New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
an in his hand whom no addressed me-

| wanted TO speak 10 you abOut-Mary Brooker. l
| She's what is called o criminal lunatic, and she's
escaped from BroadmoOr. Let me see, think III
was a week to-day-and Just about this time-no;
it's now a quarter to nine; it was just after nine
lie slipped my watch into his waistccat pocket
She's still at large, you know They on the
lookout for her all over England but she stu,
at large. They say she's lunatc. There are
lunatics at Broadmoor. but she's not one. She's
no more a lunatc than you or IL
| He touched me lightly on the chest. Such was
cn contact with him that even before the slight
pressure Of his fingers my legs gave way from
under me and sank back into my chair
You're not asleep"
mo" said, Pm not asleep"
| Even in my stupefed condition was conscious
| of desire to leap up and take him by the THROAT.
face Or at any rate. he showed no signs Oh peih9
Shes misunderstood genius, that's what
| Mary Brooller is. She has her tastes anG people
do not understand them. She likes TO kill-to
| kill! One of these days she means to XIII herself.
but in the meantime she takes pleasure In N'inhS
| others =, .h, ..h,. NJ nv
side, allowing ole foot to rest upon the ground
| he swung tho other in the air. ,.oa o.
| 90 upon the stage. hut they, said that sue was
mad. They were jealous. that's whaI IL o Nus
She's the finest actress in the world iier ac!ins
even at Broadmoor. But she only uses ner po y,
for acting to crafty her taste-for killing IL was
| only the other day she bought this knife. . III.
vest e LONE Ions. gIttering. crue-looking knife
| :. It's sharp Feel tho point-and the edge. -.
fe held it out toward me- dia hI' n aa'i hnve
| to touch il. II Is probable tnat Shouiu ho' "
succeeded even if I had attempted .,. .1.,s
"You won't? Well perhaps You're rgnt;
not much fun killing people WIN a slim tIan m
| knfe's all very well TO use for cutting ,heni up
afterward but she likes 10 do the actual ki ,
with her own hands and nails. ] Sholldh W. W
SUI prsrd if. one of these days. she were 10 XII,
| IL
| s spo killed anyone, and she is hungry. Sorry
can't STAY" stay But this day week she escaped from
| I3roadmoor as the clocks had finished striking hinc
| and it only wants ten minutes you se. :. 90. ,or
| Ito looked at my watch--cvcn holding IT out TOT
me to see.
| "Good-night.'
| With n careless nod he moved across the room
| holding the glitterng knife in his hand; Wheh
ho reached the bedroom door h" turned ana sihii,u
| Raising the knife. he waved it toward me IN the
air Then he disappeared into the inner room or
| I was again alOnc-posSihlY Tor Il uihu'c ~, ~
| noro but {hs time II seemed 10 me that my soil
| fude continued only for a few heetinG seGoh"s
| Perhaps the time went faster because l i'i', y.
thought fel. that the pressure on my ora.n waS
| g;vinr way: that only had to make an effort OF
| Sufficient force TO be myself again ana Tree liz
| mower of making such an effort was temporarily
absent. but something within ses ,mru !" Tho bed
! that at any moment it might return; ne ~ NY
room door-that door which. even as | look pic ~
seems TO have been really and truly a u9or in
some unpleasant i,re9 she swept I az"
,Sor roon she had something in her right hand
which she threw upon the table. .ti,I. ., tho
| WELL" she cried. wliat 40 you 'ni"" vi '
| secret Of the mask"
| The secret of the mask? .,ho,,
| Although nv limbs were powerlcss throughout
II all. retained TO certain extent the coh'roi Vi
H." See here. il is such little thing" She picked
nm the Two objects which she had thrown upon
s"nc sort Of skin which she had shown to me be.
