MURDER OR SUICIDE?

The first portion of this story appeared iii

our Friday's issue.

What was uppermost in the poor girl's mind was to say that if her father wanted money to save him from ruin, she would give him all that she had if he would only be explicit, and tell her exactly when she would have to face the world alone for his sake. A strange jumble of ideas, founded on suspicion, unconscious suspicion, no doubt, but still suspicion, which is often a very safe monitor.

' My dear child,' broke in Barclay, who half-divined what was struggling in her mind,' if I wanted money it would he for those who could buy and sell both of us, fur those who have had enough out of me already, and who would give me no thanks if I paid, them. _\o, thank goodness, lam free from the toils of money-lenders and bookmakers. But what is the use of having a few pounds, as I have, if you have not some steady means of getting an income ? Could I only point for a moment to my name on the books of the Bank of England with £3,000 to its credit, the £3,000 might be with drawn the next minute, but I should suddenly be numbered amongst those who can afford to smile at tho battle of life; though I hope,' he added, in a pathetic tone and sighing as he spoke, 'my smile would be a smile of sym pathy and hope for those who feel the heat aud burden of the day as I have felt it.'

'It is enough, my dear father,' said his daughter; ' I shall do as you wish.'

' Then just sign this,' said Captain Barclay, as he rapidly drafted a letter to her stock-brokers, authorising them to transfer the stock into his name. She put her signature to the letter. • I shall call for you in the morning,' he said when he had carefully blotted the letter; 'we must be at Agar and Pan ton's offices by half-past eleven. The transfer will take an hour or so at the Bunk of England, and the committee meets at two o'clock. * I must have my name registered in case they send down to the City in the afternoon-—as they are likely to do. Do not speak about the matter to any one. You see General Seaton's letter is marked ' private and confidential.' Mr. Evans is a talkative man; he knows one or two members of the Club, and it would be ruin to poor Seaton and me if it afterwards got wind how I had obtained my property quali fication. I forgot I had an appoint ment at the Falcon Club at six. No, dear, I won't go to Maida Vale just yet. I may look up at about eight. But, in any case, I shall be with you to morrow morning at a few minutes before eleven. Good-bye, dear.' And, saying this, Captain Barclay waved his hand to his daughter, who drove away tv Maida Vale, while-he strolled up to his club in Begent Street. I need hardly add that the story he told to his daughter was a lie, and that the letter which he showed to her was a forgery, He would have gone to Maida Vaie, only that he knew that the Evanses would have a dinner party, and a dance in the evening, and he felt that he would be much more at home in the company of his friends at the ' Falcon ' than in the society of a 1 lot of frowsy faggots,' as he termed the ladies whom he expected to meet at Maida Vale. At a few minutes to twelve o'clock that night he was sitting in the smoking-room of the club, when Gordon came in looking very much ex cited, and, taking a seat beside him, eaid in a loud whisper :—

' I'll tell you what, Barclay. I hardly believe in a man lending money at once who lends it at eight per cent. It is not natural. He'd want to make in quiries and keep me waiting for a couple of days, which I can't stand. I must go to one of the regulars—Hill, or Jones of Adam Street, I'm told is a quick man. I promised Arthurs, with whom I made the bet to-day, to settle with him on Friday, and money I must have by to-morrow evening.'

' My dear Gordon, have I not told you that you shall have the money to morrow evening 1 You forget that I have 'written by your authority to my friend to make an appointment for two o'clock to-morrow. You must really keep faith with me. You will have the money by then. But it would do me a lot of harm with Shaw—that's, the man's name —if I did not keep my ap pointment with him.' 'Well, of course, I'll keep my appoint ment with.you,'said Gordon, who look ed very tired and excited. ' But it will be all right, won't it ?'

'•Of course it will; I know Shaw well. Trust my word andleave it top me.'

'Good-night, then, old man. Two o'clock here to-morrow.'

'I'll be punctual,' said Barclay; and Gordon left the room.

