The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

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wound Is not dangerous-sne VIII reccF-
er. and De- none the worse for what has
happen. / viii take care that her future
Is assured. I can arrange that without
any one knowing why I take an interest
in the case. she shall be more than COM
pensated for what she has suffered, but
IL ] give UP my s0n.-nO. TO. / cannot
do 1.-THE shame Of IL would kill me-"
We'll / understand exactly what you
feel, and I am not going TO betray the
confidence you have placed In me. II
the lad We're sane / should say He is
crimiual-you must give him up but
as he IS insane, instead OF lcttlng the
scandal De made public and sending him
20 public lunatc YUM. ] viii assist
you TO keep the family skeleton in the
cupboard and have him taken care Of
'You are sure that he is insane?'
Absolutely. I would sign certificate
tomorrow"
in any case before he can be confined IN
an asylum"
'He is not going to any asylum. Your
object is that no one but ourselves shall
know that the heir to your title and es-
tates Is a mnatic liable 10 attacks OF
homicidal mania"
Yves. would do anything to avoid
VERY well. Then it must be understood
that he is going TO travel abroad. You
will leave here with him quietly this even
ing. You are going to London to your
town residence in the ordinary way. In
London ! will meet you tomorrow and
take your son with me TO friend of
mine in Paris. young doctor attached
to one of the great French asylums and
who is skilled in dealing with cases OF
this sort. He viii receive him into his
house as "a guest. but under another name,
and by that name he will be known to
the doctors family and every one con-
nected with his establishment. If the
doctor finds him easy TO deal with and
manage he win remain there
zone word, doctor. Do you honestly be-
lieve that IT is possible that my son may
Ia hot Nzn1N nfrr rod
day he may be able to take his position
in society as my heir?"
Il cannot say. He may improve-he may
grow worse-his family history-is bad
The earl started.
His family history is bad! Good heav-
ems. man, ] have never heard that there
was any insanity in my family"
mo" said the doctor. quietly, but as
matters are now 1t would be wrong to
conceal the truth from you. Who was
it advised you to send for me?"
MY wife. She said she had heard you
had great experience in such cases"
Exactly, and she speaks with knowl-
edge. I have had a brother of the coun-
tess under my care for years, and her
mother died in an asylum"
The earl rose from his seat with loud
cry. And l never knew; they never told
me, and they let me marry her. Oh, the
infamy OF itr'
! Hush" he said. Il should not have
told you, but the time has gone by for
secrecy. Nothing can undo what has hap
pened in time past. We have only to think
of the future"
THANK God I have no other children"
groaned the earl But even If ] had IT
could not make matters worse. My only
son is mad-a would-be murderer"
Il don't say he can be cured, but he may
be. At any rate it is absolutely necessary
that for the next few years he should
lead a quiet life free from every tempta-
ton, and that he should be under con-
slant and close supervision. am an old
friend OF your wffe's family, and am anX-
ious to help you for her sake, and so I'll
take the boy and put him in good hands"
and your terms?'
You will allow your son a thousand
a year, and you will pay 1t to me on his
behalf, and leave everything in my
hands. for five years; At the end of that
time l shall either bring you back your
son restored to health and fit to take
his proper place in society, Or
well. wen talk about that when the
time comes"
That evening the earl and his son left
earl returned alone, and it was under
stood that the young Lord Temple had
gone for an extended tour in India. Soon
afterward gossip began to busy itself
his wife. The rumor was that they had a
serious difference, and had separated
Color was given to the rumor by the
fact that the countess left on visit to
her father. and never returned to Temple
combe. while the earl-who spent most
of his time there-withdrew from all so
ciety and gradually closed the place
against visitors altogether. Six months
after the outrage on the cottager' s
daughter Templecombe mad ceased to be
show place, and an announcement was
made that the grounds would not be
thrown open to the public again.
"A year had elapsed since the mystic
rious outrage, and the village gossips
had begun to leave off talking about IT..
The girl had quite recovered and had
-rrf zsaf1s off re aHx
ture. The earl had betrayed all the ex-
penses of her Illness, and had instructed
his bailin to give the father constant
the whole affair was on the high road
to being forgotten when something hap
pened which struck fresh terror TO the
heart Of the little community. The Earl
of Tempiecombe was found early one
morning lying dead in a lonely part of
the park. He had gone out the previous
evening for a stroll, and his valet had
sat up for him until a late hour. Early
the next morning some laborers coming
| to THERE work on the estate found the
| early lying dead in clump of trees.
4 There were marks of a struggle near the
| spot, and the medical man who was sum-
/ moned at once gave it as his opinion that
/ the earl had been Strangled by his as
/ sailant. There were the marks of the
murderer's fingers on the throat of his
/ victim.
The affair created an immense sensation
/ all over England. The London police came
/ down, and exhaustive inquiries We're made
/ a man who was we'll known as a poacher,
/ who had been prosecuted by the earl and
/ sentenced to twelve months imprison-
/ ment, and who had been released the
/ previous day, his sentence having expired.
! No one had seen him in the neighbour
/ hood, and he had not returned TO his
wife, who lived in the village. No trace
/ of his movements since he left the prison
/ could be discovered, and ii was conjec-
! tured that he had come into the place
/ at night, and had in some way encoun-
! tered the earl, and had taken his revenge
by numbering him. The story had its
/ improbabilites. but the man had disap-
peared, and he was the only person. so
/ far as could be ascertained, who had any
motive for attacking the earl. The motive
was certainly not robbery, as nothing had
! been taken form the person of the deceased
nobleman. Two strangers had been seen
/ in the neighborhood one of them an OLD
man of highly respectable appearance.
ana the other young man. but they hSd
( gone to London by the late train, and
/ had not been particularly noticed In
! Quiries were made. but no trace of them
/ beyond the London terminus could be
/ found. But no supicion attached to them.
The news was broken as gently as posi-
4 bic to the countess. but the shock was
! terrible 1t was explained to her that
/ there was very little doubt that the author
1 Of the crime was the man who had been
| released from prison. The solicitor who