New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-01


study And 1 ask you If YOU have looked IN all
dIaWers if Mr. Sibthorpe not left his instl--ltnt
there. You look You find. You have ne" raof.
like old say n 5@bas5 T s2T do TO @%'e Mister
Am | to understand, man. said Maurice hat
YOU found another instrument the same e- he
1nurderer's in my fathers room
YES" said Curtis He had one. CIamr-on
had One-bOth same
and that YOU then, when the first one d..'p-
reared deliberately killed one OF my motherz l'gs
With thf. second one and let the blood dry nd
then set a trap for me to find 1t, believing 1t q Dc
the first .-...r,,. .ouo,,--ed PM IA
not know that Eng1shrren could know when IS
blood and when mans blood Mage Et .Sh
magici When heard that, l ran AfaId- an
here to wait till YOU came Now YOU come 1--we
Wei" said Maurice YOU have made an a.-,-
1te mess of everything; that IS what YOU have mel
w., ba1-f. been clever but YOU haven't been Gle.
enough. If YOU had stuck the instrument INTO t
calf of Your own leg, there would nave pttH 7.-r
sense in that but YOU have ruined all
Maurice laughed bitterly. There was a ht1rn.' .7
side to CtIrtiss magnificent disregard OF everEt<
save an end to be gained and he was oD-isel .'
NV leg" Curtis nurrnured; yes But +
not know. Too late now.
1t was clear that had it not been too late. Cur
would quite willingly have even cut his leg o."
order to provide the missing proof necessary
Crampiron's conviction
Elective voice forgetting for an instant m his pre-.
clrpaton with the central mystery all the corPlic-
tons involved by Curtls's trick Curtis y.
haven't BY any chance found out what these cur7 q
instruments are or where they came from. or .-
nv father had and Cranplron the other
No. sir Curtis answered solernnly A-
All that Is magicl' And he hid MS hands --
wide sleeves. L shall be put IN prison. SIR H.
questioned,
..Whv should YOU be-" said Mau-i--. SAT- E.-
have to do Is 70 keep quiet IN the witness ...- l.
YOU don't give yourself away no..i @ -.-
away You say YOU have buried --
Yes sir.
come along 10 the court then. and persuade
Yourself that YOU know u -.--- II should .v PEI
fe~+1y simple to a man of YOUR lt-airl--e----
And Maurice returned 10 the a---ze- Iecyuld n3tne
incensed against Curtis. Curtis had probably ruined
the trial. but then, IN the absence VI any '-...
stained instrument. the prosecution co--- u - ---
sonabIv have dared to proceed with the t--.- 81.
So that Curtis If he had destroyed chances. -. .-
anv rate begun creating them The solution ..
enigma seemed u Maurice farther on than ever @
as he followed It's retreat IN his mind MS II
in the trial itself seemed wane slightly Iiv -
that new ISSUES had been raised owing % the ..-
tastic trick of the bland Curtis.
He was late. The hearing had already bee ---
s,,re1 when he entered the court. he aspect ct
Chamber seemed 70 be completely altered. and
change bevviIde-et hum Dusk was falling ~ --
streets. and within the gas had been Hghtet .-t
its yellow glare STote uneven sea OF excited --
that were turned. not IN the direction OF the witness
box but in the direction of the dock There ..-
three chandeliers and one OF them hung some. .-
in front OF the dock, illuminating the hdgEd-- .t
drawn features of the prisoner Maurice at the -~-
glance imagined that he must be mistaken III t-
inc that CrampirOn IN tears. lie was not -.~-
taken The man. face tremendously stern ..t
set: but reluctant drops Kan one after the ..-~
down those heavy cheeks. Crampron WAS c
speaking. Nobody At the instant was speaking lie
Judge held up one hand IN a depreCatorv SeStu--.
Then the drawing Voice ot Lor,Incr WAS -.-i-
This being 50. shall. with Your LordSA-p e.
mission retire from the case
Yes" said Cramp.ron with a glance sot..--y
savage. You may well +, and. address ne