New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1922, Page 9

© p— e eR— (Continued From Our Last Issue) “Both?'" They started at him. Thpy- er nodded, still looking at the floor, his tongue licking suddenly dry lips. “Yeh, both of ‘em. One brought on the other. Mrs. Renaud and John Corbin—they called him Tom ' Lang- don back East.” CHAPTER XXI . It was staggering in its unexpected- “ness. A gasp came from the lips, of Barry Houston. He whirled excited- ly and grasped the nearest onlooker, “Go @ét Medain Robinette, Hurry! Tell her that I have found the proof. Bhe'll understand.” Then, strugaling to reassure him- self, he turned again to the prisoner. Two hours later, in the last glint of day, the door opened, and a woman came to his side, where he was fin- ishing the last of many closely writ- ten shéets of paper. He looked up at her, boyishly, happily. Without walting for her permission, he grasp- ed her hand, and then, as though eager for her to hear, he turned to the worn-faced man, now slunrped deject- edly in his chair. “You ungerstand, Thayer, that this is your written confession 7" The man nodded. “And you are willing to sign it?" “I'd want to know what 1. was signing."” # “Certainly. I intend to read it to Yyou—so that all’ witnesses may hear it. It is then to be filedl with the district attorney.” A pause. At last: “‘My name is Fred Thayer. Until a yedr, ago I had been employed by the Empire Take Mill and I, ber Company as superintendent, ‘Segin- ning with it when it was first, ted by Mr. Houston of Bostop. “‘I tried two or three time to get him to sell out to me, but we couldn't get together on the terms. He al- ways wanted cash, and 1 couidn't furnish it, About this time—a nephew of his named Thomas Langdon came out here, under the name of John Corbin. He hdd been a black sheep and was now wandering about the cbuntry. “‘Then a woman came out here, an Agnes Jierdon, a stenographer, on her vacatlon. I met her and learned that she was from Boston.’" A slight pressure exerted itself on kamston's arm. He glanced down to see Medaine Robinette’'s hand, clasped tight. ** ‘She spent nearly the whole summer here, and I made love to her. I asked her to marry me, and she told me that she would. I wanted to use her—to get her in Houston's office. T wanted to find out what was going on, so that I would know in advance. At the end of her vacation, she went back to PBoston and got a job with Houston, as offiee clerk. Almost the first thing that she wrote me was that the old man was thinking about selling out to some concern back East. ‘ ‘It made me desperate. thought of Ba'tiste Renaud.’” “Ah!” The word was accompanied by a sharp%intake of breath as the big French-Canadian moved closer to hear again the story of a. murder. But the sheriff motioned him back. 'The emotion of the old trapper were net to be trusted. The recital went on: ‘ ‘Everybody around this country had always talked about how rich he was. There was a saying that he didn’t believe in banks and that he)| kept more than a hundred thousand dollars in his litle cabin. At this] time, both he and his son were awayy at war, and I thought I could steal this money, place it {n other hands, and then work things so that if I did get hold of the mill, people around here would merely thinkI had borrow- ed the money amd bought the mill with it. By this time, a cousin of Miss Jierdon's, a fellow' named Jenkins, had | gottén a job with Houston and was| working with her, and of coursé I| was hearing everything that went on. It looked like the deal wasd going! through, and it forced me to action. Onenight I watched Mrs. Renaud and 83w her leavé the house. I thought she was going to town, Instead, after I'd gotten into the cabin, she came back, syrprising me. I killed her, with a revolver.' " “Diable!” “Easy, Baftiste. That's the way| you gave it tor me, isn't it, Thayer?" i | o Then I -| both. I thought Langdon had told. Af- i papers; R S e e pany “Yes." Again the door of the tiny lobby opened and closed, and a form edged forward-—Blackburn, sum moned from his mill / | “‘When I found the dy:ed box therg wag only ten thousund’ dollars in it insted df the fortune t¥at 1 had sup- posed was there. I wag about to take it out and stuff in ijo my pocket, when 1 heard a nolde opitside the win- dow. T pushed the box under my coat and ran out the back door he next day, Corbin—or Lang{lon—came to me and demanded his share of what I had stolen, He sald that the had seen me at the deed box after I had killed the! woman. He threatened me again nd then, suddenly, one day disappeared. I learned that he had left for Boston. knew what was up then; he was Roing back to tell Old Man Houston and try to step inko my shoes when was arrested. JPut I gbeat him there by, golng ovar the Mage In an automobile, and talking an earlier train for Boston. I picke«d him up when he arrived and trailed him to young Houston's office. Afiter that T saw them g0 to a cafe, angl from there to a prize fight. I had ‘my gun with he—I had .made up my mind to kill them ter the fight, they started out, myself in the rear. Young Houston had gotten a mallet from the timekeeper. Then they got in a qusarrel, and my chance came, Houston ran. When he was out of sight I crept up behind Langdon and clubbed my revolver, hitting him on the head with it. He fell—dead— andyl knew T fvas safe, that Houston would be accused.” Barry lookel earnestly at the man before him, “That's alljtrue, isn't it, Thayer?" —_— “CRERTAINLY. 