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jjjF CURSE OF CARNt’S HOLD. A TALE OF ADVENTURE, 33 r Or. I3:EITa?-2-. r “rvnER Drake’s Flag,” “With Clive In India,” Etc., Etc. Author oi L IALL EIGHTS RESERVED.} CHAPTER V. - o - c i oC k and already quite “ WaS * Lieut. Ralston was writing M him that Dr. J> b:s “h ’ 1 ius . c ,me oil from the shore, SdLgiadif h-ceuld spare him a *** conversation. "* ■ tm I will on tUO quarter dflck m U \ Jv ye added a few lines to the * wr he was writing, put it in an envelope, e rnkm- his cap. went oat, dropping the 1:4 ' no3t bag that hu lg near his "T ‘and then went on to the quarter tT He was rather pleased with the doc • .nmmoas f T he highly esteemed him, the slight estrangement which . , -Hcpn between them. eU doctor,” he asked cheerily, “have pj of the men been getting into m.schiet asb .r e? . . n0 the doctor replied, and the first lieutenant* felt that something more firsi ! ‘ eu . ma tter, for since ho had ob ,erl’Thi-rank of first lieutenant the doc rrbll dropped h;s former hai.it of calling t iV.* a, > 1 have heard some news JXre that will affect you seriously. lam dear lad. very sorry. I may have Sought that you were foolish, but that will VVbfv'isk!diet"Lieutenant Gulston with a va.ue alarm at the gravity of the doctor’s manner of treating him. “J he evening papers came out with an earlv edition, Gulston. and the b .ys are I V'inj out the news of a terrible affair. A moTt terrible affair at your Ri nds’ the Carnes be steady, lad, be steady. It’s a heavy blow fo a man to have to bear. Miss L< ‘™eidVarmret dead!” the lieutenant repeated'incredulously. “What are you saving doctor! There must be some mis take She was well yesterday, for I was over there iu the eveuiu, and did not leave until 9 o’clock. It can’t be true.” “it is true, lad, unhappily; thoro is no mis take. She was found dead in her bed this ra, riio lieutenant was almost stunned by the blow. , , T “Good God!” he murmured, “It seems im possible.” The doctor walked away and left him for a minute or two to himself. “I have uot told yon all asvet, lad,” he went on, when he returned; “it makes no difference to her, poor girl—none. She pass and out of life, it seems, painlessly and instantly, but it is worse for those who are left.” He paused a moment, “She was found stabbed to the heart by a midnight rob ber.” "An exclamation of horror broke from tbe sailor. “Murdered? Good heavens!” “Ay, lad, it is true. It seems to have been done in her sleep, and death was in stantantaneous. There, I will leave you for a wtiile, now. I will put the paper in your cabin, so that when you feel equal to rea ling the do: nils you can do so. Try and think it is all for the best, lad. No one knows what troublo might have darkened her life and yours had this thing not happened. I know you will not be able to thmk so now, but you will feel it so some dav.” An hour later Lieut. Gulston entered the doct r's cabin. There was a 1 .ok of anger a. weii as of grief on his face that the doc tor did not understand. “Doctor, I believe this is no murder by a wandering tramp, a" tho paper says. I be lieye it was done from revenge, and that the things were sto.ea simply to throw people oil the scent. I will tell you what took place yesterday. I drove up as far as the gate in the garden; there one road sweeps round in trout of the house, the other goes straight to the stables; so I got down, and told tiie man he might as well drive straight in, while I walked up to the hous>. Tne road follows close under the drawing room windows, and one of those being open a i passed I Hoard a man’s voice raised loud in anger, so loudly and so passiou ate.y, indeed, that I involuntarily stopped, dis words were, as nearly as I can recol lect, \.u have fooled me and spoilt my if?’- 0 l° u slmil r e ß ret You think aUt'i all these years I am to be t rown off 111 oid glove. No, by heaven; vou may tiirow me over but 1 swear you shall never m.ury this sailor or anybody else, w at ever I may have to do to prevent it. You hwirv tUocurs . e °f the Carnes in my blood! Ton are right, and you shall have ause to regret it. Ihe voice was so loud 4 Easssioiiato that I believed the speaker wasabouttodosome injury to Margaret be was'sn'akf oubt ! ! lat ic her to whom ti n ? aklll S, aud I ran round through ioiinii ~l oorbo , lhe ( l°or of the room, but*l und Carno himself standing there He cm er IK- h 0 had been about to ™ i ’ h p,l he “ rd tba w °rds. He said, ‘Don’t c >usmlre t h?ii PreS,3 it: Mai f? arat and her over now ’ s‘ g & q 'j aiTe1 ’ but 1 think it's doctor* Yo'?io ia Vi ° y ' ,u think of that, was a Came and tL* f Merv - vn ' 8 mother that vou warned mf ‘ 6 has this ,nad hI >od There is his thread w,^ Sa *“ St "i hls veins almost mad umburet o? m what was an found dead this f P assion - s he is think ot itV 1 mor ning; wnat do you on ; d r‘k,|^"’,m ha , t „ t , 0 thil!k of it, Gal self, but I have l?