Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-21

to Mr.. Eustace for assistance. When he
died the scamp Harold disappeared.
Three years ago he reappeared again and
ruined his mother by his Unsuitable de-
mands and
"And," interrupted Dorison excitedly,
'he is Harry Langdon, and murdered
his mother and sister"
"Such would seem to be the logical
conclusions" said the detective calmly
A thousand questions crowded tu-
multuously upon the brain Of Dorison.
He did not know which to ask first-he
wanted to ask them all at once. Finally. |
he said:
"But do you know all this to be txue?"
mo, not in its entirety, replied Cath
| cart ''Some of it do know to be true. |
! the rest sincerely believe. 1t is now,
however, a mere work of time to verify |
everything The mystery is solved The
ungrateful son is Harold Parrish alias
Harry Langdon."
''But what was the cause of the MUIR
| der-that was a horrible thing to do"
asked Dorison.
| "There have proof, think, of the &C
curacy of my theory in the beginning.
I said the object of the murders was not
robbery, but the possession of docu-
ments of value to somebody | assume
they were proofs of crimes committed,
forgeries and the like, which so long as
they were held by the mother and Sis
ter were protection to certain extent
| to them, and a menace to him. And
perhaps-and we will not quite know
until we force the rascal to confession
some one pursuing him was on track of
them and he was determined to secure
and destroy them, and perhaps, which
think even more probable, one other
reason, to obtain an order for a large
sum, possession of which would secure
possession of the sum, which he thought
they held. OF this, however, l will not
speak at present for reasons of my own"
"Do you then think the murders were
deliberately plannedT
"No. The first, that of the daughter,
was unprecedented, but was done in
moment of evaporation. The second
of the mother-was a consequence of the
first as matter of self preservation.
Horriied and much excited, Dorison
was silent. His head was in a whirl,
and every moment fresh thoughts, each
one coming to him as shock, occurred.
The murderer was his half brother; the
beast, Harry Langdon, was his half
brother. The same blood coursed in
their veins. The passions and emotions
, which possessed him he could not stop
to analyze, they succeeded each other so
rapidly-indeed, became so entangled
and exhausted him so with their violence
that he became confused and sick, in
I capable of thinking clearly; but over all
q as q lambert light, was the thought that
. his own name was clear and he could
walk erect among other men in his own
n own person.
Cathcart was the first to break the ST
/ lence.
Q "Your friend, young Eustace, is out Of
it," he said.
,, Dorison reused up with something like
v start.
n 1--WE have had him under examina
d tion," continued Cathcart. 'and he tolG
:, a clear tale Say nothing to him abou
Q it, and if he speaks of it to you do no
C admit any knowledge of it. l do no
# want him to know that you ever sus
d pected or watched him."
o. HE will never know from me. | an
Y far moro anxious than you. canno
t: look upon that part of the search witt
II anything but self contempt"
a "But never believed he was in it,
er said Cathcart.
p "Why, then" asked Dorison holly
y "did you force me to an intimacy wit,
a. that idea in view"
y Because the glove business must b
at explained, but principally because earl
40 in my search into your part of the affai
II. had come upon the intimate relation c
ne the elder Eustace to the elder Doriso1
ed through Cousin Nettleman, and l fort
be saw then an intimacy with the famil
b. would be a necessary thing, and that
It's might have to use you to elicit the il
at formation I wanted At the time
p could not give you the details, but ha
IT. to give you reason for seeking the il
ur timacy, since you are one Of those III
M comfortable persons to work with VIII
ur must have a reason for everything. b
ID your laundering and the GOODNESS whic
he you permitted to grow up between tt
elder Eustace and yourself necessitate
en- my doing the work I intended for yol
,re As it is, am glad it turned out as
70, did. You could never have gotten tt
en- story"
A Agitated and excited as he was, Dor
il, son appreciated the truth of the o.
be- mans words
re- "You do not know the reason of tt
ed old mans GOODNESS to your
ak "No."
Sd 81 do"
his WHAT" asked Dorison eagerly.
7as HE suspected you to be the son
Of Dorison by Mrs. Parish"
ill "Ohi" The possibility of such a thir
me had not occurred to Dorison.
ed "But that is no reason why he shou
aer treat me coldly since, as you have to
. me, he was not then, at least, aware
no the bad character Of that son."