San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-24


ton, married Toms full enjoyment. He
had announced the rescue of Mrs. Tenn
pleton without knowing it to be an alb
solute fact.
Accordingly he early sought Holbrook
to learn the result. and was told that
Fountains expedition had been crowned
with success. He had also recovered his
papers, the girl Marian having delivered
them over as the price of her liberty.
Tom" said Holbrook, 1.-The regular
police had the true theory after all.
Templeton was killed under the belief
he was some one else"
True" replied Tom; but we caught
the murderer and they didn't: they had
no conception of the great story behind
it all. Yet, Holbrook, your theory was
not so far wrong after ALL"
s'Except in the essential thing
laughed Holbrook. "The motive of the
murder had nothing to do with Persons
property"
"What a queer case it was!" conf
mented Tom. IF those two women
hadn't been conveniently abducted, we
wouldn't have hit on the murderer after
all. To tell the truth, it was lucky
stumble, as most great discoveries are
Then to think that Fountains chere
annie, Marian, should have turned out to
be his cousin. The sins of the father
shall be visited etc. Do you notice that
not a clew proved worth a snap?"
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button?"
"Ah, what? How much we expected
from it, and how little came of it! Ken
Noble, the owner, says that on the night
Of the murder he was passing from
Fourth avenue to Broadway, through
Twenty-sixth street, and when midway
of the Madison Square Garden mar
rushed across the street, grasped him by
the arm and pulled him to the light and
then dropped it. saying, You're not the
man. Afterwards. when he found his
button gone. he thought it was rob
berry,
1T was young Parker watching for
Fountain. The button was probably de-
tached in the struggle, tc be carried
away unintentionally in his clothes. to be
lost in Union square,
Probably"
Four years have passed since the
events occurred recorded in our nara
tive.
Mrs. Templeton is dead. She never
recovered from the exposure and the
nervous shock received on the day of
the abduction of herself and Annie. fol
lowing so closely upon the murder of her
son. But she did not die until she had
faithfully carried out every expressed
wish of her father.
James Preston speedily realized the be-
nign hope of his brother, and drank
himself to death in six months.
Young Parker was never brought to
trial. Five days after his arrest he was
found dead in his cell-dead by poison
of his brother members of the U. S. Us,
of which he was. popular member.
p His father and Scar Top Johnny are
serving long sentences in the state prison.
Messing is still living in Philadelphia,
prosperous and respected, anu does not
dream that he was ever suspected by
Holbrook and Tom of having committed
a murder or that he was in danger of
arrest.
The origin of the birth of Fountain
has never been made public. He and
Flora Ashgrove were married two years
ago. and his friends and acquaintance
have ceased wondering over his mysteri-
Gus accession to a fortune.
They count Mr.. and Mrs. HoIbrook as
their dearest friends.
So Mr.. HOlbrook is married: To An
ME! or course. Could there have been
any other result after the scene at the
rescue in Mott street? Married. too. be-
fore Mrs. Templeton died.
Two children, IA boy and girl, make
music in the house. Tie name of the
boy is-Thonlas Bryan Holbrook.
There lis another G0y in the house
whose name is Maurice McNulty, whom
Mrs. Hol6rook loves with all the wealth
of her affectiOnate nature.
There has been some difficulty in civ
ilizing the boy, but he begins to show
the results of the humanizing and REIN
ing influences he is surrounded by. In
deed, the only time he shows any of his
old savagery is when a rollicking, rat
Ting young man with a CHEEKY smile
and bright blue eyes and who is wei
coined with great shouts and warm
kisses, and who is greeted as Uncle
Tom," makes his appearance, which is
nearly daily, and wants Maurice 10 tell
whether he has that day "wholloped
any one right up and down and gin him
black eyes, gollyp'
And Tom? Oh, Tom is still the old
Tom of superhuman energy and intense
enthusiasm: still the keenest newspaper
man in New York as when he led the
search for the owner of The Diamond
Button"
THE END,