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8 @RATIA’S TRIALS. ‘‘T believe that he had broken their engagement, and that she was entreating to be again received into favor. Mistaken motives of delicacy induced me to hasten on. I wish now that I had remained to see what next transpired.” | ‘What did you judge from the sound of their voices? Was he angry ?” | | ‘‘Very, I should think, and she was evidently anxious to conciliate him.” ‘‘ Did he say more?” ‘He might haue doneso. Probably he did, but I did not stay to hear. That was the last word I ever heard him speak,” and Alberta’s voice faltered. ‘“You said there were ‘circumstances’ which led to this be- lief on your part. What were the others?” ‘¢One was the fact that my uncle had made his will in the girl’s favor yesterday.” ‘‘How do you know P” ‘¢ He told us all so, or gave us tounderstand as much. His Jawyer was with him until nine o'clock. And the hope to in- herit the wealth that would have been withheld from her, in the case of a quarrel leading to permanent estrangement, might have led to the murder.” The coroner looked keenly at Alberta. ‘You seem to have considered the matter in all its bearings, young lady.” : : ‘“T have, sir,” returned Miss Falconer, composedly. ‘It is scarcely in nature for one to lose so near and dear a relative as suddenly as I have done, without deeply cogitating on all the possibilities as to how it could have occurred.” “Goon. Tell us all you think on the subject.”’ ‘*Certainly ; but you must remember that I donot state these things as facts, only as my own impressions. Another circumstance has also impressed itself indelibly on my mind—a conversation between Gratia Kempfield and my niece, Ida,a few days ago. They were looking over some French anatomi- comicbooks.com — i ’ ‘ M _ “