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C$t ?ttjrat at? Si^im W SDHBSDAY, SEPT. 22.1897. OTTOUNQ?I AUTHOR or "AW ARTIST IM CRIME ETC <^9' {Copyright, 3897, by 6. P. Putnam's Sons.] CHAPTER IL SEEKING FOB CLEWS. Left to themselves, the two detectives remained silent until they heard the front door shut bj the squire as he and Lewis wen': out. Then Mr. Baines said: 44 Well, Tom, you are in luck-a mys? terious murder, which will, in my judg? ment, require much skill to discover the truth. Come, now, tell me where you would begin?" "I have found a clew already,*' qui? etly remarked Burrows. "Good!" said Mr. Barnes, well pleased at his pupil's shrewdness. "That ia better than I expected. What is it?" ?1 T.hiT>ir that the murderer fired from I the outside through this window. " Burrows indicated a window opening I an the lawn to the east. *'You see that there is a hole through the center pane. That it is of recent origin is evidenced by the broken glass cn the carpet, which also shows that the bullet came from without, since the pieces have fallen toward." "Very well reasoned, Tom, as far as the time and origin of the shot go, but you haye jumped to one conclusion not as yet' warranted." Mr. Barnes went to the window and examined it closely. "You started by saying just now that the 'murderer' fired from out? side. That is where you have gone be? yond your evidence. This pane of glass with that hole and the fragments on the floor probably uttest the passage of .a bullet, but there is nothing as jet to ?how that said bullet was fred by the ^riurderer.'" "Why, who else could have fired it?" ."I have heard that physicians make a diagnosis sometimes by exclusion, but J %t is a dangerous plan for a detective. Look again, and you will note that it is the li wer sash which has the broken pane. Being raised as it is, the upper sash is between it and the point from which you argue that your pistol was fired. This proves conclusively" "That the lower sash has been raised since tibe* shot was fired, " interrupted Burrows. "You see, I have thought of that I argue this way: Mr. Lewis was standing in 'the room when he was struck by the ball. He turned and threw up the sash, endeavoring to dis? cover the identity of his assailant Then he staggered from the window and fell a few feet away, as we find him, with his head in the fireplace. " "It is, of course, possible. But as he is in his nightdress it is curious that he should have been in this room where j an assassin, whose presence he did not suspect, could fire upon him. There is another chance, which is that some ene has opened that window this morning. Kow, looking out, what do we see?" ** A summer house directly opposite, " said Burrows. 44A most convenient place for a- man to hide in and shoot his victim as he passed in front of a light in a room at night" "I see," said Mr. Barnes, "what we may be most grateful for, and that is fresh snow. We must extend our inves? tigation presently in the direction of the summer house and search for foot? prints," He then turned toward the body. It was lying on the right side, thus plain? ly exposing a mass of blood which sur? rounded the wound. The bumed con? dition of the head, owing to its proxim? ity to the fire, has been mentioned. There was upon one finger a massive gold ring set with diamor^, which ring, Mr. Barnes thought, would nec .essarily be known to the dead man's family, and besides he found the name "John Lewis" embroidered upon the nightdress. *'Evidently not the work of a bur? glar," he remarked, pointing to the diamond ring. "Kb," replied Burrows,44for here on the mantel are a handsome gold watch and chain." " Notice, Tom, that he is in his night? dress. In connection with later discov? eries that may prove a very significant fact At present it puzzles mc, for I cannot tee why a man should be so dressed in his parlor and murdered without a sign of any struggle. The latter fact seems to strengthen your the ____ ,? cry. "Thero is a door," said Burrows. "Let us see if ic leads into his bedroom. Ia that event he may have come here for any trivial purpose and so have af? forded the murderer the opportunity for which he was waiting. " The younger man led the way, fol? lowed by Mr. Barnes. He opened: the door and both entered, when they at once started back surprised. A young woman was sitting at a writing desk, a small upright cabinet with one of the drawers open. This she hastily closed as the two men appeared. There was also a letter, sealed and addressed, ly? ing on the desk, which she nervously concealed in the bosom of her dress as she hurriedly rose and turned toward the intruders. This last motion caused a small object to drop from her lap and roll half way across the room, where it rested. The eyes of all three were at? tracted toward it The woman moved forward to ^recover it, but Mr. Barnes, thinking it a thimble, with a quick "Allow me," stooped and picked it up. He was about to return it when, sud? denly realizing what it was, he looked the woman straight in the eyes, still holding the object between his thumb and forefinger, and said: "Madara, pardon me. You are, I pre? g?me, Miss Virginia Lewis?