The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26

to be honest at the trial for his own
sake"
Don't be hard on him." said Miss
Berengaria. suddenly. 4 received a let
ter from him yesterday. He is doing well
in America, and with the money Bernard
gave him be has bought a farm. Also,
he hopes 10 marry
I wonder viii he tell his future wife
anything of his past life
Not If ne Is wise said Durham, look
ing at Alice, who had spoken. by the
way. Miss Berengaria, does he mention
his mother"
NO" replied the old lady, promptly.
'Drat you Durham, Why should the boy
mention his mother at this point2 She
has been dead ali these months Poor
souli her end was a sad one. I never
heard. though. of what poison she died"
"A Romany poison they call drows.
explained Durham, quickly. THE gypsies
use IL TO poison pigs.
Why do they wish 70 poison pigs?"
Because, if they kin a pig in that way.
the farmer 20 whom il belongs, thinking
the animal has died natural death,
gives it to the gipsies and they eat it,"
Ugh Miss Berengaria shuddered. IN
look well after my own pigs. SO the poor
creature killed herself with that drug2"
I don't know that il Is a drug" said
Durham. y can't explain what it is
She limited that I would know what
drOws meant before the end Of the day
and I did. While I was telling Inspector
Groom about her confession. she poison
ed herself in my Office. / thought she was
asleep, but she evidently was watching
for her opportunity 10 make away with
herself"
Ugh" said Miss Berengaria. again. I
wonder you can bear to sit in that office
after such an occurrence"
How lucky * was that she signed that
confession before she died. was the re-
mark made by Alice
My dear young lady, she came espe-
cially to confess, so as to save her son.
She would not have died until she did
confess"
And If she had not suffered from that
incurable disease, I doubt if she would
have committed suicide, said Miss Plan
tagenet-
'Oh, I think So said Durham. refiec-
lively After all, her confession meant
hanging to her. She wished to escape
the gallows"
I am glad Bernard did" said Miss
Berengaria, emphatically; even at the
risk Of all that scandal"
1T couldn't be kept out Of the papers
said Durham, with a shrug. After all.
Bernard's character had TO be fully
cleansed, It was therefore necessary to
tell the whole of Beryl's plot, to produce
Michael as an example of what nature
can do in the way Of resemblances. and
to supplement the whole with Mrs Gil
rOys confession.
And a nice trouble there was over it,"
said the old lady, annoyed. Il believe
Bernard had 3 man calling on him who
wished to write a play about the affair
a new kind Of 'COrsican Brothers"
"Or a new Comedy Of Errors said
Alice, smiling We'll, the public learned
everything and were sorry for Bernard
They cheered him when he left the
court
And would have been quite as ready to
hiss him had things turned out other
wise" snapped Miss Berengaria- "The
man who should have suffered was that
wretch Beryl."
I'VE couldn't catch him. said Durham
Victoria reached him on that very night,
and he cleared without loss of time OF
course. he was afraid of being accused of
the crime, although he knew he was in
nOcent. but. besides that, there was the
conspiracy TO get the estate by means of
Tue IdlSe VIII. by the way dc Mrs
Moon say what had become of Victoria p
Miss Berengaria nodded. Victoria is
down in Devonshire with an aunt, and is
being kept hard at work to take the bad
out Of her I understand she still be-
lieves In Jerry and viii marry him when
he comes out Of the reformatory. He will
then be of a manageable age. the bratl
But, regarding Beryl, what became of
him?'