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m WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20,1897. OTTOLENOUI ~ AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST ?* CHIME ETC. [Copyright 1S97, by 6. P. Putnam's Sosa.] CHAPTER VL MYSTERIOUS NOISES. pursuance of the directions left by JSir. Bornes and conmiunicated to him ) by Burrows, Squire Olney impaneled a jury, taking them to the Lewis farm and allowing them to examine the corpse, where it lay in the position as when discovered. "He then adjourned the inquest until the return, of the ab? sent detective. Meanwhile he ordered Dr/ Snow, a competent surgeon, to make an autopsy, placing the corpse in au upper room and in charge of the physician. 1 Th? jurymen and assembled neigh bors'dispersed slowly, as though loath to leave the vicinity. Burrows mixed wit?i them, hoping to extract some clew by conversation which might prove of value to him. In this he failed entire? ly. The greater number apparently sus? pected that Walter Marvel was impli? cated, and as he was a general favorite they feared to speak with the detective lest they should compromise their friend. One man, however, voluntarily ap? proached him and said: " They tell me as how you're the de? tective." "lion are quite right; ** said Burrows . hopefuUy. j "My name's Skene, " said the other, V "Josiah Skene, station, agent down to Le? Dee po'. I heam 'bout this here in U quest, an tho't I'd run up an see how ' you're gittin on. Anybodv.'rested?" " Weli, hardly^ " answered Burrows, " with a smile. " We haye only been at '} work a few hours, you know." * ' Weli, that only goes to show. I al? ways tho't as how them stories in the Borsten papers wuz kinder farfetched. They make out's though you detective fellers wuz quicker*n greased lightuin. I guess you ain't no smarter than other . folks. I guess. I could put you up to sKuff in this case anyway." Mr. Skene took his long chin whisker in his left hand, stroked it once and then turned it up so that he readily hit the end, the while looking at Burrows through the corner of his eyes, his head turned part? ly away,, as though he were contemplat? ing something on the distant horizon. "Bo you know anything?" Burrows spoke with a little anxiety. He recog? nized that the man was an eccentric and feared to do or say something that would antagonize -him. After a long pause came the reply: "Mebbe. "" Only this one word, mut? tered without removal of the whisker from his mouth. Burrows waited for more, but was forced to continue the conversation himself. "Mr. Skene, this is a dreadful busi? ness, and if you can help us to unravel it I am sure you will do so. " "Ain't that what I'm up here for? B'you s'pose I tramped up here for ex? ercise? Kot much. But the joke is that you should need me to tell you any? thing. You're a detective from Bors ton. I tho't as how you fellers wuz so cute like that you jest looked at the dead man an 'rested the murderer straight o??; saw his likeness in the rorpse's eyes or su th in. I've read that in books, but I guess you reel detectives ? ain't BO darned smart as all that, hay?" "Ko, I am afraid not We are no smarter than other folks, only we make a business of putting two and two to? gether, that's all. You could tell that it would make four as easily I could. But you have your railroad business, Mr. Skene, and I have to look for criminals. Tfiat is the only difference." Burrows tried a little conciliatory flattery, and it operated to make Mr Skene more com? municative. "By Jehosaphat! You hit it square that time. I kin smell a rat, but it ain't my place to hunt him down. So I guess I'll tell you who killed I?wis an let you ketch him. Only seems to me you oughtn't to git all the glory, hay?" "You give me the clew, Mr. Skene, and when I arrest the man you shall have full credit for giving me the clew. ' ' "Oh, I'm only jokin. You ketch the feller an I'll be satisfied. I ain't lookia for no notoriety. ' ' Nevertheless he wore a pleased expression, as when a shrewd Kew Englander has jost arranged one of those typical Yankee "bargains" in which each man swaps what he does not want fer what he does want and chuckles because he has cheated the oth? er man. Mr. Skene thought a moment, as though deciding where to begin. Then he resumed, "You noticed that I said I could tell you who killed Lewis?" "I did," said Burrows, "and I won? dered whether you liad seen the crime committed." "Seen it?" cried Mr. Skene. "Why, man alive, d'you s'pose I'd have let the murderer escape? Ko, I didn't 'spect him last night, but I seen him, I seen him twice." "Whom did you see twice?" "Whyr ain't I tellin you? The mur? derer! I seen the murderer twice. The fust time wuz when the up train come along. When she stopped, he got off. I didn't pay no speshal 'tentiou to him till the train wuz gone, when he came up an spoke to me. He asked me how to git to the Lewis farm. " "This is important. You say a man came up on a train last uigbtand asked to be directed to the Lewis farm?" "That's jest what I said. I toi him, an then he asked for a time table a?u wanted to know if he could go back las' night. I give him a time slip, an off he went. I never tho't no more of him till I seen him ag'in paciu up an down jest before the down train come in. I flagged the train to stop, an he board ? ed her.'