El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-17


driven to all sorts Of expedients 10
satisfy his own and her demands. But
Through It all he managed TO main
tain an outward appearance OF su-
periority that enabled him to dazzle
his interiors and deceive his equals.
The judges love for the boy blinded
him to the lads evil character. but
once he nearly disinherited him on
the score Of cowardice- A pair OF
mysterious Italian twins settled at
DaWson's Landing and at public
meeting Tom having provoked him 10
action by his insolence, Luigi, the
stronger OF the two. had kicked the
scion Of the house Of Driscol off the
stage into the audience. the strain
Of which insult a real +. F. v would
have wiped out upon the tleld OF
honor. but for which the coWardice
OF Tom found ample satisfaction In
the police court, which proceeding 50
outraged the good judge that for the
honor OF his family he personally
fought q duel with the offending Ital-
ian, W0undinE him, and thus laying
the foundations Tor much future
trouble.
Came now the supreme touches IN
the career OF the spurious Tom For
the payment OF newly acquired gam
bling defts, with Roxana's consent
Tom sold his own mother back into
the slavery from which at Driscolfs
death SIZE mad been freed, but In vio-
Iatfon Of his promises he sold her
down the river, a crime that re-
acted upon his unfilial head when the
resourceful Roxana escaped. and IN
der threat Of exposure OF his real
status in life, required him 70 in
demnifv her new master lest she be
Appreciated and returned 70 him.
Having no other resources, Tom re-
solved upon the robbery OF his bene-
factor, the judge, in the tultillment
Of which venture he murdered him,
his weapon being an oriental knife
Of unusual design, which ne mad
stolen from Luigi, the italian, In one
OF his theft raids.
The murder OF judge Driscoll
brought great excitement 20 DaWson's
Landing. and the Italian twins mar
rowly escaped lynching for the crime.
The evidence was clearly against
them. They were confessedly the
owners OF the gem-studded, ivory
handled knife with which the crime
had been committed What was
worse they had been found standing
beside the body when the nelEhbors
rushed in, having come 10 the judges
aid at his CRY for help. Moreover.
there was the clear motive OF revenge
growing out OF the duel which Luigi
had fought with the judge The
whole community adiudged them
guilty - al but Puddnhead Wilson.
who volunteered 10 defend them in
court. a poor reliance. since they were
his first and only clients But Pud-
d'nhead was unafraid- The evidence
against them was most convincing,
but
There were finger prints upon the
knife handle and they were not the
finger prints OF the accused.
whose finger prints were they?
Tom. secure IN his sense OF safety
because Of the overwhelming evidence
against the twins, Ventured 20 taunt
Puddnhead upon his confidence in
study. and sitting himself at Pudd'n-
heads side while he studied the
prints N his collection. he picked up
one OF the records
why, here's old RoIy's label" he
said contemptucusly. Niger paws.
eng There's a line across her thumb
print Nov how comes thatl
Puddnhead. taking the glass from
Toms hand. held lt I'D to the lamp.
The blood sank suddenly out OF MS
face He gazed az the polished SUP
face with the CLASSY stare OF a corpse.
The mystery was solved
Toms thumb print standing clearly
outlined before him on the glass and
that on the handle OF the blood
stained knife were Identified
TO the minutest detail" said the
foreman OF the jury, as he returned
verdict OF murder against the un-
happy lad
The twins were acquitted. tbs de-
frauded heir lifted up out Of slavery
and restored TO his Inheritance. and
Tom. forever branded as an impostor.
was sold down the river" for the
benefit Of the creditors Of the late
Percy Northum berland Driscol
Which, all things considered. was
not a strange fate. for as Pudd nhead
Wilson himself has said in his famous
calendar. a cauliflower after all IS
nothing but a cabbage with a col
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