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A W0___MAH_’.3 031M; 1’.th by paint-Ion a! - Cowflflt not. promo; n 17de vex-.1 Amveldt, a! deserts. Eve wdl mstify. ‘ word that id in favor 09E [me to speak my mx done, the murderu never been in syn“,l ed mam. Ii Mrs. son’s reputation in tom :0 mama; sh dead ream” mpg _ _ JP would nu ma“ Mr. Hale looked puzzled. “I acknowl- the truth of what. you/Say,” he re Jed. slowly and vary gravely._ ' “But.â€" mokin BY A)! EX-ME am. will beqthafl Clan fiter all, did not. get his van his beautiful wronged because she must; and e' BUS against. him will Initi his New ; for she, h: 3 a‘ woman. and has 7 her victim. If 8118 55 ill be Lightly sentenced, 01 mined. You saa glut} nation done ; and so do I !“ . ‘ said the detective, “to see l8 can do no more mischief; I ownscherhobetriedonthis r. Hale, if I could praveflo‘ a was guilty of an older and crime. one for which she y be punished, would you mn- Let be hrmmd for that crime? be responsible {or Mrs. Arb- ask you in wnfidanoe. But for id be under arrest, and out of now. But. I dad honorably, at. be urea’aad until you hove main, bemg rats. "don Iva-din Annin," said M ‘I will answer you than.” Mr. Durand, stggzly .mprisoned lady woman-1 a morning pupa”, and the situation, like the she wu. She was a (or just (moments. at ml. Thenshe £1:de :0 i. Amveld“: lawyar “dim. You know WA'S STORY ques' an niotiv Incl“! of W urst desims that concerning the a Durand, and I Hm He wishes 11 not draw cut. W un Dunnd 1'. Tell it. wss innudâ€" 5 turned that 1 the world. are Mr. and he shied if she “lued her undo her give'm 1 times. A‘ but my hm; hem?» grow it she vulned her npuhfinn. Well, 1 undo hu- give'mn 1133! mm. a “do“. time. A‘ last my mfluenee ave:- Fox-d. hmhegmmgrowleas fluctuation 1 main a. Mutant. movp. lkjnew film; 113‘ (med at an Maugham mph, 01 m- speccabilityy and deurad t‘he entree of the first houses. If I c mld nd him in this“ should not, lose him, an}! I had resolved to has my lover. So 1 went to Ann. Dunn and 0011'] her aha must me me into the family as her cgmpanion and equl. Of course she objected s: first, i but I knew how 'to overcome all he:- ob- l- 'u- ‘31.. will ninja gauge me to smile, when I think of _my soJOurn under the same roof with Aura Durand." she said. “She hated me as only e bullied women can hate her tormenter. A810:- me, of course, I did not love her MI had no cause for such hatred}n e51 she Salt for :3. Shows myornn t W . at ' I rather enjoyed at he . “Well. utter etims,’oI course“, Clarence Arteveldt began to sigh fox-.3 new sweet- heart, and then the tigreu in Aura Dor- end began to display itself. Contrary to my expectations, Fordhsrn did not profit much by my residence with the Durehda. He was wise enough to see. thet Mr. Dur- und could not appreciate him. But he came sometimes, end he noon became the chosen friend of Clarence Arteveldt. When Arteveldt began tn show signs of dissatisfstion, Aura Durand commenced tohold private interviews with George Fordhsmf end then I began, in earnest to hate her. . “I knew Fordhem better then he knew : me, better than he knew himself. I could , see just what was going on in his mind. ' He would stand 53 a. peuemnker between ' Anna. and Arteveldt. until the latter had entangled himself in strme other direc- tion, and then he would present himself as a. new candidate (or the smiles of the - heiress. He held the same power over the girl that I did, and, of course, he knew or for; hypocrite; but what cared he for thatâ€"she moved among the proudest, e belle of society; and George Fordth is one of the men today who have a. pro- '. found regard for the surface of things, and care little about tll inner lining. Bah! this ' world of ghems! George Fordhem, e literary uounterfeiter, is, after all; 0 worse than scores of donors. lawyers, eecons and divines. ' As the ecknowl lover of Miss Aura Durand he knew at he would nsaend 5 step or two in th social scale ; what if she were a hypocrite, he would us her us he did everythin , as a. means toward ‘3'“ end. out n to myself, ‘N w it is a battle for self alone, they sh not render me power- less :‘ end for the first time I begun a: 3‘.