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gne accusea, who auring tne entire ecene, has stood as fmmovable as the hynx, and has not once been startsed, aisturbed, or surprised from his calm by | antthing that has been brought forward py the numerous Witaesses, lifts his head roudly; lifts his hat, toe, with a courtly gesture, to the gentlemen of the jury, that may mean total exoneration from plame, so far as they are concerned, or a haughty defiance, and then, after one | sweeping glance around the assembly, a glance which turns for‘an instant upon the faces of the Lamottes, he beckons to

the constable; beckons with a gesture that is obeyed as if it were a command. “Corliss,’’ he says, just as he wouk drink and

ey— ‘give the patient a hot

two powlers."” “Corliss, I suppose you won't want to lose sight of me, since I

have suddenly become public property. ; Come with me, if you please; I am _ go- ing home; then—I am at your service.’’

And without more words, without let or hindrance, without so much as a mur- mur of disapproval, he lifts himself out of the cellar, and walks, at a moderate pace, and with firm aspect, toward his cottage, closely followed By Corliss, who jooks, for the first time in his official career, as if he would gladly be a simple private citizen at that moment.

The coroner's inquest is over; there re- mains now nothing save to remove the body to a more suitable resting place, and | to disperse.

Jasper Lamotte moves about, giving short orders in a low tone. He is pallial and visibly nervous. If it were his own son who lay there in their midst, stiff and cold, and saturated with his own blood, he could scarcely appear more agitated, more shocked and sorrowful. He is really shocked; really sorry; he actually regrets the loss of this man, who must have been a constant crucifixion to his pride.

This is what they whisper among themselves, as they gather in knots and furtively watch him, as he moves about the bier.

It has been a shock to Frank Lamotte, too, although he never had seemed to crave the society of his brother-in-law, and always turned away from any men- tion of his name, with a sneer.

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‘ 4 Author of “A Woman's Crime,”

| “Mr. fearon, or tne New

| Seated in the lawyer's study,

Two men, who withdraw quickly from the crowd, are Lawyer O'Meara and Ray Vandyck. As they come up out of the cellar and go out from the hateful place, Ray breaks into bitter invective; but O'Meara lays a firm hand upon his arm.

“Hold your impulsive tongue, you young scamp! Do you want to be im- peached for a prejudiced witness? You want to help Heath, not to hurt him; and let. me tell you he will need strong friends and shrewd helpers before we see him a free man again.”’

Ray grinds out something profane, and then paces on in wrathful silence.

“You are right, of course,’’ he says,

after a moment's pause, and in a calmer tone. ‘‘ But, good God! to bring such a charge against Heath, of all men! O'Meara,’’ suddenly, ‘‘you must defend him.”’

“T intend to,’’ grimly. ‘‘ And in his in- terest I want to see you as soon as the vicinity is quiet; we must think the mat- ter over and then see Heath.’’

“Heath puzzles me; he’s apathetic.’’

‘He'll puzzle you more yet, I’m think- ing. Lhalf think he knows who did the deed, and don’t intend to tell.’’ He pauses, having come to the place where their ways diverge. ‘‘Come around by dark, Vandyck, we can't lose any time, that is ifthe buzzards are out of the Wway.”’

“The buzzards will follow the carrion,” scornfully. ‘I'll be on hand, Mr. O’ Meara.’’

He goes on, looking longingly at Clifford Heath's cottage, as he passes the gate, and the little lawyer begins to pick his way across the muddy street, hot caring to go on to the proper cross- ing.

**Mr. O’Meara.”’

He turns nervously, to encounter the gaze of a large gentleman with a rosy face, curling, iron-gray hair, and beard, and a blazing diamond in his shirt front.

“Eh! sir; you addressed me?’’

“I did,"’ replies the gentleman, in a low, energetic tone, strangely at variance with his general appearance, at the same time coming close and grasping the law- yer’s hand with great show of cordiality, and before the astounded Httle man can realize what he is about. ‘Call me Wedron, sir, Wedron, ahem, of the New York Bar. I must have an interview with you, sir, and at once.’’

O'Meara draws back and replies rather frigidly :—

“Tam glad to know you, sir; but if your business is not too urgent—if an- other time will do—”’

‘*Another time will not do? hess concerns Clifford Heath.”’

“Then, sir, I am at your service.’

