Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1888 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE G, 1888. vpL. XXXIY-NO. 18. ONE DOLLAR TEH YEAR.

ßStraieTessae 11 Y DORA RUSSELL, Author of "Footprints in the Sxow," "The Bkoken Seal," "The Vicar's Goveexess," "Annabel's Rival' . Copyrighted, IS33.

CHAITKU XIV. a .su.sri:cTED ma:,. "N LICTC FltASER was a man who jfj often toasted that ho ''never let if X tho grass grow under his ft ct ;" ho J certainly never neglected an opportunity of pushing forward any business he had in hand. And x.s he rode from Rossmore, after his interview with Nora, there was a keen sense of anger in his heart, and an caer desire to revenue himself upon I'.iddiilph, who, lie? considered, had unjustifiably stood in his way. And Nora had wounded his vanity. Stranpe, that in one ko hard and cold this weakness hhonld be so strong. Yet it was so. A lick was vain of his money, bis good looks, and his grand new house. And he was apt to show this in a surprising manner for a clever man. His age was a sore point, and he hated to hear his brother Jock joke about it, which sometimes Jock wa apt to do. Alick, in fact, intended to marry well, just as he told himself he had always done well ; and be wanted youth, beauty, and money, too. And Nora Stewart, his near neighltor, Lad all these good qualities. He had, therefore, meant to marry her, and so firm was his belief in his own power to carry out anything he intended to do, that he had small doubts of succeeding until the new owner of Dunbaan had appeared upon the scene. He therefore. l"re a bitter grudge against Diddulph, and, with his hard lips ti Ait set, left -iiosstiiore, determined to do bis U'st to hunt him down. We must not suppose he had given up his idea of wedding Nora' because be thought she was unduly interested in this stranger, who, luckily for him and Alick gave a grim smile had now made Filch a fool of himself, and thrust Iiis head into the jaws of the law. And he should not eseapo; the woman had been shot on Alick's property, and it behooved him, therefore, to push forward the inquiry into her death, and he did not lose one moment in doing this. The police were speedily on the spot, and the Glen of lüllu was first thoroughly searched. On the ground where the woman bad died, the lading bracken and Foaked moss were trampled and bloodstained. "There lias been plainly a terrible struggle here," said Alick Frä-er, who, in his right of owner of the soil, was watching the investigation of the police. The inspector, whose face was shrewd and weather-beaten, did nt speak. He examined the ground carefully, ami then looked up it the jutting c rag which had bidden tiie woman's approach lYor.i IJiddulph's view. The ritie-ba!l bad first grazed P.iddtilph's houlder; then hit the very edge of the erag, glanced oil", and kiiled the woman. "A ball has touched here," said the policeman, laying his hands on the erag, which showed signs of its coure. "The fellow has shot from behind the rock, no doubt, as the poor woman went forward to meet him," now suggested Alick Tracer. "l'.y Dr. Alexander's account, Mr. HMlulph is WOUnded Oll the bn-k of his shoulder," said the polieenam dryly. "We mu.-t look higher up, Mr. Fräser; but first let us K-e if one or more persons have been standing here." The (lamp, rain-soaked ground showed recent footsteps very plainly. These were here slim and straight likMulph's footsteps, in fact, the boots worn having lxcn light ones. Dut higher up among the crags and birehwood, the police soon discovered other footsteps footsteps made by a larger foot and heavy shooting-loots. These larger footprints were easily traced, going in two distinct tracks the one approaching a certain point in the glen w here the birehwood grew very thick, and the other leaving it. A man had evidently come and gone from this spot juite lately"; and, looking down from it to the crag bc!ow near which the woman bad died, and Diddulph had lecn hit, the policemen all agreed that a rifle-ball could have gone straight on its swift and deadly way. Alick Fräser could notdeny this, though he would not agree to it. In the hard winter time the red deeroften came down from the deer forest, higher up the loch to the Glen of Italia, ami the policemen suggested that a stray buck had perhaps found its way, and had been stalked by some poacherwho had killed the "leedy" by accident, instead of the deer. There "was some probability, at all events, in this, and the police carefully measured the footprints in the upper ranges of the Glen, as well as those on the spot where the unfortunate woman had met her death. "But where is the track of the deer?" asked Alick Fräser; and this certainly wns not visible. Hut it would be wearisome to go into all the details of an inquiry which lasted for days, and which aroused the interest of the whole country side. JJiddulph's position, and the romantic storv for people were ready enough to say be had wanted to get rid of one wife that he might marry a younger and handsomer one excited the greatest curiosity and gossip. In the meanwhile, the hero of it all remained quietly at Dunham, not going (for her sake) to see the woman who believed in him and trusted in him so entirely. And she fought his battles for him also very bravely. Alick Fräser went over to .Airdlinn and had a long talk with Mrs. Jock, and made Mrs. Jock's kind, womanly heart shudder by the account of the blood-stained ground in the Glen of Italia, and expressed bis opinion verv plainly that Hid iulpii, and only Biddulph, was the murderer. 'The case is A9 plain as can be, to my mind," he told his brother' wife, an. I his brother too, forgetting he had no right to sit in Judgment on a man who was not even arrested. "This fellow had married some low woman he was ashamed of and tired cf, and who, no doubt, was always bothering him for money ; and th'-n, when the old colonel left him Dunbaan, he wanted to be rid of her altogether, and, I expect, wanted also to marry Nora Stewart. That your? woman is very higli and haughty about it all too, I can assure you. Wei!, this Diddulph gets this poor creature to come down here, lures her into a lonely place, like the Glen the police have possession . of a note be bad written to her to ask her to go there alone and when he gets there ho shoots her; and then, perhaps moved by berdving Agonie a bit, he runs for that old fool, Alexander, who declares it is imjossible he could have fired the shot, because his own fchoulder is hit. My belief u that

