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jjjF CURSE OF CARNt’S HOLD.
A TALE OF ADVENTURE,
33 r Or. I3:EITa?-2-.
r “rvnER Drake’s Flag,” “With Clive In India,” Etc., Etc.
Author oi L
IALL EIGHTS RESERVED.}
CHAPTER V.
- o - c i oC k and already quite
“ WaS * Lieut. Ralston was writing
M him that Dr.
J> b:s “h ’ 1 ius . c ,me oil from the shore,
SdLgiadif h-ceuld spare him a
*** conversation.
"* ■ tm I will on tUO quarter dflck m
U \ Jv ye added a few lines to the
* wr he was writing, put it in an envelope,
e rnkm- his cap. went oat, dropping the
1:4 ' no3t bag that hu lg near his
"T ‘and then went on to the quarter
tT He was rather pleased with the doc
• .nmmoas f T he highly esteemed him,
the slight estrangement which
. , -Hcpn between them.
eU doctor,” he asked cheerily, “have
pj of the men been getting into m.schiet
asb .r e? . . n0 the doctor replied, and the
first lieutenant* felt that something more
firsi ! ‘ eu . ma tter, for since ho had ob
,erl’Thi-rank of first lieutenant the doc
rrbll dropped h;s former hai.it of calling
t iV.* a, > 1 have heard some news
JXre that will affect you seriously. lam
dear lad. very sorry. I may have
Sought that you were foolish, but that will
VVbfv'isk!diet"Lieutenant Gulston
with a va.ue alarm at the gravity of
the doctor’s manner of treating him.
“J he evening papers came out with an
earlv edition, Gulston. and the b .ys are
I V'inj out the news of a terrible affair. A
moTt terrible affair at your Ri nds’ the
Carnes be steady, lad, be steady. It’s a
heavy blow fo a man to have to bear. Miss
L< ‘™eidVarmret dead!” the lieutenant
repeated'incredulously. “What are you
saving doctor! There must be some mis
take She was well yesterday, for I was
over there iu the eveuiu, and did not leave
until 9 o’clock. It can’t be true.”
“it is true, lad, unhappily; thoro is no mis
take. She was found dead in her bed this
ra, riio lieutenant was almost stunned by the
blow. , , T
“Good God!” he murmured, “It seems im
possible.”
The doctor walked away and left him for
a minute or two to himself. “I have uot
told yon all asvet, lad,” he went on, when he
returned; “it makes no difference to her,
poor girl—none. She pass and out of life, it
seems, painlessly and instantly, but it is
worse for those who are left.”
He paused a moment, “She was found
stabbed to the heart by a midnight rob
ber.”
"An exclamation of horror broke from
tbe sailor. “Murdered? Good heavens!”
“Ay, lad, it is true. It seems to have
been done in her sleep, and death was in
stantantaneous. There, I will leave you
for a wtiile, now. I will put the paper in
your cabin, so that when you feel equal to
rea ling the do: nils you can do so. Try and
think it is all for the best, lad. No one
knows what troublo might have darkened
her life and yours had this thing not
happened. I know you will not be able to
thmk so now, but you will feel it so some
dav.”
An hour later Lieut. Gulston entered the
doct r's cabin. There was a 1 .ok of anger
a. weii as of grief on his face that the doc
tor did not understand.
“Doctor, I believe this is no murder by a
wandering tramp, a" tho paper says. I be
lieye it was done from revenge, and that the
things were sto.ea simply to throw people
oil the scent. I will tell you what took
place yesterday. I drove up as far as the
gate in the garden; there one road sweeps
round in trout of the house, the other goes
straight to the stables; so I got down, and
told tiie man he might as well drive
straight in, while I walked up to the hous>.
