Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10


correspondent TO Paris newspaper.
who. like most other provincial CORE.
spOndents. is DELIGHTFULLY."- vague. How
ever, l gather from il that on the night
of Sept. Is. 1891. a beautiful young
English girl-name not given-ran
away from the convent school OF the
Sacred Heart at Suresnes and that the
next morning she was safely married
to gallant -Tremaine. OF
course-by the cure OF the little village
Of Petits Colomi es The marriage was
quite regular-though no doubt the
cures fee was larger than usual-fOr
the banns had been published as re-
quired"
But STILL" I objected. Il don't see
that that explains anything"
Let me help you. It was this clip
ping 1 happened to look at first the
night we found the body. l read two
or three lines aloud, then Simmonds
put it back i'm the pocket. 1t must
have been those few lines which told
Miss Croydon the nature Of the clip.
pings and their Importance to her. The
date line would have been enough to
do that. Besides. il she'd already
known Of chem she'd have taken them
before we got here"
You mean Miss Croydon is the girl
who ran away with Tremaineg But.
then. she couldn't have been more
than ten OF twelve years old in 1891"
Eleven" corrected Godfrey. and l
was struck 10y the radiant expression
of his face rs he took yellow paper
from his pocket. Let me read YOU
two sentences from this old report con.
cerning the Croydon family. You
ought t0 have recalled them. my dear
Lester"
eco ahead" I said helplessly.
Eldest daughter. Edith. born I'm
France. Aug. IS, 1874 Educated mt
school there. but broke down from
overstudy and returned to Beckenham.
Religion. catholic Now" he demand
cd. edo you understand who IL was
married Tremaine mt INetts Colonies
in 1902"
Al last saw 80. and I could only sit
and stare at him, maiveling at my
own stupidity. This was the kcy-the
key TO the whole enigma. Miss Croy-
don had taken her sisters place. had
tried 90 buy him or to ct him ont OF
her sisters way. 10 was Trcmainc
who had opened the door. e was Ire
maine whom she had come 10 the
Marathon TO meet. But-und I started
upright-since they were Catholics. |
only his death could release Mrs. Del
roy. Perhaps % was Thompson. after
an. aud his death had released her,
But mo-. aul Boo an instant the whole /
terrible position OF the elder woman
burst upon me. She was not Dclroy's !
wife. she was
So / said hoarscly. "Tremaine is. |
then. the true husband OF Mrs Del
royr'
Let us finish the story OF the clip
pings before going into that" suggest |
ell Godfrey Il confess don't quite
see the bearing OF this next one. It's n
New York dispatch. perhaps to a Lon
don paper under date OF Feb. Is. IS.i2.
and chronicles the loss OF the bark
Centuur with al on board. on the
coast OF Martinique. The Ccntaur was
bound from Marscillcs 20 Tort-dc-
France. with cargo of wines aud
muslius. Let as leave &c for "a moment
and pass ON 10 the next one. which is
the last
"'rhis Is dated sydney. Australia.
oct. .3. 1895. ana relates how daring
scheme to rob the Bank OF New South
Wales was frustrated 10y sailor who
had been member OF the gang but
who got frightened and Informed the
police Tho riuglcader a Freuchman.
was captured aud would receive
term of years iu prison. There are
-four copies OF this clipping which no
doubt means Chat DC Is the one which
Thompson was sometimes in the habit
OF sending TO Tremaine To remind him
OF that Australian experience.
wow. dou'J You SEQ. we reconstruct
the whole story Tremainc. starting
out as q dcfaultcr and robber. cscapes
from prison. leaving his partner i'm the
lurch, treachcrously no doubt. since IL
awakened h.s violent anger. There isn't
any hatred more vindictivc than that
or one criminal toward another who
has betrayed him. Tremalnc finally
goes back 90 France and succeeds In
entangling Edith Croydon. then only
about sixteen in marriage We know
how fascinating he is. and it's not
wonderful that he should be able TO
mislcad an inexperienced girl OF
course what ne wants is money. and so
she writes TO her father. lie comes
for her and takes her home. no doubt
paying Tremaine handsome sum TO
take himself om-in fact. mortgaglng
his home 20 do IT,
Miss Croydon gradually RECEIVERS:
but she is Tremaine's wife. Yet In
1900 she marries Delroy. She must.
therefore, have had good reason to be
Neve Tremaine dead"
Don't you seeT' l cried That's the
meaning of that item about the foun.
deriug Of the Centaur. with all on
board. Tremaine was Il passenger and
she knew it,"
Good" nodded Godfrey That's
undoubtedly H. Let me see" and he
turned back TO the clipping; that was
in 1892. His name. perhaps. appeared
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