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B y a few days’ ofâ€"shadowing you 1 ascertained that you went to a cor. tun. brokers Qzflcet tang having £9de -.-. v .. 7-..~\ .uLVLLILC‘UVLUH. “Yes. I found out that you had some» thing in reserve: but the ‘ taut fact it conveyed to me was that you had taken to secret ganlbling in the hope 0 \: pose that having made a big 1033 you would stop without an attempt to re. gain it. There is no Dublin ”mu...“ v'u‘wl‘ ‘ erty to uée as I saw fit,” cuttingly. He acknowledg "1 suppose. in yet you also km)“ that ticket.” faiied {ht we haw l “I have nothing further to say at épresent than to repeat that you will {repent of your idiocy later,“ was my ifrigid comment. He laid aside the j card case as having been disposed of, {and began toying with the book- - maker’s ticket. I “Being now thoroughly convinced :of your guilt. I began worrying my head for good, tangible proof of itâ€" proof that would convince twelve men who would be naturally prepossessed f in your favor at the beginning because of your anhfâ€"‘Hrnnnn and nnne ‘ and I or your appcarance and good record I hated to believe you Capable of thing like this, but was forced to and. as you know, when I tackle ' 1 man in any contpgr mama," A- -.L____ a {in pressing the putty against the Win- : ; dow in order that I miflht try 811 19‘ fteresflng mperiment. The eXpen- v iment succeeded. My calling your ~ lattention to the likelihood of losing isuch articles under conditions simi- ilar to those you had just experienced. istarted a train of thought in your imind. I knew you were worried by .‘the loss of your card case and were ’ very desirous of regaining it. My - stratagem ot‘ the rest/"“0." match box imade it occur to you the: if was pos- l" ‘ Bible that you had lost 3'0132‘ ca‘d case {in going on? of the widow on the 'lnight of the crime. an! 1312‘ there .iwas a bare possibility that it had not «been picked up and that you would ffind it among the rubbish back of the Ishotel. Having as I hoped sowed this ithought in your mind, I made an ex~ .cuse and kit you. You will recall fthat the pretext I made for departing Twas that I wished to make another experiment alone. I immediately made it, the experiment consisting of my going rapidly to the head of the {alley passing the Pacific Hotel and iwaiting there for you. True to my ‘reasoning. you went straight to the place where I had found the card case, «and lighting a cigar. made a brief fsearch ot‘ the premises by the light of the match. of course unsuccessfully. 1 Then. as you came hurrying into the 1 street. you popped into my arms where I had stood to watch if you would fall into the trap. I remember your expression of surprise and dis- pleasure at unexpectedly seeing me there. As an excuse I‘told you that the criminal was downtown then and moving around considerably himself.' I imagine that remark rather got you to guessing. Whether you admire my strategy or not. I think you will have I to admit it was a rather clever per- V formance on my part.” I twisted in c my seat. C I “F‘HAMMA‘J bet (I: ,‘down town. You will: 'cmem'bez upon that out it did not take me long to {that occasion I handed you your learn what medium you were back- .‘match sate a: ter he had come down, ,3 lng. It was the same stock that Bruce land told you that I had picked it up went broke on the day before the :at the foor of the ladder 119 had just robbery, and I knew in the nature of fleft;mentio111na The at! that climb- things that you had gone broke at ging up axd (101111 and r such codni- the same time he did. You were, ltlons \\ as an: to 11012»; a smooth arti- therefore, as hard hit as he, but show fcle out of ones vest pocket. There ed splendid nerve and never turned a is nothing truer than t 19.1 statement, hair or let a hint drop. I had now un- and I have no doubt but that is ex- [covered your sudden desperate plight actly what happened in the original 1 at the exact time when you became case of 113121 ins! ard receptacle. lpossessed of the knowledge that your Now. as a li'ii'iL-‘l' oi fact, I extracted uncle had this large amount of monev that match 41:.) horn your pocket in in an old, weak sateâ€"the combina- the damn-:13»~ when you were occupied | tion of dire extremity and sudden 013-1 to desrroy your jvised of it I began thinking went without saying that it W I have thromlnq him de- good deal upon his own he yells quits I am always }\f\}h\ her which I E 5 I 53"“? fit," I ’ acknowledged "our infini Le “’ kn. T V_ ~».6\.L SGJILDll g in 1g enough to enable 9111:-ngw Mfg. Aqd t of the nature or ; improbable to sup- nade a. big loss you t an attempt to re- no public gambling g on in ten except rade and the stock :hancee were 11' you na- "“ “ "Juvuz, I had 15059? left AL 7 Was at lib. I broke in good record that he ra 311 â€"_v 'vâ€"ur-VWAUVQ .LUu ‘\,‘A'l have to do as you please with me.’ LeDuc whistled. “I wondered if you had got bitten today for the second time when 1 read that Underground had blown up. So that ends my prospects of getting any fees for a lot of hard work.” He looked quite downcast for a space, then brightened up and continued more cheerfully. “I know that you are not a criminz‘ at heart, Tom. I am sorry, very son-3. for all this. 322‘ E should regret vex-3 much to see you go to the penite- tiary. But if you wish me to ass- you, you must make a clean breast o the affair. Have you any 01' )‘(TI‘ uncle’s money left?” I could onf; groan. Despairing and helpless threw myself upon his mercy. “No. I used it for further spec-121a tion after I was wiped out the 1‘3-» k. tune. I was away ahead of the gm. L until to-day, but now I am wiped out completely. I am penniless and W 41.1 debt. I can repay absolutely nothing -‘â€" A!“ “-â€"â€"v vuuwv. It was a good thing that LeDuc had possessed the foresight to render me helpless and secure my revolver. In the frenzy of the moment I certain- ly would have used it upon one or both of us. I turned upon him des- perately. “Do you think any jury would believe such evidence as that and Convifit me 3 I demanded huskily. He wrinkled his forehead. “I am sure I don’t know. One can never tell. Do you want to give a jury the chance?” I made no answtr and we sat in silence, the coldness of death upon me, my companion un- moving, but lynx eyed. Then once more he addressed me, and through his tones ran the old familiar friend- liness of days long gone by. “I know that you are not a criminz‘. at heart, Tom. I am sorry, very sorry for all this. and I should regret Yer) much to see you go to the penite- .L:..___ h as you went along by which I could send you to the penitentiary. Neither did you suspect that I meant you when I told you if I ever unraveled the knot it would be because of the assistance and clues you had given me. Incidentally I might say that the office we burglarized belonged to a friend of mine who loaned it to me for the purpose. I had you jamb your thumb against the ball of soft putty and got an excellent impression of it, which I haze had experts compare with the faint lines on the blackened paper. ' he); assure me that they were bout u aide by the same thumb.” “But geally {ligt dpeq not -a-vy uvyvv» vuub he had furnished it until I denounced him, and I guess I was correct. I don't believe it entered your head that you were making the evidence “I had now the chain of proof con "meeting you with the crime forged with the exception of one link, which could I supply would make it practi- cally unbreakable. On one of the mortgages which had been blackened by burnt powder was a fairly good imprint of a right thumb. l tore off. the fragment of paper containing it. and by placing it under the micro- scope could distinctly trace the lines. Of course such lines are not the same on any two persons in the world; and could I get an imprint of your thumb and by comparison find that they cor- responded, there could then be no fur- ther doubt as to your hand being the one that had rummaged the safe. But this was a difficult thing to do with. out arousing your suspicions. 1 final- ly got around it. however, by organiz- ing our burglary for the double pur- pose of getting the print and calling to your attention the probability of your having lost your card case in your previous climb. I told you at the time that I expected to get the proof from one who would not suspect that L-Lâ€"‘I" ‘ burglarized your basement by i'orei: the back door. picked the lock at :21 chest, and examined its contents. Among the tools 1 found one of its" actly the size of the one that 1:24. bored the safe, and upon (‘riosm‘ ii' Speetion found that: a hit of it in‘ been broken off in the oyusn‘a‘ian, 29.x}; that bit of Steel you now see on :1»: table before you. I found it. on tin; morning 1 went over the room. You will remember what a painfully mix.- ute scrutiny I made of everything even using my magnifying glass.” Ho gathered up the card case. the ticket and the bit of steel and placed them I examined the premises. and I 1 concluded that it was time for me know what was in it. 'I‘hez'ei‘or burglarized your basement by fore the back door. picked the lock of chest, and examined its contm Among the tools I found one of actly the size of tho (mp. Ham i v_ ‘1 VV. I knew that many young mm) ke 3) their kit after leaving such pizza and I wondered if you had. I also 1'» membered having noticed a sort 0‘3 a tool chest in the basement, on the ('5sz use them.’ " He smiled retlosnectively “No; 1 st ill had that difficulty IO overcome. For a little whlle it hadE me stumped. and then I chanced to recall that 3011 went for a year 01 sol to a technical school and learned al _go_od deal about the use of tools \ruu l l l l "And you supposed I cOnjured bur- glar teoEs out; of the air by a. wave of my hand. together with the skill to uncle had this large amount of money in an old, weak safeâ€"~the combina- tion of dire extremity and sudden 'Op- portunity, It was your last hope, and you went after it as a drowning man goes after a floating car. You got it, and for a time it buoyed you." I writhed in my helplessness. uv‘ offer no Eoinpromise. You THE DURHAl‘rI CHI-I OX or foul, an; did not care w pened to him. I did it with that it might possibly furnish a false clue for you to ° I remembered that I had left my keys in her possession for several days and that he was samefimaa M 1.-.. wish his i"'-.‘1<is to see him in that condition 5.2.3: think he was intoxi~ cated. 1 1-2+"- no idea that he Would be suspect: 3 of this affair, for I did not know '- would be so obstinate about refs: to tell where he had been, nor v (F. I know that he would deny having: tad the key; While as for the CigaZ‘GZZ‘ I had nothing to do with it. There)" :‘t: I supposed he would awake in ~. .2 morning, come aawy, and that is» larm would have been done. Am. then I feared that yb reason of s moral accidents he was in danger 01' being suspected, I said everything. '. 9-qu to clear him except to acknoxx'l. .20 my own guilt. Nel- ther did 1 LL: any more force on my. uncle than was necessary. While I am a thief. ‘ :ZTOle from a man who is an extort: and usurer, and Who never won; h ' cause of tl;__.- 10 ~ 0 which, insi: :iiicant to him. meant al- most life an: death to me.” LeDuc’s. face Clears; 1:) wonderfully. l “I am glad that you have explained that the we you have. I 1‘ Whole 101 “after for it. about your ' ' ' money to 1.? s. Dace, and why did you l UWWCV vsnw‘ - I could command that I dd not for - an instant believe that he could be a guilty. neither would i have per~ ; mitted him to be punished for the crime. If he had been tried and con- victed I should have confessed, come What might. But I knew he would not be convicted, because I was cer- tain if he had no other alternative he would tell where he spent the night. I did not know how he came in pos-J session of the key, and simply told you of having seen him have it, be cause I wished to appear as telling you all that I knew, and having no idea' but that Bruce would immediately ac- count for it. I admit that I dropped a drug in his cocktail and that I was the one who told the cabman where to take him after he fell unconscious upon the seat, but that was for an entirely different purpose than to try to incriminate him. I made him un- conscious merely out of fear that he would return to my uncle’s house in another attt-i'npt to borrow money and possibly roll into my bed for the night, as he has sometimes done, thus interfering with my plans. And I had him conveyor-xi to the place he was taken to insuyad of to where he was known for :1": reason that I did not wish his 1"".‘ids to see him in that condition 5.2.} think he was intoxi- , cated. 1 1-2-9: no idea that he would i, be suspect; ? of this affair, for I did not know ' would be so obstinate I about I’er‘tz: to tell where he had ¢ been, nor <~ ti I know that he would 1 deny .hal'illI-i lad the key; while as for i the Cigaz'eit. 1 had nothing to do with 1 it. There? :‘e I supposed he would ¢ awake in -. morning, come aawy, t and that 2:.) harm would have been t done. am. “when I feared that yb v reason 01 .2 , ' ‘ gral accidents he was in v danger Ci urging ~ . _ ) everythiizg‘. mild to clear him except 3 to acknoix'. .--.;<_- my own guilt. Nei- n ther did i L;- ; any more force on my. uncle than was necessary. While I c am a that“. ‘ :mis frn-m .. m..- ._-,-- . . “LeDuc,” I cried brokenly, “what- ever else I say you may believe or not as you see fit, but when I tell you this I want you to believe me im- plicitly. I had absolutely no idea of trying to fasten it on Bruce. I told you and everybody else from the be- ginning in the strongest language that A___‘j ‘ ____vâ€" vvuvm “V nuu“: is innocent into a felon’s cell and thus destroy him and the happiness of a sweet woman, he does an act un~ worthy of any one who possesses the, semblance of humanity or decency.”i His tones had grown sterner, and um} der his stinging accusation all that, remained of manhood in me leaped t0? the surface. ' â€"‘â€".