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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1895.
be Tenant
OR
By HOWARD
(These short serial stories are copyrighted by Bacheller, Johnson & Bach
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their appearance in the leading daily Journals of the large cities).
CHArTEU V.
The Mystery of Ned Ames' Body.
The Maxwell home on High street wns
a humli'CMl and forty years old. Little
of the original structure remained ex
ctpt the great oat framework, which
plight, stand some generations lontrt-r.
It was untenanted. The youh? physi
cian -the lust of his ruce had aban
doned It about a year before. lie had
hunt -a modern house and furnished It
luxuriously in anticipation of his mar
riage with Anna.
Dr. Maxwell was a man of consider
able menus fontha.t part of the country,
lie was not in the least dependent upon
his practice, otherwise he would have
pone to a more favorable location for
money making, I'.tit situated as he
was, he much preferred to remain In
Villistoii. He loved the town for its
great beauty, and for the uuiet which
favored his studies.
Tile old Maxwell place was on High
street, 'about a hundred yards from Its
Junction with a thoroughfare called
Broadway, as the AVlllUloti people said,
because It was the narrowest street In
town.- The Ames house was on Kroad
way. which, in its lower part, was the
business street of the place. There
Were three residences on its upper por
tion, and Samuel Ames' was the lust of
them in the direction of High street.
Clustered about the junction of Broad
way and High strett were many great
trees, some of which extended their
branches almost across one or other of
the two thoroughfares.
It was more than half a mile from
Mr. Warren's residence to the aban
doned house In which Frank Ames had
found his brother's body. There was
coinage enough displayed )n Anna
Warren's visit by .might upon that
dreadful errand to furnish forth adozen
martyrs.
They avoided the observation of
chance passers on the street. It had
been agreed between them that they
should make all haste; and, after Anna
had been convinced of the truth of her
companion's story, they should go to his
father's house. There was little chance
that the discrepancy In time would ever
be discovered. It was much safer than
a return to the Warren house would
have been.
"When I think of this discovery,"
said Ames, as they trod the silent street,
"I am unitized that it had not been al
ready made. What more convenient
hiding place was possible? No one
visits the old house. Had the grave
closed over your sister's body there
would have been no suspicion, and my
brother's corpse could have lain there
until Its removal was convenient or
until time served for Us burial in the
old cellar.
"If this detective had not been con
vinced that my brother's death was
only a pretense, he would have solved
the mystery at once. My belief in its
reality made the solution easy. I went
to the house this evening. I secured
entrance by means of an upper win
dow" "All the doors were locked," mur
murred Anna, shuddering.
"Yes, and you know who Tiad the
keys. Oh, Anna, believe me I do not
speak heartlessly, nor am I moved by
jealousy. The facts are to blame, not I.
Some day when you are nble to see my
conduct in a clear light I believe that
you will know it to be good," that you
may even learn to love me as one
who "
"Hush! I cannot listen. Tell me
hmv you found him."
"I knew where to look. I put myself
in the 'murderer's place. Where would
he hide it? I thought at once of the
cellar. There Is a great old-fashlnoed
furnace there In which a human body
could be burned. Why he did not do
1t that night I could not at first under
stand, .'irtv I know that he must have
been forced to attend to his horses
remember he had ostensibly gone driv
ingand that having done so he dared
not return to the house that night.
"My conclusions were correct. My
poor brother's body lay on the cellar
floor. There was scarcely a pretense of
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concealing it. Anna, can you bear the
sight?" .
"I can and will. There Is but one dif
ficulty. How can 1 get Into the house?"
"I have unfastened one of the win
dows on the lower floor. All the doors
are locked or nailed up. You must en
ter that way."
She did not hesitate. When they had
reached the house, she made him enter
by the window first, and then he drew
her In after him. The lantern which he
had used.on his first search was hidden
"It Is Gone!"
in the room they entered. He lighted
it, and carefully shielding the flame so
that it would attract no attention if
anyone chanced to be passing, he led
the way to the cellar. It was divided
Into two parts by a partition of brick
with a light wooden door. Frank laid
his hand upon the latch.
"Summon up your courage," he said.
"But why should I .say that? You
tremble less than I do. No words can
express how I admire you for what you
are doing this night. Courage is the
sum of all the virtues. Yet I must warn
you. Whwi I open this door, his body
will He before you."
"Open It," she whispered, awestruck.
He obeyed. The lantern's light
flashed into the darkness.
There was a moment's pause. Then,
with a hoarse cry, Frunk sprang for
ward. "It Is gone!" he shouted, utterly ob
livious of caution. "The body is not
here."
"It never was here," breathed the
girl. "Why have you brought me?"
"I swear to you that I saw it lying
there this night. Bend down!"
He held the lantern down to the floor
cement.
"There! In the dust do you not see
the outline of his form?"
She saw It. Rust and ashes lay thick
upon the floor, and It was possible to
trace something like the Imprint of a
human body.
"In heaven's name who can have done
this?" cried the girl. "Frank Ames, if
you have a heart In your breast, an
swer me: are you speaking the truth?"
If ever a man swore to an oath to
which credence could not be denied,
Frank Ames did It then. It would have
been madness to doubt his word. The
truth flashed out of him, and there was
no gainsaying it.
Hurried search convinced them that
the body was not In the old house.
Having failed they went out as they had
entered. They reached the street by the
little side gate which they had used
when they came In.
