Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-19

almost Famous by his De- q
painting exhibited ats<E Nd.
envy was one day called
man whose visit was productive OF the
most extraordinary and undreamt Of
consequences.
The picture represented a lonely
stretch OF beach. upon which the sea
was beating I'm long, creamy rollers. In
the foreground. bending over n dead
body, was a man with a wild express
sion on his face and with naked
Knife In his hand. A ships boat evi-
IDENTIFY just beached. was also In the
picture. and by the side OF the muir.
dered man was a bag OF gold. Tho pic.
ture portrayed the advent OF two cast.
aways upon friendly shore. The ono
had murdered the other 80 that the
treasure might be his.
The painters visitor was a gray hair
ell. wild eyed man.
"ln heavens name. sir" he gaspcd
out, show did you learn the dreadful
story that you painted7 see you know
all. l murdered my mate Bin to ges
the money that was his. threw his
body into tho sea- don't know what
impulse led mo TO the Academy. The
first thing 1 saw was your picture rep
resenting tho sceno that took place 90
years ago."
Needless 60 say, the picture had been
the outcome OF Imagination. Yet muir
der Will out, and the guilty conscience
OF the man who had killed his comrade
for lust OF gold had convinced him that
the painting was no coincidence, but
was indeed the actual portrayal or a
dastardly and unwitnessed crime
There is probably no picture better
known In England than ''The Doctor"
by Mr. Luke Fildcs yet there arc prob
ably very few people aware of tho fact
that that selfsame masterpiece was
the means OF bringing TO light the per
petration OF Il crime that would other
wise never have been known.
A certain doctor In large town com
mittcd suicide, and among his papers
was a letter which ran as follows: 'I
have today seen Luke Tildes' Doctor
The picture represents a medical man
watching by the bedside OF n child. IL
has so haunted me that i am going 10
take away my own worthless life and
make n confession at tho same time.
When Arthur s''-his brothers-"boy
died. came into money that my dead
brother had settled on him. Ho died
as ali the world thought OF acute pneu-
monla Yet his life might have been
saved had acted. as Fildes' Doctor ia
30 evidently doing. with tho use OF all
the skill that lay In my power. has
tened the boys end and 80 got the
money. ! can bear II no more"
A well known artist was commission
ed TO paint the portrait OF a lady In ex-
alted circles. who boasted the posses
sion OF most unique jewel IN tho
| form OF a pendant. The lady was very
| anxious that this heirloom should be
included In her portrait The artist. OF
course compiled with her request
Shortly after the painting had been
completed a daring burglary was per-
petrated, with the result that the lady
lost her heirloom. and no trace or 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 tho
lady mentioned had occasion to travel
in India
In the course OF his wanderings he
came 20 Bombay and. as every visitor
20 that place does. strolled through the
native bazaar.
Suddenly his attention was riveted
by n piece OF jewelry In a jewelers.
shop that seemed familiar to him. II
was diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen It beforef He ran
sacked his brain, but could not remem
ber.
Ho returned to his hotel and hap
J pened 10 take from his portfolio q
q sketch Of the portrait he had made
!, years ago OF the lady with the pendant
In n moment the enigma was solved
r The piece of jewelry he had seen wa
q the peculiar pendant that his fair site
=. had been so anxious he should includi
In his portrett-
10 He hurried OF to the chief Of police
r, and told that worthy what he suspect
t, ed, namely, that the bazaar he had Wis
tied contained the long lost jewel o
% the English lady. Inquiries were
once set on foot with extraordinary re
ar suits. The jeweler In the bazaar cor
fessed to having given years ago
oi quite Insignificant sum for the 5ewe
er which he had bought from a stablema
at In the employ of a neighboring rajai
90 The stableman was sought for. an
turned out to be none other than II
oy nous English cracksman. who had al
er parently turned honest but wh'
10 nevertheless, confessed to having bee
= the thief Of the jewel that had bee
ay so miraculously Observation-Disclosures
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