THE ECGKWB DAILT OCARO. HUD AY, OCTOBER , 1
Jane Cable
. . . Hy . . .
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON,
Auinor 01 "Beverly ol
COPYRIGHT. 1908. BY DO I)
CHAI'TBH XV (Continued.)
tm jou hear mo? Iliave IIk1 to ui
husband for tue last time!" Tuero wan
slinoHt a tone of victory In tue voice
now. "Do you hear nic? You don't
dare! David will not believe you. Ha
will believe ray"
A terrible oath choked back the
hopeful words la the woman'! throat.
Murder bad come back Into tbe man's
heart.
"You Her
"David!"
"Yes, It's David! Mar! Whose child
Is she? Tell me?"
"David! David! For God's salie,
hear me! There was no wrong, I
wear It!"
"Hue's not my child and there's no
wrong!" The sardonic laugh that fol
lowed was that of a ruglng maniac.
"You've fooled me, you fleudl You
devil!"
At that word and with one look at
her husband's terribly distorted fea
tures, Frances Cable shrank back with
a single terrified cry, turned from him
and fled madly for her life. With the
spring of the wild beast. Cable rushed
With tin irln; 0 the vHId Ittatt, Cable
f rushed after Iter.
after her, cursing her with every
breuth. In a few yards he had almost
rciiched her, his bunds oututrqU'hcd to
grasp her neck. Hut ut that Tastmit
the frightened woman's strength sud
denly gavo wuy. Her knees revelvuii
tho full of tho limp body. For n sec
ond Bho seemed huddled lu a posture
of prayer, then toppled ovor, slipped
easily forward through a fissure, lu the
wall and plunged headforemost Into
tho chugging waters below.
la the lives oven of tho best mea
there uro moments when tho human In
stincts are annihilated and supplanted
wator between the sturdy posts and
Into tho cut of tho wall.
Without a moment's hesitation he
dropped Into this seething prison, confi
dent thut tho woman's body could bo
found t lie re, . A single glnnco bad
shown lilin that ho could crawl up
ward through tho break to safety, and
ho knew that tho water below was not
dangerously deep.
A mlmito Inter ho was scrambling
out of this angry. Icy water up through
tho fissure, bearing lu his long anus
tho Inert form of Frances CuMo. He
bad found her half submerged lu the
pool, every sweep of the waves throuirh
the slevellko sts covering her com
pletely. Ho dropped ihe body on tho ground
after reaching the level and took a
quick, shuddering glance about. Two
men had stopped on the opposite side
nf tho Drive. Ho hesitated n second
and then shouted to them. They stiHHl
Block still In alarm, ltefore they could
respond to his second shout Kilns
llroom was tearing the woman's watch
from her lslt and the rings from her
lingers. His strong, nervous bunds
found the necklace that she wore, mid
It broke lieneiith their sudden Jerk.
Cunningly he tossed the nocliliice
upon the ground and trampled It Willi
bis heel. The watch and rings went
Hying across tho wall and far out Into
the lake.
"This woman has liecn slugged!" ho
shouted. He did not know how much
of tho tragedy these men had wit
nessed, llolduess whs his cue for the
moment; sleullh could follow later,
'she's been III the water. I'm afraid
It's murder. The ninn who did It went
that way. Yell for the police!"
If the assailant mis James Itunsc
nier, Drooin was doing his duty by
lilm; If It was another, he was doing
his duty by society
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CHAPTER XVI.
ItOO.M'B Intentions were
clfur. It was not a ten
der heart nor was It chiv
alry which prompted blm
to do tho deed of valor
Just described. He hud started out to
do his duty by James Ilansemer be
cause he wns In, bis hire, and be felt It.
still his duty to cover the trucks of his
muster us best he could. Ho knew
that he wus Jeopardizing his own safe
ty. The obstinate cunning of his na
ture Insisted that the mail he had
watched wus Itansemer, although his
brief glimpse of tho fugitive's fuce dis
couraged that belief.
The gaunt clerk kept his chill well
covered with bis greut inulllcr; the
broad collur of bis ulster wus turned
up about his face. The rupld plun that
dashed Into his mind comprehended
but two things, the effort to restore
life to Frances Cubic and the hope of
escaping without being recognized. lie
felt thut she hud not been In the water
long enough to drown. Every hope de
pended upon the force of the blow that
he imagined bud been delivered.
