Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-20
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''Who is he?"
81 did not say 1t was man.
"Man or woman, who is the party?"
"Perhaps, for your own peace of mind,
you had better never know" said.
He turned deadly pale and trembled
II understand you," he gasped, "but
even though the pllrloiner be my second
self / must have the truth from you. 1t
was my own wife them"
"No, it was not your wife"
"Ah, thank heaven for that at least!"
he cried, with sigh of relief. "My Sis
teri"
mo, it was not your sister,
"Who then2 Speak without fear"
"You will have it?"
eyes, must know"
"Can not prevail upon you to let the
secret remain with myself For no other
being possesses it."
"No, Mr. Carbon, must and will have
it,"
"Wbat say you to your friend them"
"What friend?' he exclaimed in amaze
ment.
Godfrey PERCY"
He fairly staggered as if he had received
blow.
"Tmpossibler' he gasped.
cit is true"
He sank down upon seat and for some
time held his head in his hands.
"Are you sure you have not made a
mistaken" he asked at length in hollow
voice.
II am certain of what assert"
"You can prove it?'
II can"
''Then you shall proveit. All me, poor,
dear Virginia! 1t will break her heart
Willingly would give half my fortune to
have these miserable circumstances other
wise''
at is not too late, Mr.. Howell" said l
alphabetically "She need never know"
He bounded from his seat, his eyes
blazed like madman's, and he turned
upon me with a naughty rage that had
never seen equaled, not even on the stage.
"For what do you take me, sir?" he
cried, his ashy lips now fairly quivering.
eff this man is guilty, were he even a
| prince of the realm my own hands should
blow his brains out sooner than make my
| beloved sister the wife of a dastardly
| thief. Step into my private room, Mr..
| Carbon. will send for him. You must
/ face him before me and make your accusa-
| ton good or take the consequences.
clark you, Mr.. Howell, said. Gle
may deny it and convince you that his
| word is better than mine, but mark this,
| if he does deny it, and you accept his de-
| NAL, shall have him arrested for felony
| and all the facts publicly exposed from
| first to last"
~ accept the conditions" he said. And
| he at once conducted me to his private
apartment in which stood the safe that his
friend had opened to rob him.
A servant was dispatched for Godfrey
| Percy, and in few moments he made his
appearance, looking quite unconcerned.
had arranged to have everything my own
| way and as now appeared without my
disguise the young gentleman did not
| know me. He glanced at the two of us
inquringly, but 1 did not keep him in sus-
| pense. Stepping up to him, placed my
hand rat her roughly upon his shoulder and
said, with sharp severity:
| Godfrey Percy, | arrest you for steal
ing your friends diamond ring and pawn
| ing it at Isaac Jacobs. You will at once
accompany me to the office of a magistrate
| and confront the witnesses"
| He turned as white as death, threw up
his hands and then fell down on his knees
and begged for mercy.
"Spare mel" he cried. "Spare me! 1t
was the first and only time had ever done
such wicked thing. wanted certain
you, my dear friend, for it, Intercede with
this officer and save me from public dis
grace and utter ruin"
Il fn1-o nj, fhov, Il
George Howell in quite even tone of
voice that surprised me by it's natural
calmness.
ooh, yes, confess it"
elbow did you open my safe?'
81 watched you one day when you were
working the combination and was able to
make it out. That then became my temp
tation."
''But the ring was also locked in the
iron box"
"You had duplicate key to that, which
was in another drawer that was not locked.
Oh, my dear friend George''----
"Call me Mr.. Howell and leave off the
friend" calmly interrupted the other.
"Godfrey Percy, you were to have been
married to my sister tomorrow. Only
think of the disgrace which she, a Howell,
has escaped from you, a Percy! In only
another "a hours she would have been the
wife of thief. Go without saying a word
to any soul in this dwelling. give you
"a hours start If after that time any
police officer can find you, will never rest
till you are in jail"
He pointed his finger imperiously toward
the door, and the condemned culprit in 81
lence arose from his knees and skunk out
of sight. That was the last ever saw or
heard of him. Both the brother and sister
are now dead. never knew what the in
terview was between them. She died in a
madhouse in less than six months, and he
was drowned on q river excursion In less
than year.-London Tit-Bits.