Tne road follows close under the drawing
room windows, and one of those being open
a i passed I Hoard a man’s voice raised
loud in anger, so loudly and so passiou
ate.y, indeed, that I involuntarily stopped,
dis words were, as nearly as I can recol
lect, \.u have fooled me and spoilt my
if?’- 0 l° u slmil r e ß ret You think
aUt'i all these years I am to be t rown off
111 oid glove. No, by heaven; vou may
tiirow me over but 1 swear you shall never
m.ury this sailor or anybody else, w at
ever I may have to do to prevent it. You
hwirv tUocurs . e °f the Carnes in my
blood! Ton are right, and you shall have
ause to regret it. Ihe voice was so loud
4 Easssioiiato that I believed the speaker
wasabouttodosome injury to Margaret
be was'sn'akf oubt ! ! lat ic her to whom
ti n ? aklll S, aud I ran round through
ioiinii ~l oorbo , lhe ( l°or of the room, but*l
und Carno himself standing there He
cm er IK- h 0 had been about to
™ i ’ h p,l he “ rd tba w °rds. He said, ‘Don’t
c >usmlre t h?ii PreS,3 it: Mai f? arat and her
over now ’ s‘ g & q 'j aiTe1 ’ but 1 think it's
doctor* Yo'?io ia Vi ° y ' ,u think of that,
was a Came and tL* f Merv - vn ' 8 mother
that vou warned mf ‘ 6 has this ,nad hI >od
There is his thread w,^ Sa *“ St "i hls veins
almost mad umburet o? m what was an
found dead this f P assion - s he is
think ot itV 1 mor ning; wnat do you
on ; d r‘k,|^"’,m ha , t „ t , 0 thil!k of it, Gal
self, but I have l?* , ltt eof Mervyn my
say that be oar d inon in l,i s reginimt
generally a mostV lUeer fell ? vv > aild though
panion, he lms at t mP’ 1> ‘ easa,lt com-
Woroseness similar r?h P? c,f silence and
hls cousin RemiaMCar. U > dS ? y ’' t 0 thoseo£
H though I don’t in - ’ Ic 18 Possible,
there L maduesTm i n? ‘h so - VV hen
"'■en it mav m a 7“ t ‘‘ e blood no one can say
tan bake. The IL a ° ut ‘ or w hat course it
yet it ig possibly ■ , f i S 1 terrible one, and
Jhe mad, ess in thiV lndeed be s>, for
to murder Ihe has twice before
“grave one for al?h? Ul ? pt i!? n lscortai| ily
consider Mervvnt Ug 1H messmates
h’-irer t,U ow j , 5 “ “ they say ‘ a
®r’- v of them to sav L th k you would flud
t'-in- | lke ‘ ,1 say he was mad, or anv-
Woa "l boa temhT mber ’ f}alst 'm, this
“gmst any man “ accusa tiou to bring
l r ”h a hlyhe Tan Ve “ l£ hu can prove-as
“”me, „ r here in Pivm V& 7T tbat he was at
the murder L l 0 " 4 ' at the time of
r lt o notorii v sncH l *® that he is mad
-Dough h,n,?n a c:iar go would ob
, 1 isn’t heit, .1 . . a mail for life.”
gl'i“. y ..j', that, the lieutenant said,
■ “"d I shall TANARUS, hra threaten Marga-
TU-st p, morrow ' y 80 at the coroner’s in
a> to thr o. ’ a inan is such a cow-
With a Ti y ConsequenttiT h ° must P ut up
htfall him.” 1 ODLJS tlia t may happen to
S2?®‘Hois? S TreT/T dining
tj ; and ram PowlotV W - ra a . f Darnofford
the lamii ,rd of th r T cob Ca, 'ey and
fa/. T 1 ■” summ-nin'Tffl* T ms werou pon
i ‘‘ " R-'se oTn g .? fficerhad been care
itc-!? ag of the Tiliav rtai s f° CCasion
oue? u P^ a irs to „w hfn / fßer hav '
V ' °peaed the the body, tho cor-
Many°Tth lgS - Tub room
oDl’orhood w “ y of the gentry of the
stood i? th a har, f set P ut S ! Ut ' L,ieut Onl.
trl. ‘ lornor of thn T u P on his face,
us sT 40 l 'im. with the doc
maT 0f the CarnT!r,i Slervyn . looking,
' 004 tu e other side of the" tab!a
talking in low tones to some of his neigh
bors.
“We shall first, gentlemen,” the coroner
said, “hoar evidence as to the finding of the
body. Ruth Powlott, the maid of the de
cease! lady, is the first witness.”
A minute later there was & stir at the
door, and Ruth was led in by a constable.
Hue was evidently so weak and unhingrd
tt at the coroner told her to take a chair.
“Now, Miss Powlett, tell us what you
saw when you entered your mistress’
room.”
“Upon opening the door.” Ruth said, in a
calm r and more steady voice than was ex
pecied. from her appearance, “I saw thai
the window was open and the blind up. 1
was surprised at this, for Miss Carne di i
not sleep wii h her window open in wintar,
and the blind was always down. 1 walk and
straight to the washstand and placed the
can of hot water there; then I tur .ed round
to wake Miss Carne, aud I saw her lying
there with a great patch of blood on her
nightdress, and I knew by her face that sh
was dead. Then ‘l fainttd. I
do not know bow long I lay there. When
I came to myself, I got up aud went to the
door and went down-stairs to the kitchen
and gave the alarm.”
