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morning, there gas unusual Mapleton. John Burrill was to buried that day, and the sad funeral preparations were going

on. People : the hustle the more noticeable by their

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sisible efforts to step softly, and by the jow monotonous hum of their voices. ['p stairs, the usual quiet reigned. Sybil was sleeping under the influence

of powerful opiates, administered to in- sure her against the possibility of being overheard in her ravings, or of waking to a realization of the events taking place below stairs.

Evan, too, had been quieted by the use

of brandy and morphine, and Mrs. La- |

y while ; ‘you are at liberty to main- | tained a similar vigil. Neither of the two

watchers manifested any interest in the |

bedside,

motte kept watch at his cham ber,

Constance, in Sybil’s

nor did they feel

funeral preparations, ae shall not be present at the burial,’’

Mrs. Lamotte had said to her husband. “Sebil's iliness and Evan's will furnish sufficien) excuse, and—nothing constrains me to de honor to John Burrill now.”’

Mr. Lamotte opened his lips to remon- strance, but catching a look upon the face to his wife that he had learned to its fullest meaning, he closed them again and went grimly below stairs, and, through all the day previous to the de-

ure of the funeral cortege, Jasper La- motte was the only member of that aris- tocratic family who was visible to the eurions gaze of the strangers who attended upon the burial preparations.

Early in the forenoon an unexpected delegation arrived at the entrance of Mapleton.

First, came Doctor Benoit, driving alone in his time-honored gig, the only vehicle he had been seen to enter within tsa memory of W—.

Close behind him, a carriage contain- ing four gentlemen, all manifestly per- sons of more than ordinary importance, Mr. O'Meara, in fact, his colleague of the New York Bar, and two elderly, self- possessed strangers, evidently city men.

They desired a few words with Mr. Lamotte, and that gentleman, after some hesitation and no little concern as to the

‘nature of their business at such a time,

presented himself before them, looking the personification of subdued sorrow and haughty reserve.

Mr. )'Meara acted as spokesman for

the party. “Mr. Lamotte,”’ he began, with pro- found politeness and marked coldness of manner and speech, ‘‘I should apologize fot our intrusion at such a time, were it not that our errand is one of gravest importance and can not be put off. Al- low me to introduce to you Mr. Wedron, Doctor Gaylor and Professor Harrington, all of New York.”’ ;

Mr. Lamotte recognized the strangers with haughty courtesy, and silently awaited disclosures.

“Mr. Wedron and myself, as the repre- sentatives and counsel of Doctor Heath, have summoned from the city these two gentlemen, whom you must know by re- putation, and we desire that they be allowed to examine the body of Mr. Bur- rill, in order to acertain if the wounds upon the body were actually made by the knife found with it."’

The countenance ef Mr. Lamotte dark- ehed perceptibly.

“It seems to me,”’ he said, with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, ‘‘that this is an wnwarrantable and useless proceed- ing—doubly so at this late hour.”’

“Nevertheless, it is a necessary one.’ ttoke in Mr. Wedron, crisply. ‘'It is pre- Mimable that you can have no personal enmity against Doctor Heath, sir; there- fore you can have no reason for opposing

measures instigated by justice. The ex- amination wil] be a brief one.’’ The resolute tone of his voice, no less

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“Certainly, I have no wish to oppose the ends of justice,’ he said, in a tone Which, in spite of himeelf, was most un- emicious. ‘Such an investigation is nat- Urally distasteful to me. Nevertheless. you may proceed, gentlemen, hut I should

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and request them to remain. in thetr rooms for the present. After that, you are at liberty to roceed.'’

They a! seat t ‘emmselvas gravely, and Mr. Lamotte, taking this as a quiet acquiescence, goes out, and softly but ewiftly up the broad stairs; not to the rooms occupied by the ladies, however, but straight on to Frank's room, where that young man has remainei in soli- tude, ever since his unusually early break- fast hour. :

‘*Frank,'’ he says. entering quietly and closing the door with greatcare. ‘Frank We have a delegation of doctors below Stairs,'’

“A delegation of doctors?’ Pests, parrot-like. ‘Trecisely; they want to examine the body."'

Frank comes slowly to his feet.

‘To examine the body!'’ he repeats 7 “In Heaven's name, why?’’

