The evening world. Newspaper, July 31, 1903, Page 8

| | —, © aes. 7 we T -_——)e + er SATURDA THIS STORY BROAN MONDAY AND WILL ® (TD legiinhiie, 0d eo Oem ITET? HE Ke SP RNPTTE AP Pre nT CH Arr waren # 4nd Ware @ ite Majoweriog eoppremee oD . " : : * on wha iW Were . oat ae inaty . one ne went! * ew he feat . r ote fa leaner . * hed amr Amerie ‘ sTranger « * - Cia hilt aaa , “ sant ; iW ‘ 4 “ . wn» ket ' tet eeeed ead ne « wo Wet that waning ann) . . ethene are nt aw hey A + vee for me seem, ae | now heetowed aural Paty One ss until | had remehed the - *r hear of my own father | then learned that HAPTER Vi had given me, at bipth, (nto the keeping of my fomter pire with inetructions that, uniees he himarif should call for The Knete |! wae not even to now of hie ex! anes untll within Ave wre x {RICK dre ‘ . . je [ME years of m arity ft learned further that hie « THETIVE MERRICK dragged the nores:p at Fale iy thie pinoine the hands of others had bee ak yowhieh the stavle-boy had geen Brown, thelon aecoint of deep trouble and morrow. of whieh he wikhed " . etatng hee He found a ravole| me to know not had reanhed ¢ or and a bes thet. hed contained the jhood When gi me inte thelr keepin a re ‘ |them 9 email p containing a een rl Jewele, ty * Jowela were not there, A catefulltn he read first birt ern (ve x ywever, die ® paper yettow | him time " h 14 few clonely en tines Aa remamb: “end A fe at ‘ A ' Ama and manifesten the vtiafaetion eprend over hin fue iar hu: femdiced Was, we Hen he ehowed the reve toM tines the lawye pater father dont ee what connection this hae with the cage Ived from him, when f was a The « no with Hogh Mainwaring s re ot that, he was gome to A $ War) thay tn Ne vaateere : : Nothing. further wae hear nat “dont the im until there tidings of his death Pardon mot ik wae only ed’ tat the revolve manner which cently related forine de him was own Of all thin T. of knew nothing until ee accel tee Are ; = ter, bot w wan told me at that time made a deep im leach hold Nated as Merrick continued, at the same! pre upon me. Of my mother Tf could learn absolutely lime producing f ket the revotver in nat but for my father. of whom [ had no personal “Thin, as you are sa Smith & knowledge. and concerning whom there seemed 9o much (hat song Saliba be a= veaws wan mysterious, T felt a loye and raverence almoat akin to fs I Urete abtldd TL the rusty weapon in Mr. | adoration. and T longed for the day to came when T could Whitney's hands, “is an old ¢ a 3 On the} read the letter he had left for me and learn the whole secret motning of the murder, after you ne Coroner had gone, of that sad life, 4 found the bullet for which we hi arches uneuccessfully.| The Secret of His hia I have known, what before I had dainty ttle weapo! Mr, Mainwaring's Here is the bullet, you can And from that hour @uspected, that (a piayed 6 t see for Origin Revealed. “My twenty-first birthday arrived, and the mysterious little packet was placed In my hands, It contained a few valuable keepsakes and my father's letter, written out of the Whitney mazed in silent aat ent 4 Mines maze? ia silane, aatoniehmens as ihe detective /nitter anguish of a broken heart. He told the story of his ly that It could never have been trot tron the | disinheritance, with which you are familiar; but the lows of PLbiee ravaiyer: the property he cared little for in comparison with the loss an blessed if 1 can see what In the dickens}! his father’s love; but even that as nothing to the DRT EVOINEE Ot Mal nWatinipee had to dew fe attain | Sorrow which followed nwiftiy and which broke his heart ang way! He stated that, because of this great sorrow, he had placed i me in the hands of trusted friends that | should be banished Merrick Throws from the false-hearted woman who had borne me and who , 7 believed me dead, ax it was his wish that neither of us New Light on the Crime. should ever know of the existence of the other” Nee vou once take into coraldera-|, Harold Mainwaring paused for a moment, and Mias Carle- vp Mat a Gre 7g spore rae ees | ton, who had been listening with great interest, exclaimed: Fangx! plan