Chilled to tho bone, his teeth chat
tering like castauots, tho old man was
stooping over the Inanimate form on
the ground when tho two men came
up. In answer to their startled ques
tions he merely said that he had seen
tho struggle from across the street,
but had been too late to prevent the
tragedy.
"We must get her into one of these
bouses , qulck", i he ..grunted. "Take
hold of iter,', you. And you over there.
3m
CMlltil to Uus bone, hit teeth chattering.
hurry and ring a doorbell. Get lnsldo
and phono for a doctor u doctor first
and then the police. Wo may bo able
to savo her life."
Tho first of tho rich men's , homes
detiliHl them admission. Tho mull of
tho bouse mild be would not "stand for
tho notoriety." Droom, supporting the
head of tho wet, Icy figure, mndo n re
mark which the man wus never to for
get. At the second house they were ad
mitted. In mi Instant nil was confusion. A
curd guino was broken up, mid giieHts
of the bouso assisted their host and
hostess lu doing all manner of un
neccrtHiir.v things. Drooin gavo the
commands which sooner or later re
solved themselves Into excited, wrathy
deti)(inds Umn the telephone operator,
culls for a certain nearby doctor, culls
for the iK)llce, calls for stimulants,
maids, hot wuter buttles everything.
"She's leen robbed," snld one of tho
men. "Her rings buvo tieen torn olT.
Look at the blood!"
"She's well dressi-d, too." snld an
other. "Bay, her fare looks familiar"
To tho nmazenieiit of every one. the
Hps of tile woman parted mid a gus)i
Ing, choking sound issued from 1m
tween them, n slight shudder swept
ovor her frame.
"Sue's nllve!" exclaimed Droom.
"(let theso wet clothei oft of her
quick!"
Tho men stood grouped In the hall
way while tho women tore the wet
garments from the reviving victim
and prepared a warm lied for her.
F.ltus Droom was edging toward the
door, bent on escape, when the awed,
chattering voice of the young fel
low who had asststisl In cnrrylng her
to the house arrested huu. A groat
sense of relief crept over blm as be
listened to tho young man's story; his
eyes blinked with satisfaction. He
wus forgetting his own remark of a
minute ago that he was frccaing and
j must get Into some dry clothes at once.
ihe young man was saying:
"It happened right out there by the
sen wall where the big break Is. Har
ry and I were coining up the Drive,
and I called attention tit man ran
nln south along the wall. Just then
this gentleman ran over from this side
of the street, and a minute or two
later wo saw Mm Jump Into the break
over there. "Hnk-kle, I thought, but h
I wasn't minute coming up. There
I was the wvauu: lie d pulled her out!
Ity thunder. It was the t1 -vvt thin.?
I ever saw ! He "
And V'' It ;t that cijlody I
J gsi to -hwer praise upon tt,e ui-.i.i
who only had tried to do hi duly b.
I
una
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the one wbo hired blm to do ugly, dm
gallant, deeds.
"Did you wal h which way the rob
ber run?" demanded Drooin eug-rly.
"Lost him In the dark. He ran like
fury. Yu must have scared blm o:f,"
Kuld the second young mail. "I w ish
v)e could buvo seen his face. Dili you
see It?"
"Not distinctly," unswered Droom
"He struck roc as belug a slim younjj
fellow, Unit's all." Of one thing he
was assured the evidence of these
two men would prove thnt he had
acted ns a vnllunt protector and not ns
a thug, a fear which had not left bis
mind until now. They had seen the
fleeing assailant, but there wus only
one person who could Identify him.
That person was Frances Cable, the
victim. If It was not James Bansemer,
then who could It have been?
The door opened, and an agitated
young woman came out.
"It Is Mra. Cable!" she cried In trem
bling tones.
The physician arrived at that mo
ment, and a few minutes later came
an oltloer who had been hailed from
the doorwuy. While the policeman
was listening to the voluble young eye
witnesses Droom stood aloof, puzzling
himself vainly in the effort to Bolve
an Inside mystery. He had been
ready a fow minutes ltefore to curse
himself for pulling the woman out of
the water, but now as tho belief grew
stronger within him that ber assailant
was not James Bansemer his view
point changed. If such wus the case
there would lie no need to fear Mrs.
