CHAPTER XXI.

THE MURDERER.

Events developed rapidly in Philadelphia while Patsy was having his fight with Masson and defeating the abduction scheme.

Before they had discussed Ida’s information long both Nick and Chick had arrived at the same conclusion.

They believed they had found the murderer in Philadelphia, and that Nick’s instinct that Masson was not the person guilty of the murder of Ethel Romney had been right from the first.

“We must move without delay, Chick,” said Nick. “Our rescue of Ida will inform this man that we are in town, and he will run.”

“To make our conclusions a dead certainty,” said Chick, “we ought to prove that George Macrane was in New York on the day of the murder.”

“We’ll take the chances, and prove it afterward,” said Nick, grimly. “Come.”

“Where?” asked Chick.

“To see the chief of police.”

“At this hour? It is three in the morning.”

“He’ll have to stand for it.”

They went out and woke up the chief of police, who, understanding the situation, summoned two officers, whom he put at the disposal of Nick.

The four then set out for the house of Macrane, arriving there a little after four in the morning.

They approached the house cautiously, concealing themselves where they could watch it.

A light was burning in the third-story window, which Nick fancied was the window of the room occupied by George Macrane.

As they watched, two men came down the street, and, rapping at the door of the Macrane house, asked for George.

They were told that he had not yet returned home.

Chick’s sharp eyes recognized one of these men as one of those that had opposed their rescue of Ida.

These two men sat down on the lower step of the Macrane house.

“They mean to wait for George Macrane,” said Nick.

They did not wait long, for in ten minutes’ time a man was seen approaching from the opposite direction.

The two men stood up to meet him.

What they told him could not be heard by Nick and Chick, but it was followed by a frightful explosion of oaths and curses from George Macrane.

So frantic, indeed, was this outburst, that Nick thought it proceeded from a craven fear of the result.

Touching Chick, and, bidding the officers to follow, Nick slipped across the street, closely approaching the three men before they were seen.

Laying his hand on the shoulder of Macrane, Nick said:

“George Macrane, you are my prisoner. I want you for the murder of Ethel Romney.”

The shock was so sudden that Macrane dropped to the pavement in a heap.

If the other two had been disposed to make a resistance they were too much astonished at the charge made against their employer to offer any.

They stared in open astonishment, and made no show of objecting when the officers took them in charge.

George Macrane soon recovered possession of himself, and, rising, said rather tremblingly, to be sure:

“You must be wild to charge me with that. Ethel Romney is in New York.”

“She is in Greenwood by this time,” said Nick.

“I couldn’t have done her—she in New York and me here,” said Macrane, growing bolder as he talked. “She’s been there a week or more.”

“It is useless, Macrane,” said Nick. “We know the whole trick. You were in New York yourself. You laid the game up well, but we know it.

“You knew there was a man in New York who was following Ethel’s sister; you were told you looked like him; you saw him, and you trimmed your whiskers to be exactly like him.”

Nick stopped and looked at Macrane. What he had been saying was purely guesswork, but he saw that he had hit home.

“You called at Mrs. Constant’s home at eight o’clock on the night of the murder, giving the name of Masson. You were told that Mrs. Constant had gone out to the dressmaker’s.

“You knew that wasn’t so—you knew it was Ethel who had gone out, but thereby you found out where she had gone to.

“You went to the dressmaker’s and waited till she came. You tried to speak to her as she went in. Then you went into the coach and waited.

“When she came to enter it she saw you and screamed, but you pulled her in and shut the door.

“The coach drove rapidly up the avenue, and during that drive you shot her, for she had told you that she was done with you forever, and meant to live with her sister.

“When the coach was checked, at Fifty-eighth Street, you stepped out, crossed the street, and, going down Fifty-eighth Street, you bowed to a man at nine o’clock, who spoke to you as Masson.

“Half an hour later, on the corner of Fifty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue, you talked for a few minutes with a man who stopped you and called you Masson.

“You made yourself conspicuous in other places when you thought suspicion could be thrown on Masson.

“Then, when you thought you had done enough you started back to Philadelphia, but one of my aides was on the train. We were on your track. We were bound to land you as we have landed you.”

Turning to the officers, Nick said:

“Take us to the lockhouse. Chick, have you hand-cuffs?”

Chick had not, but one of the officers had, and Macrane was ironed.

It was daylight when Nick and Chick returned to their hotel to snatch a brief sleep.

Early in the morning they were out, making the proof strong that Macrane had been in New York.

They wired for Patsy to come on, with Moran and the storekeeper of Sixth Avenue that Chick had dug up, by an early train.

