The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-06

sthe slips OF Barry Houston. he
whirIed gmcitedly and grasped the
nearestion1ooker.
.5assist SoE$get Medaine Robinette.:
her that u have found
sssf i esproof. She'll understand.
Nh Then; struggling to reassure
himself ,he turned again to the
HSsp risoner Two hours later, in the
tSElint Of day, the door opened.
and Il woman came to his side,
here he was finishing the last
10 ggmany closely written sheets of
s$Rpaper. He looked up at her. boy
Ssish1y happily. Without waiting
he Srasped
sEherS hand and then, as thou gh5
eager for her to hear, he turned
1.-THE worn-faced m an now
Eli mned dejectedly In his chair.
$500 s 10y; gu understand. rhayer.. that
Sstl III III is sSyour55written confession?
The man mold ed
sss.lsAnd you are willing to sign
sssssssssIsd want to know what I was
signir RE
Certainly. / intend to read it
toy a-so that all witnesses may
sxthear tis.th en- to be filed with
the district attorney.
vi spause:At3 last
T.. q ldyfname is Fred Thaysr. I'm
ss;ti a%year ago, 7 had been en-
sS,pIoyed by the Empire Lake Mill
Il and SLum Der Company as superin-
sSstendent beginning with it when
1 lit was first started by Mr.. Hous-
::stoE%oe Boston.
.Tstried two or three times to
5aRet him to sell out to me, but we
Scould get together on the terms.
sf1es always wanted cash, and I
sconldn,t furnish it. About this
SSftfm a nephew OF his named
It'll omas EI1asngdon1 ca me out here,
under the name Of John Corbin:
He had been Il black sheep and
was 4 owS wandering about the
sconntry.
& SSss..T hen, a woman came out
here, an Agnes Jierdon, a steno-
grapher, on her vacation. met
herBand learned that she was from
tBosIon.. "a slight pressure ex-
sieTted itself on Houston's arm. He
down to see Medalne
Robinette's hand, clasped tight:
ss s<ts She spent nearly the whole
sum merS here, and ]: made love to
gher.Ss asked her to marry me. and
Ssh old me that she would. l
wanted to use her-to get her in
.fHouston's office.I wanted to find
sout 5what was going on, SO that l
iSswould know in advance. At the
Ss$ends OF her $racation, she went
Nbaekstc Boston and got job With
ssHouston as office clerk. Almost
the first thing that she wrote me
as4that#the old man was think
selling out to some con-
sScernabackSEast
~ 81 .tsS8. tt made me desperate. Then
gISthoughtso Ba'tiste Renaud.'
sssT1tA ii !',&The word was accompan-
led by q sharp intake of breath as
stheM big Reconsideration moved
Sclossrs to hear again the story OF a
murder. But the sheriff motloned
him back. The emotions of the
were not to be trusted.
The recital w ent on:
tes$..f,verybody around this coun-
had always talked about now
SFfch he was. There was a saying
sthat#he didn't believe In banks
land that he kept more than q
/; HUNDRED thousand dollars in his
nittlescab bin. At5this time, both he
; andShis sonsWere away at war, and
i could steal this money,
ssplace sitain other hands, and then
sSwork things so. that if | did get
ho1d OF the mill, people around
sshere would merely think 1 had
the money and bough
LII I'LL IT, ts5L Loy III N4u1, q
cousin OF Miss Jierdon's, a fellow
named jenkins, had gotten a Job
sTswi It'll Houston and was working
5.wi til her, and OF course. vas
hearing everything that went Gil.
SIT looked like the deal was going
sthrough, and it forced me to az
sEfion. One night l watched Mrs
Renaud and saw her leave the
house. Isthoaght@ she was go!ag to
N town. 5 Instead, after Ia gotten
"a Til cabin, she came back, sur
4 hrisiEg me. l killed her, with a
SraTO1ver.'
sDtable!,'
Easy, SBa'tiste. That's the way
you gave it to me. isn't It, Ti:aE-
zasu the. our@of- tho 42ny>1ob-
SEbyaopened and closed. and form
EDGED forwar sum
S$moned from his mill.
s:SsS.SVhen found the deed box
ssthereEWas only ten thousand dol
lars init instead of the fortune
5that4 had supposed was there. I
sEswas#sbou to tako it out and stuff
sxt tnto my pocket, vixen heard
noise outside the window.
the boz under my coat and
SsTanNout the back door. The next
Corbin-or Ian gdcn-came
me and demanded his share OF
sSyhat I8had stolen. He said that
:Af1eshad seen me at the deed box
after&I had killed the woman. He.
fhreatned me agafn-and then,
sauddenfy,one day disappeared.
shat he had left for Bos-