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TDW A Detective Story
Of a Chic aeo Suburb. The
SU <35 Murder at The Grange and lIow
Its ftlystery Was Solved by
7
Darrent, the Amer-
ican Lecoq.
Copyright, 1890, by the American Press Association.
11, •Amtwax, nr=surgairectamnt..MA
sympathy, and they may get up a peti-
tionfor life imprisonment. It's a clever
dodge." Ho called it "a dodge" to
shake his own doubts, and yet ho could
not help fettling that there was no col-
lusion in that last scene of all. Still, it
is best to try to delude one's conscience
at such times as these. Dull it, stifle it
if it wants to speak and disturb. that
snpromely happy feeling of self satisfac-
tion that is so pleasant to experience.
To be emotional in this nineteenth
ae-ntery is to beweak.ev
or, orse than
reletliime, old fashioned. If something.
heppens in the court' of one's daily life
is keen and painful enough to
n; one's Instn.t. the formula is -give
sytinetilly st,inning blow and call the
wl;ole thing "a dotlge" and then, go on
with life exactly as before. Yes; that
is the wit..t•r, tho both r and very fre-
s- the cheaper way. It's only a
nodes= ; that's all. Pass on. and forget it.
st. igniat 7:1-41 the.. dramatic tie
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t L tin; trial 84 "a (b.''sutlit=i,m 7.: ,,rn a la t•i I frighten
away. • •r the time any rate,
;iun r strin,s. I )arren t 4,d8e1.
th.; paper and. bogyn.
, --the t:Ial again.
13 wash iaib.l "The Atn.riettia LP-
. I; •(_•"' an 1 it• .t ft with alettniant
the F!. iEty. the :tenth the nenmen.
eet 1teveet.
iti Ir. -1.'7v
• • 12e tooIs from, his bay the oda pori•v*.
but this morning I felt depresSed,and
when I opened this paper, out of your.
very words of yesterday, out of the very
episode that had momentarily shaken
zny confidenve in his guilt. had grown
• another incident that, unsaperstitious
as I am, seetned nothing short of a mi.
raculous coincidence. If you had not
spoken yestorday., these words that I ain
going to show you now would never
have • been written, the mistake could
not have occurred, and it might never
have entered my mind that justice had.
pereaps miscarried."
He placed the paper on the table and -
pointed to the editorial with the mis-
placed space. "Astra nger scene it bee
never been our lot to witness. " •
li'or some moments Ethel Kingston
could scarcely master her emotion as
S1}( gazed at the printed lines. and,
sinking back into InT scatshe covered •
her face with her hands.
Darrent waited until she had in some
monsnro lax cornpo.• are and
then, speaking very quietly. said:
"Miss Kingston. I have already told
you I'm not a sep-rstit ions num, and I
don't believe in ei:ens and omens, but
this acehhert or coincidence -call it
what pat will -has weakened my belief
in myself and has determinet1 mo to re-
test this case in every detail, to follow
again evt‘ry clew, • and se;; if I can find
anywher•e where the chain is faulty,.
any single instance where 1 havo erred,
whero I have assamed .1..4) :mach or
. 101 lidee
A thanknil leek lieirteer her face
for a m e ent u:1,1te an,;wercl.:
"(An if it 1...nly i se -if 3, --on, who
have eo. painetelzireely f ;wed the clews
te this awl:a and. de- I .,-eine oth-
er (.'Vee 0:ad kedd eeee.• keno -
cert.' • ere.. be
preeecilli.ime vene-he hale-
tedeen
Aeetin Derrrnt it 1nrdil elle
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a•nr dee' te eter eee ov
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e • ° :,n4V"'n:t..-t et the
chessmen. 'TM& Met ned to haVe no
u
real connection with the actual mrder,
and they had slipprd from his memory,.
NoW, and it came ft,reibly back to him,
ho had better try to trace them andfind
what hearing tht:y had 11110/1 the Mie.
He recalled how ho bad built up a
theory that if he conld only find those
enossmen he would be very near achiev-
ing mute upon the inurda.rer's game.
What etop shenlet he talon now? 110
somehow ('1)81(1 n' not disabuse his mind
of the uneasy feeling. that had possessed
it -that perhps aho had put the hemp
round an innocent 1:1:1/1'8 neck, and in
a few weeks' thu rodese he proved
himeelf to have 11en wrong, to have
followh•e
ed a bad try to a falSt) Plat
the lit.t.).4) 1/11V.1.4: 11 drawn and Astity
mar,•den gone bey, tut r. ,all.