| fore "TheS. are the masks. you "o"l" u,
think that they were perfect representations OF the
h9m ,cy f1S@fh XII ih world wond cScd
,hem a. Won have been This is an on woman,
face, this is the face of young nan ,i.,io dim
! lv that the objects which she dangled before my
eyes. a. she SAID. were vcrltable masks. 10 , pn,
feet are they thcv might nave peer sni"r re snch
| the fronts of living creatures lhrF 1r' suI"
| little things yet have made them with wha' 'oll
| They have been the work of years. ID t"o 1u. .
| JUS, one other. lon SEQ nothing si.isrn nv ,hnao
| Two People could not make out what Wns Wv
| ing They thought that | was maS!hg Joy Tho,
told them that was They smiled AT me- nc. lhI !,
| thoucht that il was new phase Of Madness; IL
,b,t be So then i'm Madness there IS more COOL on
during unconquorablc resolution than IN a.. NouI
sanity meant to conquer. ana uid' rI II
| dI NOT dishearten mo, | went straight on ia"
a nnrnos, 10 fulfil: | would have fulfilled i even
though should have had first 10 die well " Is
| fulfilled MI,
Turning. sho flung the masks into the ilre lliry
| immediately In 1atl'~' '"' p''"''' ~
10 The The labor Of the years is Soon consumed But
| shoud not have triumphed had | NOT "'h ~.
| lowed with genus-the genius OF IN" ACTOR Nv
| I told myself that | would play certain parts
norts which would fiji the masks-and thar ! w4u .'
he the parts I played. Not only across tne loo'-
lights. not only with certain a,.oo n y for the
| nos.inv hour but il chos" for ever ana Tor aye.
go all through the years r"lcarscd tncsc .I r'a7
| when was not engaged upon tH, ua,NS, ~
| ,hov ,Enuoht was madness in another rhaS'. ohe
| - ttc p,rts- she came closer TO me; her voice
hecrnc shrillcr-" one Of the parts WIS tnat OF dn
| Id woman Have Won seen her she IL III INC
,rr She ierbed her thumb in the direction OF
The fireplace 81 Her part Is play,rd-'hr had 10
sic thai the tea was drank. Another Of the paris
that OF Young s"n1'''I Tor th"rr is that
pphnn, = woman which is not to be Disguised. NIc
| always reveals her seN when sh' pu's ul ni',.
clothes You noticed IT. ana you ho." s',v hi,
| fore dinner, lie came to vou; when You saw h, ~,
in the corridor this morning warn yrs,'runs o ~"
| snont nm hour with you in the train ? know So"
| noticed il because OF these
She drew out Of her pocket handful OF thing g
| There were my links, my studs. my wat'n anu
| ohain other properties of mine. Although inc
; v%an Of the drug which had been administered
ia me in the tea was passing on l leit' even llo'o
| than ever as though were an actor IN urehlii.
The third part which chose to play was TIE
| mart of-NlrS JayncS . II, ,,d i,
clospnr her hands behind her back. She po.,u ~, III
| ,ront ~ mo in an attitude when was essoh'laiH
look at me we'll. Sean all my points : Ap,
! ,roisr me You said that was beautiful saw
that YOU admired hair which hows Loose upon %nr
| nw sbondersr-shc unloosed the fasteningS OF h'r
hnir SO that il did flow loose upon her ShoUidersw
the bloom upon my cheeks. the dimpie In my y,
chin, my face in It's entirety 1t y the sr' yo u,
| tba mask nv friend. the secret OF the mask lon
ask me why | have watched, and tollrd. AM,
schcmed TO make the secret mine. She slI",ri, '
ont her hand with an uncanny Gc9ntnrr' vnr,sriay
| wished 70 crafty my taste for killing ne'''"S
| I miybt have killed you; tonight VIII. IN
She did something to her head ana ufrss ;, nnv!s
was rustic of drapery. II was ike ro'I.r IT,
| change Mrs Jayncs had gone. ana instead ,"trc
Stood before ne the creature with, as | hau ue
scribcd it TO Davis, the face of devilLtne ia't
had seen in the train. The transformation III l.s
| n,irctv was wonderful Mrs. Jlyncs was me-
c ..,rS moman with n swelling bust nrd in the