Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-02-03

vall,' she said. and somebody is dy.
ing. and they are in a great hurry"
He found that it was his office-maie
at the other end, who said that Mr.
William Marsh had telephoned FROM
his fathers house, asking that DR.,
F'urnivall come there at once. drop
ping everything else, as his brother
Everett was in a dying condition, and
1t was hoped that he could be MAIDS
to speak before his death and save tina
family name. Within ten minutes Dr.
Furnivall arrived there, to find that
the wounded man had been shot twice
instead OF once only, the other bullet
having entered the abdomen. 1t wa.
this wound that had taken n fata
turn. and the moment that the physi
clans practiced eye fell upon the vic
TINS features he knew that his very
minutes were numbered. But he saw
something more. "Ah!" he breathed
after one long. earnest scrutiny of the
eyes, hands and conformation of the
head. He looked at the brothers
We'll, It's the only way out of it." he
said to himself, land it will stop all
further annoyance of anybody else
Then removing his spectacles he held
the sick mans eyes with his own and
asked:
"Mr. Marsh. who shot you and your
father?"
A slow, wan smile came into the
pallid face, and with slight shake
Of the head the dying man replied:
Nobody will find that out from me. -
You realize, do you, that the odium
of this crime will always cling to your
family, unless you name the guilty
person."
NO." he said, quickly, mot so, for
nothing can be proved-and-ant-
His eyes, fixed on the doctors, a.
first glared wildly, then a look Of sur
prise passed into them, which yielded
almost Immediately to an expression
of deep peace. n sigh parted the gray
lips, his form relaxed from the ner.
vous tension to which it evidently had
been strained, a light as of perfect
content spread over his face, and thea
he continued in monotonous tone.
as IL II were matter of no conse
quence:
II shot father, and then myself"
The brothers gave an incredulous CRY
He is out of his head" gasped WI
liam. Why, the thing is absoiatel,
impossible"
It's an outrage to make a man
began Henry. But D.. Furnivall wen
on fmperturbably. holding the calm
eyes with his own.
why did you do i2?-
81 loved my fathe", and could no,
bear to see him made n fool of. II,
had paid a woman $4,000 tn promise
to- marry him. and sEe cared nothing
for him-despised him I'm fact, and
would have Inundated him to death
! ofen demonstrated with him. talking
for hours, but IL was OF no use. he
would not listen-t5c first time he
ever refused my coUusel in my life
| knew she must be schemer, or she
never would have entered into such q
contract, and I told him that II he
would put a watch upHu her he would
find that she was giving the price OF
his foolishness to one other lover
This reused his iealctsy. and he sent
for detective. But thinking IL an
over I came TO the conclusion that the
best way would be ~ end 10 all at
once, so that neither OF us need have
any more trouble forever So bought
a revolver and shot fi'n. and then shot
myself twice. for ! wfAed 10 90 to the
dark shore with him and look after
him there, as have aIways done here.
Poor old mani He is aearIy out OF all
his perplexities now Cor I shall soon
be with him. But az course I would
not confess, bee ause would not place
the burden OF being brothers to a
known murderer on William and Hen.
~. 7 tore off my watch, ard stIewed
the papers in the safe around to give
the impression of robbery"
He ceased speaking, ard as the
brothers stood sobbins the death rat.
tie came into his throat.
"He was a deluslpnal paranoiac.
wasn't he?" whispere1 tho attendinu
physician to DR.. Funbvall
"Yes-with halIucinatory confusion
He was born insane. The wonderfD
thing Is that though nc carried the
stamp OF his disease on his face hO
has lived all these years among meu
without their finding It out"
fCopyright. 1908. by W. G.. Haapman1
Copyright IN Great BIitain)