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As Mr. Smith was looking through
the paper he was astounded to find nn
announcement of his own death. He
went to the telephone and called up
his friend Brown.
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asked.
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“Who?”
“Landon. Say, what’s the
matter? Won’t you tell me who
you are? What’s it all about?
Oh, I beg your pardon, I’m in
excusably butting in! Forgive
me, do. Yes, Kane Landon had
these rooms to himself for a night
or two while I was away. I be
lieve he’s at a relative’s on Fifth
Avenue now. Want to see him?”
“No—thank you. Good-by.”
Avice hung up the receiver,
her brain in a whirl. Had
Eleanor, then, been telephoning
to Kane the very night of the
murder? What had she said?
For him not to try to see her that
night! For him to meet her next
day at the same time and place!
Oh, they were old friends, then.
More, they were keeping that
fact quiet, and pretending to
meet as strangers! Was there,
could there be any connection be
tween all this and the murder?
Scarce knowing what she was
doing, Avice left the booth and
Went for a long walk. But she
could get no meaning or explan
ation of the facts she had
learned. The more she mulled
them over the more confused she
became as to their import. Her
blind turned to Hoyt. After all,
Leslie was the one to bank on.
He would help her and advise
her as he had always done. But,
that will! She could ask no fa
vors or advice of Judge Hoyt
Iinw nrilpea slip nplrnnwlptljcrfifl
herself his betrothed. And was
gho prepared to do that? Well,
one thing certain, if Kane was
all mixed up with Eleanor Black,
Bhe surely wanted no more to do
with him! And he had told her
he loved her. Perhaps because
he thought she was her uncle’s
heiress! Of course, he did not
know then of the clause about
her marrying the judge. Prob
ably now, Kane would have no
further interest in her. Well, he
could marry Eleanor, for all she
cared!
She went home, and paused
first for a few moments in a
Bmall reception room, to calm her
demeanor a little. But, on the
contrary, the sight of the famil
iar walls and the realization that
she was to leave them, struck a
sudden sadness to her already
surcharged heart, and she gave
way to silent weeping.
And here Hoyt, looking for
her, found her.
“What is it, dearest?” he said,
fitting beside her. “I have now
a right to comfort you.”
“Why?” said Avice, throwing
back her head and meeting his
eyes.
Hoyt smiled tenderly at her.
“Beeaflse our betrothal, long
tacitly agreed upon, is now rati
fied by your uncle’s wish and
decree.”
“Not at all. Because my uncle
wisiieu mo tu marry you, is iw
reason that I am obliged to do
BO.”
“Not obliged, my darling.
That is a harsh word. But you
want to, don’t you, my Avice!
My beautiful girl!”
“I don’t know whether I do
or not. But I’m sure of one
thing, I won’t marry you* simply
because Uncle Rowly wanted it!
Much as I loved him, and much
as I revere his memory, I shall
not marry a man I don’t love
for his sake! ’ ’
"But you do love me, little
Avice. You are so worried aud v
perturbed now, you can’t think
clearly. But you will find your- j
self soon, and realize that you
love inc ns I love you.”
Hoyd spoke very tenderly and
the girl’s quivering nerves were
soothed by his strong, gentle
voice, and his restrained man
ner. lie didn’t offer endear
ments which she might resent,
lie knew enough to bide his
time, confident that she would
turn to him of her own accord
when ready.
“I don’t want to think about
marrying now,” she said, weari
ly; “I have so much to think
about.”
“No, dear, don’t think about it
now,” he said; “but remember,
if you don’t marry me, you lose
a very big fortune.”
The words were meant to be
half playful, half remindful; but
they roused the deepest indig
nation in the heart of Avice
Trowbridge.
She turned on him with flam
ing eyes. “How dare you! How
can you put forth such an argu
ment! Do you think that will
help your ca\ise! Do you sup
pose I would marry any one for
9
a fortune! And any way, as a
lawyer you can fin dsome way
to set aside that proviso. It
can’t be possible a whim like that
can stand in law I”
Hoyt looked at her intently.
