Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-20

lOOkeu nelpleSSly NJ Us, ana Wnen fOWler
said, with foreflngcr uplifted warningly,
piled, 81 don't know what to do; am
only following out my Instructions"
Your instructions, !" said Fowler, "were
not to prevent Mr.. Fenwick's friends from
seeing him."
81 was told to admit no one, " the wo-
man said.
"And pray who told your demanded
Fowler. "The iady'''
"Ycs, sir" said the woman. Miss
Porter"
.'Oh, Miss Porter" exclaimed Fowler.
IA friend or ours 'also. Dark skinned.
Black hair. Black eyes. Red lips. White
hands Rather slim. About ivs foot
four"
''Yes, SIR" said the woman.
Fowler had given q pretty faithful
description of Miss Ida White.
well, then," said Fowler, whose
ready wit compelled my admiration,
''there is no occasion to announce us to
Mr.. Fenwick. Show this gentleman the
room, and while they're chatting together
I will have little chat with you"
ut q on the first floor" sold the
woman.
''Of course 1t is," said Fowler, 'the
first floor front, tho room with the blind
pulled down. Do you think I don't
know III How ,' Wis, Is the young gentleman"
I heard this reply as I ascended tho
stairs, in compliance with motion Of
Fowler's head. When I arrived at the
door Of the room occupied by Fenwick,
otherwise Eustacc Rutland, I did not
knock, but turned tho handle and
entered. A young gentleman who had
been lying on the sofa jumped up upon
my entrance, and cried:
'Who are your What do you wantY'
closed the door and turned tho key in
the lock.
"what do you do that for,' he ex-
claimed.
"You will very soon know" replied
VI am here for the purpose of having q
few minutes conversation with Mr.
shall say Fenwicki'
''It Is my name"
'If did not come ns friend should
dispute 1t, and even as friend l shall
venture to dispute It. Your proper name
is Eustace Rutland.n
He fell back upon tho sofa, white and
trembling.
What do you mean' why are you
here'" he gasped.
81 will tell you," I said. t'The time
for evasion and concealment is past Your
sister
"My sisterr' interrupted Eustace. 'I
do not understand you"
"You do understand me- You have a
sister-a twin sister-whose name is
Mabel. She lies at the point Of death, and
you have brought her to It,"
He covered his face with his hands, and
Judged intuitively that there sat before
mo young man who, weak minded and
easily led for evil rs he might be, was not
devoid Of the true instincts Of affection.
"Did you know Of her conditions' I
asked. e.
"No" he replied, in trembling voice.
SIS 1t truef Is il truef'
''It is unhappily true, and 1t may be
that 1t lies in your power to rescue from
the grave the innocent young girl who
has devoted her life and happiness to you."
"My God! my Godr'
k"I will not deceive you. Such happi-
ness cannot como to pass If you are
guilty.
~ am not guiltyl' he cried, starting to
his feet "God knows l am not guiltyr'
"Swear it." I exclaimed, sternly
"By oil my hopes Of happiness" he ex-
claimed, falling upon his knees-'by my
dear Mabcl's life, by my dear mothers
Ife-I swear that am innocentr'
He was grovelling ON tho floor, and I
assisted him to rise.
"And being not guilty." I said SOL
emnly, "you were content to remain in
hiding while another man was accused Of
the crime which neither he nor you COM
mittedl And being not guilty, you would
have waited until he was done to death
before you emerged once moro into the
Light of day! ! believe you when you say
II moi Of ctc
but you knew of the peril in which Edward
Layton stood. Don't denyit Remember,
the time Of evasion has passed"
"Yes, " he murmered, II knew It."
"Why did you not come forward"
said Indignantly, rushing as II by an inspi-
ration Of reasoning to the truth, 'to affirm
that you and Ida White were in Prevost's
restaurant, In the very room IN which Ed
ward Layton and your sister entered, on
the night Of March 25. Why did you not
come forward to affirm that 1t was you
wholly devilish prompting-took Ed
ward Layton's ulster, unknown to him,
from the peg upon which it was hanging
and went out with your paramour to the
carriage in which he and your sister had
arrived Answer me. Why did you not
do this, to prevent a noble and innocent
man from being condemned for O murder
which he did not commit
'It was no murderr' cried Eustace.
''It was no murder! She died by her own
hand!n
''She died by her own handr' echoed,
bewildered by this sudden turn In the
complexion of the case.
"Yes," said Eustace, "by her own hand
Upon the table by her bedside there was
written evidence of it."
(Which you removedr' I cried.
- At 4
possession!n
Speak plainly. Whom do you mean
by she-Ida White."
eyes"
paused. Truth to tell, l was over
whelmed by these disclosures.
Bear this steadfastly in mind" said,
presently, in calm, judicial tone. "You
are In the presence Of man who has
sworn to rescue the innocent. You are
in the presence Of man who has sworn
to bring the guilty to justice. Upon me
depends your fate. ! can save or destroy
you. If by hairs breadth Of duplicity
and evasion you attempt to deceive me,
your destruction is certain. This is the
turning point of your life. Upon your
truthfulness rests your fate. Open your
heart to me, not as to your enemy but as
to your friend, and relate to me, without
equivocation, the true story of your life
from the time you commenced to plunge
into dissipation and disgrace"
Awed and conscience stricken, he told
me the story. In the course Of his narra-
tion was compelled frequently to prompt
and encourage him, but that, in the result,
it was truthfully told have not shadow
of dOLht.
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