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‘*Frane,’’ says Jasper Lamotte, eyeing his som sharply. ‘*‘Do you see any reason why this investigation should not take

place; supposing that it were yet in our power to hinder it?’’

A silence that lasts many seconds, then :—

‘It is not in our power to hinder it,’ says Frank, ina hollow voice; ‘‘ neither

would it be policy. Let the play go on,”’ and he turns his face away with a weary gesture.

For a moment, Jasper Lamotte stands gazing at his son; a puzzled look on his face; then he turns and goes out as softly as he came.

**Gentlemen,’’ he says, re-entering the library, with the same subdued manner, proceed with your examination, and, if I may suggest, it is as Well to lose no time. The funeral takes place at two o’clock.’’

They arise simultaneously, and with- nut more words, follow Jasper Lamotte to the room ot death.

At the door, Mr. Wedron halts.

‘IT will remain on the halcony,’’ he says to Mr. O'Meara, but sufficiently loud to be heard by all the rest, ‘‘I never could endure the sight of a corpse.’’ And he turns abruptly, and goes out through the open doorway; taking up a position on the broad piazza, and turning his gaze toward the river.

Jasper Lamotte is less sensitive, how- ever; he enters with the cthers, and star¢is beside O’Meara, while the physi- cians do their work.

‘*At least,’’ he thinks, ‘‘I’ll] know what they are about, and what their verdict a

But in this he is disappointed. They have brought with them-a surgeon's knife; the precise counterpart of the one now in possession of the prosecution, and of the same manufacture.

One by one they examine, they com- pare, they probe, and all in silence. Then they turn toward O'Meara.

“I believe we have finished,’’ says Professor Harrington. ‘‘And the resuk?’’ asks Jasper La-

mOtte, eagerly, in spite of himself.

‘*That,’’ replies Mr. O'Meara, with elaborate nonchalance, “will be made known atthe trial. Mr. Lamotte, we trust that you will pardon this most necessary intrusion, and we wish you a very good morning.’”’

Lhe examination has been a very brief effair; it is just ten o'clock when the four unwelcome guests drive away.

Doctor Benoit does not accompany them; he goes up stairs to visit his pe- tient.

Jasper Lamotte asks him no questions. He knows that Doctor Benoit is a man of honor and that he will Keep hie pro- fessional secrets. So he goes sulkily back to his library.

Two hours later a rough, uncouth looking man appear at the servants’ en- trance and asks to see Mr. Lamotte.

‘‘I’m one of his workmen,’’ he says, very gravely, ‘‘and I want to see him particular.’’

Jasper Lamotte is in no mood for re- ceiving visitors, but he is, just now, in a position where he cannot, with safety, follow the dictates of his haughty nature.

He its filled with suspicion; surrounded by a mystery he cannot fathom; and, a man (who begs for an audience at such an hour must have an extraordinary er- rand. Reesoning thus, he says, crustily :—-

“Show the fellow here.’’

A moment later the man shuffles into the room. Mr. Lamotte glances up, and his brow darkens ominously.

‘*Brooks!’’ he exclaims. ‘‘What the mischtef—’’ he checks himself, then adds, ungraciously: ‘‘What do you want?’

‘‘Mr. Lamotte, I beg your pardon, sir,’’ aays the man, a trifle thickly. ‘‘I came back to W— last night,-and heard of the «awful things, as has happened here. Now. I always liked Burrill, in spite of his weakness, for I ain’t the man to crit- icise such failin's. I’ve been down among the factory people, and I’ve heard them talk; and, thinks I to myself, there’s soine things as Mr. Lamotte ought to know You've «lways peid me my wages, sir; and treated me fair; and I believe you've treated all the but—there’s some people as must always have their fling at every body, as the Lord has seen fit to set over the heads; and—there’s some of them sort in Mill avenue.”’

During this harangue the cotuntenance of Jasper Lamotte has grown less super- cilious, but mot less curious.

