, 1876-10-28

qlanllcA Will t!le !SlVAte bffEccflnFs 0l TIC
occupants Of the ros,nls, male o. female. Twas
not surprlAct therefore, Oh rnkintliiHY my eut,-
sile and examining the door, 10 tib.l several OF
these frou1Iattas, u they arc payfully called;
one particularly 80 large and 70 directed That
bcfyc al that went on within the roam.
1iy impulse now WAS tu raEee MI aarfa; but
mn lnhtantA reflecion showed me II l dbl /
must bid gootl-hy to all thought, u rearhing
Of my leave. And was 1t worth my shl!c to do
thisi | ucciiled III nt,f1ent-m1st certainly
not. Was to expose n,ysc'f to vast personal
Inconvenience and poesible professional rnin,
fur the sake Of explaining to tic cumbersome Inv
ol the lars what 1Ell haIpcnc.l, and to run the
risk Uf not lnlng nbie to do 50 toits satssiacto,
a.'t! consequently, rrhap-, tbsipg ,n,3resrats
law uf BwItzcrland At Jericho 1rSt! 4. 1t
w'ns hnd lost my watch anu my temper lcapt
up IN rebellion at the thought, md easlly per-
euadca me inr the time that I should he little
liz by any at 70 qa'xoic. II ths scu .s Il wur; M
drowned II wal Ills own fault, and there should
be All end ri Il as far rs was cnnecrnel. 30,
ct least, tl'onght then: No, would b. off as
proposed; and with this discrimination bcgan
deliberately to tarcka and pack my knansack, for
sIeep wRs gone for that night. Only ono doubt
perplexcd me. Should i:avethe ladder stanl-
inE wl@rs Il was, and fct tho hotel authorities
wo,lli nnly lend to lnquirics and tlililcuittcs)
Eh1ull Hing It into tho river after tho mani
Right nr wrong, with very little Hesitation
adopted the latter cnl,rtc.
Not sIgn Of life was visible 10 looketl once
more out upon tie bro:ui river; Auh as |
gently raised the ladder and consigned 1t to tts
depths, thought " was not the first secret i,y
Eool snany thut its inpetuous current had
tnsrfcd awny into oblivion.
An hour Hr two lutcr lad quietly paid NV
bfl! ut thu burea. aud was on my way 10 Paris,
aud ny the following hight was Dncc more III my
chambers In the Temple.
II.
Argue, reasou, Justify, talk about relf+lcFensc,
and, 4 l'adn't anuu this, he would have tlo,lt.
so.nnsf-so, rs much rs yht pleasc, you Gan nercr
quite pl!losol'l1tze asay tic very dis
ns1ss,sv "s,ss@os + ae1s1m ,vo wh In, W. -, afse
tune, however .unlntemttonaly, to kill man.
My hot temper ha, often given inc rnuSe for r.
Eret, not to nv rcn,orse; but, aince the might
when flung ahu rhboer into The Rhine. I hDiN
can safely say haze e1lrlcd It. Whenever 1t
comes hubbltn. up. there alsn comcs with It tho
vivid recollection, of that bricf struggle on tic
balcony, u,l lo! T. Is fnb.lned IN tlsc instant;
but tllc rcenlectia1, afast is not so aN edily
dismissed; It still hoycrs painfully in my ,ne,n-
nrv Mt times, though Twelve ycars have passed
slHre tic deed was donc,---twcyc years! during
Which 10 mention, tllat ] llaYo ever hrcu, lus
hcea lnatlc in the papers of AIRY ono having been
missed from tile hotel.
or course havo been often to Switzerland
since, bu. somehow have always avoided tic
town where stands tho llo.tclry Of Lcs Trolls
Sages, and I certainly should meyer think Of
going up the Rhine again:: strike the Alps
ret well to The italian side nf tllcu. In,ieed,
] have but lntel7 returned from II 6ats,Itcr
amongst tho hills IN The ne!:.hhorhool OF
Cunlo. What .apricious fatc lcs' snu there to
'sMy Murder" need not be spccnlatcI upon:
1t WAS ono ut t1inEe stranEe colnetslcnces, /
Burppec, which. when ifcL with In fiction, cxcItv
little srps;Ss ht %nly Wien statcd iasts'
and. II II lIa not bccn fact. there would never
i,ayr been any record on paper Of "Aiy Mur-
dcr.''
