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


Ct hate you, with ali nay strength.
You are Charles Douglass murderer.
and i ~IN beQueath 10 my son a
hatred .Or the murderer Of his father.
To this effect j have deposited ia =
safe Of the Security Bank "A paper
which VIII be given 70 William when
he comes Of age.~I have made a con-
fessiOn TO him OF my life and yours q"
j understand ! said, as the mil
nCnaire paused.
NO you don't You don't understand
AT al,' he said, testify, and neither
DO i, the one who is most concerned in
the matter l let William continue his
studies in Boston, and paid no more
attention to the boy. who was not
mine, although he bore my name
With ali the letters / had in my pos
I session, L could. If i had wished. have
begun proceeding and deprived him
7 OF the name % Kingsley.
/ But, as / told you, L object 70 use
less scandals / had something better
/ 70 DO. had to get mold OF that paper
/ that had been deposited in the Secur-
/ ity Bank"
And you succeeded IN corruptIpS
! those who were trusted 70 preserve the
immunity OF that pfpery' 1 cried, in
! tensely interested now
/ II certainly succeeded In having the
/ safe opened, but 1 found no confession
mo testament
/ obi OH
| Il merely found a simple note ad-
/ dressed 10 William It ran
! Ny -Son-Yor. must be on your
/ guard against Addison Kingsley
/ When YOU get possession Of this
/ note. go TO the secretary OF the
4 Security Bank. He VIII give you
! something that IS intended for YOU
/ 81 smiled at the ingenious warning z
/ and took possession OF the note When
\ William attains his majority, ] thought
/ he VIII md the safe empty After that
| business took up all my time since my
/ partners death / bore IN the responsi-
! bility, and 1 was not able TO think OF
] anything elSe-Of Mrs- Kingsley, OF VII
/ liam, Of any OF my disagreeable mat-l-
mOnial affairs Besides. ! had got nd
! OF william I had sent him TO France
I TO study medicine, a wish he AaG al
| WAYS expressed
| .sTo cut the matter short, when ne
: came OF age 1 called at the bank with
my wife's letter sealed IN an envelope
az though my son had commissioned me
/ u deliver H. The secretary VINO was a
! friend Of mine, made no objection what
( ever, but handed me a second letter
from Mrs. Kingsley, IN when she had
| written. so as 10 trick me
/ i can only repeat what 1 wrote De-
/ fore-be on your guard against ADDISON
! kingsley
! That was all ] was fooled she lao
/ suspected that I might get hold or the
pape-. and before dying had thrown me
on "a false track
PROBABLY there was no testament al
all" 7 said as I stirred my tea.
Wrong" cried the millionaire. an
! arilv. There was, and the proof is
| thar since William became Of age ht
does not care a rap for what / say
tell YOU me knows He 0eSpiSes my IoF'
! tune and treats me almost IKE
/ stranger 7 am not blind 10 ms lu1ll'
ference. He hates me and I haze him
II his mother has hidden him 90 ayenge
his father. I viii have my revenge OF
him foI the outrage that be brought
! upon me. Z viii, 7 swear it,
/ A fame Of bitterness and hatred
leaped into his eyes as he uttered ~ ~,
] last words. He took up the decantei
and poured himself out some NOR,
brandy He took hold OF the glass VIII
g hand that shook ever so slightly auC
swallowed the contents ar a gulp-
/ His confession left me sunk IN bite
! reflections. 1 understood now why thi
l Young doctor had greeted me so atec
rionateIy and his words. Father, father
how happy I am that I have foun'
you"
Il ] had ar first thought that I had beel
discovered thought that he hai
. found out who 7 really was. and ha'
/ greeted me as Evelyn's father. soon Z
I be his father also Now II was eN
planned. Nevertheless, I began 20 %
1 ter fed az the way ] had stepped int
J the dead man 3 shoes With Vilall
: like kiuESley-fOr there seemed 70 me NJ
reason why the SLAYER OF LUcie Wei
should not also be the slayer Of Doug
p lass and Ms. FinEsley-tO deal with
whatever would become Of me-
/ a bright thought struck me
But I said. Tin admitting that VII
liam has received a bequest from hi
I m0ther, bidding him 10 avenge his owl
father. then Douglass resurrection. 1
{ we can cali +: so, after twenty years
g absence, during which he was sup
p posed 10 De dead, win change this feel
{ ing Of hatred
"Of course. that IS what I cOunte,
/ on" said Kingsley, dryly- Il rel,
/ strongly on your imagination 20 uph0l'
the difficult part you are playing, nov
/ that YOU know all that is necessary 10
70 YOU TO know. 7 rely. above all, on IN
I ! love OF Barrabas for his daUEhte
2 Evel-ue TO keep ever in the mind o
| DOuelass the interests Sf himself and o
- Z me