Cable's story If Bhe revived sufficiently
to tell It. On the other hand, If It was
Bansemer, 'he hnd rescued her to on
111 purpose. Ho was conscious Anally
thnt some one was speaking to blm.
"What do you know of this?" de
manded the policeman. Droom repeat
ed his brief story. "What Is your name
and where do you live?"
"My name Is Blius Droom, and I live
over in Wells street."
"Could you Identify tbe man?"
"I don't thing so."
"What were you doing over In this
part of town?"
"Walking up to see tbe skaters on
tho park lagoon. But what's that got
to do. with .'it? You'd better be out
looking for the thief Instead of wast
ing time o& me here," snarled Droom.
The officer gasped, and there Is do tell
ing what might have happened If the
captain and a swarm of bluecoats had
not appeared on the scene at that mo
ment Two minutes Inter they were
off scouring tho hike front In search of i
the mysterious holdup muu. Two plain
clothes men remulned to question the
witnesses and to Inspect the neighbor
hood In which the crime was commit
ted. Word came from the Inner room that
Mrs. Cable was regaining conscious
ness. '
Does can alio throw any light on
the affair?" asked Ellas Droom.
"Bho has uttered no word except her
husband's niimo. I think she Is still
culling uponhlin for help, poor thing,"
snld tho young woman who bore the
uows.
"Cubic ought to be notified," snld one
of the men.
"Don't do it over tho phone," Bald
Droom quickly. "I'm going pust bis
house. I'll stop in and tell him. Let
mo out, olllcer. I must get out of theso
wet garments. I'm an old man. you
know." .
The probublo solution bad come to
Drooin like a flash. As he hurried up
the street his mind was full of the
theory. Ho scarcely could .ult for the
door of David Cable's house to be
opened In response to his vigorous
ringing. Tho maid announced that
Mr. and Mrs. Cable wcro out. It was
enough for Droom. Ha put tho puxzle
toguther In thnt InstunL David Cable's
fuc was tho one ho hud seen, not
James Biinsemer's, Tho maid set up a
hysterical shrieking when ho bluntly
told ber of tho mishap to ber mistress,
but ho did not wait to answer ques
tions. He was off to Hud James limine
mer. Tho volcano ho had been watch
ing so long was about to hurst, and ho
know It.
Forgetting his wet garments, he en
tered n drug sloro and telephoned to
lliuisemer's home. Ills employer an
swored the call so readily that Droom
knew ho bad tint been fur from the In
strument that evening. There was a
Hole of disappointment In his voice
when Drooin's hoarse tones replied to
his polite "llcllo!"
Til be over In half an hour." said
Drooin. "Very luiHtrtnnt business. Is
limydon there?"
"He's Just gone to Cable's. Some
one telephoned for him a minute or so
ago. What's wrong? lo you know?"
I "I'll bo there In fifteen minutes," wus
all that Droom would say.
Kilns' memory could not carry him
back to the time wheu he had hired a
cab. A eab was one of the luxuries
be hud not cultivated. One can only
i tlnugliio his surprise, then, when he
found himself hailing a passing han
som, and greater tho surprise he must
have felt when he clambered In and
ordered the driver to go In a gallop to
a certain place In Wells street. Ten
minutes later he was attired In dry.
warm clothes and In the cab again,
bound for Itansemer's home. What he
aid to James Ilansemer on that mem
orable occasion need not be rected.
It Is only uewssary to say that his
host was blsterly Impressed and will
ing to admit that the developments
might prove serious. They could only
eculnte as to what had transpired
between DavW nhle and his wife out
there by Ihe sen wall, but It was
enough for them to know that a crisis
was nt hand,
"We'll see what the morning papers
say about ihe sffalr," said IUiiinciiKr.
uneasy n -.1 .old. ;
The nv'rn.ni: p-.pers won) f ill of th
VSi.tkMiii robbery, the proiiliiencv v
the victim and the vlclousness of the
attack. Ellas Droom read the ac
counts eagerly as he breakfasted In
t dingy little restaerunt near bis
home, bright and eurly. He grinned
appreciably over the shore of glory
that fell to blm, ond he actually cac
kled over the new developments in the
great mystery.