on the part of the 1 givevine aftair| yoo one lei tt possible, Mr. Malnwaribg, that, in all these years, you have had no knowledge concerning Your mother? an Appearance of suicide. One gi the murdered man | Yea! : ; 7 Convinced me that tac wound nad never ‘nen’ produced by. TERI ASTeNG adiee) Can Stona thats Tao inot even nenow ner Ee Neato isthe AC his ede, TC lie sea to ochere ana |BAme, or whether or not she I* living. I only hope apd when I left that room ‘Attend the Inuueste Timew | DRI that T may never knowingly meet her, for her hel that Hugh Mainwaring n shot With a .38-calibre|3M4 life must be—pardon the expression—as false and as Revolver, In his library, the centre of the room, and| black as hell iteelf There was a look on his face which Miss Carleton had Gradually, however, his features softened, an that the body had afterward beon so arranged in the tow: Soom as to give the appearance of his having deliberatesy f veside his desk and with his own fevolver.’ orge! L beileve you're right,’ said the attorney; Il now your statement that day that the shooting had ovcurred in the library. I wondered then what reason you had for such an opinion. “A small stain on the ibra that much. Another thing: the marked abre: of ‘blood-stal pool of blood underneath the head, a silgnt si carpet in the adfoining room, but none on the clothin eivewhere. The solution to this { found un further inves never seen. he continueds “In accordance with my father's wish, expressed in the I letter, that 1 should complete mysstudies {n England, sailed for that country within a few weeks of my twe first birthday, and while there J learned that part of my story which {s of more especial interest to all parties con- cerned at the present time. T had been hyt a few months in England when I felt a great desire to Visit, Incognito, the old Mainwaring estate. Accordingly, under the name by which you have known me, I arrived at the estate, only to learn that the home of my 'y carpet and the bullet told me which at fi iga- tion. The wound had 6oen firmly and skittully bandaged by | father's boyhood, and of the Mainwarings for several gen- «n expert hand, the tmprint of the bandage being plainly] erations, had passed into the hands of strangers. My grand- vistbie {n the hair on the temples. Here js the proof that I] father had died within two years of my father’s marriage was correct,” and Merrick held up to the attorne: on-|and the younger son had ‘sold the estate and gone to ished view the stained and knotted hanckercnie! his, | America, Incidentally, I directed to an old servant of with the private keys belonging to Mr. Mainwaring’s lbrary,| my grandfather, who yet remained on the place and who could give me its whole history. ‘That servant, Mise Carle- ton, was old James Wilson. the father of John Wilson, Ralgh Mainwarin; resent “Ah.” qfaculated Miss Carleton, her tace lighting with pleasure have seen the trusty old fellow hundreds of times, you know. Indeed, he could give you the history of all the Mainwarings for the last 300 years, A Great Wrong Made Right. He gave me one very important Wit of history Was in that box at tho bottom of the lake. Do you consider Mrs. La Grange or Hobson capable of planning and carrying out an affair so adroftly as that?” “You've t_me floored,” the attorney answered, gazing at the proofs before him. “Hobson I know nothing about: but that woman, L believe, could scheme to beat the vei devil himself; and yet, Merrick, when you think of It, it faut, ‘@ taken time—considerable time—to plan a thing @ that.’ “Or else.’ Merrick suggested, “ it was the performance wt an expert criminal; no bungling, no work of @ green and.” "Harold Mr, Whitney started slightly, but the detective continued. Mainwaring replied, with a smile. “He tol me that old “Another Pole BiGoann is Rae FON aay era the one man} Ralph Mainwaring. after the departure of its son for Aus- whom Hugn Mieinwenthe. feared and who evidently had some|traila, failed diy, He was slowly but surely dying of a hold upon him; would he then have dared denounce him as} broken heart . though he never mentioned the nume, of @ iar and an impostor? Would not his use of auch terms imply that he was addressing one whom ne considered a \d unacquainted with the tacts in the case?” the attorney replied quickly; “you have in mind Hobson's accomplice, the tall man with dark glasses. Merrick smiled. “You are then inciined to the opinion that J. Henry Carruthers, who called in the afiernoon, ts identl- eal with te so-called Jack Carroll who accompanted Hobson in the evening? “Certainly there is a reasonable supposition. The descrip- tions of the two men agree remarkably, ang ihe darky was positive, both in his testimony at the Inquestand in conyer- fation with mo, that they were one and the same person, Remember This Strange Circumstance. “Thelr general appearance seems to have game, but thelr conduct and actions were totally unlike, Carruthers acted fearlomly, with no attempt at concealment; while, If you will stop to think of it, of all tne witnesses who tried to give a description of Carroll not one had seen his his elder son, !t was evident that he regretted his own harsh and severity toward him. ‘On the night before his death he suddenly gave orders for an attorney to be summoned, and was so insistent in his demand, that, when it was ascertained that his old solicitor, Alfred Barton, the father of the present firm of Barton & Barton, had been called out of the city, a young lawyer. Richard Hobson, by name, who had formerly been an articled clerk in Barton's office, was calle! in in his stead. A little before the hour of midnight, in the presence of his son, Hugh Mainwaring, Richard Hobson, the attorney, and Alexander MePherson,’an old and trusted Scotch (rieng, Raiph Main- Wwaring caused to be drawn and executed a Will, complet revoking and setting aside the process of law by which Harold Scott Mainwaring had been disinherited, and restor- Ing to him his full rights as the elder son, McPherson and the attorney signing the will as witnesses. Miss Carleton’s eyes dilated and her breath came and went swiftly, but she*spoke no won] save a single quick exclamation. “James Wilson, the servant, was also present, but in an obscure corn and his presence seems to have been been much, the er He aaa fs reral Ined in the background, as much con- | Doyrure cnt at morning, at £ octose: alee Renae ike attorney 6 passed away, happy in the thought that he had at last made “E don't deny that you are correct,” tt musingly; ‘and they may have been two distinct individua Carroll evidently being the gutlty party; out even In that event, in my opinion, he was only carrying out with a skilful woman and reparation for his injustice to his elder son, Within two months the old Scotchman died, and Richard Hobson then the sole surviving witness of the last will and te: ment of Raiph Maxwell Mainwaring. pend plans already arranged by that (opePhatever part Carroll took in that affair, he was un-| Why He Became doubtedly Hobson's agent; and you will find that Hobson and Mrs. La Grange have been more intimately associated and for a much longer time thai u suspect,” and Merrick re- ted what he had overhe: of the interview In Mrs, La ange's parior just after the close of the inquest. Mr. Whitney ‘listened with deep, interest. ‘Well, well! And you heard her accuse him of being an accessory? oul she referred to the murder, he murder. By, George! I shou! have wanted them arrest on the spot!" After a slight pause he continued. “There's one thing, Merrick, In {conduct of Carruthers which I don't under Stand. 'Whr. alfter telling the secretary that he would re- ‘at thy Arlington for tho next two or three days, should turn to the city the next uaa on the 3.10 train?’ Me seems to have been an Impulsive man, who acted on the spur of the moment,” Merrick answered; ‘but the strang- it part of that is that he did t return to the city all, ie Sought a ticket for New York, but the conductor In- forma mie there was no much man on board: walle the north: nd train, which pulls out about five minuces later, had a nger answering exactly to hie description. Suc His Uncle’s Secretary. “You will understand now, Miss Carleton, why I took the position of private secretary, to Hugh Mainwaring. You will reallze how -eagerly I studied the correspondence between him and Richard Hobson, from which | learned that the lat- ter was extorting large sums of money as the price of his silence regarding some fraudulent transaction, presumab the destruction of the will, and perhaps you can imagine mv feelings on discovering one day among Hugh Mainwaring's private papers a memorandum to the effect ihat the wil had never been destroyed, but was still In existence and in his possession. I knew that to make any demand upon him for the document would be worse than useless, as he would never admit my claim. 1 must find It for myself. I searched for that, will as for hidden treasure, and, Miss Carleton, 1 foun “Mr. Mainwarmg. sald Miss Carleton, after a pause, “I am Inexpressibly giad to learn what you’ have toll me. ‘and you nave my sincerest wishes for your immediate success. appreciate, more than I can tell. your confidence in per- m! ing me to he first to know o: our good fo; May {be the first to congratulate youth & Prune. He took the proffered hand; but, looking into the beautiful eyes sparkling with happiness, his own face grew serious as he replied: + “L thank you for your congratulations and your good wishes, Miss Carleton, but I sometimes question whether my on that particular day, of the will—the last lnk In the chain of evidence against Hugh Malnwaring—wai matter for congratulation.” ‘The con: tor on t latter train alao informed me that, just as joy ‘were pulling out of the station, a ma 1 dark, Father good-looking, he should judge, though he could not see his face, and wearing @ long, light overcoat, sprang atioard, decidedly winded, aa thoygh from running, and Im- mediately steered for the darkest corner of the smoking-car, where a th ae oe weil drawn Sonn ore Sie face,’ “Carroll again, by George!’ ex. the attorney. “Flere {a a problem for you to solve,” Merrick continued, 48 the tevolver and box Iying side by aide, “You Pe Bowne threw, those in, the lakes ‘Who was the man that Brown saw standing beside the lake faa fore 3 “How is that?’ she inquired quickly Shi ok in the morning, and what was he doing? He was! ‘Do vou not sea that when all these facts tiecome known it nd dark and wore tlet coat or ulster. Was that/they may be used by my enemies to direct suspicion against Gareal or Garrathora? nerthrow anything tito the Inke?| mn ae’ the ‘possible murderer of Muah Mainwaring? 'e at?"* "Who woul think of such a thing?" Sj Ang it wnttney, waned dublously at the detective for a mo-| dignant 2" she exclaimed, in Ralph’ Mainwaring will,” was his prompt rep! He might try to Incite the suspicions of others against you, but he would know in his own heart that his insinua- tions were unfounded.” “T have no fear of him." sald Harold, with a smile, (To Be Continued.) PEGGY O’NEAL. A LOVE STORY OF ANDREW JACKSON'S TIMF. i to whistle softly, while he slowly shook Fistieads whi i t! “No, Merrick; you've got me there! I never have had enoumti eaperienee in thie tine that I could go into the de- tail work, T have to lg Bh a the is pit i 3ne oane. agai jestimony very little Motene we'd eeeadtered him unreliable and irresponsible.” ‘inom Does Harry Scott Resemble? “What place do you ign Harry Scott in this affair?” been a mystery to me, a perfect mystery; but this a new idea has occurred to me, and I would Ii iment on Has ho over reminded you of any one? can you recall any one whom he resembles?” Ive often yowdered “where your eves were that you hed yrondere ° Roto nave noticed St, then? Well. f2, have i but {t has BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS, orto Syhose Ii wap until tonight. Now thet I have|} Author of “Wolfville” “Wolfville Days,” “Wolfville ffoalled {t, that, taken in connection with some other things Nights,” &c. sible’ that he is & son. of Hugh dasinwaring’s: oF whose efit: enci Ol country be ever known. By arrangement with Drexel Biddle, Publisher, Philadelphia, Jes ay ol withap In The Evening World next week, is bi Monday and ending Saturday. Your pardon; but you arust recoteat that I have, aiid ieee Kip. Aart ¥ 4 ie HE # EVENING w# WORLD'S .