* , ltt eof Mervyn my say that be oar d inon in l,i s reginimt generally a mostV lUeer fell ? vv > aild though panion, he lms at t mP’ 1> ‘ easa,lt com- Woroseness similar r?h P? c,f silence and hls cousin RemiaMCar. U > dS ? y ’' t 0 thoseo£ H though I don’t in - ’ Ic 18 Possible, there L maduesTm i n? ‘h so - VV hen "'■en it mav m a 7“ t ‘‘ e blood no one can say tan bake. The IL a ° ut ‘ or w hat course it yet it ig possibly ■ , f i S 1 terrible one, and Jhe mad, ess in thiV lndeed be s>, for to murder Ihe has twice before “grave one for al?h? Ul ? pt i!? n lscortai| ily consider Mervvnt Ug 1H messmates h’-irer t,U ow j , 5 “ “ they say ‘ a ®r’- v of them to sav L th k you would flud t'-in- | lke ‘ ,1 say he was mad, or anv- Woa "l boa temhT mber ’ f}alst 'm, this “gmst any man “ accusa tiou to bring l r ”h a hlyhe Tan Ve “ l£ hu can prove-as “”me, „ r here in Pivm V& 7T tbat he was at the murder L l 0 " 4 ' at the time of r lt o notorii v sncH l *® that he is mad -Dough h,n,?n a c:iar go would ob , 1 isn’t heit, .1 . . a mail for life.” gl'i“. y ..j', that, the lieutenant said, ■ “"d I shall TANARUS, hra threaten Marga- TU-st p, morrow ' y 80 at the coroner’s in a> to thr o. ’ a inan is such a cow- With a Ti y ConsequenttiT h ° must P ut up htfall him.” 1 ODLJS tlia t may happen to S2?®‘Hois? S TreT/T dining tj ; and ram PowlotV W - ra a . f Darnofford the lamii ,rd of th r T cob Ca, 'ey and fa/. T 1 ■” summ-nin'Tffl* T ms werou pon i ‘‘ " R-'se oTn g .? fficerhad been care itc-!? ag of the Tiliav rtai s f° CCasion oue? u P^ a irs to „w hfn / fßer hav ' V ' °peaed the the body, tho cor- Many°Tth lgS - Tub room oDl’orhood w “ y of the gentry of the stood i? th a har, f set P ut S ! Ut ' L,ieut Onl. trl. ‘ lornor of thn T u P on his face, us sT 40 l 'im. with the doc maT 0f the CarnT!r,i Slervyn . looking, ' 004 tu e other side of the" tab!a talking in low tones to some of his neigh bors. “We shall first, gentlemen,” the coroner said, “hoar evidence as to the finding of the body. Ruth Powlott, the maid of the de cease! lady, is the first witness.” A minute later there was & stir at the door, and Ruth was led in by a constable. Hue was evidently so weak and unhingrd tt at the coroner told her to take a chair. “Now, Miss Powlett, tell us what you saw when you entered your mistress’ room.” “Upon opening the door.” Ruth said, in a calm r and more steady voice than was ex pecied. from her appearance, “I saw thai the window was open and the blind up. 1 was surprised at this, for Miss Carne di i not sleep wii h her window open in wintar, and the blind was always down. 1 walk and straight to the washstand and placed the can of hot water there; then I tur .ed round to wake Miss Carne, aud I saw her lying there with a great patch of blood on her nightdress, and I knew by her face that sh was dead. Then ‘l fainttd. I do not know bow long I lay there. When I came to myself, I got up aud went to the door and went down-stairs to the kitchen and gave the alarm.” “You did not notice that any of Miss Carne’s things had been taken from the table?” the coroner asked. “No, sir.” “ Were there any signs of a struggle hav ing taken place?” “No sir, I did not sea any. Miss Carne lay as if she was sleeping quietly. She was lying on her site.” “The bedclothes were not disarranged?” “No, sir, except that tho clothes were turned down a short distance.” “You wore greatly attached to your mis tress, Miss Powlett?” “Yes, sir.” “She was generally liked, was she not?” “Yes, sir. Everyone who knew Miss Carne was fond of her.” “Have any of you any further questions to ask?” the coroner asked the jury! Tnere was no reply. “Thank you, Miss Powlett. I will not trouble you further at present.” The cook then gave her testimony, am* Dr. Arrowsmith was next called. He testi fied to the effect that upon his arrival he found that the room had not bean disturbed in any way; no one had entered it with the exccontion.as he understood, of Miss Carne’s