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m¢é, no one, not even a judge upon the bench, has a right to open.’ By this time there was an excited feeling in court. eo bad awakened the sleepers with a vengeant ‘it has nm it passed through the mail,” retort- ed the judge No law, therefore, i Be pre- rent my Opening it as a matter of idence. However. I + ill not interfere with ener claimed ri ight. t He re is the ietter but I demand thatit be opened on the spot.” Morton received and opened the letter, himself rly €5 ANnx10US Aas the rest. bi seemin iis face, how- ever, grew red and white by turns on reading its contents. ‘Thecourt dem ands that that letter be placed in evidence,” nanded the judge. Morton hesitated & moment, and then handed itto hislawyer. His face was flushed ashe did “Tt is another k informing me of Mr. may ran ce,” he said. of the form I don’ n of it. tter vest naw t know ossess1 And if the judge wants know who wrote those any information on Billy. to know I i} Dvortant LO us that point asked the > . . »* - . > hem, then? Morton, Esquire! k the court itherly by sur- ope came into . grew red with anger. emand that the court shall protect me against the insolent Lies of this vagabond of the streets!” he ee ‘Il swore on the Book, Mr. Morton,” re- torte 1 Billy. Don’t you say I’m a- lying.” ‘This is an extra ordinary assertion,” remark- ed the judge. “‘Can you prove what you have ““{ can, judge. I'll tell you the whole story. I got that letter from Jerry Jenkins, who’s in prison now about tout k kidnapping. He gave it to me to post, but I didn’t post it just then, I wasn’t in no hurry. And Jerry Jenkins got it from Mr. Morton. I saw him hand it to Kir “ Liar!” cried Morton, startingup again. ‘I was— There Was DO one— Ww + paused in confusion. He had let toomuch “No ome there! Oh, yes, there was! I was looking through a hole I had made in the wall, and saw you hand it over, and heard you tell him to post it at Harlem. That took me to Hariem the next morning, for I wanted that -- T urkey Billy. Morton by this time nervous trembling and bloodless pallor. But when Jenkins was put upon the stand, and, with the hope of gS himself from the re- ward of his crim old the whole story of the vill ainous plot so far as he was conversant with it, Morton seem S ru with fear and shame. ‘*There is no need to pursue this investiczation further,” declared the judge. ‘* No doubt re- mains that the accused p ‘rson at toe Dar has been made the victim of a criminal conspiracy to ruin him; and itis ocaiis evident to whom this conspiracy is due, and what was his pur- pose in forming it. Henry Weston = discharged from the custody of the law. — cl laracte r for | honesty and integrity stands untainted. Ed- ward Morton is ordered into custédy on the charge of criminal conspiracy, in ad +. n to the charge on which he is already held, that of : Almost a | how that ‘** But | ———— —— Harry Wes- | Se | lowed by an **% abduction. The c smissed, It need not be said that the report of this case made a considerable sensation in New York, and that Harry Weston, Nelly Brown, and above all Billy Turk, were the heroes of the hour. Ere long the trial we have describe i ther, in wi! Edward the accused and Harry the accugers, while ti as in the former case, It will suffice tosay that this trial ended in tha sentence of Lidw ard Morton to ten years’ im- prisonment on the two indictments on which he was tried. As for his confederate, Jerry Jen- urt is di v\ Pat ea ts witnesses were th e Same was in a pitiable state of | real ly to sink into the floor | was fol- | lo iTrtop was od Nelly Brown | aire, he was let off, in view of bis turning | State’s evidence, with two years at Sing Sing. it but remains to state that Edward Mort business was seized upon by fear of a total loss, By order of the court it was put up for sale and purchased by a wealthy friend of Harry Weston, who placed it in charge of the latter, as the person best able to conduct ton’s his creditors. for it. [t was to become the property of Harry Wes- ton, he engaging to repay the advance of his friend in a series of easy payments On the day he became proprietor of the busi- ness in which he had long been 4 paid employé another event of interest took place, @ marriage between the two lovers whose course of true love bad run in so crooked a channel. It was a happy wedding, that led to a very happy mar- ried life As for Billy Turk, we hate to part with him in a paragraph, but we have told all of his st ry that we set out to tell. carded his box and brushes, Mr. Plum wanted bim to take up the business of a detective, for which he seeme d so well-fitted, but he preferred He has long since dis- | to accept the Oo ffer of Harry W eston < if st plac y ) in his business. and now that years have elapsed he occupies the sane position Weston formerly held under Edward Morton—that of confiden- tial clerk and man of business. One year fr m now he is to be admitted asa partner, for Bill y Turk h 3 shi wn the same energy and ability as — | a merc hant’ s clerk that he forme riy showed as & | - ter. And I got it,” he concluded, in a tone of triumph. ‘Are you sure that thisis the man you saw hand 1 the letter to Jenkins?” ‘*] wasn't sure then, for he had on false whis- | kers, and his face was stained. But I’m sure now, cause I saw him,since, the same w ay— me and Mr. Plum, the d: tec tive: and we fol- lowed him to his office and saw him take off his whiskers aod wasb « tt the paint. And it was Edward Morton, Esquire, that came out! If you want to know any more about it, judge, send for J r Jenkins,’ st decided change in the state . Thecase, which bad looked so dark Hs rry Weston, bad suddenly changed its That the prisoner was the victim of a conspiracy s med now evident, and all who knew the story of the abduction felt sure that Edward Morton had done the thing from rivalry in love. “' This is highly i ah” "declared the jus- tice, writing rapid) Offic er, take this or- der, and bri ng the man menti oned into court,’ — — ——— - The police officer in attendance took the order | and der ahead During his absence the Shine- Detective was further questioned, and the whole story of how be obtained the letter was elicited. Nor could the sbarp cross-exam- ination to which he was subjected shake his evidence. He kept to the letter of said. Mrs. Malone was next put on the stand, and 3 - Ii- ; OR. THE GAMBLER QUEEN'S HIGH PLAY BY EDWARD >L. WHEELER. The Great Detective an his queer pard, Pete Par- | ro” into the breac of a mining-camp triple mystery of murder, iepcetare and rivalry among rogue’s for a dead man’s money. | what he had | testified to the visits of a black-whiskered gen- | tleman to Jerry Jenkins, who, only for the whiskers and the dark complexion, was the born image of Edward Morton. Mr. Plum was the next witness. He testified to seeing this same disguised person pay money to Jerry Jenkins, to having followed him to Edward Morton’s office, and seen him through the window take off the whiskers and wash off the stain. The man that emerged from this dis- guise was Edward Morton. | impostors, and bootblack, and continued to *‘ shine the one as in the other. 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