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'|? Stejnra at?) j&ra?jjroit WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 1897. AtfTMOR H?"AH ARTIST K tRJME {Copyright. 1887, by G. P. Putnam's Son?.] CHAPTER XYJL THE CONFESSION. As soon as Virginia had departed Mr. Eames re-entered the secret chamber, passing, as before, through the ceiling of the closet -His first endeavor was to learn how this man bad taken bis life. This was not difficult A small charcoal furnace strong odor of gas permeating fer some time after he had toe skylight, which was the on? ly means of ventilation and light, plainly suggested suicide. This "point ' being settled, he examined the other things lying about These were neces ; sarily few, as the place;was very smalL ' ' The only articles ci furniture were" a ta hie and a chair unless account be taken of a small closet nailed against the wall, in which was a stock of provi? sions. He also found a suit of clothes. Mr. Barnes pondered over this for a few minutes, and then the idea occurred to him that it was to bring these, the gar? ments which Lewis had worn on the ni?ht cf the crime, and for which? it will be remembered, Burrows had searched in vain, that the man had en? tered the secret room on the night when Borrows was disturbed by his move? ments. It wiQ also be recalled to mind that the younger detective had a theory which would in a measure be substan? tiated if these were found to be perfo? rated by,a bullet, as (hat would tend to show,that the deceased had been shot, that he had then undressed and retired to his bed, to be afterward, awakened and killed by a second shot Mr. Barnes Crammed these articles with interest If there were aoy bullet hole, it would not ?t his cwn theory of the case. It was therefore with much satisfaction that he soon determined that there was none. Hext he turned over the papers j with which the table was littered, and soon an ejaculation of surprise and pleasure attested the fact that he had made an important discovery. He held in his hand a bundle of manuscript bearing the ominous heading, " My Con? fession, " followed by the words, "For Mr. Barnes, should he hud this first " With impatience and curiosity Mr. Barnes sat on the one chair and read the following, occasionally emitting a it of satisfaction as point after point in the mystery was explained and all fitted in with his own theory of the crime. The confession is here given verbatim: "After years of preparation I find that my plans have miscarried. How? ever, I am a fatalist, and therefore bow to the inevitable. I have been bitterly wronged, but in some degree I have had a revenge. Kow I am forced by the im? mutable laws of circumstance to choose between my own miserable life and that cf her whom I love most dearly, and I do not hesitate to sacrifice myself .that she may live and be happy, even though it be in the arms of a man whom I should like to grind beneath my heel Yet what has he done to me? Nothing! He is one of the same family as the villain who wrecked and destroy? ed the life of my dearly beloved' sister. Beyond that there is nothing Strange that mother and daughter should both love the same name! It is the finger of fate, and yet there are many who scoff st the idea of preo^estniation. Bat as I wish to be understood by the one who may find this paper, and that one I am confident will be Mr. Barnes, I must be mora explicit Therefore it will be as well to give a detailed account of the sequence of strange events in my life. *'At the outset let me say that my name is John Lewis, bat as that is also the name under which I have passed sino? the tragedy of Sunday night I will add that I am the man who is supposed to be dead. The corpse is that of Walter Marvel, the uncle of the young man at -'present accused of my murder. I will sow go back to my youth and relate the t events in the order of their occurrence, "I was born in Richmond, Va., and my family vas aristocratic. Of course when the civil war began our sympa? thies were all with the secessionists. My father entered the Confederate serv? ice and soon, by his gallantry, won distinction, being advanced several times on the field until at length he had reached the position of colonel. It was during his absence with his regi? ment that, in the latter part of 1863, some prisoner? *f war were brought into Richmond. Some of these were wounded and sent to the hospitals. It is a curious met that, however eager men may be in battle to destroy each other, after the fight is over they appear to be just as anxious to save the rives of those who may vet have a lingering spark within their veins. "My sister, together with many other noble women, gave ber entire time to the nursing of the wounded and so spent all her days among the soldiers in the hospitals. Thus when these prisoners oz war were brought in and the sufferers placed in the kind care of these women my sister met and nursed many of them Among the number was Walter Marvel, an officer in the Union army. At once she was attracted to