The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-04-19


with shriH distinetness the ery
,-oss above the neVer-ceaslng ain Of
-. great railway station. Years Of de-
ts~tivs work had made ne caIlous TO
~ horrors Of human suffering and
crime, but that weird cry. so fun Of
.nruish and reproach, jostled ne
sbarply out Of my usual Indifference.
n caused me 70 forget entirely for the
moment the haggard face Of q young
man that I had been watching with
.ome interest as / sat over IN q corner
ant of the crowd awaiting q delayed
train. II was not the face OF
criminal, but It had the hunted
look Of one, and fear and remorss were
mainly stamped upon It, The young
man had been pacing nerTonsly ND ana
down the pavement IN front Of the
door. and I remembered afterward
that he had stepped inside Just a mo-
msnt before had been startled by the
unusual cry behind me. Before I
could turn It was repeated:
@Oh, TOm-yOu-y-o-u!"
ooh. TOm-you-y-o-ui
my nerves must be getting bad" I
thought, as with q creepy feeling al
most Of dread turned 70 see what 1t
vas.
Instead Of a tragedy. comedy, for
what I saw was two maiden ladies.
very prim as TO aspect and uncertain
Is to ages in a great state Of excite
ment, trying to pacify q parrot, which
was struggling to get away and shrek
ing:
"Oh, Tom-you-y-o-u!"
"Oh, my! Oh. my!" exclaimed one
Of the ladies, whatever can be the
matter with the bird? He was never
acted like this before-isnt II ho--
rible?"
As I arose to 60 70 her assistance,
for the parrot seemed to be more than
she could manage, noticed that the
young man had begun his restless
tramp again and was coming in our
direction, his eyes bent on the floor.
"0h, TOm-you-y-O-u! shrieked the
parrot, seemingly beside himself with
fear and rage. There was something
IN the actions OF the parrot that drew
ny attention again 70 the young man
and held it
Suddenly he seemed TO hear the cry.
BE stopped, clutched at his collar as II |
choking, and the look OF horror and
fear on his ashen face was pitiable. |
Whether he saw the parrot or not |
never knew, but with a groan he |
slipped pistol from his pocket and /
put bullet IN his brain.
The suicide Of Tom Galgwyn, wealthy |
young man about town, was the sensa-
tion Of the day, and all sorts Of thee /
ries were advanced as to the cause Of /
It His friends declared that be must /
have had some hidden romance, pre-
Bumably disappointment in love, and
some impressionable young ladies be-
dgWed his memory with tears. Those /
Who knew him better attributed his
act to temporary insanity following q
long debauch, which was true enough
as far as 1t went Many remarked the
coincidence that young GalgWyn and
the uncle that had raised him and
whose heir he was. had died violent
deaths, about eaeh Of which mystery
elung, for this uncle had been muir
dsred in his room one night about &
year before and his murderer had new
q been discovered. But ! alone knew
that there was anF direct connection
bsWeen the death Of the two men, the
murder Of old Joe Branch and the sui
ode Of his nephew, Tom GalgWyns
whom the old man had loved IS his
sWn soul
The curious incident in connection
With the suicide had aroused my curl
oSlty and took pains 70 trace the an
tecedents Of the man and Of the bird.
ealgwyn, LEFT an orphan when q mere
child, had been adopted by his uncle,
Who was wealthy and unmarried, and
whose only near relative tie boy was.
Bis somewhat Isolated but beautiful
suburban home had been found too
dull by Tom when. after q none too
RVOry career at college, he had re-
turned TO It, and careless Of his un-
eles feelings and wishes. he spent
practically all his time IN the city.
BE had lived, was told, at q fast
pace, and In spite Of the liberal allow
snce his uncle made him be had gotten
deeper and deeper in debt, until he