When he had gone Barclay got up, also and left the club. He went;back ; to his chambers, and, going into his bedroom, lit a candle and began to walk up and down the room. 'Agar and Panton will have my letter the, first thing in the morning,' he said to himself almost aloud. ' They will have the transfer deed ready by half-past eleven. . The transfer will be completed and the stock in my name at the Bank of England by, say half-past "twelve or one. If I went to Bingham's at once, could I get the stock sold, and the money in my pocket by, say two, and then post off to Jones, take the bill out of his hands, and let Gordon go to the devil ?' He paused for a moment and then went on. 'No, it's not possible. !I should never have the money liefore »three or four, and the _ _jsf fool would be with Jones in the meantime. No, that won't do. Let me see.' Shaw, I may here meritipn, was the "friend' that Barclay had referred to in speaking; tp Gordon. HehadbeM'struck.blffche roll of solicitors some years previously

and was a tool of Barclay's who exor cised some sinister influence arising from a knowledge of his antecedents. ' Shaw must promise him a cheque the next day at twelve o'clock. What excuse can he make for the delay 1 Waiting for some cheques to he cleared. Yes, that will do, at least it will have to do. But suppose Gordon won't wait V He paused for nearly a minute, and then continued, 'If lie won't, he must take the con sequences, the heggar. I'll get him to come here before going to Jones—say I've been to Jones for another man in the morning, and Jones won't be in un til four o'clock. And thon 'he turn ed very pale, and went with thelight into the sitting-room, where he took down a revolver which was hanging over the mantelpiece. ' Let me see how the evi dence stands. I rush out crying "Murder!" That's the word ; it's true enough, but I would not be likely to use it if I were a murderer. -'Murder ! murder'". The servants, and the police, and the rest of the damned crowd come in. He's found on the floor, dear], with a bullet in his head and the pistol in his hand. _ Has had large losses; committed suicide, in a fib of temporary insanity. The bill is presented on the eighth. The signa ture is perfect. lam quite candid about tho matter. It was to meet turf losses in which Aye had a joint interest. Shaw knows I'd get him ton years if he said a word about the interview at his office. Besides, ii he did he'd bo a tainted witness on his own confession. No, he's aafo enough ; he has a holy horror of a court of justice. It could only be a case of suspicion at the worst. Besides, if one or tho other of us must go, I may as well be last as first.' Ho put the revolver back in its place and returned to his bedroom. 'I wonder,' he thought as he proceeded to undress,' what death is like. It can only be a cessation. Life is merely a sum total of thoughts, emotions!, sensa tions, and such like. Each ol them has existed and ceased to exist, and death can only be the cessation of the lot of them. Very likely the soul is immortal in the way that tho flame of that candle is immortal. The gases or whatever they are that make tho flame, will con tinue to exist when I have blown it out, but they will exist separate and in another form, and the flame, as aflame, will be no more; and so, after death, the entities, whatever they are which, in a certain combination, produce what we call life, may continue to exist but the soul, the I, the feeling of personal identity, will have no more existence than the flame of the candle.' Bather philosophical, it may be thought, for; a man like Captain Barclay on the Derby night. But, then, it was rather a pecu liar Derby night that he was spending.

Next morning he slept longer than he had intended, and did not come into his sitting-room until shortly after ton o'clock. There was a letter on the table, addressed to him in his daughter's handwriting. 'Confound the fools! why did not they bring it in to me ?' he exclaimed as he opened it hastily.

The letter, which he read slowly and methodically as if ho could not quite grasp its purport, was to the fol lowing effect: —

'My dearest Father, —I think it will answer all purposes if I become security for you to the extent of £3,000. I have been thinking the matter over since I left you this afternoon. The only use of a property qualification would be to provide for anything you might possibly owe the club, and that can be effected quite as well by a guarantee from me. It would, therefore, be absurd to go through the form of transferring and re transferring the stock. I shall be de lighted to enter into any bond with the club for you, but more than that I can not do. I have written to Agar and Panton to say that they need not pre pare the transfer deed. —Ever your affectionate daughter,

'Ellen Barclay.

