The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-06-07
Means hanging to you!" said Ellersby,

| tnefe was Gedd silence. WElle the three
listeners waited with beating hearts fol-
| the end of the conversation, which
seemed TO promise the solution of this
| extraordinary mystery.
Balseombe remained for time in deep
thought, and then looked up with a look
OF determination in his eyes.
Il decline to accede to your demand,
he said, firmly.
| Then you must take the consequence. >
4 am prepared to do So"
Ellersbv paused for q minute.
| viii YOU tell me the reason for your
decision?"
First, because l am innocent of the
/ crime YOU accuse me of; and second, |
believe you placed this poisoned arrow
| head here IL order TO implicate me in the
| murder
Il can speak openly to YOU" said Ell
! lersby, coolly. because You are in my
! power did place the poisoned arrow
| head here, IN order to secure evidence
against youl'
| Then it was you killed my wife," cried
| Bal combe, stepping toward him with the
! arrow head In his hand
Il never sa; d did, retolted Ellersby,
! audaciously; but can tell YOU this-I
met your wife on that night after you left
| her, and / asked her for those letters, as
i Il
| She told me where they were, and de-
| scribed the hiding place TO me. Last time
| was here | searched and discovered the
secret, but the letters We're not there"
No. They were removed by me.
so | see-but if l did not find the let
tiers | found something better, the locket
| with my portrait which YOU took from
YOUR wife's neck on that night so, as /
wanted to marry Miss PenfoId and
wanted YOU 10 help me, placed there the
| arrowhead so as to force YOU for your
own safety to help me. | have succeeded,
and you must do what J. order or swing
for it."
You DEVIL cried Balscome, madly
1T was you who murdered my unhappy
wife. Do not deny it, l can see it in your
cowardlv face. | Will accuse YOU before
the world and hang you for your crime.
"Baht Who will leiieve your word
against mine? There is 10 evidence
against mel"
Your own confessioni'
Does not include a confession of muir
der What l have said TO on in private |
Will deny in public: you have no wit
HesSes.
You lie here are three
The two men III ned round with a cry,
aud there on the threshold of the room
stood May Penfol1, with a look of tr-
umph IN her eyes--and behind, Dowker
and Norwood. Ellersby saw he was lost,
and with harsh shrek made bound
for the door OF the library, bat before he
could reach 1t Balscombe threw himself.
on him and bore him to the ground. The
two men rolled on the floor lighting des-
pcrateiy. and then Dowker Joined in to
assist in securing Ellerhy, When Suddenly
his struggles ceased and he became quite
passive.
It's all over" he said quietly, with
Ilvid face as Balscombe arose to his feet.
] Will escape you yet.
You will not csc pc the gallows, CT ed
Bal,conbe, painting,
Yes, | Will, sncefed Ellersby, with n
ghGstly smile. and by your own act. 1ou
forgot yOu "a he poisoned arrowhead
In your hand, and YOU have wounded me-
See
lie held up his right hand and there
they saw long red, ragged wound where
tie weapon had torn him.
Gnten minutes | Will lie n dead man,
he said quietly. Not all the science III
the world can save me now"
curse it, cried nowker. in n rage,
while tho other three remained silent
with horror.
"Al, You are angry at my escaping
from you, said Ellershy, with his usual
cyniclsm. Console .oIrself, my aStute
thief-catcher: my capture would have
no. redounded to your credit, as you
we're quite on the wrong scent. 1ou
suspected Desmond, Lena Sarschine
and Ea'scombe; every one but the right
one. | have fooled you 10 the end, and
new am caught, will yet escape Your
clutches
May Penfoll stepped toward him.
As You have slnned so deeply she
said. IN a low tone, You had better
make reparation while YOU may. and
confess all. so as to release Myles from
prison. Meanwhile, | will so for doc
tor
He signed her feebly to remain.
No doctor can do me any good, he
SAID, faintly. but | Will tell all. Mr..
nowker will, rerh4rs, write it down,
and, If I'm not too far gone, l'll-Ill
sign It.
Il sill write Your confession" said Nor
wood, and, sitting down at the desk. he
took up pen and waited
II was Il strange scene. Ellersby lying
on the floor with his eyes half closed,
Balscombe leaning against the desk, with
his clothes all tom, and white, haggard
face. and May Penfold. standing beside
nowker, looking With plying eyes at the
dying man at her feet.
As lie knew he had not long to live, FL
lershy commenced at once.
an. as you know, the son of West
/, lian. aud came To Enoland to be cdu-
Gated. | was brought mp, i'll early child
hood, by negro nurse, and before | Left
Barbados she gave HE an arrow head,
which, she told me. was stepped in poi
son, and that one scratch would kill.
Something 10 do with their Obi business.
I ha 4Dl. 4 II
enemies, hut | was not 50 savage as she
was, though | have got negro blood in my
VEINS and l did not bother much about it.
! finished my education and went into
society. One time. while down at Folk
stone, met Amelia Dicksfall and loved
her you do not know how loved her
with ali the mad passion of Creole.
she led me on till | was her slave. and
then refused To mary me for al least two
Years for what reason was then lgnor-
ant, hut now | know it was because she
wanted to marry title, and kept me in
hand so as TO become my wife if she
failed 10 realize her ambition. | went
abroad and when | returned short time
ago | found she had married Balscombe.
saw her and rcproached her with her
treachery. but she only laughed at me-
] hen | heard hoT she carried on with
Calls on and ewole | would kill her if
She referred him 10 me. She denied that
she cared for him, and then | heard
about her projected elopement and
determined to make one more appeal to
her. Ii that IalleI / took al oath | would
Kill her with the poisoned arrowhead |
thought | would see her on that ght SO.
dressing myself N evening dress, ] put
/ the arrowhead IN my pocket and went
along to lark lane. l was told she had
gone 10 the Countess of kerstokes ball.
and thinking this was mere subterfuge
on her part | thought | would 60 TO CAL
liston's chamber and see him. l went
along to his rooms In Piccadilly, but as |
did not know where they We're II was
some time heto | found them | was
going IN when / saw Ba'Scomle waiting
about and wondered what he was doing
there. While thus waiting woman came
out and | recognized Lady Balseomhe at
once. | Slw Sir Rupert 90 alter her and