On their arrival they positively identified Macrane as the man seen entering and leaving the coach.

Patsy, on his arrival, reported his experiences with Masson and the rescue of Mrs. Constant and Edith.

Though Patsy told it with all modesty, Nick knew that Patsy had performed a most gallant and heroic deed, and so said, but it was not until he returned to New York that he learned how gallant and brave the deed was.

Speaking of the curious development of the case, Nick said:

“From the first I felt that Mrs. Constant’s natural bitterness toward Masson had misled her judgment. I never did believe that he did the murder.

“The strange thing is that Mrs. Constant did not give greater importance to the feeling of Macrane toward Ethel.

“However, she has a hold on Masson now, and if she will follow my advice, Masson will see the inside of a prison for his evil deeds. He deserves it.”

But he did not.

When Mrs. Constant learned that she had unjustly charged Masson with the murder of her sister, she seemed to feel that she had done him an injury which she could atone for only by refraining from following up the advantage she possessed.

Masson fled to Europe, so that Mrs. Constant is now free from his persecutions.

Macrane lies under conviction of murder in the first degree, and awaits execution.

He has confessed, saying that he visited New York to force Ethel to return with him, and, finding that he had lost her and all control of her, in a fit of anger he killed her.

Mrs. Constant devotes herself to her kennel, but her grief for the death of her sister is so great that she is a broken woman.

When Patsy wants to be particularly swell, he sports a fine diamond ring that Mrs. Constant gave him in recognition of his bravery when he prevented her abduction by Masson.

The case is referred to by Nick Carter’s outfit as “Patsy’s Triumph,” and as such is not easily forgotten.

