The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-26

/ to understand. That my wife had all
along deceived me, hated, rather than
loved, me, was all l wished to know. 1t
made an old man of me. ] lost interest
in life; gave it up. Nothing was left
for me this side the grave. but a wait
ing. And / am waiting, patiently as /
may. But 1 should rather not do it in
prison.
DR. FurnivalI rose abruptly. He had
been present at the unfolding of too
many tragedies not to realize the i'm
potence of words of coincidence in such
case as this. Confining his attention
strictly to the subject of the crime he
asked a few questions regarding Wis
itors, and the relations on which the
three inmates of the house lived with
one another and after a word of en-
Couragement hurried away to the Wort
ley mansion.
He found it in the possession of the
police officers, one of whom. at his re-
quest, showed him Immediately in to
the housekeeper. who sat in stony 81
lence at her mistress bedside, never
removing her eyes from the rigid body.
She neither answered his greeting nor
seemed aware of his presence there.
The officer. who had heard great things
of Dr. F.,rnival1's occult powers, and re
manned in the room curious TO see for
nlnlSelI some SldEllliS VI
them, touched his arm, and shaking his
head whispered:
"She was all right little while this
morning. and answered everything we
asked her. But she won't say no more
took stuffy? Won't open her mouth,
no matter what you do"
ooh. yes, she willp' the doctor re-
turned somewhat grimly. Mrs. Part
ridge" he said to 1er, did you ever see
me before?"
She looked up quickly and peered at
him with some show of interest, but
Immediately moved her head as if to re-
turn her gaze TO its former direction.
She moved it only slightly, however.
Then il remained fixed. Her weak eyes.
staring into his, took on an expression
of concentration that was wholly new
to them, and she answered in an emo
tionless voice:
mo. sir
How long have you known Mrs.
WOrtley?"
Most all of her life"
What relation do you bear to herr"
Il amt any relation. Only she was
engaged to be married to my son."
Married. She was already married.
What do YOU mean? Tell me all about
it. Begin at the beginning.
"My son James and her worked in
the same shop and was gOin' to git
married when they could afford it.
Then DIR. Wortley wanted her, and they
thought she better take him, for she
said he was an old man and-and would
leave her lot of money and then she
could have James. But he was only
80. She thought that was old. but it
amt. And he's alive yet. But James
died five years ago. That broke her
heart and mine, too, and she sent for
me, and we've lived together ever
since.
my Godn' burst involuntarily from
DIR. Furnivall. This, then, was the
great secret He thought he never had
heard so ironical a tragedy put in so
few words This was the girl whom
DIR. Wortley had watched from infancy
and found to be the one woman in the
world The young lovers death. which
was undoubtedly what the cdblegram
had announced to her, upsetting her
plans, destroying her hopes. showing
that all her duplicity and sacrifice had
been in vain, had maddened her, and
with the one-sided logic of an intense
IIy materialistic mind, she attributed
her failure and despair to her devoted
victim. Had it not been for him all
this never would have occurred. And