“ 3.: 'i' =67 a no E‘HO ”When‘I undefstood theposition 1 sum to myself, ‘N w it in a battle for Calf alone, they sh not render me power- lees ;‘ and for the first time I begun a: work against George Fordhun. ”Igomled and exasperated Aura Dur- and beyond her powers of endunnoe, md then she be to negotiate to get rid of me. [fold erlwonld tekefl ,000 and‘ slid leave her. But I never dreamed that she could raise so much money. About this time Fordhnm became much more kind and attentive than maul; I .sue- he proposed to me to leave Ann, And ss- sist him in the counterfeiting scheme which the gentlemen." nodding toward Bethune and Ferrets, “put usummu'y Wm‘fi‘fimfi andâ€"that I have had some‘ ::arienc'e' m the business. At this a. smile plnyed about: the lips 131-311(1th “The woman is impudenoe in L“ flesh," he thought. "I did 3% see how-Ann was to find the ten thousand doll-J's," resumed Miss An- nin. “But one morning it. was discover- ed that. Mr. Durand here had hoen robbed and then I was enlightened. I wgs in the dmwinghroom when Mr. Bathurst came with Clnmnce Arteveldt. I knew. him immutg, having seen him in New _York. Mr Ba. urat, do 5:911 regne‘nlber‘msting ,7-.. -n Aura Durand into mmaipmg upstairs, forldreadexl your cunning. But when we were told that you were coming to dine, I was doubly alarmed; then I mld Aura that the expecwi guest. was the very shrewdest of detecmves. She isa cowarCLat heart; when she'becoines n.1- armed sPe flies to her dmssing-case and takes a ew drops of 501316 strange drugja A_Il _...........m me: a. Acw mugs u. --_ than she is 3.5 bra“: and gsVMf-Bossessved as one could wish. I mod to despise this Pgscticg. £931 am by nature cogrageous; , uu- :. mnm m- Irma “Well, I felt. uneasy for a. long time about Mr. Bathurst. I did not know when he might renew his investigations, nor in what. way. This made me more willing to give up the shelter of the Durand root. Rh mid me the ten thousand dollars, and Bray and moths; The deflge nodded “Well! I was on the ;d I remembered your :amoud' steélj pg I carefully preserved. tore I left her. came the news of eldt‘s approaching man-i 9. She ed stormy scenes with hxm; had 1 and threatened, I knew. an 1 final- ‘en she settled suddenly down 00 LBS. I might have lmpwn what was pthe sham me the ten a: same 0 my own rgxix, hutl fouawed new where-she went. After ame her sqdd‘en‘wonderful 311 mime in more rtky mane»: an the stage at the time. d your reputation. and I y can thousand dollars. ‘ man to make an osten- E the premises, I scared managed thro 21 Ford- :ot intend that should was managing afiairs, ielayr pmpmtiong, and ,and so did I that she or us in order to have a .he newly married pair. as a jealous women I! dreamed of tie tragedy riggiham. In one 83mm! possession of written him, and all hit 1: ballet dancer at , a. low, soft the how mole out. and out more morning my keys. ,: butI er buying ~ : and being I judge of clothes. pmn will it shoddy." ‘ At the mention of this cloak the men oteLajgnifiunt glances at. each other. ,, __‘._ LN...“ n .._- ..,_._..._- “Weweretogaveheen 1n uurhousea. week before the -wedding. but, as I said. Ann. esused Fordham to delay. We were all to witness the ceremony. of course, but the night betore the wedding Aura contrived to sprain her ankle. so of course, she remained at home; and Mr. and Mrs. Durand and myself went, tak- ing with us Min Aura‘s ‘ragrete.’ ‘ “Iwas deliver-in these regrets alter the most approveg fashion, when the bride put her hand upon my arm and sud, in a tone audible only to myself, ‘ and giving me such a queer look as she said it: have not the pleasure of Miss Durand’s acquaintance; nevertheless. tell her that I trust her injury can be amend- edâ€"in time.