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We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
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Everybody ha6 a hobby, doing
the right kind of job work is our.
Dr. J. E. CasHn was an El Do
rado visitor Tuesday of this week
W. R. Dickerson was quite sick
last Saturday night, but has fully
recovered.
Mrs. C. C. Bell visited this week
with her sister, Mrs. D. M. Abbott
at Ferriday, La.
Faytie Carter of New London
has accepted position with the
Wisconsin Lumber Go.
L. M. Despain is home from a
business trip to Mountain Home i
the northern part of the state.
Norman Knox is back at his ole
job in Reagan & Henderson’:
bean tent ’ after a two months lay
off._
A 1 2 *2-pound girl was born t(
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bennett a’
8:50 o'clock. Thursday evening
January 2.
J. K. Atkinson and wife and Mrs
J. A. Young returned to their hom
at Farmerville Sunday after a visit
here with relatives.
Miss Fr onie Phillips has returnee
from Fort Worth. Texas, when
she took a business course in thr
Brantley-Draughan Business col
lege. _ __
All members of Sweet Bay Grove
No. 14 5, W.C .are requested to bf
present at a special meeting to com
pletesome unfinished business Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Lumbago, Rheumatls.3 and Chilblains.
There is nothing that gives sc
quick benefit as Hunt's Lightning
Oil. The very minute it is rubbec
on the improvement is noticed. Fo
over thirty years this Linement hat
been acknowledged to be the best
for these troubles. Every aruggist
will recommend it. Price 25c
50 per bottle. adv
Mr. W. M. Hardy of El Dorado;
one of the directors of the First
National bank of Huttig. and Miss
Corinne McCombs, sister of William
F. McGombs, chairman of ti e
Democratic National committee,
were united in marriage at Han -
turg on Thursday, January L
Mr. Hardy is one of Union county ;
best and most influential citizen
and the bride one of Arkansa:
fairest and most popular daughter:
The News joins with their host c1
friends in extending congratula
tions for a long and happy wedde,
life.
The Womans' Home Mission so
ciety met in open session Monday
afternoon with Mrs. C. A. Berry
meeting was opened by Vice-Pres
ident. Mrs. Buchanan, in absence
of President, Mrs Cargill, who is
visiting her mother in 'Texas.
Scripture lesson Zth chapter o'
St Matthew: prayer by Mrs. J. F
Rushing. Eight members and tin
following visitors were present
Mesd?mes Chas. Saxe, W. F
Moore, A. G. Stephenson. M. 1 .
Olaybaugh and Rev. Rushing,
Mrs. Saxe gave in her mernbershi; .
/Veareg:adto see such interest
manifested in this great work it
the beginning of another new year. ,
We will meet at the church next'
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
/isitors cordially invited.
Mow foolish
To suffer from Skin D:searrs
[itch. Eczema. Ringworm, etc ]
when one 50c box of "Hunt Cun "
is passively guaranteed to cure or
/our money promptly refunded
{very retail druggist in the state
stands beh nd this guarantee. Ask
/our druggist and see the guaran
ee with each box You don't risk
tnything in giving it a trial. acv I
Advertised Letter List.
The fohowTg
laimed in the H
he week ending
G
'ulbert A'.kinson
lay Jemson
\l Jackson
liilia Wickerson
Charlie Hart
•ohn *'ay1or
d Chrisfor
L
ton tee Willie
iessie Young
iinnie Brown
Mara Brown
■osie Denson
letters remain un
jttig postoffice foi
Jan. 4. ISIS:
NTS.
J L I homson
W A Fra kinfleld
Tom Lev/is
Will Gurney
Event Smith
Joe V neon
J=sse Jo-don
DIES.
Hattie Myrax
Minnie Dismark 3
Came jooden
Clara Berry
Hattie Alexzander
When calling for above letters
lease say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
For
Pnuemonia and Pleurisy.
over thirty years Hunt's |
Jghtning Oil has been acknowl
edged to be a very quick relief wbt t
ubbed well on the chest. Mary
lundred letters tsst'fy to the bene
it it has given others. Why not
ry it? All druggists. 25c and 50c
'Ottles. adv
Phamplet for Farmers.
