Show THE MAN TH A THU 1B By W Q EUDONBarc1a11orthand j Copyright 1891 by Cassell Publishing Com pany nnd published by special arrangement with them I CHAPTER XIX I A tTSTERY REVEALED I r 1 A SINGLE GLANCE INFORMED HIM THAT TJIE OLD MAX WAS IN A HAPPt HUMOR In compliance with the old detectives request Dorison appeared In the evening A single glance informed him that the old I man was in a happy humor I received a note from you in the early afternoon said Dorison but all of it I could understand wai that you desired to see me this evening And hero I am Ycu are not quick of comprehension 1 meant your case is as plain aa a pipestaff You had or have a brotherthe latter I think Dorison stared in astonishment at the detective his anger rising at the same time However much ho had in his own heart condemned his father for the charge which for eignt years had embittered his life ho was not willing others should hit reflections upon him But Cathcart was not n man to regard the emotions of others and though doubtless doubt-less ho uercolved the anger of the young man without preface apology or effort to soften the news he had given him he went directly at the statement Very soon Dorlsona anger was lost In the astonishment the story gave rise to and when he learned that all this had been obtained from Mr Eustace he could not deny that it was conclusive Now continued Cathcart as I say it I is as plain as a pikestaff I have reasoned the whole thing out to a certain conclusion my reasoning being based upon information informa-tion obtained from Mr Eustace papers of I your father I have had access to confirmIng I confirm-ing them by public records und the examination ex-amination of books of private institutions I and that unfinished letter I shall not waste time by going over the processes I but will give you my conclusions in the shape of a statement When your father was twentyone or twentythree he met Emma Ludlow a very pretty girl daughter of a costumer of Chatham street Ludlow was an Englishman English-man who had In his own country been connected with a family of prominence There drifted to this country one of the younger members of that family named Farish who also saw the girl Emma and desired to marry her The lather felt honored that one of the family he had been a servant in desired to marry his daughter and having the notions of parental authority Englishmen entertain and overlooking the faults of the man Farish which were so great he was compelled to leave England opposed your father and forced the marriage with Farish Subsequently your father yielded to tne wishes of his family and married Mary Clavering your mother That marriage mar-riage was an exceedingly happy one notwithstanding not-withstanding the previous romance Your father and mother had been married mar-ried twelve years when you were born the youngest of a family of five the elder of whom had all died When you were four your mother died A year later your father met Mrs Farish then as he understood and she believed a childless widow His love returned for her and he secretly married mar-ried her Why does not yet appear but his excuse was that he was retiring from business and did not want to announce his second marriage until that project was accomplished After two years of this sort of life during whfch two children a boy and girl were born Anne and Harold Far ish the husband turned up on the scone to separate your father and the woman Mrs Farish was a good woman and although Farish who seems to have been a scamp was paid well to keep away and make no scandal his I wife insisted upon an absolute severance of relations between your father and herself her-self In view however of all that had happened your father provided well for her j and his children In 1854 he gave her he I house she lived and was murdered in and 30000 which he invested for her I sup poso The low spirits your father showed at that time were not due to his having retired re-tired from business but to this unfortunate unfortu-nate complication The children grew and the boy early wont wrong Between the I years he was sixteen and nineteen he committed com-mitted defalcations and forgeries the 1 attar at-tar principally of your fathers name which indicated that he knew of his relation to your father and which were paid by his father and yours and as well much more money to save him from punishmentfoolishly to be sure but compelled to it to save the good name of the woman the mother if for no other reason This used up the property When he died he was appealing to Mr Eustace for assistance When he died the ace mp Harold disappeared Three years ago ho reappeared and ruined his mother by his insatiable in-satiable demands andIt And interrupted Dorrison excitedly ha is Harry Langdon and murdered his mother and sister Such would seem to be the logical conclusion