Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-18


years, for what reason 1 was then ignOr-
ant. but now I know it was because she
wanted to marry title, and kept me IN
/ hand so as to become my wife if she
failed to realize her ambition. I went
abroad and when / returned q short time
ago 1 found she had married BalscOm be.
1 saw her and reproached her with her
| treachery, but she only laughed at me.
Then 1 heard how she carried on with
CallistOn and sWOre I would kill her If
she preferred him to me. She denied that
she cared for him, and then I heard
about her projected elOpement and
determined to make one more appeal to
her. If that failed took an oath would
kill her with the poisoned arrowhead. 1
thought I would see her on thatnight, so,
dressing myself in evening dress, put
/ the arrowhead in my pocket and went
/ along to Park lane. I was told she had
! gone to the Countess of KerstOke's ball
and, thinking this was a mere subterfUgs
/ on her part, I thought I would 90 to Cal
/ IstOn's chamber and see him. went
/ along to his rooms in PiccadilIy, but as I
/ did not know where they were it was
/ some time before found them. I was
/ going in when I saw BalscOmbe waiting
/ about and wondered what he was doing
/ there. While thus waiting woman came
/ out and recognized Lady BniscOmbe at
| once. I saw Sir Rupert 60 after her and
| witnessed their dispute under the lamp
{
| Lady Balscombe fed. I folio we'd and
found her wandering vaguely about in the
| fog. She recognized me and We had a
| stormy interview. I insisted on her com
| Ing to my hotel and going away with me
/ IN the morning, pointing out that now her
| husband had seen her coming out of
/ CallistOn's chambers he would apply for
! a divorce. I then asked her about the
| letters, and she told me where they
| were. 1 said L would get them, and
| then Sir Rupert would never know with
! whom she had gone away. She agreed to
! go with me, and went as far as Jermyn
| street; then lshe refused to so further,
! saying she loved CalIistOu and hated me.
/ She insisted on going down to ShOrehGm
/ in the morning, and tainted me so that l
! got mad with anger and determined to
| kill her. So apparentlJ agreed to what
! she said and asked her to kiss me for the
/ last time. She did so, and when L was
/ embracing her I wounded her in the neck
/ with the poisoned arrow head. She thought
! it was only pin pricking her, but when
! she was dying L told her what L had done,
! and said that now she could never be any
/ other mans mistress or wife. She died
/ shortly afterWard, and then 1 thought
| about saving myself, so went along to the
! Countess of KerstOke's. ball, in order to
| prove an alibi should it be necessary. In
! coming back I went up the steps where 1
| had left her to see if she was still there,
/ GLl4AlLl2 LLO DUuy hight nave DGO41 Ills
! covered. 1t was still lying there, how
| ever, so I called the policeman. The
! rest you know. As to the arrow head,
! placed it in there in looking for the let
| tiers, in order to throw the blame on Balls
/ cOmbe, because knew all his movements
on that night were in favor Of the pre-
sumption Of his having committed the
/ crime"
He paused at this point, for his eyes
| we're becoming glazed and his voice was
| faint and weak. Norwood had written
out the words that had fallen from his
lips, and now brought the paper and
| pen IN order for him to sign 1t. The
! dying man raised himself on his elbow
with an effort and signed his name with
/ difficulty in the place indicated by the
lawyer. When this was done BalscOme
and Norwood affixed their signatures as
| witnesses; then the latter placed the con-
fessiOn in an envelope.
The action Of the poison being very
rapid, ElIersby was now IN half-cOm-
atose condition, his eyes being closed
and his breathing stertOrous. He began
to speak again in a drOwsy voice, which
/ sounded as if he was far away,
It's the irony of Fate brought
me here to my death. came
to conquer and remain to die. "
The old Greeks were right.
Man sport of Fate =
Nemesis if there is wins hands % @0Td
hey beyond =. L
His slow, monOtonous voice stopped
here and his head fell back; to ali ap-
pearances he was asleep, but the OnlOok-
ers knew it was his last earthly sleep,
and when he awOke it would be in an
! other world.
The calm, placid light of evening stole
softly through the windows ana shOne on
the still face of the dead man, and on the
awe-struck spectators.
EpuOgue.
The Piccadilly puzzle being now solved,
nothing remained but to settle all mat
| tiers in connection Herewith which was
| speedily done. The publication of the
whole story caused a great deal of excite
ment, and of course all the newspapers
/ quoted the weIl-knOwn prOverb that
truth is stranger than fiction"
AIyles Desmond was released from
! prison and became a kind of hero owing
to the fortitude with which he had sus-
tanned his unpleasant position. Sir Ru-
pert gave his consent to May Penfold's
marriage with him, and it took place at
st. Georges, Hanover Square, with gre st
splendOr, and the happy pair departed to
the Continent for their honeymoon. On
their return, AIyles published a novel he
had written, which was a great success,
and being in an independent position,
owing to his wife's fortune, he had the
peculiar satisfaction of writing to please
himself and not the public.
Lord Calliston did not rem1in in Lon
don long, as the part he had played in
the terrible drama was not by any means
an enviabIe one; so as soon as Lena
Sarschine, now Lady CaIiston, recovered
from her illness they went away to the
South Seas in the Seamew, where among
the gorgeous scenery of the islands they
soon forgot the one tragic episode of then
lives.
Sir Rupert did not marry again, but
left London for his place in the country,
where he shut himself up like a hermit
and steadily refused to see any one. His
faith in wOmaukind was gone, and moi
having any heirs, a distant cousin is now
eagerly waiting for his demise, as he Is