The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
No. 4--The Luck Of
Pitsey Hall


ticularly mysterious character. A men,
Der OF the cabinet by the name of De-
lacour was found dead ia st. James
park. His body was discovered in the
early morning, in the neighbOrhood OF
Marlborough house, with a wound
straight through the heart. Death
must been instantaneous. He was
stabbed from behind, which showed
the cowardly nature Of the attack. l
knew DelacOur, and for many reasons
was appalled, when the tidings reached
me. AS far as anyone could tell, ne
had no enemies. He was a man In the
prime OF life, OF singular power of
mind and strength OF character, and
the only possible motive for the muir
der seemed to be TO wrest some inn
pcrtant state secrets from his possess
sion. He hfd been attending a cabinet
meeting in Downing street. and was on
his way home when the dast3rdly deed
was committed. Certain memoranda
respecting a lean 20 a foreign govern
ment were abstracted from his person,
but his watch, valuable ring and some
money we're left intact. The police i'm
mediately put measures In active train
20 secure the murderer, but no clew
could be obtained. Delacour's wife and
only daughter were broken hearted.
His position as cabinet minister was
hut the whole country rang with nor
ror at the dastardly crime. and il was
fcrventiy hoped that before long the
murderer would be arrested and re-
Ceivc the punishment he so justly mer-
tied
On a certain evening. about a fort
night after this event, as / was walk
ing slowly down Welbeck street, and
was just about TO pass the door OF
IL crs1a
saw young girl come down the steps.
She was dressed in deep mourning,
and glanced around from right to left,
evidently searching for n passing han
som. Her face arrested me; her eyes
mot mine and. with a slight cry, she
took a step forward.
You are Mr.. Head" she exclaimed.
And you are NiVien Delacour" I
replied. Il am glad to meet you again.
Don't you remember the Hotel Belle
vue at Brussels"
When / spoke her name she colcred
percepuibly and began to tremble. Sud-
denly putting out one OF her hands, she
laid it on mx arm.
~ am glad &c see you again" she
said in whisper. You know of cur
our most terrible tragedy"
Il do" / replied.
Mother is completely Frustrated
from the shock The murder was so
sudden and myterious. Were it not for
Nine"
Nine. Koluchy?" / queried.
eS. Mr. Head. Nine. KOluChy. the
best and dearest friend we have i'm the
world. She was attending mother pro-
fessionaily at the time of the murder.
and since then has been with her daily.
ON that first terrible day she scarcely
left US / don't know what we should
have done We're it not for her great
tact adm kindness She is full of sug-
gestiOns. too. for the capture OF the
wretch who took my dear fathers life"
You look shaken yourself" I said:
ought you 10 be out alone at this
hour?'
Il have Just seen Madame with
message from my mother. and am
waiting here for a hanson. If you
would be so kind as TO call one. I
should be much indebted TO you
Can | do anything to help you,
Nivien?' ] said: you know you have
only 10 command me-"
A hanson drew uD at the pavement
as / spoke. Vivien's sad gray eyes
were fixed on my face.
Find the man VINO killed my faith
rr. she said: 1--WE shall never rest until
We know who took his life"
May ! call at your house tomorrow
morning. l asked suddenly
If you will be satisfied with seeing
me. Mother will admit no one TO her
presence but Nine. Koluchy"
L will come TO see you then; expect
me at H."
I helped Miss Delacour into her ham
som, gave directions to the driver. and
she was quickly bowled out of my
sight.
On my way home many thoughts
cOursed through my brain. A year age
the Delacours, a family of the name
or Pitsey and had made friends when
travelling through Belgium. The Pit
seys. of old Italian origin. owned a
magnificent place not far from Tun-
bridge Wells-the Pitseys and the De-
iccours were distant cousins. yivien
ut that time was only Is, and she and
: became special chums. She used to
tell me all about her ambitions and
hopes. and in particular descanted on
The museums OF rare curios which her
cousins. the Pitseys, possessed at their
splendid place. Pitsey Hall. / had a
standing Invitation to visit the hall at
any time when I happened to have
leisure. but mp TO the present had not
cvailed myself of It. Memories of that
gay time thronged upon me as I hur-
Eisd TO my own house, but mixed with
the old "reminiscences was an incon-
ceivable sensation OF horror. Why was
Nine. Koluchy a friend Of the Della
courts? My mind had got into such a
disOrdered state that /. more or less
associated her with any crime which
vas committed. Hating myself for
what l considered pure morbidness. I
arrived at my own house. There I was
told that Dufrayer was waiting to see
me. hurried into my study to greet
him; he came eagerly forward
Have you any news2' I cried.
IF you allude 10 Delacourt's murder,
I have" he answered.
Then, pray. speak quickly" 7 sai6
Well, he continued. "a curious de-
veiopment, and one which may have
the most profoundly important bear
ing on the murder, has just taken place
lit is in connection with It that L have
come to see YOU" Dufrayer stood up
os he spoke. He never liked To be In
terrupted, and I listened attentively
without uttering a syllable. "Yestar-
day" he continued. n man was ar
rested on suspicion. He was examined
this morning before the magistrate AT
Row street. His name IS Walter Hunt
he is the keeper Of a small marine
store at Houndsditch. For several
nights he has been found towering IN