‘*Expiain yourself, Brook,’’ he says gracicusly, and with some inward uneasi- ness. ‘‘I do not comprehend your mean- in we

“Tf { had come to your servants and asked to see the body of my old chum, ’ begins Brooks, with a knowing look, drawing near Mr. Lamotte, ‘‘they wouid have ordered me off, and shut the door in my face; so I just asked to see you on particular business. But if you was to ring your bell, by and by, and order one of your servants to take me in to lvok at the corpse, I could explain to them what an old friend I was, and that would settle the curiosity business.’’

‘Doesn't it strike you. Brouks, that you don’t cut much of a figure, to ap- pear as the friend of my son-in-law?’’ questions Mr. Lamotte.looking with some disfavor at the ensemble before him.

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as Burrill was; though I ain’t anxious

to change places with him now. I'll fix the friendship business to suit you, ez, and be proper respectful about it. Say

Burrill was my boss, or something of that sort. I shouldn’t like to have certain parties know my real business here, and I should like to take a look at Burrill on my own account.’’

There is a ring of sarcasm in the words of this speech, and reflects that he has not yet errand,

‘Very good, Brooks, you shall see the body, and manage the rest as delicately us possible, please. You know we want no ill spoken of the dead. Now, chen, your real business, for,’’ consulting — his watch, ‘‘time presses.’

‘‘I know it does, sir, and I won’t waste any words. You beggin’ your pardon for mentionin’ of it, Burrill has got another wife, a divorced one, I mean, livin’ down at the avenue. She works in Story's miJl now, but she used to work in yours before—’”’

‘Yes, yes,’’ impatiently. er, Brooks.’’

‘*Well, you see, sir, since her hushand —I mean since Mr. Burrill was killed, she has been cuttin’ up rough, and lettin’ out many things as you wouldn’t like to have get all over W—. She ain’t afraid of him no mere (he did beat her mon- strous,) and when she gets to takin’ on, she lets out things that would sound bad about your son-in-law. If it was a com- mon chap like me, it wouldn’t matter, but I thinks to myself, now, Leooks, this ‘ere woman who can’t hold her tongue will be hauled up as a witness for Doctor Heath. I ain’t got nothing against Doctor Heath, but I says, it will be aw- ful humblin’ to Mr. Lamotte’s pride, and powerful hard on his pretty daughter; so I jest come to say that if Nance Burrill

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could be got to go away, quiet like, be- fore the other parties could get their

hands on her, why, it would be a good thing Mr. Lamotte.’’

Considering the tender solicitude he *2els for ‘‘Mr. Lamotte’s pride,’’ he has given it some pretty hard knocks, but he looks quite innocent, and incapable of any sinister intent, and Mr. Lamotte, after gnawing his lip viciously for a mo- ment and favoring his vis-a-vis with a sharp glance of suspicion, says, with sud- den condensation :—

‘Brooks, I’ve always been inclined to believe you a pretty good sort of fellow. but really this singular disinterestedness almost makes me suspect your motive. Stop,’’ as Brooks elevates his head and suddenly faces toward the door. ‘‘Hear me out. Brooks, don’t be ashamed to confess it. Did the thought of a reward stimulate you to do me this—favor?”’

“Tf it’s a favor, sir, you take it very uppish,’’ retorts Brooks sulkily, and edging slowly toward the door. ‘‘I’ma

poor man, sir, but I ain’t bad enough to

come to you with a trumped-up story, and if I happened to think that in case

‘you found things asI tell you, you might

reward me by and by with a ten-dollar note, why, I don’t think there is much harm in that. I liked you and your ways, and wanted to do you a good turn, and if I wanted to do mfself a good turn, too, why, there’s nater in that.’’

‘*There’s nature in that, true enough. Brooks, I wish I had time to hear all the particulars of this affair.’’

“I don’t want to give them, sir,’’ re- plies the man, hastily. ‘‘No more would it be fair for me to do so. I've got some fair friends among the Mill avenue folks. I've come back to W—, because I conld- n't get on anywhere else; and I’ve come back broke. The factory folks will trust me to a night’s lodging, when their bet- ters wouldn’t. I’ve told you enough to open your eyes, sir; and you can look into the thing for yourself.’’

To ‘‘look into the thing’’ for himself, ‘s precisely what Jasper Lamotte is not inclined to do; so he says, with growing convictions, and increasing friendliness of manner :—

‘*At least, Brooks, you can give me an idea of the nature of the stories this wo- man will tell, if brought into court?’’

