The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25

and turned her face from the light. He then opened the window, drew down the blind a little way, and closed | the door,
 The two men then returned to the dining room; there they empted and washed out the decanter, afterwards refilling it and helping themselves. They put up the cake, swept up the broken glass, opened the window, and went up stairs. Gustave first securing Madam Dnmasques keys from the | pocket of her dross
 Having opened the travelling bag,
 ustave handed it to Jacob, with its contents of thousand pounds and some valuable jewelry; and then, not finding anything moro to reward his l continued search, the ooarser, moro I debased rutfian was eager to get away. | He had now an easy method of bleed ing his victim whenever he felt dis l posed; but he was not desirous of be- ing seen in his company on the scene of the crime. So he soon trudged off on the road to Fladgate. uncertain whether to turn evidence against the criminal or not.
 Gustave, left alone with the dead, also longed to leave the horrible spec tacle, and yet lingered for he had great difficulty in making up his mind whether it would after all not be bet ter to follow Jacobs advice and push the body into the black depths of the mill-well. Finally he decided to do so, and went upstairs to bring down Madame Dumasque's bonnet and man. tie and other wraps. After little de- lay he found the key of the mill-door hanging against the wall in the kite h. en, and carrying the wraps over his arm, went down the garden to the gruesome building. He unlocked the door, lighted a candle he had taken with him, and threw the garments down the yawning chasm. Finding that they descended into impenetrable darkness, he determined, after some hesitation, to try to dispose of the dead body in a similar manner, and then lock up the mill and the house, and leave 1t to be inferred that Madame Dumasque had left the place. htH Nohih iNN iliiii tiAiiC io CctdBt-
 While the murderer was thus delib- erating, a black shadow passed across the floor
 Gustave darted to the door which he had left open but no one was to be seen, no sound to be heard. He waited, listened, and presently heard a sound above his head. He could not bear the suspense. but mounted the ladder, and, candle in hand peered round the empty chamber, only to discover a stray cat which had wandered through the open door to seek shelter. He felt that he dared not leave it in the deserted building, lest it should attract attention by its moving; and so he spent some time catching the animal, and then. carrying 1t out, closed the door behind him.
 Leaving the light burning in the mill, he went back to the house to finish his desperate task, when the sight of lights in the drawing-room filled him unspeakable dread and, creeping in, he saw standing there the man who he had been told was dead and saw also that he had discovered the dreadful truth. Losing all command over him self--only conscious of the desire for self-preservation at any cost, the de- sire to destroy all evidence of his guilt
 he did not stay to calculate the pos sibility of finding in Clifford fresh victim on whom to fix the crime He approached Clifford from behind and felled him to the ground in a moment. The next minute he was dragging the unconscious man into the deserted mill with the strength of maniac. He pushed and dragged the motionless body to the brink of the black abyss, and then sent it rolling down with all his might. Guided by the iron ladder, it disappeared without sound to tell him whether his second victim lived and he paused, panting and exhausted after his terrible task.
 Gustave left the light burning as he rushed from the mill to the house to fetch his first victim, and he left the mill door open as, without Il hat and in the fast descending rain. he gained the open doorway of the Mill House. But the rising wind blew out the can dle burning in the mill and the door shut with Il slam, as, shaking the rain from his coat, he turned to enter the room in which he had perpetrated his second deed of cruelty. He must fin ish all he had to do and leave the place without delay; he must try and get away from Fladgate that very night.
 He entered the room hastily and found himself confronted by Judith, who gazed upon him with stern and menacing air.
 The woman laid hand upon his arm and held it as though in vice, pointing with bony finger to her dead mistress.
 Murderer. she said iiercely, 'I will avenge her death. l mistrusted your face when left her alone. Oh. why did l not persuade her to go too! Do not deny the deed-you have killed your mother.
 My mother," cried Gustave with a livid face. as he held his hands before his eyes to shut out the dreadful sight of that form-''my mother!'
 Your mother.n repeated Judith. but l will avenge her death--it shall be life for a life-you shall die, If she sinned, did she not atone for it by devoting all her life to you, her base sonp And this is her reward. l loved her |" went m the hard -fen t,lrad wom-