Ho bad observed with relief that the
name of James Bansemer was not
mentioned. The reports from the ld
slde of the robls r s victim were most
optimistic. Bhe was delirious from the
effects of the shock, but no serious re
sults were expected. The great head
lines on the first page of the paper he
was reading set his mind temporarily
at rest There was no suggestion of
truth In them.
The reader of this narrative, who
knows the true fuels in the case, is
doubtless more Interested In the move
ments and emotions of David Cable
than in the surmises of others. It
wonld be difficult for a certainty to
ask one to put himself In Cable's place
and to experience the sensations of
that unhappy man ns he fled along the
dark shore of the lake. I'erhaps much
will be taken on faith if the writer
simply says that the fugitive Anally
slunk from the weeds nnd refuse of
what was then called "the district of
Lake Michigan" "Strectervllle" in lo
cal parlance to And himself panting
and terror stricken in tbe bleak east end
of Chlcagoavcnue. It was not until then
that ho secured control of his nerves
and resorted to the stealth and cun
ning of the reul criminal.
From that time until he Btood shiver
ing and white with dogged intention in
a theater foyer, bent uon establishing
an alibi, his movements are scarcely
worth the details. Between the acts he
saw a dozen men whom be knew and
he took drinks with several of them, j
Ills tremendous will power carried blm
through tbe ordeal In a way thut could
not have fallen to the good fortunes of
the ordinary lawbreaker.
Every second of the time his
thoughts were of the thing which was
being buffeted by tbe icy waters of the
lake. Where was that thhig now?
How far out Into tbe lake had It been
carried?
His body was covered with tbe cold
perspiration of dread and horror. Ills
soul was moaning; his whole being
was aghast with the awfulness of the
deed; he could bare shrieked aloud In
bis madness. How be lived through
tho hour in that theater ho never could
have told, nor could he believe that ho
was sitting there with ull those fright
ful thoughts piling themselves upon
blm. Other people laughed and shout
ed with happiness; he stared mid wept
In bis heart and shivered nnd cringed
nnd groaned within himself.
He had killed her! She had been true
to him, and yet he had taken her life,
the life she hnd given him! He gave
no thought to Jane, no thought to
Bansemer. He thought only of him
self ns the slayer.
Would her body be recovered? Whnt
would be his excuse, what his punish
ment? The gallows? A thousand hor
rors run riot In his bruin, a thousand
tremors with each.
But why dwell upon the feelings of
this miserable wretch? Why say more
of his terror, bis misery, his remorse?
Ho held himself In tho sent until the
middle of tho last act of the piny. At
Inst, unable to restrain himself longer,
he arose and almost ran from the thea
ter. That Instinct which no slayer cun
control or explain was overpowering
him. it was the instinct which at
tracts the murderer to the spot where
his crime wus committed. No mnn
can describe or define this resistless
Impulse, nnd yet all criminology re
cords It, clear nnd unmistakable. It Is
no less than a form of curiosity. Driv
en by this Irresistible force, Dnvld Ca
ble, with bravado that cost him dearly,
worked his uninterrupted way to the
scene of his crime. By trolley enr to
Chicago avenue and then, like a home
less dog scenting bis way fearfully, to
n corner not far from the break In the
Willi.
His legs trembled nnd his eyes grew
wide with dread. The swish of the
wuter enmo to his ears, and hp stood
still for many minutes, listening for a
cry for help from oft the shore. But
none csmc, and nguln skulking along
side the bouses of his friends, be cov-
red the blocks thnt lay between him
end the magnetic rift In the wall. Near
the corner be stopped, with a start of
alarm.
The figure of a man could be seen
standing like a statue on the very
spot where he hnd seen her disappear.
While he stood there, his henrt scarce
ly bent lug, the solitary figure was
Joined by two others. Cable shrank
iMick Into the dense shadows. Like a
flash It occurred to him that they were
searchlug for tho hotly. A shriek of
agony arose to bis Hps. But he check
ed It.
Far oft ou one of the crosstown
streets a newsboy was tailing an ex
tra-hoarse, unintelligible shouts that
froze his blood. He bent his ear tu
catch the fnrawny words of the boy.
