The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-02-29
CONCLUSION.

The arrival Of party Of strangers of so
remarkable q mien made quite sensa ton
in Lowell, although it is so large place.
but no breath of warning reached Startling
to tell him that retribution was on
his path, and he went to church and
led his class in Sunday school with as
much apparent pleasure as ever, and as he
walked up the aisle with his smooth and
shining coat, his well brushed hair and
carefully modulated walk, all who saw
him felt the respect due to SO very pious,
respectable and wealthy man.
His eyes, which were fixed sanctimoni-
ously on the ground, did not see three
men who sat in a back seat, and who
watched him closely. They were George,
his uncle and Maxwell. Randall was pur-
posely absent for fear that he might be
recognized.
The next morning Startling received a
note from the headquarters of police re-
questing him to call there Immediately on
the most pressing business, and Startling,
not for ole moment suspecting the nature
of this business, made haste to reach there,
thinking it related to robbery which had
been committed in his counting house not
long ago.
When he reached there he found him.
self the center Of a group of officers, and
they all wore SO grave an aspect that he
felt his heart sink with a sudden fear;
but after the first shock of surprise he
asked coldly what the nature of the busi-
ness was that had been the cause of so
imperative summons.
"You are here, Mr.. Startling, to answer
few questions relating to an accusation
which has been brought to us and which
has seemed Of sufficient importance to
cause us to request your attendance. Let
Mr.. Marvin be called"
At this moment George Marvin stepped
up and stood looking Startling full in the
face, and the eyes, SO like those of the in
nocent woman he had 30 cruelty stran-
gled, cowed him SO completely that his
strength forsook him, as he remembered
the child's oath when he said at his
mothers grave, with Gods help I'll
have you hung for thisr'
George told his story-al he knew and
all he believed-and the officers listened
in mortified wonder. But, except his word,
George had no proof but the bit of the
broken scarf pin. Then, just as Startling
was beginning to hope he might manage
to escape, Randall was supported into the
room and told his story, and produced the
last will Of the murdered man; and then,
indeed, Startling felt that he was lost, which
feeling deepened into certainty as his own
letters to Randall were shown, and Ran
dall's friend appeared in court and corrobo-
rated all that Randall had said regarding
the money which had been given by Star
ling as the price of silence.
Startling made movement as II to
escape, but the officers held him while the
necessary formalities were gone through
with, and Startling was placed under ar
rest without bail to await his trial. A
search of his house was rewarded by find
ing many trifiing things which helped to
convict him, among others the other part
of the horseshoe pin.
Public opinion was very strong against
him, and people shuddered with horror at
the recital of his crimes; they had so re-
spected him as q noble and Christian
man, that to find him guilty of such
duplicity and hypocrisy seemed shame
upon themselves to have been so deceived,
and when ut last he was dragged to the
gallows, begging, weeping, pitiable
wretch, and paid the penalty of his crimes,
every one rejoiced.
Old Mr. Morris was still alive, but
very feeble, and he rejoiced with full
heart to see his noble son whom he had
long thought dead, and when his grand
son, George, whose fate had also been a
mystery, was presented he could not con-
tain his joy, but wept like q child, as he
begged forgiveness for his credulity and
his undue harshness. OF course, neither
blamed him, and the last few months Of
his life were made peaceful and happy.
As soon as Startling had paid the penalty
of his villainy George and Maxwell went
to New York to see Maxwell's sister, and
Max found his namesake a pretty, but
saucy little boy, whom he idolized. They