“Cheap Beef and Pork Produc
, on in Arkansas and Louisiana'’ i
he title of a new phamplet no*
eady for distribution by the Agri
ultural Department of the Mis
ouri Pacific-Iron Mountain Ry
"his phamplet cfiscusses the dif
erent meadow, pastu e and forage
rops. adapted to the tenitory
.erved by the lines of these com
>anies in Arkansas and Louisiana,
living instructions on the prepara
,ion of the land, planting and cul
.ivation and harvesting of such
.rops. It is hoped that the farm
ers of these states will secure
:opies of the phamplet. They
nay bi had by addressing L. A.
darkham. Commissioner of Agri
ulture, Little Rock. Arkansas.
Other publications now ready for
iistri*. ution are ‘ Cotton Culture
Jnder Boil Weevil Condition.'
Building Up F.xhausted Cottor
_ands“ and “Tick Eradication."
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury
is mercury will surely destroy the si rise
jf smell and completely derange the
.■.hole system when entering It through
.he mumus surfaces. Su> h articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from n putable physicians, as the damage :
they will do is ten fold to ibe good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. .T.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O., contains no
mercury, and is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hall’s
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu
ine ft is taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes
timonials free.
Bold by Druggists. Price 7lir per bottle.
Take Uall’a Family Pills for constipation.
Au..
When you need a Liniment. use a good
pne. To insure beneflcial results, get
Ballard’s
Snow Liniment
It a ft a Pain Relief and Healing Rem
edy That Answers Every
Requirement.
It Is of exceptional power in rheumatic diseases: relieves the
aching joints, relaxes the drawn muscles, restores the strength,
ease and suppleness of youth. It is also effective in healing ali
wounds, sores or abrasions of the flesh. It is a splendid house
hold remedy, for man or beast.
Try it for cuts, burns, bruises, old sores, lamo back, rheumatism,
neuralgia, sciatica, frost bites, chillblains, contracted muscles,
stiff neck. It stops pain and heals quickly.
Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per Bottle.
JAMCS F. P3i I-ARB PROPRIETOR ST. LOWS, MO.
To cure Smarting Eyeballs, Sore Eyes or Weak Sight, use
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Union Saw Mill Company.
&y ANNA. KATHARINE GREEN
. Author of *tks Leavenworth case”
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COPVRIOHT 1921 b.v 5TSEET & SMITH
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SYNOPSIS.
A PTKR T—Oeorgc Anderson nir
wir.' s. t- H remarkable man rnme out o
i*n t Icrmnnt ! etcl. look or Hind furtively
o.'is'h !ii« hands in the snow ami pass on
nmmotinn attracts them to tin Clermont
wher. it if found that the beautiful M -
■dolt *’’1 ulho.er has fallen dead on tie
mezzanine floor.
* f I A f FKR IT—Anderson describes tb
autn lie saw wash his hands in the snow i
d he hotel manager declares him to h !
' h't-'hh Ftr ither-on.
s ( 'TT AI'ThiTt "Tit Physicians find tha !
l iss Cit-illonei was stabbed and not sho
u'eh se. ms to elear Brotherson of sut
pie on
t llAi Tefi TV—Rrvce ttn aired defe j
tit-, ami S\\ ■ water, his assistant, ta
up t! ii coo n :iey believe Miss f’hallone
stal l..-.' m^s.tf
v"T..' i" "' "T—A paper fitter fonn. ^
near ttie scene of tragedy Is believed P >
he the weapon used.
<’H AI'TF.R VI Mr Challoner tells of y. \
bat' h of ietters found in his daughter'- t
!<s!<. signed with Initials strung to him
III tire love letters except one wide!
shows that the writer was displease I
<'H Al'TKIi VI1 This letter was signed
•v ftrlundo Brotherson. Tiie others bore
s t ils which 1 ud to tile conclusion that j
tivitherson wrote all of them,
nil I’d r.R VIII Vnd‘’■fitti goes with :
Sweetv :iei- tf, identify Brotherson. who ;
’ to a Idr.ss a meeting of anaroliists
'hi o piece is ra ded hy the police and i
‘rothers.on escapes without being idem! |
“Now I frol easier,” remarkt d the
; iant swelling out his chest. He was
unusually tall, as well as unusually
muscular. “1 never like to carry arms; i
uut sometimes it is unavoidable. Damn
It, what hands!-’ He was looking at
his own, which certainly showed soil.