him. How or why kt those explain who disbelieve in fate, for he was neither handsome nor pleas ant, either in countenance or manners. Besides, he vraa the avowed enemy of all that we held to be our sacred right and for which our young men v>ere pouring out their life's blood on many fields. She was one of the fairest dang h ters of the south, and it was not snr prisicg that Marvel soon found himself ?aec?i??te?r"byrh?x charms. "After a time he recovered sufScic ly to be removed from the hospital, : in the natural order of events wo have been taken to prison but for interest which my sister evinced him. Naturally she possessed much fiuence "with the officers, and she rep sented to them that, though vs enough to leave the hospital, he \ still so weak :hat if confined in a c he would probably not survive, T3 she succeeded in having him parol So there was opportunity for them meet and exchange loving vows, though they conducted matters so adre ly that I, who was present all the ti: in' the home, never suspected the ta state of affairs. "At last came the end of the w; and, stricken at heart by the cutcoj thereof, my father returned hon Moreover, he had been severely worn ed, and bis wound, not having : ceived proper attention, had never tb oughly healed. Great care was nee? gary to insure its not giving mc trouble. Meanwhile it transpired ti during the latter part of 1864 Man had lured my sister into a secret mi riage, a pitfall into which so many i nocent and inexperienced women fa forgetting that their parents have the interests at heart, and therefore are e titled at least to advise about so ii portant a step. She would have co fessed to my father or? his arrival we it not; for his weakened ? physical cone t?ion and the danger which any gre excitement might entail "So time passed until at length it t came imperative that she should mai the disclosure. She was just about confide her story to roy father when u ! fortunately he. discovered it himsel He questioned her and was at first r lieved to hear that at least she was : married won:.an, but when he lean? : that her husband was a detested Yaj kee his rage was eiioply terrifia ? stormed and raged until his strengt was exhausted, and he fell to the flex in a swoon. "My sister screamed for help, and tl servants rusted in and picked up the: master. They bore him up to his ow chamber and laid him on his bed, bi an ominous train of blood marked the: progress from the room below, an when, in response to a hasty summoni the doctor ixrived he found that tb wound had opened and was Weedin dangerously. Other surgeons were sun moued, and after great difficulty th flow waa stopped, "but the loss of bloo in his already weakened condition lei hiT scarcely any strength. Besides, hi mental trouble, occasioned by the new which he had that day heard, made hi condition critical indeed. "When tb* doctors had made him a comfortable as they could, and ther was a moment to spare to other consid eratiens, I thought of my sister ant sought for her, hut one of the servant informed me that she had left the house I suspected ct once th at she had gone t< her husband, and, knowing where here sided, I burned thither. I rushed inti the house, and was horrified to find th* apparently lifeless body of my siste stretched on the parlor floor. Assistant was summer .ed, and, as soon as it wai safe to clo so, she was removed to OTT own norna [twas not until months aft er that I learned the events which lee up to this laat catastrophe. It sterns tim' she had, as li bad suppr sed, sought fen the villain who should have been read} and anxious to care for her. When ht heard that her father had refused to ac knowledge the marriage, he coolly tole her that, in that case, it would be best to part, that he "would not separate t girl from her fa'-her,' and other thing? equally heartless. Then he left her. "It was rot surprising that my sis? ter's little girl should have been prema? turely hurried into the world by these exciting scenes. Afterward the mothei improved slowly, but surely, day by day. With my father it was different For months he lay between life and death. Whan my sister had sufficiently i recovered her own health, she divided her time between her baby and her fa? ther; and her experience as a nurse now became invaluable. At last there came a change, and one morning my father awoke, apparently better. "Matilda, my sister, was at the mo? ment having her breakfast and was out of the room, I taking her placa for the time. Father spoke to me, asking me to relate ali that had occurred. I tried to answer evasively, but he immediate? ly showed signs of excitement, insisting on a reply 10 his inquiries. Under the circumstances I deemed it best to tell him the truth. He listened without comment until I told how her husband had .deserted her, at which he gritted his teeth as he muttered, 'The villain I' When I told him cf the little stranger in the house, his expression softened, and he asked me to send my sister to him. As I left the room to obey he said: ** 'Tell her to bring little Virginia with her. ' "I must say herc that as yet no name had been chosen for the baby, but Vir? ginia is our native state, and as father called the iittle one by that name Ma? tilda would never call her by any other name in the years that came after. "The interview between my father and Matilda was touching in the ex? trema She avowed her contrition for the deception which she had practiced, while he asked forgiveness for his harshness. " *To think.? said he, 'tba? I should have endangered the life ol! this dear little blessing T And, stretching out his arms, .be took her child and kissed it, whereupon my sister dropped upon he:.