Well, pulled up one day ut IN un]rctcntious
a nteooE nRi5E9 ,a On ~ s as. .5 M tssp S sS' ~
treshmc1,t which oriIcren was brought to INC
ns sat Mt q little tah'e 1t, thc gar-
den, sheltered by, vine.. olive and i1E-trecs,
by the padrone hit,larlf, II venerable gray
broad down Lcfors mo dill l observe that l,o
WIS blind. He lu,sl walked SO steadily null
direct from tho ho1sc to where sat tlut I'll,
QUO could l,nve g1,essel at lis AfIlirtion. Inc
ful expression, whlc!, his fa2e wore, touched ,nc,
and began t.llliiH, to t,F7 Will, wiAt Italian /
could HIusL,7. His speech showed hin. to be
MtOFc tllc cotnNlnn lerd, anu, after couycrsirg
far awhile about tic IctgliMrhood mud auc!i
blindness,
"Oh!" sn!d he, s.thut Is very little, eir,,or;
lncn can he inEc severely tried than by larIut,
t. i've iu t1c dark There arc worse ailltct'ons
Indeed. answered; "do you speak from
experienced"
','l'ruty, signor, I do,
', "Yon snrlrIsv nc; should l'ays thought
rue wiut you have found sol"
No. hc said, slowly I'll ting down upi,ositr
to lie; " but II Is u sal tale. / doubt II Il rsn
nnse thc si.a"r: but, II 'io Is willing, I" lls.en
7 aui willing til ttll. II tOincl.ucs eases tlls
Heart to pour o'it ts troubles, cvcn Intu the
Of stranger. but stay, let in knnw low tho
time Goss, for hnvc some ai!alrs to attend to
Whilst speaking, lie thrust Il hand into tho
pocket VI his vtti, al.'l, drawing out a watch
wtllnnt n chain, held IT. towards !nc, adding:
"What Is tic hour, signors w b!i,d folk
arc 4 little helpless In these ,1atters."
I locked fntu hts lnrgr brown 1raE. and Was
about tu answer, hut tue warls stuck fn my
threat, for surely 1t was no, tho first time had
Hecn that dial!
"pcrn,t mc,"I salt nftcr pu1sc, ns, pre-
tending notto4nite benbr "a Fee L. r'is!easorcl
to turn the watcAo over i h9 lan'' that might,
by II Ela1lso ut tl!r hlck of IT, verify the ftlc;.
wlirl. hid crossed MY mini. lie felt what |
was doing, AN! s;td:
'.TAe ;lsror VIZ find the ti'ne by thc front
a,!,l not this lack.n
aSurr!y," answered, vt + o'clock. hut
thut Is u,i English watch you hnyc. Is IL notl"
"rle ss!nur Is curious; ean 4 signify 70 hin
uf What nlsNIfHthvc tt!s ~ replied the padGonc,
fl rather a,l altered tune, but not riLely.
"Oh, no." answered carclcerly, not Wishing
to urosisg any suspicion III him; "It uny struck
me- ~ strange to lind un English watch in these
part+. Pray let mo 1onk at H."
With o return Of Ills former so:rowfal man
ncr, anil will, un ar Of sisiHtio., he RELUCTANT
iy han.leA me ttr watch, Saying:
"ccr!a!nly.. II TIL you one thing may as
well tell YOU al!''
\ glimpse .nl the bHrk revealed my OWN trr,t
nl intiatS; but ! restrained tie expression, r;s-
Ing 10 my lips, andwent OH: ".il, good watch;
nay {! asl: how you ralne byi ittn
YES, 1t will apDrlr III what have TO say. It.
is all nai, and + only uslc ut thr many troubles
which l,aYr mails alto i'll old HAL brtorc ny lImr
Very ea.l iudee'1 Is nEl that hangs abt1lt That
watrh. II acl,'lc% to my sun; al least It was
found upon hun wlie,, In wls lead."
Src.licAs to say how wiI,ved under Inc oil
,nans words. He continued, as lie passed a
hand ACROSS his sir1tlcss ryr>:
- Yes, ssuor, he Is dead these many years