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RSDRI?UES \J j if OTTOLENQ?I ^ A?TMOR Of AN ARTIST IH CRIME ETC. <^==i ' [Copyright, 1897, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.] WSD??SS?AYS JAN. 5, iisfa8. "At last came the birthday which would make it necessary for me to ex? plain more to Virgie than I had ever yet done. After, dinner I was listening to Squire Olney, but at the same time I was moodily thinking over the past, with its terribie memories, when young Marvel asked to speak to me. I was then startled to bear him, another Walter Marvel, declare that he had won the heart of my little girL Was it surpris? ing that I should act as I did and deny his suit, or that in my anger I should blurt out a part of the truth? The events which followed are too well known to need iteration here. So I will come at once to the night of the murder. "I was sitting in the parlor, ponder? ing bitterly over my position. I had be? gun to realize the fact that if I should pursue the course which I had begun and should prosecute Marvel it must be ?t the cost to myself of Virgie's love. I was debating as to - the most sensible course to adopt when, suddenly, I heard a pistol shot and a bullet broke through the pane.. I jumped up, hurried to the window and distinctly saw a man grap? pling with my dog. The snow had ceased to fall, and there was light from the moon, which was visible through the clouds as they broke away. I thought this was young Marvel and that he had deliberately fired through my window, in pursuance of the threat made on the day of the party. I had seen Virgie pass through the parlor and leave her pistol on the mantel; so quickly possessing my? self cf it lured at the retreating figure. At the same moment a second shot was . -fired, this time at me, for it struck me > on the head, though it inflicted but a flight wound. "I learned at the inquest that these shots were fired respectively by Lucas and Miss Marvel-the first accidentally and the second deliberately, though at the time I did not see whence the latter came and supposed that it was from the man's weapon. "A very few minutes after this I heard the knocker at my frontdoor. Thinking that it might be young Mar? vel still desirous of injuring me, I con? cluded to gp prepared and took a weap? on in my hand. I did not again take Virgie's, for I had time to think before acting, and as I was possibly about to take a life it occurred to me that it would not do to use Virgie's pistol, be? cause it has her name on it At the same moment it flashed across my mind that young Marvel's, also bore his name and that it was in my possession. I tock it from the drawer where I kept it, and went to the front door, where the man outside was again knocking. I opened it and a bearded man entered. When I saw that it was not young Marvel, I led the way back to the parlor. Beaching there, I faced the man and inquired his name. "'Walter Marvel,' be replied, 'and your day of reckoning has arrived.' For a moment I was dazed, and I did not remember that there-were two who bore this name. " 'That is impossible!' I exclaimed. 1 do not recognize you. ' . ** ' You will in a moment * he an? swered, and put his hand to his hip pocket Immediately I understood. This was the elder Marvel, and the time had come for him to take my life or for me to take his. . "I was certain that he was at that moment getting out a weapon, though, as it proved later, it must have been that as evidence of his identity he meant to show me the locket which my sister had sent to him. I think that he wished to know where his daughter was before going to extremities. Be that as it may, I thought that ho was about to raise his hand against my life, and so, having a pistol already in my hand, I shot him, and he died almost without a struggle. "I at once proceeded to carry out my long prepared plan. I stripped the body, cutting the garments away, with the exception of the long coat, which, with much difficulty, I succeeded in remov? ing without destroying, as I decided to wear it away from the house. There was not a moment's delay, fer I had long been ready for this emergency and so acted promptly. I got one of my own shirts, making sure that it was marked with my name, and slipping this on him made it appear that I had been aroused after going to sleep. Next I arranged the shkf so that it touched the wound and allowed some of the blood to soak through. This served as a mark, and I fired at it in order that there should be a bullet hole through the garment and near enough to the other for both shots to havo entered the same spot. I suppose that my hand trem? bled somewhat, and that is why, as the doctor testified, this was but a slight wound and the bullet passed out again. It can be found in the floor, of course, if it be deemed necessary to substantiate my statement in that way. ' 'Next to make the identification com? plete, I placed upon the finger of the corpse the large diamond ring which I had always worn, and which is well known. This was again fatality, for this is a ring which he gave to my sis? ter when he engaged her affections. It was with some difficulty that I got the ring on, fer his finger was much larger than mine." (Again Mr. Barnes utter? ed an ejaculation and thought to him? self: "Exactly, and it was so small a thing as that which led me finally to suspect the ftuth. If the finger could not swell after death, as the doctor