Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-02-08

anu pass oii " inc iicNt oHe, WHICH 10
the last.
"This is dated Sydney. Australia,
Oct. %, 1896 and relates how daring
scheme TO rob the Bank of New South
Wales was frustrated by n sailor who
had been n member of the gang. but
who got frightened ana Informed the
police. The ringlcadcr, Il Frcnchman,
was captured and would receive q
term of years in prison. There arc
four copies of this clipping, which no
doubt means that it is the one which
Thompson was sometimes in the habit
of sending to Tremaine 10 remind him
of that Australian experience.
Nov, don't You see. we reconstruct
the whole story Tremaine. starting
out as a defaultcr and robber. escapes
from prison. leaving his partner in the
lurch. trcachcrouSly. no doubt. since it
awakened his violent anger. There isn't
any hatred more vindictvc than that
Of one criminal toward another who
has betrayed him. Tremaine finally
goes back 10 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 he 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 Tremane handsome sum TO
take himself olf-in fact, mortcaging
his home 10 do il.
Miss Croydon gradually RECEIVERS;
but she is Trcmainc's wife. Yet in
1900 she mar'ics Delroy. She must,
therefore have had good reason 10 be-
leve Tremaine dead"
Don't you see?" cried That's the
meaning of that item about the foun-
dering of the Centaur, with all on
board. Tremaina was Il passenger and
she knew II"
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 doubt married
again.
Now let us see what Tremainc was
doing In 1896 lie was in Australia,
planning a bank robbery. He meets
Thompson, descended from his estate
Of 20 of s.,il
Tremaine takes Thompson in on the
plan. and Thompson, to get even for
that treachery ut Sing Sing. gives him
away. Tremaine, no doubt, got u peni-
Tertiary sentence. lie probably broke
Jail again. for in 1899 he appears ut
Martinique, supposedly from South
America. He has considerable money,
which he no doubt stole somewhere
and perhaps he chose 81. Pierre as a
safe place to stay in hiding until the
hue and cry after him was over He
would have some acquaintance with
the island, if he landed there from the
wreck
Thompson learns where he iS-pcr-
puts a bouquet to his revenge 10y driv-
ing him into fits of rage by remind
ing him of that Australian trcach-
cry. But at last he sends him Il mes
sage which brings him to New York
Yes" l said, land l 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 It's general tenor. We know
what Tremaine came here to do-he
came TO blackmail Mrs. Dclroy. 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. AMI he
jumped at this chance Of rcplrnishing
his purse Thompson was Orkng 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 ldlSe secOnu time.
Now" he continued, "let us see how
nearly we can reconstruct the scene
which occurred in this room. IRE
maine supplies Thompson Oh 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 a 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 hail and spends a
week or two in looking over the
ground, ostensibly boosting his 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. He 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 /