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337. Dear Elsie By Mary J. Safford 336. Rose Mather (Double Number), By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 335. We Parted at the Altar By Laura Jean Libbey 334. Miss MacDonald By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 333. Stella’s Fortune By Charles Garvice 332. Darkness and Daylight (Double Number), By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 331. Christine By Adeline Sergeant 330. Aikenside By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 329—My Hildegard By St. George Rathborne 328—He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (Double Number) By Charles Garvice 327—Was She Wife or Widow? By Malcolm Bell 326—Parted by Fate By Laura Jean Libbey 325—The Leighton Homestead (Double Number) By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 324—A Love Match By Sylvanus Cobb 323—The Little Countess By S. E. Boggs 322—Mildred By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 321—Neva’s Three Lovers (Double Number) By Hrs. Harriet Lewis 320—Mynheer Joe By St. George Rathborne 319—Millbank By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 318—Staunch of Heart By Charles Garvice 317—Ione By Laura Jean Libbey 316—Edith Lyle’s Secret (Double Number) By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes 315—The Dark Secret By May Agnes Fleming 314—A Maid’s Fatal Love By Helen Corwin Pierce 313—A Kinsman’s Sin By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 312—Woven on Fate’s Loom By Charles Garvice 311—Wedded by Fate (Double Number) By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 310—A Late Repentance By Mary A. Denison 309—The Heiress of Castle Cliffe By May Agnes Fleming 308—Lady Ryhope’s Lover By Emma Garrison Jones 307—The Winning of Isolde By St. George Rathborne 306—Love’s Golden Rule By Geraldine Fleming 305—Led by Love By Charles Garvice 304—Staunch as a Woman By Charles Garvice 303—The Queen of the Isle By May Agnes Fleming 302—When Man’s Love Fades By Hazel Wood 301—The False and the True By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 300—The Spider and the Fly By Charles Garvice 299—Little Miss Whirlwind By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 298—Should She Have Left Him? By William C. Hudson 297—That Girl from Texas By Mrs. J. H. Walworth 296—The Heir of Vering By Charles Garvice 295—A Terrible Secret By Geraldine Fleming 294—A Warrior Bold By St. George Rathborne 293—For Love of Anne Lambart By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 292—For Her Only By Charles Garvice 291—A Mysterious Wedding Ring By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 290—A Change of Heart By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 289—Married in Mask By Mansfield T. Walworth 288—Sibyl’s Influence By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 287—The Lady of Darracourt By Charles Garvice 286—A Debt of Vengeance By Mrs. E. Burke Collins 285—Born to Betray By Mrs. M. V. Victor 284—Dr. Jack’s Widow By St. George Rathborne 283—My Lady Pride By Charles Garvice 282—The Forsaken Bride By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 281—For Love Alone By Wenona Gilman 280—Love’s Dilemma By Charles Garvice 279—Nina’s Peril By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 278—Laura Brayton By Julia Edwards 277—Brownie’s Triumph By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 276—So Nearly Lost By Charles Garvice 275—Love’s Cruel Whim By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 274—A Romantic Girl By Evelyn E. Green 273—At Swords’ Points By St. George Rathborne 272—So Fair, So False By Charles Garvice 271—With Love’s Laurel Crowned By W. C. Stiles 270—Had She Foreseen By Dora Delmar 269—Brunette and Blonde By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 268—Olivia; or, It Was for Her Sake By Charles Garvice 267—Jeanne By Charles Garvice 266—The Welfleet Mystery By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 265—First Love is Best By S. K. Hocking 264—For Gold or Soul By Lurana W. Sheldon 263—An American Nabob By St. George Rathborne 262—A Woman’s Faith By Henry Wallace 261—A Siren’s Heart By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 260—At a Girl’s Mercy By Jean Kate Ludlum 259—By a Golden Cord By Dora Delmar 258—An Amazing Marriage By Mrs. Sumner Hayden 257—A Martyred Love By Charles Garvice 256—Thy Name is Woman By F. H. Howe 255—The Little Marplot By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 254—Little Miss Millions By St. George Rathborne 253—A Fashionable Marriage By Mrs. Alex Frazer 252—A Handsome Sinner By Dora Delmar 251—When Love is True By Mabel Collins 250—A Woman’s Soul By Charles Garvice 249—What Love Will Do By Geraldine Fleming 248—Jeanne, Countess Du Barry By H. L. Williams 247—Within Love’s Portals By Frank Barrett 246—True to Herself By Mrs. J. H. Walworth 245—A Modern Marriage By Clara Lanza 244—A Hoiden’s Conquest By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 243—His Double Self By Scott Campbell 242—A Wounded Heart By Charles Garvice 241—Her Love and Trust By Adeline Sergeant 240—Saved by the Sword By St. George Rathborne 239—Don Cæsar De Bazan By Victor Hug. 238—That Other Woman By Annie Thomas 237—Woman or Witch? By Dora Delmar 235—Gratia’s Trials By Lucy Randall Comfort 234—His Mother’s Sin By Adeline Sergeant 233—Nora By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 232—A Debt of Honor By Mabel Collins 230—A Woman’s Atonement, and A Mother’s Mistake By Adah M. Howard 229—For the Sake of the Family By May Crommelin 228—His Brother’s Widow