The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20

----rsd that they should ask Dr. Mac
-.- 10 come down and give an opinion
-t- case.
-.--ru was a cousin Of DeverilTs. In
..-..4u rne guests at Ivydene while 1 was
--e with the exception Of myself, were
m one another ana to Tom. Dear
M MIS- Deverill. his mother. had in
.--4 on gathering her sisters children
.--- her under her hospitable roof. al
----7 one al least Of them Tom cordial
n. hates HIS cousin Lillith Andrews, to
7t--7 rs became engaged during my Wis
S.. was as sweet a woman as you could
-.s- and 1 had not noticed anything OBJ
,s--.7rshla about Cantyll when his mys-
FERROUS ralady attacked him and took him
a.. ri my sight; but Gabriel Dyne was a
e=-5eiv unpleasant person.
rs--vu began by being found uncon-
-.os one morning when Tom
entered his room TO see why he
not. appeared at breakfast
and from consciousness to I'M
Consciousness and back he had been
hanging ever since. The Deveriu's fam
lr DOCTOR owned himself perfectly non
r'a--d by the symptoms. One day he
spoke Of sunstroke and the next of new
forms Of hysteria. He seemed very re-
leved when suggested that Macpherson
might like TO take such a puzzling case
IN hand I thought that its inexplicable
nature would tempt the physician into
the country and l was not disappointed.
FIVE hours after the telegram which Mrs.
DeyerIu begged me to send him reached
Harley street the great mind doctor was
Standing by John Cantylrs bedside. bend
ing over the young mans unconscious
figure with his fingers on his pulse.
Tom Devariu and l both attacked him
eagerly as be left the sick room
WE'LL can you teel what it is2" we
both inquired in one breath, and Mac
rasrson answered in his sharp, decided,
profess .0nal manner:
.lt is d clear case Of opium poisoning.
The dose being repeated. I should say,
from your account of the patients symp-
toms. in quantities just too small to cause
Immediate DEATH
Tom and 1 stared at him.
BUT who on earth can be doing it?"
asked my friend, aghast.
That is what we have to find out to
begin with" said the physician, briskly
IS there anybody in the house who
would profit in any way by the poor
fellows death?"
"Ies [ should for one" answered Dew
erIl AS far as money is concerned we
al -houd-Miss Andrews Dyne and my
SOLE. You see, we are all grandchildren
of Sir Charles Wilmott, my mothers
father and by his will the money he
loft was TO be divided equally among us
De- case one of us dies unmarried it is
provided I'm the will that the share be
longing TO him is to be divided up again
among the rest So. you see. CantylFs
oaa.h would leave each of us richer by
Aai apart from money" asked Mac
@a has anybody in the house an
o.e injuring the man? Is there any
i'3F in love or anything of that sort?"
n IL We're a question of love" l put
would be my friend Tom here who
world be poisoned. He has won the prize
for which Mrs. Deverill tells me both
fra other cousins have been striving
the hand of Miss Andrews"
he doctor made a few more INQUIRIES.
and have no doubt came to the CON
'.1sion at which both Tom and l had al
ready arriVed-that if anybody in the
house was poisoning Cantyll it must be
93hrel Dyne. He was. in fact the only
person it was possible to suspect. and.
although Macpherson refused to give an
o0lmon on the subject both Tom and I
were perfectly satisfied in our own minds
mar IT was upon Dyne alone that we
need keep watch
lmaglne our surprise, therefore, which
almost equaled our CONSERVATION. when,
o0 The morning following the physicians
arrival. Gabriel Dyne was found almost
es9a in his bed. just as Cantyll had
e1 10 come down to breakfast. and
had been found by Tom unconscious in
room so Dyne was found by him.
H' had been stabbed near the heart. as
was found directly Macpherson made
"a examination, but there was no sign
'' trace of the instrument with which
crime had been committed.
am not nervous man by any means.
'lI VIII admit that this unexpected trag-
''t ADDED to the fact that another man
was oeins slowly poisoned to death in the
I9e' terrified me, more especially when a
''se examination of the premises proved
emo conclusively that nobody could
ieIt the house during the nigst, I'M
'heY had an accOmplice inside to
the doris after them. The entire
7l1ie on our part to think of anybody
1"ns ms whom it was possible for
moment to suspect. gave the two crimes
supernatural appearance, which added
.'Ameasurably to the terror of our posi-
700. The servants left in a body, prefer
Fs the loss Of an excellent situation
me danger of remaining in a place
NAefa such inexplicable things
occur. should have
5 TO have followed their ex-
ample but felt. of course. that I must
by Tom. His sweetheart proved
Aerolsm and devotion by forming a
s.o.iar resolve. and Macpherson took it
matter of course that he should re-
,g7.h to watch John Cantylrs illness and
W what he could for Dyne who had re-
s-ed consciousness, but could tell us
--aias He had evidently been stabbed
h's sleep. Macpherson seemed pleased
me exodus of the servants. "If my
-sAt does not recover now we shall find
circle OF those whom we may suspect
.7rably narrowed down" he said,
l.ly, as the cook and housemaid.
-o were the last to go, drove away in
one Gao
-.lith Andrews had not remained we
@t nave had to do our own cooking,
srrilI had very properly insisted on
~ mother accepting the invitation Of
..a3le neighbor until the mystery of
attempted murder and CantylTs
7 was cleared up.
nay of the discovery and the next
PASSED without incident. I do not
mt any Of us slept much. know