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Show YJLXCENT PY11WHJT." The dwtb of Vlneant Pyrwhtt, J. 1, oC Hltctxlon llouee, Kllerdon, In the County at Ilncklnthamthlre. would In tho ordinary way have rrcelveil no more attention than the death ot any other tlinplo country lentleman. Tho clretimitanrM of tl Is death, however, though now long alnre foriotteu, were reneatlonat, nnd nttrarted tome notice nt the time It aa one of thoaa caeea which la eatlly fomotten within a )efir, except Jotl In the locality her 11 occurred. oc-curred. The moot acneatlonal rlrctim-ataitce rlrctim-ataitce ot the cam never came before the public at all. I Rive them here ..Imply ..Im-ply nnd plainly. The piyrhlcel peopla tuny make what the) like ot them. Pyrvtlilt hlliiaclf waa a ery ordinary country Rentlenian. a good fellow, but In mi way brilliant. He waa deiotcd to hi vtlfe, who waa tome fifteen ymra oungcr than hi Intel f, nnd remarkably beautiful. She wnt ipilte n Rood wo man, but ahe hnd her fault Hhe waa fond of admiration, and the vtaa an abominable flirt. She tnlded men very cleverly, and v. a then atttcerely annry Willi them for haUntc been milled. Her litithand never troubled hi hed about Ihcto flirtation. belnR ntamred qulto rlthtly that alio wat a good woman lie wat not Jealou. the on tho other hand, wa pocto! of a Jealotuy tmounllng ntmotl to Inualty Till mltbt have routed I rouble It he had over provided her with the illthletl batla on which her Jeatouty could work, but ho never did Willi the exception of hit wife, women bored him. I be llevo the did ones or twice try to make a ceno for ome prepottcrout reanon which waa no rraton at all. but nothing rerloui come ot It, nnd I linn waa no;er a real quarrel between them On the death of lilt wife, after a pro-lontrd pro-lontrd lllnc, Pyrwhlt wrcte and atked mo to cume tlown lo Kllerdon for the funeral and to remain at leatt a few daya with him. Uo would bo quite alone, nnd I waa hi oldett trltnd. I hate attending funcralt, but I waa lila oldett friend, anil I wa. moreover, a dltlant relative ot hi wlfo. I had no choice and I went down. There were many vltllort In tho homo for tho funeral, which took place In tho vrlllaco churchyard, but they left Immediately afterward. The air of heavy gloom which had hung over the home teemed to II ft a little, Tho terv-nt terv-nt (tcrvant nro alwaya very emo tlonal) continued to brrak down at In. terval. noticeably Pyrwhll'a man, William, Wil-liam, but Pyrwhlt htmtclt wat telf-panelled, telf-panelled, He t poke of til wlfo with great affection and regret, hut (till he could ipeak of her and not unttradlly. At dinner bo alto tpoke of one or two other itibjccta, of politic and ot hi dti He a a magistrate, and of court ho made tho rcqultlle tut about hit gratl tude to me for coming down to Kllerdon Kller-don at that time. After dinner wa eat In the library, a room well and et pmtlvely fnrnlahrd, but without the lent attempt at tatte. There wero a. few oil painting on tho wall a presentation pres-entation portrait of htmtelf, and a land- C1I0T 1IIM THItOUOII Tilt: IICAItT. tcope or two all more or lett bad a far a I remember. He had raten next to nothing at dinner, but he had drunk a good deali the wine, bowovrr, did not teem to have tbo tcatt fleet upon him I had got the conreraatlnn definitely oft the lubjcct ot hi wife when I mado a blunder. I noticed an Hrlchaen' externum ex-ternum (landing on hi writing table: 1 aald' "I didn't know that telephone had penetrated Into the vlllagea yet." "Yet," he ld, "I believe they are common enough now. I had that one ntted up during my wife' lllnet to communicate with her bedroom on tho floor above ut on the other lde of the lioute." At that moment the bell ot the telephone tele-phone rang tharply. We both looked at each other. I inlil, with the ttuptd affection of ralmnnv one nlvtayi put on whtn one I a little lilt frightened: "Probably a tcrvant In that room vrlthe to tpeak lo you." He got up, walked ovar to the nm-chine, nm-chine, and twuug the nrtcn cord toward to-ward me. The end ot It waa loot. "I bad It disconnected UiU morning," he taldi alio, the door of that room I loclud, and no one ean powlbly bo In It." Uo had turned the color of gray blotting blot-ting paper. So probably had I. Tho bell rang again a prolonged, rattling ring, "Are you going to amwor It?" I told. "I am not," ho aniered, firmly. "Then," I aald, "I iliall amwer It my. (elf. It 1 aomo ttupld trick a Joke not In the bet ot tatlo, tor which you will probably have to tack one or other ot your tervanU." "My ervant." he anewered, "would not havo done that. I!clde, don't you eo It I ImpoMlbleT Tho Instrument It disconnected." "Tho bell rang all the tame. I (ball try It." I picked up the receiver. Zi.xt i r " ' ",? . , ... The voice which antwtred me wa unmistakably tho ralhir high htaceatd H tolce ot Mr. Pyrwhlt. H "I want you," It Mid, "to tell my jH hatband that he will be with mo to-t H morrow." IbHE I ttlll llttened. Nothing moro wrf wKKS I repeated "Are you there?" and (till BlBQ thero wa no nnavver. mQHKh I turned to Pyrwhlt. ffSSm 'There I nn one there," I Mid. 'To. uWSvtt elhly thero I thunder In the air affect. IflffiBS Ing the belt In nome mytcrlou way. aUnmU Thero mutt tie soma ilmple cxptan aiimHB Hon. and I'll find It all nut tomorrow-" HawZl He went lo bed early that night All IhM9 the following day I w&a with him. ' BdRS rode toRethrr, and I etpertnl an accl wK$KA dent every minute, but none happened. IKnnWl' All the evening I expected him tn turn MtRv suddenly faint and 111. but that nlto did ttfllB not hipnen. When, at about 10 o'clorV, LH ho excused himself nnd said "good Hl night" I felt dltlnetly relieved Hi D went up lo hi room nnd rang for Wll ,H llama. H Tho rest I, nt course, welt known. pH Tho man' reason had broken down, H pOMlbly the Immnllalo eause being Ihl H death nt Mr. Pyrwhlt. On entcrlnl H hi mnatrr'n room, without tho Iratl IH h.tllallon he raised n loaded revolve! which he carried In hit hand and thrA Pyrwhlt through the heart. I bellevt H tho rase I mentioned In tome of the H text-book on homlcl'lat mania. llirry H I'alu, In Iltack nnd White. H |