Bordine came
to a momentary pause on the bank of the brawling creek--long enough for
his mad pursuer to take aim and fire.
With the flash and report came a loud cry, as of a human being in pain.
Instantly, on firing, Jones darted forward.
He was just in time to see the engineer plunge headlong into the boiling
waters of the creek!
"Good by, young chap. I reckon you won't trouble your betters again,"
cried the elated homicide. "The Alstine fortune shall yet be mine--
selah!"
CHAPTER XIX.
STRANGE VISITORS.
"THAT MURDER MYSTERY.
"After some weeks of uncertainty the mystery surrounding the murder of
Victoria Vane, a beautiful young girl of Ridgewood, seems likely to be
closed up. Mr. Ransom Vane, the brother of the murdered girl, has been in
our city for some time in secret communication with officers of the law.
Young Vane is something of a detective himself, and he has succeeded in
fixing the crime, it is believed, upon the right person, a young man of
supposed spotless reputation, living with his widowed mother in the
northern part of the city.
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