Bob Younger's Fate — page 17: what you’re looking at

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8 _ BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. blood, and the confusion of the furniture in the office, it was believed that Howard had been in col- lusion with the burg lars.’’ The fair young visitor seemed much moved by this statement, but Belton apparently paid no at- tention to the fact. “That suspicion was dispelled, however, in the saddest possible manner, and the young man’s character cleared by the proof that he died while defending the bank from loss.” Although the visitor’s face was partially con- _cealed by the veil, it could be easily seen that she was under the influence of a great grief. The de- tective courteously refrained from noticing any- thing unusual, and went on with his story. “Two days afterward the body of a man was dis- covered in the opening of a sewer not two squares from the Fidelity Bank.’’ ‘*Did you see it?” eagerly. a § did. 23 ‘“Was it—was it Mr. Howard’s abies ‘It undoubtedly was.” “Did you know the young man?” “By sight only. The proof of identity did not rest with me. Persons who were intimate with the gentleman were well satisfied that it was he.” ‘‘And yet I understood that his body was in a mu- -tilated condition when found.”’ “So it was, the face being almost unrecognizable, but it bore the same clothes Mr. Howard wore that _ evening, and more than that, it carried one of the - most indubitable proofs that could exist.’’ “Please explain,’’ breathlessly. ‘*There was a scar on the back of the head of cS (E(@) AA (€ 00