* knees, buried her face in the bed clothing and wept like a child. My father soc 1 th ed her, and, deeming it be*V I slipped from the roc in, leaving them alone. "After that these three were insepa? rable and seemed as bappy as could be so much so, indeed, that we were all lulled imo the belief that my father was getting well-all except my father himself. He said nothing, but when the end approached declared that he had expected it all along. When it was clearly evident that he would soon die, he called me to him one day and, tak? ing me _by the hand, he said: T? 'John, my SOD, yon have always been a good boy, and I wish yon a long and prosp?rons life. Yet I desire to do something that may seem un just to you. I hope you may be able to see it as I do. | I should die happier. * "'Do not speak of dying, father,' I cried in a choked voice, 4 What is it you wish? I will accede to it cheerfully. ' "'That is my brave boy,'said he, with a smile, and then he paused awhile. At last he continued: 'John, I wish to make a change in my will. As it stands my property would be divided equally between you and Matilda. I wish to alter it so that each of you will have one-third. The balance must be invested so that the little one will have something when she ia of age. I will arrange so that in cese of her death her share must go to her mother, and in the event of the mother's death that por? tion must be similarly invested for the little one. I wish you to be the exec? utor. Will you do this for me, my boy?' I nodded acquiescence, and he went on: " 'This is just, John. You will soon be a man and can care for yourself. Matilda is a woman. By a mistake she has wrecked her chance of winning a worthy protector, and so I must arrange that she and her child shall not come to want ' I assured him that he was only acting as I should wish, and he seemed to be more contented. The lawyers were summoned, and all was arranged as he directed. A few days later, while he was clasped in his daughter's arms, his spirit passed away. "I will not prolong my tale in order to give a complete narrative of all that passed, but will simply confine myself to those events most closely connected with this recent tragedy. "The men th s rolled by, and never was a word said about the man who had caused all our trouble. Matilda seemed to lavish her whole wealth cf love upon her little girl, and as Virgie grew I cherished the hope that the wound in her mother's heart was healing. How little does a man understand what a woman means when she says that she gives him her heart! Despite all the outward appearances I was yet to find that Matilda still thought of and long? ed for her husband. "One morning, when Virgie was about 5 y^ears old, I was sitting at my breakfast, and Matilda, who had already eaten, was - amusing herself with the morning's paper, when a sodden excla? mation from her attracted my attention. I anxiously asked what it was, and she banded me the paper, pointing to the following paragraph: "'We are gratified to see that the government is recognizing the services rendered by our soldiers in the; late war. Especially is it pleasant for us to record that Lieutenant Walter Marvel has been appointed to a diplomatic mission abroad. This gentleman, by his heroism "Take you to him after all that luis hap pened?*' on the field, has demonstrated the ster? ling qualities of which he is made and doubtless will fill his new position with honor to himself and to his country. He will leave for Paris this week. It may not be amiss to mention the rumor that the gallant officer will take a bride with him. ' "I was much troubled at this and scarcely knew what to say, for I could not guess how it would affect my sister. However, she spoke first ** 'John, my brother, will you take me to him?' To say that I was amazed at this request would but mildly express it " 'Take you to him,'said I, 'after all that has happened?