con-clusion said the detective calmly A thousand questions crowded tumultuously tumultu-ously upon the brain of Dorison Ho did not know which to ask first ho wanted task t-ask them all at once Finally he said But do you know all this to be true I No not in its entirety replied Cath cart Some of it I do know to be true the rest I sincerely believe It is now however a mere work of time to verify everything The mystery is solved The ungrateful son is Harold Parish alias Harry Langdon But what was the cause of the murder that was a horrible thing to do 1 asked Dorlson There I have proof I think of the accuracy ac-curacy of my theory in the beginning I said the object of the murders was not rob bery but the possession of documents of Talue to somebody I assume they wore proofs of crimes committed forgeries and ho like which so long as they were held I oy the mother and sister were a protection to a certain extent to them and a menace to him And perhapsand we will not j quite know till we force the rascal to con iession some one pursuing him was on track of them and he was determined to c secure and destroy them and perhaps I which I think even more probable one other reason to obtain an order for a largo sum which he thought they held Of this I however I will not speak at present for i reasons of my own Do you then think the murders were deliberately planned i No The first that I j of the daughter j vas unpremeditated but was dono in a i moment of exasperation Tho second j I of the motherwas a consequence of the first as a matter of selfpreservation I Horrified and much excited Dorison was silent His head was in a whirl and every moment fresh thoughts each one coming to him as a shock occurred The murderer weB his half brother the boast Harry Langdon was his half brother The same blood coursed in their reins rcco passions and emotions which possessed him he could not stop to analyze they succeeded suc-ceeded each other so rapidly indeed became be-came so tangled and exhausted him so with their violence that he became con fused and sick incapable of thinning clear ly but over all as a lanbent light was the thought that his own name was clear and he could walk erect among other men in his own person Cat hcart was the first to break the si lenceYour Your friend young Eustace is out of itl e said Dorison roused up with something like a startWp have hail him under examination continued Cathcart and he told a clear tale Say nothing to him about it and if he speaks of it to you do not admit any knowledge of it I do not want him to I know that you over suspected or watched I him himHe He will never know from me I am far more anxious than you I cannot look upon I that part of the search with anything but I selfB contempt But I never believed he was in it said L Cathcart CathW Why then said Dorison hotly did I you force me to an intimacy with that idea in view 4 viB Because the glove business must be explained ex-plained but principally early in my search a into yourjmrt of the affair I had come upon tbe ito relation of the eider Eustace I i-to the elder Dorison through Cousin Not tleinan and I foresaw that an intimacy with the family would be a necessary thing and that 1 might have to use you to elicit the information I wanted At thai time I could not give you the details but I had to give you a reason for seeking the intamacy since you are one of those uncomfortable un-comfortable persons to work with who must have a reason for everything But your blundering ana the coolness which you permitted to grow up between the elder Eustace and yourself necessitate my doing the work I intended for you As it is I am glad it turned out as it did You could never have gotten the story t Agitated and excited as he was Dorison appreciated the truth of the old mans words You do not know the reason of the old mans coolness to you No I do What asked Dorison eagerly He suspected you to be son of Dorison by Mrs Parish Oh The possibility of such a thing had not occurred to Dorison But that is no reason why he shoul treat me coldly since as you have told me he was not the at least aware of the bad < character of that son There was a stain on the birth of that son of the elder Dorison Even then it should have appeare more as a misfortune than a crime of the parents True so far as he might have looke upon such a son in the abstract but as a person whom hi had received as an equal into his house was entertaining as agues t at his own board and bringing him into association as-sociation with his daughters there was a great difference to a man of his views of life and of his station He would naturally draw a line on a man or such birth at his own door commiserating the man for the necessity at the same time True you are right replied Dorison thoughtfully I think you ought to apear before th elder Eustace now in your own