The St. Louis Republic., 1902-10-05

! dest part Of al this black business was that
/ he should have been deceived by her. q
1t only remains to Indicate the part
. which she had played throughout There
can be no doubt that Stapleton exercised
/ an influence over her which may have been
love or may have been fear, or very possibly
: both, since they are by no means incom-i
pauble emotions II was. at least. abso-
sented TO pass as his sister though he
found the limits OF his power over her when
ne endeavored 10 MAKE her the direct ac-
cessOry 10 murder She Was ready 10 warn
Sir Henry So FAR as he could without I'M
pilcatlng her husband. and again and again
she tried 10 do so. Stapieton himself seems.
20 have been capable OF jealousy. and when
he saw the Barouet paying court to thal
t5uy even 5 tnough u vas part OF his own
plan. stil he could not help interruptingi
with a passionate outburst which revealed
the merry soul which lis self-contained man
nrr 50 cieNerly concealed. BY encoura gfngI
me intimacy he made II certain that Sir
Henry would frequently come TO MerripitS
House and that he would sooner or later get
Ins m, opportunity which he desired. on the
Gay OF the crisis however. his wife turned
sudderiy against him. They had learned
she Knew that the hound was being kept IN
the oathouse on the evening that Sir Henry
vas coming 70 dinner. She taxed her hus-
band with his Intended crime. and a furi-
Gus scene followed. IL which he showed her
Tor the firSt time that she had rtvai
In his love Her fidelity turned In an in
slant % bitter hatred and he saw that shs.
would petray him He tied her up. there-i
Iore tnat she might have no chance OF
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that when the whole countryside put DOWN.
the Baronets death to the curse OF his
could win his wife back to accept an ac-l
eomplished fact and to keep silent upon,
what she knew. In this fancy that IN
that. II we had not been there his doom
would none the less have been sealed AZ
woman OF Spanish blood does not condone
dear watson. without referring 10 my
notes. I eanno, give you a more detailed
unexplained.'f
he could not hope to fr4shten Sir Henry,
TO death as ne had done the old uncle with
The beast was savage and haIf-starved.
II its appearance Did not fItghten its VIC
tine "a death. at least Il would paralysis
the resistance which might be offered"
ae,iitv n stapIetou came into the s,ieces-'
sion. how could he explain the fact that
her. the heir had been living unannounced
undrr another name. so close to the prop
erty2 How could he claim II without caus. :
ing suspicion and inquiry7'
at Is n formidable difficulty. and fear
that you ask too niach when you expect NJ
TO solve Il. The past and the present are
within the field Of nv inquiry. but what =
ma1 may DO In the future Is a hard olieS-,
ton 20 answer MFS. StapIeton has hsSrs
her husband discuss the problem on several
courses He might claim the propertv s-,1.s
fore the, British authorities there sn1 -
South America establish his identity re-
England at all: OF he might adoot an eisbo-l
rate disguise during the short time thst he
iced BE- In London: or again. he might fur-i
iish an accompltce with the proofs and
oapers putting him in as heir and retaininr
/ claim uOon some proportion Of NE m.
ONE We rannot doubt from what wel
CnoW Of him that he would have found
Ior1e way out OF the dificultv And now
ny dear Watson. we have had some weeks
y, severe work and for one evening u
hink. We NAV turn our thoughts into more
,ieasant cf1n-aiss ] hpvs > hoy SoS IT -
duguenots." Have you heard the De Reex,,
IeS2 Might trouble you then to be ready
n half an hour. ard We can stoo AZ Mnr-l
lnfs for little dinner on the way
,opyriSht. I2o1 By A. Conan Doyia.
,cpyr1Eht. l,es BY GeprEs Newuen
THE END.