Will you pardon me?" he pleasantly
apologized, stopping towards a wash
stand and plunging his hands into the !
basin. “I cannot think with dirt on
me like that. Humph, hey! did you
speak?"
He turned quickly on George who
had certainly uttered an ejaculaiion,
uut receiving no reply, went on with
his task, completing it with a care and
a disregard of their presence which ;
-howed him up in still another light.
But even his hardihood showed
-hock, when, upon turning round with
a brisk, "Now I’m ready to talk,” he
encountered again the clear eye of
Sweetwater. Kor, in the person of
this none too welcome intruder, he
saw a very different man from the one
upon whim he had just turned his
back with so little ceremony; and
there appeared to be no good reason
for the change. He had not noted in I
his preoccupation, how George, at
sight of his stooping figure, had made 1
a sudden significant movement, and
if he had, the pulling of a necktie
- traight, would have meant nothing to
him. But to Sweetwater if meant
everything, and it was in the tone of
one fully at ease with himself that he
now dryly remarked:
“Mr. Brotherson, if you feel quite
clean, and if you have sufficiently j
warmed yourself, I would suggest
hat we start out at once, unless you
prefer to have me share this room
with you till the morning."
There was silence. Mr. Dunn thus
addressed attempted no answer, not !
for a full minute. The two men w*r"
measuring each other—George felt
that he did not count at all—and they j
were quite too much occupied with
this task to heed the passage of time.
“Brotherson?” repeated their host,
after the silence had lasted to tfet
breaking-point. “Why do you call me
"Because it is your name.”
"You called me Dunu a minute
ago."
"That is true.”
"Why Dunn if Brotherson Is my
name?”
“Because you spoke under the name
of Dunn at the meeting tonight, and
if 1 don’t mistake, that is the name
by which you are known here.”
“And you? By what name are you
known?”
“it is late to ask, isn’t It? But I'm
willing to speak it now, and i might
not have been so a little earlier in our
conversation. I am Detective Sweet
water of the New York Department
of 1’olice, and my errand here is a
very simple one. Some letters signed
by you have been fonnd among th >
pa tiers of the lady whose mysterious
death at the hotel Clermont is ju-t
now occupying the attention of the
New York authorities. If you have
any information to give which will
in any way explain that death, yonr
presence will be welcome at Coroner
Heath’s office in New York. If you
have not, vour presence will still bo
welcome. At all events, 1 was told to
bring you. You will he on hand to
accompany me in the morning, I am
quite sure, pardoning the unconven
tional means 1 have taken to make
sure of my man?"
The humor with which this was said
seemed to rob it of anything like
attack, and Mr. Brotherson, as we
shall hereafter call him, smiled with
an odd acceptance of the same, as he
responded:
“I will go before the police certrtn
ly. J haven't much to toll, but whet
I have is at their service. It will not
hel|i you, but T have no secrets. What
are you doing?”
He bounded towards Sweetwater,
who had eimplv stepped to the win
dov., lifted the sTui.de and looked
across at the opposing tenement.
"I wanted to see if ii v • s s:lll snow
ing,” exclaimed the detct-tive, with
a smile, which seemed to strit:: the
ather like a blow. "If it was it liberty,
ilease j>ardon it.”
>Tr. llrotlmrson drew hack. The
old air of self-possession which lie
ow assumed, presented such a con
ast to the. unwarranted heat of the
oment before that George wondered
reatly over it, and later, when he
‘capitulated to me the whole story
i this night, it was this incident of
|he lifted shade, together with the
motion it had caused, which he ac
nowledged as being for him the most
(explicable event of the evening and
me he was most anxious to bear ex
plained.
CHAPTER X.
A Difference of Opinion.
At an- early hoar the re xt morning,
Sweetwater stood before the eoroiu r's
lrsK, urging a plea he feared to he. r
refused. He wished to tie pr< < tit at
the interview soon to be held vl'h Mr.
Motharson. and lit; had no pood rea
son to advance why' such a privilege
should be allotted him.
The coroner, who had bad some
little experience with this man, sur
veyed him with a smite less forbid
ding than the poor fellow' i xneett 1.
‘‘You so< nt to lay great B‘ore hy it,”
said he; "if you want to Fort those
papers ever there, you may.”
