Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

''She is desperately in love with Durand,
and know that she has a nature that Will
hesitate at nothing. The only thing that I
fear is that she will exonerate the man by
taking all the guilt on her own shoulders.
She left the hotel on the night of the muir
der, lost her diamond earring, and then
boldly denies having LEFT her room. You
must admit it is very strange"
"She is strange woman, 8 strange
study" said the doctor slowly, leaning back
in his chair and putting his smoke up to the
ceiling. "She puzzles even men," ne said,
after . pause, and in a low voice, as if
speaking to himself 81 thought / knew
down to the last fiber of humanity; but
what means the change? From boisterous-
ness to calm, from childish agitation to
dignity. 1t is two distinct women. Yes,
my friend" he concluded, with sigh, ''I
am puzzled"
"Might not her ailment urge her into
crime?" 1 asked.
"a woman is all aiIment, my friend; the
best woman is wise this minute to be fool
the next But what is her ailment? 1 do
not know. 1 find nothing; lungs, heart,
everything is healthy so far as 1 can dis
cover She is nervous, but that means
nothing. She is not insane. What then?
cannot say. She should be happy; il she
killed herself tomorrow 1 should not be
surprised. Who can read a woman?" he
added, with slight frown, staring thought
fully at the ashY end of his cigar. Bah!
1t is a conun3rum, and L give it up" He
looked toward me with a smile.
'But, doctor, if she is capable of killing
herself, she is also capable of numbering
another"
SIT is not nv place to condemn her, and
so 1 prefer to think well of her. One thing
1 feel sure, if she loves this Durand, she is
too proud to marry a man charged with
murder"
"There YOU make mistake, doctor. Ac-
cording to my belief. even if she is innocent,
she will be only too happy to vindicate her
love, and show its intensity by marrying
the man against whom all the world has
turned. II she knows of his guilt, the de-
sire will be stronger, for she will marry him
that she may not be forced to testify against
him."
"Ahl You think sol" exclaimed the doc
tor after long pause, during which time he
had been staring at my face without seeing
me.
81 am sure of it, And il she is not part
ner, she has witnessed the crime. She was
out at the time Of the murder; she was near
the scene of murder, for the fragment of fine
black stuff that we discovered on the black
berry bushes belonged to a shawl that saw
on a chair in her room She participated in
the crime or she witnessed iti'
"Ah! You think sol" again said the doc
tor, in mechanical voice. and without re-
laxing in his stare. sit is bad!" he added,
with deep sigh.
Rather good, Doctor, very good. For if
I can find her in one of her hysterical moods,
l feel sure that 1 can so work on her feel
ings that she will tell me all she knows"
"She is not that kind of q woman"
'You forget the kind of man she has to
deal with" 1 answered proudly. "Lecoq
Fox is equal to the emergency. Beside, she
has already made me her conhdant She
has told me items of her family history
which, both as a detective and as a man, 1
must not reveal even to you"
was amused by the good doctors sur
prise, which was plain to me, despite his
strong effort to control it. His pride was
evidently hurt that l should have succeeded
when he-the world reader-had failed.
'And she has been robbed, too" he said,
after pause, "of jewelry and of papers. 1t
is very strange"
Every cunning" answered, scornfully.
1T is good story to lead me off the scent"
Then she must deliberately lie, f" said the
tor, thoughtfully. "Bah! 1 can make
thing OF il"
He again sank into perplexed silence.
taring at him l remembered a little incl
lent of the morning, and SO 1 said, sud-
3enly:
doctor, will you please minutely de-
scribe the head covering of the murdered
woman? The reason of the question will
tell you in 8 moment"
"Have I not already told you? A black
straw hat, tied under the chin with a blue
ribbon, and attached to the hat q blue
spotted VEIL"
sfVo, I'D pofhino of 4ba -
scription."
Then I am q pudding-head. For, look
you, the veil attracted my particular notice,
for TO discover the situation of the wound
had to move it aside. 1t was just over the
wound and was thick with blood"
now produced the hat discovered by the
wharfnger.
'Is this the article?"
''This is the article or its ghostl" he said,
eagerly. "Where did you find it?"
told him, and he agreed with my expla-
nation of the discovery.
"It seems as if murder will out, nv
friend" he said, slowly and solemnly. "it
is very strange, very wonderful
"And very lucky, doctor. I have sent
down to the city to discover the where
abouts of the woman, Ella Constant. II
she has disappeared from the CITY, and il we
can trace her here on the evening of the
murder, We shall have made up our case.
am willing to wager that the girl will be
traced to this place when she mysterously
Tsnishes. As to the murderer or murderers.
1 am equally certain, aad in a couple of
days, my good doctor, you will see Justice
Vindicated by one who has not been fairly
treated. They may ruin Lecoq Fox's chances,
but they can't rob him of his talents, as Mr..
Durand will find, even though he takes to
his heels to avoid me 70
We discussed the subject for an hour or
so more without striking on anything of
value, and then, with many apologies for
lack of conVeniences, we drank a parting
glass of wine and the doctor showed me to
a cozy little bed room on the floor above
intended to do many things before L went TO
bed-for one thing look over carefully the
fragments of letters that 1 had Ioand at
Durand's house. and piece them together in
proper sequence; but 1 was tired, and had
eaten and drank too much. I kicked off nv
clothes, and crept into bed, and, though L
slept, was afflicted with a nightmare all
night. 1t was dream after dream, and
must have got up and walked in nv sleep,
for when walked in the morning had my
clothes on, and my polished boots were COW
cred with mud. I know l dreamed of the
murder all night, and jumbled things to-
gether most beautifully. What 1 remem-
was q curious dream fancy about the
good doctor. L dreamed 1 saw him
sitting in his shirtsleeves in the
room below, intently studying big book,
with a spray of golden rod fastened fan
tastically on his shirt 'front.' dreamed
there was tap on the door, and that he
hastily Jumped up and opened it. and vel