/' ".mat is my name. ?sut wno are yon, | and why do yon enter my apartment unannounced?" "I assure you that when we entered we had no thought of disturbing any one, least of all a lady. We came to the house with Squire Olney on business i with your uncle. In the parlor we dis- I covered" "My uncle's dead body." "Then you know" "I found him two hours ago as you have seen him. I was naturally shocked and unnerved and have been in here ever since trying to collect my thoughts." "Miss Lewis, we are detectives," said Mr. Barnes, and making a brief pause in order to watch the effect of his words he noticed a slight tremor pass over her form, but it was barely perceptible, and he concluded that she was a woman of great self control Nev? ertheless he detected an involuntary, instantaneous glance in the direction of the writing cabinet. Having gained this point, he continued: "We came herewith the squire at the request of your uncle to discover if pos? sible the whereabouts of his assailant, young Marvel." This time she showed no emotion. "As your uncle is dead the squire has asked us to investigate. It was while making an examination of the premises that we came in here, and I again ask your pardon * for our intru? sion." Virginia bowed, and silently awaited his next words. Mr. Barnes felt that he must retire, but was determined to venture once more an attempt to learn something from her. He would have liked nothing better than to hold her in conversation, that he might study her manner as much as her words, but he saw clearly that he could not force ber to talk long. "Miss Lewis, I anraware that this interview must be painful to yon, and if you will allow me to ask one or two simple questions we will withdraw." Receiving a sign that he might :;on tinue, he asked: "Can yon tell me whether your uncle owned a weapon cr whether he had any cause to commit suicide? Some disease, for example, which he may have thought incurable?" "My uncle did net own a weapon, to my knowledge, nor "do ? know of any? thing that would have induced him to take his own life." "Did you hear a pistol shot during ti^e night?" "I did not" Mr. Barnes left the room, followed . by Burrows. Once more in the parlor, where lay the corpse, he said: "Tom, did we discover anything in there?" "Yes, I think so." " Well, as you are the younger at this business, I am anxious to give you the chance io think for yourself. I suggest that you give me your views and deduc? tions from the different points that turn up before you hear mine." "Very welL Let me specify what I think we gained by going into the next room. We learned that we were not the first to find the body. Miss Lewis ad? mits having been in this room, so she must have raised the window, which is especially probable since, as no other window is open, the room would have been full of the odor of the burned body when she entered. " Mr. Barnes nodded acquiescence, "She hid a letter when we went in. I think'sbe wishes the name of her cor? respondent kept secret. By the way, she must be a woman of singular tempera? ment to find the dead body of her uncle and then go into the next room and write a letter. " "Exactly, and it may bo cf the ut? most importance for us to learn the ad- | dress of that letter and its contents if possible. Anything more, Tom?" * "Yes, but first tell mc what it was that you picked up from the floor. She dropped it from her lap as she stood up. Why did you keep it?" ' j "I thought it was a thimble till I .' held it in my hand, and then I found it to be-the empty shell of a cartridge." "No wonder that you kept it Now, see this." He handed Mr. Barnes a small round brush, attached to a twisted wire handle. 1 *I took it from the wash? stand." "This fits my theory exactly," said Mr. Barnes. * 'This brush is still damp and slightly blackened. It has recently been used to clean the pistol from which this empty shell was taken. That pis? tol is in her cabinet. I am satisfied of that by her glancing in that direction when she heard me declare that we are detectives. Follow out the trail of ac? tion and you will see why, with all her self possession-and she has so j much that I fear we shall not again surprise her into betraying herself-she could not resist a hasty glance at the drawer which she had just quickly closed on seeing us. By her own admis? sion she knew of this murder before any one, as far as we now know, except the murderer. She retires to her own "Miss Lewis has destroyed or removed j anotttcr clew." room and at once proceeds to destroy j an important clew-a rec? ntly dis- j charged weapon. Remember that this ! man was moro than her uncle in the or- j dinary sense of