“You did not notice that any of Miss
Carne’s things had been taken from the
table?” the coroner asked.
“No, sir.”
“ Were there any signs of a struggle hav
ing taken place?”
“No sir, I did not sea any. Miss Carne
lay as if she was sleeping quietly. She was
lying on her site.”
“The bedclothes were not disarranged?”
“No, sir, except that tho clothes were
turned down a short distance.”
“You wore greatly attached to your mis
tress, Miss Powlett?”
“Yes, sir.”
“She was generally liked, was she not?”
“Yes, sir. Everyone who knew Miss
Carne was fond of her.”
“Have any of you any further questions
to ask?” the coroner asked the jury!
Tnere was no reply.
“Thank you, Miss Powlett. I will not
trouble you further at present.”
The cook then gave her testimony, am*
Dr. Arrowsmith was next called. He testi
fied to the effect that upon his arrival he
found that the room had not bean disturbed
in any way; no one had entered it with the
exccontion.as he understood, of Miss Carne’s
inaid, the cook, and Mr. Carno. Tne do ,r
was locked. When he went in he found tha
deceased was daad, and it was his opinion,
from the coldness and rigidity of tha boiv’
taat she must have boon dead seve i or eight
hours. It was just 9 o’clock when he ar
rived. He should think, therefore, that
death had taken place between land 2:do
o’clock in the morning. Death had boon
caused by a stab given,either with a knife
or dagger. Tho blow was exactly over tho
heart, and extended down into
the substanoa . ; , of fcae hea t
itself. Death must have been absolutely
instantaneous. Deceased lay in a natural
position, as if asleep. The clothes had been
turned down about a foot, just low enough
to uncover the region of tao heart.
After making an examination of the body
he examined tne room with the constable
and found that a jeWei box on the the table
was open aud its contents gone. The watca
and chain of the deceased had also disap
peared. He looked out of the window an i
saw that it could be entered by an active
man by climbing up a thick stem of ivy that
grew close by. He observed several leaves
lying oil tie ground, and was of theopinioa
that the assassin enteHsd there.
“From what you say. Dr. Arrowsmith,
it is your opinion that no struggle took
took place?”
“I am sure that there was no struggle,”
the doctor replied. “I have no question
that Miss Carne was murdered in her sleep.
I should say that the bedclothes were drawn
and wn so iigatly that she was uot dis
turbed.”
“Does it not appear an extraordinary
thing to you, Dr. Aijif that if, as it
seems, Miss Carne did hot awake, the mur
derer should have taken her life?”
“Very extraordinary,” tho doctor said
emp atically. “I am wholly unable to ac
count for it. I can understand that had
she woke aud sat up a burglar might havo
killed her to secure h s own safety, out that
ho should have quietly and deliberate! 3’ sot
himsoif to murder her iu her sleep is to me
most extraordinary.”
“You will note tuis circumstance, gentle
man,” the coroner said to the jury; “it is
quite contrary to one’s usual experience iu
tneso cases. Asa rule, thieves are not mur
derers. To secure their own safety thov
may take life, but as a rule they avoid run
ning the risk of capi al punishment,and their
objec jis to effect robbery without rousing
tho inmates of the house. At present the evi
dence certainly points to premediated mur
der rather than to murder arising out of
robbery. It is fcruo that robbery has taken
place, but this might be merely a blind.”
“You know of no one, Dr. Arrowsmith,
who would have boon likely to entertain
any feeling of hostiiitv agaiust Miss
Carne?”
“Certainly not, sir. She was, I should,
say universally popular, and certainly
among the people of Carnesford she was re
garded with great affection, for she was
continually and nng good among them.”
“I am prepared to give evidence on that
point,” a voice said from the corner of the
room, and there was a general mivementof
surprise as everyone turned round to look
at the speaker.
“Than perhaps, sir, we may a3 well hear
your evidence next,” the coroner said, “be
cause it may throw some light upon the
matter and enable us to ant questions to the
point of further witnesses.”
The lieutenant moved forward to the
table; “My name is Charles Gulston. I
am First Lieutenant of Ihe Tenebreuse, the
flagship at Plymouth. 1 had the honor of
tho acquaintance of Mr. and Miss Carne,
and have speut a day or two here on several
occasions. I may say than I was deeply at
tached to Miss Carne, and had hoped some
day to make her my wife. The day before
yesterday I came over here upon Mr.
