Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19

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fellow to spcal; to her at all SIC tried to
argue with him.
"'You dare not, SO said SO Gcrccly
| that could hear her plainly. You dare
not commit murtcr.'
"'P,Ddon me- replied Inc villain in lis
clear, distinct voice, / dare do anything
that Is not punishable. And ny way Of
killing renders it impossible for the death
to be bfau"i.t home to me.
81 foand it hard TO keep still in my hid
ing place Under the deep shadow Of the
dccl;hodsc, while my brothers flarccc
seemed to argue and PLEAD in turn with
him. Her voice was not clear enough for
me To hear many of her sentences, but
was pleased to gather from his replies that
she absolutely refused the rupture lie rro-
posed with her husband elect At last he
turned away.
"'All right as you will, Miss Gavin
he said imprc. Sivcly; 'rcS:cmbcr that his
death will be upon your own head.
"Shc did not reply, but from the way
her hands cla.I ed and unclaspcd over the
tal'raiI l could tell how deeply the threat
affected her. l was in doubt whether to
30 to Ter and set her mind at rest as far as
l could or TO stop Lyas and carry him of
to he interviewed by her lover.
GAS it was was saved tho trouble of
deciding by being obliged to take II third
course. Although | had no idea Of tho
fact, Mrs. MNplc, who had recovered sufli-
cicntly to come on deck, had been stand
ing almost close to my side in the deep
shadow. She attracted my attention now
by fainting again, as she had done during
the experiment in the morning For the
next ten minutes all my thoughts were
taken up by attending to her. The stew
ardcss had luckily passed at the moment |
found the lady swooning, and we got her
below without anybody on deck being the
wiser. | L. { her in the stewartlcss' Charge
as soon rs consciousness returned and bur
ried OF to the cabin where | had left Rob
in. He was still there, wondering what
had ial TC-cd, ard we remained for u lit
tie while considering what course we ought
to purSuc whether TO put tie matter in
tie hands OF the captain or to content our
selves by warming the professor what
would happen if he continued to annoy
Miss Gavin. When we had decided on tho
former course, we opened tie cabin door
to carry it ito execution at once. But at
tie Vcry doorway we met Katie herself
coming to u, her eyes starting with ter
ror, Ter beautiful face blanchcd.
ct have killed him! havo killed him
to save your lifcn she cried Historically as
she threw herself into Robins arms, and
without waiting to hear moro l hurried
on deck. oppressed by a terrible fear. l
could understand so plainly how the roor
girl could have been driven into what was
scarcely a crime by the panic for which
her victim was himself responsible. If sho
had indeed killed Professor Lyas it was
clearly case of justiflable homicide, but
what jury could understand the case sufll-
GENTLY TO view it as such? | was sick with
fear, ard when | reached the deck, only to
lind that the professor had really been kill
ed, L forcsaw nothing but tragedy and hor-
ror in store for the couple WHO seemed tho
harpicst in the wCrld. 1r.c rest of the
case | suppose you will remember reading
in the Tapc.s at the tine-tnn years ago
now"
We could none Ct us claim memory SC
long for newspaper reports, and Major
bennett asked eagerly whether Miss Gavin
was acquitted.
"Slc was never tried" said Macpher-
sen, with liz quiet smile. "The murder
ess got off wi II imprisonment for life'
"TEc mmGCrc,s?" we all exclaimed in
one wC.-dc"h'g breath, and the doctor nod.
dcd.
eyes, Mrs. Mcple, as size called herself.
She We as you VIII E1'c guessed TN
accom-. ice e Professor LAS and Travelled
separately fuc the benefit Il heir schemes.
They wee well known swinGlCl,y, ard he
Will killing was probably part of their
stock in trade 1t must have proved rath-
er useful in wringing money from merry
Gus IeoI le afraid Of the man cxcrtine ! il
power against thca. His mistake W.; 10
use it to tie O.. r.i.cut Of Lis PARTNER in
crime. 1t was lis pursuit of Mss Gavin,
Or Mrs. Robin MaD Acrson, as She is row,
which rail- cd tie jealousy of an i'll balarc-
ed mi, d and made the woman go to Lis
cabin and stab him Immediately she re
covered from the sWOOn into Which > q
had bcrN Grown by hearing the ccnvcc IL
ton TO Which |, too, played cave GroIEcr. -
But wl.at made Miss Gavin accuse
herself of TIE crime?" l could not help
asking.
THAT was TIC result of e most remark
ablc coinci,,c,cc, czl lained the brain src-
ciaiit. Il i Miss Gavin, you know,
imagining tli.. Lyas was about to kill her
lover by lis will power. After the cyrcri.
mont in The morning she never doubted
his ability to do so. Suddenly it came to
her as an il. iratiOn that her will might
be stronger than the professors; that if
she concentrated her mind on killing Kim
she might Dc Gblc to save her lovers life
AT tie end of her effort somebody rushed
on deck with tie lows of Lyas' death-a
coincidence Which would be too remark
able lOf a story
Tie doctor glanced at me aS lie spoke,
for lie il cf course nNarc Of HE use Which
l TClc If lis ClUb Cr,cGotcs.
I'll IL is true, l must risk its improba-
billy" | said. But my readers will
want to Eu0w why Mrs Maple tainted
during tie experiment."
at il li.t tiIt some hysterical pa
ticnts layccf locoming catalcptic at will, "
answcrl Il I--cl orson readily. "You see
cases Of itlt public meamcric exhibitions
sonnet ines.
bennett only had one more point to set
tie.
81 do not see What this has to do really
with tie subject On which | was sreak-
ing, " lie said, and tic doctor smiled his
quiet smilo.-Pall Mall budget
How They Settled 1t.
A curious story Of the late Comic do
Paris is told bya French contemporary.
In 1871, when the government of NJ. Theirs