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By JULIAN HAWTHORNE, Author, of
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[CONTINUED.!
"The whole affair came about by an
accident, without any prearrangement
at alL When I went down to the pier
of the steamship, Val had suggested my
making one or two alterations in mr
dress and appearance, so that if any one
were on the lookcus for me I should pass
for Valentine. Afterwards, on the
steamer, we found that people were giv?
ing us each other's names, and we let it
be so. We occupied the same state room
and I used his tilings-I had brought
very little of my own with me.
"On the voyage he told me all his pri?
vate history; I afterwards thought that
if he had been consciously training ms
to personate him he could not have done
it more effectually. Then came the day
of the hurricane. We w^re close to?
gether all the time until within a few
minutes of the time the wind changed.
Wo were in the cabin; there was a lan?
tern buring, but it was almost quite
dark. Val left me and went to our room.
I could see him there;- he seemed tobe
renting on something that he held up
before him. Afterwards he went towards
the steward's room, holding on by the
iron pillars of tho cabin as he went. That
was the last I saw of him. Ile must -
have gone on deck-for what I can't im?
agine-and been swept overboard. No
one knew anything of it until the next
morning."
"Now I know-now I know!" mur?
mured Pauline, pressing her hands over
her heart. "It was he-he did not for?
get-I might have known it!"
. "What might you have known?*' asked
her brother.
"Nothing; go on. When you found
that he was dead what then?"
"We had agreed liefere to go to Mex- ?
ico. He had letters and papers. I took
them and went traveling as Valentine
Martin. I saw that in that way 1 should
get a standing in the place w hich I could i
not have obtained for mvself, and that
the report of my death would throw off
the police. I was cordially received in
Mexico, and put in the way of doing
some valuable business. Everything
prospered with mo, as it had never done
before. The story is too long to tell fully
now; but in the midst of my success an
extraordinary thing occurred; an Eng?
lish agent of the Martin estate came over
and told me-supposing me to he Valen?
tine-that by my brothers deal li I was
the heir. I did not wish to enter into j
explanations, so I simply told him that j
I did not want the estate, and that it ;
might go to the 2iext of kin. I had for- ;
gotten that Val had a-wife, though, of
course, I knew all aix>ut her. She had :
ruined his life in more ways than one, j
and was no better than she should be; ?
but if Ins death were known she would j
be entitled to a share of the estate. It
seems alic had go: wind of the English
agent's business, and had followed him j
from New Zealand. I had a curious, in?
terview with her; she charged me fin?
ally with having made away with her
husband in-order by personating him tc j
get his property, and treating my asser- :
tion that i was not going to touch the
property as mere buncombe. But the :
next day I got a letter from her in which ;
she actually offered, in case I would
make common cause with her, to go to
England, prove her marriage to Valen?
tine, get the estate and then divide with
me!" j
"Poor Valentine!" murmured Pauline, j
with a trembling lip.
"When I refused she declared war, .
and said ?he would expose mc as an im?
postor and probable murderer. She
learned that I was maiia?er and part j
owner of a valuable mine that I had dis?
covered near Pach uca. The other owners
were two high omcers of the govern?
ment. She went to them with her story.
They told me That she had said. I had
already made ap m-y mind what to do; I :
gave them th? whole histor}* of what had
happened since Valentine and 1 had ieft
Nev.- York; I told them what he had told
me about his wife, and then I showed
them the letter she had just written me.
I knew I was risking everything in mak- '
ing a clean breast of it, but the fact was
I was tired of living under a name that
did not belong to me, and I wanted to ,
nut an end to it at all hazards."
"I ara glad of tbatP said F'auline.
"They were rather upset by the story,
and for a while I thought the affair
would go against mo. But I suspect they j
considered me too useful a man to lose.
I was making a great deal of money for
them and doing ail the work, and .then
the woman's letter tipped the benin.
They said finally that they would accept
me for what I was if I could give them ?
satisfactory proof that I was what I de- ;
dared myself to be. Ix?t me snow let- -
ter? or vouchers from reputable pe rsons
in New York bearing out my account of
myself and they would accept me as a
full equivalent for what ? had pretended
to i>c. I had a power of attorney that
Val liad given nie on the steamer, but of
course I could not tell them what had
led to tay leaving New Y?rk, I could
not ask any one h<-re for a certificate <-f
goo'l character until my name had been
cleared of tho charge against it. B.it it
wouldn't do to hesitate, so i said, on thu
spur of the moment, that I would go to
Iwew York, get thc evidence they re?
quired and return to them with it So
here I am; hut I overheard some conver?
sation coming down on tho boat Let "n
ttie English agent and a New York de?
tective v inci: made it seem probable
that my affairs wiil be investigated
whether I like it or t ot, and that mean?
while the true story of how tho robbery
was committed has not been revealed
yet. How i? it?"
The answer to tins question led to a
long conversation, ia thecoursoof which
Percy learned all that, had happened dur?
ing his absence, including Pauline's mar?
riage. The search for the thief forwbosa
crime he had suffered had as yet mot with
no success, but it was stUT being carried
on. After discussing the matter, it was
decided that Percy's presence in the city
should, for Ute moment, be kept a secret
from every one, even from his mother
and Judge Ketello. ?Te should conceal
himself in lodging'; in tho upper part of
the town, where iiiuiino . mid visit him
from time to time, and report the pro?
gress of affairs, and iearn, if possible,
from Inspector Byrnes, what were tho
object and result of tho English agent
Clifton's mission to New York, There
r?ght be difficulties in the- way, but t,he
brother and sister were young and be?
lieved that the longest lane has a turn
?t was lato when Pauline drove -ap to
the door of lier house, and, alighting,
walked up tho steps of tho porch. Her
mind was full of her brother, and she did j
not notice tho tall man with the black
mustache who stood on the corner of the
street tapping his boot with his cane.