1 INTEND TO READ IT TO YOU—S OTHAT ALL WITN ESSES MAY HEAR IT.” ‘haven’t made any objection, have rlily. ly wanted to be sure. But to gowon: ‘Then I thought of a way to get what 1 wanted from Miss Jierdon. Anyway, it ended with her testifying at the trial in a sort of negative way 1*didn’t care about that—it was some- thing else T wanted. I wanted her to switch some papers on young Mr. Xlouston for me, and she bucked against it. Then 1 told her that she had done worse things, that she had perjured herself. She got her tousin to help her in the transfer of the it was a lease and stumpage contract. The thing was illegitimate, of course. Shortly after that, young Houston came out here again, and I got her to come, to. e had dodged marrying her, profmising that T would do it when the mill was mine. In the meantime, 1 had hooked up with this man Blackburn, and he had started a mill for me. | “‘1 guess Miss Jierdon had gotten to thinking a little of Houston, after all, bceause when 1 forced her to the firal thing of telling some lies| about him to a young woman, she did it, but went away mad at me and threatening never to see me again. Our relations, while she had been at the Houston camp, hadn't been ex- actly what they should * have been. Miss Jierdon is dead—she had stayed in a little cabin in the woods. I had liver with here there. About ten days A FEW FACTS TO CONSIDER , Did you ever think that 1 hpw incenvenient it would be t Did you ever think of w town or city does every day thousands back and forth to v Did you ever think that a letter to California through tem of mall delivery? Did you ever think that for a few cenls you can get in touch with over 8,000 families in New suburbs by using a Heyald Wa Phone 925 and we will Lelp you write your Ad. Read Herald Want Ads for{ e The Only Paper in New Britain Whose Circuiation Is Audited. Over 8,000 Papers Sold Daily inless we had the telephone o modern business? hat the street ra for the public in carr work ! for two cents you can send Uncle Sam’'s wonderful sys- y @ ying Dritain and its ant Ad? NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, MAY.46, 1 ago, the haby died, while I was luid | up at camp with a sprained hip, To- |* duy 1 went there to find her and while 1T was theve, Renaud and ! young Houston This 18 lall | know. I make this statement of my own free whl, without coercion, and 1 swear it to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing hut the truth, 50 help me God." . The little lopby millcd and buzied drowning the scratching of the pen ww a trembling man signed the confession, puge by page. Then came the clink of handeuffs. Houston stralghtened, to find a short, bulky form bheside him, kburn, ' questioned that person, “I guess it's up to me. I-—I haven't got much chance dgainst that," “What do you mean?" “Simply this,” and the bulky Black- burn drew a nervous, sweating hand across his brow. “I ain't above deal- ing with crooks. I'll admit that. But 1 kind of draw the line at murder, I'm in your hands, Houston. I've got a mill up there and it ain't worth the powder to blow it up—to me, anyway. But with you, it's different. 1f you want to make me a fair offer, say the word, and I'll go more than halfway. What say?" “Is tomorrow time “Tomorrow- me." Then he went on, leaving only three figures in the lobby—the bent, silent form of Ba'tiste Renaud grave, but re- warded at last in his faithful search; the radiant-eyed Houston, free with a freedom that he hardly believed could exist; and a girl who walked to the window and stood looking out for a moment before she turned to him. Then impetuously she faced him, her eyes searching his, her hands tight clapsed, her whole being one of sup- plication. “I'm sorry,” she begged. "Can you— will you forgive me?" Boyishly Barr, forward and drew a hair that had strayed from place, a spirit of venture in his manner, a buoyant tone in his voice. “Say it again. 1 like it!" t T am-—don't you believe me?" “Off course. But then—I—I—" Then he caught her hands. “Will you go with me while I telegraph?'] he asked in sudden: earnestness. *I want to wire—to the papers back in Boston and tell them that I've been vindicated. Will you—?" “I'll be glad to.” “They went out the door together, Houston beaming happily downward, the girl close beside him, her arm in And it was then that the fea- of Ba'tiste Renaud lost their gravity and sorrow. He looked after them, his eyes soft and contented Then his big hands parted slowly. His lips broke into a smile of radiant happiness. y caught me, w to enough?" -or the next day. Suits Houston reached ay a strand of (THE END.) 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