Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-09
base again. I'm afraid.

DUSS dRdlu, LII oiA0tN'
"0h, po!"
What frightened your
Cole was about to make an evas We
reply. when the thought occurred 10 MN
thar he might make all ally OF the oe,
ranoed though dancerous man, VINO nao
not only spared his life but had been
no doubt. at very great pains to start MN
on the road toward health and Strength
"You saw from The card, returned ne,
that I was working on the st. Cyr case
yes ~
THAT led me to the house of this Max
Morris"
"Ha! see!"
Before that I met the daughter OF 'ne
murdered n 49,
"Berenic,
Exactly" n.
denv. it's a family failing. l did II my
self once, End was never the Same an
Il see Well, you are right, and that
IaroeIv accounts for my interest in the
matter. Judge of my feelings, men,
when l saw that she was dead"
~Im sorry for it, Milty.
TT w..s she that 1 lowered from the
window in Morris house.
"Then he and Sears have made away
with her.
Undoubtedly" 80,
cts all that's left me now,
"I'll help you. The scoundTel:! ny T;,
inp to get me to kill blood relation! Ill
help YOU and you'll find I'm of more use
Whereupon the dwarf bustled back to
the stove, leaving our hero to examine tne
papers at his leisure. 81.
10 his intense astonlshmene. OoIe
found that ten days ha elapsed since ne
had received the injuries which SO nearly
resulted in his death.
These. coupled with the worry and ex-
o.+ament which for more than twenty
fonr hours had proceeded their lnt1lctlon,
had proved too much for human nature tc
endure. and brain fever had resulted.
With absorbing interest and as mucE
coinposure and resignation as ne coulc
command. the invalid devoured SO much
of the file of papers as related to the st.
Cyr case. taking them in the order OF
their appearance.
Much that he read was, as he well
knew, the invention of the reporter who
wrote, it. while almost everything was
sadly iumb'ed up and distorted.
He learned that the guilt of himself
was undisputed, that he was being eager
lv sought after by the police, and that no
one else was suspected, though he was
known to have had an accompllce.
Detective Hyland had survived the bull
let wound; in fact, it was not nearly Sc
severe as was at first supposed, but re
MANNED in a half dazed, passive condi
tion from which it seemed Impossible u
arouse him. Physically ne was alrnos
we'll, but the hospital physicians nelC
out no hopes Of his ultimate mental re
covery. -
shot was believed to have been fitted nj
and occupied by Cole Winters. Numer
ons dispuises. to ether with some burg
lars tools and stolen property foun'
there. had served to still more firmly es
tablish the guilt of the reader.
As to Berenice st. Cyr, our hero rea'
of her through eyes wet with tears.
The accounts stated that she had re
ceived note on the evening after he
fathers death from Cole Winters, In
forming her that he was lying at tn
point of death, and asking her to com
10 him.
She had maintained the innocence
of . The young man., and hat
impulsively complied. She had beel
driven away in a hack, and did not lie
turn. All efforts to find the hackmai
had failed, and~she was believed to hav
been abducted by the desperate criminal
Cole Winters. The note, said by expert
toibe in the handwriting of the youn
man, she had left behind her, It wa
then in the hands of the police. and mad
arOther'lin in the already strong chai
of evidence that was expected to hau
The paper of next to the latest issu
contained the article whose sensat'ons
e head. lines had completely upset th
It appeared that the body Of woma
- found floating in the Chicago River ha
been shown to be that Of the missir
heir6ss. The identification had bee zee,
complete, though it rested mainly on tn
cloak and hat found on the body, as
the identity of which there was no shade
of doubt. 10,
With an awful sinking OF the Lea