his wound was an after-thought, and dono after the yoor woman was dead. However, the procurator-fiscal will be at Italia to-morrow, and the whole thing gone into. The )lice have a strong case, in my opinion, against Diddulph." "It is a dreadful thing," said Mrs. Jock; "even the suspicion is dreadful. I hope Nora Stewart will never speak to him again." "If Nora .Stewart is the lassie I take her for," said Jock Fräser, now looking up, "I fear she will. The encumstances are suspicious, I grant you; but there is no direct evidence, as far as I can make out, against Diddulph. He ran out of the (Wen, bleeding and wounded, straight for the doctor. His own story is, Alexander tells me, that lie was standing waiting for this poor creature, when the shot that killed her passed him, grazing his shoulder somewhat badly as it went. The police are inclined to think it was the strav shoi

of some poacher, I hear ; and nib police are right. "You will think diüerentlv, I expect, bv and bv. Jock." nnsweret 1 Alick. "J am certain this fellow DhJdulph is .j ' . i i the guilty one; as I have ofteeaid to Jeanie, here," 1 never liked him." And Alick Fräser expressed this opinion freelv wherever ho. went. Nevertheless, at the ollicial inquiry held at Italia, the police had no proofs of Diddti'ph'i guilt to lay before the procurator-fiscal, who held it. except tltat F.iddulph had undoubtedly asked the woman to meet him in the Glen, where she had met her death. Ir. Alexander's evidence was taken, and Diddulph's own, who told his story truthfully ami plainlv. He was standing waiting for the lady, whom he had asked to met t him, he said, when the shot grazed bis shoulder and killed her. "And von saw no one, Mr. F.iddulph, that you think could possibly have fired it?" Asked the procurator-fiscal. "I saw no one; I shouted loudly for assistance when I found the lady was badly wounded, but there was no reply to my calls. The jerson who tired tho shot, however, must have heard them." "You believe it to have been a stray shot an accident?" "I lielieve it to have been an accident ; at least such was my impression at the time." "The ladv, as Oar as you know, then, had no one likelv deliberately to attempt to take her life?"" "As far as I know she had not." It was then proved by Dr. Alexander that she bad been killed by a ritle-ball, which he had extracted from her body, and that the wound on Mr. Diddulph'n shoulder bad also been inflicted by a ritleball. Diddulph had gone into the Glen unarmed with a riile, the police had ascertained, as he had passe! through the village of Italia, and several people had seen him. In fact, the imjuiry ended on the first day pretty much where it beirm. It was a case of suspicion against Diddulph, and nothing more. The procurator-fiscal, however, adjourned the inquiry for a week, directing the police to make strenuous efforts to endeavor to learn who had bet n the person who had left the larger foot prints in the upper reaches oi the Glen. There was quite a gathering of the neighboring gentlemen in the little village of Falla when ths irq-iiry broke up, a!! eager to learn how it ended; and when F.iddulph appeared, pale, haughty, and with his head erect, one or two turned slightly away. F.ut the kindly doctor slid his big hand through the arm of the susM-ctel man. "i'il just walk a wee' with ye," he said; and Diddulph turned round and smiled, understanding well the motive of the friendly action. They passed down the village together, and on their way encountered the two Fräsers. -Mick gave a short little laugh, while a stern smile flitted over bis hard face. F.ut Jock stopped, hesitated a moment, and then held out his hand to Diddulph. "It's a cold day, Mr. Diddulph, he said, and that was all; but when lie rejoined Alick. the younger brother shrugged his shoulders and remarked disagreeably : "You are not particular about your flo qimintances, it seems, Jock." "I have no right to judge a man who is probably innocent,' answered Jock, quiet 1". Mrs. Jock had also been so moved by curiosity to hear at once the result of the inquiry that she bad accompanied her husband to Dalla in the morning, but had taken the opportunity, while it was going on, to call at Itossmore to see Nora fctewart. Xora looked very pale, but her dark eyes were bright and resolute as her kinswoman kissed her cold cheeks. "Well, my dear," said Mrs. Jock, "I thought I would come and seo ou, as Jock and Alick are both at Dalla, to hear bow this Fad business ends." 4;It must be verv painful for Mr. Biddulph," answered ora, raising her head with a little haughty air that well became her. "It must be terrible; bad as he is, I feel some pity for him." "Bad as he is?" repeated Nora indignantly. "Have you already condemned him, then, Mrs. Fräser, of what he is innocent?" "Mv dear, how can you tell he is innocent "Because I have heard the whole story from his own lips; because I know he would have died before he had lifted his hand to hurt the miserable woman who has been the curse of his whole life." Mrs. Jock did not speak for a moment; she moved uneasily. "Then," she said, after a little pause, "you have seen him since this unhappy ailair?" "Yes, I have seen him; I sent for him. I am not going to look coldly on the man who saved my life because an unjust suspicion has fallen on his name." "Dut, my dear" "I know what you are going to say that lie had no right, I suppose, not to tell us all that, when almost a boy, he had formed a connection; married a woman, if you will, of whom be was ashamed. Why should he tell this unless he chose? He asked no one else to marry him, did he? I think you are all treating him most unjustly, and I for one mean to le exactly the 6arne to him." "Nora, you aro but a girl " "I am old enough to know right from wrong, at least, and I knew Mr. Diddulph has done no wrong." "Still, Nora " "Do not let us talk of it anymore," interNora, with decision. "How aro Minnie and Malcolm, Mrs. Fra.er?" "Minnie in very well, but Malcolm does hot get over that terrible fall of his ns I would wish him; he looka very ill." "Door boy!" said Nora, thinking at the same time the "poor boy' quite deserved all he had got, for attacking Mr. Biddulph go unjustifiably. They talked a little while over other things' after this, and then presently Jock Fräser arrived to look aft-:r his wife. "Well?" said Mrs. Jock, eagerly, as her husband entered Nora's drawing-room. "Nothing decided has came of it," answered Jock to the unspoken question. "Alick and I have been talking to Mr,