that relationship-she j was his adopted child. She must have j had a powerful motive for carrying out j such an act What wonder, then, when ! she has just effected her parp?se, that, j being suddenly confronted by the an? nouncement that; detectives are already j on the. scent-what wonder, I say. that I her eye ?herald instinctively sees: ti place where she had hidden the pisto especially when she knew that I hn the empty shell between my finger But, as I said before, she is on hi guard now, and whatever she wishes 1 conceal from us we shall need all or skill to discover She will determir on a plan of action and adhere to it " ' 'Would we not have the key to th mystery if we could learn her reasor for acting as she has?" "Not necessarily, though of course : might be so. For example, suppose sh has committed the crime herself?" "Why, do you suspect her already?" "Na I should not make so serious charge against a woman, even to mj self, on so little evidence. Nevertheless in a case like this, we must consider aJ things as possible. By her anxiety t destroy a clew she proves that she doe not wish the murderer to be knowe This may be accounted for in two ways First, that she would hide her ow: guilt and, second, that she might b shielding some one else." "That some one else must be one i: whom she is deeply interested," sai Burrows, thinking over Mr. Barnes proposition. Then suddenly, as the ide came to him: "What if it be her lover young Marvel? He would have a motiv for killing Lewis. " Mr. Barnes smiled approvingly at bi companion's quick perception of wha he himself was thinking, but he replied "Not so fast! We have nothinj against him yet except the 'motive. Many a man may have good and stronj reasons for wishing another dead ant yet not stain his hands with blood. Be sides, remember that the same motive which you attribute to Marvel migh equally well actuate the woman wh< loves him. However, at present I d< not think that Miss Lewis committe( the crime." "If not she and not Marvel, whom then,*do you suspect?" "I must have more evidence be?~"? ! suspect any one. It is a different thing however, to think one 'not guilty,' anc p.t present I believe Miss Lewis is inno cent. Later I may find in ? the crim inal, but I cannot think so ? J c. " "Surely you are not influenced by he: sex ; you are not noing to be sentimen tal-you, a detective?" Mr. Barnes smiled faintly. He wai amused and yet a little troubled at hi? companion's ardor. Why should not z detective have sentiment? Because it ii his business to seek cut and punish th( criminal, must he necessarily be with? out a heart? He could not accept such 2 theory, although he knew it to be one esteemed by the members of his craft. The majority of these men hunt dowr a criminal as a matter of business. A crime committed gives them work tc da A man found to fit the circum? stances of that crime, and the detect? ive's work is completed. It was not so with Mr. Barnes. He had a heart, and this very fae* though unrecognized by his superiors, made him the keenest man in the employ oi the Pilkingtons. He did not work sim? ply to fit a crime on some one's, any one's, shoulders, but rather that it should not be fitted to an innocent man. He sought diligently for the right man, that the wrong man might not be made to suffer through the accident of impli? cating circumstances. Replying to Burrows, he said: "No, I would not think cf her sex. A true detective should consider the evidence only. There is always danger, however, of our mistaking it, or rather to what it points. The evidence itself is always dumb witness of the truth. Un? fortunately our ability or skill too often fails to connect it. Now ? will teil you why I think Miss Lewis innocent. "It is plain, from the charred condi? tion of the body, coupled with the fact that the fire has entirely burned cut, that the man has been dead some hours. If Miss Lewis had done the shooting herself, the probability is that she would have cleaned her pistol ear? lier. Still, she might have been dis? turbed, and, dropping her weapon in a hurried flight from the scene of the crime, she might have returned later to recover it "But, while I consider her a person of great will power-from a physical standpoint quite capable of conceiving and executing a murder-yet, having done the deed and accidentally having left her weapon, I doubt her having the nerve power to return for it after several hours had passed. She might within a short period of time, but in that case the cleaning would have oc? curred then and not have been left for the morning, for had she premeditated the killing she would also have premed? itated removing this evidence. But, re? member, this is reasoning, not proof. The most specious reasoning may be nay, often is-disproved by the facts." "But you must think she has some knowledge of the crime?" said Burrows. "My theory is this," replied Mr. Barnes. ' 'Miss Lewis