* I "Did jon recognize him? That is, had yon ever seen him before' V "As furs X know, I never sot eyes on him till las' night, though once I tho't as how his voice wuz kinder familiar. But don't lay no stress on that, 'canse I ain't no good rememb'rin sounds. Ain't got no ear for music. All I can tell you is he wuz a medium size man with a full beard." "Did he have any baggage?" "I wuz jest comin to that, 'cause it is kinder queer. He didn't have none when he come, 'less it wuz cn the plat? form an I didn't see it,"Which ain't like? ly. But when he come back from Lew? is' he had a satchel." "Where did he go from here? ?nat is, for what point did he buy a ticket?" "He didn't buy none from me. That wuz one thing made me sort of 'spi cioos. Then when I hcarn of the mur? der, why, it all come to mc a3 plain as a pikestaff. That mysterious visitor come np expressly to kill Lewis. That's why he wuz so darned anxious to git router town aginias'night. Under them circumstances it ain't likely as how he'd tray a ticket from me. ' * "At what time*did ho arrive and at what tim? did he leave?" "He come in at 9:07, an heketch?d the 10:39 down." ' * Which way di you mean by down?" ""Why, man alive, don't yen know that Jiuch? Down is down. Down to 'ards Nashuway, Wooster an that'ere way." 1 "You must excuse my ignorance," said Burrows humbly. "I don't pretend to know everything, yon see. Now, one thing more-I must tell you, though I presume you know it already, that it is of the utmost importance when a de? tective is trying to catch a criminal that he should keep a close mouth. As you and I are working together, as it were, I must ask yon to speak to no one but myself." This speech was ; adroitly worded. Burrows was anxious that Mr. Barnes should not hear of this new clew, in? tending if possible to work it out alone. In order, therefore,*to close the mouth of this egotistical countryman he in? g?nions!}* included him in his work, having discerned that the fellow was anxious to have a tale to tell to the fre? quenters of the saloon of how "me an the detective .from Borston worked up the case." Mr. Skene, however, made one feeble protest "Well, P.S to that," said he, "I tho't as how I'd have to go on the stand at the inquest an tell what I know. " He evidently counted upon the notoriety to be'gained by such a procedure. "Oh, of course!" said Burrows, has? tily endeavoring to satisfy him upon this point. "I will tell the squire, and '*No, I uon% and that's fiat." he will call you unless he should be afraid to let your story be known too soon. I think, though, that you will be called. What I meant was that you must noe speak until you are. " "Oh, that's diff'rent!" said Mr. Skene, quite satisfied, now that the prospect of being a real witness in a genuine murder case was still in pros? pect. "I guess I kin keep my mouth sh et. I gcess Josiah Skene knows enough to know when to talk an when ;<i ep still. You kin count on me. ?i, good*day. Let me know how you ?1Z ou. As he sauntered off down the road to? ward the station Burrows wondered whether he would really keep the story to himself. He doubted it; but, as much as he should have liked to start in pur? suit of this strange visitor of the night previous, he scarcely cared to leave be? fore the return of his superior. He had been standing in the road, near the main gate, during his conver? sation with the station agent, and now, turning toward the house, he saw a young woman coming out. He recog? nized her as one who he had supposed was a servant, from the fact that he had ?een her cooking in the kitchen while the inquest was started. He decided to question her, and as she came out and was passing him he said: "Pardon me, but I wish to say a few words to you. " The woman faced him in silence and waited for him to speak. "Wiil you tell me your name?" "Sarah." "Your last name also, if you please. " "Carpenter. " "Now will you tell mo what you know about what occurred last night and whether you heard any pistol shot?" "No, I won't, aud that's flat." Before he recovered from his surprise at the asperity of her reply she abrupt? ly turned from him and proceeded along the road. He looked after her wonder? ingly. Was it possible that this woman held the key to the situation? If so, it became most puzzling, from the fact that it did not seem to lit any theory as yet advanced. Yet lier manner was not that of one who was entirely ignorant. He decided to speak to Isljf. Barnes about this and to leave it to h/m to obtain her secret, if she had one^/f?e went into the house, in search, of Squire Olney and I round mm in the parlor converse with Lewis. As he entered he heard t squire sa j: . 