Grant, tho procurator-fiscal, and he has adjourned the inquiry for a week, and the sherilFof the county will be here tho next time as well. Dut my opinion is, there has nothing come out to bring it home to Diddulph." "How could there , w hen he is innocent?" said Nora, with quivering Hps. Jock Fraser looked at her with bis kind brown eyes. "There's a true woman for von!" he said, smiling. "Well, my dear, 1 hope for Iiis own sake he is innocent, and I am certainly inclined to believe that he is." CIIA1TER XV. AN UNPLEASANT WELCOME. The next day Biddulph went to see Nora, and to his great relief found her alone. "I have come hero," he said, trying to speak lightly, as he took her hand, though lie was in truth much agitated, "under great dilliculties, and I rcaily dreaded to lind any one with you." "Why should vim? You are always welcome here," answered Nora. "Dut when a man is conscious that his movements are watched, he gets a little r.'Tvous atxmt the reception he may meet with except from such as you." "And do they still watch you?" "A remarkably pleasaut-lo .king, shrewdfaced constable crossed the loch a yard or two behind me, and when I landed at your pier another received me with the most tender solicitude, and, I have no doubt, is waiting for me in your avenue. Yes, I am watched, and for this reason, I have not dared to come to vou before, but to-day I felt I must." "W'hat matter is it?" said Nora, looking at him with her dark eyes. "You are innocent; you need not care what they do." "Dut a great many people thanks to our friend, Mr. Alick rraser, I believe (h not think me innocent. Dut, as you say, I try to tell myself it is no matter, but all the säme it is not pleasant." "You must lift yourself above it." "lTp among the stars, eh, Miss Stewart? Do you know, last night I tried to do this; I stood looking at the vast luminous space of blue, and told myself that cp there they knew the truth, the bright twinkling star-eyes, that have looked down on all the ages." "And did this thought give you peace?" "A sort of peace of awy, rather the grand realities against the shams; but still, to be suspected of murder, and of the murder of a woman too, is rather rough on one, you know." "You will not always be suspected." "I hope not; sometimes I believe not; but in the meanwhile, I repeat, it is not agreeable. However" and Diddulph looked at Nora and smiled "you are good enough, it seems, to believe in me and the doctor." "lie is a dear, true old man. ''lie is more than that, I think, if anything can be higher than to be absolutely true in word and deed. Dut there was something positively heroic," added Diddulph, half bitiei iv, "in the doctor's conduct both voterday and to-day. In the very face ot Mr. Alick Fraser, his richest patient, no doubt, lie yesterdav put his arm through that of the man Mr. Alick Fraser w ishes to hunt to death ; and today he followed the poor woman to the grave whoss end was so drear, and whoso life, judging by the higher moralities at least, was so unutterably sad." "Itisall unutterably sad for you." "Unutterably sad and unutterably degrading. I have wished during the last few days, Miss Stewart, that I had never been lorii." "This feeling will pass away; you will go awav from here " "Not," interrupted Diddulph, with kindling eyes, as Nora paused, "until it is known who fired that shot in the Glen of Dalla. They shall not say I ran away or shirked it, at any rate. I have otlered three hundred pounds reward, and if that is not enough I shall oiler a thousand; mv father wishes me to do so now." "Your father?" "Yes; did you not know my father was living? A close, self-contained, clever man, who seemed to give me very little love in my youth and manhoo.l, and yet who is very eager to have this stain wiped oil" my name.- I remember my mother, too, ;i gentle, dreamy-eyed woman, who died w hen I was a lad, 'before and Diddulph frowned "my life was spoilt. "Jt is not spoilt," said Nora, her lovely blush mounting to checks and brow-; "you have had a bitter, painful past, but it is HI." "How noble you look!" said Diddulph, fixing his gray, sombre eyes on her lace. "You might lead a man on, Miss Stewart, to big deeds and a big life a life worth living for." Nora's blush deepened, and her eyelids drooped over her dark eyes. "I did not know you ever paid compliments," she said, with a smile. "Nor do I. I was thinking if, in my earlier manhood, any one had helped me up, I might not now have had an aimless career before me. Dut as it is " At this moment the sound of carriage w heels was heard, and Diddulph rose and went to the w indow. "Here is an arrival," he said, in an annoved tone. "i shall go now, Miss Stewart." "I ask you not to go; I wish you not to go," said Nora, raising herself on the couch and looking round at Jiildulph. "But it will be painful fur us all." "Mrs. Conway-Hope," announced Alfred at the draw ing-room door; and the next instant, as Nora and Diddulah exchanged a glance of half-comic horror, that lady's gaunt, angular form made its appearance, and she at once rushed up to Nora and kissed her cliusively. "My dear child! I was determined to come at once. I have just heard this dreadful story about Mr. Biddulph." "I think. Cousin Margaret, you have met Mr. Diddulph before," said Nora suppressive!'; and upon this Biddulph advanced from the window to the center of the room, and made a grave bow. "Mrs. Conway-IIoe's face at this moment was a study. As her short-sighted eyes took in the fact that this man this man accused of murder was standing before her in Nora Stewart's draw ing-room, she drew herself up to her full height, and her gray-tinted skin grew grayer. "1 I am very much surprised," bho said. "To see me here?" answered Diddulph, with a littlo scornful smile. "Yes I cm surprised." said Mrs. Con-wav-Hope, with marked severity. ,fTo see any guest of mine in my own house ?"sahf Nora," haughtily. "Mr. Diddulph in my friend and my invited guest, so why should you be surprised to see him here, Cousin Margaret?" Mis. Conway-Hope did not speak for a moment; then she sank down on a chair near, ns if quite overcome. "I shall say nothing," she murmured, with a dismal shake of her head. "I won't shock your feelings by mv presence anv longer, Mrs. Conway-Hope,'' said Biddulph, now going up to Nora's couch, who was sitting with Hushed cheeks and sparkling eyes. "Good-bye, Miss Stewart and be took Nora's hand

