STORIES BY A DETECTIVE. , TIIE COLBY fflUKDES. ' TPVTD you ever hear of the Colby mur , I , dor ? Perhaps not, although the facta in regard to it wore published far and vide, and the largo reward offered for the detec tion of itho murderer, as well as other cir cumstances connected with the case, gave it notonoty throughout tho whole West. A handsomer girl than handsome Nellie Colby was never seen in Georgetown. I say Georgetown, - because I intend to conceal the real name of tho place, acting upon the request of at least two individuals who were chief actors in the sad drama. A tall red-checked, black-eyed girl, with tresses which a romancer would call raven, with poarly teeth and little white hands, a form lithe and graceful, a voice soft and sweet as the song of a bird was it any wonder that the old, the young and the middle-aged of Georgetown said, "God bless Nellie Colby 1" whenever sho appear ed 1 And Bhe was not praised entirely for her beauty. She was as good as she was lovely, tho wealth of her father, Richard Colby, allowing her to give rein to her de sire to aid and assist the worthy unfortu nato, aud to bring sunshine to dozons of homes iu her own and neighboring towns which were far more used to the black shadows of poverty and degradation. Richard Colby was a rotired merohaut, living in a fine ' mansion just outside of Georgetown. His wifo hod long been dead and all his love was given to Nellie, his only child. Ilor request was law to him, and her presenco was bis only enjoyment. No father's love could be stronger, and no daughter ever proved herself more worthy of a parent s affection and indulgence. : So much for the family. It would have been strango if handsome Nellie Colby had no suitors. She had them almost without number. The leading lawyer of George town, the banker over at K , the minis ter who had arrived shortly before from Hiddlevillo, and I can't tell you how many more, were only too anxious to hear the word which should give them Nellie Colby for a wife. So much adulation might have worked to alter a nature less generous, pure, confiding and upright, but Nellie's noble qualities shone out the better for her many social trials. Firmly, but in a man ner which did not wound again the wound ed heart, she told the clergyman, and the banker, that she had no desire to leave her father, or to break iu upon the routine which was his happiness, and they went away feeling more than ever before that the girl had a heart found only ouco in years. But was there ever a woman who could turn every one away ? ' whose heart could not be made to tremble at some one's ten der expressions? Pshaw? Think of me, almost an old man, three or four children playing and whooping about me as I write, and a quiet wife sitting over in the corner with her needle think of me writing a love story 1 The more especially, as I long ago learned that success in my profession was greatly enhanced by one's quickly learn ing to steel one's heart against the power of money and the wiles of a handsome woman. But in this case I am the historian as well as one of the actors, and I must not interrupt myself. . . . Well, there came a day when Nellie Col by's heart oould not find words to dismiss a suitor could not or did not wish to. It was not a clergyman, banker or lawyer, this time it was handsome Earl Temple. Coming to Georgetown a year before, he had put out a modest little sign over the door of his office, beating the words, " E. Temple, Physiolan and Burgeon," and thus proceeded to make the acquaintance of every man, woman and child' in George town who would take a kind "good -morning," or desired to feel the grip of a hand which had never yet wronged a human being. No one knew much about the new-comer, except that he had but little money, was exceedingly generous with what he had, aud that Georgetown was altogether too healthy ' a location to make the sign over the door return more than enough to foot the weekly bill of the bux om landlady around the corner. True there was a legend that Earl Temple came of a good family, that he had wealthy parents somewhere in the East, that he was a young man of talent and education', and had established himself at Georgetown from ' an' ambitious desire to win a name and a place among people by his own nn aidod efforts. : But village legends seldom have any foundation to build on, and in time the people of the town forgot all about what Earl Temple bad been, and loved and respected him for what he was. " ' ' ' '' There was no sickness at the Colby man sion, and people at lost began to wonder what drew the hundsome doctor np the shady avenue so often. If any one really doubted at first, there was no longer any cause to doubt after a time. When Nellie passed through the village loaning upon the doctor's arm, or he drove her and her fath er long rides into the beautiful country, the gossips put this and that together, and Dame Rumor said that Nellie Colby would one day be Mrs. Earl Temple. No one was prepared to say that the " match" was uot a good one, that Earl would not prove a de. voted husband and a filial son-in-law, and when the question was settlod, it was sat- isfactonly settled. . It is not for me to say how handsome lemplo.won the girl's heart-how Mr. Colby one day joined their hands aud blessed them, how happy every one felt around the big mansion for this formed no part of the task which I undertook several weeks after the gossips knew that the marriage day had been set. There came another stranger to George town ono day, one who did uot receive the generous welcome extondod to Earl Tem ple. He was a tall dark-haired man, per haps a littlo flashily dressed, with a proud aristocratic bearing, which looked more like despotism to tho simple people of the village, and ho took great pains that the information should speedily go abroad that he was extremely wealthy. He gave his name as Arthur Kingston, but subsequent events proved that he could have given a dozen others without seriously impairing his ready stock of ahatet. One of the first acquaintances which Kingston mado was Earl Temple. lie dropped into the office, hoped that Earl would assist him in culti vating the friendship of other