"Thank von. I don't und rstand the
job. but I promlFP you rot to increase
the confusion. If 1 do; if I rattle the
leaves too loud’y, it will mo; n, ‘Press
him fin tlicr on this exact point,’ but
1 doubt if 1 rattle them, sip. >'o such
luck ”
The last throe words were uttered
sotto voce, but the coroner heard him,
und follow'd his ungainly figure with
a glance of some curiosity, us he si t
tied himself at the desk on the other
side of the room.
“Is the man—” he began, but at this
moment the run entered, and Dr.
Heath forgot the young detective. In
his interest in the new arrival.
“Mr. Pro*hereon, I believe," said he,
: as he 'htotiomd his visitor to sit.
“That is my name, sir."
“Orlando Hrofh«rson ?”
“The same, sir”
“I’m glad we have made no mis
take,” smiled the doctor. “Mr. Broth
erson, I have rent lor you under the
supposition that you were a frit nd of
the unhappy 1: dy lateTy dead at the
Hotel Clermont.”
”Miss <'halloin'r?”
“Certainly: Miss C’hnlloner.”
‘‘I knew the lady, llut-—” here the
speaker’s eye took on a look as ques
tioning us that of his interlocutor —
"but in a way so devoid of all public
ity that I cannot hut feel surprised
that the fact should be known.”
At this, the listening Sweetwater
hoped that l)r. Heath would ignore
the suggestion thus conveyed and de
cline the explanation it apparently de
manded. Hut the Impression mad"
by the gentleman’s good looks h i
been too strong for this coroner’s
proverbial caution, and. handing ov- r
the slip of a note which had b en
found among Mis3 Challoner’s effects
by her father, he quietly asked:
“Do you recognize the signature?”
"Do you reiivnibor the words of this
note. Mr. Hrotherson?”
“Hardly. I recollect its tenor, but
not the exact words.”
“Read them.”
“Excuse me, 1 had rather not. 1
am aware that they were bitter and
should be the cause of great regret.
1 was angry when 1 wrote them.”
“That is evident. Hut the cause of
your anger is not so clear, Mr. Hroth
erson. Miss Ctu-lioner was a woman
of lofty character, or such was the
universal opinion of her friends
.•/ha* could she have done to a gen
tleman like yourself to draw foitb
such a tirade?"
“You a h that?”
“1 am ob'igcd !o. There Is mystery
surrounding lur death—the kind oi
mystery which demands perfect frank
ness on tic part of all who were near
her on that evening, or whose rela j
tious to her were in any way peculiar.
You acknowledge that your friendship
was of such a guard d nature that i;
surprised you gicatly to hear it recog
nizi d Yet you could write her a let
ter of this nature. Why?”
“Because—’’ the word came glibly;
but the next one was long in follow
ing. “Because," he r* neared, letting
the fire of some strong feeling disturb
for a moment his dignified reserve,
“I offered myself to Miss ('half >n«-r,
end she dismissed me with great dis
dain.”
“Ah! and so you thought a threat
was due her?”
“A threat?”
“These words contain a threat, do
they not?”
“They may. I was hardly master of
myself at the time. I may have ex
I reseed myself in an unfortunate man
ner.”
tin* words*, Mr. Brotherson. I
rer.’ly must insist that you do so.” t
There was no hesitancy now. Kis
!*’»> he leuni'd over the table and read
:! few words the other had spread
out for his pi rusal. Then lie slowly
lose to his full height, as he an
swered, with some slight display of
compunction: |
“I remember it perfectly now. It
is not a tetter to be proud of. I
hope—"
“Pray finish, Mr. nrothersen.”
"That you are not seeking to es
tablish a connection between this let
ter and her violent death?”
Betters ot this sort are often very
mischievous, Mr. Brotherson. The
hardiness with which this is written
might easily rouse emotions of a most
unhappy nature in the breast of a
woman as sensitive as Miss Chal
louer.” I
Pardon me, Dr. Heath; I cannot
flatter myself so far. You overrate
my influence with the lady you name.”
\ ou believe, then, that, siie was sin
cere in her rejection of your ad
dresses?”
