The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-04


he thought was that of his own
house. and he stole UP the steps.
Blind though he was, there was one
test which could tell him lis he had
struck the.right place, his lay 1atcl.
key. 1t opened the door, and he
stepped into the hall, confident that
his troubles were all over Still he
had a feeling that he4was In the
wrong place, and when he heard a
woman playing the piano and sing
ng, he knew that his fears were
justified A
Undecided whether to appeal for
1elp or not, he stood in the hall
way. The song continued Sudden
" he heard a gasp and a groan. Tho
music ceased suddenly and the
1iercing cry OF a woman rung out
ike a frightful change from melody
o discord. In the excitement Of the
moment, Vaughan forgot that
'tfcngth and courage could avail
lin nothing, but stumbled into the
DOM, eager to aid the woman. He
ell over body on the floor, some-
ne grabbed him, and he heard the
lick of revolver Then he called
loud, Spare me, am blind."
The assassins satisfied themselves
hat he told the truth, and led him
ut of the house, after he had TAX
n an oath never TO betray them As
matter of preeaution they. con
Quoted him far away, and then turn.
ed him loose in the street. Later
he police found him and took him
lome. Vaughan feared to tell his
story. for he doubted If any one
would believe him Sometimes he
thought himself that it was dream.
The work of skilled physicians
bore fruit in time, and Vaughan s
sight WIS restored. He searched ALI
1ver London, hoping that olanss
night lead him to the house asain,
but in vain. Yet often and often
his thoughts turned to the crime
md the song of the woman that had
suddenly turned into a piercing cry
Of horror. He wondered who the
9ictim might have been, but could
not solve the mystery, so as time
passed, he was more and more con-
vinced that it had been u dream
PART TWO
Gilbert Vaughan while tempo
rarily blind, stumbled into a strange
house where man was slain, and
would have persisted himself had il
not Rcan for 'his affljction The men
IN the room took Inn to another
hrt Of London, turned him loose
Ind he never could locate the house
again.
Later Vaughan's sight was ne
stored, and he went to Italy for a
pleasure trip, There he was smitteu
with love at first sight when he
saw beaut&Vil girl at payer Id {
Se'thNHi ol' llt hId Hut kHUW VIII
she was, but often thought of her
and on his return to England wa
surprised and delighted to meet he
one day on the street. Obeying ar
impulse, he followed her and found
that she lived in a lodging hous
with her old uncle, and a woman
servant, who never left she, girl ou'
Of her sigfft. TO be near hfA divin
ity, Vaughan engaged rooms in N,
same house, and wassat last liable Il
make he acquaintance.
He found her to be strangels
apathetic, but his passion knew nj
bounds and he announced 10 the I'M
Gle that he was a sutton for tn,
girls hand. The uncle, after salts
tying himself that Vaughan wa
rich, consented, on condition tina
the marriage be celebrated imme
diately. After the ceremony, tn,
uncle disappeared, and Vaughan
found to his horror and despair tina
the woman who now bore his nam
was apparently hopelessly insane.
A shock restored her reason /
time. and through it the mystery @
the murder, heard ny, nut not see
by Vaughan, was revealed. The vis
tim was the girls brother, and sh
was In the room at the time. TIL
shock drove her mad, and her unci,
the accomplish Of the real slayel
cared for and protected her, neve
dreaming that some day his % II
would find him out. He permitte
her marriage to Vaughan, KNOWN
she would be we'll provided for, an
did not recognize him as the ma
who had stumbled into the room
crying spare me, l am blind"
The real slayer In the meantim