By Mary Grace Halpine 227—For Love and Honor By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 226—The Roll of Honor By Annie Thomas 225—A Miserable Woman By Mrs. H. C. Hoffman 224—A Sister’s Sacrifice By Geraldine Fleming 223—Leola Dale’s Fortune By Charles Garvice 222—The Lily of Mordaunt By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 221—The Honorable Jane By Annie Thomas 220—A Fatal Past By Dora Russell 219—Lost, A Pearle By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 218—A Life for a Love By Mrs. L. T. Meade 217—His Noble Wife By George Manville Fenn 216—The Lost Bride By Clara Augusta 215—Only a Girl’s Love By Charles Garvice 214—Olga’s Crime By Frank Barrett 213—The Heiress of Egremont By Mrs. Harriet Lewis 212—Doubly Wronged By Adah M. Howard 211—As We Forgive By Lurana W. Sheldon 210—Wild Oats By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 209—She Loved but Left Him By Julia Edwards 208—A Chase for a Bride By St. George Rathborne 207—Little Golden’s Daughter By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 206—A Daughter of Maryland By G. Waldo Browne 205—If Love Be Love By D. Cecil Gibbs 204—With Heart So True By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 203—Only One Love By Charles Garvice 202—Marjorie By Katharine S. MacQuoid 201—Blind Elsie’s Crime By Mary Grace Halpine 200—In God’s Country By D. Higbee 199—Geoffrey’s Victory By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 198—Guy Kenmore’s Wife, and The Rose and the By Mrs. Alex. Lily McVeigh Miller 197—A Woman Scorned By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 196—A Sailor’s Sweetheart By the author of Dr. Jack 195—Her Faithful Knight By Gertrude Warden 194—A Sinless Crime By Geraldine Fleming 193—A Vagabond’s Honor By Ernest De Lancey Pierson 192—An Old Man’s Darling, and Jacquelina By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 191—A Harvest of Thorns By Mrs. H. C. Hoffman 190—Captain of the Kaiser By St. George Rathborne 189—Berris By Katharine S. MacQuoid 188—Dorothy Arnold’s Escape By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 187—The Black Ball By Ernest De Lancey Pierson 186—Beneath a Spell By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 185—The Adventures of Miss Volney By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 184—Sunlight and Gloom By Geraldine Fleming 183—Quo Vadis By Henryk Sienkiewicz 182—A Legal Wreck By William Gillette 181—The Baronet’s Bride By May Agnes Fleming 180—A Lazy Man’s Work By Frances Campbell Sparhawk 179—One Man’s Evil By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 178—A Slave of Circumstances By Ernest De Lancey Pierson 177—A True Aristocrat By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 176—Jack Gordon. Knight Errant By William C. Hudson (Barclay North) 175—For Honor’s Sake By Laura C. Ford 174—His Guardian Angel By Charles Garvice 173—A Bar Sinister By the author of Dr. Jack 172—A King and a Coward By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 171—That Dakota Girl By Stella Gilman 170—A Little Radical By Mrs. J. H. Walworth 169—The Trials of an Actress By Wenona Gilman 168—Thrice Lost, Thrice Won By May Agnes Fleming 167—The Manhattaners By Edward S. Van Zile 166—The Masked Bridal By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 165—The Road of the Rough By Maurice M. Minton 164—Couldn’t Say No By the author of Helen’s Babies 163—A Splendid Egotist By Mrs. J. H. Walworth 162—A Man of the Name of John By Florence King 161—Miss Fairfax of Virginia By the author of Dr. Jack 160—His Way and Her Will By Frances Aymar Mathews 159—A Fair Maid of Marblehead By Kate Tannatt Woods 158—Stella, the Star By Wenona Gilman 157—Who Wins? By May Agnes Fleming 156—A Soldier Lover By Edward S. Brooks 155—Nameless Dell By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 154—Husband and Foe By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 153—Her Son’s Wife By Hazel Wood 152—A Mute Confessor By Will N. Harben 151—The Heiress of Glen Gower By May Agnes Fleming 150—Sunset Pass By General Charles King 149—The Man She Loved By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 148—Will She Win? By Emma Garrison Jones 147—Under Egyptian Skies By the author of Dr. Jack 146—Magdalen’s Vow By May Agnes Fleming 145—Country Lanes and City Pavements By Maurice M. Minton 144—Dorothy’s Jewels By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 143—A Charity Girl By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 142—Her Rescue from the Turks By the author of Dr. Jack 141—Lady Evelyn By May Agnes Fleming 140—That Girl of Johnson’s By Jean Kate Ludlum 139—Little Lady Charles By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 138—A Fatal Wooing By Laura Jean Libbey 137—A Wedded Widow By T. W. Hanshew 136—The Unseen Bridegroom By May Agnes Fleming 135—Cast Up by the Tide By Dora Delmar 134—Squire John By the author of Dr. Jack 133—Max By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 132—Whose Was the Crime? By Gertrude Warden 131—Nerine’s Second Choice By Adelaide Stirling 130—A Bitter Bondage By Bertha M. Clay 129—In Sight of St. Paul’s By Sutton Vane 128—The Scent of the Roses By Dora Delmar 127—Nobody’s Daughter By Clara Augusta 126—The Girl from Hong Kong By the author of Dr. Jack 125—Devil’s Island By A. D. Hall 124—Prettiest of All By Julia Edwards 123—Northern Lights By A. D. Hall 122—Grazia’s Mistake By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 121—Cecile’s Marriage By Lucy Randall Comfort 120—The White Squadron By T. C. Harbaugh 119—An Ideal Love By Bertha M. Clay 118—Saved from