CHAPTER XX.
A CHECK.
AVING seen the
lady into the
house, the man >
with the black
mustachios J
turned on his heel
and saun tered
away.
Black Horace
(as he was known j
to his intimates) !
was not born to
a criminal career,
and his present i
position and char- j
1 acter were the result partly of innate ?
. evil and partly of circumstances. He ;
i had received an excellent education and j
! had graduated from the New York Med- j
; ical schco.1 in good standing. Up to that |
j time, beyond a tendency to loose com
! pany and irregular habits, he had devel
'? oped no noticeably bad tendencies. The
: chances were that he would outgrow his
i youthful follies and become a useful
I member of society.
i Almost immediately upon his gradua
\ tion, however, his destiny took a sinister
? turn. At a parting supper with kiscoro
j rades he got into a quarrel with one of
! them, ending in a scuiae in which blows
? were exchanged. The quarrel was
! patched up and tho two antagonists
! shook hands and drank together, but
! Horace secretly bore a grudge and.wa? \
j determined to "get even." At. the- end j
of the evening, his late antagonist being .
j somewhat the worse for liquor, Horace :
I volunteered to see him home. They j
: walked off together, Horace revolving in j
! his mind tho scheme of som? practical j
! joke.
That night Horace's companion was ?
found insensible on his doorstep with the j
j mark" of a blow from a slungshot behind j
his ear. He never entirely recovered |
I consciousness, and died tho next day j
; after uttering thc name of Horace Dupee. j
Horace was arrested on a charge of !
! murder, and in default of bail was j
thrown into prison. After a long series I
of delays extending over a year, ho was i
brougjit to trial and acquitted. The evi- ;
dence, though amounting to a strong
probability, was not conclusive, and the j
i jury gave him the benefit of tho doubt, j
He went forth nominally a free man, but j
his social and professional career were !
blasted ere they had fairly begun. The j
shadow of the mark of Cain, if not tho j
: mark itself, was upon him. i
I He might have changed his namo and
and achieved success ia another country, i
But half from sullen obstinacy, half ?
from lack of business energy, bc did not j
do this. Instead, he drifted into bad so- j
ciety and soon found himself in harmony ;
with it. The class of society in which ho ]
had formerly moved ceased to know lum. ;
The police began to take a :i interest in 1
him, but he was shrewd and cautious !
enough to avoid falling into their hands. <
Some cf his escapes were very narrow, !
but up th e present time his photograph !
had not appeared in the rogue's gallery, j
Li such a case, however, detection is sure ;
to come sooner er later. Some oversight j
is committed, some "pal" tums state's ;
evidence, or some fatality occurs.
Since the time of ins downfall Horace !
Dupee Lad wandered from place.to place ;
and lived in most states of tho Union. |
But again and again he returned to New i
York, though ije knew thal he ran greater j
risks there than elsewhere. At the time
we come up with him lie had been absent j
from the city for nearly a year. It was !
on the day after his arrival that his com- !
paniorr, Crush, had called his attention i
to Mrs. Ketelle. i
She was thc sister of the man of whose
murder ho had been accused. Tins fact !
was sufficient to inspire him with ani- ?
mosity against her. Ile had never seen :
her before. The only member of the \
family with whom he had ever come in |
personal contact was Jerrold Nolen. But i
he owed them all a grudge. If it had j.
not been for them he might have had a ?
successful career. Ile was prepared, !
therefore, to do her whatever iii turn
caine in Iiis way. Ii was an additional j
motive that the ill tum to .her could be !
made of advantage to himself. Crush I
had suggested tin's, and -.hough he had j
turned aside the suggestion he considered \
it none the less. There, was no need of j
letting (irtish into the affair. In secret j
councils was safety. Besides Crush had j
no claims u?>on him-quite the contrary; j
he, too, was associated with whatever
was disastrous in his life. Ile made up !
his minti to carry out his purpose \\itli
out saying anything to Grush abc^it it.
Several days passed. Ono afternoon i
Mrs. Ketelle left her house and took a
Fourth avenue car uptown. She left rt !
in the neighborhood of Harlem, walked
across town a cot ..pie of blocks and en
tered tho door of asmall Hat that i'cr;ved !
part of an unfinished block on a,side
street. She remained there for upwards
of >n hour. Twilight was beginning to j
?all when she came out.
She had not walked far when she j
heard a step behind her, and a voice j
said, "Coo-J irvviimg, Mrs. Ivetc?le, How
is the judge today?" I
Sile turned and saw at her si a well ;
dressed ;>r:i ol' dark complexion, who ?
fixed his eyes upon her i:i a manner shu
di I not like. Bul his knowledge of her J
name and of h< r husband led her to sup- ?
>>-.?. that sho must have met him some?
where anet forgotten him. "Yon must ;
ex cn ;'> me. .- ir," she said, "but voa have !
the advantage of me."
"Indeed, I believe you are right," he j
answered, with a short laugh. "Tho ad- |
vantage is all cn my side. But teil me, j
Mrs. Kctrile, how does married iii'.' ..nit ;
you? Docs thc judge come up io your !
exp! elations? For my ^?art 1 should ;
think twice before marryingawoman so I
much younger than myself. By the time ;
you arecoming into fui! bloom the judge ;
will bc in tho Ecre and yellow leaf. !
