The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-18

az will conceal nothing from you.
| agree with you that complete frank
ness, however painful it may be to me,
is the best policy in this desperate sit
uation to which James folly and jeal-
ousy have reduced US. When ! was
very young man, Mr. Holmes, | loved
with such a love as comes only once
in lifetime. / offered the lady mar
rage, but she refused 1t on the
grounds that such match might mar
my career. Had she lived, / would
certainly never have married any one
else. She died, and left this one child,
whom for her sake l have cherished
and cared for. | could not acknoWl-
edge the paternity to the world, but
gave him the best of educations. and
since he came to manhood | have kept
him near ny person. He surprised
my secret, and has presumed ever
since upon the claim which he has
upon me, and upon his power of pro-
voking a scandal which would be abb
horrent to me. His presence had
something to do with the unhappy
issue Of my marriage Above all, he
hated my young legitimate heir from
the first with persistent hatred. You
may we'll ask me why, under these
circumstances, | still kept James IN
der my roof / answer that it was be-
cause | could see his mothers face in
his, and that for her dear sake there
was no end to my long-suffering. All
her pretty ways too-there was not
one of them which he could not sug
gest and bring back TO my memory
I on,,1a him Pnt
feared so much lest he should dc
Arthur-that is, Lord Saltire--a mis-
chief, that | dispatched him for safety
to DR.. Huxtable's school
James came into contact with this
fellow Hayes because the man was
tenant of mine. and James acted as
agent. The fellow was a rascal from
the beginning, but, in some eXtraor
binary way, James became intimate
with him. He had always taste TO.
low company. When James determin
ed 10 kidnap Lord Satire. it was O
this mans service that he availed him
( self. You remember that | wrote t
Arthur upon that last day. Well
James opened the letter and inserted
a note asking Arthur to meet him il
little wood called the Ragged Shaw
which is near to the school. He use'
, the Duchess name, and in that wa.
! got the boy to come. The eveDin!
| James bicycled over-I am telling vol
! what he has himself confessed TO N
| and he told Arthur, whom he met il
| the wood, that his mother longed L
! see him, that she was awaiting him o.
! the moor, and that if he would com
! back into the wood at midnight b
: would find a man with a horse. VIII
would take him to her. Poor Arthu
| fell into the trap. He came to tn
| appointment, and found this felloN
! Hayes with a led pony. Arthur mount
ed, and they set off together. 1t al
| pears-though this James only hear
| yesterday-that they were pursued
that Hayes struck the pursuer wit
! his stick, and that the man died c
his injuries. Hayes brought Arthur t
his public-house, the Fighting Cocl
where he was confined in an uppe
room, under the care of Mrs. Haye
who is a kindly woman, but entirel
under the control of her brutal hu
band
We'll. Mr., Holmes, that was tn
state of affairs when l first saw yo
two days ago l had no more idea {
the truth than you. You will as
me what was James motive In dom
such a deed. answer that there wa
a great deal which was unreasonin
and fanatical in the hatred which b
) bore my heir. In his view he shoul
himself have been heir of all my e
tates. and he deeply resented thos
social laws watch made it impossibl
At the same time, he had a definit
motive also. He was eager that
should break the entail and he was
opinion that it lay in my power I
do so. He intended to make a bargai
with me-to restore Arthur if | woul
break the entail, and so make it po
sible for the estate to be left to hi
E by will. He knew we'll that | shou
never invoke the aid of the polio
against him. l say that he would hay
proposed such a bargain to me; b,
he did not actually do so, for even
moved too quickly for him, and /
had not time to put his plans in
| practice.
| What brought all his wickc
scheme TO wreck was your discover
of this man Heidegger's dead bod
| James was seized with horror at Il
news. 1t came to us yesterday.
| we sat together in this study I
! Huxtable had sent telegram. Jam,
was so overwhelm with grief al
agitation that my suspicious, whit
had never been entirely absent, ro
instantly to a certainty, and l tax,
him with the deed, He made q col
! plete voluntary confession. Then
implored me to keep his secret f
three days longer, so as to give b
wretched accomplice chance of sa
ing his guilty life. I yielded-as
have always yielded-to his praye,
and instantly James hurried off to t
Fighting Cock to warn Hayes and gi
him the means of fight ! could \
80 there by daylight without prove
ing comment, but as soon as night f,
! hurried off TO see my dear Arth,
! found him safe and we'll. but hor