The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

WALL" she said, and somebody is dy-
ing, and they are in a great hurry
He found that it was his of1ee-maid
at the other end, who said that Mr..
William Marsh had telephoned from
! his fathers house, asking that DR..
Furniyal come there at once, drop.
ping everything else, as his brother
Everett was in a dying condition, aad
it was hoped that he could be made
to speak before his death and save the
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 was
this wound that had taken fatal
| 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,
i 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, and 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 a 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-and
His eyes, fixed on the doctors, at
first glared wildly, then look of sur
prise passed into them, which yielded
almost Immediately to an expression
of deep peace. A 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 then
| he continued in n1onotonous tone,
as if it were matter of no conse
quence:
Il shot father, and then myself
The brothers gave an incredulous cry.
'He is out of his head" gasped VIII
liam. Why, the thing is absolutely
impossible
Its an outrage to make a man
began Henry But Dr. Furnivall went
rIoI J1r he roll
eyes with his own.
why did you do it?''
q loved my father, and could not
bear to see him made a fool Of He
had paid a woman $4,000 to promise
to marry him, and she cared nothing
for him-despised him in fact, and
would have Inundated him to death.
ofen demonstrated with him. talking
for hours, but it was of no use, he
would not listen-the first time he
ever refused my counsel in my life. |
| knew she must be schemer, or sheft
never would have entered into such a
contract, and I told him that if he
would put a watch upon her he would
find that she was giving the price OF
his foolishness to some other lover.
This reused his jealousy, and he sent
for a detective But thinking it all
over came to the conclusion that the
best way would be to end it all at |
once, so that neither of us need have
any more trouble forever. So bought |
a revolver and shot him, and then shot
myself twice. for wished to go to the |
dark shore with him and look after
him there, as I have always done here
Poor old man! He is<nearly out of ali
his perplexities now, for I shall soon
be with him. But of course | would
not confess, because l would not place
the burden of being brothers to
known murderer on William and Hen.
ry. tore off my watch, and strewed
the papers in the safe around to give
the impression of robbery
He ceased speaking, and as the
brothers stood sobbing the death rat
tie came into his throat.
HE was a delusional paranofac, |
wasn't he?" whispered the attending |
physician to DR.. Furnivall.
"Yes-with hallucinatory confusion. |
He was born insane. The wonderful |
thing is that though he carried the |
stamp of his disease on his face he |
has lived all these years among men |
without their finding It out"
Copyright, 1908, by W. G. Chapman) I
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