But I suppose 30U know how '<> manage
him. He hasn't betrayed any symptoms
of tho green eyed monster yet, has he?"
'luis speech produced such astonish- ?
ment in Pauline that sho could not lind 1
words to interrupt it. But when the
speaker paused shestood still and looked
hun curiously in tiie face.
"?You don't fitv:ii to be intoxicated,"
site'said, at-length. "Yon may he.crazy. ;
Whatever you are, I adviso you to g >. '
I do ";oi, wane you."
"No, I suppose not,*' ho replied, re?
turning lier glance insolently. "I am j
not tho lucky man. Tho judge has no j
cause to be jealous of me. But, on tko ?
Other hand, I may bo of som^"" .. io him. !
Of course, it wi!? to a pity to your '
little ;amc. Youjiive managed itali
so nicely ^^frn to providing him with ?
f?dg?-gi; atx? he is such a f?no looking!
young feilow, iiad i;^^ ?p :vr'?7?2d j
romantic. But, jou gg?~ T J,?yg ? high
1 regard for the judge, and I ean't bear ?
see him made a fool of. These billing
and cooing* in the park and assignation
in flats-they must be ?topped. Societ
won't stand it. And the best way t
stop it that I can think of is to te
Judge Ketelle."
Pauline listened to all this attentively
at first with a dreadful fear that thi
unknown man had become acquaintc
with tho fact that her brother had rc
turned to New York. . But as he wen
on she perceived that ke supposed Perc
to be her lover; and then his object bc
came clear. A deep blush oversprea?
her face. That she should bo though
capable, even by a wretch who did no
know her, of an illicit intrigue, fil lei
her with horror and anger. But under
neath this feeling there was another ant
a moro powerful ono. It was a feelin:
of relief arid * joy that her brother wa
safe, at least that she could- save* him h
the sacrifice (so far as this man- was con
ccmed) of her reputation as a pur
woman. By letting him continue t<
suppose that it was an ordinary intrigU'
in which she was engaged, and paying
him for his silence-for she divined tha
it was for that purpose he had accost?e
her-she could keep Percy's secret unti
the time arrived when it might safeh
be divulged. Thc sacrifice was perhapi
as arduous a one as an honest womal
could bo called upon to make; but then
was no hesitation in her mind as t<
whether or not she should make it.
"I have heard that there were sucl
persons as you, but I never saw ono be
fore," she said. "You are a blackmailer
are you not?"
There was something in her tone thai
touched a sore spot in him, callous ant
degraded though he had become. Tc
see her beautiful face and angry eye?
gazing straight into his, and to feel thal
her contempt for liim was far too great
for her to make any attempt to express
it in words, was an ex?>erience that ever
he found trying. He remembered, with
a pang of hopeless rage, that he might
have so lived as to have tho right tc
meet this lovely woman on terms o?
social equality, and to win her respect
and perhaps her regard. As it was, it
was impossible for one human lieing to
despise another moro than she despised
him. And yet what right had she to
despise him if she wer i herself repre?
hensible before society? Tho thought
hardened him again.
'.I seo you are up to business as well as
to some other things," he said. "I have
my living to make; you are paid for by
your husband and amuse yourself by de?
ceiving him. If he divorces you, you
may find out what it is to make your
own way in tho world; as long as your
good locks last no doubt it will be easy;
Gui after that you may bo ready to take
a few lessons from me. But meantime
I intend to bleed you for what I want.
As soon as you, get tired of paying me I
shall go to the judge-and you will go
to the devii. Is that plain?"
"Y'es, I understand you. You will
certainly earn your money," she re?
marked, with a smile that made him
grind his teeth. ""Well, then, 1 will pay
you for your silence. Now, as to the
amount. Have you thought about that?"
"You will hand over five hudred dol?
lars this evening. I will let you know
when I want any more."
"No," she said decisively, "I will nc*,
give vou five hundred dollars. That is
absurd."
"Either that, or your husband knows
all about your performances before he
goes lo bcd to-night."
"Very weil. But recollect .that by be?
traying me to him you will free me from
every restraint and scruple. I suppose
you don't need to be told that I am not
kindly disposed toward you. The pleas?
ure of destroying you would compensate
me for tho loss of social position you
speak of. While you are with my hus?
band I shall be with Inspector Byrnes.
I promise you faithfully that you shall
suffer thc utmost penalty of the law. and
after the law has done with you I will
take you in hand myself. When that
time comes you will wish that the law
had kept you longer. You will never
draw a breath that is not free from pain
and terror as long as you live. lx>ok tit
me, sir. Don't von think I mean what I
say?'
The quietness of anger at white heat
was in her eves and voice, and it scared
the man somewhat, as it would have
scared a much moro doughty rascal. Ho
forced a laugh and struck his boot with
his cjmc. Af^er a moment she turned
and resumed her walk up the street.
Ile remained where he was until she
was half a block distant. Then he i las
ten ed after her and overtook,he.-:.
"Look herc;. Mn. Ketelle," ho said,
"business is business. I'm net a fool.
Tell me what you can do, and I'll gi .'e
you my answer.*"
She r"plvK? ?\i O?.OO, continuing her
walking, hut; keeping her eyes upon him
?us sro spoke. "I am allowed by my
h-\?sbar?c fifty dellars a week pocket
money. I will pay you twenty dollars a
week until in my opinion you have had
enough. I will pay you your first
month's wages in advance-eighty dol?
lars. You must l>e careful not to apply
for more until tho mouth is out. Those
are my terms."
"T?tey won't do!" said he, blusteringly.
