A Young Inventor's Pluck; or, The Mystery of the Willington Legacy

door clang shut, and found himself in a stone cell, scarcely si

ed themselves up until he thought they had surely reached the end, and now, as if to cap the climax, h

could think of no reason that could excite suspicion, saving, perhaps, his

but then there are men--like Andy Mosey, for instance--who have threatened fa

lt decidedly blue when Deb entered his mind. What would his sister th

" he said to himself, and k

p on a sofa in an adjoining

nd so vigorously did he apply his heels that he awoke the sleep

age home?" asked t

as the surly reply; "

" persisted Jack. "I have a siste

nd opened his e

willing to pay for i

" replied Jack, feeling i

was the short reply, and the young

of half an hour fell into a troubled slumber

he watchman's words, and the

s the only son of Mr. Felix Gray's youngest brother, who had died a widower some twelve years before--died, some said, and put out of the way, others whispered. That there was some mystery connected with those times was certain. Rumor had it that Felix Gray had cro

r--had been taken to live with his uncle

. Felix Gray, who, as soon as he could, placed Mont at one of the des

ndship had sprung up between them. He knew all about the young machinist's ambition, and had spent many an evening a

ack, "what brings you here

deed! he doesn't even suspect I'm here

e I'm guilty?" began J

nks so," returned Mont. "It seems to me that th

s to the you

out a match s

in surprise. "They found a match safe wi

g up in as

h a bear's head on one side, and

en it is

et, and suspected Andy Mosey of having taken it, though I could not prove it. But I see it all now. Mosey was speaking

an thing unless he had a grud

came interfering around my work, I threatened to report him. Bes

you prove that h

ve I can prove that I lost it, an

u are here?" aske

se has let her know. Wi

suggest that very thing.

at Mont supplied and wrote a fe

he young man, as he pocketed the letter

Maybe there wi

ed Mont, "even if my uncle doesn't li

crowded with the now idle men, and many were the expressions of sympathy f

ficer who made the arrest said that the excitement o

ng his innocence then and there, it was decided to hold him to wait the action of the grand jury, three weeks later. Bai

d while being led out of the court room, Jack recognized the yo

l could say, and clinging to his

d his incarceration. He drew his sister to one side--away

ng to prison was too t

hat you have to say!" she exclaimed.

t; "I tried everywhere to fin

e I'm in prison," re

iff, who had him in charge. He was a married man, had daught

haps I might get Mr. Benton

lthy speculator who had examined t

ps I'd have to sign over my rights

that," said Mont. "You expe

ou ran away," put in Deb; "and of

ve anot

see him any