Carue’s invit ition to dine aud spend tne
night. His dogcart met me at the stati m.
As we drove up to the last gate—that lead
ing into the garden—l alighted from the
trap and told the man to drive it straight
to the stable while I walked across the lawn
to the house. The dra ing room window
was open, aud as I passed I heard tho voice
of a man raised in tones of extreme passion
so rnucU so tUat I stopped involuntarily.
His words were:
“ ‘You have fooled rao and spoilt my life,
but you shall regret it. You think th it af
ter all these years 1 am to be thrown oil
like an old glove. No, by heaven. You
may throw me over, but I vow that you
shall never marry this sailor, or anyone
else, whatever I may have to do to prevent
it. You say I have the curse of the Carne’s
in my bl iod. You are right, and you shall
have cause to regret it.’
“The words wore so loud and the tone so
threatening that 1 ran round into the house
and to the door, and should have entered it
had not Mr. Carne, who was standing thore,
having apparently just come up, begged me
not to do so, saying that his sist?r a id cous
in were having a quarrel, but that it
was over now. AS ha was there I went
away for a few minutes, and when I re
turned I found that Miss Carne had gone
upstairs and that her cousin had left, nav- j
ing as Mr. Carne told me, left by tue
open window.”
While Lieut. Gulston was speaking a deal
silence reigned in the room, a id as he men
tioned what Reginald Carne had said, every
THIS MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST IS, 1889.
eve turn H toward Ronald M wvyn. who
stood wt ,h to face as white as d< ath. and
one arm w h clnnohe! hand across his
breast, glaring at the speaker.
,9 you mean sir ?he burst out as
the lieutenant ceased; but the coroner at
once intervened.
I must pray you to keep silent for tho
present, Captain M >rvyn. You will have
every op . t,unity of speaking present!v.”
-a* to these words that you overheard,
\ir. Gulston, did you recognize the speaker
of them before you heard from Mr. Carne.
woo was with his sister in the drawing
room T’
‘Certainly. I recognized the voice at
once as that of Captain Mervyn, whom I
mot on several occasions.”
‘*ll ere you impressed with his words, or
did they strike you as a mere outburst of
temper ?”
I was so lmprais'xi with the tone in
which they were spoken that 1 ran round to
the drawing rjom to protect Miss Carno
from violence.”
“ W is it your impression, upon thinking
of it afterward, that the words were meant
as a menace to Miss Carne.”
. Yo. sir, The impression left upon mv
mini was that Capt. Mervyn intended to
hx some quarrel on me, as I had no doubt
whatever hat it was t>me he alluded in
ms threats. Tho matter and welt in my mi id
all the evening, for naturally nothing could
oeiu more unpieasan r , than a public quar
rel with n near relative of a lady to wuorn
one is atta bed.”
There was a long silence. Then the
coroner asked the usual question of the
jurymon.
Nine of them had a question to ask; in
deed, all were so confounded bv this new
light thrown upon the matter that they had
no power of framing a question.
Joe tiarpnr was then called. He testified
to entering the bedroom of tho deceased
with Dr. Arrows nith, and to tho examina
tion he had made of it. There he had found
the jewel box opened, its contents abstracted
and the watch gono. He could find nothing
else disarranged in the room, or nay tra m
whatever that would give a clew as to the
identity of the murderer. He then looked
out of the window with Dr. Arrowsmith
and saw by a few leaves lying on tho ground
and by marks upon the bark of the iv_v,
that someone had got up or down.
Dr. Arrowsmith had suggested that he
should take up his p st there, and not allow
any one to approach, as a ca eful search
might show footsteps or other marks that
would be obliterated wore people allowed
to approach the window. Wnen Capt.
Hendricks came they examined the ground
together. They could find no signs of foo:-
steps, but at a distance of some ten yards,
at toe foot of the wall, they found a torn
glove, and this he produced.
“You have no reason in connecting this
with tho ease 111 any way. I suppose, con
stable,” the coroner asked as the glovo was
laid on the table before him. “it might
have een lying there some time, I sup
pose.”
“It might, sir.”
It was a dog-skin glove stitched with red,
with three lines of black and red stitching
down the back. While tne glove was pro
duced and examined by tho jury, Ronald
Mervyn was talking m whispers to some
friends standing round him.
“1 wish to draw your attention.” Lieut.