person ODorison was startled at tho idea and shranU from it Are you so certain of your case then P he asked I am absolutely certain It is now a mere matter of time to prove it in all its I details CHAPTER XX AN EXlECTlm TUIlN I i I t ii 1 1 I t j It I 11 It Ei tj j 0 CALMLY TURNING THE KKT HE TUREW OlEV THE INNER DOOR When Dorison left the house in which were Cathcarts rooms be was still in awhirl a-whirl and contusion of thought The dream he had entertained for eight years seemed on the point of realization If the old detective were to be believed it was oven then practically realized And the revelation had come so far as he was concerned con-cerned at a moment when he was sunk into the deepest pit of despairwhen tho case looked darker and more hopeless than over The house occupied by the old detective was farther from Broadway than from the Bowery So it came that ho had some dis tance to walk before he reached the former street He was aroused by the noise of a stumble behind him and turning quickly received simultaneously a severe blow upon his left forearm ablow evidently intended for his head and so powerful as to send him to the pavement At the same time he haird a cry cryAh you rascals 1 This cry frightened his assailants who dashed across the street and were lost in tho darkness By the time the one who cried out had come running up Dorison faint with pain had struggled to his feet The woman was right I should have heeded her warning he muttered confusedly confus-edly to the man who had come to his assIstance assist-ance and who was none other than the officer Cathcart had instructed to follow Dorison as a protection You must return at once to the chief said the officer Are you much hurt My arm pains me a good deal replied Dorison but it is better than if it were my head The officer hurried him to Cathcarts apartments The old detective comprehended the situation situ-ation before he could be informed by tho officer Where were you hit11 he asked On the left arm replied Dorison Quickly and gently the old man bared the injured i member I am not a surgeon he said as i he manipulated the arm but I can ge nor ally tell whetl er bones are broken or not He loosed serious as ho plied it To I the officer he said Get a coach as quickly as you can Leading Dorison to a lounge he laid him upon it saying Rest there a moment I cannot tell whether your arm is broken or not We will go immediately to a surgeon By heavens he cried to himself thai is i an idea and ho is not far off He sprang to his bureau and opening the lower drawer took out a light gray wig and beard 1 With a rapidity that astonished Dorison watching him in great pain a is ban was the old detective put them on b-an with the use of cosmetic rogue and powder presented in a moment an entirely dlffc treat face i and head Darting into an udjoiuio room i he issued a moment or two later in a 11 black broadcloth suit To put a gold chain around i his neck and to assume a gold eyeglass eye-glass i secured by a small gold chain was the work of a moment more and i who completed i be was a prosperous erc ban or i banker ready to receive the announcement announce-ment of the officer who entered that the carriage was ready The interest of this strange proceeding was so great to Dorison that he had not asked a question contenting himself with watching Come said Cathcart I will take you to a physician surgeon As Dorison with thb help of the other arose Cathcart said to the officer You are to go with us After Dorison had been placed in the car rlsge Cathcart told the driver to go to num her Tenth street Dr Fassett Even this conveyed nothing to Dox ison somewhat dazed with the pain he was en nrinp I Dr Fassett was in and they were at once j taken into his consulting room j The surgeon bared the arm and examined exam-ined It I should say this injury was inflicted with a sand club What are the circumstances circum-stances I stahBe Before Dorison could reply Cathcart interfered erfered Robbery I should say This young man who is my nephew was passing long Bond street My friend and myself were some distance behind him when three men rushed from a place of concealment ealment upon him He heard them fore for-e turned and a blow aimed for his head fell upon his arm My friend cried out Ah you rascals I and they fled without inflicting further injury Calling a carriage I drove right here for I had heard my friend Eustace speak of your kill l QThe surgeon had been manipulating the arm while Cathcart was talking No bones are broken I am sure ho said Take him home immediately and apply cloths dipped in hot water as hot us he can stand it and keep this up constantly constant-ly for four or five hours Then tomorrow morning bring him to me before 10 clock The physician was curt prompt and imperative im-perative Cathcart was Disposed to engage him in conversation