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snarp colloouy followed In Flemish, at
the end of which the Chief Of the Police
said to me: Come quick. He is still IN
sd" and ran upstairs, three flights.
followed by a party OF policemen Win
Smart and myself. r..
At the top was g single door, fast
locked, and to a peremptory summons to
open, no answer came. At q signal from
the chief the obstacle was beaten down.
We rushed in; the room was empty, but
the dormer window leading to the ROOT
was flung open, and it was clear our
quarry had escaped that way. .
The Chief looked down into the street
and shouted O few words, evidently OF
warning. The answering shouts plainly
told he was understood.
The hubbub increased; cries and coun-
ter cries, EXPLANATIONS of encouragement,
sympathy, horror, disgust, fierce eager
ness in the ~chase-there was no mlstak-
ing their varied sounds.
From the roof in front Of the dormer
window I watched the fugitive's progress.
He was full in sight, rapidly clamberlng
along as best he could. I saw him run
down the leads, then make a spring on
to the gable-end stairs, up which he
climbed daringly. Thus he gained the
ridge of O sleeper roof, and along this ne
walked carefully, carrying his life in his
hand.
At the end he encountered a fresh and
u~nexpected obstacle tall chimney-stack
that Forbade all further advances. Here
he paused, ir~resolute, sorely puzzled. He
could not 60 forward, and to go back
would be to fall into the arms OF the po-
lice. From down below other policemen
threatened to shoot him where he was IN
less he came down. .
is that your MANI" asked the Chief Of
me, hurriedly. Can you see him? Are
you quite sure?"
Cornelis Jansen, and I said SO posi-
lively.
will you come down? 1t is your last
chance. One-two-three!" the Chief
shouted to him. slowly, revolver in hand.
Still the miscreant would not surren-
der himself. With a new and more fran
tic effort he tried to climb round the
chimney stack, but his foot slipped, he
lost hold, and next instant he had
fallen down-there was no telling how
far-down in the courtyard on the other
side.
They took him up for dead, but, though
fearfully mangled, he still! breathed. he
fingered in the hospital, to which he
was removed on q stretcher, and 1 had
several interviews with him before ne
died.
with the fear of death upon him he
confessed to his crime, justifying fully
the conclusions at which l had arrived.
He had overheard the quarrel between
r--.c-1l a-5 v-,orfo on1 1naw ant - nj ant
Spanish to understand it. Then he re-
solved to make the Spaniard's secret his
at any price, and utilize for his " i'd
vantage the power Of eItortion thus OBJ
tanned.
The murder lad BEEN a simple affair.
he had hidden himself in No. SO before
Yriarte retired for the night, but on the
Spaniard's appearance, after the victim
had emptied his pockets on the dressing
table, he, Corne1is, had seized the knife,
crept behind his victim and finished MIN
at one stroke. He had taken his OWL
knife with him, but had been suddenly
inspired to use Yriarte's as less compro-
missing, throwing it from him on leaving
No. SO by the window of the fre-escape
After the deed he had spent On hour
searching the portmanteau, but with
little result. All be found were q few
memoranda and the Cadiz address OF
Yriartc's mother. These he utilized In
the manner the reader knows, and thus
obtained the proofs he needed for the
effectual intimidation of Mr.. Sarsfield.
The whole of these papers, with many
articles of o compromising character,
were found. in Cornelis' bedroom. I
handed them all over to MIR. aersfelG
without examining them. The value he
set on them W. my justification for this.
When, a few months later, I made Miss
Bertram my wife, I restored to her the
hairpin on which I had laid hands, e1-
planning why I had secured it. At the
same time I cleared up the few points
that had remained obscure in this ex-
traordinsry case.
Mrs. Sarsfeld knew from tho first OF
the hold Yriarte had over her husband.
It was to implore the man to hold his
tongue that she had ventured to No. SO.
When she discovered the murder she
almost believed in her husbands guilt.
She had confded her fears to Fawcett OF
the end of the interview Of which !
heard the commencement, who had be-
gun by suspecting her. His action Of
first had been to shield Mrs. Sarsfield
and then Mr.. Sarsfeld.
As for my dear wife, her whole idea
was to screen her sister, even at the sac
rifce of herself. Deep, unhesitating de-
votion to those whom b loves is I'm
abiding principle with her, as I have
found, after many years of the closest
intimacy with this noble. unselfsh nature.
1.-THE END.l