His face was very white when he folded up this letter and put it in his pocket. Tt was a bright, warm day, but he shivered as if it were mid-winter, and, going to the sideboard, took out a bottle of brandy. -Having poured out nearly half a tumberful he drank it off as if it were so much water. 'You devil,' he exclaimed when he had re placed the bottle. ' Unless I can still get you to come to the City with me there is no way out of the wood but this.'- He took down the revolver, and, having examined it carefully and seen that all the chambers were loaded, put it back iv its place and left the house. When he got into St. James's Street he took a hansom, and drove rapidly to Maida Vale. Miss Barclay had gone out, and would not be home again until the evening. From Maida Vale he drove to a restaurant in Cheapside, where he had a bowl of soup and a chop, which he ate mechanically, but effectu ally. ;.,.,

' I must keep myself up.for the busi ness of the afternoon;'^he thought.

Haying finished his meal lie. went on to Bishopsgate Street, where Mr.Shaw, who called himself a financial agent, had his offices. Here he gave his in structions : Mr. Shaw was to promise Mr. Gordon the money by three o'clock next day. There was ;just a chance left. Gordon-might consent to wait, and, in the meantime, he (Barclay) might over come his daughter's objections, and possibly get the stock sold and paid for in time to take the bills out of Jones's hands before Gordon could get from Bishopsgate Street to Adam Street ohi the following afternoon. .■.;. j

At about half-past one Captain Barclay sat down in the smoking-room of the' Falcon' to wait for Mr. Gordon, who arrived punctually at two o'clock.

' Halio, Gordon !' he exclaimed heartily. '" Punctuality is the soul of business," they say, and you are punc tuality personified. Ready to start at bhcel;' , .."..'■'_

'Why, Barclay, .•ar.e.you ill'?,, your handisas Gold as death, and 'you look awfully out of sorts,'said Gordon.

«Do I V asked Barclay. 'I have had a touch of that infernal ague this morn ing. It's lucky for you that you have never been in the East, I can tell you. Yes, I can see that I don't look very fife*' , i He looked at himself m the glass, aud even he was terrified at the apparition lie saw there. His face vas very pale, to be sure, but what made him shudder was the deadly fixed expression of the countenance which he saw in the mirror; its aspect of blind, inexorable resolution terrified him, for it seemed like the face of a dreadful other self whose slave he was. 'Let us have a brandy-and-soda and be off,' he said after a moment's pause. ' We must be quick about it,' replied Gordon, ' for I must get back to Adam Street and see Jones, if I can, this evening, if we don't succeed with Shaw.' .' He won't be in till four o'clock. I have just seen a man who has been at his office,' was the ready answer. In a fow minutes they were in a han som, driving quickly towards Bishops gate-street. Mr Shaw received them, in an. easy, courteous manner.

Notwithstanding he had been struck off the roll of solicitors, he was a clever man, who had the manners of a gentle man, and acted his part to perfection. He was not a money-lender, he was careful to explain, but he had a good deal of capital for which he wanted employment. Eight per cent, was rather low for a short loan of only three months on note of hand. Ten per cent, it ought to be, he thought. Yes, Mr Gordon could have the £2000 at threo o'clock the next day; he was waiting for somo cheques to be cleared, and did not care to draw on his bankers until then.

But Mr Gordon would not wait until three o'clock next day. That was the upshot of the interview. I need not trouble the reader by attempting to doscribe it at any length. He would have the money there and then, or go elsewhere. Shaw was equally firm. The money (at the unheard-of rate of ten per cent per annum for an advance on simple note of hand) would be per fectly at Mr Gordon's disposal on the next afternoon, but, until then, he could not have it. Barclay first took Shaw's part, and did all he could to induce Gordon to wait. And then, when he saw this was hopeless, veered round and abused Shaw for his method of doing business, declaring, as they left, that he would never bring another client to him again. ' We have just got time to run clown to my chambers,' he said when they got ii\to .ihe street, 'I haye another iron in tl*\e fire.. There will be.a telegram for me when we get back, aud, if there is any hitch with Jones, I can take you to a place where it will be done.'

'We have very little time ; tell him to drive fast,' replied Gordon, as they got into a hansom. The pallor had gone from Barclay's face. His whole manner had changed. He was almost hilarious as they swept along through Queen Vic toria Street and by the Em bankment. All suspense and doubt was now over. There waa a definite act to which he was thoroughly com mitted— from which there was no way, that he could sec, of escaping. And, like a soldier who reckless courage in a battle which ho has gone into in a state of terror,: he sat gaily chatting and laughing by the side of the man whom he was going in a few minutes to murder.