“It will stand,” he said, coldly;
“I do not use it as a bribe, but
I tell you truly, if you do not
marry me the bulk of your
uncle’s fortune will go to a
museum.”
“Can’t a will like that be
broken 1’ ’
“In no possible way.. Your
uncle was in full possession of all
his faculties, the will is duly wit
nessed and recorded, there isn’t
a flaw that could be found on
which to base a contest. But
don’t let us talk in this strain,
dear. If you don’t want to marry
me, you shan’t, but must realize
the situation.”
“I begin to realize it at last.
But I cannot decide now. Give
me time, Leslie,” and the sweet
brown eyes looked appealingly
into his.
* ‘ Of course, I will, you darling
girl, all the time you want. And
please, Aviee, if you want any
information or advice, come to
me and let me help you, without
feeling that you are committing
yourself to anything. You un
derstand?”
“Oh, thank you! That is what
I wanted. Yes, l do unaestana,
and I bless you for it. I am
very much perplexed, Leslie, but
I want to think out things a lit
tle for myself, before I tell you
what I’m bothered about.”
“ So be it, then. And whenever
you’re ready, I’m waiting.”
Judge Hoyt went away, and
Avice, wandering listlessly
through the house, came upon
Eleanor Black. That volatile
spirit had already assumed com
plete ownership and command of
the honje that was now all her
own. She was giving orders to
the servants in quite a different
manner from the one she had
shown as a mere housekeeper,
and was already arranging for a
different mode of life.
“I shall close the house for the
summer and go away,” she was
saying to Stryker, “and then in
the fall there must be complete
renovation. Avice, what are your
plans ? ’ ’
“Oh, Eleanor, I haven’t made
any yet. How can you be so
hasty? Do have a little respect
for uncle’s memory, if you have
no sorrow in your heart.
“Don’t trouble yourself to talk
to me like that, Avice,” and the
black eyes snapped. “There’s
no need of pretense between us.”
“Then let’s lay pretense
aside,” *and the girl’s attitude
suddenly became as baugthy as
the older woman’s. “Who is Jim
Landsay 7
“Mercy! I don’t know, I
never heard of him. Why?”
It was impossible to doubt the
sincerity of Eleanor’s speech
and expression, and Avice was at
once sure that it was the truth.
“Nothing, then. I don’t know
him either. And Eleanor, I’ll
talk with you some time, soon,
about our future plans and all
that, but I can’t just yet. You
don’t mind my staying in the
house a short time, do you?”
“Of course, not. Don’t be a
goose. Stay till you marry Judge
Hoyt, if you will. But I’m going
away for the summer.”
“When?”
“As soon as I can settle up
some matters and get off. But
you stay here if you choose. Keep
the servants, and get some one to
chaperone you. My dear Avice,
look on the place as your home
just as long as it suits you to do
so, won't you?”
'The invitation was given in a
whole-souled, honest maimer, and
Avice really appreciated the
kindness that prompted it.
“Thank you, Eleanor,” she
said; “I shall be glad to stay
for a time, I can't say yet how
long. And it’s good of you to
be so hospitable.”
“I’ve asked Mr. London to
stay a while,” Mrs. Black added,
“until I go away, at any rate.”
Avice wanted to ask her then,
how long’she had known Kane
Landon, but something seemed
to restrain the question. So with
a few murmured words of ac
quiescence, she went her way.
CHAPTER X.
Stryker’s Handkerchief.
It was soon after this, that th«
reporter, Pinckney, c&me agair
t<> see Avice. The girl liked th<
wide-awake young man, and
granted him an interview.
“Shall I announce your en
gagement to Judge Hoyt!” he
asked, gravely, but with intense
interest.
“No, indeed 1” said Avice,
with spirit.
“You’re not going to lose all
that fortune!”
“Not necessarily. But I ob
ject to having my engagement
announced before it has taken
place! Oh, do all these things
have to be in the papers?”