“I have never allowed myself to
think otherwise I have seen no rea
son why 1 should. The suggestion
you would convey by such a question
is hardly welcome, now. I pray you
to be careful in your judgment of such
« woman's impulses. They often
spring from sources not to be sound
ed even by her dearest friends.”
Meantime, the coroner had collected
bis thoughts. With an apology for the
extremely personal nature of his in
quiry, he asked Mr. Brotherson if he
would object to giving him some fur
ther d- tails of his acquaintanceship i
with Miss (’hull mer; win re he first
net her and itruhr what circumstances I
their friendship had developed.
Not at all, ’ was the ready reply.
1 have not]dug to conceal In the m: r
t< r. 1 only w ish that her father were
I ■ sf iif that he n i lit listen to the
r-'cna] of rny acquaintanceship whh
Ms daughter, lie might possibly pn
d rstrnd her boiler and regard wi 'i
irmv leniency the presumption lino
v'hieh I was led by my ignorance of
the pride Inherent In great families."
“>our wish C 'n ver\ easily be grat
ified, returned the official, pressing
rn eleefrle button on Ills desk; "Mr.
( halloner is in the adjoining room.”
'I hen, as thiy door communicating
with tiie room lie had mentioned
swung ajar and stood so. Hr. Heath
added, without apparent conscious
ness of the dramatic character of this
episode, ‘‘\ou will not need to raise
u^,_:_«_\.
“What Are You Doing?”
your voi '<> bc’ond its natural pilch,
lie can hoar perfectly from where lie
tits."
“1 first met Miss Challoner In the
Berkshires,” he began, after a mo
ment of quiet listening for any i>os
sihle sound from the other room. “1
had been on the tramp, and had
stopped at one of the great hotels for
a seven days' re st. The panorama of
beauty spread out before me on every
side was sufficient in itself for my en
joyment., and might have continued so
to the end if my attention had not
been very forcibly drawn on one |
tni'inm Isle morning to a young lady—;
Miss Challoner — by the v« y earnest1
look site gave me as 1 was crossing i
tin office from one verandah to an
other. It was an overwhelming bl'.tsli
which could not have sprung from any
slight embarrassment, and. though T
hale the pretensions of those egotists
who see in a woman's smiie more
than it by right conveys, I could not j
hulp being moved by this display of
feeling in one so gifted with every
grace and attribute of the perfect
woman. With tess caution than I usu
ally display, I appioaohed the desk
where she had been standing a”d
meeting the eyes of the clerk, asked
the young lady’s name. He gave it,
and waited for ine to express the stir- I
prise he expect,.q it to evoke. Jhit
I felt none and showed none. Other
feelings had seized me. I had heard
of this gracious woman from many
sources, in my life among the suffer
ing masses of New York, and now that
I had seen her and found her to be
not only my ideal of personal loveli
ness but seemingly approachable and
not unintereat d in myself, 1 allowed
my fancy to soar and my heart to be
come touched. A fact which the clerk
tow confid'd to me naturally deep
ened the impression, bliss Challoner
had seen my name in (lie guest-book
r.nd asked to have me pointed out to
her. Perhaps she had heard mv name
epoken in the same quarter where I
had heard hers. We have never ex
changed eonfldi nces on the subject,
: nd 1 cannot f y. [ can only give you
my reason for the interest 1 felt in
Miss Challoner end why I forgot, in
the glamour of this episode, tin* aim;;
cud put t rise s of ti not unambitious
life atid the distance which the world
mid Hie so-enlb <1 aristocratic eluss
put between a woman of her wealth
and standing and a simple worker like
myself.
“I must he pardoned. She had smiled
upon me once, and she smiled again.
Days before we were formally pre
sented, I caught her softened look
turned mv way, as we passed each
other in hall or corridor. We were
friends,, or so it appeared to me, be
fore ever a word passed between us,
and when fortune favored us and wo
were duly introduced, oar minds met
in a strange sympathy which made
this one Interview a memorable one
to me. Unhappily, as I then consid
ered it, this was my last day at. the
hotel, and our convi runt ion, inter
rupted frequently by passing acquaint
ances, was never resumed. 1 ex
changed a few words with her by way
of goodby blit nothing more. 1 came
to New York, and she remained in
Lenox. A month after and she too
came to New York."
"This goodby—do yon remember
It? The exact language. I mean?”
