The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31

what If the wtOng man were murdered?"
'sNo, no, mol" cried Clarice, passionately.
tfHave pity on mel One ray of hope--one
dazzling, binding ray of hope would kill
mel"
al only ask You to consider that strange
mistakes have happened. before to-day"
said James Dalton, quietly. what if the
wrong man had been lured to deathT
You torture-you madden me!' gasped
Clarice. ''Eas Clarence Suydam murdered
or was he not?"
'EHe was ,noti"
"And YOU know this"
ssFrom his own lipsr' cried q familiar
voice behind Clarice and in the same mo-
meut she WIS clasped in the arms of Clarence
Suydam.
CIarice uttered q wild cry and fell faint
ing on her cousins breast.
Clarence Suydam had escaped, almost by
a miracle, from the hands of the wretches
who had plotted to destroy him.
Upon the night of the ninth of October,
when he had left his studio to keep the APP
pointment at the Metropolitan Hotel, he
met his half-brother Henry Raymond, who
stood in the lobby of the hotel He had
been drinking heavily. Clarence left him
there, intending to rejOiu him after seeing
Mr.. Spencer, the gentleman who had APP
pointed the meeting with the artist. Henry
Raymond, the artist conf sctured must have
followed him, and have been mistaken -
the waiter for Clarence. As any rate, the
waiter had handed q card to n gentleman,
somewhat intoxicated, who, when asked il
his name was SuydaS, had replied in the
affirmative, and accepted the card bearing
the name 'Charles Spencer" which the
waiter rendered him and directed him to the
waiting groom. This had evidently been q
joke, which proved fatal to Henry Ray
mond Failing to ind Mr., Spencer, CLAIR
ence SuytIam left the hotel more disheart.
ened than ever He stood outside the
building 6, few minutes in deep thought.
''What if I should leave this city2" be
1nuttered. 81 have nothing to hold ma
here; Minds treachery has made me deteSt
civilized life. I'll do it'll leave for Eu-
rope tomorrow morning, find my old chumy
Dalton, spend q few days with him, and
then hide myself in some out-Of-the-wRy
place"
He did not dare return home for feat
his cousin would discover his plans, so he
took lodgings for the night. On Che NOR
row, he started for foreign hands.
But he did not feel content after reaching
England, and after wandering about for a
time, miserable and sick, he returned 10 his
native land.
His first visit, upon reaching New York,
had been to the house of his friend, James
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felloW-artist
Within year after his return, Clarence
Suydaln led his cousin Clariee to the altar
of quiet little church in the suburbs of the
city.
Mr.. James Dalton frequently visited the
widow Of Henry Raymond, and little BERTHE
became more and more attached to him.
Perhaps it was that which led Mrs. Ray
mond to think so much of the calm and Dig
nifed artist; and perhaps James Dalton
wished to have BERTHE always with him, for,
two wears after the marriage of Clarence
ouyGam, another uomesJIc alliance was
formed, the parties being MIR. James Dalton
and Mrs. Henry Raymond
William GortUn and LeyintO fed from
New York Immediately after the suicide Of
Maud Dumont, but were evertakep md pun
iShed for their crimes.
The wretched Celeste Kicker was released
from prison, after the sentence of her hus-
bapd, and disappeared.