“Certainly they do; and that’s
why you’d better tell me the
truth than to have to stand for
all the yarns I’d make up.”
“Oh, don’t make up a lot of
stuff, please don’t!”
“Well, I vfcu’t, if you’ll give
me a few facts to work on. First,
do you think that Swede killed
your uncle?”
“Oh, I don’t know what to
think! But I’m going to get the
best detective I can find, and let
him find out all he can. I be
lieve uncle was killed by some
robber, and his reference to Cain
was merely the idea of a murder
er. Uncle often talked that
wav.”
“Look here, Miss Trowbridge,
I don’t want to butt in, I’m sure;
but I’m a bit of a detective, my
self, in an amateur wny. Don’t
you want me to,—but I suppose
you want a professional.”
“I think I do want a profes
sional,” began Avice, slowly;
“still Mr. Pinckney, if you have
a taste for this sort of thing, and
know how to go about it, I might
work with you more easily than
with a professional detective.
l m going to do a lot myseir, you
know. I’m not just going to put
the matter in an expert’s hands.”
“I hardly know what to say,
Miss Trowbridge; I’d like to take
up the case, but I might muff it
awfully. I suppose you’d better
get the real thing.”
“Well, until I do, why don’t
you have a try at it ? If you dis
cover anything, very well; and
if not, no harm done.”
Jim Pinckney’s faee glowed.
“That’s great of you!” he cried;
“I’d like to take it up on that
basis, and if I don’t find out
anything of importance in a few
days, engage any Sherlock
Holmes you like.”
But a few days later when
Pinckney again called on Avice,
he was in a discouraged mood.
“I can’t find out anything,”
he said. “The whole case is baf
fling. I went to the scene of the
crime, but could find no clues.
But, what do you think, Miss
Trowbridge? When I reached
the place where they found Mr.
Trowbridge, there was that
young office boy, looking over
the premises.”
“That Fibsy, as he calls him
self?”
“Yes; I asked him what he
was doing, and he said, ‘ Oh, just
pokin’ around,’ and he looked so
stupid that I feel sure he had
found something.”
nr » juac amox i cuvugii iui
that,” and Avice smiled a little.
“Yes, he is. I asked him to
come here today, and I thought
you and I would both talk to
him, and see if we can learn any
thing of his find. If not, I ad
mit I am at the end of my rope,
and if you choose, perhaps, you’d
better get a real detective on the
case.”
“I spoke to Judge Hoyt about
that, and he agreed. But Mr.
Landon doesn’t want a detective.
Ah, here’s Pibsy, now. Come in,
child.”
The boy had appeared at the
door with a beaming face, but at
Avice’s calling him “child,” his
countenance fell.
“I ain’t no child,” he said, in
dignantly ; ‘ ‘ and say, Miss Avice,
I found some clues!”
“Well, what are they?”
“A shoe button, and a hunk o’
dirt.”
‘‘Interesting!” commented
Pinckney. “Just what do you
deduce from them?”
Then Pibsy rose up in his
wrath. “I ain’t a-goin’ to be
talked to like that! I won t work
on this case no more!”
“Sorry,” said Pinckney, grin
ning at him. “Then I suppose
we'll have to call in somebody
else. Of course, he won’t do as
well as you, but if you’ve decided
to throw the ease over, why—”
“Aw, can the guyin’!” and
with a red, angry face, Pibsy
jumped up and fairly ran out of
the room and out of the house.
“Now you’ve made him mpd,”
said Avice, “and we’ll never
know what he found in the way
of clues.”
“He said, a shoe button, and
some mud! We could hardly ex
pect much from those treasures.”
Then Judge Hoyt came. His
calls were frequent, and he con
tinually tried to persuade Avice
J to announce their enga'jemefct.
But tile gtrl was perverse and
said she must first solve the mys
tery of her uncle’s death. The
judge was always willing to list
en to her latest theories, but
theogh he never said so, Avice
felt pretty certain that he did
not suspect the Swede.