"You'll pay me two hundred now and
fifty a week, or it's no deal! Come,
nov.'!"
"If you address me again, except to
accept my proposition, I will have VDU
arrested, come what may!" Tho color
rushed to her face and her eyes flashed.
She was losing her temper, and : ho was
evidently in earnest.
Flo was silent a moment, and then
shrugged his shoulders. "Ail right. I'll
tah-. . it," lu-.-.aid. "Hand < wer the money."
"Ido not carry that amount in my
purse." she returned quietly.
"Jh.w am I !e get i:. th? n?"
"You v.-hl i-otr.o to my house like any
other pers'.'?: to wh?>m things are paid.
Did yon think I was g<?ing n> make
appointment s t< meet you at flit: stree'
corners, or in liquor saloons? My hus?
band will pay you."
"Yourhusband! Dook herc 'ii-, ive- !
teile. you are a smart woman; out if vou :
think you eau play any puno on me,
you are mi taken. Y?-;: ha vu more ai
stake than 1 lia ve. Don't irv to Muff mc!"
"If 1 have tho :?:.>?>! :M blake, why do !
you fe? 1 uneasy? \ < \? will receive your
money in tlint way. or not al rill, it is I
just as von ch< >< ?se."
They had now roa"?;e?! ..':?? ? -i :i?r of '
liv avenue; Pauline signaIrd ?h . down ;
town ear that v.;;s; ppreaching. :::: I got I
in. The man followed her. fche handed j
thr? condiK tor :i double faro, r- marking, j
"I am pa} ing for that person." ?
No cen vers?t ton. pas.-*"1 ?hile they I
were in thc ?*r. Lu pee waa id. ul. ^fs? j
!,e could not ^0 rut iW.it. ho ' v? ti I \
bes? oi tho situativ<-. ?lie could not j
afford, tc betray him. On tho otls**r j
.;.?tttd, what if Judge Ketelle should hap- \
pen to know him by sight? No; he was
certain they had never met; tho judge
hud taken no part in his trial, either as
witness OJ jurist. Besides, again, was it
; uof her interest to protect lum?
! Tho car stopped, did they got out anc
walked across to her house. Tho dooi
? was opened to her ring, and they entered.
"Is Judge Ketelle in?" she asked thc
servant.
"Yes, madam. Ile has just gone inte
the library."
"Sit down here," she said to Dupee,
addressing him as if he were a trades?
man's clerk who had called for his bill.
"I will let you know when it is ready."
Sho passed through a door on the right,
leaving him there. Presently he heard
her voico and another-the judge's-in
conversation. Then she opened another
door further up tho ball and called tc
him, "Come this way, please,"
Ile went forward, and found himself
in the library. The. judge was seated at
.a writingtable- on which stood a stu?
dent's lamp. Ile was in the act of tak?
ing his check book froma drawer.
"What amount did you say, my dear?"
ho inquired, suspending his pen over the
inkstand.
"Eighty dollars." sho replied.
Tho judge began to write. "T-That
name?" he inquired, looking up at Du?
pee, who stood somewhat in the shadow.
"\Vhat is your name?" Mrs. Ketelle re?
peated.
Dupee now fancied ho knew why sho
had brought lum to tho house. In the
first place, the check' coiild bc traced;
then the judge could be called to provo
that it had been paid to him; and, finally,
she had hoped to surprise him into be?
traying his name. But ho had gone too
far to go back; and as for the name, that
was easily managed. It was partly from
a malicious motive that he answered:
"My narno is John Crush."
"John Crush," echoed the judge, writ
h:^ V: &c*vn. He signed the check and
extended it toward Dupee. "Have you
receipted the bill?*' he asked.
Dupee looked at Mrs. Ketelle. "I did
not get a bill," she said. "The check is
itself a receipt, is it not?"
"Yes, yes. to be sure," rejoined her
husband. ''"Well, that's all right, then;
that's ail!"
"You may go," said Mrs. Keteile,
glancing at Dupee os if lie were a p:ec3
of furniture. When she heard the street
door close, she went round to her hus?
band and kissed him, "You are very
good," she said.
"What-to .give you eighty .dollars
without asking you what you \i??
bought?" he returned, laughing.
"Yes; but you shall know some time."
"My dearest, I am not curious; I only
want you to love me. Do you know,"
h.? added, "I can't get it out of my hoad
that I have met that fellow-that clerk
who was here just now-that I have seen
him somewhere before-and under odd
circumstances, too."
"Where?" said she, startled and deeply
interested.
"Hum! I can't fix it! Maybe I shall
remember later. But it's no consequence,
after all. Now one moro kiss, and I'll
go aad get ready for dinner."
CHAPTER XXL
?T HEAX>QUARTEI?S.
m ^ HE next m ern?
?S \ ing, while:!lie
^ I j [ judge and F:m
/jgigt jj lino were si&lng
9? ? r ' ovor their bpsak
/sS^^'esT FT \ fnst- he said: "By
^y^fi^lll i B tbe vvay? my-dar
rWjW?^lj^t? - % nnS? you remem
4ml* i ill ??*tcr da?thiit
m %]fk >il Eg " * tbat person-the
?ffreri'lB iii l)Iack haired
.fB? reminded me of
some ono?"
Pauline, who had been sitting in a
listless and pensive i>osturo, instantly
brightened up and expectation sparkled
in her eyes.
"Yes, 1 remember! Have you thought
who it is?"
"It occurred to me last night, or early
this morning, while I was lying awake.
Tho narnu he gave yesterday evening
John.-something"
"John Crush."
