The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-11

read the papers, in which. IN an ex-
allied fashion, Mrs. Kingsley had con-
fessed the truth TO her son. she had
stated what kind Of death she had
chosen so rs TO rejoin Douglass in the
tomb She accused her husband OF kill
ing the father OF her son. and told VIII
liam 10 avenge his murder Il was all
very theatrical
I folded Up the papers calmly. had
not learned much. Apart frCs- the i'm
FASHIONED and exaggerated expressions
Of love for this Charles Douglass. over
which I. B2rrabas, could not feel very
much moTed, I had heard all the rest
from Kingsley once or twice had been
almost convinced that he had had m
hand In his Wtfs's death, and now tho
LEI
The young doctor and were ICw
placed in a most peculiar mental atti-
tude. The situation was this:
had thought that Addison Kingsley
had killed his wife ara bis partner.
From the testament : saw that I had
made a mistake In the first place but
was still firmly convinced that the mil
death The alienist had thought for
some time that the man whom ne called
father had slain Charles Douglass, but
now he saw that he had made q great
mistake. as to all appearances ne had
found Douglass living ir flesh ana blood.
lem which presents itself is very diff
what do you mean?r
1T is evident that you do not Ike Mr.
Kingsley, because he made your moth
eT'B life miserable, Nevertheless, you
must now understand that as 1 am alive
and well, you cannot still feel the BIT
terness against him that you felt be-
fore"
Naturally, I cannot" replied the doc
tor. I'm fact, I must confess that my
hatred has changed to Indifference. But
what effect can that have on your
OH for me, IL is better or worse, as
you may think. must tell you the rea-
sons why no one has heard Of me for
the last twenty years You have heard
/ how I met with a terrible accident at
I believe no other human being has
! ever survived such fall. 1t was simD-
/ ~ miracle that I escaped.
| We'll, my boy, when I escaped from
/ the jaws Of death had two courses be-
/ fore me-tor return to New York and
, take my place again as partner In the
! firm Of Kingsley, Douglass & Co or TO
I disappear forever-let the world think I
I was dead
! Il chose the latter, for reasons entire
} " moral. had been Informed by your
/ mother that my partner knew all, and
| repented that had brought dishonor
! on a mans hOme-a man who had been
( my friend, and nov could only be my
worst enemy. II was not cowardice that
made me disappear On the contrary, I
was making a graf sacrifice in drop
! ping out of their lives. / hoped that in
/ time they might be reconciled. You can
! imagine that l needed a deep sense of
( abnegation TO begin life over again. l
I began as mechanic in California.
led a rough life 1 had no intention of
ever returning TO New York, and !
should never have done so II had not
casually heard what the general opinion
: was concerning your mothers death"
! I touched the yellow document which
laid on the table.
That testament" I continued, al
/ lows me 20 make confession Of which
/ I am now ashamed. Last year I decided
TO return to New York to avenge your
mother. ] had learned. quite accident
/ ally, that Addison Kingsley was a wild
over and that the general opinion was
that he had poisoned his wife I'm a very
mysterious manner. but the affair could
not be brought to light. I ed not FOL
an instant doubt the truth o. this sup
position"
I And you came back - broke in
| William, breathlessly.
To avenge your mother, just as YOU