‘ I knew she did not refer to Aura's lameness, and I instantly eon- neemd the speech with Ann‘s secret visit :3 her. But I could not understand it en. When the news came that Clar- ee Arteveldt had been'murdered, it was s illmom of a myster .‘just for a. mo- ment, then I understoo it. I remember- ed her words, as who does not that was present at that bridal supper. And I knew that her message meant this: ‘She would leave Clarence Arteveldt, and Aura Durand m' ht console him if she could.’ From the t I did not believe that Le- ,' nore Armyn had killed him. From the ‘ first I suspected Aura. I went to her . room; I was the first to tell her of the murder, and~ehe baffled me. I could r not help but see that she was shocked at l the news. I should know what was aut- . ing is, and she was not acting. lcould ; explain itAtoA myself in only one way: IL.â€" lesé vVhen explain it. to myself in only one way: Perhaps she hadmken an overdose of her drug, and committed the deed in a abuts of temporary insanity. But. I .did not. believe thisâ€"I did not, know what to believe. “The keys of the house were in the hands of Mrs. Rogers. I went to her and got them, and the day of the funeral I visited the houseâ€"our house. you know. I went throng it, end up to the very roof. A part I our ‘kit‘ had been smug- gled in and stored away in the attic rooms. I found one of these attic doors Iju‘. and I knew that no door had been left thus by one of our people. Then I ‘ to. look about me carefully. The emu-way had been partitioned oil, and so was dark. I opened the attic doors, and last, got up on a box and unfutened the trap in the roof. lifting it up. and lettiu in I flood of light. T e box on which stood was directly under the trap, and looking down at it I slow hanging to a. nail a. little piece of cloth. » I knew it; it was the 573 we too lately bought by Aura ndu met Mmeght on the nail end to My theory 13‘ that she fore it in no beck throu theta-op often- on ttingg the deed. ll looked closely all ebou , and on the sta‘ . and in the room where lay our coun - ieiting tools. I found small drops of White we}, no if dropped. from awe: taper. Mine Durand will have nothing : but we! light- inher rooms. “I think I have told you enough.‘ There is no need to ask why we did not denounce Aura Durand. “'6 might. have got the rewu'd, but we could not. produce our pmof without exposing our business; and â€"â€"we knew that we could bleed Aug-e tp my exteht _S'!".,Vb} 37071171670”, contriv'ad. recently. to rob me of .my Ifume contain- mg the nvmtn Forth about the house. so I can not, show you these." “Give yourself no uneasiness on that. mom,“ said Neil Bahhurat, With more bn‘fiquenem than was usual to him. “You: po:keb-book, with all it contained. is safe in my possession." ‘ She turned upon him with a cold 9mm. HA1 uuu I‘m-w -r-_ __ “What. a man you are,” she exclaimed. “If I am set. at. liberty again I shall keep the width of film continent. between us. if I have 9ny_ secrets to hi " - . ‘ 7,, n _-.,__. - 7:1; gabaéss you dTnve," retortq ed Neil, smiling in pits of himself at her matchless nudnrc'r . _ déss I ah “Shal you . Bathurst. “fies; udo pliad, coolly. this case. yes." gm- swered F m significantly. | " Vill hey ILL me see Fordhnm, db lyou uut, madame. The doom:- sa 5 Fordbnm will live to serve out a mun in the pemwn'iary." "I‘m glad of that," said this remark- able woman. "I prefer to have him near me, even there.” I ,- \Vhen they were once more seated Mr. Hale‘s office that. gentleman turn to Bathurst and exclaimed : “Great. heavens! sir. do you not. su pose that. Miss Durand will take {rig when she heats of this woman's arrest a‘ efi’ect her escape ?" "Miss Durand is under close surve lance, sir. If she attempts to escape s will bepromptly stopped," replied the ( tective. Mr. Hale sat for a long time in thought- ful silence, and then he again looked up. "You intimated that another ave charge would be brought against er." he sold. "I agree with Mr. Durand. such a woman should have no light punish- ment. What will be the probable pun- ishment {or this other crime ‘9" Batons-st. pointed to Francis Ferrars. “She will be tried in his country,“ he re- plied ; “ask him.” ‘The lawyer turned his questioning face toward the lish detective. "What will her punishment if she is tried in England ?" he asked. ‘ With an iron look upon his face Francis Ferrers answered : “Death !