Gulston said in a low tone to Capt Hen
dricks, “t iat Capt. Mervyn is at. this mo
ment holding in his hand a glove that in
point of color exactly matches that 0.1 t.e
table; they are both a brighter yellow than
usual.” The chief constaolo glanced at the
gloves aid then wnispere i to the coroner.
The latter started, and then said, “Capt.
Mervyn, would you kindly hand me the
glove you have in your hand? It is sug
gested to r. 19 that its c dor closel/ resembles
that of tho glovo on tho table.” Mervyn,
who had not been listening to the last part
of the constable’s evidence, turned round
upon being spoken to.
‘‘.lly glove, v'es, Uere it is if you “a at it
What do you wait it for?” The c ironer
to >k tne glove and laid it by the other.
Col a ati.l stitching matched exactly; there
c mid be no doubt tnat tlioy were a pair.
A smothered exclamation broke from al
most every mm in t ie room.
“What is it?” Rmald Mervyn asked.
“The constable has just testified, Capt.
Mervyn, that he found this glove a few
foot from tho window of the deceased. No
doubt you can account for its being there,
but until tne matter is explained it nas, of
course, a somiwhat serious aspect, c >uple l
wita the evido ice of Lieut. Gul-ton.”
Again, R mal l Mervyn whitened to the
hair.
“Do I understand, sir,” he said in a low
voice, “that I am accused of the murder of
my cousin?"
“No 011a is at present accused,” the cor
onor said quietly. “We are only taking
the evidence of all who know anything
about this matter. I have no doub what
ever that you will be able to explain the
matter perfectly, and to prove that it wa<
physically impossible that yon could have
had a iy connecti m whatever with it.”
Ronald Mervyn passed his hand across his
forehead.
“Remaps,” the coroner continued, “if you
have tho fellow of the glove now handed to
me in your p icket, \’o 1 will ki idly produce
it, as that will, of course, put an end to this
part of the subject.”
“I carmot,” Ronald Mervyn answered.
“I found as I was starting to come out this
morning that one of my gloves was missing,
and I may say at once that I ha ve no doubt
that tho other glove is the one I lost; though
ho w it came to have got near the plaea
wh re it was found I cannot explain.”
The men standing near fell back a little.
The evidence given by Mr. Gul.ton had
surprised them, but had scarcely uffected
their o.iiuion of their neighb ir, but this
strong pieao of confirmatory evidence gave
a terrible shock to thair confidence in hi in.
Mr. Carne was next called. He testified
to being summoned while aro sing by tne
cries of the servants, and to having found
his sister l viug dead.
“Now, Mr. Cams,” the coroner said,
“you have heard the evidence of Lieut.
Gulston as to a quarrel that appears to have
taken place on tUe afternoon 01 this sad
event between your sister and Capt.
Mervyn. It seems from wnat he said that
you also overheard a portion of it.
“I beg to state that I attach no import
ance to this,” Reginald Carne said, “and I
absolutely refuse to give any credence to
the supposition that my cousin, Capt.
Mervyn, was in any way instrumental in
the death of my sister.”
“We all think that, Mr. Carne, but at
the same time I must beg you to say what
you know about the matter.”
“I know very little about it,” Reginald
Carne said quietly. “I was about to enter
the drawing-room, where i knew my cousin
and my sister were, and I certainly heard
his voice raised loudly. I opened the door
quietly, as is my way, and was about to
enter, when I heard words that showed me
that the quarrel was somewhat serious. I
felt that I nad bettor leave them alone, and
therefore quietly closed the door again. A
few seconds later Lieut. Gulston rushed in
from the frontdoor, a id was about to eater
when I stopped mini. Seeing that it was a
mere family wrangle, it was better that no
third person should interfere in it, especially
as 1 myself was at hand, ready to do so if
necessary, which I was sure it was not.”
“But what were the words that you over
heard, Mr. Carae?”
Reginald Carne hesitated. “I do not
think they were of any consequence,” he
said. “I am sure they were spoken oa the
heat of the moment, and meant nothing.”
“That is for us to judge, Mr. Carne. I
must thank you to give tnem us as nearly
as you can recollect.”
“He said then,” Reginald Carne said re
luctantly, ‘I swear you shall never marry
this sailor or anyone else, whatever I may
have to do to prevent it.’ That was all I
heard.”
“Do you suppose the allusion was to Lieut.
Gulston?”
“I thought so at the time, and that was
one of the reasons wny I did not wish him
to enter. I thought by my cousin’s tone
that did Lieut. Gulston enter at that
moment an assault might take place.”
