. whura II la found that lha beautiful Mlaa Kdlth C'hallonar haa fallen dead Anderson Ander-son deat'rlla tha man ha aaw waah hla nanda In tha anow, Tha hotel manager Sm'larea him to ha Orlando Mrotliaraon. Mivalelana find that Mlaa Challoner waa atabbad and not allot, which aeema to clear Unit hereon of uaplHun. (Jryea, an Sed drtecttva. anil Hweetwnter. tila aa-Slatant. aa-Slatant. lake up tha enaa. They belleva el lea Challoner atahhml heraelf. A paper rutter found near tha aeerie of tragedy la believed to he tha weapon need. Mr. dial-loner dial-loner ti-lla of a hatch of letter found In hla datmhler'a deak, aliened " li " All are lova let (era eacept one which ahowa that tha writer waa dlepleiiaed Thla letter let-ter waa aliened hv Mrtnmln llnitharaoit. (.nrteraon iroea with Hweel water to Iden-Ify Iden-Ify llrotheraon, who la to addrvaa a meet. In of annrrhlala The plm-e la raided hr tha H.lice and llrotheraon ea.apoa with-nut with-nut helna; Identlfled. llrotheraon la found Hvlna; In K tenement under the natns f Innn. Ila la an Inventor. llrotheraon tellii he coroner of hla aciualnliinfe with Mlea ('halloher and how ahe repulaed htm with aeorn when he offered her hla lova. flwaetwater recalla the mvatery of tha murder of a washerwoman In which some eeialla wera almilar to tha Challoner affair. af-fair. CHAPTER XII. Continued. Only the Dunn of today seemed to have all bis wits about him. while the huge fellow who brushed so rudely by me on that occasion hud the peculiar lock of a man struggling with horror e: snmn other grave agitation. This was not surprising, of course, under the circumstances. I had met more . than one man and woman In those hulls who had worn the same look; ( but none of them had put up a sign on his door that he had left for New , York and would not be bark till 6:30, ( and then changed hla mind ao sudden- ly that he was back In the tenement , at three, aharing the curiosity and the terrora of Its horrified Inmates. ( "Hut tho discovery, while poaslbly suggoatlve, was not of so pressing a nature as to dwnnnd Instant action; and more Immediate duties coming ( up, I let the nutter slip from my mind, to be brought up again the next day, you may well believe, when all the clrcumstancea of the death at the , Clermont came to light and I found ; myself confronted by a problem very , early the counterpart of the one then , Occupying me. ! "But I did not see any real conneo- , tlon between the two caaea, until, In any hunt for Mr. Brotherson, I came pon the following facts; that be was not alwaya the gentleman be ap- peared; that the apartment In whlcn be waa supposed to live waa not his t own but a friend's named Conway; and that he was only there by spells. .When he waa thore, be dressed like a prince and It waa while so clothed he , ate his meals In the cafe of the Hotel Clermont ( "Of Brotherson himself I aaw nothing. noth-ing. He had come to Mr. Conway's apartment the night before the night f Mlaa Challoner'a death, you under t stand but had remained pnlv )ong , 'enough to change his clothe. Where a he went afterwards la unknown to Mr ( Conway, nor can he tell ua when to look for hla return. When no does r ahow op, my message will be given htm, etc., eto. I have no fault to find t .with Mr. Conway. t "You have beard how Brotherson bore Iilmaelf at the coroner s office; ( what his explanations were and how i completely they fitted la with the pre- b conceived notions of the Inspector and tl the district attorney. In consequence, Miss Challoner'a death la looked upon n aa a aulclde. A weapon waa In her w band she Impulsively used It, and an- , other deplorable aulclde waa added to w the melancholy list Had I put la my e ar at the conference held In the coro-er'a coro-er'a offlce; bad I recalled to Doctor Heath the curtoue raao of Mra. 8potls. n and then Identified Brotherson aa the tan whoae window fronted hers from w the opposite tenement, a diversion Ct might have been created and the out- c eoaae beea different But I feared the hi experiment ym D0t eufflclently In with Ue chief aa yet. nor yet with ot the Inspector. They might not have u, called me a fool you may; but that's th different and they might have lie- re tened, but It would doubtless have m been with an air I could not have held m ap against with that fellow'a eyes ar f xed mockingly on mine. For he and w. I are pitted for a atruggle. and I do not want to give him the advantage a, f even a momentary triumph. He's tr the most complete master of himself to of any man I ever met and It will yo Uke the united brain and resolution no of the