« HOME .« MAGAZINE eV CO ORY VOTED: wer oo!’ Floeks of Birds Will Embellish Women's Winter }tats. They WHI Be Small Birds, Though, in Deference to the Feelings of the SES, Sh Crow OStrCA Plume h HOUGH your summer Is no Tioreer in {ts first freshne: nd you are wondering, perhaps, whether, re- furbished by a new vell, {t will rea last you till the season's end, you not begun to think of winter headgear Far less do you expect to seo in July the cholce French creations which in the early autumn months will grace the millinery pariors of New York well seek rosea in December, June.” Yet here they are, the new and start ling marvels millinery designed !n French workshops for the New York ENDURANCE Tt Is questionable whether those who delight to store tales of feats of en- durance in animals will accept the latest, claimant to notice—that’ of the dog who has just been dug out alive from a rab- bit hole in the Scilly Isles after having been lost for a fortnight. Instances of remarkatte endurance among animals, however, are numerous. Several years ago a man jn England fell into a deep crevasse, With bim when he was last feen was his favorite dog. Six weeks elapsed detween the date of his disap- pearance and the discovery. of his re- maine. ‘Phere: was but the skeleton of him, Beside the bones was his dog, alive and flourishing Whales, elephaats and eagles come at the head of the table of creatures which longest survive the ills to which they are heir, Yet a whale hae been found déad of @ dislocated jaw; an elephant has died of gangrene ‘a one of its fect, eet up-by a gunshot. In a Scotoh deer fee in of woman. ‘ These importations were not photo- For Infants and Children. In the show-roams of retall i A heoe'tnt Seca ta Uhe Kind You Have Always Bough of purchasing fall stocks. They | Bears the brought over by the large waole-| Signature Lich sale houses of low Broadway as “pat- ot 4 tern hats," ors. ORS a MADISON. SQUARE GARDEN—.'s OF ANIMALS, “VEN! IN NEW YORK.’ dead, ‘caght inva fow tran. eR ARADISE ROOF GARDEN, font and had aled of extausten tn cel @ 12\BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS, tempting to escape. two grouse and which other orgies hail br: tain him in his fahe for | had been caught by to be shown to visiting buy- These houses hold their fall open Ly his aide were A partly ‘ought to sus. his lew in a trap 6 I1tle @teel rods, the cho hate of, Invite thelr Inspection. | ming winter # hats, tt is evidene from those now on view tn New York Will he of two distinct and altogether posite varieties, They will be mate either with the low, flat crown whict As prevatie’d for the last few season yr With a very high crown resembling that on a witeh’s bonnet, which the more daring Parisian mliliners tng to introduce Be: fashionable, but the smooth known as elk beaver will be preferred > the shaggy material kind in use Jas Vanne velvet is shown as the fabric of many French hats, and smooth felts in Pearls and amoke grays nre used for the yuting hats, Binds and btrd plumage will be everywhere, though by « special agreement made with the Audubon So- clety the Millinery Merchants’ Protec tlve Association has pledged its mem- bers not to use any birds whose slaugh- ter could be consid*yed inhuman. Here- tofore the bind hat has been trimmed with one, or at most two, large parrots and 4a the back with a flock of smali| witte snowbirds, giving the effect of having just alighted on the hat. | beautiful bird creation flat turban of brown panne vel-| Is with Another Is a perfe . trimmed at regular brown birds with pale yellow markings | | preased down upon the velvet crown, | . which gives A waking h me hint Audubon Society. ' j | ; t | Very pretty and novel isthe of the threatened bonnet revival, in hat, ao called because of ite trimming shape resembles the Napoleonic tricorne ‘or gulls. Itai be the fashion this year! or three-cornered hat. The crown is of | of green .eaves and velvet almonds, It use small birds tn flocks. One of! white felt and the portion of