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He was so far right that the first words of Sweetwater on his re-entrance were: “It’s all O. K., sirs. I have found my missing clew. James Zabel was not the only person who came up here from the Webb cottage last night.” And turning to Knapp, who was losing some of his supercilious manner, he asked, with significant emphasis: “If, of the full amount stolen from Agatha Webb, you found twenty dollars in the possession of one man and nine hundred and eighty dollars in the possession of another, upon which of the two would you fix as the probable murderer of the good woman?”
“Upon him who held the lion’s share, of course.”
“Very good; then it is not in this cottage you will find the person most wanted. You must look — But there! first let me give you a glimpse of the money. Is there anyone here ready to accompany me in search of it? I shall have to take him a quarter of a mile farther up-hill.”
“You have seen the money? You know where it is?” asked Dr. Talbot and Mr. Fenton in one breath.
“Gentlemen, I can put my hand on it in ten minutes.”
At this unexpected and somewhat startling statement Knapp looked at Dr. Talbot and Dr. Talbot looked at the constable, but only the last spoke.
“That is saying a good deal. But no matter. I am willing to credit the assertion. Lead on, Sweetwater; I’ll go with you.”
Sweetwater seemed to grow an inch taller in his satisfied vanity. “And Dr. Talbot?” he suggested.
But the coroner’s duty held him to the house and he decided not to accompany them. Knapp and Abel, however, yielded to the curiosity which had been aroused by these extraordinary promises, and presently the four men mentioned started on their small expedition up the hill.
Sweetwater headed the procession,UGG Clerance. He had admonished silence, and his wish in this regard was so well carried out that they looked more like a group of spectres moving up the moon-lighted road, than a party of eager and impatient men. Not till they turned into the main thoroughfare did anyone speak. Then Abel could no longer restrain himself and he cried out:
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But at this Mr. Fenton drew him back.
“Are you sure of yourself?” he said. “Have you really seen this money and is it concealed in this forest?”
“I have seen the money,” Sweetwater solemnly declared, “and it is hidden in these woods.”
Mr. Fenton dropped his arm, and they moved on till their way was blocked by the huge trunk of a fallen tree.
“It is here we are to look,” cried Sweetwater, pausing and motioning Knapp to turn his lantern on the spot where the shadows lay thickest. “Now, what do you see?” he asked.
“The upturned roots of a great tree,” said Mr. Fenton.
“And under them?”
“A hole, or, rather, the entrance to one.”
“Very good; the money is in that hole. Pull it out, Mr. Fenton.”
The assurance with which Sweetwater spoke was such that Mr. Fenton at once stooped and plunged his hand into the hole. But when, after a hurried search, he drew it out again, there was nothing in it; the place was empty,link. Sweetwater stared at Mr. Fenton amazed.