Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-20

but Chetney either knew it already or the woman persuaded him not
to believe in it, and the father and son parted in great anger. Two
days later the marquis altered his will, leaving all Of his money to the
younger brother, Arthur.
"The title and some of the landed property he could not keep from
Chetney but he swore if his o saw the woman again that the will
should stand as it was, and he would be left without a penny.
"This was about eighteen months age, when apparently Chetney
tired of the Princess, and suddenly went off to shoot and explore in
Central Africa. No word came from him, except that twice he as
reported as having died of fever in the jungle, and finally two traders
reached the coast who said they had seen his body: This was accepted
by all as conclusive, and young Arthur "a recognized as the heir to
the Edam millions. On the strength Of this supposihon he at once be-
gan to borrow enormous sums from the money lenders. This is of
great Importance, as the police believe it was these debts which drove
him to tho murder of his brother. Yesterday, as you know, Lord Chef
ney suddenly returned from the grave, and it was the fac" that for two
years ne had been considered as dead which lent such Importance to his
return and which gave rise to those columns of detail concerning him
which appeared in all the afternoon papers. But, obviously, during his
absence he had not tired of the Princess Itchy, for we know that a few
hours after he reached London he sought her out. His brother, who
had also learned Of his temperance through the papers, probably sus-
pected which would be the house he would first VISIT and followed him
there, arriving, So the Russian servant tells us, while the two were at
coffee in the drawingroom. The Princess, then, we also learn from
the servant, withdrew to the diningroom, leaving the brothers to-
gether. What happened one can only guess.
"Lord Arthur knew now that when it was discovered he was no
longer the heir, the moneylenders would come down upon hin The
police believe that he at once sought out his brother to beg for money
to cover the post obts, but that, considering the sum he needed was
several hundreds of thousands of pounds, Chetney refused to give it
him. Nc one knew that Arthur had gone to seek out his brother.
They we're alone. 1t is possible, then, that in a passion of disappont-
ment. and crazed with the disgrace which he saw before him. YOUNG
Arthur made himself the heir beyond further question. The death of
his brother would have avi!cd nothing if the woman remained alive.
It is then possible that ~ crossed tho hall, and with the same weapon
which made him Lord E'ams heir destroyed the solitary witness to
the murder. The only other person who could have seen it was sleep
ing in a drunken stupor, to which fact undoubtedly he owed his life.
And yet" concluded the Naval Attache, leaning forward and marking
each word with his finger, "Lord Arthur bundered fatally. In his
haste he left the door of the house open, 20 giving access to the first
passerby, and he forgot that when he entered it he had handed his
card to the servant. That piece Of paper may yet send him to the
gallows. In the mean time he has disappeared completely, and some
where, in one of the millions of streets Of this great capital, in a
locked and empty house, lies the body Of his brother, and Of the wo-
man his brother loved, undiscovered, unburied, and with their murder
unavenged."
In the discussion which followed the conclusion of the story of the
Naval Attache the gentleman with the pearl took no part Instead, he
rose, and, reckoning a servant to a far corner of the room, whispered
earnestly to him until a sudden movement on the part of Sir Andrew
cansed him to return hurriedlv to the table.