“What happened after the lioutant, in
compliance with your request, left you?' 1
“I waited a inmuta or two and then went
in. My sister was alone. She was natur
ally muc l vexed at what had take 1 place.”
“Willy iu toll meexactly what --he said?”
Again Reginald Carne hesitated.
“I really don’t think,” hs said after a
pause, “that mv *i-ter meant what she
sai i. She was indignant and excited, a i<l
I don’t ’hiiik that h.r words could he taken
as evidence.”
“The jury will make al! allowances, Mr.
Carne. I have to you to tell them the
words.”
“I cannot tell you the precise wor!*,’’ he
said, "for she spots tor some little time.
She began by 1 saving that she had been
grossly insulted by he" cousin, aud that she
must insist that he did not enter tho home
again, for if he did she would certainly
leave it. Hhesnid he was mad withpassion;
tnat he was in such a state tnat s le did not
feel her life was safe with him. lam sure,
gentlemen, sh i iii i not at ail mean what
she said, but she was in a passion
herself, and would, I atn sure when she
was c 01, have spoken very differently.”
Taere was a deep silence in too room. At
Inst tho coroner said:
“Just two questions more, Mr. Carne, and
then we have done. Cant. Mervyn, you
say, had left the room when you entered it.
Is there any other and >or to the drawing-room
than that at which you wore standing?"
“No, sir, there is no other door; tho win
dow was wide open, and as it is only three
feet from tho ground I have no doubt he
went out that way. I heard him gallop off
a minute or two later, so that he must have
run straight round to the stables.”
“In g >ing from tho drawing-ro >m window
to the stables, would he piss under the win
d iw of v->ur sfstor’s room?”
“No,” Reginald replied. "That is quite
tho other side of the linu e.”
“Tnen, in fact, the glove that was found
there enuld not have been accidentally
and opped ou his way from the drawing-room
to the stable?”’
“It eoul i not,” Reginald Carne admitted,
reluctantly.
“i'Ua.ia you; if none of the jury wish to
ask you aiy question, that is all we shall
reo ii 'o at present.”
Tho jury shook their heads. Thov wero
alt igetner too non itied at the turn matters
were taking to think of any questions to
ttie point. The chief constable tuen called
the gardener, who tastifiid that ho had
s vept tho lawn on the afternoon of the day
the murder was co omitted, aid that had a
glove bt>e 1 lyl lg at that time on the soot
where it was discovered he must havo no
ticed it.
When the man had done. Cant. Hendricks
intimated that that was all tne evidence
that he had at present to call.
“Now, Capt. Mervyn,” thee ironer said,
“you will havo an opportunity of explain
ing this malt ir, and, no doubt, will be able
to tell us where you were at the tirno Miss
Carne met her death, and to produce wit
nesses who will at once set this mysterious
affair, as far as vou aro concerned, at
rest.”
Ronald Mervyn made a step forward. He
was still vary pale, but the look of anger
with which ua ban ti.st heard the evidence
agaiust him had passed, aud his face was
grave and quiet.
“I admit sir,” he began in a steady voice,
“the whole facts that have been testified. 1
aekno.vle igo that on that afternoon I ha 1
a serious quarrel with my cousin, Margaret
Carne. Tne subject is a painful one to
touch upon, bat lam compelled to do so. I
had almost from boyhood regarded her as
my future wife. Tnere was a boy and girl
understanding between us to that effect,
and alth iugh no formal engagement had
taken place, she ha 1 never said anything to
load me to believe that she had ch ingod nor
mind on tho subject; and I think I may say
than iu both of our familiis it was ciasil
ered probable that at some titn3 or other we
should be married.
On that af tern ion I spoke sharply to her
—I admit that—as to hor receiving the at
tentions of nnothor man; and upon her
denying altogether my right to speak to her
on such a subject, and repudiating the idea
of any engagement bet ween us, I certainly,
I admit it with the greatest grief,
lost my temper. Unfortunately 1 had been
from a child given to ‘occasional fits of
passion. It is lo lg sineo I have do 10 so, but
upon this occasion the suddenness of the
shock, and tne bitterness of my disap
pointment, carried me beyond myself, and
I admit that I used the words that Lieut.
Gulston lias repeate 1 11 you. But I declare
that I had 110 idea whatever, even at that
moment, of making any personal throat
against her. What was in my mi.nd was to
endeavor in some way or otuor to prevent
her marrying another man.”
