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{ Yes" Wise said land they tell
/ the story Of the crime. I promised
you. Kent. I'd tell you first Of all.
Need 7 do SOP"
No" Orville Kent returned I'm
/ tell myself. I shot Douglas Ray1or.
/ You knew II, Mani think you have
known It all along. I think you saw
me that night. But you don't know
why. Not to rid the world of a
beast and a brute-although he was
those. Not to save my sister from
/ a life Of terror and agony with a
drug flend, though he was that.
| Not 20 set my sister free to marry
the man she loves and who loves
her-though I rejoice TO know that
will some day be possible. But here
IS the true reason why I shot Doug
las Raynor. I saw Nan putting tab
lets into his tea or coffee. Time and
again I saw her do this. And always
furtivelv. stealthily. with a glance
around to see If any one noticed
Then I saw Rayonr begin TO show
symptoms Of pOisoning-Of arsenical
poisoning I went to a strange doc
tor in the city. and learned that they
were the symptoms OF arsenical poi
soning beyond all doubt. 1 knew
what Nan suffered, 7 saw the brute
treating her more and more shame
fully. and I was forced to the CON
cmSion that my dear sister. unable
to stand II any longer. had sue
-umbed to temptation to rid herself
II him. I did not blame her-not
for a nlinute-but I wanted to save
her from being a murderer--so I shot
him FOR her. That is all"
Kent sat quietly. not twitching his
fingers or moving his hands now. but
like a thoughtful. determined actor
who had finished his part.
There Is no MORE he said. after
pause. II am not SORRY rather
hated to own up-and shouldn't have
done so except in case Of suspicion
of an innocent person. Had there
been more talk OF an intruder, had
the household been exonerated and
The matter left unsolved I should
have kept silence. for what I did
was not murder-one cannot murder
beast. 1t was Just retribut!On FOR
that mans awful fraud on my sis
teri only learned OF that lately.
But. as / said. my motive was not
murder-it was 10 save my sister
as thouCht-from being a muir
deror. Imagine my feelings when
I learned that she had not given
him poison at au-but helpful medI-
cine. However. the deed IS done
Now. Nancy. darling don't feel bad
about it-forFet y all when You can.
Marry Finley. and let the years %
come make up for ell YOU have SUI
fered 7 made a mistake-and FOR
that mistake I atone"
A quick motion OF his hand. so
quick that Il even eluded Wise. who
had been watching FOR II, and Kent
had conveyed 70 his mouth a capsule
II deadly and instantaneous poison
After all. II was better so. He
must have been convlcted-his mo-
tive. though born Of his affection
for his sister. would have seemed
qu.xotic In the eyes OF the law, and
+ even 4 he had escaped capital pun
.shmeut. long imprisonment would
have been a worse fate for Orry
Kent
Finley led Nan away al once. and
wise called the household servants
to assist him IN the necessary pro
ceiures.
How did you size MP the ruboers
So Cu.cko" Zizi asked him Il half
thought they were Ciannon's"
f I knew from the very first it had
4 20 he Kent" Wise said. slowly. But
didn't know mis- real reason.
thought. Of course. he Just removed
. Raynor to save his sister from fur
Their unhappiness. see now how
/ that really high-mlnded man could
bring himself to do it, II was part
/ Iv brOtherly devotion and partly
slight twist in his not quite normal
mind, that gave him the heroism
needed. As 20 the rubbers. when
found a tiny speck Of green paint
on the print on the floor. and when
/ 7 learned that the little bridge had
4 been painted not so very long ago. I
couldn't help linking that up with
Kent. Then, We had no proof that
ne was on the bridge at O'Clock
. As q matter Of fact he wasn't. Dolly
Fay's watch was fast and Kent
Knew n. He'd been watching his
nance. ne took advantage Of Dolly
statement about the time, and utll-
ized It for his own alibi. He came
up 70 the house fully five or ten min
utes before 2. entered the sun room
and shot Raynor and dropped the
pistol and went OUT again. Then he
removed the overshoes-'
Dolly said he didn't wear any
( when he was with her" Iii OBJ
/ lected.
He did though. Those slip-on
affairs show so little that she didn't
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