CHAPTER XXIX.
_Bucholz grows Skeptical and Doubtful._--_A Fruitless Search._--_The Murderer Involuntarily Reveals Himself._ The days sped on, and the trial of William Bucholz, for the murder of Henry Schulte, his employer, was fast approaching.

Regularly Edward Sommers had visited the imprisoned man, and upon the occasion of each visit had endeavored to assure him of the possibility of escaping from the charge against him.
The mind of Bucholz was in a chaotic state of worriment and unrest.
Between his confidences to Edward Sommers and the repeated warnings of his counsel he scarcely knew what to do or what to say.

At times he would bitterly regret having informed Sommers of anything about himself, and at others he would hug him to his breast as the only human being upon whom he could rely.
To Sommers this experience had been a trying one indeed.

He had been compelled to endure the various moods of Bucholz with patience and equanimity and to endeavor to disabuse his mind of frequent-recurring doubts.

Many times during his visits he would be vexed beyond endurance at the doubtful questionings of his companion, which he frequently found very difficult to parry or explain.