“ "Then in beaten”: name let her be taken to England," cried lawyer Hale. “ Well Schwam taken to England," cried lawyer “Bachurat, what is the crime ‘f" "Do you remember my mom. Jocelyp’a search of Elsie Schwart. time; don‘ t shop the woman fiend killed her husband and his Bathumc. hills "Unit-M uuuu- “Wait. '“ said Neil Bathurst. “Elsie Schwartz )5 ready for another crime, we must give her 9. little more rope. It is midnight. In the splendid man- sion of James Durand, n1] is quiet; as quiet. as earth, and sea. and sky, before the first breaking of the hurricane. Such I. strange quiet! In the housekeeper'a mom aim Mn. Richards, silent, motion- laaa, alert. The room in very dark; tha door is lucked, and she site near it. hymn- inz. In the rooms of' "Cousin Charles" CHAPTER 1 fled ! Man don’t lose any more ion‘t shop 09 explain, go and seize Aux-n Durand fiéss I should,“ she re- Shal you appear against. _1-1m common or A I URDEILESN‘ (Schiwartz. who sismr ?“ asked )u not sup- mke fright. ‘s arrest and plendngl man mmething still more mange might be seen. Yea. new; for there In some light. a very little. hm , On thehed m the sleepmarqom lie- the young nun who he: so and only dopoeed Ann Dnnnd. The light is too dim to enable one to duunguish his feet men, but the blonde hen. and the blonde whine“, m ynnuateknble, they belong to“Counin Charley" fie lies very ntill. He mustbe sleepm soundly. Beyond ‘thebed ieen open _oor, the doorol thei hwmrmom, but 1t is dark, very dark within. Nothing can be seen from the dimlylighted chamber, and yetâ€"some- thingie there. Between the door of en- trance and the bed is a lofty window, heavily curtained. . A moment the cur- tains are drown aside, and the face of a. man looks out. then they fell together in somber folds, and all is etiu. Five minute, ten, and then the outer door opens softly, sud a figure with loose flowing blonds heir. and softl trailing dark garments glides in. T e figure turns, closes the door cautiously; end glides straight to the bedside. It is s wo- menâ€"it is Aura. Durand. Straight to the bedside she, Des, end then she takes something from er pocket, thrre is the slightest pouible _cliéking of glass. s glimmer of something while in her hand, something white which she bends down and lays upon the half averted face of the sleeper; and then there is a strong, sickening odor of chloroform in the room. She has adjusted the white thing careful- ly, and now she turns and rests herself in~ an easy chau- not for from the bed. Great heavens! is this woman iron, or mnrble, or ioe. that she can sit there he- side her victim? She sits calm. iin ov- sble; moment after moment passes, nd at last she rises and goes again to the bed. Again she lifts the handkerchief, Elsie again I is saturated with the desdlyl liquid, and laid upon the face of the sleeper. Again she seats herself and waits. Afterstims she seems satisfied with her work; life must be extinct under that long suffocation; she rises. once more she gues to the bed and re- moves‘the handkerchief from the still face name of fine law." What has happened ? Has she gone mad ? Astrong hand closes u n her arm, a stern voice is sounding in or ear. Marci- Iul heavens! che morn is full of people ! ii; lightâ€"57m turned on; it. is. life a. transformatiqn aqengtqnly that._s_he holds it; her hands the h'ideohs evidence of her guilt, and there upon the bed 1135â€". that! Is she going mad? everything reels about hu- ; everything