Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-08

something to do with the unhappy Is
sue Of my marriage Above all, he
hnted my young legitimate heir from
the first with persistent hatred.
"You may we'll ask me why, under
these circumstances. still kept James
under my roof. answer that 1t was
because could see his mothers face
in his and TINT for her dear sake there
was no end to my long suffering. All
her pretty ways, too-there was not
one of them which he could not sug-
gest and bring back to my memory. |
could not send him away. But feared
so much lest he should do Arthur
| that is. Lord Saltire-a mischief that
| l dispatched him for safety to DR..
| iTuxtablc's school.
Games came into contact with this
fellow Hayes because the man was a
| tenant Of mine and James acted as
Ggent. The fellow was rascal from
.slc beginning. but in some extraora;-
nary way James became intimate witt.
Kim. He had always taste for low
company. When James determined
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mans service that he availed himself.
You remember that wrote to Arthur
upon that last day. Well. James open
ed the letter and inserted note ask
Ing Arthur to meet him in little wood
called the Ragged Shaw, which Is near
to the school,. He used the duchess
name and in that way got The boy to
come. That evening James bicycled
over-I am telling you what he has
himself confessed to me-alM he told
Arthur, whom he met in the wood.
that his mother longed to see him,
that she was awaiting him on the moor
and that If he would come back into
the wood at midnight he would find a
man with horse. who would take him
to her. Poor Arthur fell into the trap.
He came to the appointment and found
this fellow Hayes with led pony. Ar
thur mounted, and they set off togeth-
er. 1t appears-though this James
only heard yesterday that they were
pursued, that Hayes struck the pur-
s,ler with his stick and that the man
died Of his injuries. Hayes brought
Arthur to his public house, the Fight
ing Cock, where he was confined in an
upper room, under the care of Mrs.
Hayes, who is a kindly woman, but
entirely under the control of her brutal
husband.
"Well, Mr.. Holmes, that was the
state of affairs when l first saw you
| two days ago. had no mere idea OF
the truth than you. You will ask me
what was James motive In doing such
deed. answer that there was a
great deal which was unreasoning and
fanatical in the hatred which he bore
roy heir. In his view he should him
self have been heir Of all my estates,
and he deeply resented these social
laws which made 1t impossible. At the
came time he had definite motive al
so. He was eager that should break
the entail, and he was Of opinion that
1t lay in my power to do so. He intend
ed to make a bargain with me-to re-
store Arthur IL would break the en-
tail and so make 1t possible for the es-
tate to be left to him by will. he knew
well that l should never willingly in
woke the aid of the police against him.
say that he would have proposed such
bargain to ME, but did not actually
DO so, for events moved too quickly for
him, and he had not time to put his
plans into practice.
what brought all his wicked scheme
to wreck was your discovery of this
man Heidegger's dead body. James
was seized with horror at the news. It
came to us yesterday as we sat to-
gether in this study. DR.. Huxtable had
sent telegram. James was so over
whelmed with grief and agitation that
my SUSPICION -.-'.ic', had never been