claims to be the fact then the ring should not have been so tight") "I then built upa roaring fire and held the head ofthe dead man in Jt long enough M7 shot him and he died almost without struggle.''1. to scorch and disngnre mm hey?hcl il oguition. I then laid him down ne the hearth so that it would appear th he had dropped there and had be? burned afterward. Next I hurried wrcto the slips of paper found by Vi gie and the detectives, through which meant ttTpomt to young Marvel as fcJ murderer, forgetting that science wou prove that death had been instantan ous and therefore that the victim hi not had time to make such an accus tum. "When I first bought this house, for seeing the necessity for this crime, caused this secret room to be construe ed, to do which it was only necessa] to close np the closets which original, opened into the adjoining rooms.. Ile: I had everything that I would need i this emergency, and therefore came i this room arid quickly shaved off m beard. Then I washed ont my hair an eyebrows, using a liquid which I Ice] specially for this purpose. Thus the were restored to their natural red cole and would easily prevent my identifia tion. Any resemblance in face or voie I hoped would be accepted as a naturi inheritance of a son from his father, left my own clothing in my sleepin room to give colorto the theory that I ha retired. The dead man's effects I packe in a satchel, except his overcoat, whic I slipped on over the sailer's suit whic I had adopted. I easily caught the trair which passes Lee Depot at 10:S9, an thus it will be seen that the crime ot curred while Virgie and young Marve were together across the river. I left th train at Epping. Here fate favored me for a hotel man gave me a lift in hi wagon and claimed that he recognize me as young Marvel. So I admitted this he had guessed my name. Leavin him, I went to the old house belongin to Miarvel, and here I turned the arti cles that I had in the satchel, arnon, which there must have been some wire which Burrows afterward, to strengthe: his theory, erroneously claimed was ; part of a set of false whiskers. Next hid the pistol and the piece of plat which had my name engraved on it am which I broke from the satchel. In rear ranging the stones I did so in such ; clumsy way that any one would discov er what was hidden beneath. "It was now but half past ll, and thinking there was sufficient time be fore me, I threw myself on the bed an< tried to sleep. I had not been ther< j more than two or three hours, however when I heard some one enter the house I started up and sprang to the window The boughs of a huge elm were quit? near, and I easily stepped into the tree. Here I remained hidden by the dena foliage, for, despite the danger, I coule not resist the curiosity to know who i was that was in the house. In a vcr] few moments a light appeared, and J clearly saw that it was young Waite] Marvel himself. Everything seemed t< favor my plot Waiting until his light was extinguished again and until I could slip out of the tree without at? tracting his attention I stole silently away. I walked to New Market Junc? tion, where I boarded the early morn? ing train for New Market, for, though I could easily have continued on to :h at place on foot, I wished to give coleir tc the story which I intended to tell, ol having come from Portsmouth, by being seen to leave the proper train. During this short ride the conductor pointed out to me two men and told mo that they were detectives. It was these same two that I afterward recognized at the saloon, when the squire informed me that ho was taking detectives to my house. I was startled, not unnaturally, to learn that experienced men would be on the scene of the crime so early, and in my agitation I almost betrayed my? self, as I know, because Burrows ques? tioned me afterward. "Another unexpected event was when my dog recognized me at the house and plainly showed his friendship. Strange as it may seem, this possibility, obvious as it should have been, had not even oc? curred to me. A man who commits a crime always overlooks something. I was so taken by surprise that I scarcely knew what to do, for the animal is so savage that it would, of course, look strange to the squire to see him fawn upon a stranger. However, I made a lame attempt at explanation, but poor as it was it served to Juli suspicion. "That night, as fate wcuid have it, I was assigned to my own room, and, thinking over the whole affair, it sud? denly occurred to me that a post mor? tem would reveal the fact tha? one wound had caused instantaneous death, and, for all that I could tell at that time, the other might ce of the same charac? ter. However, I saw at a glance that the only way to explain tho presence cf the paper which I had written would be by supposing one wound to have, bee n made by either of thc shots which had been fired from thc lawn. In that eve::: the position of the wound on the body would lead the detectives to search for the corresponding hole through my clothing. I therefore determined to se? crete these garments in this apartment, and to let their disappearance be a part cf the mystery. "Everything went as I had planned, except that the paper fell into the hands of Virgie, and led her to believe in i jcuog Marvels jjuilt Thus, in her ef forts lo save him, s"he hers?l? became entangled in the affair and even accused herself of the crime. To prevent the con? sequences