inaid, the cook, and Mr. Carno. Tne do ,r was locked. When he went in he found tha deceased was daad, and it was his opinion, from the coldness and rigidity of tha boiv’ taat she must have boon dead seve i or eight hours. It was just 9 o’clock when he ar rived. He should think, therefore, that death had taken place between land 2:do o’clock in the morning. Death had boon caused by a stab given,either with a knife or dagger. Tho blow was exactly over tho heart, and extended down into the substanoa . ; , of fcae hea t itself. Death must have been absolutely instantaneous. Deceased lay in a natural position, as if asleep. The clothes had been turned down about a foot, just low enough to uncover the region of tao heart. After making an examination of the body he examined tne room with the constable and found that a jeWei box on the the table was open aud its contents gone. The watca and chain of the deceased had also disap peared. He looked out of the window an i saw that it could be entered by an active man by climbing up a thick stem of ivy that grew close by. He observed several leaves lying oil tie ground, and was of theopinioa that the assassin enteHsd there. “From what you say. Dr. Arrowsmith, it is your opinion that no struggle took took place?” “I am sure that there was no struggle,” the doctor replied. “I have no question that Miss Carne was murdered in her sleep. I should say that the bedclothes were drawn and wn so iigatly that she was uot dis turbed.” “Does it not appear an extraordinary thing to you, Dr. Aijif that if, as it seems, Miss Carne did hot awake, the mur derer should have taken her life?” “Very extraordinary,” tho doctor said emp atically. “I am wholly unable to ac count for it. I can understand that had she woke aud sat up a burglar might havo killed her to secure h s own safety, out that ho should have quietly and deliberate! 3’ sot himsoif to murder her iu her sleep is to me most extraordinary.” “You will note tuis circumstance, gentle man,” the coroner said to the jury; “it is quite contrary to one’s usual experience iu tneso cases. Asa rule, thieves are not mur derers. To secure their own safety thov may take life, but as a rule they avoid run ning the risk of capi al punishment,and their objec jis to effect robbery without rousing tho inmates of the house. At present the evi dence certainly points to premediated mur der rather than to murder arising out of robbery. It is fcruo that robbery has taken place, but this might be merely a blind.” “You know of no one, Dr. Arrowsmith, who would have boon likely to entertain any feeling of hostiiitv agaiust Miss Carne?” “Certainly not, sir. She was, I should, say universally popular, and certainly among the people of Carnesford she was re garded with great affection, for she was continually and nng good among them.” “I am prepared to give evidence on that point,” a voice said from the corner of the room, and there was a general mivementof surprise as everyone turned round to look at the speaker. “Than perhaps, sir, we may a3 well hear your evidence next,” the coroner said, “be cause it may throw some light upon the matter and enable us to ant questions to the point of further witnesses.” The lieutenant moved forward to the table; “My name is Charles Gulston. I am First Lieutenant of Ihe Tenebreuse, the flagship at Plymouth. 1 had the honor of tho acquaintance of Mr. and Miss Carne, and have speut a day or two here on several occasions. I may say than I was deeply at tached to Miss Carne, and had hoped some day to make her my wife. The day before yesterday I came over here upon Mr. Carue’s invit ition to dine aud spend tne night. His dogcart met me at the stati m. As we drove up to the last gate—that lead ing into the garden—l alighted from the trap and told the man to drive it straight to the stable while I walked across the lawn to the house. The dra ing room window was open, aud as I passed I heard tho voice of a man raised in tones of extreme passion so rnucU so tUat I stopped involuntarily. His words were: “ ‘You have fooled rao and spoilt my life, but you shall regret it. You think th it af ter all these years 1 am to be thrown oil like an old glove. No, by heaven. You may throw me over, but I vow that you shall never marry this sailor, or anyone else, whatever I may have to do to prevent it. You say I have the curse of the Carne’s in my bl iod. You are right, and you shall have cause to regret it.’ “The words wore so loud and the tone so threatening that 1 ran round into the house and to the door, and should have entered it had not Mr. Carne, who was standing thore, having apparently just come up, begged me not to do so, saying that his sist?r a id cous in were having a quarrel, but that it was over now. AS ha was there I went away for a few minutes, and when I re turned I found that Miss Carne had gone upstairs and that her cousin had left, nav- j ing as Mr. Carne told me, left by tue open window.” While Lieut. Gulston was speaking a deal silence reigned in the room, a id as he men tioned what Reginald Carne had said, every THIS MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST IS, 1889. eve turn H toward Ronald M wvyn. who stood wt ,h to face as white as d< ath. and one arm w h clnnohe! hand across his breast, glaring at the speaker. ,9 you mean sir ?he burst out as the lieutenant ceased; but the coroner at once intervened. I must pray you to keep silent for tho present, Captain M >rvyn. You will have every op . t,unity of speaking present!v.” -a* to these words that you overheard, \ir. Gulston, did you recognize the speaker of them before you heard from Mr. Carne. woo was with his sister in the drawing room T’ ‘Certainly. I recognized the voice at once as that of Captain Mervyn, whom I mot on several occasions.” ‘*ll ere you impressed with his words, or did they strike you as a mere outburst of temper ?” I was so lmprais'xi with the tone in which they were spoken that 1 ran round to the drawing rjom to protect Miss Carno from violence.” “ W is it your impression, upon thinking of it afterward, that the words were meant as a menace to Miss Carne.” . Yo. sir, The impression left upon mv mini was that Capt. Mervyn intended to hx some quarrel on me, as I had no doubt whatever hat it was t>me he alluded in ms threats. Tho matter and welt in my mi id all the evening, for naturally nothing could oeiu more unpieasan r , than a public quar rel with n near relative of a lady to wuorn one is atta bed.” There was a long silence. Then the coroner asked the usual question of the jurymon. Nine of them had a question to ask; in deed, all were so confounded bv this new light thrown upon the matter that they had no power of framing a question. Joe tiarpnr was then called. He testified to entering the bedroom of tho deceased with Dr. Arrows nith, and to tho examina tion he had made of it. There he had found the jewel box opened, its contents abstracted and the watch gono. He could find nothing else disarranged in the room, or nay tra m whatever that would give a clew as to the identity of the murderer. He then looked out of the window with Dr. Arrowsmith and saw by a few leaves lying on tho ground and by marks upon the bark of the iv_v, that someone had got up or down. Dr. Arrowsmith had suggested that he should take up his p st there, and not allow any one to approach, as a ca eful search might show footsteps or other marks that would be obliterated wore people allowed to approach the window. Wnen Capt. Hendricks came they examined the ground together. They could find no signs of foo:- steps, but at a distance of some ten yards, at toe foot of the wall, they found a torn glove, and this he produced. “You have no reason in connecting this with tho ease 111 any way. I suppose, con stable,” the coroner asked as the glovo was laid on the table before him. “it might have een lying there some time, I sup pose.” “It might, sir.” It was a dog-skin glove stitched with red, with three lines of black and red stitching down the back. While tne glove was pro duced and examined by tho jury, Ronald Mervyn was talking m whispers to some friends standing round him. “1 wish to draw your attention.” Lieut. Gulston said in a low tone to Capt Hen dricks, “t iat Capt. Mervyn is at. this mo ment holding in his hand a glove that in point of color exactly matches that 0.1 t.e table; they are both a brighter yellow than usual.” The chief constaolo glanced at the gloves aid then wnispere i to the coroner. The latter started, and then said, “Capt. Mervyn, would you kindly hand me the glove you have in your hand? It is sug gested to r. 19 that its c dor closel/ resembles that of tho glovo on tho table.” Mervyn, who had not been listening to the last part of the constable’s evidence, turned round upon being spoken to. ‘‘.lly glove, v'es, Uere it is if you “a at it What do you wait it for?” The c ironer to >k tne glove and