"John Crush-r?s; that was not the'
nanto of the person I. atn thinking of. I
don't mean to :u.,p!y that his name may
not havo been John Crush. But he cer?
tainly, bears a.remarkable resemblance
to another man whom you, I think,
never saw, but whose name will be famil?
iar to you."
"Who? tell me!"
The judge was a little surprised nt her
impatience. "Mind you. it's on ly a fancy
<jf mme," ho said. "Perhaps 1 shouldn't i
have mentioned it; but il had such an '
odd relation to a matter very near tu :
you. Of course, however, it is impossi- j
bio that the person who was hore last :
* i
night can be tue man 1 refer to." . j
"I mt who ?> i tl'"
"Hu reminded mo of Horace Dupee,"
said tho judge. ,:0i course you know j
whom I uic^.?i. I was not personally cn- i
g/lged in the trial, but 1 dropped into
tho court one day, and wa:ched tho pro?
ceedings for li;1.If an hour. That was the
only occasion cai which 1 ever saw Du?
pee. Ho was a striking lookimr .fellow, !
and 1 retained an unusually .distinct !
memory ot' Iiis features. This ma&Grush I
looks a good deal older than Dupee did I
-though, to be sure, it was several
years ago.
"Will you have sonto moro coffee, j
dear?" asked Pauline.
"No more, thank you. I'll go and j
smoke :i cigar, and then- Hoy is your !
mother feeling tins morning?" I
"About tint same. 1 have an iil?? ic
might bo good for her to get unto break- j
inst in the mornings. I think fhecould, ?
it' she tried. Perhaps a stimules of some :
sort would benefit l:#rr-some great piece j
ol' news, for instance."
"i'os^iLly. But I hardly think there !
i.; any "news that would be likely to in- ]
t<*r< ? t. your motlier, yin.1 I tard ly ever so j
much as looks m n newspaper."
"j dont mea a tn wsoj' thal kind. But ?
if. for instance, sae should hear that the i
thief who committed tho robbery of
'A?iiej) Percy w: i s accused was caught !
and convicted; or (it' it were possible) j
that Percy himself is not dead, but had :
iu some strange way escaped!"
"Ah, yes; such nev. s would give her
fresh life.no doubt. But we must not
let our imagination ta ko so wide a range.'1
"ll is nut impassible. Why may not ?
J' rey be alive? Noone has been his dead
body. Why 'nay he. not return some-I
day? Mea have often returned wiso were :
thought to bo l"st for years and years." !
"Why. my dear, do not let your mind
run on such thoughts! You ar^excited ?
already, Wc iu?*t [ ...y" o>.-ee Percy
Alts; pause Paul;-.- rr?J. . ii he
weret'> c?t"ve ' .Lao you think he uouM
bs ai ested that old charge?"
"Speaking from the legal point of
view. I ??npjtose he would be."
"But suppose hewer?' to eenie back -
supp:>se l!?< ?vere m New York now-- !
would ? he unsafe tor him ce i-f:an er
to .ha v*? known? Would Le have tA I
kttp m uiuiag until h.Li innocence could *
s.
bo proven?"
"My dearest wife," replied the judge,
gently, "the law cannot be aifected bj
sentiment. If it were so, it would cease
to be the law. I do not say that, ic
ceasing to be the law, it might not, ir
certain instances, become something bet
ter and-higher. Only -ia certain . in?
stances, mind you! As *o Percy's case,
there is-no reason to suppose that-hi
would be treali<d with any special sever?
ity. Quite the contrary, lt is uhnoal
certain . that the original , prosecutor
would not appear; and the government
would scarcely take- up trite matter. No;
Percy would Ix? arrested and certain for?
malities gime throng!: ? w.;>h.-.pud-but,
bless my soul, l am talking as if the ]XH>I
boy were still HI this world! (iod -felpas
him! Ile is far Uwcud the reach* o?
worldly just iee or injustice now!"
With these words the good judge* got
np. and after kissing his wife's hand fn
a chivalrous fashion of his. he went into
the library to smoke his cigar.
Pauline loved her husband, but she
was glad to l>e alone at that moment.
She was wrought up to a high; pitch of
excitement, and felt the necessity of
dealing with her thoughts and emotions
in private. "She-vrent-up to ?her boudoir
and locked herself in.
Since the occurrence of the day before
she had more than once been on the
point of revealing the whoie matter to
lier husband. Kati it concerned herself
alone, she would 'have done so at the
outset But the secret was Percy's in
tiie first plaec. and she could not tell
how she had been blackmailed without
revealing his presence -in the City. No
doubt the judge would keep the secret,
for her sake, if for no other reason:
knit she hail reflected that it could
do no good to Percy to have him
know it; and if Percy's presence should
happen to he discovered in any other
way it might prove awkward for the
judge to have been found in the position
of sheltering a fugitive from justice. On
the other hand, she could not tell Percy
of the insult that hail been put upon her.
because he would undoubtedly sacrifice
everything to inflict summary punish?
ment v pon the blackmailer. She had
therefore decided tc pay the latter a sum
of money, giving him to understand that
no more would be forthcoming! for .la?
mont!:; and itt the course of - thats.a^or-ah
she intended to turn all her energies to
tiie task of clearing Percy, by some
means or other, of tho old charge which
60 hampered and obstructed. him. She
would then l>e free to deal with thc black?
mailer at her leisure, and she intended
to punish him io the full extent of the
law.
But the revelation of the blackmailer's
identity changed the whole aspect of the
case. To Pauline it had been totally un?
expected; and yet in looking back she
could fancy that she had knownJhim in?
tuitively from the first. Be that as; it
might, it was a triumph mero complete
than ehe had ever dared to anticipate.