of this, ? led Hr. Barnes to where ho would iind the evidence which I had manufactured against young Mar? vel. I wished to remain behind to search for the bundle which he claimed to have thrown into the river, and which I would have destroyed if I had found it But i:he shrew cl detective would not allow me to leave him. When we reached Ep? ping, we found Burrows ahead cf us. He had ferreted out all that I wished to be discovered. I coigratnlated myself that ail would yet be well, when Mr. Barnes at ouce demonstrated the fact that Marvel could prove an alibi, or else that Virgie must be considered an ac? complice. "Thus I have no recourse but to die. The truth must be known that the in? nocent may not suffer. It is hard that what I have so long and earnestly guarded should at last be revealed. I have been a victim of circumstances, rather than a criminal, and it seems unjust I suppose I should not have raised my hand against my fellow man, and, though it was, as I thought, in self defense, still it is true that I had long premeditated the killing, and so I bow my head to the stroke of fate. The ? one pang that I suffer is that, after all | these years, my niece must learn what j a villain her father was and that her j uncle is a murderer and a suicide. "I am confident that Mr. Barnes sus- i pects the truth and that his skill will place him in a position to unravel the mystery. Should he be the one, as I think likely, to discover my dead body and this writing, it is the last prayer ol a doomed man that if his fertile brain can invent a tale whereby Virgie could be kept in ignorance of my sin he will exert himself to that end. If not, I humbly pray that Virgie will pardon me for the misery which I have caused her, that she may enjoy long years of happiness, and that in time she may como to think of me as one who loved her dearly and who now cheerfully sac? rifices his life to insure her safety. And now, God's will be done, and may he have mercy on my soul. " "Amen!" exclaimed Mr. Barnes. CHAPTER XVIII DETECTIVE BASSES SURPRISES DETECTIVE BURROWS. "A noble man destroyed by a cruel chain of circumstances,'1 thought Mr. Barnes, as he concluded the perusal of the tale. He then leaned his elbow on the table and, with his mouth partly open, beat a tattoo upon his teeth with his finger ends, a habit of his when lost in thought and intent upon some knot? ty problem. He sat thus for more than a quarter of an hour, and then mut? tered: "I have it That man's secret shall be preserved." Carefully placing the document in his pocket, he then gathered up all the writing materials that lay on the table, his idea being to prevent any one from entertaining the suspicion that tho dead man had left any telltale writing be? hind him. Satisfied that this was ac? complished, he descended to the room below and awaited the arrival of the squire, who, in due time, came with Virginia, accompanied also by Burrows and Dr. Snow. "Ah! Mr. Barnes," said the squire, "Virgie tells me that you have solved the mystery of this murder." "Yes, sir. Chance has favored me, and I am glad that I have succeeded in saving the accused without the necessi? ty of atrial." "Areyou sure you can do that?" ask? ed Burrows. "Oh, yes. I could demand Marvel's discharge, even though I had not dis? covered the real murderer, for I have the disguise which he threw into the river, and in the pocket of the vest I found the locket which he said would be there." Burrows was astounded, but was un? willing to give up his pet theory with? out a struggle. "How do you account for the initials of the accused being on the locket found in the dead man's hands?" "They also appear on the one which I found in the vest and which I have here. You may examine it, and you will observe that it is the facsimile of the other. Thus it is plain that tb ero were originally two, and I presume that by a coincidence these are the ini- j tials also of Miss Lewis' mother. She is not certain, as she only knows one of the names,'Matilda.' The ether must have begun with 'W. ' " Mr. Barnes knew better than this, but he had decided to suppress the truth, and therefore he accounted fer this point as best he could. He then re? lated the means by which he had recov? ered the bundle, and Burrows, at the conclusion of his tale, exclaimed: "Well, Mr. Barnes, you have entirely overturned my theory, and the only sat? isfaction left to me is that the innocent will not be made to suffer through me. " I "Mr. Barnes," said the squire, "you -have not told us yet who the murderer is and how you discovered him. " "It is very simple. By an unaccount- j able prejudice I suspected that this man j was not what he claimed to be. You re- j call his story of having been at school in i New York. I repaired thither and learn- j ed that no such boy had ever been there, j Mr. Lewis, it seems, made a present to ! the academy y vms ago, and this man | must have found some of the letters j which Mr. Lewis received while, stop- i ping there, and, using the envelopes to \ get the dates right, forged thc inclosed j letters which he showed to you." "Thun you came back here, I suppose, j to arrest him?" i "Exactly, and I find him dead. That j j would seem to prove that he feared dis- ! covery and took his life lo evade arrest. ? However, that is not sufficient for me. j i I must find cut the exact object of this ; j crime and will do so. I promise you \ ? that if you will delay the inquest till ! j Tuesday, so as to ?ive me a chance to ! follow up a clew which I have, I will j endeavor to clear np the whole matter. ' ' The squire willingly acquiesced. Mr. j Barnes hastened to New York as speed- j ily as possible and learned from the spy i that the woman had made no effort to j change her place of residence, perhans I realizing fn?? uselessness di sb u?