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‘‘TDead? Nick Sanders dead? Am I not to believe my own eyes?” ‘‘] was not speaking of Nick Sanders, Mr. Allyn.” : ‘‘Of whom were you speaking, then?” de- manded the lawyer, who could not conceal his agitation, ‘‘Of the man who murdered Mrs. Jardine. He was a French Canadian, named Jeffard. Before he died he made a full confession, and gave all the particulars of the crime, with the name of the man who hired him to do the deed. That man is dead, too.” “That man? What man?’ ‘* Julius Muldrow.” ‘‘Mr. Risden, you shock me.” The Jawyer was nerveless and ghastly pale as he sunk back in his chair. ‘‘T came here for the purpose of shocking you,” said Risden. ‘‘ I thought you needed shocking. I will give you the details if you care to hear them.’ Mr. Allyn wanted to hear them right then. Tt was necessary that he should know all the particulars, unexpected and unpleasant as the intelligence had turned out to be. The detective gave him a brief sketch of the salient points of the expedition into the woods, read to him the confession of Joe Jeffard, and gave the details of the death of Julius Muldrow. Nathan Allyn listened in horrified silence, not phipesch to interrupt the narrative with a single word, ‘‘That is not all, Mr. Allyn,” said Risden. ‘The motive for the murder, which might otherwise have been only guessed at, has been made clear. On the person of Julius Muldrow, after his death, was found the will of Mrs. Jardine, giving the bulk of her prop- erty to Mary Payson.” he lawyer groaned. ‘Where is that will?” he asked. ‘‘Tn the possession of Judge Meacham,” Again Nathan Allyn groaned. No longer could he hope to have the man- agement of the big Jardine estate, and the loss of that business would greatly decrease his influence in the village. Another matter worried him. He wanted to know who would break the dreadful news to Miss Muldrow. ‘‘That will devolve upon you, I should say,” answered the detective. ‘‘ You have been her close friend, as well as her brother’s. I am not acquainted there. It is clearly your duty to tell her.” Risden then left the lawyer to consider the shock and endure it as well as he could. Agnes Muldrow heard the sad news soon enough, but without the intervention of Nathan Allyn. Her brother’s terrible fate, rather than the loss of the property, affected her reason to such an extent that it became necessary to remove her to an asylum for the insane. The news had been quick’y carried to Mrs. Lawson’s cottage by Judge Meacham and Ben Lawson, and there it was good news, Both of them delighted in telling it, all the details being insisted upon and thorough- ly gone into, it may be proper to state that they were both treated to a large, though not exactly equal, amount of hugging. 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