Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-06
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Seated in the quiet of his Paris
study,
NJ. JONQUELLE. greatest of French
detectives, reads from his fathers
diary a tale Of crime and its de-
lection in ~long-ago Virginia. The
story was that of the Will Of
MARSHALL, which had strangely
disappeared. The writer Of the
diary recounts how his father and
the lawyer
LEWIS. were suspicious of
MR.. GOSFORD, the Englishman
who had exerted such Il strange
influence over the deceased Mar
shall. Gosford, claiming that
money was left to him in the stoi-
en- will, charged Marshall's son
with the theft.
Go ON With the Story
CHAPTER II
"And now, SIR" continued the
Englishman, turning to my father,
1--WE will inquire into the theft OF
this testament"
But my father did not appear to
notice Mr.. -Gosford. He seemed per-
picked and in some concern.
Lewis he said, what is your
definition OF a cFime?"
cit is a violation of the law re-
Piled the lawyer.
Il do not accept your definition"
said my father. 1T is, rather, L
think, a violation of justice-a viola
lion of something behind the law
that makes an act a crime. L think
he went on, that God must take q
broader view than Mr.. Blackstone
and Lord Coke. L have seen d muir
der in the law that was, in fact,
only a kind of awful accident, and
Z have seen your catalogue of crimu
gone about by feeble men and no in
tent except an adjustment of their
rights. Their crimes. Lewis, were
merely errors of their impractical,
Judgment"
Then he seemed to remember that
the Englishman was present.
.And now, Mr.. Gosford," he said
will you kindly ask young Marshall
to come in here?"
The man would have refused, with
some. rejoinder, but by father was
looking al him, and he could not
find the courage to resist my faith
er's will. He got up and went ous,
and presently returned followed by
the lad and Gaeki. The old coun-
try doctor sat down by the door, his
leather ease of bottles by the chair,
his ClOd SllA AdoGNA1e uAAoSA 49, /
chin. Gosford went back to the
table and sat down with his writing
materials to keep notes. The boy
stood.
My father looked a long time at
the lad. His face was grave, but
when he spoke, his voice was gen.
tie.
MY boy" he said. 81 have had a
good deal of experience in the ex-
animation OF the DEVILS work" He
paused and indicated the violated
room. 1T is often excellently done.
His disciples are extremely clever.
Ones ingenuity is often taxed to
trace out the evil design in it, and to
stamp it as a. false piece set Into the
natural sequence OF events"
He paused again, and his bis
shoulders blotted out the window.
EVERY natural event. he con-
tinued, sis Intimately connected with
i~nnumerable events that precede ed
follow. 1t has SO many serrated
points of contact with other events
that the human mind is not able to
cit a false event so that no trace of
the joinder will appear. The most
workmen in the devils shop
are only able to give their false piece
, blurred joinder."
He stopped and turned to the row
mahogany drawers beside him.
Now, my boy" he said, "can you
tell me why the one who ~ransackeo
room, in opening and tumbling
the contents of all the drawers
about, did not open the two at the
Of the row where I stand?'
because there was nothing in
them of value, sir" replied the lao.
what is in them?" said my faith
or.
"On1y old letters, sir, written to
my father. when 1 was in Paris
else"
sand who would know that?"
said my father.
The boy went suddenly white.
"Precisely!" said my father. you
alone knew it, and when you under
took to give this library the appear
of a pillage room, you uncon-
Eciously endowed your imaginary rob
her with the thing you know your
self. Why search for loot in drawers
that contained only old letters? So
your Imaginary robber reasoned