New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01

had hand III other crimes: since, thae por.i:aiio
q ied-hot poker, disfguring herself almost Deyohu
recognition. ,..o,. s,o,,,d
mention Mr.. DAVIS. DO YOU know That thiS
morning | saw the young gentleman, too?"
The detective stared.
"What young gentleman?
The young fellow who eot into the train al
Swindon, and WHO offered me his flask
You saw him. Where ?"
Here, in the hotel a.,
The devil you aid And you spoke 10 MIN
Il tired TO-"
And lie hooked IT."
That is the odd part of the thing. You
will sav there il something odd about everything
| tell YOU, and must confess, there is. When
you lett me II j. morning | wrote letter wneh
| had written it left the room As was going
young man who was with me III the tram.
You are sure il WAS he '' IT..
Certain. When first saw him he had his
back 10 me suppose he heard me coming. Any
how he turned and we were face 10 lace. The
recognition, / believe, WAS mutual because d.
ADVANCED
lie cut his ucky?'
He turned into room upon ms right
"Of course YOU followed him :?
81 did. | made 10 bone, about it. was no.
three seconds after him, bat when entered 'he
room was empty.
Empty
ut was an ordinary sitting-room like this, but
the other side of il there was door. trlru
that door II was locked. | raped WIN NY
knuclllcs. A woman answered.
a woman
a woman She not only answered, she came
WAS she anything like that portrait?'
| laughed The idea of insiruting any com,
parisOn between the horror in the portrait ana
that vision of health and lovelincss was TOO
ludicrous.
"Shc was lady who is stopping in the
hotel, with whom already had had some CONVEX
as anythm! could possibly bc-a Mr. Jaynes,
lit his finger nails lie seemed 10 he turning
something over in his mind. And did you sec
the man? ?"
That is where the odlncss of the thing. comes
in. She dccInel that there was no man
"Wha' do you mean :?
she declared tat no one had been near her
bedroom while she had been in ii. That there
was no one III ut that particular moment j. ne.
yond Il doubt, becanse she OPENED the door TO let
that after all the man may have been concealed
in the outer room, that / overlooked him in my
haste and that he made oG ooI his escape while
But if he had a finger in the pie That KNOCKS
the Other theory npon the head lie nodded
toward the portrait which / sill was holding in
such pal Mary Brookcr."
Il confess, Mr.. Davis. that the whole affair is
a mystery 10 me. | suppose that Your theory ~ IS
e! should saY upon the face OF II that there
can't be two doubts about that" The detective
stood rejecting Il should like to have a look
I'll 60 down 70 the office here, and | think it's
Just possible that may be treated TO peep at
her room.
When he had gore I was haunted by the
thought Of that criminal luna,ic who was at
lcas, so far sane that she had bccu able 10
make good her escape from Broadmoor; IL was
only when Mr.. Davis had left me that | discovered
that he had left tho portrait behind bin. looked
at it What face it
Think | said to myself, "of being left at
tho mercy of such woman MS that"
Tho words had scarcely left liDe whom
without any warning, the door Of my room
opened. and inst ~ ] was taking, it for granted
,rait in walfrd The yonns nan with Whom
had travelled on The train lie was dressed cx
actly as he had been yesterday. and wore the
same indcGnablr but unmistakable something
which denotes good breeding.
Excuse me he observed, az he stood with
the handle Of the door in one hard and his hat in
the other, but believe you are the gentleman
with whom I travelled Yesterday from Swindon ~
In my surprise was for a moment tongLc-tied
" ! do not think have made "A mistake.
NO. | said. or rather stammcred, yon have
not made a mistake"
at is only by fortunate accident that have
iust learned that YOU are staying IN the hotel
Pardon my intrusion, but when ] changed car
riaacs at Exeter lett behind me "a cignr-case.''
"A cigar-casc?'
Did you notice il? thought perhaps II might
have caught your eye II was a present 10 me,
and one greatly valued. II matched this flask"
Coming a step two toward me he held out
nash-the identical flask from which lad
drunk. j stared alternately at him and at his
flask
Il was not aware that you changed carriages
at Exeter"
Il wondered if you noticed it. I fancy you
were asleep
"A singular thing happened 10 me before !!
had reached my journeys cnd-a singular and
disagecabc thing"
4" How do you mean
IL was robbed"
Robbed? '
"Did you notice anybody get into the carriage
when you. you say, got ont?'
Not that / am aware OF. You know it was
pretty dark Why good eraciaous is il possible
that after all it wasn't my imagnatiou?'
What wasn't your imagination ~
He came closer TO mc-eO close that he touched
my sleeve with hiS eoved hand
81 DO you know why LETT the carriage when |
did? | left il because ! was bothered by the
thought that there some one in il besides US
two
Some one in il besides us twO?"
Some ono underneath the seat. j was doing
of as YOU doing. More than once woke up
under the impression that some one was twitching
at my lcgs beneath the seat, pinching thcm-evcn
pricking them"
Did You not look 10 see If any one was thcrc?'
You will laugh AT me, butt suppose | was
sillv--somethng restrained me. / preferred to
make a bolt OF IT, and become the victim OF my
own imagination.
you loft Ine TO become the victim OF something
besides your imagination, If what YOU say is cor
rect
All at once the stranger made dart at the table.
] suppose he had seen the portrait lying there, pc
cause without any sort Of ceremony he picked II
M and stared at it, AZ observed him. comment
ing inwardly upon the fellows GOODNESS: ] dis
tinctly saw shUGdcr pass all over him. Possibly
il was a shudder Of aversion because. when he had
stared his ill, he turned To me and asked:
"Who. may ask. Is this notwithstanding Great
ure?7
THAT is a criminal lunaiic who has escaped
from Broadmoor-onn Mary BroOkcr."
Mary Brooker Mary Booker. Mary Brooker =
face viii haunt me for many day
l..l L.. 1g-sfn hnQ "a
had for him some dreadful fascination which made
him reluctant to let it go. Wholly NJ a loss what
to say or do. whether 10 detan the man or to per,
init him to depart, turned away ana moved
across the room The instant did so heard BE-
hind me the sharp. frcnzi"d yelp which | lad
heard in the train, and which had heard again
when | had been looking at the sea III front or
Ilcsketh Ores ,cnt | turned as on a pivot. The
Young man was staring OF me.