whole force to bring blm to mi book If he ever Is brought to book, th which I doubt What do yon think y0 about Itr "That you have given me aa antt- ro dote against old age." waa the ringing and unexpected reply, aa the thought- tai ful. half puxiled aspect of the old man th yielded Impulaivery to a barst of bis th early entbaaiasra. "If we can get a good grip on the thread you apeak of. and caa work oureelvee along by It though It be by no more than Inch at ft time, we ahall yet make our way through thla labyrinth of andoubfed thl crime and earn for ourselves a trt- det aph which will make acme of the ae and lBextearlaMa4 un fellowe eai about us stare. Sweetwater, coincidences coinci-dences are possible. We run upon them every day. But coincidence In crime! that should mske work for a detective, and we are not afraid of work. There's my hand for my end of the business." "And here's mine." Next minute the two heads were closer than ever together, and the business had begun. CHAPTER XIII. Time, Circumstances, and a Villain's Hssrt "Our first difficulty Is this. We must prove motive. Now, I do not think it will be so very hard to show that this Brotherson cherished feelings feel-ings of revenge towards Miss Challoner. Chal-loner. But I have to acknowledge rlttht here and now that the most skilful skil-ful and vigorous pumping of the Janitor Jani-tor and auch other tenants of the Illrks street tenement as I have dared to approach, falls to show that be has ever held any communication with Mrs. fi potts, or even knew of ber ex Istence until her remarkable death attracted at-tracted his attention." "Humph! We will set that down, then, as so much against us." "The next, and this la a bitter pill too, ia the almost Insurmountable difficulty dif-ficulty already recognised of determining determin-ing how a man, without approaching hla vtc'lm. could manage to Inflict a mortal atab In her breast. No cloak 9f complete Invisibility haa yet been round, even by the cleverest criminals. Hut there's an answer to "everything, xnd I'm sure there's an answer to this. Itemember bis business. He's an Inventor, In-ventor, with startling Ideas. Oh, I know that I am prejudiced; but wait ind see! Miss Challoner was well rid f him even at the cost of her life.' "She loved him. Kven her father be-leves be-leves that now. Home lately dlscov-red dlscov-red letters have come to light to ;rov that she waa by no means so leart free aa he supposed. One of iter frlemU, it seems, haa also con-lil con-lil I'd to him that once, while she and MUs Challoner were sitting together, ilio caught Miss Challoner In the act )f scribbling capltala over a sheet of paper. They were all B.'g with the exception ot here and there a nearly turned O, and when her friend twitted her with her fondness for these two letters, and suggested pleasing monogram, Miss Challoner answered, 0 B. (transferring the letters, aa you tee) are the Initials of the finest man In the world.' " "Gosh! Haa he beard this story?" "I don't think so. It was told me In confidence." "Told you, Mr. Gryce? Pardon my curiosity." "Ily Mr. Challoner." "Oh! by Mr. Challoner." "He is greatly distressed at having he disgraceful suggestion of suicide ittached to hla daughter's name. He lent for me In order to inquire If any-hing any-hing could be done to reinstate her n pub'g opinion. He evidently does tot like Brotherson either." "And what what did you say?" iked Sweetwater, with a halting ut-erance ut-erance and bla face full of thought "J almpty quoted the latest author-ty author-ty on hypnotism, that nd person even 1 hypnotic sleep could be Influenced y another to do what waa antagoola-10 antagoola-10 to his natural Instincts." "Latest authority. That doesn't lean a final one. Rupposlng that It as hypnotism! But that wouldn't ccount for Mra. Bpotta' death. Her ound certainly waa not a self Inflict-3 Inflict-3 one." , "How can you be sure?" "There waa no weapon found In the I Kra. or In the court The anow waa marched and the children too. No eapon, Mr. Gryce, not even a paper- itter. Besides but bow did Mr. balloeer Uke what you said? Waa I i satisfied with this assurance?" t "He had to be. I didn't dare to hold it any hop baaed on so unsubstan- I si a theory. But the Interview had c Is effect upon n.e. If the possibility r mains of fixing guilt elsewhere than a i Miss Challoner'a Inconsiderate lm- c ilse, I am ready to devote any y nount of time and strength to the a ork. To see thla grieving father re- e ved from the worst part of hla bur- tl m la worth some effort and now you tow wby I have listened so eagerly