Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-03-10

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Nll w ceivcd thcm lie
| .NF1 hal taken Isiss's
,TI' sion ~ tlir prop
u-H- cry and paPcr
Nl ~ her name. and
with hct I-rnls
.iun had examined all the Trrsonal sf-
fsrts ~ the ,l-c,ased tie hid found lft.
ter. In plenty. hoth ai the office ~ Tenn.
pleiun and hi. tuarling place, bw none
that thr,W any light upon lhc motive ~
the decd 80 which even demanded In
quiry
To. b.-Dks AMI busine IaPsrs wcrv IN
cxcallcnt ani mythplical slnPs lie
was certain after clo.ing everything up
and paving all outstanding obi ;ntions
hs COuld turn over something above
thirty thousand dollar. to is added Ia
the fortune ~ Mr. Tsmpl,ton Tho
grcaier part u thi. money Sas already
In goyrfnm NJ bonds deposited In a
.afct, vault
The ladic. wcf. comfortably situated
IN Lexington avenue, and be saw them
Bsarly nightly
IT, hal ten over o. --o OIL George
Dolwcll un Long lslani. and hal con.
y,r..vi " ith hun ~ to Wcssings visit
Little bal cutn. - that U.it wc.sing
bal no, b.cn by any means communica.
tive. bod aimiily avoided direct answers
todircct questions. and bad tIicl todra~
up,u DaWrll Zoe ryollrction - ,h" ~.
pr. uf rier-on Wli,n m the uii,cr
A. the principally related a. lIuga.
tiun over the collecting Il business debts,
anil the ssiiling 20 partnership cuicrpri-s,
AMI - gsrulations. wholly commercial and
financial Attain. niwsll'. rcollcctiun
had Interested him littl"
Ilc had a.kcd ho~ much r,,r-on had
lcft. and D,lWcll thought over two ml.
lions lli,only significant question ~as
this.
Had Mf pOlwell r,ason to supps-s
that P,,rson had ever horne any other
name
"Ahr cnod Tom. that IL getting
warm What was DolVcll's ryplyf
No. upIn tie contrary be had every
ryaslu a. i-licyc be- had not. b. had ilrsi
known of Mr. PpsrSon twenty I've year.
ago. aud be then lorc that name. And
~as known a. reputable merchant.
This thing l. very p"rplcAing.' re-
marked Tom thoughtfully u cannot
make out the connection Messing u
here making inquiries with regard 70
Pisr-oni. JaI-rs. Fountain make, ths
same inquiry and yet - FAR a, Ne are
enabled a. a-c-riain there l. no relation
t-etw-,n the two"
llolbrook was pacing up AMI down bis
narrow rom In profound thought. ~
nally be aid
Tom. the case stands like this Now.
follow ne closely; Tcnpleton u murdered
Ia the oIsn street. AMI there i M ap
parsnt motive for the deed Cirun-
stances. wholly ariang FROM flon Ash
groves rlannsr and words poin, the way
a. suspicious of Fountain.
"Gord. l follow you
AS sDon as We set Inquiry on iod We
run against tl,e dead Person W"ssing
Inquire. for las IaI-Ts. - dos Fountain.
"Y,... and 80 dos Parker
''Oh. that II nothing; hs - an aiinrB"v.
probably acting for one Or other Of them
Don't interrupt me. you destroy the con-
ilnuily IL INV thought To get back-so
doe. Fountain. Now. In the talk b.'
tween Flor, AMI Fountain. overheard 10y
yOu, there are thrre points made-hrst'
Fountain IL an illcgitlmate son. -ccond.
hc 1. prOI--ing to engage upon an enter
prise Ia tile following of which u IN
yolyc,i the exposure ~ his illegiiimacy;
third. Providence has removed Temple
ton from hi. path.
"oh. bo. begin 10 80 your drift
"Now % weave these facts Ut us
make some suppositions suplo-e P'er'
son was one of those men Who, having
fair and reputable business exterior
lived a double OF even triple private life
This Is not a Wild supp-osItiOn-there are
plenty u such instances, thu records u
the courts are full O! them. Now to pro
ce,sl, Note that wcssins u making In
auirie. b.cause-now mark-becauss his
niother-his mother. mark you, thinks
that Pierson u relative, and N he .s
then she Is an heir
Good follow. follow.
Nov. SUPPOSE Wessing should L. q
son of lier-on'. under another name.
that would account fOr hi- inquiries AZ
ter Persons property In - guarded .
manner. wouldn't ~"
YES"
And suppose. since Fountain ac-
knowIe,lges that be is an ilIegitimate
son. hs VA. another son of Persons by
another mother. that would account for
his inquiries.
"yes. bat don't follow you closely
now"
And suppose that Pier-on was an as
sumed name In mid.lle life to escape the
consequences of a devious Nay of living.
and that. having had two iliegitimais
-ons. he bad a thir,i. q legitimats scn,
whose mother be had abandoned, and
that son was rempleton-Tempieion.
whom Providence had removed from
Fountains path--ihai IL To say. Provi-
dence In the shape % a sharp knife In
the hand. of Harry Fountain
"You take my breath away And
what them
"why. you have the motive for the
murder"
"But how do you bring wessing iny
II don't bring him In; he u there only
from the fact that he inquiries Tor Pier.
sons papers.
"And that he Was present at the mur'
der. don't forget that In your thccrix-
ing"
~ don't; u Is nothing. . mere coinci-
dence. but one Of those curious joining
Of lines and crossing of paths. which u
not carefully avoided confuse the judg'
mcnt and niislead you-which makes
truth always % much strsnger than 10
ton
"wessing would have the same mo-
tvs fOs getting TempIeton out Of the
Wr