But Dr Fassett ended end-ed further talk by saying I have told you what to do You must not detain me I have an important case and must go out now Can we not set you down where you want togo2 asked the old detective What you want to do said the doctor is to get your nephew under treatment of hot water as soon as you can There was nothing left on this but go and they did with very bad grace upon tho part of the old detective That was a misplay he said as he entered ered the carriage I hoped to be able to talk with him so as to bring in Langdon I want to know what the doctor knows about him Not much perhaps but everything counts in this business However I will have a chance at him tomorrow morning That was the physician that knocked Miss Eustace down on Broadway with his horses said Dorison faintly He did not recognize me Arriving at Dorisons apartments to which they were rapidly driven Cathcart and the officer devoted themselves to the treatment recommended by the surgeon after which and milling Dorison Into his bed Cathcart dismissed the officer wit I instructions to go to his rooms in Bond street early in the morning and brine what mail he might find there to him before I J Then ho laid himself down on the lounge to sleep The treatment he had been subjected to led eas l-ed the pain that Dorison had been suf fering from yot he lay a long time unable to sleep The events of tho day and even ing had been many and startling lher were destined to have a very consider effect upon his life Just what ho could not tell but one thing was certain it i would now be turned into another channel than that he had followed for tOo pas eight years Tnough ho tossed on his bed because of the xciteaiont of tne day Cathcart slumbered so peaeefu ly and easily that Dorison became unreasonably provoked with him However as the morninc light streamed into the windows he fell into a sleep from which he was anused shortly after eig ht by Cathcart and bidden to dress and partake of tho breakfast he had sent for Ho was barely prepared for it when the officer entered with iNlr Cuthuart mail Among the letters was a tole laU which Cathcart opened Reulint it he Landed it I 10 Dorison with an exprejion of satisfaction satisfac-tion and the remark Confirmations are beginning to come Denscn read it It ran Langdon was Known as Harry Paris here seven years apo then a IIHTO boy afterward he got into prison Turned up I in Chicago five years ago as Harry Lang don See letter mailed tonight That settles that part of the theory j I remarked Cuthcart I Having partaken of the breakfast Cath cart proposed to set out to call Cathr Fassett 00 this Dorison demurred His arm i though stiff und l ore needed no mora treatment treat-ment than had been given it But Cathcart said No I took advantage of your accident to to Dr Fassett get naturally and wo must go to ullill the purpose I was balked in last night How much Fassett may I know about Langdon is uncertain but I I repose to obtain al ho does know Your injury gives us the natural excuse Therefore they set out On arriving ate th at-e house of the physician and entering the reception room was founi to be not nly full but actually crowded Dr Fassett happened to bo in the hall at the moment of entering and said I am afraid you will have to wait a little lit-tle for I have a nice operation on hand To his attendant he said James take hese gentlemen into my private office a nd disappeared officefo The attendant was evidently astonished Ive been with Dr Fassett three years h e said ho led the as way but Ive never k nown this to occur before though 1vo een them sitting in the hall before this Catbcart whispered to the ollIcer to remaIn re-maIn in the hall The private office of the physician was a mall room evidently an extension from t ho main building ion it was lighted pleasantly ntly from the side Between the two windows was a small oilertop desk In the cdnter a flat tabo where the physician evidently did ris writing At one window was a large ope ating chair but devoted by its owner to the purpose of ease The low easy chair nto which Dorison dropped was on tho ide of the center table opposite to that on which the writing chair stood In tho corer a cor-er was an iron safe the heavy door of vhich was open the inner one only being losed Soon as the door was shut upon tho nt endant Cathcart began a minute oxen i ation of the room much to Donsouu an n who thought his pyance companion was d isplaying an impertinent curiosity He even opened tho portfolio of the doc t or and turned over its loaves Between t woof them was a letter partly written ndCathcart did notscruplo to read it Nora Nor-a letter addressed to the physician Unable contain himself longer Dorison rotested intimating that It was highly mproper i to read the private papers of a entleman who had trusted the to tho xtent of