'I suppose, Mr. Lewis, that you w: sleep here tonight, as this house is nc yours?' ' It occurred to Burrows at once th this was his opportunity to continue tl line of inquiry suggested by Mr. Barn in his note. Therefore, without wai ing for Lewis to reply, he said: . "Squire, you say this house is no the property of this young man. I hoi both of you will pardon my askii .whether a will has been found." 4'I am not at all offended," sa: Lewis promptly. "That is a very prop* question. Squire, do you know anythir about this?" "Why, yes! I should have spoken 1 you before. I have the will in my poe] et now. It was given into my keepir by your father, some time ago. I do no however, know its contents, except tin I am named as one of the executors, f( he had the document drawn in Bostc and gave it into my hands in a seale envelope. Here it is, as I received it He drew forth a legal looking enveloj. of large proportions. "Shall I open it? Lewis nodded, and Burrows was tc curious to know its contents to call a tention to the fact that it might be z well not to read the will until notic could be given to other possible beni ficiaries under its provisions. The squii forthwith opened and read the paper. I substance it was to the effect that th house and all available funds shoul become the unconditional property c Virginia Lewis. There was a clause i: which an allusion was made to the son but, far from making him a legatee, i was plainly explained that Lewis per considered that his son had forfeited al claim upon his bounty, and therefore n direct provision was made for his re ceiving any part cf the estate. But ther was ? request that, in case the youn? man should return home, Virgini; should do for him whatever his circum stances seemed to require. Burrows listened with close attentioi and quoted this clause with much in terest. Here was evidence that th? young man, then present, could no have committed the crime with the cer tainty of inheriting. Lewis then said: "Well, gentlemen, it seems that I an not the owner of this house a?ter all and therefore I cannot sleep here withou the permission of my cousin. But I sup pose you can arrange that much for me at least?" He appealed to the squire, who replied: "I am sure of it Virgie would no turn a stranger from her roof, and I au confident that when she understand? that you are 60 near a relative she wil offer you the hospitality which is due tc you. In fact, if I know her character, ] doubt if she will accept the property al all, now that you have returned. " "Once more," said Burrows, "I hope you will see that I am speaking con? scientiously when I remind you, Mr. Lewis, that you have given us no prooi of your identity. Of course your word alone was sufficient this morning when we were coming here. We expected tc find Mr. Lewis alive, and it wbuld have been his privilege to satisfy any doubt But now, under the peculiar circum? stances, I hope you don't miscontrue my motives'' "Not in the least " replied Lewis. "You are investigating a murder and are right to demand a.thorough expla? nation of my movements and proof of my identity. I am a stranger to you, and you hav e b?t my unsupported word. I am more glad than sorry that I am disinherited by my father's will. I did not deserve any consideration at his hands anyway, and under trie distress? ing circumstances, and considering my appearance just after h?3 violent death, were I his heir it might seem-you un? derstand? I might be implicated!" "Nonsense! Nonsense!" exclaimed the squire. ; 'No one would think such a thing. " The squire's positive assertion made Burrows feel a little uncomfort? able, for he was inwardly conscious that he was entertaining the very idea at that moment. Lewis continued: "As to my identity, fortunately I foresaw that the time might some day come when I should wish to prove to fey father that I am indeed his son. Therefore I have carefully preserved the last three lesters which I received from him, determined, should it ever be necessary, to produce them as proof cf my identity, in the event of his failing to recall my changed face. Now he is dead, but the evidence thus attainable assumes, it seems, au increased value. I have preserved the letters in my pocket? book through all theso years, and from frequent reading they are not in a very perfect condition, though I hope suf? ficiently decipherable for yon at least, squire, to recognize their genuineness." So saying, he produced a dilapidated wallet and took from it three letters, apparently quite old. They were in en? velopes that scarcely held together, and the edges of the folds of the letteis were almost worn through in places. Never? theless the writing was sufficiently dis? tinct to be legible. Thc squire and Bur? rows looked through them, and the for? mer unhesitatingly declared that he rec? ognized tho handwriting as that of John Lewis. The contents were not es? pecially interesting, being simply such as a father would send to a son absent ac school. A detective ia naturally sus? picious. He is apt to doubt and ques? tion to the last, and though Burrows was comparatively new ho nevortheless possessed this trait to a strong degree. He