II:;! went in ;Tin; to Itia room and •
took from his 1:7,7 the-. ndil, pawn and
the pittee t•f ti4sne ettntaining the .
ivory, hie lea,-
It y, -e. .4 a bid. 1:1Lt1:::}" ,a
4.rrer.t wan
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the-be,Che-eirilie -elephants, :theiflawing
robes of the king and queen. He. took
the white queen in his band and ex-
amined. the carving. Yes.; a tiny piece
had been chipped off, just a little 'frag-
ment of the delicate ivory filigree
crown that rested on the curling hair.
He replaced the pieces in the box, ex-,
cept the red pawn and the white queen.
and, taking from kis pocketbook the
scrap of ivory that 'he picked up froze
the library floor, fitted it exactly into
the broken part of the crown. Yes, be-
yond all doribt, this was the set- of
chessmen stolen from The Grange. .And
whore had he found them? In the house
of the fiancee of the man now lying
under sentence of death for the .murder.
A sudden revulsion of feeling seemed
to sweep over Darrent. Ho had, he felt;
been wasting his sympathy to no pur-
pose. Doubting his own acumen., be had,
started on a fresh track, he liad com-
menced to reconsider all his conclusion,
and yet the very first new step that he
had taken had only the deeply'
confirmed the damning evidence that
his former efforts had accumulated -
"Mr. Darrent, do you think it will
help your case? 1)o you think these will
prove anything?" she asked, breaking
the long pause. qu
"Let me ask you a fewquestions be-
fore r answer.''
"Yes, anything yon like -anything
that will help Astray."
"Where did you get these chessmen?"
"They were sent to me."
"By whom?"
"I do not know."
"Was there no letter or message with
thein 'P
she hesitatingly answerS.
"Come. come; you must •condo the
whole truth to me if I am to help you
and Astray. When did yon receive
th2-„Iit
Two days after the murder.'"
h7;c"arafe by express."
"Have you the wrapper stint"
11aure. say I cantina it. ShallIseer
"Omo moment. You denot know who
eent
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lletr fram .A -tray, writton ht Chicago,
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084.101131, Mal as he glancca (1=-Avn the
c•=nnims a ib 11111:.:;;r41111 ea11:411t- his
eye, th. itsrad "White .
tt1pleee mei mate in tveo moves." In an
inetent Darrent's mind was alert on a
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leen the trail that he had
followed, so clearly had it pointed to
the guilt of Astray Marsden, that be
kul quite oyerlouktal the robbery of the
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tee; teer:e. Tide ar.d. then kow
trt k i1 -s till next morning
II-n:el"? tree e.reldere that sorely per -
1 leied. for he md.st• step in Earn-
r.L.et Sndalenly he recalled
' bi frieed11tile (":-:adety theater. From
c:i id...cards feat deco-
te_ td.e steeets at the enance to the
eat r ZE,-..rinc,1 that
an equally
tirrir.Erer zde:edearear to that which was
17...zrvey11I to the public on his test visit
was in pregrces.
Ile found his way down the grimy
s-eage again, and the stern janitor
cAnyeyed his card to Mn Ridgeway and
brought it backed with the message
from the manager that he would be ou
the stage ail the evening, but if M.r.
Darrent would go in front and see thet
Ridgeway would see hire. aft.
ward, and on the card was penciled
order for a stall. Darrent glanced at
a writing and received his second
ock that drey. and, instead of accept -
g the hospitality. of Mr. Ridgeway.
paid his money at the door and care-
lly placed the card in his pocketbook.
With the fall of the ctirtairt Th. Dar-
nt reached the stage door and a don-
e of minutes afterward was in the
tillageilupom again.
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ThCti'," hO si187, Vike the ma
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missing. Ils pinc.i the red pawn he -11“
had taken five: rocket beside the in
ethers. It was a faciimile. There. em"...,1 be
bo no eseetien that it bel•ran.31 t.3 tbe fn
sat. Then Din -rent tramel his attentiJr.
to the white pieces. He scrutinized the re
, delicate work of the bishop's end 1)1
' ered vestments, the earyed elageelfeeen