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CHAPTER XXX. ‘There, sir; I each other, sir.”’ ‘“Humph! well, that’s according to how you put it. My knowledge is suffic- tent unto the day, at any rate. I am to visit Heath at once, taking young Van- dyck with me; I am to insist upon his making a strong defence, and to watch him closely. Vandyck is to add his voice and he'll do it with a roar, and then we are to report to you. Is that it?’ ‘* Exactly.’’ The sveakers are Lawver O'Meara and

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York wWar;"' for more than an hour they have been conversing in low, earnest tones; and during this interval O’Meara’s valuation of his vis- a-vis has evidently ‘‘taken a rise,’’ and stands now at a high premium. His spirits have risen, too; he views the case of Clifford Heath through a new lens: evidently he recognizes in the man_ be- fore him a strong ally.

It is arranged that, for the present, Mr. Weddron shall retain his room at the hotel, but shall pass the most of his time with the O'’Mearas, and the uninitiated are to fancy him an old friend, as well asa brother practitioner. Even Mrs. O'Meara is obliged to accept this version, while inwardly wondering that she has never heard her husband mention his friend, ‘‘ Wedron, of the New York Bar.”’

Evidently they trust each other, these two men, and, as O’Meara has just said, their mutual understanding is sufficient unto the hour. Therefore,it being already sunset, they go together to the parlor, and are soon seated, in company with Mrs. O'Meara, about a cosy tea table.

‘It is best that Vandyck should not see me here until after your interview with Heath,’’ Mr. Wedron has said to the little lawyer; therefore when, a little later, Ray puts in an appearance, he sees only O'Meara, and is immediately hur- ried away toward the county jail.

They find Corliss at the sheriff's desk, his superior officer having been for sev- eral days absent from the town. The constable looks relieved and fatigued. He believes that within the hour he, single handed, has conveyed into safe custody one of the most ferocious assassins of his time; and, having gained so signal a victory, he now feels inclined to take upon himself airs, and he hesitates, be- comingly, over O'Meara’s civilly worded request to be shown to the cell assigned Doctor Heath.

But O'Meara, who posseeses all the brusqueness of the average Yankee law- yer, has no mind to argue the case.

“I don’t know, sir,’’ says Corliss, with some pomposity. ‘Really, I consider Heath a very unsafe prisoner, and—’’

“The deuce you do,’’ breaks in the

impatient lawyer. ‘‘Well, I'll promise that Doctor Heath shan’t damage you any. so just trot ahead with your keys, and don’t parley. My time is worth something.’’

Corliss slips down from his stool and looks at Ray.

‘*But Mr. Vandyck, sir?’’ he begins.

‘*Mr. Vandyck will see Doctor Heath, too, sir,’’ interrupts Ray, with much de- cision. ‘‘And you won't find it to your interest, Corliss, to hunt up too many scruples. ’’

It filters into the head of the constable that the wealthiest and most popular of W—’s lawyers, and the bondsman and iirm friend of the absent sheriff, are hardly the men to baffle, and so, for the safety of his own official head, he takes his keys and conducts them to Doctor Heath.

The jail is new and clean and comfort- able, more than can be said of many in our land, and the prisoner has a ce) that is fairly lighted, and not constructed on the suffocation plan.

They find him sitting by his small table, his head resting upon his hand, his eyes fixed upon the floor, seemingly lost in thought. Evidently he is glad to see his visitors, for a smile breaks over his face as he rises to greet them.

It is not time for commonplaces, and O’ Mera, who sees that time is of value, is in no mood for a prologue to his task; s0 he begins at the right place.

‘‘Heath, I’m sorry enough that you, almost a stranger among us, should be singled out as a victim in this case. It doen't speak well for the judgment of our citizens. However, we are bound to set you right, and I’ve come to say that 1 sha)l esteem it a privilege to defend you —that is, if you have not a more able friend to depend upon.’’

The prisoner smiles as he replies:—

‘*You are very good, O'Meara, and you are the mun I should choose to defend me; but—you will have to build your case; I can’t make one for you, and—you heard the evidence.’’

‘‘Hang the evidence!’’ cries the law- yer, drawing from his pocket a small note book.

‘*\ee’ll settle their evidence; just you give me a few items of information, and then I will let Vaudyck talk; he wants to, terribly.’’

The prisoner turns slowly in his chair,

and looks steadfastly first at one, then at the other, and then he says:— ‘‘Do you really believe, O’Meara, that

I had no hand in this murder?’’