They got out of the hansom at the entrance to Pall Mall Place. When they gob to the house'in which his chambers were his hand trembled so much that he fumbled for a minute with his latchkey before he could open the hall-door. The tremor was not from fear, but from excitement. He was as resolute as ever. At last he opened the door, and they entered and went upstairs to his chambers, which were on the second lioor.

' I must steady that tremor,' he whis pered to himself as they entered his sitting-room.

When they got into the room Gordon threw himself carelessly into an arm chair near the fire place, while Barclay went to the sideboard from which he took a bottle of brandy and two glasses. ' Help yourself, old man,' he said, putting the bottle before Gordon, who filled out about half a wine-glass of braudy, and passed the bottle to him.

Captain Barclay did not attempt to pour the liquor into a wine-glass; he would probably have spilt some of it on the table if he had, but, for the second time that day, he half-filled a tumbler with brandy, which he drank off pure, and almost at a draught. He felt at once the tonic effect of the liquid, and put down the tumbler with a steady hand.

'I am ready how,' he thought. ' Straight into his forehead.' Keeping his eyes fixed on the re volver, he made a step • towards the mantelpiece, when —suddenly he was confronted by Gordon, who had sprung from his seat, and was standing right before him so as to intercept his progress towards the place where the revolver

hung. ' Stop, stop, sir !' cried Gordon in a stern mocking voice. ' I have been watching you more closely than you thought. Is it murder or suicide you are meditating ? For your daughter's sake I'll assume it is the latter. Sit down, my good fellow, your little game is up.'

They stood glaring at each other for a minute, Barclay like a tiger at bay. For a moment he seemed as if he were about to spring at his opponent, but Gordon was ,a tall powerful man in' whose hands he would have been a •mere child.

'Come, come,' said Gordon again, in the same mocking, authoritative tone ; ' I'know all about the forged acceptance for £2,000 which! is in the hands of Mr.Jones, and which will mature on the eighth of next month. You either

come to my terms within the next five minutes or spend the night in prison.' ' What are the terms V gasped Bar clay as he shrank back and dropped into a chair, utterly unnerved and sub-^ dued.

'The terms are that you sit down and write a confession of the fraud that you have attempted to perpetrate both upon me and upon your daughter ; that you leave England by a ship which sails for Australia on Tuesday next, and that you remain for the rest of your life either in Australia or New Zealand.' ,

'But I have not the money to go there, and if I had, Jones would bring me back on warrant,' whimpered Barclay, who was aa bewildered as he was unmanned.

' I'll find you the money to go, and meet the acceptance, if yon obey me,' replied Gordon. ' I don't mind allow ing you a hundred a year besides. But everything depends on your obeying me implicitly both now and in the future. You wonder why I act in this manner ? I shall tell you. You only learned that I was acquainted with your daughter when we were on our way to Maida Vale. If you had not neglected her in the shameful way you have done you would have known that I bad been paying her attentions for some time, and that I was about to propose to her. On Tuesday a friend of mine asked me to give him my acceptance for I did so. He took it to Mr. Jones who informed him that he already held ray acceptance for £2,000. As my friend had heard from me that I had never put my name on a bill before, he made inquiries, and got full particulars about the acceptance which Mr. Jones held. ThfaSe particulars he at once communi cated to me. Thus, you see that I knew all about the matter when I met you on Wednesday morning. You will wonder why I did not challenge you on the subject at once. Shall I tell you why % I knew that Isis was likely to win, and that you had backed her heavily. I judged that under the circumstances you would be very likely to attempt a raid on your daughter's property, and I determined to give you every scope to show your true character I knew, of course, what you were about when you brought her up to town from from the Derby. I proposed for her in the evening, was accepted, and heard all about General Seaton and the vacant secretaryship. Why did I not tell you what I knew last night, and why did I pretend to want money so much ■? you will wonder. Simply because I wanted to see Avhat you would be prepared to do if you were tried. And I believe I have discovered. That revolver is loaded, 1 expect.' He took it down and examined it. ' I thought so. You are a pretty fellow. However, in the absence of actual evidence to the contrary, I shall as sume that you were about to commit suicide, and not murder. Come ; do you agree to my terms, or must the law take its course ? Don't" think, my good fellow, that I shall-spare you one whit because of your daughter, or that she would wish mo to do so. Already I feel half inclined to retract my offer. It seems monstrous to pay £2,000 to let a fellow like you loose upon society. And it is only putting off the evil day, for into prison you'll find your, way in the long run as surely as fate.'

