CHAPTER III
The Devil throws double sixes when he turns genius heliward.
The next morning after the events last narrated I was utterly dumfounded by an article which met my gaze the instant I took up my paper. It was several moments before I sufficiently recovered my faculties to read it aloud to Gwen, Alice, and Jeannette, all of whom had noticed my excitement, and were waiting with such patience as they could command. I read the following article through from beginning to end without pause or comment:
M. Godin Anticipates the Law.—The Real Murderer of John Darrow
Writes His Confession and Then Suicides in His Cell.—Contrived
to Mix His Own Poison Under the Very Nose of His Jailer!—
The Dorchester Mystery Solved at Last.—Full Description of the
Life of One of the Cleveres