d you. Sweetwater, I will go with li iu to the superintendent. We may b it gain hla attention and again we n sy. If we don't but we won't crosa flat fl-at bridge prematurely. When will : u be ready for this bustneea?" "I roust be at headquarters tomor tc w" w "Good, then let It be tomorrow. A e ilcab, Bweetwate-. The aubway for u s young. I caa no longer manage s autre." n CHAPTER XIV. la A Concession. B 'It la true; there seems to be some- b ng extraordinary la the cotnei- pt nee." bt rttua Mr. Brotherson, la the preo- in em of the Inspector. pc I- "But that is all there la to It" be n easily proceeded. "I knew Miss Chal-n Chal-n loner and I have already aald how a much and bow little I had to do with f her death. The other woman I did not d know at all; I did not even know her name. A prosecution based on grounds ao flimsy as those you advance would e savor of persecution, would It not?" e The Inspector, surprised by this unexpected un-expected attack, regarded the speaker speak-er with an intereat rather augmented than diminished by hla boldness. The smile with which he had uttered theae a concluding words yet lingered on his Hps, lighting up features of a mold too e suggestive of command to be assocl-t assocl-t ated readily with guilt That the lm-v lm-v presslon thus produced waa favor-I- able, waa evident from the tone ot the I- Inspector'a reply: s "We have said nothing about prose-I- cutlon, Mr. Brotherson. We hope to I- avoid any such extreme meusures, b and that we may the more readily do 1 1 ao, we have given you this opportun- Ity to make such explanations aa the ) situation, which you yourself have characterized aa remarkable, aeems to - call for." "I am ready. But what am I called , upon to explain? I really cannot aee, sir." 1 "You can tell us why with your - seeming culture and obvloua means, you choose to spend so much time in C a second rate tenement Ilka the one In i Hicks street." t Again that chili amlle preceding the i quiet answer; "Have you seen my room there? It , ia piled to the celling with books. . When I was a poor man, I chose the - abode suited to my purse and my pas-! pas-! slon for first-rate reading. I have nev-: nev-: er seen the hour when I felt like niov-I niov-I Ing that precious collection. Besides, I am a man of the ix-ople. I have led I may say that I am leading a dou-' dou-' ble life; but of neither am I ashamed, i nor have I cause to be. Love drove i mo to ape the gentleman in the bolls ' of the Clermont; a broad human Inter-' Inter-' est In the work of the world, to live I as a fellow among the mechanics of , Hlcka atreet" "But why make use of one name as ', a gentleman of leisure and quite a dlf-i dlf-i terent one as the honest workman?" ' "Ah, there you touch upon my real I secret I have a reason for keeping i my Identity quiet till my Invention Is ; completed." "A reason connected with your an-i an-i archlstlc tendencies?" i "Possibly." But the word waa uttered ut-tered In way to carry little convlo- i I . ' 1 rlpF: i"- i "Gryce, You Shall Have Veuf Way." tlon. "I am not much of an anar- chlat," he now took the trouble to do- c clare, with a careless lift of his shoul- s ders. ( "We are glad to hear It, Mr. Dunn. Physical overthrow carrlea more than o the Immediate sufferer with It." "We have no wish." continued the h Inspector, "to probe too closely Into a concerns aeemlngly quite remnj from the main issue. You will prob- I ably be anxloua to explain away a dls- n crepancy between your word and your conduct, which haa come to our a attention. You were known to have expressed the Intention of spending b the afternoon of Mrs. 8 potts' death In t! New York and were supposed to have at done so, yet you were certainly te.0 d In the crowd which Invaded that rear tl building at the first alarm. Are you conscious of possessing a double, or hi did you fall to cross the river aa you lo expected to?" tl "I am glad this b come up." The tone waa one of self-congratulation to which would have shaken Sweetwater yt sorely hsd be been admitted to this 8' unofficial examination. "I did mean to lego le-go to New York and I even started on t my walk to the brtdse at the boar mentioned. But I got Into a small crowd on the corner of Pultoo street la which a poor devil who bad robbed a vendor'e cart of ft few oranges, was being bustled about Thero waa no ro policeman within sight, aad so I busied myself there for a minute paying pay-ing for the orangae aad dragging tho poor wretch away Into aa alley, where M K game like thla. Before I'm done with t him, he'll look me full In the face i- and wonder