therefore examined tho date of the postmark, which was 1872. Although I he could not but accept this as unim- ! peachable evidence that the young I man's story was correct, still, without knowing exactly why ho did so, he cop- ! ied down the address on thc envelopes, J which was: "John Lewis, Jr. Care T. Jamison, Esq., Washington Heights, New York City, N. y." "Mr. Lewis," said the squire, "I am i satisfied that you arc my friend's son. j and I am sorry that thiswill leaves you nothing by its provisions. I am SUIT, as I told you just now, that Virgie will do what is right. I will, see ; her at once." i He tanned ecntlv on the door nf Vir gmia's room and was admitted. Wane he^was absent Burrows look tho oppor? tunity to ask Lewis a few more ques? tions. "Mr. Lewis," said he, "hov long is it since you were at sea, a: 'hy did you give up thc life? Thong, perhaps you mean to return to it?" "Oh, no. I have had enough of it The beautiful ease and comfort of the messrcom, described in the books cf adventure written for boys, are very much overdrawn, I assure you. ' It was this kind of literature which first made me long for the sea. After I became a sailor in earnest the charm of the ro? mance dimmed considerably before the stern reality. I was sorry enough that I had left home." "Why, then, did you not return sooner?" "Ah, that is easier said than done! I shipped for a voyage to China. There 1 was forced to leave my ship and find another homeward bound, which was not easy, or else to follow the fortunes of my messmates. I chose the latter, the consequence being that it was five years before we reached the States again, and then ii was on the Pacific coast. As there was little chance of finding my father anyway, since I knew he had contemplated a trip to Europe, I scarce? ly felt like crossing the whole breadth of the country on the errand. So I shipped again, and so it was from one ship to another, and the years rolled by." "Still, you have come home at last and found out where your father was located too?" "Yes. My ship touched at Ports? mouth. As we were so near to where my father last was and as I was pretty well sick of the sea, I concluded to give it np and come to Lee, with the faint hope that I could hear something cf my father's whereabouts. The result yon know." "Yes, and I sympathize with you very much. I hope you will pardon my having appeared to doubt your identity.^ I am trying to discover a murderer, and it is my duty to make every one account for himself." "Let us say no more about it. I un? derstand your motive exactly and am really glad that you are so careful in your investigations. I hope you will be sue jessi ul in finding the criminal. He must be discovered at all hazards. I may have been a bad son to my father while he was living. New I must do all in my power to avenge him." Lewis spoke with so much feeling that Bur? rows did not for a moment doubt his sincerity and determined to redouble his efforts to bo the one to place the murderer in custody. At this juncture the squire returned, followed by Miss Marvel and Virginia, both of whom he introduced to Lewis and to Burrows. To the former the young ladies bowed cordially, and it was evident that the squire had left no doijbt in Virginia's mind as to his iden? tity, for she greeted him as a relative, though with no undue show of feeling. Toward Burrows it was different Though she offered him a room in the house during his connection with the case, it was done in a formal way and with a certain hauteur cf manner not easily misunderstood. However coldly offered, it suited Burrows to accept the invitation, and she showed him to a chamber cn the nest floor, just above the one which had been used as a sleep? ing apartment by John Lewis. Virginia then descended to the parlor, and, ad? dressing Lewis, she said: . ' 'If you do not mind, I will give you the same room that your father had." Lewis acquiesced and followed her as she led the way. The squire thereupon started for his j home and escorted Miss Marvel to her j residence. Burrows retired early that night in? tending to be as fresh as possible for the next day's work. He slept so soundly that when ho awoke, with a sudden con? sciousness of having been disturbed by some extraneous sound, it was impossi? ble for him to determine whether he had slept for hours or minutes. Indeed he could not even understand thoroughly what it was that he had heard. It left the impression on his mind of an ob? ject, such as a chair perhaps, which had been overturned, but whether he had really heard anything or only imagined it in connection with some vagary cf dreamland he could not be sure. How? ever, though he had been sleeping soundly, he was now thoroughly aroused I and could not dismiss the idea that he j Tiw bcd bore no evidence of haelvjj been disturbed. had heard a distinct and loud sound, j but whether in Iiis own room or in an adjoining apartment or even down stairs puzzled him. Ho lay quiet, straining to ratch the least evidence of a repetition, but no sound roached his acutely attentive