The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-24

CHAPTER XV.-CoNTIEUED.
"Ah- sir, you have taken load off
my mind Now hear my story. My
name is Aaron Gore. / was born on
Sir HarTy's estate, played with him
when boy, served him as a man, and
traitorously sold him to his enemies,
when he had none near him but my
self in whom TO put his trust"
Beads of agony stood on the mans
brow. as he uttered these words.
'sYou see. sir" he continued, st all
came about of the doings of Capt.
Frank Archer"
Frank Archer! Who is he?'
sSSonetimes I think he is only man
like the rest of us, but at other times 1
believe he is a devil in human shape,
for surely no fiend could have wrought
more mischief than he has done. He
has been at the bottom of all my
misery. If he were to show himself IN
this room do not know that dare tell
you what has happened"
'FWell. he is not here and should not
harm You If he were. Speak out, man,
Arthur said, impatiently.
eyes, L must be quick" the man
groaned. 81 feel already weaker" ("
then. evidently nerving himself for the
supreme effort, he poured forth his
story Of crime in hurried words, some
times unintelligible, but conveying to
his breathless listener its full meaning.
II must write this down, if l can only
find means to do so, and you must sign
it," Arthur said, when he had finished.
Aaron Cores reply was to the point:
you wiz find several lead pencils
with the package of papers under my
pillow, SIR
"Ah, yes, here they are. Now you
lie back and rest, whilst l write your
deposition"
And this is what Arther Dunbar
wrote. casting every now and then an
anxious glance at the sick man, who
lay watching his pencil as it moved
rapidly over the paper:
81, Aaron Gore, believing myself on
the point Of death. do make the follow
ing statement, which 1 sOlemnly de-
clare to be true: That was in the serv-
ice of Sir Harry Grahame as valet when
that gentleman was taken sick of the
fever at kistmun, in India, during the
early part of January of last year: that
there was also in attendance on the
sick barcnet his friend, Capt. Frank
Archer; that Sir Harry Grahame had
prepared a will leaving the greater
part of his fortune to Miss Kate Gra-
hame, his adopted daughter; that
entered into conspiracy with Capt.
Frank Archer to prevent the accom-
plishrlent Of this act; that Capt. Archer
induced ne TO aid him in this fraud by
a bribe OF one hundred pounds and a
promise of a thousand pounds if our
scheme proved successful; that, in
pursuance Of this plan, a groom in
Sir Harry'S service who lay on the
point of death stricken with a fever
contracted at the same time as his
master, on hunting expedition in the
jungles, was palmed off on the doctor
of the FOrty-seventh regiment as the
baronet; that this doctor gave the GER
fificate of cause of death and burial per-
NIT, fully believing that the dead man
was Sir Harry Grahame; that the sick
baronet was carried by US to the sea
coast and shipped in charge of Capt.
Archer to Colombo, whence he was re-
moved to the interior of Ceylon; that 1,
acting under orders of Capt Archer, re-
manned at kistmun in charge of the
supposed deceased baronet's effects;
that received telegram from John
Colburn, an attorney in London, who
was also in the conspiracy, ordering me
to proceed at once to Colombo, where