The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-09-27
clouded his faculties momsntarily. He was

A struggle ensusd,-a struggle brief,
fierce, but decisive They tore each Others
flesh, they wrestled, ~ildly,-the ON
fighting for freedom, the other struggling
| for the successful maintenance and fruition
of scheme long conceived and involving
the cherished hope of his entire existence
Suddenly the false Sidney Vivian made .
dexterous twist Of his adversarys body,
and he had Markham at his mercy. He
struck him blow on the head, knocking
him completely senselcss, and then arose
to his feet-the victor.
The man arose flushed and triumphant
He had dispensed with his one great ene-
my. There was a chance still left for him,
to return clandestinely to Denslow and
secure the diamond which he knew this
mar, Conrad Markham, must have. He
was desperate. and worst of all, banked.
He must obtain the diamond, he said, over
and orer to himself q hundred times.
Then asadden thought entered his mind.
Might not Conrad Markham have the dia-
mond about him. He reached down, and
knelt over the inanimate form of the form
of his enemy. He locked at the white
face, there was no feigning there, the man
was insensible. He placed his hand inside
the mans inner shirt pocket, and drew
something forth.
A loud cry Of glad surprise issued from
the mans lips.
He had found not only the diamond
which he had missed, but also the missing
money.
He went over the contents of the pocket
book. The money was there, just as he
had lost it,
And the diamond he kissed it in the
ecstatic Joy Of the moment.
And then he arose to his feet.
9 must not delay, he muttered.
1t was too deep game for one man,
unassisted, to mediate Twenty thousand
pounds. for the sale of the diamonds will
bring the price up to that, will enable me
to live like lord, and secure some fair
lady as winsome, if not as desirable as the
doctors handsome daughter"
He took up Markhams dagger from the
ground where it had fallen.
'It was Marcia set this man on me,
curse the jade J" he muttered, to himself.
And there's no knowing how far this man
would 60 to secure his revenge Without
his cooperation. she is powerless. With
him living have an implacable enemy. L
am safe nowhere, neither here nor on the
continent, so long as Conrad Markham
lives"
He had raised the body, and had carried
it to the very edge Of the preciI ice, des-
Derate purpose IN his eyes. Then, Just as
he ives raising it to fling it over the cliff,
sharp pain ran through his arm, the report
Of pistol rang upon the air, and echoed
among the clags with detonating effect.
His arm fell powerless and bleeding by his
side, and he turned with a Wild impreca-
ton to face his wife, the woman whom he
had SO basely betrayed, the woman whom
he had SO faithlessly deceived and deserted
Marcia Donaldson
He would have rushed upon her, but the
influence of her eye withheld him.
Stop = she cried.
He stood silent, furiively watching the
pistol she held in her hand.
Il am not to be trifled with, she said,
sternly.
Murderer, thief, wor.1 you have added
one more crime to the many which you
have done !"
II would do anything to rid myself of
a traitor and spy, replied Donaldson
sullenly.
You are capable of any evil, no matter
how degrading or debasing," said the wo-
man, cOldly.
a am determined woman. Had you
wrongcd myself alone, could have borne
it. But for that which you have done to
lthers you must atone. If you even 50
much as move or attempt to escape, | will
shoot you as l would dog :"
The man trembled visibly.
Gone word, he pleaded.
What is it :"
"Give me one last chance. | have mon
ey. We can fly. We may be happy yet,
together, in foreign lands. Do not deny
me a last chance. 1.
He stopped abruptly as he had the utter
contempt for him and for his false assur-
ances Of reform i'll the woman's face. He
knew that all protestatIons were now abso-
lutely and entirely futile. She was inAexi-
BILE in her determination to deliver him up
to Justice. He read his doom in those i'm
plicable eyes, and shuddered, terrifedly.
Conrad Markham had recovered his con
sciousness while they were conversing.
/ Under the woman's directions he bound
the unresisting Donaldson's arms, and
then they set off for Denslow.
They reached there at midnight, the
prisoner, sullen, unsociable and ferocious-
ly silent.
They handed him over to the jail author
tiles, and he was at once consigned to a
cell, strong and guarded.
He slept profoundly that night, and
awoke refreshed, and with the same bra
vado which he had ever evinced heretofore.
"After all, " he mused, ''they can prove
nothing"
And he lit a cigar, and paced his cell i'm
patiently.
At noon a strange officer of the law came
to his cell door and looked ir
"Well, do look like q Gagged tiger Il de-
manded the prisoner.
The officer shook his head slowly, and
gazed steadfastly at him.
"We are going to remove you, he said.
"Where n demanded the prisoner sharp
ly, a vague fear coming into his thoughts.
"To Dorset ]"
"To Dorset :" he screamed, a sudden
revelation entering his mind, and flooding
it with an impenetrable horror.
ssVoa raDliad the official slowly I" ia