laid it by the other. Col a ati.l stitching matched exactly; there c mid be no doubt tnat tlioy were a pair. A smothered exclamation broke from al most every mm in t ie room. “What is it?” Rmald Mervyn asked. “The constable has just testified, Capt. Mervyn, that he found this glove a few foot from tho window of the deceased. No doubt you can account for its being there, but until tne matter is explained it nas, of course, a somiwhat serious aspect, c >uple l wita the evido ice of Lieut. Gul-ton.” Again, R mal l Mervyn whitened to the hair. “Do I understand, sir,” he said in a low voice, “that I am accused of the murder of my cousin?" “No 011a is at present accused,” the cor onor said quietly. “We are only taking the evidence of all who know anything about this matter. I have no doub what ever that you will be able to explain the matter perfectly, and to prove that it wa< physically impossible that yon could have had a iy connecti m whatever with it.” Ronald Mervyn passed his hand across his forehead. “Remaps,” the coroner continued, “if you have tho fellow of the glove now handed to me in your p icket, \’o 1 will ki idly produce it, as that will, of course, put an end to this part of the subject.” “I carmot,” Ronald Mervyn answered. “I found as I was starting to come out this morning that one of my gloves was missing, and I may say at once that I ha ve no doubt that tho other glove is the one I lost; though ho w it came to have got near the plaea wh re it was found I cannot explain.” The men standing near fell back a little. The evidence given by Mr. Gul.ton had surprised them, but had scarcely uffected their o.iiuion of their neighb ir, but this strong pieao of confirmatory evidence gave a terrible shock to thair confidence in hi in. Mr. Carne was next called. He testified to being summoned while aro sing by tne cries of the servants, and to having found his sister l viug dead. “Now, Mr. Cams,” the coroner said, “you have heard the evidence of Lieut. Gulston as to a quarrel that appears to have taken place on tUe afternoon 01 this sad event between your sister and Capt. Mervyn. It seems from wnat he said that you also overheard a portion of it. “I beg to state that I attach no import ance to this,” Reginald Carne said, “and I absolutely refuse to give any credence to the supposition that my cousin, Capt. Mervyn, was in any way instrumental in the death of my sister.” “We all think that, Mr. Carne, but at the same time I must beg you to say what you know about the matter.” “I know very little about it,” Reginald Carne said quietly. “I was about to enter the drawing-room, where i knew my cousin and my sister were, and I certainly heard his voice raised loudly. I opened the door quietly, as is my way, and was about to enter, when I heard words that showed me that the quarrel was somewhat serious. I felt that I nad bettor leave them alone, and therefore quietly closed the door again. A few seconds later Lieut. Gulston rushed in from the frontdoor, a id was about to eater when I stopped mini. Seeing that it was a mere family wrangle, it was better that no third person should interfere in it, especially as 1 myself was at hand, ready to do so if necessary, which I was sure it was not.” “But what were the words that you over heard, Mr. Carae?” Reginald Carne hesitated. “I do not think they were of any consequence,” he said. “I am sure they were spoken oa the heat of the moment, and meant nothing.” “That is for us to judge, Mr. Carne. I must thank you to give tnem us as nearly as you can recollect.” “He said then,” Reginald Carne said re luctantly, ‘I swear you shall never marry this sailor or anyone else, whatever I may have to do to prevent it.’ That was all I heard.” “Do you suppose the allusion was to Lieut. Gulston?” “I thought so at the time, and that was one of the reasons wny I did not wish him to enter. I thought by my cousin’s tone that did Lieut. Gulston enter at that moment an assault might take place.” “What happened after the lioutant, in compliance with your request, left you?' 1 “I waited a inmuta or two and then went in. My sister was alone. She was natur ally muc l vexed at what had take 1 place.” “Willy iu toll meexactly what --he said?” Again Reginald Carne hesitated. “I really don’t think,” hs said after a pause, “that mv *i-ter meant what she sai i. She was indignant and excited, a i<l I don’t ’hiiik that h.r words could he taken as evidence.” “The jury will make al! allowances, Mr. Carne. I have to you to tell them the words.” “I cannot tell you the precise wor!