â€"~.. ,2069090906 L ~ in your mind that I had Bruce under suspicion and had not thought of you 'in connection with the matter. He probably threw it there thoughtlessly in his trouble as he entered the housei on the morning we were all there to! gether. Now I am satisfied that you: drugged the poor devil, and I know that you had the cabman send him to' that resort. That was bad enough in you tried to fasten suspicion upon him I am inclined to lose all sympathy for spect is by far the worst element 01‘ your offense. I can understand how a? man’s infatuation for a woman may sometimes lead him to dishonesty or even bloodshed, and under those cirq. cumstances I am liable to have a lot of charity for him. But when he at-;‘ tempts to put a friend whom he knows. I l... l-__- - “I did net; I know nothing about it.” The detective drew it from his pocket and looked at it reflectively. “I showed it to you that day down town merely to create the impression “That was a thing I never did puzzle out to my own satisfaction; yet it was the simplest thing of all. \Vhen I think how rudimental it is. it makes me disgusted with myself to think that I didn’t SOlVe it. All of which goes to Show what biunderers We all are when we think We are do- ing something extremely clever. An~ other thing: along that line which I shoul like to know is this. Did you put that half burned cigarette where I found it in the hall?” "I did net; I know nothing ahnni U 7â€" V.-VV‘ “When I left the house after the quarrel I threw the catch which pre~ vents the door from locking. Of course it would snap shut as usual, but could then be opened from the out- side by the knob. I had no idea that anyone would think of looking to see that the door locked itself when it was shut on that day any more than any other, and of course no one did. I was therefore enabled to come in without a key, and when I went out after replacing the tools, and with the money in my pockets, I restored the door toi its usual condition, leav- ing it locked.” LeDuc looked at me with a frown. ‘ "vâ€"U vuv LIVJ and absenting yeurself {1:0}; the house during the night. That being the cageluhow _did you enter?” much after all, for I can worry anfiZg without it. If I could only have found that some one besides an old friend had done this thing I would not be dissatisfied with my job. But there is a thing or two which I don’t under- stand. I don’t believe you had a duplicate key, for I don’t believe you ever contemplated such an act until you were driven desperate by the calamity. I have gone upon the as- sumption that you quarrelled with your uncle the day before the robbery on purpose that you might have an excuse for throwing down the key; OHA fiknAâ€"Lg- L utterly d espisea the : her, quar- 8 Possible implicaié You Will find that druggists ev- erywhere speak Well of Chamber- u 1 fell into temptation as many a better man has done. Driven onward by a love at whlse command I would have faced hades itself, I used my own money first, losing $1,000 upon, the .0-‘* 0-.‘5-fl To be. -con-tinued. th: the safe, and that he'hid elm-61' by the consent of the maid, or otherw‘lse, Secured my keys long enough to have a duplicate made for use in an amen gency. I mentioned the fact of that it might possibly be thought that Janet had overheard me, and thus been able to communicate the fact to Mackay if she were in his employ secretly. Following out this idea. I do such a thing, I carried the thought through as offering a possible solu. tion of the mystery. Of course I wanted to mislead anybody Who might work on the case.” “Anything: more?” he urged. as I paused. utterly within his powm‘, I head +1“.fl in -A ‘ ' (SOME E.\RLY AND AS We have 2.1. nmgniticent line of Hum] I321,g's.z-z,ll prices from 50C. to $l0, Liggett’s Chocoiates “The Sxx'veUest stul'y ever tom.” Uf cuurse she will have to have a 1m.\’. Ate becoming mwre popular every Vear. Ve have a, fine assortment “gifts amicable for either lady or gentle- man. B RASS G O O I) "V b Mama "1‘ Nu“ u c uumve we can save you money on H. Goods this year: We bought close. elmosing- we could find the best at lowest price. Christmas Come and Let us Show Ii. TOWN UFFH'IJ We believe we can save you ce in the sale ing erected in 1835. of coughs and to have been changed 3 be dependeliping mill for the am 3 pleasant and of local farmers, and 116 by all deal- 5 were already at work l necessary alterations. g A; ’000 upon the 3190 on hand. All Cw." {7‘7“} aued. ‘ “’35 to protect the adjuirling Sings. The loss mu W ‘ $30,000, with insurance of iruggists e\'-O$‘22,OOO placed with Failed Of Chamber- cOll'lpanitz-s. The building “'35 They kmtw of the oldest in the PrOVince' f o I" 1 b LE ’1‘ ‘ We“. 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