"I will return and obliterate our foot-
TfflRUNE
prints," said Frank. "Hold! How blind
I have been!" '
He led the way toward the main gate
which admitted to the walk leading to
the front door. Two men's foot-prints
were visible. They hud entered and left
the house In thut way.
"We are too lute!" gasped the girl.
"Hubert Is lost."
"1 have convinced you. then."
"No. no!"
"Hut I have. 1 know It. Yet the ser
vice 1 would have rendered you Is now
Impossible. I cannot claim the reward."
"Not yet, but work! 1 shall need a
friend. He will need a friend. I do
not believe him guilty, but It would be
folly to deny thut he is In peril. Save
him , and I will never forget what you
have done.
"That Is worth working for," he said.
"Hut It Is not all. A man demands
more. If I save him, though you your
self believe him guilty, or If he never
returns, thus confessing his guilt, what
shall be my reward?"
"I'rge me no further. I am utterly In
capable of thought. Tome with me to
your futher's house. We must be seen
there. Then you must take me home."
Seeing that she was Indeed yielding to
the horrors of that Wight, he silently
obeyed her, fearful tlntt his resistance
might actually distract her.
They found the Rev. Mr. Warren at
Ned Ames' house, and with splendid
self command the girl told him the
story that had been agreed upon. She
had come to take iim home.
Ha Shoutod.
Frank Insisted upon sharing the walk,
and the girl dared not refuse. She
wished, Indeed, to keep him near her
that he might act at her command in
any emergency.
- A bright fire blazed in theclergyman's
cozy parlor,, and in its light Btood
Robert Maxwell, waiting.
Rev. M r. Warren was surprised to see
his visitor, and the feelings of the other
two who saw him call for a word that
has not yet been put Into the language.
Maxwell explained his suden return
by saying that he found his Investiga
tions in Boston so simple as to require
only a few hour's search. He had
reached that city at six o'clock In the
morning and had left on the noon ex
press. In that short time he had con
vinced himself that Ned Ames had not
died; that the pretended death was a
ruse to throw the officers of the law off
his track, and to facilitate the murder
of Charlotte, which for some reason
hitherto undiscovered, had become ne
cessary. This information greatly Interested
Mr. Warren, and he would have dis
cussed its bearings at great length with
Maxwell, but Annil InterposM. She
would not permit her father to excite
himself further. With gentle persua
sion she made him consent to go to rest.
But Maxwell and Ames did not leave
the house. The situation would be re
garded as unusual In any other part of
the country; but In Maine the chape
rone is un article imported only In small
quantities and very little In demand.
When her father had gone, Anna told
Maxwell exactly what she had done
that evening. She omitted nothing ex
cept Frank Ames' declaration of love
for her. Maxwell guessed that, and his
wrath knew no bounds. Nothing but
the presence of the woman they both
loved prevented a personal encounter.
Maxwell accused Ames of conspiring
against him. He scoffed at the idea
that the body of Ned Ames had ever
been in the old Maxwell house.
"The Idea Is monstrous," he ex
claimed. "I tell you that Ned Ames Is
not dead."
Before Frank could frame a reply, a
new voice bro.ke Into the discussion.
"I beg to disagree with you," It said.
"Eddie Ames Is dead, and I have seen
his body."
All turned toward the door Into the
hall,. and there stood Mulligan, bowing
apologetically.
"I knocked several times," he said,
.Mulligan follows Horace niddle's Tip.
"but you were bo Interested that you
did not hear me. Can I come In ? Thank
you, Miss Warren. And what have you
to say in reply to me, Dr. Maxwell?"
Frank Ames did not wait for Max
well's reply. He turned upon Mulli
gan. "So it was you who removed the
body?" he exclaimed.
"No, it wasn't. I fond It, but some
body relieved me of the trouble of re
moving It, It was there ut nine o'clock
this evening. 1 1 isn't there now. Where
Is It, I'd like to know? And by the way,
Dr. Maxwell, what time did you drive
by the house on your way back from the
Junction?"
"A little before ten."
"Returned from Boston rather sooner
than you suspected, didn't you?"
Maxwell suppressed an outh.
"You know why," he said, angrily.
"I wus dogged by one of your men. If
you want me watched, do it yourself.
Here 1 am."
"Quite so; and I'm pleased to see you.
Now, let me briefly stute the facs. I
didn't believe that Eddie Ames was
dead. I believe Horace Riddle's story.
But all the same It was my duty to
search this Itown for Ames' :body
which might have been in that coffin,
you know and I did search. I found It
this evening In the cellar of your old
house, doctor,
"From the appearance of the body I
have no doubt that he died of diphtheria
as the record said. Now, how did the
body get Into that cellar? Thank hea
ven for the hardened snow under the
soft feathery stuff that fell In the latter
part of Thursday night. I did a little
scraping outside the house and found
some foot-prints. They were unques
tionably those of the man who brought
the body. He wore rubbers, and that's
unfortunate. It's In the nature of a
disguise. Still by measurements I was
able to learn something.
"Will you oblige me with your foot,
Mr. Ames? Thank you. Ah, it's much
too long. What a long, narrow, aristo
cratic foot you have, to be sure! Those
rubbers never went over your feet. Of
course I knew that before. I'm only
showing you my method. Now, Dr.
Maxwell. So; a very different foot in
deed. Those rubbers would have fitted
you nicely."
(To be continued.)
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