Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-27

with the Wild nuttering instinct 20 con-
ceal the yer greater crime-he thought
lessly tossed the paper on the table, and,
| lifting the prostrate form in his arms,
hastened with it around the angle Of the
vault, Just as be heard the opening Of the
outer door communicating with the hall.
He then heard Noel come into the
Office, and at that moment he flung his
unconscious burden far into the interior
of the dark, spacious vault, and began
closing aid locking the great doors, with
| considerable noise.
Are you there, father2" called out the
young man.
YES" replied the banker. without COM
ing into view, and mastering the tremors
in his voice by q great effort. Have they
gone yet2'
mo; but I've got the newspaper / was
looking for, and they will be going, as
] soon rs read Adele something out Of 1t.
You will be there to say goodnight"
Yes; / will come presently"
Then, to Marlowe's great relief, he
heard the young man take himself OF.
Satisfied that the vault would preserve
his secret till he could make a sscurer
disposition Of it, Gilbert Marlowe came
out from the narrow passage.
The horrible thought Of having COM
mitted murder still controlled him, to
the exclusion of every other. Painting,
breathless, az. though from hard running,
palpitating in every fiber, and with the
sweat standing in beads on his forehead,
he sank listlessly in the chair he had oc-
cupied before, and looked straight before
him, with q dull, dazed feeling of horror.
"A murderer What 1, Gilbert Mar
lowe, with the red, indelible brand of
. / Natv harnaofnrfh mn INV onT1I fOraUnP
more? Yes, yesl He was sitting right
there when struck him down-his body
fell with the peculiar dead weight of q
falling corpse-I think l heard the skull
crack and splinter beneath the blow--I
felt Of his heart but for an instant, but
that was enough-it had ceased to beet2
Oh. horrible, awful TRUTH"
His disjointed mutterings gradually
ceased, and he remained for some mo-
ments plunged in a species of apathy.
However, the iron nerve and resolution OF
the man were not long in reasserting
themselves. He presently looked up,
with something like his customary alert
ness, and his face began to recover itb
color.
| @Hal what's done can't be undone, in a
matter of this sort" he thought. "The
deuce! what have to regret, after all?
There was no living witness to this deed.
Tomorrow, being Sunday, will give me o
whole day and night to dispose of the
body; and my victim, having just re-
turned from his long exile, unknown,
friendless, and under an assumed name,
is the last one IN the world to ne missed,
or leave notlceable vacancy behind n!m;
Sdeathl an ugly analr OF TINS KIND
could not have turned out more 1ortu,
nately Tor the perpetrator' ia! ana
navent goG pack tnaI paper, wnose PuD-
ilclty migns nave transported mef Am l
not rid OF poth Jasper ana roncoure at
one stroAef why, ougnS W cons
late myself! BY the way, what did do
with tne documentf An, yes; IN my e1-
citement l Threw ~ mere on sne saDie IN
picking up Uhe ueau pouy, On Noeis APP
proach. Let me see; let me see; u must
be destroyed az once.
But moment later ne was Wildly rum
maglng over various articies on tne. ilI-
tered table, with IS mucn excltemehs as
ever. :.
The document was nowhere 10 Do foqndl
Nothing mad fallen to the MOOR, and ne
carefully examined every otner paper ana
fragment OF paper on sne gaoie, lns,ue
and out, ous without avall. ne grew oe-
wlidered-frantic NO use. Inc paper
the assignment, ten-taie. crime, De,
; traylng paper. whlcn ne had JUST snatcheo
from puiseless hand-Ior tne posses
sion OF which ne had Just stTlcken das-
tardly and murderous sfroke-tnat paper
|. was missing and could not be roundl
Heavens and eartni wnas can nave De.
come OF itE ne gasped. Know Piaceo
it there-Id swear TO u! Couid NOE
have taken 1t up and read IL! no; lmpos'
sible! his voice, as ne spoke 10 me, was
aflectlonate and genIie' ~ must % here
. 1t can be nowhere else!
But a fresh examination was no more
successIui:
BY another great effort, Mr: Mariowe
quelled this new excitement. ne iookee
at the CLOCK, Wnlcn marked aAeW nlnu'ei
] Defore ten. .,.,.
~ nave 70 say goou.nigns = Auels
ana ne, DroGner, no MusseIeu, qui,..nt L:l.l
sne Dank ana locking tae uoor alter nm -,
! can return anu = miaAe anotner sea1ul
: before gong TO peg.
, ne passed through sne nan anu anu va pl
!aKlng ms nat Irom me raoA !, MneA -
/ neard some one deScenuing me stalrs
70 ms surprise no saw tna' ~ was i-aWye'
Croak. v.
Wme.e tne ueucs Aays you peea, u
I tnere! ne exclaimed, gru.,,y Ahu WI.
! dld you slip away nom usf
+ MY dear GliDert, sald Nlr. Groak, ge,
niaiiy ! merely sipped awsy Decause
! wanted 70 conLer WIN my oio anu uea
!. friend, InOma6 AlWOrtn, on q uellcaGe,