The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-31
We were at Scarborough t,eo days later

We tcere at Scarborough t,ro days later
We were at Scarborough two days later,
staying once more in the Grand hotel Tho
great house was practically empty now and
Daisy and Mrs. Cawthorne might, if they
pleased, have had Their choice OF any of the
rooms in the building had induced Hard
ing to come with us to the place where had
first met him. 1t was not merely that l
needed to consult him on hundred matters
that concerned the interests both OF Daisy
and myself In that fierce ordeal through
which my darling and l had passed had
learned to love this true and tried friend as
had loved few men before.
1t was on this second day Of our STAY in
the hotel that i received the following letter
from the arch villain who had SO nearly by
his crimes married the lives of both Daisy
and myself The letter had been posted at
Scarborough on the very day on which the
s Golden Hawk sailed for its unknown port.
But, strange to say, it had been directed to
me, not at York, where the doctor knew
that was staying, but at Great Lorton Hall,
from which place it had reached mo, alter
somc delay, at Scarborou ,h.
= GOLDEN HAWK,
Orr SCARBOROUGH. Dsc 16 (
4DEAR Mr. FENToN: l promised to let
you hear from me within twenty-four hours,
and mean to prove myself man of my
word. / said that when you did hear of me
again l should probably cause you to think
less hardly of me, and still trust that it
may BIO So
"You are q young man who is not wholly
lacking in discrimination, though I'm your
impulsiveness you make some very great
mistakes You are probably now cursing
what you may regard as tho blunder you
l.~t
telegram from that detective with the for.
eigu name on the subject of my diary. PRAY
console yourself Even from your-and
Daisy's-point of view, you did not blunder
there, as l shall soon prove to yol
@Every man, great or small, has some
weakness Mine has been a very simple
une ] have had no confederate all through
my life; even Flinter and one or two moro
in Australia who hare bcsn permitted to
understand something of my schemes, have
never really been in my confidence. i am
socinble being, as su1 know. ! could con-
fide in nobody else, i made a confidant of
myself. Don't suppose that ! did not know
there was risk in doing it, even with the
cipher had adopted. was well aware Of
that fact But there must be an element Of
risk in all things human, and tho chances
were certainly thousand to one against
any harm happening to me through the In
diligence OF this little foible. Now, of
course all your petty moralists, from your
detective upward, will preach their little
sermon about the blindness with which
Providence afilicts all criminals, and will
prove entirely to their own satisfaction that,
II / am a great villain. am still greater
fool. i deny it l am no fool; and even
after the lesson have now had,. should
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under different conditions-the indiscretion
which has cost me SO dear now.
any dear sir, LEI rue remove any difficulty
that may now lie in your way II l had not
hoard from you of the discovery OF my
cipher, and II, instead Of writing this letter
comfortably to you on board our beautiful
yacht, had been in jail just now on the
charge OF murder, ] should have been COM
PEELED In seIf-defence to pat you and all your
friends to an amount of trouble that think
would have far outweighed the object you
were seeking TO attain. Moreover, should
In all probability have bafllei the whole Of
you. But your appeal to me last night
coupled with tho fact that shall certainly
not now be permitted TO gather the fruit for
which havo waited SO long, has caused me
TO come to q conclusion of which think you
ought to hear with gratitude. l do not
mean to fight / am leaving you forever;
but shall do what can in departing to
smooth your way, and to leave you and
Daisy to think not unkindly OF me.
NJ acknowledge, therefore, In the most
Formal manner, that tho story set forth In
my diary is literally true. murdered
~. 4aulversr In the manner therein do
scT5oed-by substituting powder of strych-
nia Tor one Of bromide OF potassium had
no acconiplice IN my crime save Benjamin
F1inter Daisy Is absolutely Innocent, and,
though Fosdyke may have had his suspi-