Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20

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quiet. yet effective dignity. When he had
obeyed, added: 81 would be your friend,
Mr.. Durand, but it depends on yourself.
Now, as you know, q crime has been COM
mitted here; but the reason why you have
kept your lips sealed no longer exists. Mrs.
Glaye is desdl'
He started and became visibly paler, say
ing:
''The news is very painful to me, but am
not heroic enough to say that do not feel a
grain of consolation. What I suffered L
deserved. I placed myself in her power. In
q weak moment I coveted her wealth and
forgot the woman whom loved and to whom
pledged my faith; both are dead. Whether
rot in Jail, or in the free air is indifferent
to me now. speak under the supposition
that my words will bring safety to others. I
would not speak them while thought they
might bring harm to q wretehed woman"
"On a certain night 1 agreed to meet a
young woman who loved me, who clung to
me in spite of my brutalities; brutalities,
let me here say, in slight vindication OF my
self, assumed for the sake of keeping her
woman who had threatened to kill her.
did not meet. Ella Constant" his voice
trembled at the word, ''but met a raging
fury, Mrs. Glaye. was compelled to listen
to recriminations which I already knew by
heart I received a dagger thrust in the
arm"
II had also taste Of it," murmured the
doctor.
"And also received the information that
the woman I was waiting for was dead;
killed by the jealous, revengeful Mrs.
Glaye. parted with her, believing that
this statement was only uttered to torture
me; but when heard that the dead body Of
Ella Constant was found, 1 only realized
the extent of my misery. 7 ran away; rot
to save myself, but to save the woman who
had committed crime out of her love for
me. 1 was caught, and accepted all the
blame. This is the truth; whether it is be-
lieved is now a matter of Indifference to
me. My desire for life died with Ella Con-
stant ALI tho rest is Indifferent to me
now"
During the conversation had kept my
eyes and ears open, and had seen a woman
playing the part of eavesdropper in neigh
boring room. now rose, and continued:
'Dr. Brandt, you may blind me once, but
not twice; you may cause the woman lone
Grande to escape from Policeman Blind;
but you cannot hide her from my lynx eyes,"
With the words I Unexpectedly rushed
into the other room, and dragged the hiding
lone Grande into the light. She struggled,
but she was powerless in my grasp, and I
dragged her into the sitting room. During
the struggle wig of black hair fell off her
head, and when landed her in the center of
the sitting room. she stood painting, blush
Ing, laughing blonde-haired young womanl
1 was astonished, but Cyril Durand was
amazed. He had risen from his seat, but he
stood frozen as if gazing at ghost, tremb-
ling in every limb. Then, with a groan, he
staggered forward and fell in dead faint at
the woman's feet. She was speedily kneel-
ing over him, holding his head in her arms,
kissing him and calling him endearing
names, and murmuring, 'T forgive you, dear
est, in the most meaningless manner.
What added to the aggravatlon was that
DR.. Brandt sat silently in his chair, hurling
his broad German smile in my direction,
with an air of satisfaction that was disgust
ing.
Assuming all my dignity, said: "Can
you give me an explanation of all this faint
ing and kissing business?'
II am willing now to satisfy you. To save
a man to the woman who loved him, and to
win for myself a wife with money, I in
vented this little plot of murder Mrs.
Glaye's continual threats to the unwilling
Durand put the germ of the idea into my
head. started the pursuit, and you car
ried it to the end. In my plot there was to
be no tragedy, in your stupidity you made
one. started the cry of murder when no
murder was committed; a quantity of
bullock's blood was the only blood shed. In
my efforts I was ably assisted by yonder
blushing, happy little maiden, and had 1
IL II ! l. T r
sake have done what have done. Through
her I got the shoe, the breastpin, the ring
and the hat and veil that were SO useful to
a wise detective. Mrs. Glaye threatened to
kill Ella Constant I started the report
that Ella Constant was murdered TO punish
Cyril Durand for his feebleness, and to
bring him to the arms that hungereG for
him, and to bring Mrs. Glaye into the arms
that hungered for her money. That was
not completely successful is due to a certain
idiot"
"Have you done?" I asked angrily.
"One moment more, my gasconading Le-
cog. Let me give you little more instruc-
tion, that you may be wiser in your next
case. Let me explain to you the actions of
the 'doubly conscious Mrs. Glaye. The
dagger which you stole was stained with the
blood of Mr.. Durand, and OF poor Dr.
Brandt, whom the frenzied woman tried its
point on. She went over to the pond to
wash her hands, for in her abnormal condi-
tion she was cunning. The scratches on her
hands were received in her struggles with
me near the blackberry bushes. She went
over to the deserted house to hide her Jewels,
of which fact she was unconscious in her
normal condition. From your blabbiug,
my friend, 1 learnt OF this, and so dug up
the tin case to obtain certain papers which
contain family revelations that do not enter
into the case. Abnormally she feared me;
normally she detested me- What 1 did 1 |
did to blind you. But, my friend, is Ella |
Constant dead?"
The man Durand had recovered, and had |
seated himself on the sofa, where he was |
now openly holding the hand of the golden |
haired woman, and murmuring every now
and then like gasping fish.
ELLA, dear Ellal tell me once again that |
you forgive me. I am unworthy of you,
but always loved you, and you alonel''
"You caused the only tragedy, Lecoq |
Fox. caused it by your natural stupidity"
said the doctor.
II If the political superintendent had |
only obeyed my orders, il
CHAPTER XI.