The Irish standard., 1898-08-27

GRAFTON, II will restore Gielow to
you. He may be alive yet, but if do
not reveal the secret of his hiding-place
he will never see the light of day.
tell you l am positively the only living
Possessor of the secret"
Hendricks face wore comical ex-
preston. He glanced at Denhanl and
said:
"Rich, isn't it?"
Denham nodded, and Kola's bead-like
eyes rolled back and forth wondering
ly as his gaze vibrated between them.
SIT is not an unreasonable request"
said he.
"You forget" replied Hendricks.
suavely, "that you have already court.
eously volunteered all the information
necessary. You are gem, Count Ban
tinni. You actually do so many good
deeds that you forget about them. You,
OF course, remember telling us about
the head of the dragon, the lantern,
the stone stairs, the long cavern, and
the cell at the end"
Kola's face darkened. He reflected
a moment and then said:
81 see you made me talk unconscious
ly. I acknowledge that you have un-
done me completely"
He sat up and his handouts clanked
as he folded his hands over his knee.
"Is Gielow alive?" he questioned.
"Thanks, yes;" said Hendricks.
swell, am glad of that, anyway. He
stood between me and my desire, that's
all 1 had against him."
Half an hour later Hendricks went
out on the veranda and looked down
the road. DR.. Lampkin was there walk
ing back and forth.
"How's Gielow?" asked the detec-
tive.
"Tip-top," answered the doctor.
"He'll be at his easel in a week. How's
the prisoner?"
"Resigned and meek as lamb" an
swered the detective. "He made COM
plete confession to Denham and my
self just now"
"And presume the mystery is solved
at last" remarked Lampkin, tenta-
lively. II must say, however, that
am still in the dark on one or two fea-
lures of the case. For instance, it
seems an unnecessary thing for Kola
to cremate the body and inform you
anonymously that the remains would
be found in the hotel"
"That seems to have been an after
thought, and there was a reason for it,"
explained Hendricks. "He was spend
ing pleasant evening with his victim
in Caruthers' rooms and committed the
deed sooner than he really intended.
Caruthers, it appears, was just begin
ming to suspect that Kola was not an
Italian, and dispute arose between
them. Kola struck him a single blow
in the temple, and he fell dead with
out sound or blood"
"Ah, sect" exclaimed Lampkin.
'rhen," went on Hendricks, "Kola
feared, as he was seen to enter Car
nthers' rooms, that he would be sus-
pected, so he quickly resorted to the ex-
cellent scheme of making it appear
that his victim had suddenly left the
city.
"He first crowded Carutbers' body
llItO OhC VI AIS WIZ tAdunS anu uC4A0CA.
ately went down to the street and en-
ployed passing baggageman to come
up for the trunk, pretending that it
was his. Without attracting notice,
he got the trunk delivered at his own
rooms in town, and early the nextmorn-
ing had it removed out here by his In
dian servant. He next dropped Car
uthers' valet note from Philadelphia,
which was mailed in that city by an
eastern confederate, and later he
forged another communication to Miss
Huntington.
But, in the meantime, he was think
ing of some unique means of totally
destroying the body. lie ended by cut
ting it up and reducing it to ashes by
oxy-hydrogen flame, all except the
hand, which, for q time, escaped his
notice. He was about to throw the
ashes away when he ran across the
hand. Then the thought occurred 10
him that unless it was proved beyond
doubt that Caruthers was actually
dead there would be endless litigation
before Miss Huntington could come
into her uncle's estate. AS you know,
that would not have suited Kola, so he
put the ashes and hand in the vase, and
managed to get them into Caruthers'
apartments. His first idea was that it
would be taken for the work of a crank,
hence his cranky letter to me. His
next inspiration was to hypnotize Gle
low and make him confess and flee, but
for week the artist persistently avoid
ed him, and it was not till Kola discov-
cred that was back from Boston that
he accidentally met the artist and ac-
complished his purpose"
But why did Kola make the first at
tempt Oh your life?" asked the doctor.
Because he had already decided to
murder Caruthers, marry the heiress
and continue his role of Italian
count in New York. and was afraid that
would sooner or later recognize him."
"But the second attempt on your
life?" questioned Lampkin.
WAS because he found out that was
at the rooms Of Count Bantinni the
morning after Gielow's apparent fight,
and was afraid would finally discover
his disguise. think from the fact that
lie avoided me during that time that
he was afraid of me. but after he played
the Bible trick on us think he be-