citizens, as ho intended to make the place his future homo, and the two were soon quite good friends. If Earl had stopped to ask him self if he prized the acquaintance of the stranger, he would have immediately an swered " no." There can be nothing more than seeming friendship between an open generous nature and ono which tries to shield itself behind a mantle of icy dignity, throwing off the reserve once in a while to let tho presence of a villain be seen. Earl was not ono to refuse an extended hand, or to withhold a kind word and a smilo in reply, and so it came about that Kingston was seen much in his company. " Tho man has no business among us," growled a citizen and a firm friend of Earl's one day when the two were canvassing the stranger's characteristics. " If ho has any money, why don't he exhibit it? And if he intends to erect a large manufactory in Georgetown and settle among us, why don't he commence operations ? He gets strange letters, goes to the city frequently, aud once or twice I have seen him in the com pany of men whose faces would convict them of murder in any court." "Some judge Kingston too harshly, my friend," replied Earl. " I admit that there is something about him which repels me, even when I try to bo sociablo, and that his looks and his actions are against him. Still, one is not to blame that nature gave him a pair of wicked eyes and the appear ance of a prowling tiger. I do not wish his friendship, neither would I offend him until convinced that our suspicions have some foundation." You may easily guess that Kingston was not long in ascertaining how matters stood at the Colby mansion, and that soon he be came a visitor there himself. Ho called without invitation, solely on business, he said. Mr. Colby was the owner of a water power which Kingston was anxious to pur chase, in pursuance of his intention to erect a large manufactory which would add greatly to the business and wealth of the village. He had, he stated, many thousands of dollars lying idle, and would cheerfully pay Mr. Colby a high price for the power in question. Mr. Colby received the stranger in his usual urbane manner, and promised him the water-power at his own figures. King ston wished to delay a few days, until he could advise with his friends; and when he left he received an invitation to call again and talk the matter over further. Ho did not, on his first visit, secure even a sight of handsome Nellie, but at the second call, it so happened that Mr. Colby was out, and Nellie was obliged to receive and entertain the stranger. When Kingston left the house, it was with the determination to make Nellie his wifo. lie cared little for what the father might say, or the girl think. In his hoart he resolved that if she would not - accept him she should never marry Earl Temple. Jiarl heard of the visit of course, and from that hour he was no longer seen in the company of the stranger. In fact, it seemed as if both purposely shunned each other. . . But Earl was not jealous. He had no cause to be. A handsomer face and a better address than that of the strangor would have been needed to even start the tongue of a single gossip. Nellie's foeling was that of dislike and fear, and she hoped that the call would not be repeated. Yet Kingston came again and again. Regularly each afternoon he strolled up to the mansion, consulted Mr. Colby about the water-power, and finally grew so bold as to drop all talk of that subject and ask for Nellie, who never appeared in sight during his stay. Earl often encountered him at the bouse, but nothing occurred to create an open breach for two or three weeks, and then the difficulty grew to be a serious one. Earl had been called into the country to see patient, and Kingston made his usual afternoon call upon the Colbys. The father, who was not feeling well, was enjoylug a nap, and Nellie sat in the shade of a tree growing at the margin of a miniature lake a few rods back of the maualon, Kingston found her there, and coolly took a seat beside her. , . " Sit still, pretty one don't fly away iu such hurry I" he exclaimed, as Nellie rose to hor foot with something like re sentment visible in her eyes.. " Your conduct is voryi strange, as well as insulting," she replied. And the rod roses came to her checks to make her look more beautiful in his eyes. " Old friends needn't be so precise and particular that they can't sit together and talk love in tho shade," retorted the man, laughing in an impudent way. " Come, sit down here, my dear, and let us arrange for tho wedding 1" Nellie was yards away before ho finished the sentence, but as he rose up, she return. ed in company with Earl Temple. Hot words passed between the two men, a blow was struck, and Kingston went reeling to tho ground. " I will have a life for this !" he hissed, ns ne recovered ins leet and Btoou lor a moment ; but he turned and left the grounds without further demonstrations. That he was a villain there could bo no longer any doubt ; and while Earl accepted Nellie's warning to beware of his personal safety, she agreed that hor father should know of the transaction, and Kingston should bo forbidden the house in future That evening the strangor departed for tho city, saying that he would return on tho third day. On the third day, soon after noon, Mr. Colby received a telegram from a neighboring town, saying that a relative of his was seriously ill, and wished to see him and his daughter. Both were ready to go, when some business affair de tained the father, and Ncllio wont on alono, he promising to follow on tho next morning. That night a fearful tragedy was enacted at Colby nouse. At eight o'clock, as sworn to by several of the servants, Earl Temple came to ask after Nollie, and find ing her gono, remained until a quarter to nine, chatting with Mr. Colby in the li brary. At the subsequent trial the head servant, William, testified that a fow mo ments before Earl left he heard the master use the expressions, " Begone, sir !" "Go away this moment !" accompanied by a stamp of tho foot, as if the speaker were angry. Ho further testified that Earl dis played considerable confusion in his man ner when leaving, but was free to confess that he might not