The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-07


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| She sank on her knees before him,
groyelling in the dust at his feet.
.sOh. spare mel" she gasped in a
voice deep and emphatic, from the in
tensity of her feelings. ''money, all
you demand, shall be yours, but do
not force me to follow you through q
life Of crime and misery
The william laughed, as he coolly
said
"Ah, you think to move me to tears,
but I am Indifferent to such weak
ness
"Mercy !"
| The word fell slowly from her
quivering lips, and in gasping sob.
| But there were no signs of sOftenlng
on that hard cruel face, bending
glances of vindictiye triumph on the
supplicating woman at his feet. For
q moment he seemed lost in fiendiSh
| exultation.
''Do not tear me away from my
! father--from my home =
Her last words aroused him.
Come, Margaret. end this comedy,
he said roughly, glancing apprehen-
sively around, fearful that her loud
supplications had attracted the atten-
ton of some one at the house.
She sprang to her feet, and, with
something of her old pride, answered,
| fiercely-
"No, Abel Fennimore, ] will not go
| with you. I will tell father and Gill
more the whole story. They will
forgive me-,
l. margaret Whalse, you are my
wife l have the power to control
your actions. You voluntarily gave
me that privilege three years ago.
when you solemnly promised to follow
me through good or evil report Can
you deny it - he asked, in voice of
malicious triumph.
And she answered in an audible
! whisper.
II did not know your true character
Abel FennimOre, Or would have died
rather than become the wife of an
outcast y
An angry light sparkeled i'll his
bioodshot eyes. and his faced crimson
ed beneath the singing reproof
at is useless to remind me of that.
A conveyance is waiting for US in the
edge Of the grove yonder. Are you
ready p
She seemed changed into statue on
hearing the words, which doomed her
TO life of degradation. fall coldly
from the lips of the man she had im-
pulsiyely promised. three years before
Go ''love, honor and obey"
s.Have YOU no pity, no mercy - she
asked imploringly.
"None r was the brief reply.
ssBut," he continued, ''if you desire
to say farewell to your stately father.
or that ioyesick swain whom you have
deceived, / shall Taagnanimously
grant you the opportunity; but. if you
don't care to go with ME, will just
step in and inform them of my prior
claim"
He advanced a few PAGES as he
spoke.
"Stay - she cried wildly. clutching
with frenzied grasp, his coat. Il
will 90 with you. but do not breathe
the story of nay folly in their ears"
well, if you're going to be reason
able, let $ be off. This is disagreeable
| business--this prowling round
dwellings,, in fact it's not in my line
| of business.
LET me return to the house and bid
I, farewell to it's loved walls, in sileucer'
Il have no objections, or woald !
hesitate to appropriate some of the
| ''old man s money if were you, said
he.
But she did not hear the latter part
of the sentence. She hurried back to
the house, feeling that her life was
changed--that the doom suspended
above her head had at length fallen
and crushed out the brightness of her
existence.
| He looked after her retrealing
figure until Id was lost in the gloom;
then he erouched down among the
bushes to await her return. Drawing
cigar from his pocket he lighted 1t
and sat very still. with the cigar held
tight between his coarse sensual lips.
cleaning like a tiny spark of FIRE amid
the green leaves around him.
Il had less trouble than l anticipa-
ted" he said, mentally. taking the
cigar IN an distracted way from his
mouth. Abel FenAmore. YOU did
good DAYS work when you bound
Yourself for life TO this glorious
creature. She is beautiful as an angel.
sparkling as an hour r
| He spraag 60 his feet as Margaret
| Whalse with ghastly white face
stool before him.
'.You were scarcely gone Ilye-ten
minutes should say"
She turned her head aside to hide
| the tears that were coursIRg down her
cheeks, and drawing her arm within
his own. he walked rapidly down the
narrow path. Opening the little gate
they passed ont she following me-
chemically through the marsh. sinking
| deep iuto Shiny mud a every stem.
till they paused 81 the further end OF
the grove, skirted Gu either side by n
thick growth of dense underwood
Along 3 yine and rase-ooverei fence.
which Enclosed the grove IN direct
PARALLEL lines. stood IN open bo1gy
with horse attached. and in another
| Instant Margaret Whalse was seated
| on the cushioned seat. pale and
trembling. glaneiug in the direction
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