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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1901-02-22, Page 7E. A TIHRILLINC STORY OF CONTINENTAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST ERR AIN. 1Tot the least doubt about It, 1 a3houli3 say," Dr. Wilmot replied care- lessly. The door opened and Lady Tiering - ham reappeared. 1 "I have succeeded," she said. "He is upstairs nowt. I will try and keep him there for half an hour. Wolfenden, .will Yon take Dr. Wilmot into the a*itudy ?" Dr. Wilmot rose with quiet alacrity. Wolfenden led the way down the long gbaasage which led to the study. He ternself was scarcely prepared for emits signs of unusual labor as confronted them both when they clamed the door, Tee round table in the centre of tire room was piled with books and a loose heap of papers. A special rack was hung with a collection of maps and charts. There were nautical instru- • meats capon the table, and compasses, as well as writing materials, and a number of small models of men-of-war. •Mr. Blatherwick, who was sitting at the other side of the room busy with some copying, looked up in amazement at the entrance of Wolfenden and a s'trang'er upon what was always con- sidered forbidden ground. Wolfenden stepped forward at once to the table. A sheet of paper lay there on whicb the ink was scarcely yet dry. Many others wore scattered about, :almost undecipherable, with marginal notes and corrections in his father's handwriting. Ile pushed come of them towards his companion. "You can help yourself," he said. "This seems to be kis most recent work." D. Wilmot seemed sea.rcoly to hear him. Ho had turned the lamp up with quiok fingers, and was leaning over those inside' written pages. Decidedly he was interested in the casae. He stood quite still reading with breathless ha,,te—:.ire papers reemcc'i almost to fly through his fingers. Wolfenden was a little puzzled. Mr. Blatherwick, who had been watohing the proceedings with blank amazement, rose and came over towards them. "You will excuse me, Lord Wolfen- den," he said, "but if the admiral should come back and find a stranger with yon looking over his work, he will—" "It's all right, Blatherwick," Wolf - andel' interrupted, the more impatient- ly since he wag far from comfortable hinispir. This gentleman is a pbysi- clan." The secretary resumed his seat. Dr. W ilmot was reading with lightning - like speed short after sheet, making frequent notes in a pocket -book which he had laid on the table before him. He was so absorbed that be did not seem to hear the sound of 'wheels coming up Lire avenue. Wolfenden walked to the 'window, and, raising the curtain, looked out. He gave vent to a little exclamation of relief as he saw a familiar dogcart draw up at the hall door, and Dr. Whitiett's famous mare pulled steam - leg on to her haunches. "It is Dr. Whitlett," he exclaimed. "He has followed you up pretty soon." The sheet which the physician was 'reacting fluttered through his fin- gers. There was a very curious look In his fano. He walked up to the winnow and looked out. "So it is," he remv rked. "'should like to gee him cut once for half a minute—then I shall have finished. I wonder whether you would mind going yourself and asking him to step this way 7" Wolienden turned immediately to leave the room. set the door he turn. ed sharply round, attracted by a eudden noise, and an exclamation from Blatherwick. Dr. Wilmot had disappeared! Mr. Blatherwick was gazing at the window in amazement. "He's gone. sir Olean out of the window—jumped it like a cat 1" Wolfendea sprang to the curtains. The night wind was blowing into the room through the open case. went. Fainter and fainter down the Iong avenue came the sound of gal• loping horses. Dr. Franklin Wilmot had certainly gone! Wolfenden turned from the win. dove to find himself face to face with Dr. Whitlett. " What on earth is the matter with your friend Wilmot ?" he ex- claimed. "He has Just gone oft through the window like a mad- man!" "Wilmot!" the doctor exclaimed. "I never knew anyone of that name in my life. Tate fellow, is a rank Me meter f" CHAPTER. XVI. Genius or Madness ? For a moment Wolfenden was speechless. Theta, with a presence of mind which afterwards he marvell ed at, he asked no more questions, but, stepped up to the writing table. "Blatherwick," be said, hurriedly, we seem to have made a bad mis- take. Will you try and rearrange these papers exactly as the admiral left ahem, and do not let him knon' that anyone has entered the room or seen them ?" Mr. :Blatherwick commenced his tank with trembling fingers. "1 will do my best," he said ner- vously. "Bat I am not supposed to touch anything upon this table at all. 11 the admiral finds me here.lre will be very angry." "I will take the blame," Wolfenden said. " Do your best." He took the country doctor by the arm and hurried him into the smoking -room. "This is a most extraordinary ai. rale, Dr. Whitlett," he said, grave- ly. "I presume that this better, then, is a forgery ?" The doctor took the note of Intro- duc'tion which Wilmott had brought, and, adjusting his pines-nez, read it 'hastily through. 