If he's ever seen ma be-I be-I fore. I wasn't always ft detective. I I waa a carpenter once, aa you know, s and I'll Uke to the tools again. Aa soon aa I'm bandy with them I'll hunt , up lodgings In Hicks street He may - suspect me at first, but he won't long; I'll be such ft confounded good work-t work-t man. I only wish I hadn't such pro-t pro-t nounced features. I wnt to deceive i him to his face. Ilea clever, thla same Brotherson, and there's glory to I be got in making a fool of him. Do you think It could be done with a beard? I've never worn a beard, r While I'm settling back into my old I trade, I can let the hair grow." i "Sweetwater! We'd better give the i task to another man to some oue i Brotherson haa never seen and won't be suspicious of?" "He'll be suspicious of everybody who tries to make frlenda with him now; only a little more ao with me; that'a all. But I've got to meet that. ; and I'll do it by being, temporarily, of 1 course, exactly the man I seem. My 1 health will not be good for the next I few weeks, I'm sure of that But I II 1 be a model workman, neat and con- 1 sclentlous with Just a suspicion of : dash where dash is needed. He knows 1 the real thing when he sees it, and there'a not a fellow living more alive 1 to shams. I won't be a sham. I'll be It. You'll aee." "But the doubt. Can you do all thla 1 in doubt of the Issue?" I "No; I must have confidence in the 1 end, and I must believe In hla guilt 1 Nothing elso will carry ma through. I 1 must believe in his guilt." "Yes. that'e essential." 1 "And I do. I never was surer of ' anything than I am of that. But I'll ' have the deuce of a time to get evi- 1 dence enough for a grand Jury. That'a 1 plainly to be seen, and that'a why I'm ' so dead set on the business. It's such 1 an even toss-up." "I don't call It even. He's got the " start of you every way. You can't go r to bla tenement; the Janitor there 1 would recognize you even If he didn't" r "Now I will give you a piece of goor. c news. They're to have a new Janl- 1 tor next week. I learned that yester- day. The present one Is too easy. He'll be out long before I'm ready to p show myself there; and ao will the woman who took care of the poor washerwoman's little child. I'd not ll have risked ber curiosity. Lack Isn't all against us. How does Mr. Challoo- b er feel about itr n "Not very confident; but willing to J1 give you any amount of rope. Sweet- v watec, he Jet me have a batch of let. ten wrlttenTy hla daughter which he d round tfl a secret drawer. They are not to be read, or even opened, unless ll a great necessity arises. They were written for Brotherson'! eye of so the father says but she never sent c them; too exuberant perhaps. If you ever want them I cannot give them to you tonight, and wouldn't If I could ,! Jon t go to Mr. Challoner you must never be seen at his hotel and g don'i come to me, but to the little bouse in West Twenty-ninth street, where they will be kept for you, tied ! up tq package with your name on It lT the way, what name are you going c. to work under?" ' "My mother'e-Zugg." , "OeJf .I U remember. You can always al-ways TlU or even telephone to Twen-ty-nlnti (Xtft . Pm Jn constant com-munlcatM com-munlcatM J1 em there, and ll'a m qulto aafe." "Thanks. You'rJ s,rrd (ha gupertn-tendent gupertn-tendent Is with m? "Yes, but not tbw ifjfeetor', tie sees notiine but tho V'ietrrn. of a a, atrange coincidence In Oajaodw i ; arson." rj ."Again the scales hang even. Bu'fJfrV th od'l remain ao. One side la U bound la flee. Wnlch? That'a tho j r,l question, MY.- Wryce." CHAPTf R XVI. Opposed. Thero waa a new te'fUfif la the Hlcka atreet tenement. ff arrived gli late one afternoon and wae shown 0f two rooms, one In the rear building th ind another In the front one. Both p0 were on the fourth floor. He de- Oh murred at the former, thought It me iloomy but finally consented to try It i rhe other, he said, waa too expensive, apf fbe Janitor new to the business y ess not much taken with him and yet ihowed it which seemed to offend the ten lewcomer. who wss evidently an lr- pro Itable fellow owing to 111 health. However, they came to terms as I lt isve ssld. and the man went away,' ,hl iromlslng to send In his belongings' wat he next day. He smiled as he aald Sor hla and the Janitor who had rarely ere een such a change tare place In a tlt'u uman face, looked uncomfortable or a moment and seemed disposed to aake some remark about the room hey were leaving. But. thinking bet- It er of It locked the door and led the ilea ray downsuira As the pros pee tire Ftoi nant followed, he may