The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-25
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"Nothing."
Bintrv, in his turn, rose to his feet, and loolied
at Maitre Voigt Maitre roigts hand. resting on
the table, began to tremble. Maitre volgt eyes
remained fixed as il by irresistible fascination,
on the brown door. Obenreizer, suspiciorsly
observing him, locked that way too: .
"There Is somebody listening IN there J. meek
claimed, with q sharp backward glance 81 lin
trey, o,,,o ,;.ton;ro.. onsvered
Bintrey.
"Who ere they"
"You shall see."
With that answer he raised his voice and spoke
the next words-the two common words wficn
are on eyerybody's lips, at every hour OF the
day" Come ini"
The brown door opened. Supported OH Mar
Marguerite's arm-his sunburnt color gore, his
right arm bandaged, and thrown over his breast
-Vendale stood before the murderer, q man
risen from the dead.
In the moment Of silence that followed. the
singing of q Gagged bird in the courtyard ounce
was the one sound stirring in the room. Maitre
Voigt touched Bintrey, and pointed to oten-
reizer. "Look OF him ]" said the notary, ID q
whisper.
The shock had paralyzed every movement in
the villains body, but the movement OF the
blood. His face YVES like the face OF . CORPSE;
The one vestige Of color left In it was q lixd
purple streak which marked the course OF the
scar. where his victim had wounded him on the
cheek and neck. Speechless, breathless, mo-
~tionless, alike in eye and limb, it seemed as II,
at the sight of vendale, the death to which he
had doomed Vendale had struck him Wnere ne
stood.
"Somebody ought to speak to him." said
Maitre voigt.' "shall II"
Even at that moment Bintrey persisted IN
silencing the notary and In keeping the lead In
the proceedings to himself: Checking Maltre
Voigt by q gesture, he dismissed Marguerite
and Vendale in these words 1.-THE OBJECT OF
your appearance here is answered" he eaid.
OFF you will withdraw for the present it may
help Mr.. Obenreizer to recover himeelf."
It did help HIM. AS the two passed through
the door and closed it behind them he drew o
deep breath of relief. he looked round mm for
the chair from which he had risen and dropped
into 1t.
"Give him time, =" pleaded Maitre Voigt.
ono" said Bintrey. 81 don't know what use
he may make of it il I do" He turned once
more to ObenroiZer and went on. II II to
myself," he said-"1 don't admit, mind, that l
" 1t to you-to account for my appearances In
these proceedings, and to state what has been
done under my advice and on my sole RESPONSE
bility. Can you listen to me?"
az can listen to you"
"Recall the time when you started for Switzer-
land with Mr.. Vendsle," Bintrey began. "You
had not left England "four-and-twenty hour, De-
kOl0 NOux 9iOOO go
which not even your penetration could foresee.
She followed her promised husband on his jour
ney without asking anybody's advice or Per-
mission, aud without any better companion to
protect her than q cellarman in Mr.. Vendale's
en F%ST s3d sbs follow me- on the Journey and
how came the ceIlArman to be the person who
accompanied her"
"she followed you on the Journey" answered
Bintrey, "because she suspected there mad oeen
some serious collision between you and MIR. Ven
dale which had been kept secret from her, AMI be-
cause she rightly believed you to be capable OF
serving your interests or of Satisfying your enm1tY
ct the price OF o crime. AS for the CeilerInan,
no was one, among the other people in Mr. ZEN
dale's establishment. to whom she had applied
(the moment your back was turned) to know II
anything had happened between their mister
and you. The Celiernsn alone had something
to tell her. A senseless superstition, ard o SOM
mon accident which had happened to his master
in his masters cellar, had connected MIR. Ven
dale in this mans mind with the idea OF danger
by murder. Your niece surprised him into q
confession which aggravated tenfold the terrors
that possessed her. Aroused to q sense OF the
mischief he had done, the man, OF his own &C:
cord, made the one atonement in his power. IL
my master is in danger, mlss,' he said. its my
duty to follow him, too; and it's more than my
duty to take care OF you. The two set fortn
together, and, for once, q superstition mas mad
it's use. 1t decided your niece on taxing tne
Journey; and it led the way to saving q mans
life. Do you understand me, so farr
81 understand you. so far"
"Myf first knowledge OF the crime that you had
committed" pursued Blntrey, "came to me IN
the form Of q letter from Jour neice. All you
need know is that her love and her courage re-
covered the body Of your victim, and aided the
after efforts which brought him back to life.
While he lay helpless at Brieg, under her care,
she wrote to me to come out to him. Before
starting I informed Madame Dor that l
knew Miss Obeureizer to be safe, and knew
whore she was. Madame Dor informed
me, in return, that a letter had come for your
niece, which she knew to be in your hand
writing. 1 took possession of it, and arranged
for the forwarding Of any other letters which
might follow. Arrived at Brieg, l found MIR.
Vendale out OF danger, and at once devosed my
self to fastening the day OF reckoning with you.
Defresnier and Company turned you OIL on sus,
picion, acting on information Eprlvatelvhunplied
by me. Having stripped you OF your false char,
acter, the next thing to do was to strip you OF
your authority over your niece. 10 reach
this end / not only had no scruple
in digging the pitfal under your feet
in the dark felt q certain professional
pleasure in fighting you with your W weap-
ons. BY my advice the truth has been carefully
concealed from you. up to this day. By my ad-
vice, the trap into which you have walked was
set for you (you know why, now, as we'll as l dol
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