‘'The Lord knows what she won’t tell, sir; she blows hot, and blows cold. One minute she tells how he was a fairly good husband, until he gotinto the hand of some city gang, while they lived in New York; and next she raves over all his misdeeds, tells how he was compelled to quit England, or be juggled up; how he forced her into divorcing him; how he bragged over the strong influence he had over you and all your family; how

he came to her house time and again, after he was married to your gal; and how he promised her ‘pots of old La-

motte’s money;’ them’s her words, sir. ‘pots of old Lamotte’s money, and heaps of diamonds, for the sake of old times,’ when he was drunk enough to be good natured; and how he beat her, and I can

testify to that, when he was a little drunker.’’

‘‘Brooks,’’ says Mr. Lamotte, spring- ing a last trap, ‘‘do you suppose you

could manage this business of getting away the woman, if I paid you well, and gave you a bribe for her?’’

‘‘No, sir. I couldn’t do it. Lam so well known about Mill avenue; it won’t do fora poor broke up devil to turn up flush all at once. I don’t want nothing to do with the affair. I’ve done all I can ao;""

Mr. Lamotte slowly draws forth his wallet, and slowly opens it.

‘Brooks, here is twenty-five dollars. I’ve not much money by me; I'll look into this matter, and do more for you after we get quiet again. Meantime, you can have the first vacancy at the factory; I'li see to that at once.”’

“And I’ll try and be sober, sir, and ready for it. Now, then, I’ve been here @ good many minutes: you’d better iet me take a look at the corpse, and be off.’’

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

“If you please, Mr. Lamotte,’’ said that gentleman’s coachman, appearing before his master, less than an hour before the time appointed for the moving of the funeral cortege, and looking much con- fused. ‘‘If you please, sir, I’ve had & misfortune with my hand, sir; at least, my wrist; it’s sort of sprained, andI most fear I can’t handle the reins proper.

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**We)), well,’’ broke ‘*] suppose you can your place?’’

The man’s countenanve once,

‘Oh, yes, sir; {ve the very man right on hand. A friend of mine, and a master ove with horses.’

‘*‘Let him take your place then, and see that every thing is in proper order.”’

‘It’s all right,’’ said the coachman, returning to the stables and addressing 4 man who leaned against the loose box, where two blooded carriage horses were undergoing the currying process. ‘It’s all right; you can drive the horses.’’

‘*Cap’n you’re a good fellow,’’ said tho man, enthusiastically, ‘‘and here’sa your tou dollars. It’s a favor I'll never forget,

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mind, for many’s the day I've driven the bexuties, before Squire MeInnis went up, and we all had to go.’’

‘That was a big failure,’’ replied the coachman, knowingly. ‘‘ You just see that the horses are done off all right, won't you? I must look after the carriage.’’

‘It was lucky for me that I happened to know the history of these horses,’’ mused Jerry Belknap, for he it was who leaned. confidingly over to stroke the sleek sides of one of the beautiful bays, and who had bribed Mr. Lamotte’s coachman with a ten dollar bill. ‘‘If Idrive the La- mottes, I’m sure of a hearing, and no audience; at the worst if they should take in a third party, but they won’t; I ean find a way to make myself and my wants known.”’ And he sauntered across to the carriage house and critically in- spected the splendid landau that was be- ing rolled out upon the gravel.

He had returned to W— on foot, from a near railway station, reaching the town within five hours from the time he left it.

During this time, however, his personal appearance had undergone 4 marked change. He was rubicund, and more youthful of countenance; shabbily smart in dress; excessively ‘‘horsey,’’ and some- what loud in manner.

During his intercourse with the La- mottes he had learned from Frank that their blooded bays had once been the property of a wealthy and prominent citizen of New York, who having failed, after the modern fashion, had given Jas- per Lamotte the first bid for the valuable span. Given thus much, the rest was easy. Representing himself as a former coachman of this bankrupt New Yorker, he had told his little story. He was look- ing about him fr a place in which to open a ‘‘small, but neat’’ livery stable, had wandered into W— that morning, and having considerable cash about him, all his savings in fact, he had not cared to tempt robbers, by appearing too ‘‘high tened..’’

(To be Continued. )

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