*,’’ he said, "for she spots tor some little time. She began by 1 saving that she had been grossly insulted by he" cousin, aud that she must insist that he did not enter tho home again, for if he did she would certainly leave it. Hhesnid he was mad withpassion; tnat he was in such a state tnat s le did not feel her life was safe with him. lam sure, gentlemen, sh i iii i not at ail mean what she said, but she was in a passion herself, and would, I atn sure when she was c 01, have spoken very differently.” Taere was a deep silence in too room. At Inst tho coroner said: “Just two questions more, Mr. Carne, and then we have done. Cant. Mervyn, you say, had left the room when you entered it. Is there any other and >or to the drawing-room than that at which you wore standing?" “No, sir, there is no other door; tho win dow was wide open, and as it is only three feet from tho ground I have no doubt he went out that way. I heard him gallop off a minute or two later, so that he must have run straight round to the stables.” “In g >ing from tho drawing-ro >m window to the stables, would he piss under the win d iw of v->ur sfstor’s room?” “No,” Reginald replied. "That is quite tho other side of the linu e.” “Tnen, in fact, the glove that was found there enuld not have been accidentally and opped ou his way from the drawing-room to the stable?”’ “It eoul i not,” Reginald Carne admitted, reluctantly. “i'Ua.ia you; if none of the jury wish to ask you aiy question, that is all we shall reo ii 'o at present.” Tho jury shook their heads. Thov wero alt igetner too non itied at the turn matters were taking to think of any questions to ttie point. The chief constable tuen called the gardener, who tastifiid that ho had s vept tho lawn on the afternoon of the day the murder was co omitted, aid that had a glove bt>e 1 lyl lg at that time on the soot where it was discovered he must havo no ticed it. When the man had done. Cant. Hendricks intimated that that was all tne evidence that he had at present to call. “Now, Capt. Mervyn,” thee ironer said, “you will havo an opportunity of explain ing this malt ir, and, no doubt, will be able to tell us where you were at the tirno Miss Carne met her death, and to produce wit nesses who will at once set this mysterious affair, as far as vou aro concerned, at rest.” Ronald Mervyn made a step forward. He was still vary pale, but the look of anger with which ua ban ti.st heard the evidence agaiust him had passed, aud his face was grave and quiet. “I admit sir,” he began in a steady voice, “the whole facts that have been testified. 1 aekno.vle igo that on that afternoon I ha 1 a serious quarrel with my cousin, Margaret Carne. Tne subject is a painful one to touch upon, bat lam compelled to do so. I had almost from boyhood regarded her as my future wife. Tnere was a boy and girl understanding between us to that effect, and alth iugh no formal engagement had taken place, she ha 1 never said anything to load me to believe that she had ch ingod nor mind on tho subject; and I think I may say than iu both of our familiis it was ciasil ered probable that at some titn3 or other we should be married. On that af tern ion I spoke sharply to her —I admit that—as to hor receiving the at tentions of nnothor man; and upon her denying altogether my right to speak to her on such a subject, and repudiating the idea of any engagement bet ween us, I certainly, I admit it with the greatest grief, lost my temper. Unfortunately 1 had been from a child given to ‘occasional fits of passion. It is lo lg sineo I have do 10 so, but upon this occasion the suddenness of the shock, and tne bitterness of my disap pointment, carried me beyond myself, and I admit that I used the words that Lieut. Gulston lias repeate 1 11 you. But I declare that I had 110 idea whatever, even at that moment, of making any personal throat against her. What was in my mi.nd was to endeavor in some way or otuor to prevent her marrying another man.” Here he pauses! for a minute. So far the effect of his words had been most favorable and as he stopped, his friends breathed more easily, and the jury furtively nodded to each other with an air of relief. “As to tne glove,” Ronald Mervyn went 011 deliberately, “X cannot account for its being iu tne place where it was found. 