Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27

est. On making enquiries was inform
ed that Mr.. Gerard had received an ur
gent telegram summOning him TO this
deathbed of an uncle.
Poor Evelyn was very Respondent all
day and her animation thing Of tha
past. | intruded my society upon her
very persistently in the hope Of CLEAN
ing further information. l even asked
her point blank where Gerard had gone,
but she confessed herself to be N COM
plete ignorance and am sure she spokd
truly. He would soon return, she said,
and he had promised to write She al
so spoke incidentally OF the Wholesale
thefts and regretted the loss OF her
mothers jewels. l pitied her from the
bottom of my heart for being such sn
expert criminal and withal such an in
nocent one. | then and there made up
my mind to track the real criminal, but
as It happened was saved the trouble.
After dinner I persuaded Evelyn 70
put on her hat and take turn in the
garden. 1t was q lovely night, clear as
day, and with the soft, balmy air re-
dolent with roses. l was discussing
the approaching Battle Of Flowers witt
my companion when she suddenly stood
still, while a look of intense horror ap-
peared upon her face, and her eyes grew
wild and and unnatural. | could sea
nothing 10 account for her sudden ter
ror, and was about to question her
when she gave a low wall Of agony and
fell unconscious at my feet.
1t was week before / saw her again,
and then it was to say good-by. She
was altered beyond recognition and
was only wrath of her former self
You have been very kind to me, Mr..
Blaine" she said, simply, "and l feel
that | owe you some explanation. You
have perhaps guessed that Mr. Gerard
was a dear friend of mine"-here she
caught her breath and resumed with
dificulty-'the night was with you in
the garden I saw q ghostly vision.
Mr.. Gerard stood before me, and as !
looked he raised his hand and drew
knife across his throat; then l remem-
bered no more" She shuddered yiO-
lently as she spoke, and sank exhaust
ed into a chair.
MY dear child, why distress your
self with idle fancies?" | began, but
she held up her fingers to enioin silen,-
and pushing paper toward me, said:
Read that"
Ny eyes followed the paragraph,
which ran as follows:-
Terrible Tragedy at Liverpool
Last evening, between eight and
nine, terrible tragedy was enacted
in this city. The police, having obtain
ed a clew as 20 the whereabouts of the
accomplished burglar, George DAILY,
alias Cecil Girard, arrested the unfor-
tunate man as he was about sailing on
large liner bound for New York. The
criminal made desperate resistance,
and, eluding the officers grasp sud
denly, drew sportsmans knife from
| his pocket, and before he could be pre-.
vented gashed his throat across from
ear to ear. The CHASTITY occurrence
was witnessed by a number of passen-
gers, some OF whom tainted. and tho
deepest gloom prevailed on board tho
Vulcan when she finally steamed away
A large quantity of valuables were dis
| covered in the suicides pOrtmanteau.
including parure OF diamonds. several
rings, watches and other costly artic-
les"
passed the paper back IN silence.
It was dated the 7th inst. The terrible
deed was committed on the very day
and hour that it was witnessed by Miss
Hillyard some hundreds of miles away.
Poor Evelyn! She and her mother
left the same day for England. and I
have never met them since. The IN
happy girl was as utterly unconscious
then as she is now Of the part She play
ed in the miserable drama. In a letter
she states that her daughter has taken
! the veil.