The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-20

that WAS StaYluks Dub az w. - -~F-@ -
from which place il had reached ne. aLtsr
some delay, at Scarborough
agoLDKN HAWK,
Orr SCARBOROUGH, Dec 10
gDEAR Mr. FENTON: / promised 20 les
Won hear from me within kwenty-foaF hours
and mean 20 prove myself man Ok my
word. / said that when you did hsar Of me
again / should probably cause you 70 think
less hardly Of me, and | still trust that y
may be SO.
aYou are young man who Is not wholly
lacking in discrimination, though In your
impulsiyeness you make esome very great
mistakes. You are probably now cursing
what Won may regard as the blundsr you
made last night when you revealed to me the
telegram from that detective with the for
siun name on the subject Of my diary. Pray
console yourself. Even from your-and
Daisys-point of view, you did not hlunder
there. as l shall soon prove to you
sEysry man, great or small, mas some
weakness Mine has been q very simple
one. have had no confederate all through
NV life; even Flinter, and pne or two more
in Australia who have been permitted 70
understand something Of my schemes, have
never really been in my confidence. am
sociable being, as you know. j could con-
fide in nobody else; made conndant Of
myself Don't suppose that / did not know
there was a risk in doing il. even with the
cipher I had adopted. was well aware Of
that fact But there must be an element OF
risk in ali things human, and the chances
were certainly thousand to one against
any harm happening 70 me through the in
duigence Of this little foible Now, o.
course, all your petty moralistss from your
detective inward will preach their little
fe,.F11. mTffh vwhteM
Providence afiicts all criminals, and viii
proye entirely to their own satisfaction shak
il am . great villain, ! am still greater
fool / deny IL ! am no fool; and even
after the lesson have now had. | should
not hesitate once more to repeat-of course,
under different conditions-the in discretion
which has cost me so dear now.
GMy dear sir, let me remove any difficulty
that NAV now lie in your way. II had not
heard from YOU Of tue discovery OF my
cipher. ard il. instead of writing this letter
comfortably to you on board our beautiful
yacht, had been in Jail just now on ths
charge of murder, / should have been COM
pelIed in self-defence to put you and all your
friends to an amount Of trouble that ! think
would have far outweighed the object you
were seeking to attain Moreover, I should
IN all probability have baffiel the whole Of
you. But your appeal to me last night,
coupled with the fact that / shall certainly
not now be permitted to gather the fruit for
which have waited so long, has caused me
to come to a conclusion OF which think you
ought to hear with gratitude | do not
mean to fight am leaving you foreverI
but shall do what | can in departing TO
smooth your way, and to leave you and
Daisy to think not unkindly Of me
arfro xu1odoa fhaFsar r0ra in kkA Fnfta4
formal manner, that the story set forth In
my diary is literally true. murdered
| Mr. Maulsverer In the manner tlsron de-
serfbed--by substituting powder Of Strysh.
mia for one of bromide OF potassium h@d
no accomplice in my crime save Benjamin
FIinter. Daisy is absolutely ianoeent; and,
though Fosdyke may have had bis suspb
cions, he knew nothing. Fosdykes my dear
Mr.. Fenton, Is very commonplace sort q
rogue. shall do nothing 80 absurd as %
attempt to justify or palliate my conduct %
you. I have my own Qualifications, and
| assure you it is altogether satisfactory -
myself Ny digestion is excellentsA sleep
/, perfectly and | know no mors Of . re-
preaching conscience than Of dsordered
stomach
There Is one point on which, by the way,
/ ! SuOulO uOJ AAAS C1bAADE W VI sNst1y - -
under any misapprehension- Though 1t was
necessary, in case Of need, to place Daisy
under suspicion Of being the real murdsrer
| of Mr.. MauIeverer, there was not the slight
est intention of putting her life in jeopardy.
! That was your doing, my dear Mr. Fentons
and you remember the hot indignation
which Fiinter-who always had Sueaking
kindne s for the dear girl-showed when he
heard of what ] must say was your mex
cusable rashness at Trondhjem- Ne wanted
I t6 create evidence against her, not that we
might fling her into Che dock to take
1 her chance before jury, but in order that
we might have some means of counseractng
the influence which unfortunately you
1 seemed to have obtained over her, and Of
| keeping both her and you in cur power.
But then, the best laid schemes etc. am
no mouse. however, even though on this
4 occasion my plans have gone hgley.s
@Daisy is the daughter Of a gentleman,
man Of birth, refinement and education,
clergyman Of the Church Of England, who
/ died at Melbourne in 1S- Iknow nothing
of her family history, save that her name i
Sheldon; but you may depend upon 1t that
she is. in every sense Of the word, lady.
~And now, nothing remains but that
should say, Bless YOU mychildrar3 and let
the curtain be rung dowa upon the playi
You will have Mauleyerer's millions upon
which to enjoy yourselves minus the com
paratively trivial sum which my necessities
have compelled me to approprfate; you viii
/ have youth, beauty, good conscience, etc,
etc. Really, my dear Fenton. i envy you
Pray, when you are happy, bear ID mind the
fact that you owe your wife to me.
aAnd now, fareweili This is the last time
/ you viii ever hear of your sincere but un-
repentant FRANCIS BRANKsoSEE
/ This extraordinary letter, which left the
mans character almost as much Of an
enigma to me as it had ever been. did some-
thing to clear away any remaining mystery
connected with the tragedy; and it con-
6rmed my darling in the intention which she
had formed that under no circumstances
would she touch the money Of the man who
had taken her as his child, and loved and
benefited her, under the influence Of the
fraudulent delusion impressed upon him BY
Brapksonls. Legally she was fun mistress
j Of ali Mauleverer's wealth--the amount Of
which we soon found had been greatly
exaggerated She made use Of her powers
over it to transfer the whole sum to trustees
for the execution Of the purposes which
Mauleverer had named in the willhs navsF
signed
/ And so though married the heiress Of
the nlillionaire, got penniless bride But
strange to say. have never regretted tkat
fact; nor, verify believe, would Daisy her
self exchange her present lot for that which
she enjoyed when men crowded round her
eager to pay court to her as the inheritor 81
the rich mans wealth. The abriehsnesa Of
our honeymoon, which came very soon after
those tragic days Of WHICH / have written in
these pages, has never quite died out. Nay.
it renews itself from year to year. and Va
are fain to acknowledge that We are happier
now because Of the sorrows through which
we have passed together. s@f
Mr.. Fosdyke, the clever attorney. had been
1 too clever for once He.knew nothing az tbs
plot tomurder Mau everer-of that the a,l.
thorities were fully satifsd; but he had Tor.
gotten esrta elementary rules 81 hiu own
profession Ia his dealings with tho rich mani.
property, and 50 one day be was struck OF
the rolls. and consigned for the remainder os
his life to poverty and ignominy.s
What became Of DR.. Branksoms and his
accomplice, Flintar. IS a secret which sims
has never revealed. The iast word that ever
reached me from them was the letter which
the rea1et has now before him. The last thai
was ever seen Of Them was on that gray
December morning when the Golden Hawh
slipped out Of Scarborough bay like Z
shadow, never more TO CONS within mortal
ken. Various are tha rumors fhat havs
heard regarding this arch villain WHOSE dune
/ was along with so many others. Some
spoke OF HIM as leading life cf Sybarftle
self-indulgencs iii an isle OF the Eeean.
Others described him as being pron,inept