Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

greatly leved by those around her.
In half an hour the doctor arrived.
''Is it possible the news is true?" he asked
as he leaped from his gig; the faces of those
around were sufficient answer. Good
heavens, what terrible businessi Tell Mr..
C&rne am here"
Reginald Carne soon came down. He
was evidently terribly shaken. he he'd oul
his hand in silence to the doctor.
"What does it all mean 2" the latter said
huskily; ''it seems too horrible to be true.
Can it be that your sister, whom have
known since she was a child, is dead? Muir
dered, too; it seems impossible.''
''It does seem impossible, Doctor; but it
is true. have seen her myself" and he
shuddered. 'She has been stabbed to th G
heart"
The doctor wiped his eyes.
"Well, 1 must 60 up and see her, he
said. "Poor child, poor child. No, you
need not ring. I will go up by myself
DR.. Arrowsmith had attended the family
for many years, and knew perfectly we'll
which was Msrgaret's room. The old COOK
was standing outside the door of the draw
ing-room.
"Here is the key, sir. thought it bet
ter to lock the door till you came.
"Quite right" the doctor replied. Don't
let anyone up till Mr.. Volkes comes. The
servant said he was going for him. All,
here is Harpur. That is right, Harpur; you
had better come M with me, butI shouldn't
touch anything if 1 were you until Mr..
Voikes comes; besides, we shall be having
the Chief Constable over here presently, and
1t is better to leave every thing as 1t is. "
They entered the room together,
"Dear, dear, to think OF it now" the
constable murmured, standing awe-struck
at the door, for the course of his duty was
for the most part simple, and he had never
before been face to face with tragedy like
this.
The doctor moved silently to the bed, and
leaned over the dead girl.
stabbed to the heart" he murmured;
death must have been instantaneous. Then
he touched her arm and tried to lift it.
''She has been dead hours, be said to the
constable, "six or seven hours, 1 should
say. Let us look round. The window is
open, you see. Can the murderer have en-
tered there?" He looked out The wall
was covered with ivy, and a massive stem
grew close to the window. "Yes," he went
on, 'an active man could have climbed
that. See, there are some leaves on the
ground. think, Harpur, your best plan
will be to 60 down and take your station
there and see that no one who comes along dis
turbs anything. See, this jewel-box on the
table has been broken open and ali the con-
tents are gone, and 1 do not see her watch
anywhere. Well, that is enough to do at
present; we will lock this room up again
until Mr.. Volkes comes"
When they came down stairs, the cook
again came out.
PLEASE, sir, will you come in here?
Ruth Powlett, Miss Margaret's maid, seems
very bad; it was she who first found it out
and it's naturally given her a terrible
shock. She came down looking like a mad
woman, then she tainted of, and she doesn't t
seem to have any consciousness yet"
Ruth Powlettl why, have been attend
ing her for the last three weeks. Yes such
a shock may be very serious in her case, !"
and the doctor went in.
Have you any sal volatile in the house, Z"
he asked, after he had felt her pulse.
"There's some in the medicine chest, 1
think, sir, but will soon see.
She went out and presently returned
with bottle. The doctor poured tea
spoonful into glass and added q little
water. Then he lifted Ruth's head, and
forced it between her lips. She gasped once
or twice, and then slightly opened her eyes.
''That is right, Ruth" the doctor said
cheeringly, "try and rouse yourself, child.
You remember me, don't you?" Ruth
opened her eyes and looked up.
"That's right, child. l mustn't have you
on my hands again, you know. Ruth
looked round with a puzzled air, then a
sharp look of pain crossed her face.
81 know Ruth" said the DOCTOR sooth-
ingly; sit is terrible for everyone, but least
terrible for your poor young mistress; she
passed away painlessly, and went at once
from. life into death. Everyone loved her,
you know; it may be that God has spared
her much unhappiness."
Ruth burst into a paroxysm of crying; the
doctor nodded to the old servant.
That's what 1 wanted" he whispered,
"she will be better after this; get a cup Of
hot tea for her, or beef tea will be better
still if you have any, make her drink it and
then leave her for time. / will see her
again presently"
Immediately the doctor left him, Regi-
nald Carne wrote telegram to the Chief
Constable of the county, and dispatched q
servant with orders to gallop as fast as he
could to the station and send it off
Mr.. Volkes, the magistrate, arrived half
an hour later, terribly shocked bv the news
he had heard. He at once set about max
ing inquiries, and heard what the doctor
and constable had to say. No one else had
been in the room except the old cook, Mr..
Carne, and the poor girls own maid.
''It would be useless for you to question
the girl to-day, Volkes. She is utterly
PROSTATE with the shock. but 1 have no
doubt that she will be able to give her evil
dence at the inquest. So far as I can see
there does not seem to be the slightest clew,
Apparently some william who knows some
thing about the house has climbed through
the window, stabbed her, and made off with
her jewelry."
''It is hideous business" the magistrate
said; "there has not been such a startling
crime committed in the county in all nv
experience. And to think that Margaret
Carne should be the victim, girl everyone
liked; it is terrible, terrible. What's YOUR
opinion, doctor? Some wandering tramp,
1 Isuppose?"
81 suppose so. Certainly it can be none
of the neighbors. In the first place, as you
say, everyone liked her, and in the second,
a crime OF that sort is quite out of the way
of our quiet Devonshire people. 1t must
have been some stranger, that's evident.
Yet, on the other hand, it is singular that
the man should have got into her room. 1
don't suppose there has been a window
fastened or a door locked on the ground
floor for years; the idea of n burglary never
occurs to anyone here, By the way, the
Coroner ought to be informed at once. L
will speak to Carne about it; if we do it at
once he will have time to send over this
evening and summon a jury for tomorrow;
the sooner it is over the better. Directly
the Chief Constable arrives he will, no
doubt, send round orders everywhere for
tramps and suspicious persons to be arrested.
Plymouth is the place where they are most
likely to get some clue; in the first place,
ats the largest town in this part, and in the
second, there are sure to be low shops where
a man could dispose of valuables.
In the afternoon, Captain Hendricks, the
Chief Constable, arrived, and took them all
in hand. In the first place he had long
private conversation with Job Harpur, who
had been steadily keeping watch in the
garden beneath the window, leaving him
with strict orders to let no one approach the
spot.
Captain Hendricks, with a sergeant who
had arrived with him, made a thorough
search of the bedroom. Then he heard
from everyone who knew anything about
the matter, with the exception Of Ruth
Powlett, for whom the doctor said absolute
quiet was necessary. all that they knew
about it. Then he oktained a rninuta