Dunce was tho man who liad murdered
her brother Jerrold; he (as she believed)
was tho man who had cast a nearly fata!
shadow over the career of Percy; and he,
again, delivered himself, bound hand
and foot, into her power by perpetrating
upon her the crime of blackmail. She
had him securely, for though he had
given a false name the judge would bo
able to identity him as the recipient of
the check, and tho caso against him
would thus be proved, lie would be ar?
rested on that charge, and then it would
go hard, but tho whole truth should come
out. She regarded Percy as being as
good as free, and was strongly impelled
co go and tell him the story at once; but,
on second thought, she decided to wait
until the probability had been , made a
certainty, and then bring him news in
which liiere should be no element of con?
jecture. Sho wished, moreover, to en?
joy the pleasure of managing the affair
herself, without either her husband's or
her brother's help.
Having determined in her own mind
her plan of proceedings, she waited until
her husband had started on his daily
trip to his oifice. and then she put on her
cloak and bonnet and went out herself.
lt was a fine, clear forenoon. It was
not the first limo soe had visited police
headquarters, and she knew the way
thither. The squalid denizens of Bleecker
and Mulberry st reels stared at the hand?
some lady as she p:ussed by, but she was
too much preoccupied by the matter in
hand to notice their observation. She
mounted the steps of the big white faced
building with a light heart, and asked tc
be admitted to see Inspector Byrnes.
She hud just put the question to the
sergeant when the inspector came out,
in hat and overcoat. Ile recognized her
?tnmediately, and lifted his hat with a
MUI IC
" You are going out," she said. "When
.*a;i i pee you?"
"I am not going out." was los reply.
"I am going to ask you to come into my
Dil iee and have a talk. If you had not
rome here I might have called on you
today. Come in.'* And he.cc-ndvctoi
her to.tjhe. inner vcr.*c..
"No.-.-, then." he .?-a id. when they were
waled, "what.is the news?"
"It is yen who should Ita ve news for
nie," tho "'-tuvacd. .--miling. "I'm sure
you have had time to lin.! eat a dozen
such mysteries as the one I asked 3"og
about."
The inspec^ir were ar* nm^'edo?ok.
l*When you want to bamboozle an ole.
hand like me." he : .lid. "you must first
of ai! learn to command yc.ur face. You
ruu?.t not U?>? happy if you expect me to
believe thai you are miserable. If you
have lost :i brother, you mu>t not look as
"J" \ eu had found ono!"
Pauline blushed and got :i little fright
?ned. "it was not my brother that 1
asked voa lo lind. Inspector Byrnes,"1
she said.
"No. the brothel was to be thrown ht.
i suppose'. This is line weather we are
having ju>t now, Mrs, rv cte Ile.** 'e.- add
rd. in another tone? "Capital for exer?
cise!"
" I beg -. i -ur pardon:"
Holaughed. "You live up near the
park," he said. "Would it be too far
tor you to walk up to One Hundred and
Twenty fifth street, or that neighbor?
hood.-"
"To One Hundred and Twenty-fifth j
street?"
"By the way, that remind? me of I
something: perhaps you may be able to ;
enlighten me. There is an Lnglisli
friend ol mine in town, a gentleman by ?
the name ot ( 'litton Ho is overhere to j
leek after the interests et a valuably '
English estate. I; SCLI"- l!.ui the herod- j
itary DW?* , oi t;.,., estate lately di*- ?
ce:u?cil. it ^Z?'~-~.? necessary to find
*'V' "? fi "? .b??u*,w?*s. U v as ;
ii'n.:?w'i that he had gone to New ?ca- j
land, but upon investigation there-it ap- j
neared that he had left on a visit to this j
country. Finally news cf him was re- j
ceived from Medica Does tito story in- j
terest you?"
"Lei me hear," she said.
"Wtll. in Mexico.a man answering to ;
his name was found: but cn being told |
cf his inheritance, he declared that he !
wculd lia vt? nothing to do with it. That
; seemed odd; for people are not in the
habit of throwing away three-quarters of
a million of money. Just then a person
appeared on t-he-ccene "zdio affirmed that
this man was not the person he repre?
sented himself to be at all, but an im?
postor. That seemed possible in one way;
jn the other way, an impostor would be
the last man in the world whom one
' would expect to let a great property slip
between his fingers. My English friend
was puzzled; but he knew that this mys?
terious gentleman had lately been in
j New York, and it occurred to bim that
it might be a good pian to come on here
and see if he could lea?n -anything more
?about him.
.>i?*pwj tt-so happen? that I have sn ae
ifaaintance in Mexico who makes-a point
of knowing what goes -cn there,-arid
whenever he hears of anything that lie
thinks might interest me he drops me a
line, or sends a telegram, if there is any
hurry. Ile had heard al>out this affair I
speak of, and also that the mysterious
gentleman had had an interview with
some government officials, and immedi?
ately afterwards liad left.Mexico en route
for the United States. He telegraphed
this-information, together with the al?
leged name of the mysterious gentleman.
It was a name I had heard before, and V
had even met the.gen^eman himself. So,
when the steamer was announced, I took
half an hour and went down to the wharf
? to say good day to him. And then. Mrs.
Xetelle, a curious thing happened."
He paused and fixed his eyes on her.
She-s?t l>efore him with her hands tight?
ly clasped in her lap, her hps compressed
and her eyes dark with emotion.