* " 'He is Virgie's father, John! You forget that!' ** 'Evidently he does also. ' "He does not even know that he has a child. John, I have thought of this con? stantly, and it is not right that I should keep him in ignorance, as I have done all these years. ' "Why, Mattie, what are you saying? What claim can he have on you after the cowardly manner in which ho aban? doned you?' " 'Hush! You must not think and speak thus of my husband. If I have Buffered, do you not think he has also? He did not abandon mo. He saw what was my plain duty and had the courage to show it to me. I, in my selfishness, would have left my father for him, hut he knew that it was ray duty to remain at home, and therefore he went. That is the situple truth.' I was almost speechless, so great was ray surprise at her defense of him, but I made one more effort " 'But has ho not forgotten you, i3 he not about to marry again?' " 'Stop, John. You do not know what you are saying. Do you think that I believe for a moment what a newspaper says when I know my hus? band as I do? I should have little faith indeed. John, I must see him before ho goes away. If you will not accompany me, I must go alone. ' "I was amazed, but what could I do? She was determined, and I could not allow her to go alone. So she easily induced mo to promise to go with her. Preparations were rapidly arranged fer ! i the journey to Kew York, but all cf j our plans at the last minute were upset j by the sudden illness of the litUe girl, j Believing, as I do, in fate, I looked up ; on this as a sign that we should aban? don the idea of seeking out the father. I oould not, however, make my sister seejtt so, and _ though ^the^ steamer had sailed long before" Virgie was w? enough to travel she insisted on joi ing her husband, even though it enta: ed the necessity of crossing the ocea Sh? anticipated a happy reunion wi her husband and a future life of ha piness and love. As I saw her lookii brighter and brighter, day by day, ev? in the anticipation, ranch as I detest* tba man, I could not find it in my hea to thwart her. She was so sure of tl joyous welcome with which she won! be received that she had the child portrait painted and placed in a locke In fact, she had two made, one for he self and one which she intended to ser to her husband on her arrival in Pari This last was thc counterpart of tl other, save that she had his name < rather his initials engraved on the ga case. "To shorten my narrative as muc as possible, that I may surely finish before I am discovered here in my r< treat, I will at once come to our arrivj in Paris. It was with little difficult that I learned of Marvel's whereabout for his official duties made him a ma of some note. My sister wrote a mo; affectionate letter, telling him all thi had passed since he had left her and < the birth of the child. With it sho ii closed the locket and portrait This wc forwarded, and she waited impatient! for him to hasten to her side. 1 'But the days passed and no wor came. She made every excuse for hin urging that his new duties must detai him and making other similar pleas i his behalf. Meanwhile I instinctive! knew that he was but a heartless vii lain, and I never expected him to be have toward his -wife as a man should At length even Matilda commenced t doubt, until the thought entered he brain that perhaps her letter had neve reached him. Then she determined t seek him in person. I endeavored to dis suade her from this project, but it wa impossible to detain her, and so I wen with her to his hotel. We asked to se him and were shown into a private par lor connected with his suit There w were allowed to wait but a few mc ments and then were joined by a tall handsome woman, who inquired wh; we had called. We said we wished t< see Marvel in person, to which she re plied: " 'Ho is engaged at present, but I an his wife. ' " 'What!' exclaimed my sister. 'Hi: wife? Woman, yoS are mad! lam hi wife,' "The other did not so much as start but coolly replied: "'Oh, I see! You must be that li ttl? rebel that he met down in Bichmond. '. have heard all about that affair. Ht told it to me before we were married. (Here Mr. Barnes uttered a particularly loud grunt of satisfaction.) 'So yoi have come to claim him, now that he if somebody of consequence. Quite ro? mantic, I declare, but it won't do, VOE know. He never will acknowledge you.: "'You forget yourself, madam,' said L. 'By your own words you have admit? ted my sister's claim as this man's wife and' therefore must see that you aro not his wife at alL ' "'Oh, indeed! How pleasant of you to come and tell me! But I tell you it will not da He will not be bound by such a marriage as your sister tricked him into when he was a prisoner. . "I thought it best to take my sister away, but she would not stir. '"I will not go,'said she, 'until I have seen him!' " 'Oh! Very well, if you insist! Though it is useless, I assure you. ' The woman turned and left the room. A mo? ment later Marvel entered. " 'Well, madam,' he began, address? ing my sister, 'what can I do for you?' "'Walter' " 'Excuse me, but you may spare yourself. . I have heard from my wife the object of your call, and, besides, I re? ceived your letter and so am aware of all the circumstances. I regret the whole affair, I assure you, and since there is a child, which you say is mine, why of course anything that I can do in a pecuniary way to relieve your wants I would be most willing' "'You villain 1' I began, and was about to grasp him by the throat