Show DEATH dr winter was a middle aged bachelor ch clor well todo to do la in tho the world and id having a comfort comfortable abl 0 practice e had bad gono gone on corri orta bl y enough for him with scare scared cUp a break worth cording recording ito ile hod had n no mournful memories momie memie ories of the past his hi affections had cover boon blighted hia his youth ho he bad had pent nt la in getting rich and now he be was saed with his worldly eions ms but in no haste to secure aid gad to dissipate thorn them but the dead desal levels of life get strangely stirred now and then and as dr winter unfolded his morning paper his eyes fell upon a paragraph eded headed sudden death oar our readers will regret to desro of tho sudden do mime of the talented young artist edgar percy he ile wae was found dead in hie his m last evening IM disease was r probably bably some organic affect affection lon of the heart wo areas aro aa 3 et ot unable to fire give further particulars edgar edger percy dead why it was only yesterday aftem afternoon oon that I 1 met him in perfect health 11 lie he took up bis his hat bat and gloves with the intention of visiting percy hodg inge ings and wua was carelessly putting away unopened the letters which the postman had just brought when he suddenly exclaimed I 1 hand handt sealed seated with black tool toot I 1 wonder I 1 did not notice it before can it be possible that he writes to tell mo me of bis his own death dr winter inter eat sat down again and opened the somber missive it was dated the evening before and euro sure enough edgar name was signed to it dr winter read I 1 my dear friend it Is I 1 now time for no to part PLA for or me to die for or you to live ud and which of as a meet meats the beet best fate god only know knows the world will rafae au uplifted baad of astonishment and then rush on and forget us 01 ere re a agle mom has w razed a z ed and ad waned and yet it is I 1 the tear of t abi bs same cold indifferent world that compels eno to rush unbidden clen from its haunt M my T lir aps shall irever frame bajno the con confeson felon my pea pen baver o 0 write it uy my death alone ends all U with me the ecret meent dies it if I 1 lived it must becom aown come and look at me after you hav have rend read this farewell I 1 11 dr NV winters inters astonishment was too vast to find an immediate utterance he ile put the letter carefully in bla his pocket and went forth to obey the mans summons come and look at me after atter you have read this ay that he would very pathetic was that dead face A mournful veiled the chiseled features feature a sad smile wreathed the ex mouth the profile turned lightly slightly aside gave the head a listening look marvelous enough doubtless were tho the sounds now ringing in those caret what was the mystery upon which those lips had closed forever what the coming disaster upon which those eyes so feared to look that they must needs put on the tell of death no answer no stirring cf of those lips no lifting of those heavy lids with death for coin weigh tal A tear fell upon the marble brow of the deul ded de ul the doctors band hand fell carelessly upon the damp locks I 1 poor boy I 1 he murmured but there came a time when the sad beau beauty 11 y of the face wae was bid away when the sad smile seemed like a sneer wherewith the dead mock their own decay and edgar percy was forgotten br au al save one it was at the close of the third year that dr winter made the acquaintance of a young surgeon belonging to one of the principal hospitals young N W lilbarn dunning took a great fancy to the middle aged jolly practitioner a penchant reciprocated by the doctor r and nd when off duty the two were always together one day dr 1 winter inter accompanied dunning to the hoostal hool tal and went wont the founds with him dunning stopped at one of the pallet on which was cLed tho the slender form of a man yet in his early 3 south auth whose pale regular features and dusky eves tent sent a thrill of remembrance through dr winters where had he seen an that face who is i hell he was the question that rose to bis his alp alpa 1 1 it J subscription CE 1 I h he aku dl 1 alii there W in hit his eo even rea now naw hewak to mm min do doo tor for sk my ay nit winter do 1 1 liter dr WIn tift uttered the table voice you know met mar ho he cried with As ashment who are you ra A feeble sm emilo to curved his hill athla up lip it you will sit it down beside no ina I 1 have long atory to t U you I 1 10 et noi no it hall shall not b be IMS long the tho lck sick ninn man his hand for a cordial cort lial it lt waa v f as given g i ve n him h b n and again 1 tho the dinky dusky ey oyce e s were wa r e tiina tu r ne 0 and 1 inter a face kad and tho the the voice bo be fan iran 1 I ITO a yia ego 0 1 I met you first arst for tro two boere y Z 3 oj won 10 1 0 my friend lor k or tarco tu 11 1 I wa W dead dewil to aou ou and all the world you then argedar are aro edgar Edar percy 1 I 11 hitt Is left of him you re is loot cot dead doad then in what manner you acx bod froin from the grare if ifo I 1 waa was bot not dead bo he raid paid 4 dying ha haa been ray my pr prote ofelon islon I 1 have tod upon the proceeds pro coode ol 01 ray my deaths at various times but I 1 am not yet dead 11 lo 10 I 1 0 may that rr 11 V inter WM was astound atto und ed would but feebly express tho the elate state ot of tho the good mans mind whilo while dun ning watched tho two with ditton diston ded led eye eyes but what demanded d tho the doctor with difficulty forcing himself hlin eoll to a k was the disgrace te which you aarud aad in that lettera letter I 1 al 11 A blind my friend a blind morely to throw ou off oil tho the track IOU ou abny to Dunning that I 1 am going to dio 1 you are certainly beyond all skill 11 well wall well what matters tatt cre it I 1 have boon a front bucal and no one hiu ever suspected it twill be a nort sort of relief to speak tho the truth for once in ay my lik listen both of you ibo processes of converting concertin con vertin ft a warm young heart to villainy and dishonesty dro are various it matters not bow how I 1 bo be camo came tho the hypocrite I 1 was I 1 think it wae was born bom la in moi that it waa was my nature to deceive dec cIrO imd and wisman agern t strengthened tho the natural propensity na vell ell doctor I 1 am going rol to make the story short for already I 1 foel the death clutch at my vitall tareo sop times have I 1 with the aid of an accomplice feigned death mch jach time ny iny life was insured to a largo amount each timo time I 1 bore a different tiame wae burled buried or supposed to have been beau by my accomplice 0 who ot of course waa as tho the person in whose favor my insurance was drawn within the pace space of firo years I 1 havo have had in all 6 pounds obtained in thie this ey sy the laet last timo time I 1 undertook it my ac som after liter drawing tho the money refused to elvo give me my usual hare share two third thirds knowing that I 1 was in hie his power I 1 dared not proceed to extremities tre es with him so I 1 lot him de part with his ill gotten gain gains but the disappointment ot of my last effort waa was too much for mo me and here hero I 1 am defeated defeat td at last and brought to a bed which is I 1 really chuh of death then 11 said dr U inter I 1 by keep keer bp ing secret the letti in which you declared iourtc lt a suicide I 1 helped two scoundrel scoundrels to prey upon society oh edgar percy I 1 could not havo have believed bel loved it of you youa V I 1 cant you see responded tho the dying ing roan man with a feeble sneer that that Is tho the reason mason why I 1 waa was BO so successful my faco face stamped me we not only pure but above suspicion so much for facci 11 dr winter turned abruptly away shocked disgusted and angry dunning sent for a magistrate who toot the confession of tho the impostor im costor who however refused to give the name ol 01 U hla confederate in crime lie ile died repenting repent lue at the eleventh boar as Is the custom with such men |