"The gentleman, whom I saw," con?
tinued the- inspector, "was not the one
named in the telegram, but it was an in?
timate friend'Of'b's, whom I had also
met before. He had, however, been . re?
ported dead. But seeing him alive and
well, though somewhat changed^ in ap?
pearance, I came to the conclusion that
perhaps a mistake had been made, and
that it was the friend who had died"
But Pauline coal i restrain herself no
longer. She lifted her hands slightly
and let them fall again.
"He was a dear friend of raine," she
said, while the tears came into -her <=yes;
"he was a good friend io Percy. I see
you know all, inspector; you seem to
know everything! What aro you going
to do with him:''
CHAPTER XXIL
JOHN CRUSH.
HAT am T going
to do with him?"
the inspector re?
peated. "Why. I
nave- been under
the impression
that : he was al?
ready in the best
of hands and
would need no at?
tention from me!"
"Ah, don't
laugh at me! If
you mean harm
'A t o* h i m. : let me
~<tf Js " know it. .It was
by my advice that he kept in hiding. .If
he were arrested here it would ruin ins
position in Mexico, even if he were re?
leased again immediately."
"New, Mrs, Ketelle, let us understand
each other," said the inspector, becoming
agrave and business like, "You asked
me. a year ago, to clear the memory of
your brother, whom you believed to be
dead, of the stain that had been put
upon it, by discovering and punishing
the real perpetrator of the crime he was
accused of. I told you that I would do
what ? could, and I have kept my word.
By and by you discover that your brother
is not dead after alh.srtd is in New York.
Don't you think it would have been a
kind and courteous act on your pail to
have come to me and.told me of it'r"
"He is my brother.".was her reply.
"I could think of nothing. Indore his wel?
fare. I have told noone feat he is here,
or that he is alive-not even my mother
nor my husband. I know that you arc
an officer of the law, and that when you
saw your duty you would have r.o choice,
btit to execute it. I hoped that the real
criminal would be found, and so all tum
out right."
"I don't know as I ought to expect you
to care more for the law than you do for
your brother." remarked the detective,
stroking, h.is chin; "and perhaps I should
feel complimented -that you expected the
real criminal, as you cai- him, to bo
tracked and captured out of hand.. iB&Z
America is a large place, and the po
poliee have a number of things to look
after; and. as you know, it is one thing
to suspect a man, and another to convict
him As to Mr. Percy Nolon, I will only
say, at present, that I have thought it
sufficient lo keep one eye on him; his ar?
rest is not necessary at this stage cf th?
proceo? i i ngs. "
"I thank yon. Inspector Byrnes." Pau?
line said, "whether yuuconsidered /ne irv
your action or. not. But lutve you heard
nothing of-of Horace Dupee?"
The inspector raised les head and con?
templated her gm eely.
"So yon continue to-think ic v.as Hor?
ace Dupee,;vhostole the moneyr" bc said
"Uh. 1 am sure uf it!"
"But would you go on the stand today
and swear to it?"
"1 could not do that." she replied re?
luctantly, "i have not the evidence; 1
only feel that it was he."
"Theil, if you had tho evidence, it
would Ire all rights*
"Yes. indica. I hive yon found any?
thing';"' she asked eagerly.
" vv'ell, that depends on what one con?
siders anything." He oponed a drawer
and took out some papers, "There seems
to he reason' to think that Horace Dupee
was in New York at the time thc robbery
was cou*'.tutted."
"Ah. ! knew it!"
"lt also appears that immediately after
the robbery, he left New York and went
,w.Sau r'rancisco."
"Yii .j.es, I knew ii! lie (led lo escape
arrest!"
"Shortly a:\o.v. h is arrival therj?," con?
tinue?! tho iuspector, impassively, *'a
thousand dollar bank note was presr-^ted
to be ca-he?i there, v- hich was issued by
a hanajng institution here is New Y.-rk.
and. as it happened, by the ?ame insti?
tution where Mrs. Tunstall kept ! er ac?
count."
"Then il is p-ovcrJJ Ho .? the rasni '
exclaimed ranime, tr him pliantly.
"No. il tr? n. : proved.'" returned the
.votive, shaking bis head, "lt takes
more than that to make a conviction.
WP do net know that the note was pre
prated by Horace Dupee, and even if we
did it .vivnlo su+: be possible that he had
received..Jt from some one else. No.
Mrs. KeteUe...we cannot arrest Dupee on
that evidents, lt we could lind any
text for arresting hun. either on this
ehargpo.r.wn any other, then it might be
posible to complete our evidence as to
this. But the power to do that is unfor?
tunately wanting."
"Do I understand you that if arv one
.brought a charge against him on another
fatter you could obtain a conviction 025
? "I dori": promise we wonld do it;-J.
; only say it might be possible. But at
; any rate I think it would do no harm if
I you wonhi tell me all about your inter*
j views rnth Dtipee and-what came of it.*
Pauline gazed at'ths'-mspector ina?*
i tonishment.
j "You know about that tooT'?tares*
. claimed at length.
! "Why not? What is there so wonder?
! ful in tli3t?" he returned, composedly,
j "I suppose nothing seems wonderful
to you," replied she; "but I confess I had
expected to surprise you in regard to
that! Well, then, if you know that, j
have seen him. F suppose that you know
aili that passed- between us, also?"
"Noi no," rejoined tlie inspector, laugh?
mg, **my knowledge - stops at the fact of
tho interview. What you said to each
other yoi* wiil have teteii -me it- you wish
me to know it."
"It was in order to tell you that I came
here," said Pauline; and she went on to
give an account of the whole affair, the
. inspector listening to her with close at?
tention. Her narrative was clear and
I precise.