entered this room this morning, perhaps opened the win? dow, and then discovered the dead body, the weapon and perchance more-at any rate, enough to make her suspect young Marvel. Hero let me point out that the fact that she does so is not sufficient reason for our suspecting him. It was not necessary for her to know him guilty for her to attempt to shield him. It was enough for her to entertain suspicion. Convinced of even the possibility of his guilt, she might try to save him from the consequences of the act. " Burrows had listened quite attentive? ly to all this and was much impressed by the reasoning. After thinking a few moments in silence, he asked: "Do you think that the letter which she wrote is to her lover?" Again Mr. Barnes was pleased to note that Burrows followed his line of argument. He replied : "Yes, I think the letter is to Marvel, but her writing to him might be a se? quence in either case. Whether she committed the deed herself or thinks him guilty, sba would probably write to him." "It would bo well, then, for us to get that letter?" "Well, indeed! It would at least show us his whereabouts. But how to become possessed of it? That is the onestiom We need net emect to obt^i^ it till it bas left her custody, and be sure she will be very careful how she forwards it." "If we could get the pistol, might we not be able to find out who is the owner of it? That would be something perhaps." "Assuredly. Besides, it is probable that, though cleaned, one chamber may still be empty. We have the shell and evidence of the recent cleaning. As goon as Miss Lewis leaves the house, as she will do to start her letter on its ! way, I will get the pistol from her cabinet." ! "Is there anything more that we can discover in this room?" "Let us lock." ; To approach the body they walked around a small table, which stood in front of the fireplace. On this were scat? tered loosely some papers. A drawer stood partly open, and a large cut glass inkwell uncovered. Mr. Barnes glanced at these things as he passed, and his j eye was attracted by a half sheet of pa? per, with a bit of writing, which pro? truded from under the other clean I sheets. He picked it up, more from cu? riosity than interest, but after he had read it his manner showed at once that he thought it important Burrows look? ed at him inquiringly, but for a mo? ment Mr. Barnes did not heed him. He ? was looking at the table before him and seemed studying the situation. At length he spoke: "M*58 Lewis has destroyed or re? moved another clew. See this." He handed the piece of paper to Burrows, I who took it and read as follows : "If I am dead in the morning, my j murderer is" The word "is" was followed by a I huge blot, as though the pen had splut? tered at that point. Burrows looked at Mr. Barnes in silence, and the latter continued: "Mr. Lewis was not killed outright. He even saw and recognized his mur? derer. He attempted to warn his friends and insure justice. Fearing death be? fore aid would reach him, he wrote that. Evidently excited, perhaps al? ready growing weak, as he reached the name of his assailant his hand trem? bled, his pen spluttered and he threw it from him. Here it is, lyi?g on a piece of paper, which ic has blotted where it fell. However, he essayed again, and this time he succeeded, for see, he has placed the second pen care? fully, the point' on the edge cf the ink? well, proving that he finished his note of warning. Miss Lewis undoubtedly found it She read the name. Whose was it? Her own or Marvel's? If any other, why should she remove it?" "What would Miss Lewis do if you showed her this paper and demanded the other?" "I cannot tell. She might deny hav? ing it. She might admit taking it and refuse to yield possession of it She might treat me with scorn and deny my right to question her on the subject at all. However, I may conclude to test her. I may ask her the question." Burrows stood thinking and looking down, when suddenly he noticed some? thing on the floor which attracted his attention. He stooped to examine it and then called Mr. Barnes, who was still absorbed in the table and its con? tents. Mr. Barnes joined him and looked at what Burrows picked up some bits of plastering. Beth simulta? neously locked upward and saw just over their heads a small hole in the ceiling. "The mark of a bullet," said Mr. Barnes. He walked over to the win? dow, where he srocd fer u minute, alter? nately looking cut and at the bullet hole- in the plastering. "That shot came from without, passed through this window and struck as we see overhead. The summer house there is just in the line. Evidently there was mere than one shot fired, for that ball could not have passed entirely through the body and then have continued upward." "Shall we examine the grounds now?" said Burrows. "Yes. I think we have learned all ,we can at present in here." 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