The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-31
A STARTLING ASSERTION.
Eternert E-Iouverdevv In the Pan nranEuane,.


he said, impressively. Remember that
hiS death viii be upon your own head
she did not reply. but from the way
ner hands clasped and unclasped over
the taffrail 1 could tell how deeply the
threat affected her. 1 was in doubt
whether TO go to her and set her mind at
rest as Tar as / could, or to stop Lyas
ana carry him of to be interviewed by
her lover.
As 1t was, 1 was saved the trouble of
ueciding by being obliged to take a third
course Although l had no idea OF tho
TACT, Mrs Maple, who had recovered suffi-
clenty to come on deck, had been standing
almost close to my side in the deep shad-
o". she attracted my attention now
Dy Ialntlng again as she had done dur
ing the experiment in the morning For
the next ten minutes all my thoughts
were taken up by attending to her. The
s1ewardess had luckily passed at the mo-
iheht hound the lady swooning, and we
GOT her below without anybody on deck
being the wiser left her in the steward
IS charge as soon as consciousness re-
turned and hurried of to the cabin, where
mad left Robin. He was still there.
wondering what had happened. and We
remained for a little while considerine
what course We ought to pursue, whether
10 put the matter in the hands of the can
tam, or to content ourselves by warning
the professor what would happen If he
continued to annoy Miss Gavin. When
we had decide on the former course. we
opened the cabin door to carry il into
execution at once. But at the doorway
we met Kate herself coming to us. her
Eyes starting with terror, her beauti-
full face blanched.
1 have killed him. have killed him.
to save your life,' she cried Historically.
as she threw herself into Robins arms.
ana without waiting TO hear more 1 hur-
RED on deck, oppressed by a terrible fear.
could understand so plainly how the
poor girl had been driven into what was
scarcely crime by the panic for which
her victim was himself responsible. If
she had indeed killed Prof. Lyas II was
clearly case of justifialble homicide. but
what jury could understand the case suf-
hcfently to view 1t as such? l was sick
with fear, and when / reached the deck
only to find that the professor had really
been killed, foresaw nothing but trag-
edy and horror in store for the couple
who had seemed the happiest in the world.
The rest of the case l suppose you will
remember reading in the papers at the
time, ten years ago now"
We could none of us claim a memory
so long for newspaper reports and Mai
bennett asked eagerly whether Miss
Gavin was acquitted.
SIe Was never tried, said Macpher-
son with a quiet smile. THE murleress
got off with Imprisonment for life"
'The murderess?" we all exclaimed in
one wondering breath, and the doctor
nodded.
Yes, Mrs. Maple, as she called herself.
She was, as you will have guessed an ac-
complete of Prof. Lyas, and Travelled sep
arately for the beneflt of their schemes
They were well known swindlers, and the
" ill-xi xrrsc
stock -in-urade; 1t must have proved rather
useful in wringing money from nervous
people afraid of the man exerting his
power against them. His mistake was to
use it to the dstriment of his partner in
crime. 1t was his pursuit of Miss Garvin,
or Mrs. Robert Macpherson, as she is now.
which raised the Jealousy of an ill-bal-
anced mind, and made the woman go TO
his cabin and stab him Immediately she
recovered from the swoon into which she
had been thrown by hearing the converse
ton to which too played eavesdropper. i"
But what made Miss Gavin accuse her
self Of the cri1me"' / could not help ask
ing.
That was the result of a most remark
able coincidence" explained the brain
specialist. Il left Miss Gavin, you know,
imagining that Lyas was about to kill her
lover by his will power. After the expert
ment in the morning he never doubted
his ability to do so. Suddenly it came to
her as an inspiration that her will might
be stronger than the professors, that
if she concentrated her mind on killing
him she might be able to save her lover
life. At the end of her effort somebody
rushed on deck with the news of Lyas'
death--a coincidence which would be too
remarkable for a story
The doctor glanced at me as he spoke.
for he is, of course, aware of the use
which make of his club anecdotes.
IF it is true 1 must risk its improba-
bility' said. But my readers will want
to know why Mrs. Maple tainted during
the experiment"
1t is a gift that some hysterical pa
tents have of becoming cataleptic at
WILL" answered Macpherson readily.
You see cases of it at public mesmeric
exhibitions sometimes.
bennett only had one more point to
settle.
II do not see what this has to do with
the subject on which I was speaking"
he said, and the doctor only smiled his
quiet smile.
FOND OF THE Letter II.