turning them into his own private oom To this Cathcart mado no answer but 1 sked coolly Didnt that woman say that Langa ion had some hold on Dr Fassottl Yes And young Eustace suspected something of the kind from the way in which Langdon reated Fassett Yes Well they are both right I should judge from those things This letter taking up one is signed Harry and intimates that they must have some more business from the doctor or the tur will fly This one taking up the one partially completed tells Harry that there will bo no more business that he has been his servant r as long as he over will be and that the end is reached since he ii i now in a position to I > door do-or Harry what Harry threatened to do for the writer It seems to be a declaration of independence He closed the book leaving it precisely as he found it On the roan tlepiece he found a case of instruments and became much interested in it takin taking out each one and examining it closely putting them back one by one Every visible object in the room seemed to go under his touch but when he went to the roller top desk and taking a wire from his pocket deliberately picked the lock and softly moved up the top Dorison could stand it no longor If you do not end this thing he cried I certainly shall ask the doctor to como heroBe Be auiet said Cathcart contemptuously contemptu-ously Everything is grist that comes to my mill His search was not rewarded and he closed the desk The safe now claimed his attention The key had been left carelessly in the inner door calmly turning it > he threw it open and as calmly and coolly inspected its contents Perceiving in one of the pigeon holes a bundle he took it out and ran over th ends of it This seemed to be interesting inter-esting for him for he closed the door turned the key and walked one of the windows Taking off the elastics which bound it he shuffled the various papers in his fingers and putting the rubber bands on again went back to tbe safe as if he in ii tended d to restore them then turning quick on his heel went to the door and called the officer who was awaiting him in the hall To Dorison he now turned and said I have found something which will brow some light on Harold Farish and the relations existing between him and Fas set t ettDorison Dorison was about to protest but ho ob serve d that the old mans eyes were flash log fire To the officer who entered he said I want you to sit down here and keep your mouth shut He put the package of papers in the inner in-ner pocket of his coat and going to the center table leaned against it thrusting his hands In his vest pockets and dropping his chin on his breast There was something so extraordinary in his manner that both men watched him silen tly Perhaps ten minutes had elapsed when the attendant opened the door and said that the doctor would see them Dorison rose to obey the summons but Cath cart waved him back with an imperious imperi-ous esture Tell tbe doctor ho said to come here it is i important The attendant disappeared and Dorison looked to the old detective for an explanation explana-tion None was forthcoming In a moment more Dr Fassett hurried in with a frown of impatience and annoyance clouding his brow Close the door said Cathcart to the officer Then stepping quickly to the physician and laying his hand on his shoulder he saidDr Dr Fassett I arrest you for the murders mur-ders of Emma Farish and Anne Farish CHAPTER XXf STIIANOIO REYJLATlONS cp IV A MOMENT MOUE racy WERE SNAPPED I UPOX TilE STRUGGLING liNS WRISTS The doctor staggered back as white as I tho wall against which he fell Dorison und the officer sprang to their feet astounded and horror stricken For a brief moment Dorison entertained the idea that Catbcart had taken leave of his senses But what thoughts either might have had were diverted by the mad rush the doctor made at CatUcart Tho officer and Dorison despite his injured in-jured arm leaped to the assistance of the old man Had Cathcart anticipated tho attack He was not at all events taken unawares for stepping lightly aside he caught the doctor by the tnroat and would have him sel incapacitated tho infuriated man without with-out the assistance promptly given him You will not do another ho said fiercely to the prisoner Firmly held by the officer with his arms twisted behind his back tbe doctor was helpless To make his hold more secure I tho officer placed his knee behind the doctors doc-tors back and bent him over backward In impotent rage the doctor gnashed his teeth teethHow How do you know this It is a lie I It is a lie You couldnt have known it ho cried huskily He made a mighty struggle to free himself I him-self and Cathcart went to the assistance of the officer Take the handcuffs from my inside pocket said tho officer to Dorison who did i as he was requested In a moment more they were snapped upon the