The Washington times., 1918-04-11
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Gen. KeItOn Surprising the Countess
and Her Lover Makes Latter's
Hiding Place Tomb.

no sign, and what could Martha
say? AS misfortune would have II.
Matthew had been engaged only
that day in repairing a damaged
wall in the green house. and there
was, in consequence, no lack Of
bricks and mortar.
Her Lovers Tomb.
go. Matthew, TO the greenhouse
and fetch all you need. There is no
hurry. You can go and come by the
window" Kelton turned TO his
Nife. You, Greta, may as well
go to bed. I shall spend the nieht
here"
without a word Mrs. Kelton with
drew TO her room, closing the in
night Martha had much to say. but
it was a repetition of the words,
lit was an agony-and agony" Mrs.
Kelton threw herself on the bed and
writhed in the intensity OF her suf-
ferIng. And through the partition
wall the tap-tapping of Matthew at
mis- work could plainly be heard. II
was a sound that suggested the
making of a coffin. Toward morn
ing the knocking ceased; the work
was done.
For ten days Kelton rerrined N
that room, that pretty boudoir which
had been converted into a tomb. L.
was given out that her ladyship
was i'll, and that he was nursing
her. The servants spoke highly of
his devotion. His meals were
brought to him by Matthew, who
was absolutely subservient to him,
and obedient to his smallest wish.
The General stood Guard.
that her husband might leave the
room. IL only for q short while, and
that she might get an opportunity
of undoing the work that Matthew
had done, but IL was all too soon
apparent that Kelton had provided
against such a contingency. She
was not to be left alone.
During the first day she broke
down. She made a wild confession.
Yes, the man in the cupboard was
the foreigner. the chevalier, her
lover. She had met him first in
New York. and he had come to
Oakley by her invitation. Her rooms
being on the ground floor and in q
remote wing OF the manor, seeing
band. IL was easy for the man to
come to her whenever she gave the
sign. Had they not been in the bou-
doir that night when Kelton en-
tered by the bedroom il would have
been easy for the chevalier to have
made his escape. for in the other
room the window stood open. She
implored her husband on her knees
to do as he pleased with her, but to
spare the chevalier the terrible.
lingering death which he was being
made to endure. Her agony was
intense: she suffered more than the
wretched. starving creature in the
blackness, the suffocating narrow
ness OF his tomb.
aAh, But Your Voyy," He Said.
Z To all her entreaties Kelton re-
piled. you vowed before God and
on your soul that there was no one
in the cupboard"
Then her ladyshlp called wildly
on Martha to give the alarm. to
rouse the house. tO call :he police,
and the frightened girl set out to
do so. But she was overtaken by
Matthew before she had got far
down the passage and fOrcibly
brought back. They locked her In
another room, and she was help
less. Matthew was determined to
carry out the wishes Of his mas
ter, however cruel, however wick
ed, however mad. And so the
ghastly days passed on.
And the ordinary life OF the do
main went on undisturbed. There
was no more terrible feature OF
the tragedy than this. Mrs. Kel-
the house. but the servants looked
at each other and said Poor wom-
an. she is of her head, but the gen.
eral is with her. so what more can
be done"'
Martha. too. begged and implored
Matthew to yield, but he would not.
His masters word was law to him.
But the general is mad" cried
Martha. I'VE are in the hands OF
a lunatic."
"An Eye for nm Eye"
Mad or not" replied the man
obst!nateIy, Il do as he bids me.
Besides. the man he Furnishes was
a sinner and deserves his fate. He
is a transgressor OF Gods law.
and what do the Scriptures say?
An eye for an eye" Matthew was
a rigid, unbending Protestant, who
drew his religious aspirations from
the Old Testament. Martha. n
weakly little soul. was as wax in his
hands. Besides, he had proposed
marriage TO her and she had ac-
cepted him.
At the expiration OF ten days
Matthew came to her and said that
he was going to take her away,
and that their marriage should fol-
low Immediately. ReltOn had pro-
vided for them, and were to go to
California. Martha seized the op-
portunity with delight, and, now
that all was over, readily Assented
TO hold her peace. For what would
il have availed her, or her mistress.
either. IL she had spoken? She
would have procured kelton's pun
ishmen't, perhaps, but IL would
have been at the cost OF his wife's
reputation.
Matthew Goes Mad.
So she and Matthew left Oakley
Manor together. never TO return to
Il. Matthew was short-lived. Three
years OF religious fanaticism-ap-
preaching madness-sent him to his
grave. a victim of overstrain: Mar
tina returned to her old home, and
IL was only then that she learned
OF the events which had succeeded
her departure from New York. The
Manor House stood deserted and
walled in, a mausoleum indeed, a
monument to human weakness and
its reward. The secret had been
kept: IL was known to none but
the chief actor in II and herself.
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