'I agree V exclaimed Barclay in a tone of abject supplication.

On the following Tuesday Captain Barclay left for Australia, having been posted as a defaulter at Tattersall's on Monday. He died somewhere up country about three years afterwards.

Frank Gordon and Ellen Barclay were married in the following July.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MQNDAr,' MAY 9, 1887.

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J o h n~!F7F^v! %* ARCHITECT H B M St. Mungo Champs, <£' ll *. , SpcciaLWork r_SS_K^^' .architects; P. HERAPATH, P.E.7ba7 T^X ! p HERAPATH Mi ARCHTEECT3. .Irwl ED W A I*~D BT1^^!? , ARCHITI-TT STICTIBUItY'S BUHJJcj. *" queen.stree t /^ ' MR. P. F. mTbltr^H ARCHITECT A&M&M A.M.P. aocrim^Bcna^' M , M*^3T.C.S.,kINS^'M! 1 CONSULTING J£Nqj|| j 1 AUCKLAND. *4lf|| > 'Hoteisi^^^H : -^ —-J_i§M pRINCE OF WALE?« HOWICK. MRS. HINDLEY, Kork^ The above Hotel has been renovated* proved, and affords good 'Accomirittitfll Visitors. ■ • ' , , ™ Parties driving out on Sundays, ana'sJi Dinner, are respectfully requested toS-P the day previous. ■ t> Good Paddocks and Stabling, y^iL B, i chaff, hay, and corn. Vjiji mHE COMMERCIAIT*~"iJ^ WHANGAREI. , || LORAM,: Pbobbhstor, Is.; Commercial Men, Visitors, FamiUnJi/^H . find this Hotel replete with every;«a^^p for the comfort .of. Patrons on theinoss'aSSi terms. ,; '■_)_: n? ww ww~wi r THE RENOWNED OLD CH R CLUB HOTEL, fi :. SHORTLAND-STREET. f7 Jj RENOWN ED, because itwas kumaiMjEJ i, the resort of the business men of J___\ iJß have the credit ef apprecia^qcedija flf I have the pleasure to announce thai • .| t- Purchased the Lease oE this Hotel, and .jig ° determined to. supply only the BEST Bij *_:■£* I do not fear tho result. ,: '■] MY SPECIALTY is that I stick toJB 1 - WALKER & SONS' OLD HIbHUML j| ° MARNOCK WHISKY that tookHBSIW | J MEDAL 'at SYDNEY, MELBOURNE _ 1 ? PmLADELPHIA EXHIBITIONS, © 1 h NESSY'S and MARTELLIS ___M- 1 J I will sell tbem iv the bottle o.glS»VXs| 'ri TERED. ( iB. C. R 0BB"| li PROPRIETOR ( J (LATE OF ALBERT HOTt., 1 Conveyances- I TIME T A BLli DAVIES BROS.I .'BUSSHS^I -. DEVONPORT TO TAJDLPU2fA^P»| 3 MERE, LAKE- BEACtt'^Mkyl a SCHOOLHOUSEp ' * I 3 Telephone :.Devgnpobtßokbß«?-pB t Leaves Victobi4 Whabf, . W^P?| 8.20 a.m., 10.20 ajn., 12.45 pjn., 2 M-a gg p.m. Sundays—lo", a»m., 11:.aW,V/%£&]■ ' p.m. Return Fares, Is 6d{*W«S^W< ' Reduced Rates. - - > r Leaves Taktapdna. — 9.5 a.n££MsWi f 1.35 p.m., 3'p.oi., 5.15 pjn. 