'r A forgery from the beginning to mad," he declared, turning it over ,and looking at it helplessly. " have never known anyone of the name in my life." 'le Is written on notepaper stamped with your address," Weefenden re- otimeric d. "It Is also, X stppoee, a 'Lair Imitation of your handwrathtg, for Leal Deringham accepted It as lra*lioh f" +fie doctor noddert, ' l will tell yea," he said, "a!1 •thaat 1 know • of the sltai,.. f` started oat to pay eotitti'e csalls thla evening about sllrn erhilOOk. As 1 turned into the twain railed I stet a strange braughato and pair of 'horses being driven very slow- ly. `.{`here was g maz, who looked like a gentleman's servant sitting by the side of the coachman, and as I passed them the latter asked a question, and 1 em almost certain that I heard my name mentioned. I was naturally a little carious, and I kept looking back all along the road to see which waythey turned after passing my house. As a matter of fact, although I pulled up and waited in the middle of the road, I saw no mare of the car- riage. When at last I drove on, I knew that one or two things must have happened. Either the carriage must have come to a standstill and remained stationary in the road, or it must have turned in at my gate. The hedge was down a little higher up the road, and I could see distinctly that they had not coemenced to climb the hill. It seemed very odd to me, but I had an important call to make, so I drove on and got through as quickly as I could. On my way home I passed your north entrance, and, looking up the avenue, I saw the same brougham on its way up to the house. I had half a mind to run in then— I wish now that I had—but instead ! of doing so I drove quickly home. There I found that a gentleman had called a few minutes after I had left home, end finding me out had asked Permission to leave a note. The girt bad sliowu him into the study, and he had remained there about ten minutes. Afterwards he had let him- self out and driven sway. \Vhen 1 looked for the note for me there was none, but the writing materials had been used, and a sheet of notepaper was gone. I happened to remember . that there was only one out. They, whole thing seemed to me so singular that I ordered the dogcart out again • and drove straight over here." "For which," Wolfenden remarked, "we ought to feel remarkably grate- ful. So far the thing is plaln enough! But what on earth did that man, whoever he was, expect to find in my father's study that he should make I an elaborate attempt like this to en- ter it? He was no common thief !" Dr.. Whitlett shook his bead. He hadnoclucidalion to offer. The thing was absolutely mysterious. "Your father himself," he said slow- ly, "sots a very high value upon the result of his researches!" "And on the other hind," Weefcnden retorted promptly, "youand my mo- ther, Mr. Blatherwick, and even the girl who has been copying for him, have each assured me that his work is rubbish 1 You four comprise all who have seen any part of it, and I understand that you have come to the conclusion that, if not in- sane, he i5 at least suffering from some sort of mania. Now, how are we to reconcile this with the fact ofan attempted robbery this even- ing, and the further fact that a heavy bribe has been secretly offer- ed to Blatherwick to copy only a few pages of his later mann- F'Cripts T' Dr. Whitlett started. "Indeed," he exclaimed. " When, did you hear • of this ?" " Only this afternoon," Wolfendeu answered. " Blatherwick brought me the letter himself. What I cannot understand is, how these documents could ever hecome n. marketable commodity. Yet we luny look upon it now as an absolute fact, that . there are per its --and no ordinary thieves. either--eonspiring to obtain possession of them!" I " Woifenden 1" The two men started round. The 1 Countess was standing in the door- way. Site was pale as death, and her eyes were full of fear. " Who was that man ?" she cried. " What has happened?" "He was an impostor. I ata afraid," Wolfenden answered. "The letter from Dr. Whitlett was forged. Be has bolted." Sho looked towards the doctor. " Thank God that you are here!" she cried. " I am frightened ! There aro some papers and models missing, and the admiral has found it •out. I am afraid he !s going to have a fit. Please come Into the library. He must not be left alone!" They both followed iter down the passage and through the half -opened