oar savo his own breathing and tho ticking of his watch beneath his pillow. The latter, however, suggested that he might at lc;;sr lc::: u ju r?v lom: ho had flopt. Striking a match, he lighted tho nil lamp ami found it to be hut 10 j o'clock, whereas he had thought that it j must bo near day. Finding that there would he time enough tn spare tn an in? vestigation and still to obtain a good night's rest afterward, ht1 dressed and left the chamber. Crossiuc the hall, he entered the room on tbatsideoi me house, thinking that from that direc? tion had come the noise which had dis? turbed his slumbers. Looking about him, it seemed evident that nothing had been disturbed, cr else it had been rearranged. He was about to prosecute his search farther, when he fancied he heard foot? steps. Listening attentively, he could afmost have sworn that they came from the direction of his bedroom. Hurrying back thither, he found everything just as he had left it. What could this mean? The first sound might have beer in a dream, but surely be w?s awake the second time. Nevertheless, though Lc had apparently heard some one. walking in his chamber, when he reached it it was as vacant as when he had left it. There was the supernatural possibility that the ghost of the corpse in the ad? joining room was promenading in the moonlight, but Burrows was above en? tertaining such an idea, and, as it oc? curred to him for a moment, he smiled as he thought "it is not midnight." However, if the footsteps had been in that room, whether of the living or of the dead, he could not discover, for the doctor had taken away the' key. Was it possible that Lewis was up and walk? ing about down stairs? This seemed to promise an explanation, and Burrows at once went to the floor below. He en? tered the chamber which he knew had been assigned to Lewfs. It was empty, and the bed bore no evidence of having been disturbed. Wail his last surmise correct, then, and was it Lewis whom he had heard? If so, what was he doi?g prowling about at such an hour, and where was he at the present moment? This last question he would endeavor to answer, for, if he had just heard him walking, he must be in the house. But Burrows went into every room except, of course, Virginia's, only to find them all empty. Determined to solve the mystery, he replaced the lamp in his bedroom, and, again descending the stairs, seated himself on a chair in the hall, where it would be impossible for Lewis to pass him unnoticed. To a de? tective long vigils of patient watching become almost a habit, but sleep will overpower a man even though he be a detective. Burrows kept awake for four ^curs, occasionally striking a match to note the passage of time. Finally, when it was nearing the hour of 3, he would start up every little while from a doze. Finding at length that he must sleep, with commendable perseverance he still resolved not to abandon his self imposed task.. In his dilemma he decided upon a bola plan, which was to lock the door of Lewis' room and tip his chair back against it Thus he might sleep, rather uncomfortably, but yet with the knowl? edge that Lewis must disturb him to pass him. When he awoke again, it was once more with the consciousness of a loud noise near him, but this time it continuejl after he had jumped up. It was now day and quite light As he stood rubbing his eyes, trying to collect his senses, upon recollecting what had occurred was astonished to find that the noise, which still continued, was oc? casioned by some one within the room shaking the door which he had locked. In wonder he turned the key and was amazed to see John Lewis standing be? fore him. They looked at each other a moment in silence, and then Lewis said: "Good morning! What was the mat? ter with the door? I could not open it." Burrows recovered himself at once, and replied : "I don't know. I was just coming down stairs and heard you trying to get out. Seeing a key in the door, I turned it, but as I turned it more than once I don't know whether you were locked in or not when I commenced. " "I hardly think that, for who would want to fasten me up? This is the only exit, as the other dcor leading into the library is locked. " "I suppose it could not have been," stammered Burrows, a little confused. What could he think? How was it that Lewis had come out of this room, when he was sure that he bad found it empty the night before and had subsequently kept guard all through the lonely hours of the early morning? He left Lewis and went into the library. Going to the door which opened from that room into the apartment which Lewis had just quit, he found that it was locked, as he had stated. Moreover, the key was in the lock cn the library side. Bur? rows unlocked the door and entered, cu? rious tc determine whether Lewis had slept in the bed or not, and upon inves? tigation decided that he had. More than ever puzzled, he regretfully con? cluded to await until Mr. Barnes should arrive, and seek his assistance in solving this mystery. 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