‘*I do,’’ emphatically.

‘“*And you, Ray?’

‘*I! You deserve to be kicked for ask- ing. I'll tell just what I think, a little later; I know you didn’t kill Burrilh.”’

Clifford Heath withdraws his gaze fiom the faces of his visitors, and seen's to hesitate; then he says slowly :—

‘“‘Il am deeply grateful for your confia- ence in me; but, I fear my actions must belie my words. My friends, the evid--nee is more than I can combat. I can’t prove én alibi; and there’s no other way to clear myself."’

‘‘Bah!'’ retorts O'Meara; ‘‘there are several ways. Let us take the ground that you are innocent; there must be some one upon whom to fasten the guilt. You have an enemy; some one has stolen

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ing up! why didn’t you mention ali this before? But there’s time enough! time enough yet. I'll have the body examined;

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‘What!’ burst out Ray Vandyck; “you will not hunt down your enemy? This is too much! Heath, I believe you could put your hand on the assassin.’’ No reply from the prisoner; he sits with his head bowed upon his hand, a look of dogged resolution upon his face. **Vandyck,’’ says the little lawyer, who has been gazing fixedly at his obstinate client, and who now turns two keen eyes upon the excited Ray; ‘‘keep cool! keep cool, my lad! Heath, look here, sir, I’m bound to defend your case—do you object to that?’’ ‘On the my only hope; depend upon your own can’t give you any help.’’ Down went something in the lawyer's note book.

“That means you won't give me any help,’’ writing briskly.

‘It's an ungracious way of putting it,’ smiliug slightly; ‘‘but—that’s about the Way it stands.’’

‘Just so,’’ writing still; ‘‘you believe the handkerchief to have been yours?’’

“Yes”? ' (To be Oontinued.)

‘And the knife?”’ Se an 9 tre “Yes. Stay, send Corliss with some one else to my office; let them examine my case of instruments, and see if the knife is among them; this, for form’s sake.’’

‘*Té shall be attended sake. Heath, who access to your office?’’

‘*My office was insecurely locked; any one might exsily ferce an entrance, anda copiucn key would open my door,’’ Scratch, scratch; the lawyer seems not to notice the doctor’s evasion of the ques tion.

‘“‘Ahem! As your lawyer, there any truth in’ these stories previous knowledge of Burrill?’ ‘‘}}o you mean my previous knowledge of the man?’’

ae Yes. ?

‘*‘T never knew the fellow; never saw him until I knocked him down in _ his first wife's defence.’

‘*Yet he claimed to Know you.”

‘*So I am told.”’

‘“‘And you don’t know where he have seen you?’’

‘*All I know, you have evidence given to-day.’’

‘*And—’’ hesitating lightly; ‘‘is there nothing in your past life that might weigh in your favor; nothing that rill give the lie to these hints so industrious- ly scattered by Burrill?’’

‘**O’Meara, let us understand each other; your question means this: Do I intend, now that this crisis has come, to make public for the benefit of W— the facts concerning my life previous to my coming here as aresident? My anrwer must be this, and again I must give you reason to think me ungracious, ungyate- ful. There is nothing in my past that could help me in this present emergency ; there is no one who could come forward to my assistance. I have not in all America one friend who is so well known to me, or who knows me as weil as Van- dyck here, or yourself. I ean not drag to light any of the events of my past life; on the contrary, I must redouble my efforts to keep that past 4 mystery.’’

Utter silence im the cell. The lawyer's pencil travels on—scratch, sovatch, scratch. Ray sits moody and troubled of aspect. Doctor Heath looks with some curiosity upon the 1ovements of the lit- tle lawyer, and inwardly wonders at his

you to-morrow, early; good evening, Heath."’

‘*I’m blessed if I understand all this,’’ burst out Ray Vandyck, when they had gained the street. ‘‘Here you have kept me with my mouth stopped all through this queer confab. I want a little light on this subject. What the deuce ails Heath, that he won’t lift his voice to de- fend himself? And what the mischief do you let him throw away his best chances for? I never heard of such foolhardiness.’’ “Young man,’’ retorts the lawyer, with a queer smile upen his face, ‘‘just at present I have no use for that tongue of yours. You may be all eyes and ears,’ the more the better; but I’m going to in- elude you ina very important private consultation; and, don’t you open your mouth until somebody asks you to; and then mind you get it open quick enough and wide enough.’’

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