1 certainly ha 1 both gloves on when I rode over here, how 1 lost ic, or where I lost it, I an wholly unable to say. Imayaiseadd that I admit that I wont direct from the drawing room to the stable, and did not pass round tne side of the house wuere tlie glove was found.” He ag iin paused. "As to where I as between 1 o’clock ari l 2:dJ the next morning, I can give }'ou no evi dence whatever.” A gasp of dismay broke from ahnos every one in the room. ” “It was becoming dark when I mounted my horse.” he said, “and I rode straight away; and it is my custom, as my fellow officers will tell you, when lam out of spirits, or anything lias upset me, to ride away for hours until tbe fl. has left me, and I have sometimes been out all night. It was so on this occasion. I inouuted and rode away. I can not say which road I took, for when I ride upon such occasions, I am abserbed iu ray thoughts and my horso goes where he will. Of (tnyself, I do not know exactly at what hour I got home, but I asked the stableman, who took my horse, next morning, aud he said the clock over the stable gate had just struck half-past three when Ir da in. Ido not know that I have anything more to siy.” The silence was almost oppressive for a minute oi- two after he ha l finished, and then the coroner said: “The roo m will now be cleared of all except the jury.” The public trooped out in silence. Each man looked in his neighbor’s face to sei what he thought, but no one ventured up on a word until they had gone through tho hall and out into the garden. Then they broke up in little knots, anti began in low tones to discuss th 9 scene in the dining room. The shock given by the news of tha murder of Miss Carno was scarcely greater than tint which had now been caused by the proceedings before tao coroner. A greater part of those present at the inquest were personal friends of the Carnes, to gether with threo or four farmers having large holdings under them. Very few of the villagers were present, it being felt that although, no doubt, everyone had a right to admission to the inquest, it was not for folks at Carnesford to thru3t themselves into the affairs of the family at tho Hold. Ronald Mervyn had, like tho rest, loft the room when it was clearo ! As he went out into the garden, two or three of his friends were about to speak to him, but he turned off with a wave of the hand, and p*.ced up and down the front of tbe house, walking slowly, with his head bent. “This is a horribly awkward business for Mervyn,” one of the young men, who would have spoken to him, said. “Of courso Mervyn is innocent; still it is most unfortunate that he can't prove where he was.” “Most unfortunate,” another repoated. “Then there’sthataffair of the glove and the quarrel. Things look very awkward. X must sav. Of course. I don’t believe for a mo ment Me-vyn did it, because we know him, but I don’t know what view a jury of stringers might take of it.” Two or tuioe of the others were silent. There was nreseot in there minds the story of the Hold, and the admitted faci of in sanity in the family of Ronald Msrvyn, which was in close connection with the Carnes. Had it bse i anyone also they ton would have disholiaved the possibility of Ronald Mervya having murdered Margaret Carne. As it was they do ibtod; there ha 1 been other murders in the histoi y of tha Carnes. But no one gave utterauca to these thought*, they were all friends or acquaintances of the Mervyn family. Ronald might yet be able to clear himself completely. At any rate, at present no one was inclined to admit that there cjuU be any dontt of his inn - cence. “i\ ell, what do you think, doctor, now?” Lieut. Gulston aske 1 his friend, as s.-parau-d from the rest they strolled across the gar den. •’I don’t quite know what to think,” Dr. Mackenzie slid, after a pause. “No?” Gulston said in surprise, “whv it see ns to me as clear as the sun at noon day. What I heard seemed pretty conclu sive. Now there is the confirmation of the finding of the glove, and this c ck and bull story of his riding about for hours and not knowing where ha was.” “Yc*- I give due weight to these things," the doctor said, after another paus*, “and admit that they constitute formidable cir cumstantial evidence. I can’t ac ount for the glove being found there. I admit that is certainly an awkward fact to get over. The ride I regard as unfortunate rather than damnatory, especially if, as he says, his fellow officers can prove that at times, when upset, he was in the habit of going off