Here he pauses! for a minute. So far the
effect of his words had been most favorable
and as he stopped, his friends breathed
more easily, and the jury furtively nodded
to each other with an air of relief.
“As to tne glove,” Ronald Mervyn went
011 deliberately, “X cannot account for its
being iu tne place where it was found. 1
certainly ha 1 both gloves on when I rode
over here, how 1 lost ic, or where I lost it, I
an wholly unable to say. Imayaiseadd
that I admit that I wont direct from the
drawing room to the stable, and did not
pass round tne side of the house wuere tlie
glove was found.” He ag iin paused. "As
to where I as between 1 o’clock ari l 2:dJ
the next morning, I can give }'ou no evi
dence whatever.” A gasp of dismay broke
from ahnos every one in the room. ”
“It was becoming dark when I mounted
my horse.” he said, “and I rode straight
away; and it is my custom, as my fellow
officers will tell you, when lam out of
spirits, or anything lias upset me, to ride
away for hours until tbe fl. has left me,
and I have sometimes been out all night.
It was so on this occasion. I
inouuted and rode away. I can not say
which road I took, for when I ride upon
such occasions, I am abserbed iu ray
thoughts and my horso goes where he will.
Of (tnyself, I do not know exactly at what
hour I got home, but I asked the stableman,
who took my horse, next morning, aud he
said the clock over the stable gate had just
struck half-past three when Ir da in. Ido
not know that I have anything more to
siy.”
The silence was almost oppressive for a
minute oi- two after he ha l finished, and
then the coroner said: “The roo m will
now be cleared of all except the jury.”
The public trooped out in silence. Each
man looked in his neighbor’s face to sei
what he thought, but no one ventured up
on a word until they had gone through tho
hall and out into the garden. Then they
broke up in little knots, anti began in low
tones to discuss th 9 scene in the dining
room. The shock given by the news of tha
murder of Miss Carno was scarcely greater
than tint which had now been caused by
the proceedings before tao coroner. A
greater part of those present at the inquest
were personal friends of the Carnes, to
gether with threo or four farmers having
large holdings under them. Very few of
the villagers were present, it being felt that
although, no doubt, everyone had a right
to admission to the inquest, it was not for
folks at Carnesford to thru3t themselves
into the affairs of the family at tho Hold.
Ronald Mervyn had, like tho rest, loft the
room when it was clearo ! As he went out
into the garden, two or three of his friends
were about to speak to him, but he turned
off with a wave of the hand, and p*.ced up
and down the front of tbe house, walking
slowly, with his head bent.
“This is a horribly awkward business for
Mervyn,” one of the young men, who
would have spoken to him, said. “Of
courso Mervyn is innocent; still it is most
unfortunate that he can't prove where he
was.”
“Most unfortunate,” another repoated.
“Then there’sthataffair of the glove and the
quarrel. Things look very awkward. X must
sav. Of course. I don’t believe for a mo
ment Me-vyn did it, because we know him,
but I don’t know what view a jury of
stringers might take of it.”
Two or tuioe of the others were silent.
There was nreseot in there minds the story
of the Hold, and the admitted faci of in
sanity in the family of Ronald Msrvyn,
which was in close connection with the
Carnes. Had it bse i anyone also they ton
would have disholiaved the possibility of
Ronald Mervya having murdered Margaret
Carne. As it was they do ibtod; there ha 1
been other murders in the histoi y
of tha Carnes. But no one gave
utterauca to these thought*, they
were all friends or acquaintances of the
Mervyn family. Ronald might yet be able
to clear himself completely. At any rate,
at present no one was inclined to admit
that there cjuU be any dontt of his inn -
cence.
“i\ ell, what do you think, doctor, now?”
Lieut. Gulston aske 1 his friend, as s.-parau-d
from the rest they strolled across the gar
den.
•’I don’t quite know what to think,” Dr.
Mackenzie slid, after a pause.
“No?” Gulston said in surprise, “whv it
see ns to me as clear as the sun at noon
day. What I heard seemed pretty conclu
sive. Now there is the confirmation of the
finding of the glove, and this c ck and bull
story of his riding about for hours and not
knowing where ha was.”
“Yc*- I give due weight to these things,"
the doctor said, after another paus*, “and
admit that they constitute formidable cir
cumstantial evidence. I can’t ac ount for
the glove being found there. I admit that is
certainly an awkward fact to get over.
The ride I regard as unfortunate rather
than damnatory, especially if, as he says,
his fellow officers can prove that at times,
when upset, he was in the habit of going off
for hours on horseback.”
