The Irish standard., 1896-12-05


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anticipating LINT i,s would u ts,er
I attempt toto l!u;i, him M Re rhai,s renlizs
a that e.ery1 l,inG ssas nsainst him. and
B fly which he. Herbert. desired. ~ hen he
Said II you sse:i IL. ere I return, Icai,-
u int help it, l,s had ,vails ard Il,
Tc.i-Eof the house. thinking that II he did
seek escape. il would he ia TINT lirec-
ton, and he soon had THE satisfaction Of
seeing the door open, and Angus and
Aunt Mag appear IN the doorway.
i !..s ..l'ly Angus Br,,ce! !. snid Aunt Mag,
T nothing but your speed will save you"
Then he lad seen Angus dash down
the steps and disappear ii, the darkness.
Even then Herbert stood there. lean
ing against the side Of the house for
!. some moments collecting his thoughts.
ow." he thought, 'sif Bruce have
/ sense enough and good fortune enough
to get beyond the reach OF apprehed,-
" sion. SO much the better for him, for.
he will save his life. and far better for
me-. for there will be no one to dispute
/. my eyidence-yes. and his flight will
I make it appear doubly certain that he
murdered my uncle; the case will ad.
NIT OF not single doubt.
r q why, Fannie saw him turning from
the bedside with the bloody sheath
]; knife ia his hand: her evidence aati
. mine will forever place a bar against the
return of Angus Bruce to the coast Of
Carolina.
NJ .sA,int Mag. unfortunately, saw me
etrike the blow, but terror will hold
her. tongue fast; if not, her evidence
will not be taken. She might talk. but
!. if she does there is sure way to silence
her. 4
IT might sell her; but no, will keep
Mag always near me, where can watch
her. IL
1. God or the devil speed you, Angus
aiRruce. say +; bs go not near the Clara
Belle, for that will be the first point
the officers will search for you. Now,
If you"
At this instant a piercing scream was
heard from within the house; Fam
ME had revived.
s. Herbert ran out the front gate, and
down Market street, and on the air as
he ran resounded the startling cry OF
1.1nurder! murderl"
Sleepers awoke. rushed to their win
dows, and threw aside their blinds, to
see coatless, hatless figure speeding
by, and hear again the receding cry:
: Il Murder! Murder!"
Herbert halted not till at the door OF
Sheriff Cobb, and Justify he sounded the
knocker. q.
Y. .tMurtler! Murder!"
The sheriff soon responded. and, CALI
ing up the coroner and DIR. Davis, they
FASTENED to the Lloyd mansion, many
who had been aroused by Herbert's
cries joining them on the street.
At the house they found Fannie wild
with grief.
Back on the bed as he had fallen lay
the body of the banker. His night robe
and the bed as we'll were stained with
blood, his eyes were staring, wide open,
as if in horror.
AS Herbert saw them he started back,
fearing that his work had not been
sure.
HE is dead" said DR.. Davis, "ons
need but to look at his eyes to tell that;
the film of death is over them"
~. Herbert breathed easieE,
~ ''This must be the weapon with which
the murder was committed" said the
sheriff. as he raised from the carpet.
where Angus had dropped it, the sheath
knife. ss., ..,,
!, THAT is the weapon he held in his
hands when my cousin and entered the
library. and Isaw him turning from the
bedside" said Herbert. BLOOD covered
the knife as it does now; also his hands
and clothing, and on his face was the
look Of fend. ] shall never forget it
till my dying day"
THAT blade" said the doctor, passed
entirely through the heart. Your
uncle's death must have been instant.
He could scarcely have made an out
cry .ss s53s 4
"Nor did he" said Herbert. cor we
would have heard him."
I. II never would have believed that
Angus Bruce would have been guilty OF
& crime" said the sheriff. "much less a
crime like that. Why, he kept his bank
account with your uncle, did he not"
'.He did. sheriff. 1t was not financial
matters that impelled him to do thu
deed,
8 WAS there motive?" 1
81 can think Of but one"
II :tsAnd that?"
.:s. s..Bruce loved the lady who on to-nner-;
! row night would have wed my uncle,
! and jealousy. judge, caused the crime
He was desperate because he could not
! win Miss Hill. AS he saved her from
drowning. ] suppose he argued thar
heawa entitled to her hand. and !
doubt not she would have preferred to
/. drown to giving It to him" Fl
Ibid you first see him tonight when
!, turning from the bed with the knife in
his hand 2" asked the sheriff. 5s
'',,o, sheriff, was down at the bank,
until fully half-past ten, as often am
at night when getting behind, posting
/ the books. When l was coming home,
ard on the corner below. encountered
Angus Bruce. He seemed greatly ex-
cited and agitated about something,
and said that he bore letter fror1s