*I?g~?T? er what had taken place in her apart ment f?e went at once to the hotel, and scuding his name up, was shewn int her presence. As scon as he entered sh began: "I do not know why I have allowe you to come up to see me!" "I do!" replied Mr. Barnes tersely. "Then tell"me." "Curiosity. " "You are clever. Now, satisfy m; curiosity. " "I came here ::o tell you all that have discovered." "Well?" "I was engaged to find your hus band. " "Yes. Goon." "I have found him." "Where?" "Where I told you that I would. E left this city with a murderous intent j and I looked for him in the vicinity o i the crime. " "He has not killed any one. I wil ; not believe it." I "No; his guilty plans reacted OJ I himself." "What do you mean?" ! "He is dead." ! "Merciful God!" "Yes; the Almighty has been merci i ful to him if we consider the wron^ ; that he had done and still meditated I His victims have suffered far more thai ? he. Now, madam, let us come to busi I ness at once. You must go with me. ' ' I "Go with you? Where?" "To New Hampshire. Listen! You husband, as you call him, went up tiber to commit a crime which he had threat ened many years ago-namely, to kil this man Lewis. He reached the housi and met Lewis, but the latter had lonj awaited his coming and was pr?par?e for his arrival. Before your busbane could carry out his design a bullet end ed his career. " "This is terrible. Why did he go? '. warned him that the man would not al low himself to be harmed" "Ah! Then, as I supposed, you knev his intentions before he went Howev er, as he did not succeed you cannot bi held on that charge. To continue, Lew is, as I have said, killed Marvel. He then succeeded in making every one be lie ve that it was his own body whici j was found, while he passed off for hi.? ? son, just returned .from sea. This migbl I have been a successful ruse had not i strange chain of circumstances impli cated his niece in the affair, and de? spairing cf proving her innocence ir any other way ho committed suiciele. leaving a full confession. " "I don't see what I have to do wi? all this." i " You will in a moment. If the trutl ! is exposed, the knowledge must com? to this girl cf who and what her fathei was, besides the fact that her uncle kill? ed him. This I have determined sh ali not be. Justice makes no such demand, and I choose to give this girl a future unclouded by such a past." "How will you hide the truth?" "I must invent a tale which will iii the circumstances, and you must sub? stantiate the story." "I will do nothing of the kind." "Oh! Yes, you shall. You will have no choice in the matter. " "I tell you I will not. Who is this girl? The daughter cf the woman whe crossed the sea to take my husband away from me." i "You and that man, by your heart I less treatment of that woman, hastened, j I may say caused, her death." "What do I care for that? If yon , think I will help you to spare the deli? cate feelings of this girl, you do not I know me." "It is just because I imagine that I ? do know you that I am so confident j that you will aid me. " i "What do you mean?" "You must choose between obeying me and absolute poverty." "How so?" "I will explain. Marvel married this girl's mother, and she is his child. His wife was alive when you married him, and, according to your confession to her, when she met you in Paris, you knew of this first marriage, but chose to ig? nore it. If you had been united in this state, I could easily have you imprison? ed for that bigamous marriage, but for? tunately fer you, you were married abroad. However, I will not let you slip through my fingers for all that. I think you did what you attributed to the real wife. You were anxious to share Mar? vel's position and his fortune, and there? fore I believe you will do anything for money. So X intend to manage you through your cupidity. If you persist in your obstinacy, I will reveal all that I have learned and will see that steps are taken to gain possession of Marvel's property for his rightful heir, his daugh? ter. Moreover, you shall be made to give up whatever moneys you now have of his, as they become a part of his estate. This will be simple, for, as you can easily bo shown by the records of tho j Parisian court to be the bigamous wife j only, cf course you would be entitled to j no share in his property." "Hov/ is it that you are so well in? formed?" "It is my profession to bc well in? formed. I have; no timo to spare. Choose!" "You are a devil!" Then, after a few minutes' hesitation, "What is it that j you wish me to do?" "So! Yon decide that my way is best, do you? You arc wi.se! Well, then, you will return with me, and on the way I will explain what I require c* you. Obey mo and no harm shall como to you. " * o a * * * ? The inquest ever the dead body which had been found in the secret room at j tracted even moro interest and agreater crowd than had the first All looked eagerly forward to thc explanation promised by Mr. Barnes, and loud were the praises which he received on every side. At length the moment arrived, anel the woman whom