The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-08


GanP What do you mean9 What do you
want9 What are you after with your silly
hocnB-Doous2"
Il WIN answer fully returned CrOnkits.
with revolver now In hand. Don't you
move ON your peril, and do you, wreeches.
part, plotted or unintondod, in this tragedy,
draw near and rear. l will answer for
those upstairs will not fret or call, a. you,
Mattinger, know only too we'll.
1t was apparent to the Judge and TO thu
company that this robbery was not what
IL seemed. Dealing with folks OF your high
social standing. 10 was necessary to let you
discover yourself. IL discovery was 20 be
made. Hence the insurance was paid,
hence I came here In this role.
Soon after my arrival here, through
deductions ON my part and tndlSoretions
on the part Of those too Undisciplined even
to restrain their OWE passions for the sake
Of their own safety, 1 got a fair working
idea OF what had happened. That brute
there pointing TO the soOwling Captain,
"caiOled and constrained poo Mrs. Mat
finger 10 hide the diamonds in some secret
place and then simulate their robbery
Possibly through that same habit OF
around, which aided me. poor Miss 0orse
learned something OF this plot: and per-
suRded by hat sneak there pointing TO
Philip Bruno. 9 h managed to make the
chloros0rming OF Mrs. Mattinger a reality
AtbyM'A w 49, PNgApAAN0 ~ wan " 70
But thu porDatratiOn OF a successful
crime ia the WORK OF a genius and not OF
a silly. hysterical wOmsA and an impulsive
passionate woman wO<king at odds TO
each other. Mrs. Mattinger we so thor
oughly chloroformed that wiNkN che re-
vived. az often happens. she Fad bIt a
fragmentary idea Of preceding events
and not the slightest ideR Of where she had
hidden the diamonds.
Miss Gorse, not knowing that Mrs.
NTaNkinwor uOspD tV.f 20 hid aUaw
the diamonds. was unable to find them
after she had successfully chlOroformed
Mrs. Mattinger.
.One other detail-T believe. though 1
have not yet the proof, that this vile Mat
finger here was more or less cognizant OF
what was going on and held his peace.
Why? To get both the diamonds and the
lis a Iie!S cried Mr.. Msttinser pierre
ingly.
Captain. n il il wssn't for your gun I'D
wiring your neck!'
But Philip Bruno. with a frightened look.
Crept down the stairs into the outer dark
ness.
The effect Of my slight stratsgem with
the light" continued the detective COM
posedly. was through the shock, heightened
by my previous words, TO cause Mrs. Mat
finger to remember. She went upstairs
to get the diamonds. and Miss GOrse, divin-
AAA ACA RAA RCn8n yin VO4s
Il did too. but. alas. too late. On the
upper platform Of the rear stairs by the
open dOor Of an unused, doubtless long
forgotten closet, made by the builder per-
haps for "A gas meter. I found both women
dead-stabbed to the heart; the da Rger in
Miss Gorse's hand as IL she had killed Mrs.
Nattinger and then herself"
Il don believe a word Of III" screamed
Mr.. Mattinger. Il haven't been up there
myself. a. you all know. 1 was busy back
with the lights. Buff IL is true, Of course
she killed my poor dear wife-she always
hated her-and then committed suicide"
you fool" interrupted Cronkite. THE
knife is in that dead girls left hand. where
you put IL in your haste when you came
upon her after. as 1 fear. h had struck
Mrs. Mattinger and was just about to seize
the diamonds she coveted 6 ineanely.
You killed Miss Gorse yOurself-and then
took the diamonds. Throw UP your arms
as o stood just q ago when you
forbade ms 70 proceed.
All. l thought so! See, one and all.
wretches. fools, moths. that long cobweb
hanging from his sleevei Don't you dare
touch il until II has been compared with
the cobwebs in that closet! And look,
look
With def movement Cronkite's left hand
flashed into and then out Of Mr.. Mattinger's
pocket. He held loft the glittering strands
Of diamonds. glittering almost toe bril-
liantIy for Door human senses, though
dabbled here and there with blood.