The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23

grim reply. But tell me -
"Wot my pure angel sunbeam said?
will, and II 1t gives you nightmares
/ don't blame me-" and Mrs. Iawsey, IN
| her own vigorous. ungrammatical way,
related what she had heard from Syl-
via, who was now sleeping quietly.
Paul went to find Hurd and related
all that had taken place. The detective
was equally Mortified along with Bee
cot when he heard Of Sylyia's danger
and set to work to prove the truth OF
what Maud had told the girl. He sue
ceeded so well that within a compare
| lively short space of time the whole
matter was made clear. Mrs. Jessop,
| alias Mrs. Krill, was examined; Tray
was found and questioned; Matilda
| was made to speak out. and both Jes-
| SOD and Hokar had to make clean
breasts Of it, The evidence thus pro-
| cured proved the truth of the terrible
confession made by Maud Jessop to
the girl she thought to strangle. Hurd
was amazed at the revelation.
Never call me q detective again." he
said to Paul, "for l am an ass.
thought Jessop might be guilty or that
Hokar might have done It, l could
have taken my Bible oath that Mrs.
Krill strangled the man, but 1 never
for one moment suspected that smiling
young woman"
''Oh," Paul shrugged his shoulders,
''she was mad"
whatever made her tell Miss Nor
man what she had done?" said Hurd.
Because she never thought that Syl-
via would live to tell any one else.
That was why she spoke and thought
to torture Sylvia, as she did, in the
same way as she tortured that wretch
ed man, Lemuel. If l hadn't come
earlier to Rose cottage than usual, and
If Deborah had not met me unexpect-
edly at the station, Sylvia would GER
tainly have been killed. And then
Maud might have escaped. She laid
her plans well. 1t was she who in
duced Matilda to get her sister to
come to Kensington for q chat"
But Matilda didn't know what
Maud was up to-"
mo. Matilda never guessed that
Maud was guilty of two murders or
designed to strangle Sylvia. But Maud
made use of her to get Deborah out
of the house. and it was Maud who
made Tray send the letter asking Mrs.
Purr to come to him, so that she also
might be out of the way"
''Well," said Hurd, 81 went with the
old woman to the address given in
that letter which Tray got written for
him. He wasn't there, however, SO
l might have guessed it was a do"
But you have caught him?'
Yes, in Hunter street. He was
loafng about there at night waiting
for Maud and quite ignorant of her
death. 1 made him tell me everything
of his connection with the matter.
He's as bad a lot as that girl, but
she had some excuse, seeing her
grandmother was a murderess; Tray
is nothing but wicked little imp"
Twill he be hangedT'
mo, / think not. His youth will
be in his favor. though I'd hang him
myself if 1 had the chance and so
put him beyond the reach Of hurting
any one. But 1 expect he'll get long
sentence"
And Mrs. Kriil?''
Mrs. Jessop you mean. Hum! I
don't know. She apparently was ig-
norant that Maud killed Krill, though
she might have guessed it, after the
way in which Lady Rachel was muir.
dered. dare say she'll get off. I'm
going to see her shortly and tell her
of the terrible death of her daughter"
Paul did not pursue the conversa-
ton. He was sick with the horror of
the business, and, moreover was too
anxious about Syivia's health to take
much interest in the winding I'D OF
the case. That he left in the hands OF
Hurd and assured him that the fl 900
reward. which Mrs. Krill had offered.
would be paid to him by Miss Nor
man.
OF course, Pash had known for
some time that Maud was too old TO
have been born of Mrs. lessons sec
ond marriage with Krill: but he never
knew that the widow had committed
bigamy. He counted on keeping her
under his thumb by threatening to
prove that Maud was not legally en-
titled TO the money. But when the
discovery was made at Beechill and
Stowley churches by Miss Dian. the
monkey faced lawyer could do moth
ing Beecot could have exposed him
and for his malpracticeS have got
him struck of the rolls; but he
simply punished him by taking away
Sylvia's business and giving 1t TO
Ford. That enterprising young So
licitor speedily placed the monetary
affairs on proper basis and saw that
Sylvia was properly reinstated in her
rights. Seeing that she was the only
child and legal heiress Of Krill. this
was not difficult. The two women
who had Illegally secured possession
of the money had spent a great deal
In a very waSteful manner. but the
dead mans investments were so excel /
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