"All about de nor' side murder!" He
cringed and shook under the raucous
shout. Ho knew what It meant.
A policeman suddenly turned the
corner and came toward him. The
first Impulse was to fly; the next was
to stand and deliver himself. The reso
lution came with shocking nnexixctetl
ness. He would give himself up: He
would admit that he had killed ot
wife! The word of anguish wire os
his lips when the poll-emao spoke
"Is It you, Mr. Cable? How Is she.
sir?"
j Cable did not hear the man. for. n
he opcijed his lips tv cry out his own
gu'lL a thought ffnncd In h! l,m;n
' that al'n.wi staggcre.) hbu - I'll
I i'i ni ; -.iv.-isiTy. Vhv I'd l- t t
I ctMlry f ill on J-i'r? Ilansener?
I h.-.tl gone out to htm: If she had
not destroyed the note It would han;
Jnmes Bansemer. and James Bansemet
was worse than a murderer. But even
as this remarkable thought rushed Into
his brain the last words or tue ouicer
began to drive it out.
Is she going to pull through, sir?'
was the next question, and be caught
it vaguely.
"Full through? he murmureuiuurnt.-u
i i.. u.. l,..in.-,l a'-alnst a great
stone rail suddenly. Everything wai
leaping before bis eyes.
.r-..t tr.nl Mr Cable-I I forgot.
Don't you know about It?" isped thj
officer.
"Know what?" asked Cable, com
pletely dazed.
"Go home at once, sir. I didn't mean
tnnh hurrv sir. Don't be worried.
They say she'll be all right Sure!
She's been hurt a little, sir."
"(v tiniiehter?" demanded Cable, ns
keen as a razor In an Instant His
heart was trying to Jump rrom nis
body.
"Your wife. sir. Nothln' serious, sir.
She was held up along here some
where and robbed. They're sure to
get the villain. She"
Rut Cable was off like a deer lor Ills
home, racing as though ou air.
Nothing else mattered now. She
was alive! He could have ber with
blm again to love as he never hail
loved her before.
CHAPTER. XVII.
WO days passed before Da
vid Cable was permitted
to see bis wife. During
those trying hours he lived
an . age -of . agony - In sus
pense, hue had been removed to oer
home lute on the night of tbe "hold
up," as the newspapers felt Justified In
culling It. He did not go to bis office
tho next day nor tbe next, but haunt
ed her door, sleepless, . nervous, held
close by dread. A dozen times at least
he Bought admittance to her room, but
was always turned away, cursing the
doctor and the nurses for their Inter
ference.
His worst fear, however, was that
his wife would not forgive him. Not
the dread of exposure nor his own
shame or remorse, not even the pun
ishment that the law might inflict,
could be compared to the fear of what
might be ber lifelong hatred. He
grew to feel that the doctor, the
nurses, the servants, looked upon hiin
with strange, unfriendly though re
spectful eyes. In his henrt he believed
that his wife had cursed him in their
presence, laying bare his part In the
unhappy transaction.
At last the suspense beenme unbear
able. He had noticed a slight change
In Jane's manner and at once attrib
uted It to something his wife hnd
snld, for Jane had been allowed In the
sick room. The discovery thnt she
was not his child bad not as yet struck
deep into Ills understanding. In a
vngue sort of way he realized thnt she
wns different now that he knew, but
It wns Impossible for him to consider
her in any other light than that of the
years gone by. The time would come
when the full renlizntlon would cut
Into his henrt more deeply thnn now,
but at present a calamity of his own
making was forcing all other troubles
Into the background. Ills greatest de
sire was to reach his wife's side, to
know the worst that could come of his
suit for forgiveness.
The evening of the second day he
swore thut ho would see her nnd
alone. They admitted hlra, and he
entered trembling In every nerve. She
wns lying, white nnd haggard, In her
bed, her back toward him. He paused
for an Instant and was certain that he
saw her shudder violently. It was
significant She feared and loathed
him.
"Is It you, David?" he henrd"her ask
weakly. "At lust! Oh, I was afraid
f.'iat something had happened to you!
That"-.,
(Cnutinucd Next Friday.)
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