The Washington times., 1913-04-23

4 You stood and Watched ner Ior
while. Then what did you do?
Il saw her revolver, a little silver
mounted revolver. lying on the dressing
table beside her. / guess she always
had 1t within reach those days. shS
hadn't heard me or seen me yet, 50 j
/ don't know whether that frightened
her Or not, but she didn't show any sign
| of it-just looked around at me with
! that queer little smile Of hers and said;
what do you want with that!
| II said, I'm not going to hurt you
with it'-and before God. 1 meant that
| then 1 said I'm Just going to have
| little talk with you, and thought we
| leave revolvers out Of 1t. I've got one
of my own. And I pulled 1t out Of my my
pocket as | said that. II was Dig
| automatic"
What caliber?" asked Jeffrey.
| "Thirty-eight,' said Barton. Il iald
the two down side by side on the chif-
my reach, as we'll as hers. L went buck
| to the door. She paid no more atten-
| ton to me than If l hadn't been there
went on fixing her hair and besan
| hrmming little tune. Not very loud,
! but not SO very softly either, in Kind
stopped as suddenly as 1t had beSun
and the sound of that little French
| tune filled my ears"
Stop it, said. and listen to ms.
loo-ed around at me, and smiled, with
her eyebrows up. Well, big silly she
asked, what do you want to say?
"T want you to quit this game l
said. L want you to get out OF here
with me. Put on Jour own dress In
away
...Without a single farewell appear-
ance?' she Knocked. That wouldn't be
polite. I'll go after that she scid
game will be played. my good Barton
played and finished tonight
Something about her mocl,inS smile
maddened me. It's finished now,' L
said L haven't come here to be made
a fool of. I've come to take you away.
your dress
still she showed no sign Of anger.
She went on smiling. You're very un-
reasonable she said. but you're very
big I'll 20 with you now. II you ike.
What does DR.. Crow matter"
81 tell you / suspected her then; !
knew in my mind she was tricking
me. and yet l wouldn't believe 1t.
"She held out her hand TO me. Come
here she said
IT would no more have kept away
from her than a bird could keep away
from a snake. I started over toward
her. She began humming her tune
again. Somehow that warned me- l
tune, but for something else, and L
heard it behind me-just faint creak
Of something.
It went back all in one jump. catch
ing up one Of the revolvers on the
chiffonier as / did so. and I got back
to the door just in time to feel 1t
pushing open. 1 put my weight against
it and held il.
She didn't know I mad felt the door
opening, so she kept up the bluff
sV frt0
man. she said. What did you think
was going to do to your and she
took up the tune again. :,
Somehow that made NE see red. |
knew she'd have let me be killed WITH
no more pity than one might feel for
a rat In a trap.
81 know what I'm going to do to
you.' l said, and fred. And then all
the strength went out of me and ]
leaned back against the door and
'she gave little sob Of pain and
then slipped down quite slowly from
the stool to the floor. Id never seen
anyone die before | can see her now
as she lay there on the ficor-her hand
over her heart where l had shot her"
Was there much blood?" asked
Jeffrey.
Barton shook his head. she had
her hand clasped over the wound, | tell
you. She was all white-white as
marble"
Which hand?" asked Jeffrey. Which
hand was over the wound?"
Ii seemed a trivial question to ask.
and Barton seemed little perplexed
by it. The left" he said. presently
Yes. the left-of course"
What did you do them Jeffrey
asked
81 tried to get out the door behind me.
but | couldn't open II. There was no
latch on the inside. So had to 30 out
ha \ huh tn afar h..r
where she lay. I don't remember much
after that. There was a queer curved
passage around what looked like a
tomb. and then rooms-the ordinary
rooms of the house. l don't remember
where ] went"
What did you do with your revol-
ver?" asked Jeffrey.
II don't know"
Which revolver was it you shot her
with?''
Il don't know. saw red. l tell you.
din't know what | was doing. / re-
member meeting one of the servants in
corridor. She screamed at the sight
of me, but / pointed my revolver at her
and told her TO be stu. Ana then.
somehow / found myself outdoors-Out
in the dark, and began running. Then
there was a crash and everything went
out. | suppose / must nave run into
tree.
Il don't know how long / lay uncon-
back in that room-that horrible room. |
1t was daylight and the house was quite
still. There was a terrible throbbing |
pain In my head. i was lying huddled
up in a corner Of the room on the moor
and the first thing ] did was to look TO |
see II Irenes body was lying there too. |
But il wasn't. And then | saw her ly- |
ing on the bed. all dressed In her white |
satin gown the body laid out quite |
straight and the hands crossed on the |
breast.
II got up and went over TO her. I |
couldn't keep away. There was slip !
of paper lying there between her hands
with lust a line written on il. II said: ,
Dispose OF your work and you won't be
followed
Did you know the handwriting? JEFF
frey asked.
"It wasn't handwriting. 1t had been
written on typewriter
Somehow. in all that narrative of hor-
ror, that one fact stands out grisliest OF