"I thank you for all your generous words." "Must you go? Will you promise, then, to come soon again?" "Duried to-day," muttered Mrs. Con-way-llope in a sepulcliral tone from her chair. "I shall come if you ask me to do so," said Diddulph, ignoring Mrs. Conwayllopc's remark. "I do ask you ; I wish '0U to come I shall expect "you." "I shall le"too happy." Thev shook hands, and then the moment after the room door had closed on Biddulph, Mrs. Conway-Hope rose and approached Nora. "ora," she said solemnly, "I never expected this from my cousin's child." "Nor did I expect," answered Nora, with quick anger, "that any one dare insult a guest of mine under my roof; but it shall not occur a second time." "Dut this man! You know what is said that be shot his unfortunate wife, whom lie had ill-treated and ignored. Nora, 1 am shocked ; I must speak the truth terribly shocked to see him here." "You will not be shocked again, then. You came in a carriage from the station I suppose? I shall ting and desire it to wait for you." "I 1 came to stay," said Mrs. ConwayHope, not quite so resolutely. . "1 am sorry, but I cannot receive you. I an receive, no one who insults my friends." "My dear, consider a moment " Nora rang her hand-bell, and her young footman appeared. "Alfred, desire the carriage that brought Mrs. Conway-Hope to wait for her; and see that her luggage is put back. Mrs. Conway-IIopc is leaving bv the next train." Alfred lowed and departed, and Mrs. Conway-Hop? drew out her handkerchief. "Are you in "earnest my dead cousin's child, to whom I have been a mother ?" she said, endeavoring to abstract a tear from her short-sighted eyes. "I am mite in earnest." "It is beginning to snow, and I have traveled forty miles without refreshment," now s'aid Mrs. Con way-Hope, almost with pathos. "I am sorry. What will you have before you go? "I feel 1 require dinner." "It is too early for dinner, but I will ring and order something." And Nora did this, and presently sandwiches and sherry appeared; but Mrs. Conway-Hope, overcome, with emotion, and really not knowing where to go, could not eat the sandwiches, though she drank the sherry. "I cannot." she said, with a genuine sob at the desolate prospect betöre her; and then, perhaps insoired by the two glasses of sherry she ha- f managed to swallow, she wept out, "Nora, my child, will you turn me from your door turn out my gray hairs to face the storm?" Nora, who had really a very tender heart, began to relent. It was now snowing fast und turning dusk ; and, after all, this stupid woman was her dead father's cousin. "I don't want to be hard," she said, "but I i-il not hfve vav guests insulted. "I I meant no insuit," sobbed Mrs. Conwav-Hope, now completely humbled. "Well, in that case" Mrs. Conway-Hope needed no further permission, fc'he kissed Nora; she rang the bell t-agerly for Alfred. "I thank heaven our little quarrel is over," she said, throwing up her eyes to the ceiling. "Nora, my dear, may 1 have my usual room? Alfred, see that my luggage is taken to the blue room, and tell the housemaid to light a good lire; it is such bitter weather, and I have been a little upset." CI I A IT Kit XVI. r.iDDii.ru's i:ewakp. Mrs. Conway-Hope, having thus established herself at Rossmore, w as very careful not to offend Nora again, and she prudently never mentioned Mr.Diddulph's name. "And when a chance visitor happened to do this, she coughed significantly, as much as to inform the visitor that he had better avoid the subject. In fact, it began to be understood among Nora Stewart's friends the Frascrsand others that she would hear nothing against Mr. Biddulph. "1 iully expect, if he gets clear out of this business, that she will marry him," Mrs. Jock said one day to her brother-in-law-Alick; "and Jock thinks so, too." -Mick Fraser muttered something very like an oath as he listened to these words. "Do you think she is such an utter fool as that."' he asked darkly. "I think siie is in love with him," answered .Mrs. Jock, "and it is a thousand pities." Alick went away from Airdlinn w ith a frown upon his brow and fresh anger in his heart. It wanted but two days when this conversation. took place to the (supposed) final inquiry to be held at Dalla on the death of the woman in the Glen, and nothing further, it was understood, had been discovered by the police; and Alick went home determined to leave no stone unturned to produce frchh evidence. He really believed (so apt are we to persuade ourselves to think as we desire) that Biddulph had shot his wife; and it would be too horrible, be argued to himself, as be cast his covetous eves on Nora's acres, which marched with his own, if t-he should be mad enough to marry this murderer. He would send for Sandy Hill, lie determined. Sandy had ferreted out Diddulph's marriage, and perhaps might find out something about the murder, too. "The police are a set of idiuts," thought Alick impatiently. He therefore telegraphed to his clerk at Glasgow to come at once to Inismore, and ho informed his housekeeper she might exect a visit again from Mr. Hill, the upholsterer. Sandy arrived the day beforo the inquiry, at which the sheiill of the county was "to be present, and Alick Fraser lost no time in laying the whole case beforo bis sutordinatc, "who listened with great attention. "Looks very black for Mr. Biddulph," said Sandy, with his reddish head turned to one side, for he was taking it all in, and saw it would be agreeable to Mr. Frascr's feelings if bethought Mr. Biddulph guilty. "It's as plain as daylight to my mind." said Alick. "Who else had any motive for shooting the poor woman? But the weak points in the evidence against Diddulph are, that he is said to have gono unarmed into the (Jlen, ami the scratch on his shoulder, which that old fool, Dr. Alexander, persists in allirminghe could not have done himself. .Now, it we could find out that he by someineans got hold of a rille he may have borrowed one, d'ye see, and bribed the gillie or the poacher to bold his tongue? He is rich, this Biddulph, and as his neck is in question " "He would bo ready to pay, naturally," grinned Sandy. "Try to find out something, man. I am ready to come down with a hundred, nay, two hunredj if it can bo brought home to the fellow; it's a disgrace to justice if ho escapes." "I'll do my little all, Mr. Fraser," said Sandy, with mild facet iousness. Dut