“But who else could have done it, Mac
kenzie? \ou see the evidence of the doctor
went to show that she was murderer! when
asleep; no common burglar woul 1 have
taken life needlessly, and have run the risk
of hanging; but the whole thing prints to
the fact that it was ilono out or revenge or
out of ill-feeling of some sort, and has it
not been shown that there is no a soul in
the world except Mervyn wao tail a
shallow of ill-feeling against her.”
“No, that has not been shown,” the doc
tor said quietly. "No one was her enemy,
so far as the wit lessen who were a kod,
know; but that is a very different thing;
it s a very difficult thing to prove that any
ore in the world has noeiomies. Miss
Larue may nave had so lie; some servant
may have been discharged upon her com
plaint, ho may have given deep offense to
someone or other. There is never any
saying.”
"Of course that is possible,” said the
lieutenant again, “hut the evidence all goes
against one man, wno is known to have an
enmity against her, and who has, to vay
tiie least of it, a taint of insanity in Ills blood.
\\ hat are the grounds on which you
doubt?”
“Principally his own statement, Gulston.
1 watched him narrowly from the time you
gave your evidence, an t 1 own that my
impression is that he is innocent. 1 give
every weight to your evidence and that
afforded by the glove, and to his being un
able to prove where lia was; and yet alike
fivm his face, his manner, and the tone of
his voice, I do not tnink that he is capable
of murder.”
No other words were spoken for some
time, then the lieutenant asked:
“Do you think that an insane person
could commit a crime of this kind and have
no memory of it in his saner moments?”
“That is a difficult question Gulston. I
do believe that a pjrsvu in asuddei par
oxysm of madness might commit a murder
and upon his recovery be perfectly uncon
scious of it; but I do not for a moment be
lieve that a madman sufficiently sane to
act with the cunning here shown in the
mode of obtaining access, by the quiet
stealthiness in wuich the victim was killed
whilst in her sleep, and by the attempt to
d.vert suspicion ny the abstraction of the
triukots, would lose all memory of his ac
tions afterward. If Capt. Mervyn did tniß
tiling I am sure he would be conscious of it,
and I am convinced, ns I said, that ho is
not consci us.”
“What will the jury think?” tha lieuten
ant asked after a long pause.
“I tnink they are sure to return a ver
dict against him. A coroner’s jury are not
supposed to go into the reason of the thing:
tnoy are simply to declare whether there is
prima facie evideuce connecting mivo 10
with a crime; such evidence as is sufficient
to justify them in coming to a conclusion
Hiat it should at a!iy ra .e be further exam
ined into. It’s a very different thing with a
jury at a trial; they harothe whom of the
evidence that can bo obtained bef re them.
They have all the light that can be thrown
on the question by t o counsel o i both sides
and the assistance of the summing up of the
judge, un i have then to doci Is if the guilt
of the man is absolutely proven. A coro
ner’s jur / is not supposed to go into tho
whole merits of the case, and thoir finding
means no more than tho decision of a
magistrate to commit a prisoner for trial,
i think the coroner will toll too jury t int
in this case such evidence as there is bofore
them points t > the 'act that Capt. Mervyn
comrai tel this murder, aud that it will be
their duty to find such a verdict as will in
sure the case being further gone into.”
“Most of the jury are tenants of the
Carnes," Gulston said; “two or threo of
them 1 know are, for I met them at thf inn
wheu I was over hero fishing. They will
scatcoly li o to find against a relation of
the family.”
“I don’t suppose they will,” tile doctor
argued, “but at tho same time the coronor
wnl not improbably point out to them that
their verdict will simply lead to further
investigation of the case, and that even for
Capt Alervyu’s oirn sake it is desirable that
this should take place, for tii't tho matte
could not possibly rest hero. Were they to
acquit him, I imagine the chief constable
would at once arrest him and bring him
before a magistrate, who, upon hearing a
repetition of the evido ce given to-day,
would have no choice but to commit him
for trial.”
“I suppose they would do that, anyhow?”
Lieut. GuDton said.
“Not necessarily. I fancy a man can be
tried upon the finding of a coroner’s jury
as well as upon that of a magistrate. Per
haps, however, if the coroner’s jury finds
against him he may be formally brought
up before tho magistrates, and a portion of
tne evidence heard sufficient to justify them
in committing him for trial. Heo, people
are going into the house again. Probably
they nave thr iwn tha door open, and the
jurv are going to give their finding, I
don’t think we need go in.”
[TO BE CONTINUED.}
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