is seen through a vapor- everything taunts end tentelizes; her; a ehexu’s voxces that seem distant, and then near; the lights dance to and fro, everything seems uni-eel, save that clasp upon her arm. that voice in her ear, end that which lies upon the bed. After 3 time the mist elem away. the voioes resolve themselves to sounds that she em Aeomprohend. The forms stun :1, “v"... “Girl!" Mr. Durand. moves forward, ”the mercy you have had {or other: I will show to you. I give you up to the hands of the law you have outraged. Expect. nothing from me save that 'will do my‘ mama to bring to justice, one. who would havehucn, but for Neil Bahhurst. my wife's murderaress. Robert. Joceiyn, the detective. in whose hands you are now, has lull-.wed you from the scene of your eulior crimes; he shall take you back to England; you have no friends here uuv. The captive ahAvex-ed unde that. restrained her, but. she 31 and Neil Bathmst moved a. The Lawyer Wu win: on Rhymu. but :30 Gal 3 Verdict- . An eccenh'ic Irishman named Broone. who lived in Queen‘s county. and qwned an estate valued at $600,000, has made Mr. Towns one of four heirs, and his share will be $150,000. says an old copy of the Troy Times. About. ten years ago an old man entered his ofiw And requastr ed an interview. He stated that. he had long baen inter- ested in reading of lid tions, and he had seen the name of Mr. ‘owns in the news- ,AL, Elisa Schwartz! I arrest you in the nal say his cli that. ha he rec: land Railway Company F injuries to a woman‘s knee. ['his case be summed up in rhyme, remarking among other things deserving death 2 The {Ill-u: thing on ant to see 1510de wonum a buuccoul knee. he n1 whar ch Seem}; she w Ben M: guppi‘ Ever been to cons-mas '1’" No; but he don’t live ban miles from u the legiglntnximaem !“ HII ‘ The madc a name of Mr. 'I‘owns in the news- 15 a lawyer who did not take the seriously ' so Broone came to 2111'. saying He had decided w_give him I. case that he was intewzsmd in, dition that he would sum up the rhyme. epaneu the put, on. and to tell uw reaon of vice Ind 3111. xcrc he dlapenaee mm and Kim: I. not. content wlth deadly cups. keeps ma wlld {erocloun pups aln those who esca his lnlr ‘m eadly hydropho l-ur. mive ahAvex-ed under the hand .inad her, but. she saidjo word, Bathmst moved a. step nearer. [10 as: OON'I‘INUED.I .J ...V. se was that of Mrs. Bridgen Row- ‘C John Bedell for damages for ten by a dog and drenched with ‘m a. hose. To comply with Mr. request. Mr. Towns summed up Eb“ desired. After reciting how POET 10 AL LAW Title on Distinction. )r is a distinguished numb but a w on'un 'ourt to $6 d hlve Olhl .ay th at Bedell mum. Rowan. :wnh fright )y “mm. M she go»; N the summer of ’88 I wee employed to look um some legal business at Boone Court House, W. Va. having bl railroad at Brown- stone and “king directions and a horse from my lnndlord at that point, I set out through the moan. mine early in the afternoon, expecting to reach Racine in time for eunper. A: the afternoon wsned. however, I noticed that the road became constantly rougher Ind apparently more unhequent- ed, until it was little more then 3 desert- ed pathwa that erased and loomed the grave y bed of drycreek, in's mad efiortto remain in the narrow valley that wound circuitously among the mountains whose black timber-ed summits seemed to sheath higher and higher above me in the sthering twilight. It be' e cloudy day was completely In ' as tothe pomb of the compass, and it now becamei evidentto me that I had in some manner missed my way. I had already gone too far to retrace my steps before 11 htfall. so that unless I speedily found eltsr I would be obliged to pass the night in the open air. Being in no wisepleased with this prov pect I concluded to press on a little fur- ther before abandoning the quest, and had barely formed this resolution when a. bend in the pathway brought me into full View of what appeared to be e largemquare