The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-05-20
MY FIRST MURDER.

lot the tCllOWS WHO WHO DOOkS anu
things have to answer for. For instance,
| am pretty sure that / should never have
thought of committing murder but for Il
particular article i'm the COrnhW MngdziRe.
/ don't often read magazine articles but
this one was brought TO my notice in
rather exceptional way. had occasion to
pay visit to my dentist, and on being
shown into his waiting-room observed at
once that there was an addition to the
current literature upon the table. l had
been there from circumstances over
which have, unfortunately, no control)
50 frequently that knew the list by heart.
had tried them all at various times, and
had found them, without exception,
vanity. Under such circumstances it may
be imagined that caught sight of the
familiar yellow cover of the COrNhW with
much satisfaction. ! found, to my SUR
prise that il was quite recent number,
bearing date September last. ! pounced
upon it, and was soon deep in highly
interesting story, entitled "The Citrate of
Churnsidcn
II sets forth how nice young curate,
by name Walter Dene of charming man
ncrs and artistic tastes--a man who
showed the tendcrcst solicitude for little
sick girls, and touching consideration
even for their aged OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
n,,iIricr hi Imnclo had oiwovS boJ y
,roiud;co ayoinet ,n,,rdcrer. ,vb9n / No
turcd to myself as vulgar and brutal per-
sons like the late Mr. Peace, but began
to see that there might be another side to
the question. The story showed, in the
I'M W,ltnr Denc rcnliv hnd no nitnrma,
10 liz Iad ,at ,i, ja9 , Ill 70 ',,i'',
he ucio Lnt tho old .,o,, Wi1,, ~ G,rrod
nn "b.tncle ~ Woiior u',jn,, VIII ~,
omiohIe nnd do.orvine, vonna ind,' aud Il
nS nh,'j,,toI,, 55 h,,
hn removed cnord;ngly W"ltar noi,ns
IN, lie MINI to rc,,oyns ~, o,iT dnoS so
- bhivo ~, o,,ist;c,li,, H., tLo borI, v,it
hnW,ins- li nc, ''' ~ '''o '"0" WIN
II sho,~s No ,,otnrol l,ird-boorto1,oes
orthn no,, that hovin,, in vithdra,ying
thc Lnifc nccidcntaiiv Wounded the nav
orthn ,,nrJcrcd ,"a,S,s fovn,;ta .no,P,;oI
Woitor Non" liz down ouiotIv Nv the eidn
of The rornsc and Kinds Nh The dogs
wounded limb with his own pocl,et hand.
Ecrchinf lad reoched Ills noint in the
storv whom thc fnlding.doors opcned Nv
Jcnii If n,ronrcd IN he ononipp viii bis
usual crorodile smile II never could
.,nIi,o ,,,,,o'd;ioo, tnn,., &n+ oo, iot,,rn
I,A s,n;i nnd boconnd m u,
I Ind tn law dnwi1 The story unfinished
and to th;sJ Io,, I dom;t Lnoy ,,hnt lii
mntclv hcnnme of Tho tender.bcortrd miir-
d"ror '0'''"0 - '''o WV ''''i
Eor tbo ucvt bo1rbour or en- my, ot+on
t;nn u,os divcrtod frnm Tho enhiar2 nv, W.
trr,nc ncrsnnni Gi.romtnrt hnt an ieoyyin,,
thr cbdnLor Of borrnre Nd roooinins ne
strnnt ti,c Listo,, ro,ne hacl 2" ma will,
,,,,on,,d ,i,'iJ,,SS, cn',,,d ,,,,Iolf ~ ~
nn'in;n, Walton Dcrois orr,imenf. fnr III
.,,n,,rngS9inn Lis ,incic VIII n .nrt NJ nar-
e"ndl intorost Eor / TOO have an mprIa
Too love lnnd am bcloyed bvl n charm.
ing girl and nv uncle is the oiIlv obstacle
f., ,5 n ~ mo-, Jnnit ,,no, ~ o,,, ~
o io "t,,V uVi ,I,o o" t w. 10y 'I,"
Tho u;crr Fact NJ liz continnin" ~ ev iStV
AMI tbornh,, yntainin,, nna.ntlf7on oT IL
Nancy With wm,id 7otbcr,yisc conc TO
mo IL an nrnnt,,ol hnr to am, hon,,i''ns. w
~ Hin Ja ,G oui i,y ,,t I'll,
fnrtinc md + il hardly in he sunnoSed
thnt Hrmin,nin GrvlIs n clnrL IN Urr
W"ioct,is ,i,'ii sor,,tcn ot eti6 - vnnr
rn,;Id ,5,,,,,,, ~, hot c,cn viii, ,,e 3Jd;,
tionnl h,,n3rcd ~. so NV mncle ollnvs me-
Rcnilv The nnrnllel was wonderfiilIv close
in some respects indeed mine was the
stranger cosn For Roy Walter Denc's
unclc was not save Nv tbe mere fact If
lis oxiStcncnS obicctio,Sobie Nine wosi
Nj tn mnntion 9,;s Iis"nst;ny hobit ~
cnIIin" mo ronnv and cIoctin9, whaf bn
wns nIonsed to consider iokcs ot NV OK.
nnnsa he had sundrv mnnnnrs and cns-
i",no Witch 70 doI;c,tn'm,;ndo5 mo,.Sl,,
trrnplN offensive.
Uc would wen, m old serpe iocl,ot and
Garnet slinnors and not unlre9nnntIv ha
wmIId rn,ic down tn bronl,foit witRnnt
cnIinr ~, nectio ana NOT niwoy. IN tLe
,Inano.t ~ ohirts Nov, IT. thoSro i. o ,,,e
tiinn MOVE tha, nuothor on vhinh I n,ido
n',,.eelf II l. NV eh;rtS ,iu,n,,s We,
WErcia Tbnnat noHs Tho ionnJrSSss, T hiiiI
y cIoan sLirt n,,o,i,, ta,, md INV off, oni
collars orn the cnyv If nj tho fellows in
our "tfica
come down in hrool,r,st lnn,inu +
aottcr mvsclf like rentiemon IInc1Ie
Thomas shnmhirs i'm ten minutes nv n
nirort",.nf nm honn iatcr with his cornet
Stimncrs his shirt front ,nmmIed ~ If he
hndI .Innt IN il and Vow nTtan 90 fra,nd
nut in The buitnn holes fiat thn sti,ds
WON'T hold in thcm When / nntre,t him
tn .hoyv morn snIf.re.noct and tnhnv him. I'M.
sr,rhnir n dozcn of decent shirt. tTa ni,l
rcmrnhotc octuolIv has tho cnorseness to
teIi me- ho cnn;t ot1nrJ # NIb nennv
NV hov h" oftcn saws won haven IN
| nxtrnv9gont ncnhew 10 keen going ~ I
hayc.u And then he laughs till he nearly
| chokcs himself, and | have to slap him on
| the back to bring him to. | hate man
| that laughs at his own Jokes. And of an
evening he drinks two tumblers of gin
and water, and then he throws his hand
| korhicf (colored cotton) over his head
and snOrcs. Surely if Walter Dene was
cXcusable i'm getting rid of such n com