The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-07-17

story that you paIntcd2 l see you know
all. l murdered my mate Bm TO gel
the money that was his / threw his
body into the sea, | don't know what
impulse led me to the Academy. The
first thing | saw was your picture rep
resenting the scene that took place &c
years ago"
Needless TO say, the picture had been
the outcome of imagination. Yet mur.
der Will out, and the guilty conscience
of the man who had killed his comrado
for lust of gold had convinced him that
the painting was no coincidence, but
was indeed the actual portrayal of Il
dastardly and unwitnessed crime.
There is probably no picture better
known In England than THE Doctor
by Mr.. Luke Elldes. yet there are prob
ably very few people aware of the fact
that that selfsame masterpiece was
the means OF bringing TO light the per
petratlon of n crime that would other
wise never have been known.
A certain doctor In large town com
mitted suicide. and among his papers
was n letter which ran as follows: 81
have today seen Luke Fildes Doctor.
The picture represents medical man
watching by the bedside of child. II
has SO haunted me that l am going To
take away my own worthless life and
make confession Mt the same time.
When Arthur's"-hls brothers. "boy
died, | came into money that my dead
brother had settled on him. lie died
as NIL the world thought of acute pneu.
monin. Yet his life might have been
saved had acted, as FIldes' Doctor IL
so evidently doing, with the use OF all
the skill that lay in my power. l has
tened the boys end and so got the
money. can bear II no more"
A well known artist was commissions
ed to paint the portrait of n lady In ex.
allied circles. who boosted the posses.
sion of most unique jewel In the
form of n pendant. The lady was very
anxious that this heirloom should be
included In her portrait The artist, of
ro""Ne enmnliod with her request.
Shortly after the painting had been
completed daring burglary was per
petrated, with the result that the lady
lost her heirloom, and no trace of the
thief or thieves was forthcoming
Years passed by, and the lady gave up
all hope of ever seeing the precious
heirloom again
Now, 1t so happened that the artist
who had painted the portrait of the
lady mentioned had occasion to travel
In India
hA Af Ie .gl.,. t,..x. ~,
came TO Bombay and, as every visitor
TO that place does. strolled through the
native bazaar.
Suddenly his attention was riveted
by piece Of Jewelry In jewelers.
shop that seemed familiar to him. 1t
was diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen II before? He ran
sacked his brain. but could not remem.
Der.
He returned to his hotel and hap
pened TO take from his portfolio
sketch of the portrait he had made
years ago of the lady with the pendant.
In moment the enigma was solved.
The piece of jewelry he had seen was
the peculiar pendant that his fair sitter
had been so anxious he should include
In his portrait.
He hurried off TO the chief OF police.
and told that worthy what he suspect
ed, namely. that the bazaar he had Wis
tied contained the long lost jewel of
the English lady. Inquiries were. at
once set on foot with extraordinary re
suits. The jeweler In the bazaar con
fessed TO having given years ago
quite Insignificant sum for the jewel,
which he had bought from a stableman
In the emplov OF a neighborlng raiah.