door. In the centre of the room Lord Deringham was standing, his pale cheeks scarlet with passion, his fists convulsively clencliet, fie turn- ed sharply round to face them, and his eyes flashed with anger. " Nothing shall make vie believe that this room has not been entered and my papers tampered with 1" lie stormed out. " Where is that rep- tile Illatherwieit ? I left my morn- ing's work and two models on the desk there, less than half an hour ago : both the models are gone and one of the sheets ! Either Blather - wick has stolen them, or the room has been entered during my absence. Where is that bound?' "He Ls in his room," Lacly Bering. ham answered. " He ran past me on the stairs trembling all over, and he has locked himself in and piled up the furniture against the door. You have frightened him to death!" "It is scarcely possible "-- Dr. Whitlett began. "Don't lle, sir!" the admiral thun- dered out. " You are a emelt of fools and old women! You are as ignorant as rabbits! You know no more than the kitchen maids what bus been growing and growing within those walls. I tell you that my work of the last foto years, placed In certain hands, would alter the whole face of Europe—aye, of Christendom! There aro men In thin country to- day whose object is to rob me, and you, my own Household, seem to be crying them welcome, bidding them come and help themselves, as though the labor of my life was worth no mare than 80 many sheets of waste paper. You have let a stranger Into this rocim to -day, and if he had not been disturbed, God knows what he night not have carried away with hien!" "We have been ry foolish," Lady Deringham raidpleadingly. " We will set a match now day and night. We will run no more risks ! I sWe r it! Toe, can believe me, Fiom tree l" " Aye,. bat tail me the truth now,"fro erled. " Someone has bean in this room and escaped through the win- dow. I learned as touch as that from that blithering idiot, Blather• wick. I want to knew who he was i?" She glanced towards the doctor, He nodded his head slightly. Then she went up to her husband and laid her hand upon his shoulder. "Horace, you are right," she eadd. "It Is no use trying to keep it from you. A man did Impose upon us with a forged letter. kle could not have been here more than five mire utes, though. We found him out al- most at once. It shall never happen again l" The wisdom of telling him was at once apparent. His face positively shone with triumph ! Be became calm, and the fierce glare, which bad alarmed them all so much, died out of his eyes. The confession was a triumph for him. He was grati- fied. "I knew It," he declared, with positive good humor, "I have warn. etl you of this all the time. Now per- haps you wrlr believe me! Thank God that it was not Duchesne self. I should not be surprised, though, if it were not one of his emissaries! If Duchesue comes 1" he muttered to himself, his face growing a shade paler, "God help us!" We will be more careful now," Lady Deringham said. "No one shall ever take us by surprise again. We will have special watchmen, and bars on all the windows." "Prom this moment," the admiral said slowly, "I shall never leave this room until my work is ended, and handed over to Lord S --'s ears. If I am robbed, England is in clan- ger! There must be no risks. I will have a sofa -bedstead down, and please understand that all my meals roust be served here! Liege and Mor- on must take it in turns to sleep in the room, and there must be as watchman outside. Now will yon please all go away ?" he added, with a little wave of his hand. "I have to reconstruct what has been stolen from me through your indiscretion. Send me in some coffee et eleven o'clock, and a box of cart- ridges you will find in my dressing - room." They went away together. Wof- fenden was grave and mystified. Noth- ing •about his father's demeanor or language had suggested insanity. What if they were all wrong—if the work to which the best years of his life had gene was really of the im- mense importance he claimed for it 1 Other people thought so 1 The slight childishness, which was obvious iu a great many of his actions, was a very different thing from insanity. Blath- erwick might be deceived—Blanche was just as likely to have looked upon any technical work as rubbish. -vihit- lett was only a country praotitioner— even his mother might have exagger- ated bis undoubted occentrloities. At any rate, one thing was certain. There were people outside who made a bold enough bid to secure the fruit of his father's Iabors. It was his duty to see that the attempt, if repeated, was still unsuccessful. Is ltax'd to Smagene an open rupture between the two great Saxon nations of the world!" "Tho ties of kindred," said Mr. Sabin's visitor, "are not worth the snap of a finger !Sot" Ile snapped his fingers with a re- port as sharp as a pistol -shot. Mr. Sabin started in his clear. (To be continued.) NEW CORA pTCip.NIErdT To Avert Danger of Burial of the Living, INVENTOR MAKES A • TEST, Emile Camis, once committed to the earth and willing to be again in or- der to show the efficacy of a device to save life fn case of premature burial, arrived in New York yester- day on the French line steamer, the Champagne. M. Camas is the associate of Count Michel de Karnice, wait first evolved the idea oI the apparatus. The Count is' the Chamberlain to the Czar of Russia. The nobleman's attention was several years ago called to the necessity of having some device to succus these who have by accident been committed to the tomb before actual death. It was found when the grave of a Belgian girl was opened that the body had turned, The Cham- berlain was so impressed by an ac- count which he read of the occurrence that he immediately gave his atten- tion to devising some means for pre- ventiug such a tragedy. The result was the Karnice system, which al - 1 ready has a large following in France. I Device Described. "'.Che device,' said he, "is far from !pretreat intricate. It will not revolutionize the 1 prevent methods of burial, It con- sists, broadly speaking, of a tube ten centimetres in diameter and a hermetically sealed box. The ordinary i types of coffin may be used. As soon as the coffin is lowered into the grave the tube, which according to the Eng - Ilicit measurement, is about three and a half inches in diameter, is fitted over an aperture in it. At the top of this tube Is the hermetically seal- ed bos,. On the breast of the suppos- edly dead body is placed a ball, which is attached to a rod. The least move- ment of the chest or of the body, in fact, will be communicated to the signal box above ground. The ball Is placed upon the chest because, ow- ing to the resistance of the bony skeleton, that part of the body is not swelled by the gases of decom- position. CHAPTER XVII. The Scheming of Giants; At very nearly the same moment as the man who had called himself Dr. Wilmot had leaped from the lib- rary- window of Detiringha•m Hall, Mr. Sabin sat alone in his sanctum waiting for .a visitor. The room was quite a small one on the ground floor 01 the house, but it was furnished with taste and evident originality in the Meree'ish fashion. Me. Sabin himself was ensconced in an easy chair drawn close up to the fire, and a thin cloud of blue smoke was stealing up from a thick Egyptian cigarette which was burning away between his fingers. Ms head was resting upon the delicate fingers of his left hand, his dark eyes were fixed upon the flaming coais.1 He was deep in thought. A single, mistake now," he mur- mured softly, "and farewell to the labor of years. A single step, and goad -bye to all our dreams ! To -night will decide it! In a few minutes I must say Yes or No to Knigenstein. 1 think—I am almost sure I shall ray Yes 1 Bah 1" The frown on his forehead grew more marked. The cigarette burned on be- tween his fingers, and a long gray ash fell to the floor. He was permit- ting himself the luxury of deep thought. All bis life he had been a schemer; a builder of mighty plans, a great power in the destinies of great people. To -night he knew that he had reached the crisis of a. career, in many respects marvellous. To -night ho would take the first of those few final steps on to the desire oI taillike It only rested with him to cast the dia. Be must make the decision and abide by it. Ilis own life's ambition and the destinies of a mighty nation hung in the bal- ance. IHad he made up his mind which way to turn the reale? Scarcely even yet ? There were so many thine! He sat up with a start. There walla a knock at the dour. Ile caught up the evening paper, and the cigarette smoke circled about his head. Ile stirred a cup of coffee by his side. The hard lines in his face had all relaxed. There was no longer any anxiety. IIe looked up and greeted pleasantly— with a certain deference, too --the visitor wlao was being ushered in. He had no appearance of having been en- gaged in anything more than a casual study of the St. James' Gazette. "A gentleman, sir," the stolid-lonk- ing servant had announced briefly. No name had been mentioned. Mr. Sabin, when he rose and held out his hand, did not address his visitor directly. He was a tall, stout man, with an iron - grey moustache and the remains of a military bearing. When the servant lead withdrawn, and the two men were alone, he unbuttoned his coat. Under- neath he wore a foreign uniforon, abinze with orders. Mr. Sabin glanced at them and smiled. "You are going to Arlington street," he remarked. The man nodded. "When I leave here," he *laid. Then there was a short silence. Each