Putnam patriot., 1910-02-18

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escaped we should hear from him with
In a reasonable time.
A few days later an old gentleman
came up to me while l was standing
beside my telescope and asked me If
the place from which the American
had fallen was visible from where we
stood. / assured him that ii was and
directed my telescope toward IL. He
put his eye to the glass and since 1t
was in the center of the field of view
seemed TO recognize 1t at once
IF any one had been looking through
your glass at the time the accident
occurred. would he have seen lit" be
asked.
Certainly" replied.
Can figures and faces be distin-
guished up there through your tele-
scope so as to know themr
Not surely
Gould you see an act In which two
figures were involvedr
mot very clearly"
Something In the mans voice was
familiar to me. As he turned and
faced me / saw that he was made
up," as the theatrical people say. Then
something suddenly burst upon me.
Was It q droop of one shoulder? Waa
1t the interest he had manifested In
the tragedy? l could not tell. but l
knew the old man was young Wallace
disguised.
II was loking through my glass;
I said. when that tragedy occurred"
felt a grip on my arm. and the man
was fairly glaring at me.
Were you? What did you seer" he
said trying to master his emotion.
| told him what l had seen as | have
told 1t here. He would not permit me
TO leave out the slightest detail When
| had finished | added;
"You are Mr.. Wallace. and you were
pushed over that cliff. | saw enough
TO convince me that what I witnessed
was an attempted murder. Now tell
me of the mans motive"
He told me that Miss Clark was an
American millionairess: that he had
known her at home and they had re-
Gently become engaged. In Paris lie
Verian had been introduced to the
girl. had joined the party with whom
she was travelling and had been trying
to win her. Doubtless recognizing that
Wallace was the main obstacle in the
way eff getting her and her millions.
he had attempted to put him out of
the way.
Wallace had landed where I sup
=, hni CHI L
en- up by the glance he had made at
the bottom of the cliff. Realizing that
IL he accused lie Verian of trying to
murder him he would have no evil
dence of the fact, he had disguised
himself and returned with a view to
watching his rival without being
known to him. He had not yet made
himself known to Miss Clark, being
DESTROYS to discover how she felt to-
wald his would be murderer. From
what he had observed he feared that
lie yerian was making some Roadway
In his suit, but could not tell His
fiancee had been apparently much
shocked.
Having learned that would be able
to testify, Mr.. Wallace resolved TO
make himself known to lie Verian
and Miss Clark. He came TO see me
the next doy and described the scene
as ii occurred at the J. hotel. He had
taken a private parlor and sent mes
sage to lie Verian and Miss Clark that
If they would come to the apartment
they would learn something of George
Wallace.
They came, the girl looking hopeful
~ anxious. the man very much agi-
tated Wallace. who was dressed as
an old man. threw of his disguise and
stood before them as himself The
girl started toward him with a cry and
fell in sWoon in his arms. The man
stood looking like a serpent about to
strike final blow for life.
Wallace put out his hand and touch
ed bell. lie yerian stood trembling
like a leaf A waiter entered, and
Wallace told him to cali the proprietor.
He came. and Wallace declared him
self 70 be the missing American and
denounced lie Verian as his would be
murderer
At that moment Miss Clark came to
herself and heard his accusation.
| never learned what became Of lie
Serian. heard nothing about trial
and inferred that Mr.. Wallace and his
faneee shrank from prosecuting him.
But the next summer while was
showing the Jungfrau TO some tour
lists | heard familiar voice say:
'Can you show me the cliff from
which Wallace. the American, fell?"
turned There stood Mr. Wallace
himself with the American girl on his
arm.
Mrs Wallace and would like to
zee the place." he added
But the lady shrank away with a
shudder. and her husband failed to in
duce her to take even glance.
Yes; ! made something out of 1t.
Wallace had given me money before
he left Interlaken and gave me more
when he returned. ! invested 1t In
some American securities he recon-
mended.