Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-01-07
BRISTOES'S RUSE.

BristOwe, that dry old stick of a
d -tective, throwing down his news
paper. III that man had smat
terng of science at his fingers'
ends be could have done the trick.
Yes. YOU can all see it now. Ah,
ought TO know. 1t was bit of
SCIENCE that once helped me to net
$500, get at the root Of az queer a
IN stpry as ever tackled aud pos.
slbly to save a gentleman's lite INTO
the bargain. Yes, [ can tell you
Just how it happened. l wasn't on
The spot Till after the crime, of
course, but | know exactly what
took place. Nv wOrd!'
Itwas Sir GAVIN Grey's case, il
you remember-Grey, The great
London banker He had flne old
place down at Wimbledon that bis
niece, Kate-as sweet and lOvable
girl as ever walked this earth
used to keep house fer him. Old
bachelor, YOU know. They say,
aud l believe, that the girl might
have married any man she liked;
but, OF course, it so happened that
the lucky fellow who crept into her
heart was only a cashier at her
uncle's bank-Leo Markhouse by
name. the old gentleman was
staggered at 6rsr, but at the finish
ne gave way on the condition that
they waited till the young fellow
proved himself ct tor partnership
aud for such a wife, and things
went smoothly enough for a time.
Then came a deadly crash.
Would you believe it. this Mark
house was fool enough to make use
of check that ought to have gone
into bank, aud somehow or Other
it was found out before he coQ Id
pay it back. 1t wasn't in Sir Gavin
to give aUy man a second chance,
1 suppose; at any rate, he called
hlm in, dared him to show his face
there again and sent him about his
business, with an alternative Of
prosecution. Aud one evening, a
week later, when the old gentle
man got back 10 his Wimbledon
house the first thing he heard was
| tnat Msrkbonse bad been there
land that MISS Kate had gone of
With bim-gOne for good. Prett,
romance, ehl
Now for the mystery. 1t seems
that for some days Sir GAVIN war
absolutely crushed aud never left
the house: BE used to 90 up tC
the girls room 10 make sure that
she was gone, aud then he would
20 and sit 10 bis study for hours al
d stretch, hardly "oving all the
time, they said. We'll, There wa =
glass door opening on a sort 0
balcony, and one night, when ht
was sitting there so, that dOOl
opened, and u mau walked in. BOr
glari No; it was Markhouse, com,
there with his wife to ask for on,
chance TO redeem his bacKsllding.
He said sfterward they had mean
20 go boldly up to the front dosr
because Miss Kate was sure Onll
one cOntrite word was needed Il
20 straight to the old gentleman
heart; but as luck wOnld have 1t
he had seen the light in the studl
G and chose that way.
There was fine dramatic scene
they say the noise of it could b
heard half over the house. Mark
house, he pleaded hard and trie'
to explain things, but the ol'
n gentleman was hard as granite. a
the finish (Pm telling YOU jas
what had from Markhouse hin
self aud from Silverly, Sir Gavin
man SCI want, who, being privileged
was listening outside the door th
whole time) be dragged open
drawer and threw packet on th
floor.
There he says, you've waste
your time and eloquence. You
wlfe's mother left her at deaf
e9OO and some jewelry. There
Is aud there's the way out, aud
meyer wish to see either of yo
again.
Markh0use swears he never OnC
fhouohf of fonahin0 the naak q