The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-22

would speak so openly In order that
you might tell all the world with your
Cabling tongue? Yes, and I'll speak
more openly still before I leave. Lady
Rachel Sandal did not commit suicide,
as my mother said. She was stran-
gled, and by me-"
Sylvia clapped her hands to her face
with a scream. by your
Eyes. She had beautiful brooch.
wanted it. 1 was put to bed by my
mother and kept thinking of the
brooch My mother was down the
stairs attending to your drunken father
/ stole to Lady RacheFs room and
found her asleep. / tried to take the
brooch from her breast She woke and
caught my hand. But | tore away the
brooch and before Lady Rachel could
scream | twisted the silk handkerchief
she wore, which was already around
her throat, tighter | am strong-I al
ways was strong, even as q girl of ff-
teen. She was weak from exhaustion.
so she soon died. Ny mother came into
the room and saw what | had done.
She was terrified and made me go back
TO bed. Then she tied Lady Rachel
by the silk handkerchief to the bedpost,
SO that 1t might be thought she had
committed suicide. My mother then
came back to me and took the brooch,
telling me 1 might be hanged if 1t was
found on me. | was afraid, being only
girl, and gave up the brooch Then
Captain Jessop raised the alarm. |
and my mother went downstairs, and
my mother dropped the brooch on the
floor, so that it might be supposed Lady
Rachel had lost it there. Captain Jes
sop ran out. I wanted to give the
alarm and tell the neighbors that Krill
had done 1t, for l knew then he was
not my father, and l saw moreover,
how unhappy he made my mother. He
caught me-" said Maud, with q fierce
look, land bound q handkerchief across
my mouth. | got free and screamed.
Then he bound me hand and foot and
pinned my lips together with the brooch
which he picked off the floor. Ny
mother fought for me, but he knocked
her down. Then he fed, and after a
long time Jessop came in. He re-
moved the brooch from my mouth and
unbound me. 1 was put to bed, and
Jessop revived my mother. Then came
the inquest and it was thought that
Lady Rachel had committed suicide.
But she did not" cried Maud exultant-
ly and with cruel light in her eyes.
81 killed her-T'-
oh" moaned Sylvia. backing against
the wall with widely open eyes.
bah. you kittenw sneered Maud con-
temptuously. u have not half done yet!
You have yet to hear how 1 killed
Krill."
Sylvia shrieked and sank back IN
her chair. staring with Mortified eyes at
the cruel face before her.
Yes" cried Maud exultingly, Il
killed him. My mother suspected me,
but she never knew for certain Lis
ten. When Hay told me that Kril
was hiding as Norman in Gwynne
street determined to punish him for
his cruelty to me. did not say this,
hut l made Hay promise to get me
the brooch from Beecot. On no other
condition would marry him. want
ed the brooch to pin Krilrs lips to
gether as he had pinned mine when ]
was a helpless child. but your fool OF
a lover would not part with the brooch
tray. the boy. took it from Beecot'l
pocket when he met with that acci
dent
How do you know Tray?"
Because l met him at Pash's of
fee several times when l was up. II,
ran errands for Pash before he be
came regularly employed. saw tina
Tray was devil of whom l coulC
make use Oh, l know Tray, and
know also Hokar, the Indian, wh'
placed the sugar on the counter. HI
Went to the shop to kill your fathe
at my request. 1 wanted revenge ano
the money. Hokar was saved from
starvation by my good mother. II
came Of the race of thugs, If yol
know anything about them"
oh moaned Sylvia. covering he
face again
''Ah, you do SO much the better
1t will save my explaining. as there i
not much time left before your foo
arrives. Hokar saw that loved +
hurt living creatures, and he laugh
me how to strange cats and dogs an,
things. No one knew but Hokar tha
] killed them. and 1t was thought h
ate them. But be didn't l strange,
them because l loved to see them sui
fer and because l wished to learn HOY
TO stransle IN the way the thugs did
Sylvia was sick with fear and dis
gust. For Gods sake. don't tell N
any more, she said imploringly.
But she might as We'll have spoke
to granite rock You shall hea
everything said Maud relentleSsly
'I asked Hokar to strange Krill. Fl
went to the shop. but when he SAY
that Krill had only one eye he coul
not offer him to the goddess Blows
nee. He came TO me at Judson's he
tel after he left the sugar on the cour
ter and told me the goddess would no