Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-07-13
TEI.NrALE PICTURES.
PAINTINGS THAT HAVE DONE THE
WORK or DETECTIVES.

Artist HAS Led to the Confession o
Crfninnl-A Portrait and n stoleI
Diamond Pendant.
An artist who had suddenly becom,
almost famous by his production Of {
painting exhibited at the Royal acad
envy was one day called upon by &
man whose visit was productive of the
most extraordinary and undreamt OF
consequences.
The picture represented O lonely
stretch Of beach. upon which the sea
was beating in long, creamy rollers In
the foreground. bending over q dead
body, was a man with wild express
sion on his face and with naked
knife in his hand. A ships boat, evil
IDENTITY just beached, was also In the
picture, and by the side of the muir.
dered man was bag Of gold. The pic.
ture portrayed the advent OF two cast.
Always upon friendly shore. The one
had murdered the other SO that the
treasure might be his.
The painters visitor was a gray hair
cd, Wild eyed man.
In heavens name, SIR" he gasped
out. "how did y5u learn the dreadful
story that you painted? see you know
all. ! murdered my mate Bill to get
the money that was his. threw his
body into the sea. don't know what
impulse led me 10 the Academy. The
first thing l saw was your picture rep.
resenting the scene that took place sc
years ago"
Needless to 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 Of a
dastardly and unwitneSsed crime
There is probably no picture better
known IN England than 1.-The Doctor"
by Mr. Luke Fildes. yet there are prob
ably worry few people aware of the fact
that that selfsame masterpiece was
the means of bringing to light the per
petratiOn of crime that would other
wise never have been known.
A certain doctor in large town com
mitted suicide, and among his papers |
was a letter which ran as follows: ~
have today seen Luke Fildes' Doctor |
The picture represents a medical man |
watching by the bedside OF a child. 1t |
has so haunted me that l am going to
take away my own worthless life and
make confession at the same time |
When Arthurs"-his brother's-"bOy
died. came into money that my dead
brother had settled on him. He died
as all the world thought of acute pneu-
monia. Yet his life might have been
saved had acted, as Fildes' Doctor Is
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 it no more"
A well known artist was commission
ed to paint the portrait of lady In ex-
allied circles, who boosted the posses
sion Of most unique jewel in the
form of pendant, The lady was very
anxious that this heirloom should be
included in her portrait The artist, of
complied 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 Of the
thief or thieves was forthcoming.
Years passed by, and the lady gave upi
all hope Of ever seeing the precious
again.
Now, it so happened that the artist
who had painted the portrait of the
ady mentioned had occasion to travel
n India.
In the course Of his wanderlngs he
,ame to Bombay and, as every visitor
o that place does, strolled through the
native bazaar.
Suddenly his attention was riveted
~ a piece Of jewelry In a jewelers.
hop that seemed familiar to him. II
vas a diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen it before? He ran
acked his brain, but could not remem-
YER
He returned TO his hotel and hap
'ened to take from his portfolio q ,
ketch Of the portrait he had made
ears ago of the lady with the pendant
In a moment the enigma was solved ]
he piece Of jewelry he had seen was {
be peculiar pendant that his fair sitter !
ad been so anxious he should include
] his portrait. ,
He hurried off TO the chief Of police, I
nd told that worthy what he suspect. '
j. namely. that the bazaar he had Wis. 1
ed contained the long lost jewel of t
be English lady. Inquiries were at (
nee set on foot with extraordinary re-
llts. The jeweler In the bazaar con-
asSed TO having given years ago q (
ute Insignificant sum for the jewel L
-hich be had bought from a stableman C
the employ Of neighboring rajah. d
he stableman was sought for, and b
lrned out to be none other than a ia. f
ous English craftsman. who had ap- u
arently turned honest, but who, b
everthelesS, confessed to having been s.
le thief of the jewel that had been n
miraculously discovered.-Pea rson's
'eekly.
Fields of Salt. =,
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