The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05

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as answered: ."Ihope you will, sister
mine, yet remember, we have not a
particle of evidence against him.
Even the ships surgeon was i'll atthe
time of Mrs. Tracy's death and una
BILE to attend her" ~. +....
"Yes, / know all that" answered
Rose, but you bring him here and I
think we will force full confession
from him before many weeks roll
bv."
The result of this conversation was
that Mr.. Tracy soon became quite a
frequent guest at our little home, vet
nothing of any interest occurred.
He was genial, polite, and apparent
ly very frank, without a care upon
his mind.
l confess that [ almost grew to like
the man, and began to be ashamed of
my suspicious. Remarked something
like this to my sister one day, and then
begged her to tell me what was her
plan to extort confession. She only
shook her pretty head to all my
pleadings, but refused to Join me in
my new feelings Of regard Tor Mr..
Tracy.
A few weeks later ] was deputed to
invite "Our Murderer us Rose and I
called him, to an evening entertain
ment at our house. There was 10 be
music and tableaux My part of the
performance, Rose said, was merely to
sit next to Mr.. Tracy in the audience
and prevent him from leaving the
house in any event, for, as Rose sig
nlflcantly observed, Something
might happen that would frighten
him."
Upon the evening of the enter
tainment the company assembled
at about 9 o'clock. Mr.. Tracy
and myself being assigned seats in
the rear Of the others. The tab
leaux, interspersed with music,
went on successfully for an hour. then
the programme changed and the stage
manager made this announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are ia
vored tonight by having in our
midst the great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
DR.. Slayton, recently from London,
where he suffered considerable perse-
cution for the sake of his supernatu-
raj powers. He,has kindly consented
to give US a slight exhibition of his
remarkable ability to communicate
with the unseen world. He promises,
however, not to sfrightenz anybody
who has not a guilty conscience. y ~sssS
This speech was greeted withlaugh-
ter and applause, and the Introduce
ton of DR.. Slayton was generally be-
lieved to be a capital joke, part Of
the amusement Of he evening. But
the veritable Doctor soon appeared
upon the stage, to the surprise OF my
companion and myself, who were
familiar with his appearance, he hay
ing been one of our fellow-voyagers
upon that Hateful journey from Eu-
rope.
Nothing very terrifying occurred.
Some familiar airs were played by
unseen agencies, and bouquets of nat
ural flowers were bestowed upon
some of the ladies-fowers that came
from nowhere, apparently.
Presently Mr. Tracy and myself
were requested by messenger to re-
pair to the library. We crossed the
hall and entered the room, which
Was illuminated by the silvery light
of the full moon that shone through
the long windows. !. -.
We were not alone. The phantom
like figure of a woman stood by a win
dow. apparently gazing out into the
radiant night. She slowly turned at
our approach, and we stood face to
face with the ghost of the murdered
wife. For time / could never tell
how long dead silence reigned. Then
these words were pronounced in
chilling tone that seemed like an echo
from the tomb.
.'"The sea gives up it's dead"
MY companion sank upon his
knees in pitiful, abject terror. ooh,
Genevieve, forgive me, forgive me!''
he cried. Dzs> @5...s
.sMy God, I have suffered-how suf-
fered! Pity and forgive mev' 81
The attitude and cry Of unmistak-
able anguish were, to my mind, suffi-
Gent evidence of Tracy's guilt.
: While we were both complete
~ dazed, the apparition, vanished.
When the william had somewhat re-,
covered and become aware of all
that ne had betrayed, he tried in
confused way to account for his ex-
clanation, but I was not disposed to
lose the advantage SO gained, and SO
effected to possess absolute proof of
his crimes
Finding denialuseless, he confessed
all and pleaded eloquently for his life.
His evident remorse affected me. [
called in Rose, and the result of our
consultation was that we agreed to
keep to ourselves all noWledge Of
Tracy,s crime, upon these conditions:
The criminal was to devote. Sis, 600
out of his annual income of 500
600 pay to the sick and destitute Of ]
the poverty -strick ken portions Of New,
York, and he was to live an upright,
regular life. -=55, & ',.
us He was to perso nally superintend
each year, the distribution of this
money, and at the least deviation
from the terms of these conditions
we were at libert y to den ounce him to
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