Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17

NAC AuoNs
'1This is dated Sydney, Australia,
Oct. %, 1896, and relates how a daring
scheme to rob the Bank Of New South
Wales was frustrated by sailor who
had been member of the gang, but
who got frightened and informed the
police. The ringleader, Frenchman,
was captured and would receive a
term of years in prison. There are
four copies Of this clipping, which no
doubt means that 1t is the one which
Thompson was sometimes In the habit
of sending to Tremaine to remind him
OF that Australian experience.
"Now, don't you see, we reconstruct
the whole story. Tremaine, starting
out as defaulter and robber escapes
from prison, leaving his partner in the
lurch, treacherously, no doubt, since 1t
awakened his violent anger. There isn't
any hatred more vindictive than that
of one criminal toward another who
has betrayed him. Tremaine finally
goes back to 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
mislead an inexperienced girl. OF
course what he wants is money, and so
she writes to her father. He comes
for her and takes her home, no doubt
paying Tremaine handsome sum to
take himself off-in fact, mortgaging
his home to do 1t.
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-
lieve Tremaine dend."
Don't you seer" cried. "That's the
meaning Of that item about the foun-
dering Of the Centaur, with all on
board. Tremaine was q passenger and
she knew it,
Good nodded Godfrey. That's
undoubtedly it. Let me see" and he
turned back to the clipping; that was
In 1892. His name, perhaps, appeared
among the missing; she waited eight
years, and at last, believing his death
established beyond a doubt, married
again.
Now let us see what Tremaine N1s
doing. In 1896 he was in Australia.
planning bank robbery. He meets
Thompson, descended from his estate
Of captain to that Of common sailor
Tremaine takes Thompson in on the
plan, and Thompson, to get even for
that treachery at Sing Sing. gives him
away. Tremalne, no doubt, got peni-
Tertiary sentence. He probably broke
Jail again, for in 1890 he appears at
Martinique. supposedly from South
America. He has considerable money.
which he no doubt stole somewhere,
and perhaps he chose st. Pierre as
safe place to stay in hiding until the
hue and cry after him was over. He
would have some acquaintance with
the island, II he landed there from the
wreck.
.sThompson learns where he is-per-
haps even sees him at st. Pierre-and
puts bouquet to his revenge by driv-
ing him into fits Of rage by remind
ing him of that Australian treach-
cry. But at last he sends him mes
sage which brings him to New York"
EYES," l said, "and have cudgcled
my brain in vain trying to imagine
what that message could have been"
"well," remarked Godfrey. while
we can't, of course, give Its actual
text, / don't think it very difficult to
guess its general tenor. We know
what Tremaine came here to do-he
came to blackmail Mrs. Delroy. It's
pretty safe, then, to suppose that the
message told him that she was black
mailable- in other words, that she had
married rich man. No doubt IRE
maine's money was running low, and he
jumped at this chance Of replenishing
his purse. Thompson was working his
way toward ST. Pierre to join him, and
actually reached there on the Parma
just as Tremaine was leaving. Per
haps Tremaine had tried to play
Thompson false second time.
"Now," he continued, ''let us see how
nearly we can reconstruct the scene
which occurred in this room. Ire
maine supplies Thompson on the voy-
age up with whisky and agrees to
keep him supplied, believing that he
may be useful-not daring, at any rate,
to make an open enemy Of him lest he
spoil his game here. Thompson had
only to speak word to the police to
put Tremaine back in Sing Sing to
serve out his unexpired term. Arrived
at New York, he establishes himself in
that suit across the hall and spends q
week or two in looking over the
ground, ostensibly boosting hts railroad
scheme. Thompson, who has been In
Jail, joins him and takes these rooms.
"At last Tremaine is ready-or per
haps his lack of money forces him to
act. He writes note to Mrs. Delroy
telling her that he's alive and wishes
to share in her prosperity. BE de
mands that she meet him in these
rooms, asking for Thompson. That
leaves him free from suspicion should
she show the note to her husband and
should he attempt to have the writer
arrested for blackmail. But she isn't
so sensible. Perhaps she disregards his
first note; perhaps she's unable to de-