the het on|is a white beaver, bound with gréen these hats, photographed especially for the face is of black velvet, trimmed | velvet, with a helfvwreath of green — The Evening World, fs a rolling turban! with a black and, white aigrette. ves and almonds laid lightly upon the ‘of gray falt trimmed In front with! A decided novelty Js the marabou hat, | crown. At the dack is buge pampem = «moke-eray velvet and cut-steet buckles,|a large white felt plateau, with tiny, | drooping upon the hatr formed by tn- numeradle loops of velvet rivbon. ; A hat for later wear thas previously described ts deaver, with @ broad band of circling the crown and bell-Ilke crown, trimmed entirely with @ wreath of downy marabou feathers. A hat which shows tho new high French crown ts of black woven che- nile, The crown, three Inches high, ts formed entirely of tiny crimson rose- bude built one upon the other, with a|back hair, The front has « trimming of Prince of Wales cluster of three black | pale blue tulle and velvet pansies: through afl tints of violet, feathers standing up tn front 1 Tao honors of sport are international; | no nailon can laim that It has a4 monogoly of sporting achievements. The loaing nations In the recent automobile |race In Ireland will be able to con- gratulate themselves, no doubt, upon jsome other notable feat which has gained {nternational distinction, Ger- y holds the record for speed at sea, ugh 1t ham not the diggest ship, which bi s to England America has sent up a kite higher than any nation. More than 10,00 feet oa level, or a helght of ndarly lea is the record achlaved In Mas- chusetts, One of the Writish colonics— ‘Tasmant au odd record which t neves been beacon, Bome skt lof an axe at the antipodes | through a six-foot four-inch log utes thirty-#ix seconds, and his feat hag never been matched Inside or out side the commonwealth. [tis a British ip which holds the world's record for CASTORIA n three AGA and Including The Mystertous r People Extravaganca and et ROCKAWAY BEACH, 2%, a LEE, GEORGE KVANS, eaten hare MORRISON'S THEATER If a rat] Mat fe either he or hia comrades would have] pay FLORENCE BURNS, bitten off the imprison: md and re- - — a — leased him, The poor, despived toad ts CASINO not built to stand physical violence, but . THE RUNA VAN ho would fatten on the imprisonment, | Mat.sat..2.16. Toads Imprisoned in rocks for years—no } Tontent.8.15, Mat one knows how many—come to light tre) dove from time to t fat and well. Unless Ll EL microben carried to them through se ‘Ned Wayburn's Mi pores of the imprisoning rock hay their ‘fare, it is certain, natural able period ts who ought to know, they have eaten nothing for an uathink- been | wa walang CON end | BOSTOCK Shiias Dava OPENS TO-MORROW EVENING. ‘THEA. ‘THD GAMD OF LIFE. SOME INTERESTING FEATS. 8) tS, “Wl by day” & "Garin Rican coailng, and it is @ Britleh member of Parliament who has done another thing that is unique by swimming twice across Niagara. | Somewhere in the French city of | yons {sa little cocoa shop kept by a| woman who has won a record in the! Alps which veteran climbers may well | envy. For years she has followed the| French Alpine troops with her basket marching with them on thelr manoeu- vres with her walking-stick as support and her basket of cocoa exouse. | PREPAREOA OW } Within a few days this wonderful woman has scaled a mountain 2,500 feet sii, ancenaed auother so « aeieee ot FOLDING BATH TUB. 0 meters, ibed with the troops to 16 Re Cant the top of Mount Cents, and finally left | Fest, the regiment at the summit of the Litere 2 Frejus, a height of 3,700 meters, Sol- dinbsa, der after soldier fell out of the ranks, | Vopor the Alps and down the Alps. ree mae r Agents wanted. io se" 119 “Coambers *, toe Tooth Power Yor! Amusements. MANHATTAN BEACH TO-DAY. ato SHANNON’S 2? Toaisht/ Pain’s Pom 8 } and GRAND FIRE A CHINESE At 9 | HONEYMOON. ‘THE GREAT MUSICAL COMEDY HIT, - MATINEE SATURDAY AT 4 Aug.The SLEEPING BEAUTY 10) and the BEAST, WHAT pr TO SEE ft s. Al Stock Fa- Conuauous. 1. 4, THOMPSON SCENIC RATLWAYS. 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