have noticed the robably did. that the door they had Cbr . . , -ow one the only new u.t left was an hole habby thing to be seen , P'tC.?' . . .u !dVr waa locked The next night thai . . l . , . ,. ouok man baa on the Inside. The J taken possession. A. the remnanu of meal he . for himself, he cast a look . " "gHeeT roundings, and Imperceptibly Then he brightened again, and "'.1 down on his solitary chair, he tt " " hla eyes on the window which, unt talned and without shade, stared opei. ' 1 mouthed, as It were, at tho opposite wall rising high across the court In that wall, one window only aeemed to Interest Mm and thut wna on a level with his own. Tho ahsde of this window was up, but there was no light back of It and so nothing of the Interior could be sei n. Hut his eye remained fixed upon It, while hla hand, stretched out towards the lamp burning near him, held rtseir In readiness readi-ness to lower the light at a minute's notice. Did he see only the opposite wall and that unlllumtned window? Waa there no memory of tho time when. In ft prevloua contemplation of those dismal pan os, he beheld stretching between be-tween them and himself, a long, low bench with a plain wooden tub upon it, from which a dripping cloth beat out upon the boards beneath a dlsniui note, monotonous as the ticking of a clock? One might Judge that such memories memo-ries were Indeed his, from the rapid glance he cast behind him at the place where the bed had stood in those days. It was placed differently now. Hut If he saw, and If he heard these suggestions from the past, he waa not less alive to the exactions of tho present, pres-ent, for, aa his glunco flew buck acrosa the court, his finger suddenly moved and the fl.imo It controlled sputtered, and went out. At the same Instant, tho window opposite sprang Into view aa the lamp was lit within, and for several mmutes the wholo interior remained re-mained vUlble the books, the work-table, work-table, the cluttered furniture, and. most Interesting of all. Its owner and occupant. It waa upon tho latter that the newcomer fixed bis attention, and with an absorption equal to that he law expressed In the countenance opposite. op-posite. But hla was the absorption of watchfulness; that of the other of Introspection. In-trospection. Mr. Brotherson (wo sill no longer call him Dunn even here where he Is known by no other same) had entered the room clad In ila heavy overcoat and, not having :aken It off before lighting his lamp. ItlJJ stood with It on, gazing eagorly lown at the model occupying tho laeo of honor on the large center, able. He was not touching it not it thla moment but that his thoughl sere with It, that bis whole mind waa joncentrated" on It, was evident to the' e-atchor across the court; and, as thla sascher took n this fact and noticed he loving care with which the enthu-ilastlc enthu-ilastlc Inventor finally put out his fln-ter fln-ter to rearrange a thread or twirl m-vheel, m-vheel, his disappointment found utter-ince utter-ince In a sigh which echoed sadly hrougb the dull and cheerless room, lad ho expected thla stern and self--ontalned man tq show an open In-llfference In-llfference to work and the hopes of, i" 1IffK!s? If so, this was the Crst' f the many surmises awaidntf him? He was gifted, however, with tho atletiee of an automaton and coniin-icd coniin-icd to watch bis fellow tenant as lonr .the letter's shade remained up. Vhen It fell, he rose and took a few tept up and down, but not with tho elerlty and precision which usually eeompanlAd hla movements. Doubt llsturbed bis mind and Impeded his Cttvlty. He had caught a fair glimpse? X protherson'a face aa he approached1 ho window, and though it continued1 fJ (fany abstraction, it equally dls-W's'if dls-W's'if serenity and a complete sat-ifuS'"1 sat-ifuS'"1 etn too preaent if not with is.' foiN'' H4 n mistaken his man 'ter all w" n, Instinct, for the' rst time It,' hw et,f career, wholly fault? He bad sue 6 B rating a Impse of his qu"7 tn- PrtT,cV his own room 4 hom" w,lh hu ought, and unconsv onage. and how had . -Jl hlm? leerful. and natural In a ta mo"' nts. Hut the evening waa young f!T" T come' m,tn '" d more ' , foU,".t ?;r' V" " for etudrlng thl. Imp.a.i cou. lance under much more telling anit h eh.., "rV1 thM" unltie. h cheerful anticipation. Mean- tch 1 be had planned for thl, , hL methlng mlxht yet occur. At .11 n U be ,ouM h.ve exhausted SI nation from thl. standpoint, (TO B COXTI.Vt-En . Map, Antedate Columbus, t lsssidtbat there are wellauth.--rlda ,a4 ruba HM ' o h.C lir-2. before ,h. return of U-opher Col,. ttom kmtrw |