w hen the day of the inquiry before tho sheriff" at Dalla arrived, Samlv had nothing new to tell bis patron. He bad mingled with the people alout, and drank whisky with them in their smoky cabins; be had talked to the servants, and, though he had heard a good deal of gossip, Sandy was too shrewd cot to know it was not worth repeating. Only the old evidence, therefore, was laid before the sheriil', who carefully went over the whole circumstances. He was a clever man this, a lawyer and a landowner, and he had In en personally acquainted with the late Col. Biddulph, and his shrewd grav eyes and acute ears followed Diddulph's steady cvidenco with keen attention. "This ladv w as, I believe, vour wife, Mr. Biddulnh?" said the sheriff, as Biddulph concluded his account of tho woman's death. ".She was," answered Biddulph firmly; "a wife whom I had not seen for years, until my uncle left me the property at Dunbaan, when she appeared to larger income, which I gave her." A faijt smile passed over the sheriffs face. ?Tr. Diddulph was supplying a motive for wishing to be rid ot bis wife without being asked for it. But this keen Scotchman knew the human heart too well not to know that these words pointed to innocence and not to guilt. In fact, the inquiry ended in its lx.'ing declared that this woman ha 1 met her death (probably) through inadvertence, by the hand of some person or persons unknown; but the sheriil' considered himself justified in oliering a reward for the discovery of such person or pi rsons. Then, as the inquiry ended, Diddulph, having first asked the sheriffs leave to do so, rose to his feet aud addressed a fow words to those present. "I wish, before this inquiry breaks up," be said, calmly, and soinewh'it haughtily, "to otter one thousand pounds reward, in addition to the sum the sheriff has just named, for information that shall lead to the discovery of the man who fired the shot that killed my late wife in the (jlen of Dalla. I have the sheriffs permission to say this;" and he bowed gravely to that official. And people believed him innocent after this. It is astonishing how quickly public opinion veers round; and a man was unlikely to otter a thousand pounds if there was any chance of incriminating himself by doing so. The sheriil" entered into friendly conversation with Diddulph, the doctor warmly grasped his hand, and tho ears of the police positively tingled. A thousand pounds! There was not a man nnongst them did nut wish and perhaps hope, to make the desired discovery. And there was a man outside who grew quite pule with excitement when he heard ot Mr. Diddulph's otlV r. It must not be supposed, because Mr. Hill was cringing in manner, that he was without ambition. We all, probably, have some heicht to which we would attain; and Sandy's height was to cease to be a clerk, to cease to be San'Iy, and to become Sandford Hill, llsquire, a merchant of the city of Glasgow, a ship-owner, perhaps a ship-builder, as his present master bad been. The village of Dalla was quite lively during the whole afternoon after the sheriit's inquiry was over. People watched Mr. Biddulph a- he walked down to the loch, with his head a little more erect even than usual, and speculated and talked about him, and among those v.lio watched him was Sandy Hill. His friend the doctor went p.irt of the way with Diddulph, and asked him if he would not go and see "the young leedy at liossmore" lefore he crossed the loch. But Diddulph shook his head. "Not to-day," he said: "yet I should like her to hear," he added, a little wistfully; and the doctor took the hint. "I shall be looking in there in about halt an hour," he said, with a kindly gleam of humor in bis small eyes ; "and, maybe, the news I'll carry will do her more good than my potions." And he nodded, and turned away, and Diddulph walked slowly on to the" loch, where his boat and his boatmen were waiting for Iii in. He felt serious, if not sad. He was a free man once more free to go and come unwatched, anil a hideous suspicion w as lifted oil', or ought to be lifted off, Iiis name. And be was free to go also to tho true-hearted woman who had stood by him when so many had turned away. And this thought was very sweet to Diddulph's heart. Since he had known Nora, for the lirst time in Iiis life he had met some one who seemed to understand

j that inner nature of his, which inordinary society he was apt to hide away, lie could in truth, talk to her as he had talked to none other; speak of hor.es and aspirations which were not bounded by narrow time. They were akin, be thought, and the fair garniture of womanhood made Nora, in his eyes, a purer and better self. "She will pull a man up. not drag him down," he thought, recalling a certain lofty expression in Nora's dark eyes, which told of a soul unspotted by mean frailties and faults. , The "pretty follies" of her sex had, in truth, no charm for Biddulph. Perhaps that dismal early experience of his had tnade him bitter and apt to be cynical, and not easily moved by a fair face. "If Miss Stewart had been a plain woman I should have liked her just as well," he had frequently told himself; but perhaps on this jKjint be did notiuite understand his own feelings. He was sitting thinking of her after this solitary dinner was over, in the comfortable library ut Dunbaan, on the day following the sheriffs inquiry at Dalla, when he heard the house-door bell ring, and the usual sounds of an arrival. In this lonely Highland home this was quite an event, aud Biddulph looked up with some interest, and a few minutes later old Donald brought him in a card, on which was neatly printed "Mr. 'tiamlford J HH." "Who is Mr. Sandford Hill?" be asked of the gray haired servant. . "I never heard of the gentleman, sir," replied Donald. "Is he a gentleman 1" inquired Eiddnlplu 4. f AAtilil vii-if -.il'rt 11 r-ril m-t'Cf.tf rv cur I! exactly, sir," said the cautious Donald. ,"5howlnmin. l suppose lie wauts a subscription or something." Then Sandy was ushered in. He was nervous, he was pale, but still he had his w its about him. "I have taken the liberty to call, Mr. Diddulph. I have the honor of speaking 1) Mr. Biddulph. have I not?' "I am Mr. Biddulph." "I have taken the liberty of calling, thm " repeated Sandy, "because I understand you have otlered a certain reward in th event of the discovery of the person who unfortunately killed the lady in the Glen at Kalla?" "Yes, I have done so. "One thousand pounds?" asked Sandy, insinuatingfy. "Yes." "In that case," said Sandy, putting on an air of business, "I hope, sir, we shall be able to come to terms ; 1 have found the man. To le continued itf vrek.)

