Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-12-13
TELTTALE PICTURES.
rAP things THAT HAVE DONE tbs
WORK OF DETECTIVES.

ms LEN 10 NnG lOuAeE@lOn o
crfmiAal-A Portrait and n Stolsr
Diamond Pendant.
An artist who bad suddenly becom,
almost famous by his production OF !
painting exhibited at the ROYAL acad
envy was one day called upon by 5
man whose visit was productive of the
most extraordinary and undreamt OF
consequences.
The picture represented lonely
stretch OF beach, upon which the sea
was beating in long, creamy rollers. In
the foreground, bending over a dead
body, was a man with a wild expires.
sion on his face and with a naked
knife In his hand. A ships boat, evi.
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,
ed. wild eyed man.
lin heavens name, sir" he Rasped
out, "bow did you learn the dreadful
story that you painted? 1 see you know
all. l murdered my mate BIZ to get
the money that was his. threw his
body into the sea. 1 don't know what
impulse led me TO the Academy. The
FIRST thing l saw was your picture rep.
resenting the scene that took place 20
years ago"
Needless to say, the picture had beer.
the outcome OF Imagination. Yet muir.
der will out, and the guilty conscience
OF the man who had killed his comrade
Tor lust OF gold had convinced him that
the painting was no coincidence. but
was indeed the actual portrayal of q
dastardly and unwitnessed crime.
There Is probably no picture better
known I'm England than THE Doctor"
by Mr.. Luke Fildes. 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-
petration OF crime that would other
wise never have been known.
A certain doctor I'm a large town com.
mitted suicide, and among his paDers
was a letter which ran as follows: 81
nave today seen Luke Fildes' Doctor
The picture represents a medical man
watching by the bedside OF a child. II
has so haunted me that l am going TO
take away my own worthless life and
make confession at the same time
When Arthur's"-his brother's-"bov
died, came into money that nv dea1
brother had settled on him. He died
as all the world thought OF acute pneu-
monla Yet his life might have been
saved had acted. as Fildes' Doctor 1,
so evidently doing. with the use Of all
the skill that lay In my power has.
tened the boys end and so got the
money. ! can bear II no more"
well known artist was commission.
ed to paint the pOr.ra OF n lady In ex.
alted circles. who boosted the posses.
Sion OF most unique Jewel I'm the
form OF pendant. The lady was very
anxious that this heirloom should be
included in her portrait The artist. OF
course. complied 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 I'D
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
In the course or his wanderings he
came 10 Bombay and. as every visitor
TO that place doc. strolled through the
native hazasr
Suddenly his attention WIS riveted
by piece OF jewelry In a jewellers
shop that seemed familiar TO him. II
was diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen It before? He ran
sacked his brain, but could not remem-
Der.
He returned to his hotel and hap
pened to take from his portfolio a |
sketch OF the portrait he had made
years ago of the lady with the pendant.
In moment the enigma was solved. !
The piece Of 1ewelry he had seen was
the peculiar pendant that his fair sitter |
had been so anxious he should include |
In his portrait.
He hurried OF to the chief of police |
and told that worthy what be 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 JeweIer IN the bazaar CON |
fessed to having given years ago a
quite insignificant sum for the jewel.
which he had bought from a stableman |
In the employ or a neIghboring rajah.
The stableman was sought for. and |
turned out to be none other than q IA.
nous English crRcksmAn, who had an
parently turned honest, but who. |
nevertheless, confessed TO having been |
the THIEF Of the jewel that had been
so miraculously ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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