The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-02

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and Cerisse had planned to spend the
summer here. She was to go TO live
in lodgings till she could find a home
in which to remove with his wife, and
then Cerisse would join them. and the
same old farce was to have been re-
newed. To that end Harcourt leased
the Flanders house"
A distinct All" ran through the
court room and Harcourt Simultaneous
ly uttered a denial.
ITO that end" continued lie Nal
heureux. 'Harcourt leased the Flanders
house For some whim or other he
took it under the name of Hamley
Hackleye. l think Harcourt had in
there, for he knew that Hackleye was
close on the trail Then Cerisse was
to have stepped into her cousins shoes
and Hackleye would have believed
that it was his wife who had died. c.
risse took rooms at the OBSTETRICS and
almost Immediately a secret doorway
was cut through. l tracked Harcourt
TO the house at "a Briarsweet place the
night of the murder. / waited till 1
had chance and secreted myself IN
the house. 1 saw him remove the
plaque and climb into my sisters room
followed. hiding in the closet.
.'Cerisse and he quarreled nearly ST
evening. Cerisse in one Of her petu-
liant moods was provoking him beyond
endurance. She was becoming wear
led with him. The letter that was
found on the floor urging her to live
ia, H. 90
to return to H had been recently re-
ceived by her from Harcourt, and she
made it the pivot on which to turn
many a joke and jest. Finally she told
him she was tired of him, and thought
she would go back to her husband.
They squabbled and wrangled till final
ly Cerisse made ready for bed. Har-
court started to go home but at length,
fully dressed, threw himself down on
the bed and began TO smoke. at the
same time Gliding Cerisse for using so
many cigarettes. Then she asked him
for money. claiming that her losses at
the races had. as she termed 1t, laid
her fat He said he had no money,
and then she turned on him with re-
proaches of an over-fondness for rou-
nearly daylight and till Harcourt would
not talk any more. Cerisse dropped off
into a doze. but Harcourt lay there
smoking in moody silence. Cerisse
reused and asked him TO get her a
drink OF water. He refused at first.
but she kept at him. Finally he got
up, went over to the stand, fumbled
there for moment and came back.
handing her the glass half filed with
water, and said. Never ask me for a
drink again
"Cerisse lay back on her pillows. and
apparently fell into slumber again.
Harcourt resumed his place by her side.
was about to go. wishing 10 make
my way back home before the dawn
broke. when suddenly Harcourt turned
over on his elbow and moaned like
whipped lioness.
What have 1 done. what have
done?" he cried over and over again.
my temper. my temper. My awful
jealousy, Cerisse, 1 have killed you.
killed you!"
He kissed her again and again. and
wept and dug his nails into his flesh.
The sunlight came in at the window
and the breakfast gong changed In the
hall. Reality came back TO him. He
cautiously slid from. the bed and made
his way back into the house. He knew
that safety lay in flight.
Handicapped by deformity, / knew
I could do nothing. but 1 relied on
Hackleye. Together / thought we
might take the body away with us
through that trap door. 1 went over
to the bed and assured myself that Ce-
risse was quite dead. / smelled of the
glass and from the lack OF odor and
the condition of Cerisse's body guessed
that Harcourt had depended upon his
old friend. the loco plant. to end her
life. Perhaps he had given her the
dose meant originally for Narcisse.
Then / went In search for Hack
leye. 1t took me longer to find him
than I thought. for 1t was very late.
nearly noon, when we returned to the
: rom. I had not told him she was
lead. He was fearfully shocked. We
sad just entered and were figuring how
| we could get the body away when we
heard the trap door fastened behind us.
Evidently Harcourt had come in and
noticed it open and. fearing he had for
gotten to close it in his wild flight OF
| the morning, made haste to remedy the
| oversight. There we were, Hackleye
and ], locked in the room with the
| dead body of his wife and my sister.
Five minutes later Mrs. Desterle burst
| in the door. There was time to get out
as Hackleye has said, while they car
ried Mrs Desterle to her room.
II was in the hotel perched on the
fire. escape above the room occupied by
Miss Lancey, now Mrs. Morris. that
same night i was keeping guard over
Mrs. Harcourt. / did not know but
that In an after rage Harcourt might
not destroy her, too. / did not know
what the papers were. but feared they
might react on my cousins safety.
followed Mrs Morris to Mrs. Har-
i courts room and ran into her as che
| was rounding the corner on her re-
turn She struggled to free herself. but
I held her fast. / wanted to discover
what she had done, and to see If she
had the stolen papers hidden about
her. and II SO. what they were. In the
contest her waist was torn off and hei
nose began to bleed. Then she tainted
from fright. l carried her from tht
hotel to Hackleye's rooms. intending tc
take her to her home in the morning
She grew steadily worse and by morn
| ing was having commissions. / holC
| high European degrees as a physician
and as knew the cause OF her malady
| felt the only just way to the girl would
| be to treat her myself. Together with
Tyoga and Hackleye | got her to Sar
| Francisco and took her to Africa with
me. / had to do it. There was no 9TH
er way. My only safely lay In flight
Her only chance of recovery lay in thu
medication / could give her. for | alone
knew the cause of her complete menta
prostration The later complications
If her journey 1 had not foreseen. but
she is here now, safe and well. and
may / not say it? all the happier fol
her trip"
Harcourt had risen and staggered
from his feet toward Francis Wayne
Harcourt walked like a drunken man
and quicker than anyone could divin,