HONORS TO DEAD HEROES.

MEMORIAL DAY GENERALLY OBSERVED rresident Cleveland Participates in tho Cerriuoultn at New York Honors to Hancock nnd McC!ellan A General Observance in Indianapolis. NEW Yor.K, May CO. De coration Day opened cloudy and warm aud t!ie sky had a threatening flppearancs the greater part of the day. Business was almost entirely s aspt-:iJ'd, the banks were closed and tiie cubtoradioa.se and postofiec were oidyoj.cn for a few hours for the cmry and clearance of vessels. The procession was ono of the largest and ia.t successful that has ever turned out on a similar occasion, flu 1 thousands frora ali juris of tho city thronged the sidewalks on cither e'Jj of the line of march und the l.ir-j plazas in Mad!toii and ücion squares through which itpa-sol. President Cleveland, who reviewed the j.neession, rose at 7 o'clock this morning and breakfasted with fcec'y Whitaey and his family at the Whitney mansion on Fifth-av-., where he Fj.ent the niHir. At it oYlock the president, accompanied Ly J. C. Limbec,. chairman of the 0. A. iL unmorLd eoi::amiee, entered an oion carriole and were driven to the head of the pnx eson on l iäh-avo. Following in other carriages were Scc'y Kndieotr, ex-Mayer Grace, Scc'y F.'in lald, Soc'y Whitney nnd Pjiv.iie 5eo'y lament, A cit'7ens' enmniittce, under command oi (Jen. Curtis, ttnu the Ohl CiuarJ, coinaianih ! by Maj. Mil-;".n, acted as feori to the prcsid-nt end Iiis puny. At y:L'u the proecs-ioii tarnd down Fitth-ave. The prcsi 1- ntial party a'i'Jited opposite the reviewii : s-faml on Maüi -on-square ai.ii totk the places reserved for them. As the president a (pea red on the stand he wa.i peeled l y cheers from the thrones of people that tilled the spare. The president bowed several times in re.-ponse, then shook hands with several reporters and told them he f !r well. "1 hope to re'nra to Washington tonL'ht," he said to them, "as I have busi:is of importance to look ufter.'; The Fir.t brigade, I X. G. .vi. X. Y., conimao'frd by f.ien. lyouis j Fitzcrerald, acted f s escort to the Grand Army j of tiie llepuhlie and was next to pas. The i Lichmond ireys accompanied ne Sintis regiment. As they paM-d tiie president every man Fuluted und their- colors were dipped. '1 In president bowed several times in response, and the crowded ot" Fpcct;.ur( cheered the Southerners. Grand M;irhal Loeser, who rede at the head of the (!. A. II., posts was ui'cou.pniiied by Dulh.lo Iii 11. There were lii'teen divi-ions of Gm nd Army posts. All of them sainted the prcsi dem. There weie tr reo col ored post.?, e.ry man of which raised his hat as he pa-sed the president. Accompanying Naval pot 010, . A. K., as a vrajjon on which was mounted a mini-mire. man-of-war. As it passed the president three salutes were tired. The tlornl division wa.s the best in the procession. In this there were forty lar'e wagons and trucks tilled with ilowers to be placed on Foldi'-rs' trr.;ve. in neighboring cemeteries. In this diviioi were also several wnons I"!:-' J with school children. Preceding the l!:al division wa the American Ha lci i , eaeh man in which curried tin American llacr. Another feature of the procession was a mounted band of loo of Jhiti'ilo Kill's Indians. Tiie absence of Lyor Abrain N. Hewitt from the icvicw 5n sl-md vxi ii d much comment nmojij. irrund army men. lie says he was not invited to l.e present, b,:t the craud army men s.iy he was, and that hi knowledge of tiie fact that he has excited their resemmeut by his trc-.itment of them kept hia. iiway. Af 1 o'clock this a! ternoon the smoke from ohriity rifles, Ik Id by the lire l-rion 1 Grays flouted over the lindem from before Gen. Oram's llowcr-covcivd toii.l. The unh of the sepulchre was covered ',iih numeric lies in which were wrought th" words; "His word? were few: his actions decisive." Many la rye :iud h'-ai:t:ful lloral dshrus stood before t tie vault, pains nearly covered it, and inside the iron casket was buried with handsome ilowers. Anions the military bodies in attendance were the Richmond Grays. The Hon. Stewart Ij. Woodford delivered the oration. He snid that (..'rant had done more than any conquirers in the centuries before; for he had saved a people, s ;ved a constitution and fc;ul blessed the people he had conquered. The orator had been sadden d to see the neglect of the craves of the confederate dead, lie thought congress f-hotil l mark an 1 cure for tlieni. lie thought there was no better way to bind the living than this. At tiie close of the oration the Richmond Grays and a detail of the Xinth reciment fired volley over the tomb and the several thousand people in attendance dispersed. HEROES' CRAVES AT CROWN HILL, The Memorial Iay Kxercises in Imti.inapolis A Successful Observance. All loyal citizens Wednesday turned their tninrls tn thou cms of the varwlieuthelifeof the nation was ct etuke an ! the thoughts of those who fell that she mirdit be saved. Twenty-seven years have passed since first boys ia Mue marched away to Moody 1: el Js c? war. Many never caine back, but louchf, di"d and were buried, arid no man knows their graves. Others came back with fatal wou..ds, carryin? their bodies home to he inle rred at Crown 1 1 ill. It was to drop a brief tear and scatter flowers over the graves of these that the .survivors of the bloody earnatre bended by ihn same old drummer boys of yore marched with banners draped in mourning to the place upon the little rising knoll where their comrades sieepthe sleep ot death. How sad yet hew joyful were the thoughts that idled the minds of the present day when they pa'd a brief respect to thoe that suiiered and died in order that posterity micht still boast of a great republic stretching ucross the continent north and south, cast and west, all under the one grand i!:i','of free lota! How thankful the people of the generation to-day tl.olild b to und themselves tiie lo irs of an undivided country, at peace with the world, end standing foremost anions,' the nations in prosperity and power! .Slavery gone and the war long past, it remained for this generation to cement what sectional feeling yet remained, and to bury deep the prejudices nnd raiiklin:l sores of twenty-live years .'