struggling mans wrists Even then he fought and wrestled until he was thrown down and his ankles tied with a stout twine 1 did not come prepared for this sort of business said the panting officer None of us did replied Cathcart Thee th The-e officer said You do not help yourself by such strug gles Ive had many a man in your fix before be-fore foreWhat What imp of hell are you I hissed the phpaician from between his teeth My name is Simon Cathcart replied the old man quietly The name appeared to calm the doctor and ho muttered The Devil of the Westl Harry said he I was in the city Well he cried aloud 1e its i a lie Why do you charge me one of New Yorks foremost physicians and Ngo surgeons sur-geons with such a thing J Because you killed those two helpless and inoffensive women thats why Its a lie You couldat have known it I Nobody could Bah replied Cathcart youre a baby You dont even know enough to cover your tracks When I first saw the bodies I knew n Physiciana surgeonhad done the job You couldnt keep the shop out of it You cut the carotid artery in each case not as a bungler but as u surgeon performs an a operation The idea that the crime might be traced to a surgeon in this way baa not occurred tu the doctor and he seemed frightened at the sagacious penetration displayed by the detective You aid it with a lancet continued CathcArt And taking the ono tho servant had found on the floor from his pocket he added And with this lancet which you foolishly left behind you after the second murder And this lancet came from this caso The old man crossed to the mantelpiece and taking up the case continued as bo opened it It belongs to this set It is precisely the same make same tortoise shell l bundle and here is tho place from which it came a vacant place waited lor it since the 5th day oT October Bah 1 You havent oven attempted to cover your tracks You i and smart man The physician apparently crushed and humiliated turned a look of horror upon tho merciless old man Dorison filled with pity for tho poor wretch failing to realize that the murderer of his holt sister lay bound before him thought Cathcart brutal in his triumph over the prisoner but the old man had a purpose in the course he was prr uing Bah If you were as skimul a mur derer as you are a surgeon you would not I have made tracking so easy Your very skill as a surgeon undid you aud it was only a question as to when we would get around you Murder is a fine art a man said yesterday When a man undertakes to do two in one night ho wants to be a master of the art The man on the floor made a gallant ef fort to retrieve himself He was not na > a coward He had been overwhelmed by tbo unexpected blow But now that vigorous brain came into action he recovered self possessIon and was cool and master elfof himself You are very keen he said with a sneer Do you know that a thou and such cases of instruments can be found in tho city and that surgeons usually carry their lancets in their pockets If you will permit one of these gentlemen to feelin 1 my right hand vest pocket you will find an other lancet exactly similar to the one you have In your hand The total change in the manner of the physician startled Dorison and his words made him believe Cathcart had made a blundered in arresting the doctor on so slight a ground Ill take your word for it naid Cath cart calmly And you take my word that Ill find the case to which it belongs in your consulting room The expression passing over the doctors face assured Cathcart that his hazzard had been a winning one Dorison experienced a revulsion aud was deceived supposing that unobserved unob-served by him the old man had made rP o the discovery the previous evening when the doctor was examining his arm Yes you carried the lancet in your vest pocket the nIght you went to Bleecker street to kill that poor girl continued Cathcart and you put in back in your vest pocket when you hurried to East Sixteenth Six-teenth street to kill the poor mother in the same manner There however you left it on the floor behind you There was a rap at tho door Cathcart sprang to it hastily It was the attendant desiring to tell the doctor that those in waiting were becoming impatient Dismiss them all and say that the doctor will be unable to see any more today to-day and he closed the door There is no escape for you Dr Fassett The whole of the story is plain I will tell it not because It will be new to you but because it will show that there is no use for you to struggle against your fate You committed a crime in your younger days Harry Langdon alias Harold Farish was cognIzant of it and held you so firmly in i his grip that you were a slave to his orders Ah the doggish hound Ho has informed in-formed on me has he interrupted tao doctor You have him then have you Well oven then that proves nothing as to this charge TO BE CONTINUED |