man seemed to be waiting for the other to open the negotiations. Event- ually it was Mr. Sabin who did so. "I have been carefully through the file of papers you sent me;" he re- ma.rkecl. "Yes!" "There Is no doubt but that, to a certain extent, the n.ntl-i nglIsh feel- ing of which you spoke exists! I have matte other inquiries, and so far I am convinced 1" "So! The seed is own 1 Tt itas been sprinkled with a generotrs bated. Be- lieve me, my friend, that for this coun- try there are in 'store very great ocr- r isms So! yak as one who knows. I do kMr. Sabin was thoughtful. Ile looked tato tho'fire and spoke nntaingly. "Yet the ties of kindred and trona- /Mon oni/icon origin are strong," he said. "ger A Simple Affair. "Exceedingly simple is the mechan- ism. Motion communicated by the movement of the body releases a spring which causes a door in the box to fall open, thus admitting light and air to the coffin. It would be possible for a, man to live for two days under such condition. The same motion causes a. bell to ring half an hour. It atm) sets off a roc- ket, which hi the night serves to call the attention of the, persons in charge of the cemetery. "Should the one who le {entombed cry aloud for help the contrivance greatly increases the volume of the voice. In addition to this the move - anent of the body causes a ball to be lifted above the head of the grave. There are thus revealed signals any one.of which woplti eu've at any' Ilpur OT %Tie day or nigh to Call attention t'o the plight of the person in the coffin. After sunset there le ,zlivays a, lamp burning in front of tke beim. The light from it is reflected into the tube, and thus to the interi of the euffin. During the day sr fioient light is admitted to the c, fin to enable one to read the writi, t»n c, slip of papor. • Cost of. Apparatus Small. "This method is entirely praetie ltl. Camas continued. "The cost of appliance is less than that of floral wreath or a broken colas Any mechanic could put it in iiia, The price of the materials Is co paratively small. The apparat alight cost ten or fifteen dollars this country. Buried to Test north. "I am sure that it works," repll M. Camis with a smile, "tor I w myself burled in order that I mtg. speak from experience of les efficac It was at the exposition in eTur a year ago. In the presence of sc eral hundred persone the experime was conducted. I was placed in the coffin and lowered into the grave. The sensation was startling. I did not realize fully what it meant (in- t$l I heard the cold, hard clods drop- ping on the coffin—ane, two, three. It was very strange. It was hardly comfortable. Indeed, it was some time before I recovered my equan- imity. I was in the grave an hour and a quarter before I gave the sig- nal that. I wished to be *lisinterred. The apparatus worked to perfection. I heard the sounds of spades and shovels in the earth above vie. It eyes with a feeling or relief, l con- fess, that I saw the coffin '1111 raised. -"I am wiling to repeat the ex- periment in this country, so great is nay confidence in this invention." F ..; £ Whf have Weak Lungs 4 ��N p6t1T ESTCINN yen leen w, iii -teeme• d ,„se xArs• „0Y THEf,, E PosEtEws Gum 'Throat and Lung j potables;, cgs® F 0; Uh.TR Reprepent a New system of treatment for the weak and for those suffering from Consumption, wasting diseases or inflammatory conditions of taoso, throat and hangs. The treatment is free. You have only to write to obtain it. Its efficacy is explained as simply as possible below. By the new system devised by DR. T. A.. 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Cities and towns furnish 76 per cent. of the criminal class of Can oda, and the urban population;'; about F10 per cent. of the tvhele rtt'- lotion. . UNITED AGES 155 YItIARS. .arcdToronto Couple Fall to a Stray A.rrove of Cupid. A wedding unique in the history of Toronto took place Sa.turday night at the residence of Mr, Robert .T. Ship- cott, 50 Bolton avenue. The happy couple, who were united by Rev. Dr. Clambers, were Mrs. E. Shipell and Mr. 3. W. Andrews. The blushing bride has twice been a widow, and she le 75 years old, but is. a most rexuarkatie woman for her ago. ,he bridegroom bias reached four score yearn bY, the best calendar, and is now enjoying his Slat year During the long lease of life se fa allotted to him, ho hal remained bachelor until he wee captivated b the charms of Mrs. Shipell. The bride has childr--eta and grarati children who rejoice, but, of course the bridegroom hasn't any. r1`lie young couple will reside in tb;: dist end at the oonclusl•oa of the honeymoon, Lind Will be at home t; their friends. Goodar t-- .hero ?must be some in him„ 'Ite's got a good rept inuick—Sot Perhaps ps If what' should ever get cat his r wouldn't be so good.