Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

But he did not forget, and blamed me that
l did. He followed me to New York. and
on the morning l was married found his
way into the house, and, mixing with the
wedding guests, suddenly appeared before
me just as I was receiving the congratu-
lations Of my friends / felt all the terror
he had calculated upon causing, but, re-
Numbering at whose side ] stood 7 man
aged to hide my confusion under an asDect
of haughtiness. This irritated John Ora
ham. Flushing with anger, and ignoring
my imploring look, he cried, peremptorily:
Present me to your husband!' and 7 nre-
sented him. But his name reused no CORE
spending anger in my husband l had
rever told him of my early experience with
this man, and John Graham, perceivtnp
this, cast me glance of heart-piercine dis.
dain and passed on, muttering between his
teeth: False to me and false to him! Your
punishment will be upon your And 1 felt
as If l had been cursed"
She stopped here, moved by emotions
readily TO be understood. Then with ouick
impetuosity, she caught the thread Of her
story and went on.
PART III.
THAT was six months ago; and again 7
forgot. My mother died and my husbar
soon absorbed my every thought How
could dream that this man who was little
more than memory to me, and scarcely
that, was secretly planning mischief
which we have talked so much may have
been the work Of his hands; and even my
husbands death"
She did not dare to finish, but her face
which was turned toward me, spoke vol
umes.
Your husbands death shall be INQUIRED
into" I assured her. Ard she, exhausted
by the excitement of her discoveries asked
that she might be excused from Ciscussirg e
the subject any further at present
AS l had no wish to enter into this mat
ter any more fully at that time, 1 readily
acceded to her request, and the pretty
widow left me.
Obviously the first fact to be settled was
whether Mr.. Holmes had died from purely
natural causes. l accordingly busted nv
self the next few days with this question.
and was fortunate enough to interest the
proper authorities sufficiently for them to
order the body exhumcd and examined
The result was not what 1 expected. No
traces of poison were to be found in the
stomach, nor was there any mark of vio-
lence to be seen upon the body, nor the APP
pearance of any wound with the execution
of minute prick upon one of his thumbs
speck so small that only l was fortunate
enough to detect it.
He was again inferred, the authorities
assuring the widow that the doctors GER
tificate given her in Philadelphia was cor
rect. But was not satisfied, neither do I
think, was she. l was confident that his
oeath was not natural one, and entered
upon one of those secret and prolonged in
vestiSations which have constituted the
pleasure of my life for so many years
First, visited the Colonnade in Philad
ptia, and being allowed to see the room in
which Mr.. Holmes died, went through It
carefully. AS it had not been used since
that time I had some hopes of coming
upon clue.
But 1t was a vain hope, and the only re-
suit of my journey to this place was the
assurance I received that the gentleman
had spent the entire evening preceding his
desth in his own room alone He had
received several letters and one small pack
age while at the hotel, the latter coming