The Washington times., 1912-02-17

wv HEN, the doctor passed the
N Soverness' bed on the morn-
w ing after she was admitted
to the hospital. she asked
MN how long she had to live. He turn
Cd his head away without answering
She begged MIN again to tell her
We'll, ma petite, II you wish to know
the truth" he said, with a mixture of
brusqueness and kindness which is
found with the doctors who look after
the poor. your sufferings will be over
tonight
Then 1 should like telegram sent
to Nine. beverly, Rue Valette, and
should like to see M. Dufreny, who,
believe. is on the Secret Service"
She had not long to wait before Du-
frenzy appeared. He had been waiting
outside impatiently for the moment
when he could speak to her.
Whatever be the horror of the crime
that has been committed, II is diffiCuls
to restrain a feeling of pity in the pres
ence of a dying woman:-1n spite Of
nerved as he went to her bedside 20
hear her last words.
Monsieur" she said, Il am going 10
die, and 1 wish to make a confession.
will tell you the truth"
Have you stl ength to wait until a
magistrate can get here?" he asked.
The doctor says 1 have four hours &"
Then l will telephone to them"
Dufreny called uD NJ. de Montelberg
the judge who had charge of the Dever-
ly case, and NJ. Cardee, the chief of
the Surete They were soon at the hos
pital She recognized M. lie Montal-
| berg.
Shall question YOU" he asked. ''or
do you prefer to make your statement
alone?"
| GiSeIe p,ada n Sign that ,bo o,,,I
prefer to speak
The two officials drew near, for she
was getting weaker every moment, and
could only speak in low voice.
II am going to die, so I have no in
terGst In making false statement" she
said, Jealousy and envy has heen thu
rrin1 Of my life. I suffered because l
held a lowly position. | hated my first
employer. because she was naughty arri
treated me as dependent
AT her home l met Jose y Johannes.
She had to return to her own country
On account Of some family affairs. and
she dismissed me without indemnity.
Il stole her jewels; they were the
valuable jewels that have Gtver rise to
cannot wear ornaments OF such value
without being suspected of theft, kept
them, waiting for an occasion.
Then / met Adrienne beverly again.
We had been at the convent together,
and she asked mo to be eOverness to
hen little girl. l accepted, but ! was
horribly humiltated at being almost n
servant IN my friends home. | thought
beverly, and that he would ask me TO
give up my position and make me in
dependent. But he loved his wife.
soon learned that Nine beverly
had secrets from her husband. She
often left the house in a my sterious
manner. l tried to give a hint to NJ.
Deyerly, but he did not understand me.
zone, day in the month of July last
learned for certainty that NdrIrnne
would not be sleeping at home l de-
cided when she had left the house t.
my revenge on Adrienne, whose happi-
ness I enVied, and I wanted to make
NJ. Deverly care for me.
'Tnat night there was a terrible
storm. sat at my window and watched
"At 2 o'clock went downstairs I
was going to pretend that the little
mother. In the hall 1 met Johannes,
to whom I had given a key of the
gate; he sometimes came to see me-
and he approved of 1t. had promised
him that, no matter what my position
would be in the future, he should al
ways be my friend. l had not expected
to see him, but / was not displeased
II told him to hide and see what
happened. l went into the architect 8
room. When 1 told him that his wife
was absent he waJ In despair. He
him 1t would be wiser to keep silent,
and tried to console him. told him
loved him l threw my arms around
his neck"
During this statement the governess
stopped several times. She breathed
heavily The nurse moistened her lips.
when l threw myself in NJ. Dever-
ly's arms" she continued he pushed
me away roughly. He only Thought of
his wife. Seeing the failure OF my
i, plan; | was overcome with rage. I
out of the room.
Jose heard the noise and came in.
At the sight of him M. beverly thought
1t was a trap laid for him. He reached
= out to get his revolver.
/ Jose thought we were lost. He threw
himself on the architect, who was not
> very strong, for he was just recover
> ing from an automobile accident. But
) he was able to shake Jose off, and he
clutched his revolver.
e Then. in an attack OF madness, !
\ SeiZel a dagger that always carried.
/ 1t was a curlo that Jose had given me
= Tor a present.
Il wanted to strike the architect. but
this kind of knife Is difficult to use; II
Is what 1t did in nv hand. NJ. DeVerly
turned round and tried to catch me by
the throat; but Jose snatched the dag
ger, and with one thrust dug 1t deeE
into the architects chest. He fell with
= I'VE only thought of our safety now
was blinded by hatred. and thought
had acted in state of legitimate
8 defense.
g with great care Jose drew the dag
3 ger from the wound and threw 1t under
5 the chair in Mime. neyeTly's room. II
5 was found there the next morning.
= Jose left the villa, and went up tC
Y my room. The tragedy was accomplish