to strangle him, when my sister caught me by the arm and, with more calmness than I could have expected, said: " 'Na not that way! He must suffer as I shall. I must be avenged, but death is too tame for my wishes!' With these words she hastened frcm the room. Hardly knowing-what to do, I followed. We entered the carri^c which awaited us and were borne to ocr hotel, Matilda keeping silent during the trip. As soon, however, as we were in our parlor, she said: " 'John, go at once for a lawyer!' I immediately divined ber intention and went out, only too glad that at last this fiend was to have his deserts. "It will suffice here to state that we readily had Marvel arrested and tried, for, however lax the Parisians may be in morals, bigamy is a crime there, as elsewhere, and with but little trouble we secured his conviction. His appoint? ment to his foreign mission had has? tened his going abroad, but the news? paper had made a mistake in saying that he would take a wife with him. He had been engaged to marry this v. o man, but she and her parents had bee ) spending somo months in Paris, au ri their wedding had taten place there only a short time prior to our arrival. Thus the crime had been committed 0:1 French soil and was punishablo there. My sister maintained her strength aud appeared at the trial to testify against Marvel, a circumstance which greatly assisted in securing his convictiou, but immediately after she became quite ill and died before I returned to America. Thus ends the sad history of my sister and her wrongs. Now about myself. "At the trial, when Marvel was sen? tenced to the full penalty of the law, he started up and uttered the most horrible invectives against my sister. Theu, turning to me, he said: " 'As for you, who have houuded me down, I warn you that when I get out of this trouble, wherever you may hide away, I will find you, and I will kill you, so help me God!' It was terrible to hear him, and as he spoke I knew that if ever ha shonld have the chance he would execute his threat. "It was the certainty of this which instigated me in my subsequent course. I concluded that when we should meet one of us must die, and I felt that com? mon justice made it but right that be should be the ene. Not satisfied with hastening the death of my father and my sister, he must also threaten my life. So I made my plans. If he should come with murderous intent, I would be ready, and if he did not no ham could accrue. "I foresaw that some shrewd detect? ive would discover that this man had crossed the ocean to commit a crime, and I determined to let it appear that he had succeeded. I would kill him, dress him in my clothing and let it seem that I was the murdered man. But as I must further be able to account for my own presence I plotted to reap? pear as my own son. To this end I vis? ited an academy on Washington Heights and spoke of placing my son there, though I afterward informed the school? master that I had sent him elsewhere. However, I interested myself in his insti? tution and offered to make some needed repairs. Then I spent some time at the school, and while there I wrote to par? ties out of town, inclosing self address? ed envelopes for their replies. These were in due time returned to me prop? erly postmarked, and it was an easy matter for me to write fictitious letters, as though to my son, and place them in these covers. These, when the time should come, would be proof enough of my identity, and as I knew that years would pass before I could use them I concluded that no one would doubt that they were genuine. ' '?Next I allowed my beard to grow toits full length, that being tho "style in which Marvel always wore his. I knew that his would be shaved as long as he remained in prison, but I thought that he would allow his beard to grow again as soon as he should regain his liberty, ES it hid a scar from a wound that would otherwise greatly disfigure him. Then I dyed my whiskers, eye? brows and hair black, in imitation of his, my own being quite red. I had no relatives, and absolutely no friends or acquaintances in the north, and I deter? mined not to revisit Richmond. Conse? quently I had all my southern property converted into cash and forwarded to me. I then locked about for a suitable place to live and selected Lee. "I did nothing more in furtherance of my plans except to speak to all of my new friends of the sou who had left me and had run away. I was quite young at this time, but. 19 in fact, although I was fully matured and looked much older. . "The years rolled by and nothing oc? curred to disturb the serenity of our home in this little New England town except that the Marvel family came here to reside. This I considered another fa? tality, and fer that reason I did net move awav. [TO BE CONTDTTJED.] Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. BARBY # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potash 500 Tons Dissolved Bone, 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. 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