'i,Sniiflij#|Wi J, 12 a.m., 4 pjn., 5 p.m. - SpeciaLffnescplf ? ranged at Post Office, Devonport. j • Ladies' axd ■■GestJs mn ■ rt ': SADDLE HORSES, BOGGIES^fiW ; WAGGONETTES, . and conveyances of every descanptwiftp ' ' shortest notice. [ * Expresses meet every boat to recafewß ward luggage of all desci^lataß.^*; : hpir b l-l" &v i B-i.o^ i CONVEYANCES ON HIRE- Office: VictoriaWhart General Carters. Receiving and Forffl&t Agents. Waggon for Furniture Removal. • Coal, Coke, and Firewood; im^s#&_ i, Carters, &c. _ ~ > Telephone: Devonpoe^B^^jl PATERSON AND Co< GRAIN MERCHANTS. LIVERY AND BAIT; STABLE& ■ Omnibuses, Brakes, Cabs, said -^&jt£f. for Hire at lowestratESi, Special arrangements made vnQi'&eim^ Picnic Parties. .." "*v'" Stores and Stables :-Lorn^streeli^|^ and Avondale, Auc^ftj!'^^;, PATERSON'S 'BUS^S STAHT '~, , lift From Victoria-street to Moirot _OW^&S 9.45 (via Stoneyhurst). 10.30, V*lffl»ffii * hurst), 12, 1 (via Stoneyhlirst),jWa Stoneyhurst). 3.15, . U'W'SS 5 (via Stoneyhurst), 5.15,5.30 (^fKH 5.45 (via Stoneyhurst), 6.5, 7.^_^%M 8.30, 10 (via Stoncyhurst).; SawffE-elf -1.15,2,8,9,11. _l" ._«t<_l& , From Mount RoskiU-7 (via■ StmflMa; 8 (via Stoneyhurst), 8.20, B.«.(r»SU»«g is; 9.30,-10.30 (via Stoneyhuret), If- I*^.) M Stoneyhurst),**!, 1.45 3.15 (via Stoneyhurst), 4,4.45 (t»s St 5.30 (via StonoyhursOv 6&_A&y^& 1.15, 2. 6.3p; 8.45...... ... ,-^j h |_i From Queen-street (opposite mSMgffim to Mount Eden-8,8.30, 9/*30.--l».»» 12.30,, 1.15 (omitted on SatttrdMfcA-.-j.-U 4.15,4.30,5,5.7 (omitted t>o J SstW^{pw 9. 10. Saturday-1, 1.30, 1, y'.r opera. ..'•■:-■' ':_ ... „ a Mill) From Mount Eden-7,30, 8, SM SftSJafuH 11, 11.30, 12.15,: 1.15. 2.-2.45, WW* J,ft*. 5.i0, 7, 9.30. Saturday-!). S, ftl^WA** From Union Bank to Mount.^Ss|pi xiale-9.15,-10.15,12:15-2 (omittM 3 (omitted on Saturday)^iw^oS* Saturday), 5.15,. 6J5 #ff ig&JS&ajs'#. S (Mount Albert only), 10.13 (omitteow., dayl. Saturday-1.15. SaKJra^?IPB From Avondale and.Mount Aioert-- j^,,^. 11.30, 1.30, 3, 4, 5.30, .9 (Mount.AJP«n- p. Saturday-2.30,5,6.30. ~; -^ij^M From National Bank to New _%££ss&*' [ Avondale only), 1.30, 5.3?. SataxWj Sundays, weather perimtting*-iw*^M From New Lynn*- 8.15, only), 3.15 (omitted on^^SVjfog-ri^ 5.30. Sundays,, weather ..pea. .w*"" uo. ;;-; t . '__ __ . -■-■• Special 'Buses puton should*^® - ' mentofier. . ;-;;' THE Best Gift for H n ° fl f c & gi Brett's Aucklaßd'-AtotfgSSffig; Pictorial Representatiqn.'or^&eS^ scri ption of the Provjncial iustnj. to Hot Lake, &c„ RY my6osSuits^^^g>* withan Extra PaiK* &<&**«* *»■■; ----J. H. Dalton, Tailor,