The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-04

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why of course anything that can do in
a pecuniary way to relieve your wants !
| would be most willing
"'You villainp I began, and was
about to grasp him by the throat to
stranglo him, when my sister caught me-
by the arm and, with more calmnessl
than / could have expected, said:
"'No, not that way lie must suffer
Is shall. must be avenged, but death
is too tame for my wishes! With these
words she hastened from the room.
Hardly knowing what to do. followed! !
We entered the carriage which awaited
as and were borne to our hotel, Matilda
! keeping silent during the trip. AS soon.
however, as We were in our parlor, she
said:
"'John, go at once for lawyerp I
Immediately OWNED her intention and
went ort, only too glad that at last this
fiend was to have his deserts.
"It will suffice here to state that We
readily had Marvel arrested and tried,
for, however lax the Parisians may DO
in morals, bigamy is a crime there, as
elsewhere, and with but little trouble
We secured his conviction. His appoint
ment to his foreign mission had has,
tened his going abroad, but the news,
paper had mado mistake in saying
that he would take wife with him.
He had been engaged to marry this wo-
man, but she and her parents had been.
spending some nonths in Paris and
their wedding bad taken place there
only short time prior to our arrival.
Thus the crime had been committed on
French soil and was punishable there.
Ny sister maintained her strength and
appeared at the trial to testify against
Marvel, a circumstance which greatly
assisted in securing his conviction, but
Immediately after she became quite ill
and died before I returned to America.
Thus ends thet sad history Of my sister
and her wrongs. Now about myself.
eat tho trial, when Marvel was SEN
fenced to the full penalty of the law, he
started up and uttered the most horrible
invectives against my sister. Then,
turning to me, he said: y
"'As for you, who have bounded mo
down, warn you that when I get out
Of this trouble, wherever you may hide
away, will find you, and will kill
you, so help mo GodP 1t was terrible
to hear him, and as he spoke l knew
that if ever he should have the chance
no would execute his threat.
''1t was the certainty Of this which
instigsted NE in my subsequent course.
concluded that when we should meet
ono of us must die, and I felt that com.
mon justice made it but right that he
should be the one Not satisfied with
fastening the death of my father and
my sister, he must also threaten my
life. So I made my plans. If he should
come with murderOus intent, would
be ready, and if he did not no harm
could accrue.
II foresaw that some shrewd detect.
i've would discover that this man had
crossed the ocean to commit crime,
and l determined to let it appear that
he had succeeded. Iwould kill him.
dress him in my clothing and let it
seem that I was the murdered man.
But as | must further bo able to account
for my own presence plotted to reap
pear as my own son. To this end Wis
tied an academy on Washington Heights
and spoke Of placing my son there,
though / afterward informed the school,
master that had sent him elsewhere.
However, interested myself in his insti.
tuition and offered to make some needed
repairs. Then l spent some time at tho
school, and while there wrote to par
ties out Of town, inclosing self address,
cd envelopes for their replies. These
were in due time returned to mo prop
erly postmarked, and it was an easy
matter for mo to write fictitious letters,
as though to my son, aud place them in
these covers. These, when the time
should come, would bo proof enough Of
my identity, and us 1 knew that years
would pass before l could use them I
concluded that no one would doubt that
they were genuine.
Next allowed my beard to grow
to its full length, that being the style
in which Marvel always wore his. I
knew that his would be shaved as long
as he remained in prison, but thought
that he would allow his beard to grow
again as soon as he should regain his
liberty, ms it hid a scar from wound
that would otherwise greatly dis!igure
him. TEon | dyed ny whiskers, eye.
lrows aid hair black, in imitation Of
his, my own being quite red. had no
relatives, and absolutely 10 friends or
acquaintance il the north, ana deter
mined not to revisit Rich:nond. Conse-
quently bad al! iGy southern property
converted irto cnsh and forwarded to
ne. then locked about fer a suitable
place to 1.-Two and selected Lee.
Il did nothing mCsa in furtherauce Of
my plans except to speak to all Of my
new friends Ct the son who had left mo
and had run away. wSa quito yoGrg
at this tiuy, hut 10 III fact, ul.LoUgh 1
was fully matured and looked much
older.
The years rolled by and nothing &C.
CURED to diatUrb tue serenity Of our
home in this little New Engiand town
except that the Marvel family came here
TO reside. This considered another IA
tahty, and fer that reason did not move
away.
AT last came tho birthday which
would mako it necessary for me to ex.,
plain moro TO Virgie than bad ever
yet done. After dinner was listening,
to Squire Obey, but at the same time
was moodily thinking over tho past.
with its terrible memories, when young
Marvel asked to speak to Ine. Twas then
startled to hear him. another Walter
Marvel, declare that he had wen the
heart Of my little girl. Was 1t surpris:
ing that ! should aot as did and deny.
his suit. or that in my anger l should
blurt out part OF the truth? The eventa'
which followed nro too we'll known I'd
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