She told him of Fibsy’s finds,
and he said curiously, ‘ ‘ what did
he mean by mud!”
"He didn’t say mud,” cor
rected Avice, "he said dirt. I
think he meant soil or earth.”
“How would that be a duel
Any one can get some soil from
the place, if they don't take too
much. A few square feet might
be valuable.”
"Why pay any attention to
that rubbishy boy!” exclaimed'
Pinckney. "Why not get a
worth-while detective, and let
him detect?”
"Yes, that’s the thing to do,”
agreed Hoyt. "Duane stands
well in the profession.”
"Alvin Duane! just the man,”
and Pinckney looked enthusias
tic. "But he’s a bit expensive.”
"Never mind that,” cried
Avice; "I must find uncle’s mur
derer at any cost!”
"Then let’s have Duane,” and
Judge Hoyt reached for the tele
phone book.
Meantime the administrators
of law and justice were pursuing
the uneven tenor of .their way,
hoping to reach their goal,
though by a tortuous route.
"It’s a mighty queer thing,”
said District Attorney Whiting.
"I’m dead sure the western chap
killed his uncle; we’ve even got
ms mime s worn lor u, ana yei
I can’t fasten it on him.”
“But,” said the chief of police
to whom this observation was ad
dressed, “aren’t you basing your
conviction on that curious "coin
cidence of names, Cain and
Kane? To my mind fliat’s no
proof at all.”
“Well, it is to me. Here’s
your man named Kane.. He’s
mad at his victim. He goes to the
place whe^e the old man is. And
as he hills him, the old man says,
‘Kane killed me.’ What more
do you want? Only, as I say,
we’ve got to have some more def
inite proof, and we can’t get it.”
“Then you can’t convict your
man. I admit it’s in keeping
with that young fellow’s western
ways to kill his uncle after a
money quarrel, but you must get
more direct evidence than you’ve
dug up yet.”
“And yet there’s no one else
to suspeet. No name has been
breathed as a possible suspect;
the idea of a- highway robber is
not tenable, for the watch and
money and jewelry were un
touched.”
“What about the Swede?”
“Nothing doing. If he had
killed the man, he certainly
would have done it for robbery?
What else? And then he would
not have come forward and told
of the dying words. No, the
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body to suspect but Landon, and
we must get further proofs.”
The district attorney worked
hard to get his further proof.
But through his sleuths searched
the woods for clues, none were
found. They had the bare fact
that the dying man had de
nounced his slayer, but no cor
roboration of the murderer’31
identity, and the neighborhood of
the crime was scoured for other
witnesses without success.
The district attorney had nev
er really thought the Swede com
mitted the murder. A grilling
third degree had failed to bring
confession and daily develop
ments of Sandstrom’s behavior
made it seem more and more im
probable that lie was the crimi
nal.
.And so Whiting had come to
suspect Kane Landon, and bad
kept him under careful watch of
detectives ever since the murder,
in hope of finding some further
and more definite evidence
against him.
But there were no results and;
at last the district attorney be
gan to despair of unraveling the
mystery.
r Arid then Groot made a dis
covery.
‘‘That Stryker,” he said,
bursting in upon Whiting in
great excitement, ‘‘that butler,
—he’s your man! I thought so
all along!”
‘‘Why didn’t you say so!”
asked the other.
(To be continued next week.)
-.-r-.
“Pepping” Up Hamlet.”
Prom the Columbus Dispatch.
An aspiring young man, of consider
able wealth, called upon a New York
producer of plays and confidentially
made known his decision to "write a
play” which he would be pleased to have
the manager bring out.
Mfay V politely Inquired the man
ager, keeeplng his face straight, "ven
ture to ask what sort of play you pur
pose to write?’
"Oh,” came In an offhand way from
the aspirant for fame, “1 think of doing
something like ‘Hamlet,” tnly llytslisv.
you know l" '