. Thus the loyal people of the present uiy thought of the events of the war wiih s:t'bo."-t nnd with tlntnktulne.ss; but the old ve'erans that marched to the graves ot their comrades had deeper thoughts than these. The old veterans of the war are passii;? rapidly away, and those that still remain cannot visit the graves of their former associates without thinking that it V. ill be soou when theytliaU juia them. Tlic iitUe plat of ground at Crown hill in which the soldiers that were kiiled in the war lay buried, the ground 'is smooth and flat, and if it were not for the little head-stones ir. would be ditlicult to distinguish one from another. After the graves were decorated they presented a very pleasing siht. Morton's crave did not leeeive the attention it usually had, but still it looked very well. Tiie graves of Jet'erson C. Davis and John F. Iluekle were decorated with Hags and tlowers, while all through the cemeiery might be seen here aud there the grave of some old soldier in the way, with the emblems of his country floating over it. The procession numbered about a thousand, GOO of whom were G. A. 11. men. The post-s turning out were the tJeoige II. Thomas, M. IL Delaney, .lohn f. llttekle, George II. Chapman, Joseph It. iSodiu, Kobert Anderson, and the sons of veterans. The militia companies participating were the light infantry, merchant zouaves, Kiot guards llmniet guards, Koss guards, English guards, nnd company A. The lust named company and the merchant zonazes marched without uniforms. All the companies presented a line appearance. Following them came Indianapolis division, no. '2, K. of i .; uniform rank, Many division, no. IS; excelsior division, no. 43; and olive branch division, no. 4.S. These divisions were the features of tho procession, and dieted much praise. Following them came thij Woniem's relief corps in wagons, after which came the city officials and others in carriages. The stalls of the marshal nnd the chiefs ofdivisions gained tho usual lion's bhare of attraction. Hie train was finally reached, when the procession immediately began to overload it. After the train slopped at orih, Indianapolis

the profession was reformed that is, what waa left of it and the march was continued to th cemetery. The grounds there presented a very aniiiiiited appearance, there Loin; from 10,(J"J to l jOOO people present. The sun shone hot, and the barn's of ice water were rapidly emptied. Tho. that desired to do so confrrejrntcd around the stand tiit had been erected, where a usual memorial day programme u carried out. The musie was furnished by tha When band, lluth-r u-iiver-iiy trice club sang 'The Artillerist's Oath," "For lioaic, lr Freedom, aad for the Fatherland." Then came tL" oration of the day byComrada Jehu t'oburn. He spoke for an hour and a half. In the imrodnciion Le said: "As we move sway from the foot of a moantain it seems to rNe ahme the surrounding objects, till at hr t they are lost in view, and it towers i:p alone in pninJear. .So as we pet away, by lapse of tini-, Ironi the trn at results of tiie war of the rebellion, we formet the lirUa fact? ;hat occurred, tnid see only the mighty outlines of national in". ion. Personal sorrows, losses, saeritiecs, siitlcrincs a. id deaths aro overlooked, are obscured ia the preMtieecf the restored and rem ih raw 1 ii::t:on. But we im et to-day to rviuemU-r the in!ii''" t recall their sud experiences, to pluec mtwee their i.shes the tokens of our auiniiatioti end love, t tell our neiil.b .rs aud tlcir children the old old story that they died in a holy eausf, that they died with patriotic fire burnim; in their hearts, that w I. eu the rebtüion thacat ned to ruin the nation, the.e men eou'd not stay at home, but, driven by a L.ity in.puise, went away ut the call of lie martyred Lincoln to rescue it from tue iu'nds of the spoiler?. That patiently and f..itlnal!y they oi l their work io the camp, on the march, on the iiell of battle till ilie paby of death smote them froia th ranks oi war. "We come to meet around their hallowed craves and d.vote the dny to patriotic reeolleetiens; to the memories of the mighty warj to ih'1 wonderful stej's ot vast revolution; tn the heroism of a nations icl'nier.; to the toils and s'ltlerinjrs endured; to the triumphs that crowned them; b the pro-re-s that lias grovrt out of it ali; to the Lopes that lill the lit an o mankind, b'-cotfa by the matchless spectacle, 'this is a day of e&ulta'.iort that overall th5 p'pritie efforts to destroy the lite of the nation, suceesS has been complete, permanent and glorious. This is the dav the object of wLn!S orship are the sacred dead, whose temple are their green yraves, whose religion is patriotism." The Glee club s; n '"AH Honor to tho SolaVr Give" in a strong iruinucr. The Indianapolis light artillery tl.cn he-can to lire sulntes from the top of the hiil. .Mcan. bile the various organizations irathcred around .1 e craves. "Tentmtr on the Old Camp Grounds" was sure by the Glee club. Comnde .v';i!'iuel F. Andcrsvui pae the prayer and Comrade James t;. Mack, who wes Master of ceretuoi ii s, inude a brief and lo'p.ent addrt ss. The (j. A. It post then inarched nerois tha trronnd, phmtiutf a flu? at ca h crave. Tiij K. i f 1. plated wreaihs around each tlav, after which the Indies.' relief corps scattered Ilowers on each prav. The IJ','ht infantry Mi J a salute of three volleys er the graves thus tunefully decoraied. "My Country 'Tis of Thee" trded the ceremonies and the crowd turned tOii tird hirse. The people vied with each oth' r to s-c vlio would n ach the train tirst. The police won after a hard race. There was i;ood cause for hurryinc, as the train of thirteen coaches waj already crowded. M'iny were left behind nnable to pet aboard the tra;u, und ha J to await the r'ui:ir p'isscnjer train. There r.:i not been a bett'-r celebration o Memorial l'ay in Indianapolis for some years. In regard to tiie blue and ?tay or'autiort of the prohibitionists, the G. A. U. men sy thnt they wan ted to join the parade us a body, and that if they had wished to come as ind viduals it would have been all ri'Ut.

