Bats in the Wall; or, The Mystery of Trinity Church-yard

ch in that darkened chamber met his gaze w

whose footsteps he had followed-who but a

but there could be no dou

and worn features, the thin gray hair, now falli

ed their wandering at last, st

een as the detective stooped, and, by the light of the candle

's fist might make upon the

in itself would have been enough to have felled th

floor, and taking the woman's hand

beat-the hand w

d the saloon-keeper, i

and ask? That blow must have been the work of a powerful man-c

was a dacent body, if she war mad. Bad luck to the murtherin' spalpane who

was heard on the stairs without, and a stout woman, bare-headed and so lightly dressed as to leave a strong s

re?" she demanded. "There's n

rimly, pointing at the same time toward the body of the woman on the floor. "D

an, who, having caught sight of the body, now sprang toward the

an' it's bad luck that's ov

reature had rushed down the stairs, through the alley and out into the street,

ttery aghast. "Sure, an' it's the whol

ok made

who entered this chamber o

re, and had no desire to

e concerning the robbery of the Webs

etween the robbery and this murder the

crets possessed by this unfortu

her clothes, Slattery talking volubly as he did so, and, pr

earch was

ngings, there was nothing found up

d of many footsteps was heard upon the stairs, an

market, men f

es with their baskets, on their way

policeman, who elbowed

the case, informing him of his own identity and of

isper, "and send you help. Meanwhile, keep an eye on that man Slattery, if yo

w pressing about the door. "Get back, every one of you!

with his check frock hanging to his heels, had pus

hose beyond, and a young man with pallid features and

little younger than himself, who held

ed back with an excl

who had eluded his grasp in the

ld and his newsboy c

ich he was wholly unable to account, Frank had followed the crowd thr

ide the body of the unfortunate wo

upon his shoulder and had gently,

tared at

ing himself away. "Send away these

man? Is that woman

ing by the side of the body, and takin

t her to the hands of others, am respons