Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-06-16
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Well. what of ii. He pushes the
stained hand ont Of sight, and rubs it in
,huddering. secret fashion against his
cat The simplest thing in the world
Viii bring blood sometimes. lie had not
.4riously hurt that old man-only
.-upped him: it was for self-prcsery.l-
t;ag. ana doubtless even by this time the
ia fellow was on his feet again. and or
-aDiz.ug a search pats to arrest him.
IL laughs aloud as he thinks of this.
Oh. YES. he will forgive him that search
pargy-that natural desire for revenge.
He viii forgive him anything. if only -.
4 thick, painful sob chokes him.
II is next morning. the 10th of July.
Through the half-closed windows the sun
is shining into library, an eXquisiteiy-
appointed room, very different 10 that
small, Scantily-furniShcd apartment
where an old man had lain prone: upon
one of the tables Il daily paper is spread
vide and bending over it is human
creature. from whose mental misery and
despair let us all pray to be delivered
One paragraph has riyeted his atten-
ton As he reads and re-reads il. his
every hope in life lies dead-slain, as
surely as that old man was
Terrible Tragedy" The letters dance
before his eyes, then grow into Il sullen
red color then fade. then change back
again to large and vivid black. There
is no escaping them.
Yet, suggestive as they are of cruel
harm done to some man or woman. they
would have had no weight with the man
now staring at them with dull hopeless
ewes but for certain other words living
below them. These last. indeed. had
been the first to catch his eye \ sleep
less night, an unaCknowledged dread
had driven him downstairs early-had
compelled him. though already he feared
comment, to demand the morning papers
before the hour usual for the butler TO
deliver them. And when they were once
within his hands, as they are here now.
tearing open the Times. he scanned its
columns with an awful tightening at his
heart-"10 Sandiford street"
Now that he really knows. he feels as
if he had known it for Il long. long time.
\ century it might be. Could it be only
yesterday?
"Oh, nerciful Lord. to Whom life be-
longs, Who can give and take thrust
this thing be. Oh. that Il miracle might
take place. Create one, Lord: and let
that old man arise and walk the earth.
as he walked 1t only few short hours
ago
This man. his slayer. praying now as
he had never prayed before. stops short
here. and filings up his arms heaven
wards, as If sudden conviction of the fu-
tility Of it all had struck with the sharp
ness Of keen, strong blade into his
hear.
1t is too late. The voice Of heaven has
spoken; there is no appeal. Henceforth
he is accursed
Again. as though compelled to it. he
reads the fatal words beneath him,
though were he to live a thousand years
he could not forget them. so burned into
his brain they are This last tragedy
took place very close to the scene of the
shocking murder of Saturday night. at
That famous, or rather infamous. gam
bling he'll in - street"
He beats his hand fercely on the M
per here, and his Mortified eyes grow
bright with a sort of rage, that cries
aloud upon his folly. In seeking to es-
cape the worlds censure on Il minor
fgult, he had fallen into an abyss from
WncA no man can pluck him.
An cid gentleman, Mr.. Darling.
Gul',t, respectable. and much thought of
hy his nelghbors-so thoroughly inoffen-
Slve IN all his ways that motive for the
murder Is impossible to find. The case is
rendered even more difficult by the fact
tAat desire to rob had evidently moth
lng TO do with 1.-THE murdered mans
watch, chain and seals being found up0n
MS body, and some loose coins in his
pockets. 1t appears the servant was ont.
ana had left the hall door wide omen
whilst she went on her errand. The
murderer must have entered by it. and
4ndlng the old man alone pcrpetratpd his
oaStardiy crime. 1t is remarkable that
J"o such fearful transformations Should
nave been committed within a few hours
~ each other, and points to the clear
l8Ga mat one crime suggests another
ana that the thirst for blood. like dis
ease Is catching. The police have made
every inquiry hut as yet there is no
cue to the murderer
No clue to the murderer" Through
all has despair his eyes cling to those last
words. 1t is characteristic Of the man
Ihat. IN spite Of the real agony he is on
during. no thought of voluntary sur
TTShdering himself TO Justice finds room.
mat dread of public opinion-that
shrinking from public censure-that has
oeen part Of his life ever since he was
N%mizant of anything. is strong as ever
"iin'h nm now. and III the very center
~ ms discomfort he finds comfort i'm the
thought that no possible opening for dis
'lery lies anywhere He. has gone in
AMI out of that house unohscrved His
conscience alone has accompanied him
as ne entered and left it--a most sorry
E"alpamon too, and one not to be 81
yHrGd. Vet he is safe. In the very
IptE Of his remorse and misery Lee sees
End of Prologue