for hours on horseback.” “But who else could have done it, Mac kenzie? \ou see the evidence of the doctor went to show that she was murderer! when asleep; no common burglar woul 1 have taken life needlessly, and have run the risk of hanging; but the whole thing prints to the fact that it was ilono out or revenge or out of ill-feeling of some sort, and has it not been shown that there is no a soul in the world except Mervyn wao tail a shallow of ill-feeling against her.” “No, that has not been shown,” the doc tor said quietly. "No one was her enemy, so far as the wit lessen who were a kod, know; but that is a very different thing; it s a very difficult thing to prove that any ore in the world has noeiomies. Miss Larue may nave had so lie; some servant may have been discharged upon her com plaint, ho may have given deep offense to someone or other. There is never any saying.” "Of course that is possible,” said the lieutenant again, “hut the evidence all goes against one man, wno is known to have an enmity against her, and who has, to vay tiie least of it, a taint of insanity in Ills blood. \\ hat are the grounds on which you doubt?” “Principally his own statement, Gulston. 1 watched him narrowly from the time you gave your evidence, an t 1 own that my impression is that he is innocent. 1 give every weight to your evidence and that afforded by the glove, and to his being un able to prove where lia was; and yet alike fivm his face, his manner, and the tone of his voice, I do not tnink that he is capable of murder.” No other words were spoken for some time, then the lieutenant asked: “Do you think that an insane person could commit a crime of this kind and have no memory of it in his saner moments?” “That is a difficult question Gulston. I do believe that a pjrsvu in asuddei par oxysm of madness might commit a murder and upon his recovery be perfectly uncon scious of it; but I do not for a moment be lieve that a madman sufficiently sane to act with the cunning here shown in the mode of obtaining access, by the quiet stealthiness in wuich the victim was killed whilst in her sleep, and by the attempt to d.vert suspicion ny the abstraction of the triukots, would lose all memory of his ac tions afterward. If Capt. Mervyn did tniß tiling I am sure he would be conscious of it, and I am convinced, ns I said, that ho is not consci us.” “What will the jury think?” tha lieuten ant asked after a long pause. “I tnink they are sure to return a ver dict against him. A coroner’s jury are not supposed to go into the reason of the thing: tnoy are simply to declare whether there is prima facie evideuce connecting mivo 10 with a crime; such evidence as is sufficient to justify them in coming to a conclusion Hiat it should at a!iy ra .e be further exam ined into. It’s a very different thing with a jury at a trial; they harothe whom of the evidence that can bo obtained bef re them. They have all the light that can be thrown on the question by t o counsel o i both sides and the assistance of the summing up of the judge, un i have then to doci Is if the guilt of the man is absolutely proven. A coro ner’s jur / is not supposed to go into tho whole merits of the case, and thoir finding means no more than tho decision of a magistrate to commit a prisoner for trial, i think the coroner will toll too jury t int in this case such evidence as there is bofore them points t > the 'act that Capt. Mervyn comrai tel this murder, aud that it will be their duty to find such a verdict as will in sure the case being further gone into.” “Most of the jury are tenants of the Carnes," Gulston said; “two or threo of them 1 know are, for I met them at thf inn wheu I was over hero fishing. They will scatcoly li o to find against a relation of the family.” “I don’t suppose they will,” tile doctor argued, “but at tho same time the coronor wnl not improbably point out to them that their verdict will simply lead to further investigation of the case, and that even for Capt Alervyu’s oirn sake it is desirable that this should take place, for tii't tho matte could not possibly rest hero. Were they to acquit him, I imagine the chief constable would at once arrest him and bring him before a magistrate, who, upon hearing a repetition of the evido ce given to-day, would have no choice but to commit him for trial.” “I suppose they would do that, anyhow?” Lieut. GuDton said. “Not necessarily. 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