the detective had brought with him against her will was made to take the stand. Prompted by Mr. Barnes, Mr. Tupper cemducted the examination of this witness: "Will you give your name if you please, madam?" ___:_J "Mrs. Horace Pani." "Yon have seen tho body of the de? ceased:" "I have. " "Do yon recognize it?" "I do. It is thc body of ray hus? band. " This caused a sensation. "Can you give any reason why he should have wished to harm Mr. Lewis?" "He knew Mr. Lewis long ago and did some work for him. My husband was an architect and a practical car? penter. Mr. Lewis engaged him when he first came to this town to build a secret apartment in his house. Mr. Lewis was very anxious that no one should know of this hiding place, and that is why he brought a man from a distant city to do this work. His anxie? ty to keep his secret, coupled with the fact that he paid my husband an im? mense sum of money and stipulated that he should never return to Lee, made my husband suspect that it mus^i have been as a storehouse for money that he wished to use it. He spoke so often of this that, fearing he might be tempted to investigate it, at length I persuaded him to go with me to Europe. Lately, however, he insisted on returning, as we had used up most of our means. I did not believe, after so many years, that ho would again think of this 'hid? den treasure, ' as he was wont to call it. But now I see it must have been that which brought him here." After this testimony she was allowed to retire, and Mr. Barnes took the stand to make a statemei- < ' 'Before we give this case to the jury I should like to say that I think this man remained after the crime was com? mitted with the intention cf searching for the treasure. Mr. Burrows will tes? tify that he heard him in the secret chamber during the first night after the murder. I think he assumed the per? sonality of the dead man's son as the best means of enjoying the fortune which he expected to obtain as well as to avoid suspicion most effectually. Failing to find any treasure cr to inher? it under the will, it v\ as still his only means of safety to remain. Fear or re j morse at last impelled suicide, a not un? usual thing with criminals of an intel j lectual order." The verdict cf the jury placed the re j sponsibility for the murder on the dead ! man, and indeed, though it little under I stood the true facts of the case, that I was where it justly belonged. There still remained one or two ? points about which Mr. Barnes felt a curiosity, and at the first opportunity after Marvel's release ho questioned him. "Mr. Marvel," said he, "how is it that you thought that Mr. Lewis was dead, as we supposed him to be when I spoke to you on the vessel at Ports? mouth?" "I guessed it. I had received a letter from Miss Lewis, in which she used the "ITiave no time to sajare. Choose!" j words 'after the events of ?ast night.' j I did not quite understand this at first, j though I placed no special importance j on it until you told me that a mur ! der had been committed. It flashed over I my mind in a moment that it was to this that Virgie had alluded, and I I feared that she and her uncle had quar? reled on her return to the house after ! leaving me and that in a fit of passion she had killed him. That is why I re ? fused to go back with you. I did not wish to be a witness against ber. After? ward it dawned upon me that I myself must have been suspected, or you would never have come after me. Then I was anxious to return." "That explains the point in question, but there is ene other matter. Why was it that Mr. Everly sent you a letter that night and that you went to Ep? ping instead cf going to Portsmouth?" "I formed the idea of going to Ports? mouth after I reached the farm that night. Previously I had sent word to Everly, asking him to get some money for me and explaining how he could for? ward it without betraying my where? abouts. If he had brought it himself, his presence in Epping might have ex? cited suspicion, as he was well known to be my friend. I knew that we could trust the matter to Harrison, and I sug? gested him as the bearer of the letter and money. To receive these I was compelled to go to Epping." ******* Some months later Mr. Barnes re? ceived cards to the nuptials of Virignia Lewis and Walter Marvel and was pleased to attend the ceremony. The bride and groom went abroad on their honeymoon. A few days after their de? parture Squire Olney sent to the detect? ive a certified check for ?3, OOO, with tho information that it must be accepted from thc newly married couple, as Vir? ginia happily expressed it, "in part payment for our happiness, which wo enjoy through you. " They had delayed making this presentation until they should bc out of the country, lest Mr. Barnes might endeavor to return the gift. Appreciating the intentions which prompted its bestowal, Mr. Barnes ac? cepted the money. He is now his own master, being chief of a private bureau which he has established in New York. I may as well mention, also, that Bur? rows manfully apologized to Mr. Barnes for his actions in this case and was once more received into the good graces of the more experienced detective. THE END. Watch for the next story. Are much in little; always ready, efficient, satisfac? tory : prevent a cold or fever, cure Jill liver ills, sick head? ache, jaundice, constipation, etc. Price 25 cents. 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