AT WASHING! ON. Gen. f'herbl.ni IIciu-increJ-oted Civil fans Highly Honoied. Washington, May oO. Memorial Day wu observed in the usual manner in this city today. All the executive d-p.-irtmects were closed and business was practically suspended. A parade took place ia the morning in which rrg'iLr troops, militia jnd grrnd army men participated. The attendance at Arlington, tSoldiers' home and oilier cemeteries was good aud the exercises were of tho usual impressive character. Ilawli.,3 post, (J. A. It., decorated the liavGins suiue and l!a .Gins' tomb in the Congressional cemetery; Kit Carson post, the equestrian statues of Jackson and Washington; Lincoln post, Lincoln's t-t.. at the city hall nnd the pcrec ii-onuuior.t; Morton post, tho Scott statue; Meade post, the Thomas statue and Grcenough's "Washington;" Itcyuolds post, the Dupont statue; Garth-Id post, the Garlield statue; Ihirnsi.le post, the McPhersort statue; Sumuer post, the (.-mancipation statu in Lincoln park and the Greene sutue; andl I'arragut post, the l'arragut statue. Thus the revolutionary heroes, as well as the soldiers of uc lato war, were remembered. To-tay th s-tntue of Chief Justice Marshall, in the Capitol grounds, v. as also decorated. It 1ms been customary to decorate only the statue of soldiers. Some one remembered that Chief Justice Marshall had served with distinction as an officer in the revolutionary army, and so his statu was accorded the honor of decoration. At Ar lington, alter the decoration of the craves. ortioiis were delivered l y Senators 1'alnicrand Manderson. .Special memorial erviees wer held at the tomb of tien. lL'an tinder direction of Kit Carson posr, G. A. II., i-ssisted by tha I.o'jan guard ofhonor. IN presentative Mason (111.) was the orator of the day and msde a most eloquent addres. Wherever public cere monies were held ton lay prayer was ofiered far the speedy recovery of (Jeu. Sheridan. l"!e vb ere. Decoration day was generally chserved, anJ inmost jdaeesva" attended by fair weather. At f hieau'o the Harrison and Lambert 1 re medals tor bravery w ere bestowed upon lolies Lieut. Solomon C. Stech arid Eire (V.pt. Cowan. At Gettyshuig school children strewed the gravs wi:h tlowers nnd the lion. T. I'.. Tarsney (Mich.) delivered the addrt ss. At Philadelphia there was no ceiural pnnd' Special services were ncld at the tu.-mie of Gen. Meade, and at the tomb of Gen. Hancock tit Norritown. The maasolcin uis embowered in Cowers. Jviijse.pieiuiy the McCIellan memorial Association ami the Hancock vcu rans went to Trci.ton and participated in the services at th tomb of Gen. Met 'h i! in. Special telegrams to TlIE SKNTIYFL how that the day was gencr-illy obtrved throughout Indiana. Gov. Fo raker made a bloody-shirt spech &A Columbus. GRAY WILL GET THLRE. Sir. Morrison Sny the 'Sic Pres'deney AVill Come tu Iudinn. St. Lons, Msy .'50. Ex-Congre?st.ian II. Morrison of Illinois arrived in the city last right, and in i little chat with a reporter eaidi "1 don't see why the democratic n ttional convention should be engaged longer than two days. There is nobody talked of for presidential candidate but Mr. Cleveland. The delegates will all come here to voti for him, ami their first expression of opinion will he unanimous. He is stronger to-day with the party and .with the people than he was fonr years nco, and we were very ncll p!ca$ei with him then. Of the dotibiful states I hav no special information, f iccp. from Indiana, which I believe the democrats will certainly carry." (Speaking of the vice-presidential candidates. Mr. Morrison said that ho had never considered; himself in the race at ail. He supposed thai the custom that had obtained in several conventons past would again be followed, ami that the party would go to Indiana for the second place on the ticket. He had never met Gov. Gray, but regarded him with considerably favor. As to Seüator Thurman, Mr. Morrison. thought that it" he could be prevailed upon to accept the nominatioi he could rrobably have it. Thanks to Voorbees nnd ltlackbnrn. At the recent convention of the Pell county (Tex.) democrats the following resolution was unanimously adopted: r.eso!vel. That we tensor oi r grateful thst.kg t Senators Voc-rliee and Plaeklcirn for their rplondi! detVnsfl of tieiis. Hancock and McOlclln.11 fr..ui tht bae asper-tons of thp JaTha!. ing Jnte Advocat ItiiMlisof Kansas, made in the "nutet hintwrol tli Cijitcd Mates for partisan yiohticul purpose! and ti the expense of truth aiid lau-uculiD,