southern mansion surrounded by trees and situated a little way up the slope oi a remarkably lofty mountain that rose precipitously behind it. A nearer approach revealed nn out- ward appearance of overgrowth and di- lnpidatiou. The fence had {amen down. in several places; the open gate wubue ly supported by its rusty hinges; the yard was a. mass of weeds. The condi- tio'n of the house I would not determine in the dim light made dimmer by the heavy shadows of the trees. Between the tall weeds and briars them was a wide stone walk leading from the gate to the front The prospect. was not an but as my situation had E whet. desperate I determine to obltnin accommodations fl My repeated knocks elieiw bevondn hollow echo, and cc lace to be deserted, I tried ,the door. mewhat to my surprise it yielded, the rusty hinges creaking herribl as I pushed it. wide open. As I entered was greeted by that. musty, lifeless odor common to places long closed and uninhabited. I had matches wihh me, and striking one I looked about: me. I was in a wide hall. Before me a dark staircaeefpprtially whitened with dust. led to rooms above. To the left. and right. were closed doors, and attached to the white memenf. of the latter was a little bracket candelabra containing a cluster of six halI-‘coneumed wax candles. Light.- ing two of these, I book one of them from the holder and opening the door at my right, enmred. TEE LADY OF THE PORTRAIT The room in which I found myself was apparently the parlor of the deserted mansion. The dusbeovered haircloth furniture which had evidently been {or many years undisturbed was of aatyle massive and cum much in vogue; A‘ number 0! paintings and en ' _ were upon the walls in tarnish gilt runes. A large chandelier suspended in the con- ter of the .room was of elaborate work- manahip. The floor wns covered ivith a hanvv matfinz. theexact nature of which mmhip. The floor wns covered iv: he: meeting. the exact. hem of v 1d ’11, Mowing, owing t thick covering { dust. Passing an! adjoining mom, I wee not disappoim finding it. to be a. large bedroom wit the appointments peculiar to on old southern home of wealth. I nppmn the tall canopied bed in the opposiu ner and drew back the curtainsfl ready for the guests for which it. 1: Ion waited. The bedding was y wi age, but the canopy had protec from the dust. It had not been ooc for years. and elab ' and dusty attract man u lightasi my posit there in beautiful I team that in which I found myself was the parlor of the deserted The dust-covered hairdoth iich had evidently been {or bf dust. Passing on to the x, I w not disappointed in IE large bedroom with all nta peculiar to an old-time I of wealth. I npproachbd ed bed in the opposite 001" back the curtains; it. 7'“ imimbl listenix The 1 alth I‘h at an inviting one had become some or 42115 night. d no msponse moulding the I, 110891131“ as with an 1 from th: )ld itE‘ an lace, even the rug: upon her 5! ndu- white fingers. Tint. it. WM 3.: 't I never {at ; moment 40413194: 810wa she npprowhed the Maids with- out noticing me st first, and’aeued her- self in I. huvy armchair a few feet guy. mining and mn' sing her handful . Raisinghereesntlutshe seemed to become 00 0R0! my pres- ence, and spoke. “0h, pmv for me,” she mowed. "pgsy wen Evy, like a‘cfimson wsfe blood. The Eru Weep for Bea-on- Thnt Are Clearly Defined. ITem-s are never idle. . Tennyson was using a poet‘s hyperbole when he said so. They have their functional duty to ac- oomplinh. like every other organ of the body, and the lachrymnl gland is not placed behind the eye simply to fill spaée or w give expnaseion to emotion. It is usual for the lnity to believe the lam!- theory, for (em {up indissolubly connected with sorrow. althoc ialists assert that. than! is no : phnntion for .this nooepmnoe The only mason in this: a! formed of manyaygnpnghetic pl'l-V for me,” she molly soul. Oh, pay for me, Many I serpen‘ N0 IDLE TEARS 1i Not I 5‘1“.“