, 1896-03-23

irG room, whore tie family pl1tc-lheir
G~hiEci-HaS s.cur,l.
He ea2ci at me curioUsly for Il few
seconds ami then calmly wulkci u-TUss
the room to hIF chgEt Of drawers. which
he opened, taking iLclrIIum a small re-
volver, which he slipped into his pocket.
handing another to me at the same time.
Sir Mortimer took the lead. and. fol.
lowing close behind h!Iu. | uoiSclessly
stole along at his heels. Arrived ut tho
kitchen door, the sounds inside told us
We had come at the riGhtmoment. The
baronet threw open TIE door. The Cuy
had been lighted. and standing i'll the
middle Of the room were the thUeo mon,
young Mr.. CrctTrcy, apart fsuai the
other two, E3llid and hagrard lnnEiug.
And then / do act rightly know what
happened. it was all done so quickly.
Sir Mortimer, stopping calmly into
the room, raised his revolver and fired
at his son., who was waiting for lne,
who bad lost all presence # mind.
to act on tho initiative. With Il gluan
he threw up his arms and fell forward
with a dull thud on the Stone door. Tho
other two did not wait iur more. Int
with incredible swiftncss dyrtcd through
the pantry, and. locking she door he.
hind them, made good their cacaro.
just then awhile rn5ad ti~guraaguear-
ed at the opou Kitchen door rpl Ta2ed
wildly abort her. As her eyes fell on
the body Of the man lying prone and
lifeless on the floor Miss Linda Iarhi.
,,- 9-, :, -,., H.. ,..rT..l T,,. .,.l
with n moan threw herself down BESIDE
her brother, apparently dead, killed by
his father
MY sin has fOund me ont she
moancd. My sin has found me out,'
And then, her eyes wandering to the
little pool Of hIuod which vas crimson
ing the cold tiJgs, she cried out. - can
bear it 10 longer! Faii!er, father, the
forgery was my work.
Casting II look Ct concentrated bate
and anguish on the wgCtchCd girl AZ his
feet, he brushed hcr l2embling.y aside
and kuelt down, moaning softly 10 linn
self, beside the body Of his apparently
|lifeless son.
Mir. Godfrey did not die. His father
had shot somewhat high. aGI the ball
had glanced along the collar bone, max
ing a long. jagged wound. But still ho
was seriously i'll, brain fcvtr setting il
afterrard, and for some ,ju, he lay
lowering between life ani death.
l explained fully to The hnonet the
scheme his son bad formed ior thwart-
ing the burglars. who, By tEo way, wcrc
captured sOluo weeks after the attempt
ed burglary, and Sir Multuncr'a feel
ings Of remCrsG and sorrolt at thr way
in which lie lad wTnusCI Mr. Godfrey
were terribly ~roi2nant.
As for 1i.,ri Linda, her story can be
briefly sum-sti m i'll the following:
Years ago she had a worthless lover.
with whom she was completely ~infatuut-
ed. Gambling aul other forms Of c@gcss
had left HIN i'll low water, and his
sweetheart had forged the check to give
him tho HDney I've had needed 50 soroly,
laying the blame III and weaving Ter
subtle net Of accusation around her III
nocent !rotJay. What ultimately becamo
OF her never knew.
If l haa only kept my presence of
mind and carrie ont NY instructions,
the baromet's hand might have been
staid and Mir. Godfrey would not have
been shot. Eut then parhayi Miss Linda
wonld not have confessed lpuIE cavcn,
there are not l2"Ey women Ike Ry.iI:-.c
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