The Halifax Comet. — 1893-06-17 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

CHAPTER 11.  was quite aware that the lady provided apartments for me in her own yet I thought it more suitable for my purpose to take up my quarters at an inn. On alighting, I wished to have recourse iistantly to my correspondent the judge; but when, with this intention, I drew near the square of the town house, I found a great mob of people assembled at the door of that handing - on my inquiring what was the them answered: "The crowd now dungeon that has been murder, tif, the late State then," exifelijjoicea, " the villain has _ "" It is said_so," answered man: '  kr° 100 for  AO,  terl  the  the  ron  104'  , and, of course, there must be -.. , , eqpse ipportant proofs against this fellow, Merwise the judge would not have adopted . . , rigid, measures. Yet he ism fine, hand'', .. ' • iouth, and methinks it might have been r' eeneteoued tc:o4lh. aim thorusbeuzder ground fund *min , whicWil-1 not y 4 the case.' .ese lis :words readeume shudder ; but, 'j',.'.. heavens," bow was I distressed and ftgi .; . , .. 41, ' . at rv, moments, I saw the V.. . .j..... L..., . ., ~ ~, the watch-houas ' i'!)* • 1-: Trts i - -.. formerly kept) in order tails 'be Sectired. in ' new prison l One flitting To at his , .waceful figure, his pale t' tuff* and dark , eyes that were now lifted ,1 in praret, enabled we to recognise in him ; email lioee,vtnosrnwtttnuite pupil, to i . - ..Lic_.- ..11 , 6,.. ThICL given both in religion  imotlit...4ll who desire s hearty laugh to--.  gnod terms with his young and handsome wife as might have been expected, for he was fre9uently absent hum his own house, by which means he, of oourse, excited jealousy on her part. It was proved also that he had been employed as a workman at the prince's summer-palace, and also at the house of the unfortunate counsellor. This was enough to keep_ up the suspicious that had been already excited.  Herman and his wile were, therefore, called directly into court, and, along with them, the fortune-teller was brought up for reexamination. The young man seemed tranquil in his demeanour, but, at the same time, wore a very thoughtful look. He and his wife confirmed, without the slightp4 hesitation, what had been stated before. He recognised the silver button for his own, adding that, because he had first missed one of them at the fortune-teller's house, he thought that the other had been lost there; now he perceived that this must have happened in the bedroom of the counsellor's lady, where he had been employed on some alterations in the secretaire. -How the button could be found in the inside of the writingdesk, however, he was unableto comprehend, and if it had occurred to him that he had lost it in that manner, he would not have desired the old woman to look for it in her habitation. At the same time, it seemed possible enough that, if anyone in the counsellor'a house found a bit of silver, it might be lockethap without knowing whence it had wane. He paused here, and seemed! .1) =pea that he would now obtain his dismissal; viten the judge suddenly removed from the table a cloth which covered the murderous weapon— the dagger that had been found along with the dead body—and asked Rose abruptly whether he knew anything of it. He seemed dieuenoerted by the question, yet answered firmly in the negative. "Yet you change colour ? " said the judge. "It may be so," he replied; "I have been frequently employed by the late worthy counsellor, and it is surely natural to expect that I might shudder at the sight of that weapon which caused his death."—" No doubt," said the judge, looking sternly at the prisoner, "especially when one marks, with attention, this motto." He then read aloud, in a deep, solemn tone, the words which were inscribed in black letter on the ivory hilt of the dagger.  irt) . I : . unsellor Vairn( n discovered 4,