The Morning herald., 1877-08-08
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CHAPTER XVIII
THE LAST TEST.

r, +he ease under cons1deraClon' Wou
sa,,, iasi, a was to make the principal heio
oei oe h;s storv betray and unmask hlmsen;
~ ond a. f;,1n1v he believed he had the means
efu az ach;evinp this end, by putting INTO ms
w. I,nds % the very weapon with Whlch the
MYSTERIOUS murder in Taggarts Ann nao
been committed. . ...,, o,a
0' All be had done led up to this trial. one
ruh;nb he had contemplated from the very
inning. but which he had never put Ia
eess eSsaa . hecanse he knew the proper moment
had not arrived. ~ os dotar.
MINED med to make the great trial. a1ser
friendly dinner, and the victim sea1eu W.
,os;te the woman in whom MS l'ie "aS
pomnd pd nm. Webber was so deslrous 10
49, ] M act undone which should AID nim'
.ha+ @ hc - actually chose as the place tof LILO
G;nnnr in question, the very restaurant
Verev,s in Regent street-at which oivoiy
had confessedly dined on the evening "
Graham Forbes murder. c;,orr
A. six o'clock that evening, SlVofy
called for his friend. ouo,
"Moreherita is to join us" he sald' a11ei
1rlimentine Austin upon bis punctual-
ity. .or1r
Half an hour afterwards, the TWO mon
received the lady at the door OF the roo"
in which the dinner had been prepared.
She met Austin with forced calmness;
M took this keynote from her, ana tne
dinner began gravely, and almost In 81
Iance for each of the three was over
whelmed with fears and anxiety.
. webher was the first to master himsel1
? and with view Of at once commehoins u, T..
. throw Austin off his guard, ne Deean ''ta a.
inc lightly about thousand things. 0' nn
however, the dinner went on, TINS solans' y :
MAN., absolutely learned, in his way, %
q oome.mor serious in his style OF CONVEX
sation. % and by the time the dessert was OF
tha table, the servants Withdrawn an
% thov were alone, he had brought the con
.nUS .la,sot;on to strange questions OF cr1m
and wickedness. =,
e .you cannot imagine" he said, in an al
r, +or-dinner tone, and looking at Mafgare
na Anstin in the most amiable manner
4, "n,av very curious have always pee
e. about criminal trials and lnvest'sa.lo sn y.
lg especially those in which there Is any any ~ ~,
cree of mystery. Ibelieve nave ieao y; =;
"details of every great trial known W nr
torv. Do you know" he added, aaolessl.
H. Austin. "why, the moment hearu ., yo'
e1 nome took decided liking to your,
70 "Rrallv, nv dear Varli, can't tell:
at .The idea is absurd, ridiculous, aoml
of ond 7 have no doubt you will owe me
n. grudge for it, but" ,.,, mt e.
re "Go on: am quite sure shall not te
anv ill-humor about you"
lg. "Vell. then, because your name was
r,;liar to me-easy to pronounce. pecau
IT. Il scarcely differs in pronunciation IL.
.Ho+ Of a celebrated criminal. known 10
ICE n,nn in Italy-one Rene Savari, a Duke
ce, Rovigo. whose memoirs kno" anuo''
ne heart" nr,o,
ill .Tt ss verv fortunate for me my ma
ar p nh Won have qualities which shot
elf. maize Won liked, and found them ou' ,
do most "A soon as came to know y.u. .
Tconfess candidly it was your naine
ing first attracted me-" ,+o,
oh. INV name never did me greater
vice. replied Sivory, frankly.
sh- webber nodded as pleasantly anu M = ,
any +;nued with his usual volubility: "to'
My cases murders, are my passion. IL VI ".
n o dov masses that do not ask you 10 u
d Of auay p"nT I,onr nrisons, your law courts,
1ra- YOUR Old Baileysa Ana thaC ~ ma I'm
That was determined to wait w ~ aoI
without seeing the outslde u 10 :,
cen, Bailey and your Scotland laro "a az {. os =
not 60 after leaving you this m:fn.ns' Ing ,n;1, aH
SIM Wv ". ro,, IN both places, and am Will
the to to- make bet that can desclaoe 4ho var -
, be- au,;,v a;,;, noiiceman offered to show me az
lpon t .,n Mace. and booked him 81 once
a his hay have seem everything that mey % see'