I "Do you think that he was aware that
you were the sister of Jerrold and Percy
Notes?" he asked, after she had finished.
"He must lia ve known it. I was mar?
ried only a short time- ago, and my
maiden namo was in the papers."
"Does it not seem odd that he should
have made this attempt upon a woman
whose brother he had murdered? Mur?
derers are usually more careful, if noth?
ing else. I think we shall find. Mrs. Ke?
telle, that he is innocent of that crime?
As regards the robbery I say nothing;
but 1 have never thought it likely that a
fellow like Dupee would commit a mur?
der so peculiarly .-old blooded and cos?
paratively unprovoked as that would
I have been. But if he was wrongly
charged with it it is quite conceivab?o
that h?> may have embraced this oppor?
tunity to reveoge himself upon a member
of the family that brought him to ruin.'*
"You may be right."
"I believe it will turn out so. Bat
there is another point suggested by your
story. U is quite certain tliat he did not.
your brother, for if he had he
would not have attempted to blackmail
you on his account-or, at any rate, not
on tlie ground that he put forward."
"Yes, there can be no doubt about :
that," Paulino assented.
"Then don't you see it has a bearing
on the robbery? Your theory lias been
that ho committed the robbery partly, at
least, in order to have your brother ar?
rested for it. But as he did not know
your brother by eight that theory will
not stand. If we consider him to hare
been the thief, his involving your brother
in the scrape must have been merely a
coincidence. Your brother happened to
be talking to the lady, and his overcoat
pocket happened to be the one in which
the purse could most conveniently ba
dropped. If Mrs. Tunstall's husband,
instead of your brother, had been in your
brother's place, the evidence, so far aa
the purse was concerned, would have
pointed at him."
"That is logical-I cannot deny ft,"
said Pauline. "But it does not show his
innocence of the robbery; it only shows
that he had not the motive for commit?
ting imbat I supposed he had;, it was not
revenge-it was vulgar pocket picking!"
"Well, that is as it maybe. But let
me refer to another point in your story.
You said that the name he gave to your
husband was Grush-John Grush?"
" Yes, but of course it was an assumed
name."
"No doubt; but it is curious that he
should have assumed that particular
name instead of another."
" Why not that as well as any?"
"Because-it is the name of another
man-a real man, t-hat;isra fellow who
has been a companion and intimate of
Dupee's for some years past. John Grush
went with Dupee to California and re?
turned with him. It was he who pointed
you out to Dupee in the park, the day
you first saw your brother. It was bn
who suggested to Dupee that it might bo
?r. profitable joh to blackmail you."
"How did you*learn all that. Inspector
: Byrne??**
"X might tell you that 1 learned it by
detective, intuition, or some other sort of
witchcraft But the simple truth is that
John Grush told, me.'*"
? "He told .you? He-, is one of jour men,
then?"
"Not at all! But be. lias done me good
service on this occasion, reverthcless.**
"But * * * :i don't th ink 1 under?
stand ?"
"it is sucli a tiling as Trappers??every
day. John Grush was arrested hist nighf
for attempting to take a man's watch in
an elevated train. It Ls not the first time
we have had dealings with him. and .
when he was brought in he realized that
he would probably be sent up for a long
terru. So lie resolved to got eve? with a
man who had 'gone back on him,' as he
expressed it? a nd that, ma,a was Horacs
Dupee."
"T?i-ey liad quarreled? '
"Precisely. And thv quarrel w*s
about you. When Ci t ush proposed
blackmailing voa, Dupee had ,pooh
poohed k; but he did so only in order to
have all the profits to himself. Having
got rid of Grush. as he supposed, lie fol?
lowed you about, and traced you to yo-?r
brother's lodgings in Harlem. What he
j did there you know. But Grush h>ui
! distrusted him, and found out-th-e double
game he was playing. Ko b*>re him a
I grudge for st; .:ad early this morning
! he sent word io me that he h;id sonic
! ihir,*; to communicate. I wont-dowe
: stairs and saw bim in his cell. He told
j me of Dupee's bad faith, and said that I
; would find that Dupee had actually re
i ceived money Iron: you. 1 acted as if I
! paced no credit in his accusation, and
upon that .he went on end declared ?thst
Duj>ce bad, a year ago. committed a rofe
. bery for winer an innocent man was ar?
! rested. Yes. Mrs. Ketella, it was the
j Tunstall robbery that he mentioned. I
asked him how he knew and he said
that he was intimate with Dupee at the
time, and that when Percy Nolon wa?
I arrested I Hi pee had laughed and re
; marked that it was a good job; liewa?
: glad to have done a ?olen an ill turn,
j and that he -loped Noten might rot in
j jail w hile he was spending.?he money
? Nolen was'imprisoned tor."
"Oh. the villain!" murmured Pauling
j with dilating eye*.
j "1 told Giaish." continued the inspector,
.\hat 1 believed, if Dupee had had any
?:i;;g to do with the robbery, that Grush?
j ha-, .been equally guilty. He denied it
? at ?irsu but finally admitted that he had
discos :*d the fact that Mrs. Tunstalf
: was in the habit of going^ aboiit t?*r?
j cv ii h large sinus of monuv m lier pocket,
'. and upon my pushing him srilirfurther
; he added that he ha?* pointed, wer out t?
Dupee on the moiling of thr-c. rime, and
had waited ^tside the jeweler's shop
wh'ie Dupe j v.-3s doing efco work inside.
; Accord!" ? t0 his, accotKit. Dupr . had
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