Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-12

NV bSotb was arrested and given a trial
pretended to be angry with me- ~, me- HE He
90 - my having murdered his fatber. ou Ut
Brother. a' ana no mat matter though Were his
CRIME was such horrible one +ht tne
alled ms feeling of brotheriy love fo A. NAG NAG
NV cr E was eager to see me punished for
oo,, Wen to cut long story short WA.
few niebts ana sentenced to be hanged. A
big jail delivery, however. and was
one one OF OF thqse who succeeded in making an
came to Ameri oae 81 Tw the &c country, and
learned that my wife had died and thar
my my daughter Gertrude had been taken ant to
De raised by my villainous brother who had
stepped into the fortune that belonged TO to
me and was living in style at the old home
Il could not endure the thought of LETTING
Inc sne villain 1;a VINO had murdered our father
ANA c FGlned 1nd my life have the raising of
England, told him all, and got him to steal
'h tsr9 Gnli Ia away and bring her to America
lie he did this, and as she was only five
had known in England and came to look
upon me as her father and to love me as
u was fairly Well contented after I Sc
cured my child, and fortune smiled upon
me; made a fortune in Wall street and
announcer one or two on top of the first
one, and have lived in luxury for many
yearS-6ut the memory of the wrong that
my brother did me has been with me al
ways, and as the years rolled away be-
came more and more bitter toward him.
Inc trend who stole your daughter
away from your brother and brought her
to America-his name was Emerson, was
II not? asked Blanton. quietly.
Gordon Weatherby started and looked at
the detective in amazement. Yes he
said; John Emerson is the name of the
friend who did this for me, and as re-
ward l gave him the house and grounds
adjoining my mansion, and have helped
him pecuniarily all these years"
And now his son is accused of the
that
mitted.''
Yes; but he must not be allowed to
give you my, word, sir that would not
crime even though I had to come out and
confess all, and suffer the consequences.
am I'M ans sufferer 1e from chronic disease
months at farthest. and my life is not
worth much to me. It was my unwilling
ness TO t and R Know OF my my
of it there is little to keep me from max
ing the confession and taking his place in
IAN that will be attended to in manner
satisfactory to, all parties concerned" said
story; it is very interesting, and 1 am
eager to know what strange fate led your
pr brother to this place and brought about
THAT is easily explained. He was always
spendthrift and he finally ran through
with the fortune he had won in such a
reduced almost to poverty A short time
ago he learned that / was here in Amer
lea, a wealthy man, and he at once came
to the United States, determined to hound
me and force me to divide with him, under
pain of being hauled back to England and
hanged for the murder of our father if I
refused"
Il see; but I don't understand why you
were not found out many years ago.:
MY name in England was Arlington,
and I doubt if I would ever have been
discovered by my brother had it not been
for the Northumberland and his father.
".Ah!' with an air of interest. What
of them?''
'"They came to America the same
steamer with John Emerson and my daugh-
ter Gertrude. Mordaunt had known Elmer
son, and he knew Gertrude to be my
daughter; he tried to worm some informa-
ton out of Emerson, but failed. He was
suspicious however, and followed Emer-
son to me, and learned that was Gordon
Arlington He came to me, told me he
knew ALL and would have me sent back
| to England and hanged, unless 1 paid him
a certain amount each year agreed, ana
| he went south and settled, in accordance
with a promise which he gave me, as l
wanted him as far away as possible. so
| long as he remained in the south ne was
to receive the sum stated. HE heid TO ms
promise and was never back north, so lar
as I know to the contrary, but two winters
ago he sent his son, Gerald to New YORK,
and he entered my home, pretending TO De
second cousin, in order to make an ex-
cuse to the world and he told me his
father demanded that consent for him TO
marry my daughter.
1.-THE scoundrels!' murmured Blanton.
''This was more than could endure
with equanimity, but l dared not anger
| told him that Gertrude must not think OF
marriage under three years, and that tnen
| I would listen to him. He went back put
came north again., recently-he arrived