have recalled the ac tions had it not been for the discovery made soon after, and the tria 1 of the man for murder. At exactly a quarter to nine Earl left. William knew tho exact mo ment, for he was just then winding the groat-hall clock. Fifteen minutes after, on going to the library, William saw a terrible sight. Mr. Colby was lying at full length on the floor, blood pouring out from a broken skull and two knife wounds in the body ; and the master's heart had long before coased to beat. A murder had been committed, und half an hour afterwards every inhabitant of Georgetown was aware of tho tragical event. A crowd surged up the avenuo, surrounded the houso, forcod its way in to view the body and its surroundings, and for half an hour no ono thought of the ono who had committed the atrocious act. Then the constables made a show of search ing, which amounted to nothing, and it was decided to send to the city for a dotective to work tho case out. The coroner em panelled a jury, tho body was deposited In a coffin, Nellie was telegraphed to, and then a despatch called me to Georgetown. Seated in the office of the chief of police at C at ton o'clock that evening, a boy came in with a despatch which the chief handed to mo, remarking : "Here is a job for you. Colby, out at Goorgotown, was murdered an hour ago. Go out on tho half past ten train aud see what you can do. The murderer has prob ably mode his escape, but perhaps you can hit his trail." Half an hour after I was whirling away towards the villago, and arrived there at eleven, o'clock to find that the excitement had scarcely abated. It may not be so with other detectives, but in my case, the moment I hear of a murder or robbery I form in my mind an idoa of the looks of the criminal. I am sometimes mistaken, I admit that, but have been correct so often as to surprise my friends, and lead them to believe that I dabble in spiritualism and receive unseen aid. Well, I formed an idea of how this mur derer would look. Resting my head on the seat as I rode along, and closing my eyes, I called up a pretty perfect picture of Kingston. I had never soon the Colby mansion, but I pictured it out, even to counting the doors in tho library, for the despatch bad stated the room in which tho murder took place. Library rooms in pri vate mansions differ, of course, as to size, arrangement of cases, and so forth, but still there is a general similarity which would strike the eye of any detective. I mado up my mind that money was tho in centive ; that the murderer entered and de parted through a door opening upon a veranda ; that he was tall and dark, and that I shoud have an easy task to hunt him down. I had not yet found the officials of George town, not having been ten minutes in the place, when I heard it shouted that the murderer had been caught, and pressed my way forward with the crowd to tho jail to catch a view of Earl Temple, After introducing myself, the crowd was cleared out, and the two constables sat down and related to me tho most of what I have already told you., They gave me an account ot Carl's coming among them, narrated the appearance of Kingston, told me about the murder,, the arrest of Temple and then left the case in my hands. Tenv plo had beed arrested only a fow minutes before, as stated. Ho was not in the crowd at the mansion, was not to be soon when the constables searched, and might never have been suspected but for Kingston Tho stranger had boldly charged the crime upon Earl, stating that he had seen him running along aback street at a fast gait, enter his office, lock tho door, and then open it and rush out a fow minutes after, No one credited the story at first, but finally, headed by Kingston, a orowd rush, ed to the little office. Earl was just com ing out, palo, nervous, laboring under much excitement, and the constables took charge or him, while some of the mon searched tho office. In a small closet they found a suit of clothing stained with blood, fresh blood the blood of Richard Colby and under tho clothing was a blood-covered knife, which some ono rocolloctcd to havo seen in Earl s possession. This was enough. Paying no heed to his protesta tions, they lod Temple away to jail, where I found him. I looked in at the prisoner, and saw him sobbing like a child. Aware of my presence, he raised his faco, and the moment I caught sight of it I would have wagered my lifo against a shilling that he was not tho guilty party. More than this. I dared to tell him so, much to the amaze ment of the rural officers, who had no doubt of his great guilt. Asking the prisoner to post me as to his movements since dark, ho gave me a full account of every mo ment of time. He had called at tho mansion, had a pleasant interview with Mr. Colby, and had departed at the time indicated without having his feelings disturbed in the least, On reaching the avenue he had encountered a person who wished him to visit a patient six milos in tho country, and had just re. turned from the call and learned of the murder when arrested. He accounted for his confusion by saying that he was great ly shocked at the sad news, which looked reasonable enough. "Who is this Kingston?" I asked of Earl, when ho had concluded his state ment. " Is he a tall, dark-skinned man, black hair, black eyos, and a long black goatee, who moves about like a prowling cat?" "Yes, that's his photograph 'exactly I" replied Nod, rising up In his excitement. " Do you know him? ' Continued. In the Wrong Pocket. A young lady, who was in the habit fre quently of making tho journey between N. Y., and Uoston, discovered one day when she arrived in New York that her purse had been stolen. She told her loss to an acquaintance, and bo enjoined her to be very careful of any stranger who, during her frequent journeys, should sit near her in the dark tunnels. Accordingly, when ever Bhe passed through the tunnels after wards, and a stranger chanced to be sit ting next to hor, sho used to put her hand into hor pocket, and hold fast to her purse. On one of her journeys soon after, from Boston to Now York, a gentleman got into the car at Springfield, and took the vacant seat next to her. 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