The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-21
who. had he associated with himself to fer

who, had he associated with himself to fer
ret out the TRUTH
The certainty which appeared to these
men, on the morning of the ninth of Sep
TENDER, of enjoying their ill-goiten wealth
III Berkeley, on the night of that day was
dashed to the earth. The horror of detec
ton and exposure. If not of remorse, was
already upon them; and to such men as
these | believe that the Nemesis of dis
coyery is as tormenting as the thorns OF re-
morse with other men. The developments
that are Yet to be made, and of which /
have yet to write, convince me that, IN the
conference that occurred over my senseless
body, fight was the stern necessity that the
conspirators at once agreed upon. Not in
slant flight; the emergency WAS not Yet
pressing would not be for weeks, at least,
if their plans as 10 my disposal were shrewd-
" carried out. The dead must be buried:
the lies as TO Staples and myself that were
to prevent suspicion and counteraet he
stories which the gardener might tell, were
to be industliously disseminated; Clayton
Ferrers was to get himself Immediately APP
pointed administrator of his uncles estate,
as he could easily do; the immense bank
deposits were to be secure I, the stocks and
bonds were to be realized upon al soon as
possible; all the money that could be re-
o4lLtu upon TIC tSldtS, WITHOUT HNSplNlcl,
should be got; and then, with this great
wealth-the price of innocent bloodi-di-
vided between them; great, even if Ferrers
did not succeed in turning more than half
OF the securities into cash; they would de-
camp from Berkeley In the night, and put
the continent between ii and them. Fair
view would be lost. for Ferrers could not
hope to sell II In the time within which II
would be safe TO remain. No matter; he
would have wealth enough TO make an
other Iairyiew. If he chose, in a spot where
the shadow of the galiows would not fall
upon him.
How far Clayton Ferrers' mother was
his confidante III this scheme; whether
she was TO be the companion of his
liz ht-ndeed, whether she ever had
guilty knowledge of the poisoning of Mr..
Whaliey-are things which Will probably
never be known. Her melancholy fate
(which is yet TO be spoken of fills me with
compassion: because she is a woman, |
should wish to think that she was but the
faithful tool and servant of her son aud his
coad tutor in the business of secluding Ed
son Whalley from the influence of all others,
and that she is guIltless of completely III
the crime: the truth as to her can not be
known.
And now the thread of my narrative is TO
be taken mp again. This chapter of detail
and explanation has been ncct ssary; but
now the tale viii move straight ON to its
end. One moment l pause 10 say a need
full word of DR.. Beaumont, in connection
with his anticipated fight with ferers. To
both these men fight meant confession,
the loss of everything like good name and
fame, the sacrifice of the friendships and
associations of long years. To Beaumont
it meant more. Q, how much more! In
that delightful home when | first came to
Berkeley, he had a beautiful and accom-
plished wife; little children played at his
knee, and were held up to kiss him good
night How could he sin, how stain his
soul with crime, with the faces of these
dear ones ever before him to beckon him
away from wrong? l know not; l only
know that the demon of drink, the fend of
gaming, the lust of gold had conquered all
that was good in him, and hurried him on
to destruction.