"I do; it made a great impression
on me. ‘I shall hope for our further
acquaintance,’ she said. ’We have
one very strong Interest in common.’
And if ever a human face spoke elo
quently, it was hers at that moment.
I thought it sprang from personal in
terest. and it gave me courage to pur
sue the intention which had taken
the place of evi ry other feeling and
ambition by which 1 had hitherto been
moved. If she could ignore the social
gulf between us, I felt free to take
the leap. Cowardice had never been
a fault of mine. 1 realized that I
must first let her see Hie manner of
man 1 was and what life meant to
me and must mean lo her if the union
1 contemplated should become an ac
tual fact. 1 wrote letters to her, but
1 did not give her ray address or * v n
request a reply. I was not ready for
any word from her. I am not like
other men ttr.d 1 could wait. And I
did, for weeks, flu n suddenly ap
peared at her hotel."
"This was when?” put in Dr. Heath,
anxious to bridge the pause which
mu;-t have been very painful to tiie
listening father.
“The week after Thanksgiving. I
did not see her the first day, and only
casually the second. Cut she kii.-w F
was in the building, and when | came
upon her one evening at the very desk
in the mezzanine which we all have
such hitter cause to remember, T
could not forbear expressing myself fn
h way she could not. misunderstand.
The result was of a kind to drive a
man like myself to an extremity of
si lf-di nunciation and rage, she ros >
up as if insulted, and flung tne one
sentence and one sentence only before
she hailed the elevator and left my
presence. A cur could not have beu
dismissed with less ceremony.”
"That is not like my daughter.*
What was the sentence yon allude t* !
Let me hear the very words.”
Chnlloner had come forward and nut
. flood awaiting his retiiv. a diuni i- l
1 hat nattietic figure, which ail mu. t
! view with respect.
”1 hate the memory of th in, b y
since you demand it, I will rep< t
them just as they f 11 from her lips.”
v.as Mr. Drotherson’s bitter refer,
'.'■•lie said, ‘You ot all lien should ree.
ogniz.e the unseemliness of the:»
proposals. Had your letters givi n
me nay hint of the feelings you have
just expressed, you would never h; \ •
bed this opportunity of nppro.ichie ;
me.' That was all; but her indigna
tion was scathing. Ladies who have
supped exclusively off silver, show a
fine scorn for the common ware of
the cottager.”
I np assorttve homnesp—pomp would
rail It bravado—with which he thus
finished the story of his relations
with the dead heiress, seemed to ho
more than Mr. Clip Honor could stand.
With a look of extreme pain ami per
plexity he vanished from the doorway,
and it fell to Or. Heath to inquire:
"Is this letter—a letter of threat
you will remember—the ottlv commu
nication which passed between you
and Miss C'halloner after this unfor
tunate passage of arms at the Cler
mont ?”
"Yes. I had no wish to address her
again. I had exhausted in this one
outburst whatever humiliation I felt."
"And she? Did she give no sign,
make you no answer?”
"None whatever." Then, as If he
found it impossible to hide tins hurt
to his pride, “she d'd not even seem
to consider me worthy the honor of
an added remark. Such arrogance is.
no doubt, commendable in a Challon
er. ’
Title time his bitterness did not
I ass unrehttked hy the coroner: Ite
member the gray hairs of ihe ot.K
Clmlloner who can hear you. and re
spect his grief”
Mr. Hrothersnn bowed.
”1 have finished,” said he. "I shall
have, nothing mote to say on the sub
ject.” And he drew himself up in ex
pectation of rite dismissal lit- evident
ly thought pending.
Tint the coroner was not done with
him by any means, lie had a theory
in regard to this lamentable suicide
which he hoped to establish tty this
man’s testimony, and, in pursuit of
this plan, lie no* ot.iy motioned to Mr.
Hrotherfou to resent himself, but be
gan at once to open a fresh line of t-x
aminatiun by saying:
“You will prrdon me. if T press this
matter. I h ve le ert g-vrn to under
stand that notwithstanding your
break with Miss Challoner, you
have kept up your visits to t lie
Cb rmont and were even on the spot
at the time of her death."
“On th spot?”
“In the hole!, I mean.”
“'I here you are right; I was in the
hotel.”
“A* the time of h r death?”
To Bf. Continued Next Week.)