The Morning herald., 1877-07-30
CHAPTER ".
TWO LETTERS.

We must now 0raW too I0uu0T eVuone
ton to copies of couple Of letters. which,
although at first sight they may not appear
to have anything to do with this history,
have certainly their place in 1t. The first
ia written upon common paper, and In
mean, scratching hand the second upon
thick. cream.colored. gilt-edged paper.
The first letter ran thus: -
My Lord IL owe all to you- to you who. in re-
cocnition OF certain services rendered to your
family many years since, watched over my In
fancy and ordered that should be brought up
In first-class school. Assuredly for Rll these
benefits owed 70 you In return the most impiic.
Il obedience, and to have bowed to your decision
as to my future. Had done 80, no doubt by
this time I should have been respectable cut
rate possessed of small living In which my lie
would have drifted pleasantly away.
"But mol had a vocation, was possessed py
an uncomfortable desire to become detective
vearnine to be with the police In all their mys.
teries, It is in vain I fancy more attractive
career--I can ind none to please me Ike this.
"But beg you to believe, my lord, that havo
t6inod INV present fellow. workers from no mean
or conte ptible feeling, but with ull determine
ton to be OF use to my country ana my 1ellow-
countrymen. The main inducement was the
| perpetual pleasure this profession woulo au0S0
| me of worming out secrets.
1i,ut YOU. may ask mo, my lord, why this
long letter 2 "You may say, You have never
written to me without asking lor something, how
tber. when YOU write in so satisfied stylei"
~ suspect a man Of murder, As I write, !
. begin to perspire, my hand shakes. my ears tin.
OLE and can hear my heart beat.
'"The case is q splendid one-splendid, and
! vou must have heard Of 1t, my lord, by the name
l. has already GOT The Taggart's Inn Mystery
!" WHAT he knows the mnrdererl' I hear you
| crv. my lord. No; do not know him, but this
Is ssS samsens %Z s so H ses
I. and only, will bring this assassin to the scat.
ioid-this mysterious assassin. Of whom no one.
| 10 far, has any knowledge.
"And you. my iora you @ can 0pem nd uP s%on1S 70 S
| he again put upon active duty. An hour, ana
should be at work. A few days, weeks. months,
~ vears. and would hunt the murderer down,
down. as surely as there M Is a sun anoVe US. Is Tim.
vou viii Pray remember that It ts not only z
! question OF Furnishing an assassin, Dut also OF
ayeng,ng woman. II you knew her, my lofd.
sou would yourself b. ~ Mer s1e 81 o -
men, and dared 70 suspect her - hT ! l
aha never forgive myself for tho vilesupposition
until / can say Here Is Graham Forbess muir.
! derer Do with him as you WILL: l pIay YOU,
nv lord, to pardon me this very long letter, aud
| TO continue to me your Kind protecuQn.
"Your obediens servant.
"PAUL WEBBER-"
| Tho 0ecOn0 letter ran 0S 1OllOWb:-
| "Dah, YOU grown:up child Don't be AFRAID
| that YOUR letter has vexed me. I'm proud OF
you, On the contrary, expected you TO 40 as
YOU have done; you have done 1t, ana am sat-
isflcd with the clearness OF my own loogmont:
This comes Of reform. people's rlghts' ana penny
| newspapers. You are as corrupt as the rest OF
them: and you are fool without knowing III
| USo I rear you to be an honest man see that
! VOL, have a eolid education intend that you
, s,,al one day be barrister or o minister, WIN
' comfortable living that should have iound TOT
vou. and nothing will DO but you must become
, q policeman-and, worse STILL private detec'
! tive ,,,..o
Erow YOU. You have become what you aro.
t,vards your present employment, put siinpix
Secense vou are q man OF coarse and depftVo0
thouchts because the career you hu'e caosozz Ss'z
viii FIRING you into contact with all tho vice h ~
ain of the agc that you may i've as YOU seen "
live and. nt the same time, seek 10 Jusu.y wv.
sn,f nv saving that Your acts arc necess!uhteo Wy
tho end YOU have In view .o ,,r>
"Whcn was young, II man wan'eu a,oa W .a'o q
freely he did il openly. he dlo nos ,uI,%
police detective and play .ne ~ hypIt'' yarItv
"put YOU orly laugh OF me, my poor ieliow, 20
r,hnuii DO well to nut down my pen. AZ -
nei, that ends well, and fully expect youn ~ ~
down al,d down IN society until you can AsAA
no lssso ss FOR you yourself, personally am pot si
ororu You belong to your age. that u al
, "n dcun to that precious elr Rlcharo. anu s1y =
ssood word Tor you and natter myss., y., ,,as,a
monstrous as the ag9 naS ~ ~ y nmnrtar