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CHAPTER V. THE SEARCH FOR THE CULPRIT'TS. It needed but brief consideration to make clear to Linn the meaning of all that he had overheard on the previous night. Each well remembered sentence stood out in a new and significant guise, and in the light of the morn- ing’s events the whole treacherous and criminal plot was revealed beyond a shadow of doubt. “Yes, I see it all,” exclaimed the heartsick lad, begin- ning to pace the floor.in his anger and excitement. “Steve Halsey is most to blame. Of his own accord Bruce could never have stooped to so mean and dastardly an act. And it happened just in this way. Deerfcot resolved to escape, and on account of the precautions that have been-takea lately, he found it necessary to confide in some one, and eet assistance. tie knew that it must be either Bruce or myself, for we have both been friendly with him of late. So he chose Bruce, because I have always tried to persuade him to be contented, and to put up with his lot. “No doubt he and Bruce had a talk over the matter some time yesterday, and in the afterncon Bruce saw his father lock the five hundred dollars in the secretary. Then he goes off and tells Steve. and the two of them, tempted by so large a sum of money, hatch out the plot to steal it; and in such a way that Deerfoot will get the blame. They counted on the Indian escaping entirely, but they took good care to secure themselves in case he should be captured—which is just what has happened. “IT can imagine how the plot was carried, out. [ can cComi1ebooks: co