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 water-mark until about four years ago. At least, I never heard of it."

"Did you furnish paper to the late Judge Parlin, for home or office?"

"For both."

"Did you ever furnish him, either for home or office, with paper bearing this water-mark?"

"Never. I didn't have paper with that water-mark for sale until nearly a year after Judge Parlin's death. I got it at the special request of Mr. Wing, and that was after Judge Parlin's death."

After consultation, the inquest was again adjourned. There was a general expectation that a warrant would issue for Oldbeg's arrest, but neither the coroner nor the county attorney felt justified in so overt an act. The public might try, condemn, and all but execute a man on mere suspicion, but larger responsibility rested on the officers of the law. In consultation, Trafford was appealed to and agreed fully with the decision reached. He was not wholly pleased with the coroner's haste in bringing out certain facts that in his opinion could have been