the Sea By Richard Duffy 117—She Loved Him By Charles Garvice 116—The Daughter of the Regiment By Mary A. Denison 115—A Fair Revolutionist By the author of Dr. Jack 114—Half a Truth By Dora Delmar 113—A Crushed Lily y Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 112—The Cattle King By A. D. Hall 111—Faithful Shirley By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 110—Whose Wife Is She? By Annie Lisle 109—A Heart’s Bitterness By Bertha M. Clay 108—A Son of Mars By the author of Dr. Jack 107—Carla; or, Married at Sight By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 106—Lilian, My Lilian By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 105—When London Sleeps By Chas. Darrell 104—A Proud Dishonor By Genie Holzmeyer 103—The Span of Life By Sutton Vane 102—Fair But Faithless By Bertha M. Clay 101—A Goddess of Africa By the author of Dr. Jack 100—Alice Blake By Francis S. Smith 99—Audrey’s Recompense By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 98—Claire By Charles Garvice 97—The War Reporter By Warren Edwards 96—The Little Minister By J. M. Barrie 95—’Twixt Love and Hate By Bertha M. Clay 94—Darkest Russia By H. Grattan Donnelly 93—A Queen of Treachery By T. W. Henshew 92—Humanity By Sutton Vane 91—Sweet Violet By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 90—For Fair Virginia By Russ Whytal 89—A Gentleman from Gascony By Bicknell Dudley 88—Virgie’s Inheritance By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 87—Shenandoah By J. Perkins Tracy 86—A Widowed Bride By Lucy Randall Comfort 85—Lorrie; or, Hollow Gold By Charles Garvice 84—Between Two Hearts By Bertha M. Clay 83—The Locksmith of Lyons By Prof. Wm. Henry Peck 82—Captain Impudence By Edwin Milton Royle 81—Wedded for an Hour By Emma Garrison Jones 80—The Fair Maid of Fez By the author of Dr. Jack 79—Marjorie Deane By Bertha M. Clay 78—The Yankee Champion By Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. 77—Tina By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 76—Mavourneen From the celebrated play 75—Under Fire By T. P. James 74—The Cotton King By Sutton Vane 73—The Marquis By Charles Garvice 72—Willful Winnie By Harriet Sherburne 71—The Spiders Web By the author of Dr. Jack 70—In Love’s Crucible By Bertha M. Clay 69—His Perfect Trust By a popular author 68—The Little Cuban Rebel By Edna Winfield 67—Gismonda By Victorien Sardou 66—Witch Hazel By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 65—Won by the Sword By J. Perkins Tracy 64—Dora Tenney By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 63—Lawyer Bell from Boston By Robert Lee Tyler 62—Stella Stirling By Julia Edwards 61—La Tosca By Victorien Sardou 60—The County Fair By Neil Burgess 59—Gladys Greye By Bertha M. Clay 58—Major Matterson of Kentucky By the author of Dr. Jack 57—Rosamond By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 56—The Dispatch Bearer By Warren Edwards 55—Thrice Wedded By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 54—Cleopatra By Victorien Sardou 53—The Old Homestead By Denman Thompson 52—Woman Against Woman By Effie Adelaide Rowlands 51—The Price He Paid By E. Werner 50—Her Ransom By Charles Garvice 49—None But the Brave By Robert Lee Tyler 48—Another Man’s Wife By Bertha M. Clay 47—The Colonel by Brevet By the author of Dr. Jack 46—Off with the Old Love By Mrs. M. V. Victor 45—A Yale Man By Robert Lee Tyler 44—That Dowdy By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 43—Little Coquette Bonnie By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 42—Another Woman’s Husband By Bertha M. Clay 41—Her Heart’s Desire By Charles Garvice 40—Monsieur Bob By the author of Dr. Jack 39—The Colonel’s Wife By Warren Edwards 38—The Nabob of Singapore By the author of Dr. Jack 37—The Heart of Virginia By J. Perkins Tracy 36—Fedora By Victorien Sardou 35—The Great Mogul By the author of Dr. Jack 34—Pretty Geraldine By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 33—Mrs. Bob By the author of Dr. Jack 32—The Blockade Runner By J. Perkins Tracy 31—A Siren’s Love By Robert Lee Tyler 30—Baron Sam By the author of Dr. Jack 29—Theodora By Victorien Sardou 28—Miss Caprice By the author of Dr. Jack 27—Estelle’s Millionaire Lover By Julia Edwards 26—Captain Tom By the author of Dr. Jack 25—Little Southern Beauty By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 24—A Wasted Love By Charles Garvice 23—Miss Pauline of New York By the author of Dr. Jack 22—Elaine By Charles Garvice 21—A Heart’s Idol By Bertha M. Clay 20—The Senator’s Bride By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 19—Mr. Lake of Chicago By Harry DuBois Milman 18—Dr. Jack’s Wife By the author of Dr. Jack 17—Leslie’s Loyalty By Charles Garvice 16—The Fatal Card By Haddon Chambers and B. C. Stephenson 15—Dr. Jack By St. George Rathborne 14—Violet Lisle By Bertha M. Clay 13—The Little Widow By Julia Edwards 12—Edrie’s Legacy By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 11—The Gypsy’s Daughter By Bertha M. Clay 10—Little Sunshine By Francis S. Smith 9—The Virginia Heiress By May Agnes Fleming 8—Beautiful But Poor By Julia Edwards 7—Two Keys By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 6—The Midnight Marriage By A. M. Douglas 5—The Senator’s Favorite By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller 4—For a Woman’s Honor By Bertha M. Clay 3—He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not By Julia Edwards 2—Ruby’s Reward By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 1—Queen Bess By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

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