The Washington times., 1912-11-24
posed" remarked the objective with
pltYinR smile.


plying smile.
II am not such . fool a. you seem to
think" rstorted Cyril. And can -.
sure you that the lady In question 70
incapable Of deception"
"Aii I can say h, my lord. that : am
Absolutely sure Of her la4yship's iden.
tity. and that you yourself save mo tho
"I-how?"
II, Of course, noticed that when you
heard her iadyship had golden hair you
were not only extremely surprised, but
also very much relieved. I at once ASH.
"a .myseif why such en apparensly
trivial matter should d have a 80 % sreas Sn1 sns,
had never seen her ladyship. ] srsued
that you must that very day have met
some one whom You had reason 70 sup.
pose was Lady Wilmerslsy., and that
Ing your movements from the time you
landed I found that the only woman
with whom you had come In contact
wal. . young lady who had Joined you
In Newhaven. and that she answered 70
every W pSrslcuiar. win tie sxcsption that
told that you had said that she was
e yoIs brow. wife; l., and had produced passport
Nov. I had heard from your vsist
90 you can hardly, blame me for doubt.
Ing the correctness Of your statement.
But In order 70 make assurance dou.
by sure. 1 sent one Of ny men 70 the
ship had for some months bsen pa.
escaped from there. and that you are
still employing detectives 70 fin6 her."
n.. az not saeiss.sS isGsss' SH 'S S:y Into
conceive sssosssd tnss cSsx G.ixsesiv. Il
"As your lordship refused to honor me
With your confidence. I had to md out
:n. f'ts s..s oass sss .scus so ,..,s ySs
impossible for me to construct Q the
10 practically. Lvalueless."
IN. But Ss,.'y my wife has nothing to do with
quite q, my lord, but . lady who
ly concerned with Il"
~ repeat that 10 al nonsense"
'Ie your lordship will listen 70 me I
ss the LADY, IDENTITY is conS:rnsd. ] u I
have made no mistake. But TO do this
tras tragedy as I conceive that it hap.
:, :, 90 ahead: don't mind hearing your
First. I must ask you to take It for
granted that ] am right in believing
shse sh,n. Pfsnti;e, was ignorant Of her lady:
u, II will admit that much." agreed
THANK you. my lord. Now ie, us try
ana imasine exactly what was her lady.
snips position on the night Of the muir.
ror at the prospect Of being shut hut" up iii Il
an asylum. Hsr frst care must have
oeen 70 devise some means Of eludins
bis lordship's vigilance. This was q all.
Sos tS.t n. hpsoS,em 'ash,n 70, nu.tsphs tells u.
light sleeper but that no suffered from
knew that his lordship had long beer
addicted to the opium habit, and would
somss.mss sssnnI Tor day. tossthsr lie IN .
were found IN his room. ana that S: s1.
plains how her ladyship managed to re,
nold OF the opium with which she doc
torsd his lordship's coffee"
on your p p:r. ye< oSssc..a %s:s csr,i' ,iiu''0''ao'
Not at all. my lord. I had the sedi
mene OF the two cups analysed and tht
chemist found that one Of them con
tainsd ,ains z small portion Of opium. He,
to the exact nature OF the drug, and O
the effect II would have on a man WIN
was saturated with II, gave his lord
snIna ssnln I, TOO %, small = dose. Nevertheless. h,
~cSeAA0 AASisuooAASoip oSOp0u00.
NOV now on earth can you know
VERY easily. my lord. II his lordshi,
had not been rendered at once uncon
scious he would. knowing that an at
sounded the alarm and dcputed Mus
tapha to guard her ladyship, which wa.
what he always did when he knew h,
was not equal to the task"
.v.WW., "Wsli, that that ,s,I sounds plausible. at al
As soon - her ladyship knew tha
she was no longer watched" continues
| the detective. she at once set to worl
to disguise herself: As we know. Oh,
fancy her hair. her most noticeable fen
ious moments"
she may have worn . wig" suggest
ed Cyril. hoping that Judson would 40
IN which case he would be able triumph
antly to demolish the latter's theory o
the gtrrs identity. by stating that h
could positively swear her hair was ne
mo. my lord. After carefully investi
eating the matter have come to tn
| conclusion that she did not. And m.
heasons are. first. that no hairdrssss
In Newhsven has lately sold Q VIE I
ssr .Sr To ss1 NJ
or. to Prentice which could have cor
tained such an article. On the othe
hand. as his lordship had for years dye,
his hair and beard. her ladyship ha
only to go into his dressingroom to pro
ing herself"
n.,E Pp! y! .:Ess SSssns cy,,, i take ages to dy
''If Il 10 done properly. yes: but tn
sort Of stain his lordship used can b
very quickly applied. DO not believ
Il took her ladyship more than half q
hour to dye enough OF her hair to es
cape notice. but In all probability sh
had no time to do It very thoroughly
and that which escaped may hav
turned white. don't know snythin
This was a possibility which had nc
occurred to Cyril, but still ne refuse
to be convinced.
VERY we'll. my lord. Let me centinu
my story: Before her ladyshlp had CON
pieted her preparations his lordshi
awoke from his stupor."
what makes you think that7"
because. II his lordship had not trie
to prevent her escape, she would hay
had no reason for killing him. Prot
ably they had q struggle, her hand 20
on the pistol, and the deed was dor
-"
But what about the ruined picture!
Her ladyship knowing that there Wa
no other portrait OF her In existenc
destroyed Il, In order to make It difficu
for the police to follow her"
"H.m," grunted Cyril You make HI