The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24
PAYING THE PENALTY.
Nv Mrs. Meta Victoria Victor
CHAPTER 1.

Nv Mrs. Meta Victoria Victor.
CHAPTER l.
The scene opens in the Morgue, New York,
when the body OF handsome young man has
inst been brought in, and where It lies under
the dripping Of the iced water. which falls upon
IL TO arrest the progress OF decomposition The
man who attends TO guard the dead did not OBJ
serve slim female figure, which seemed TO
arise ont of tie earth, 30 silently and suddenly
did II stand there She was bending over one
Of the five marble slabs on which lay the dead
bodv Of a splendid young mamie could not
have been more than q.
sWho are you !" said the attendant, suddenly
becoming aware of the girls presence.
81 am Liz" she said: and that Is my hus-
band lying there!"
sDo YOU wish him sent homer" said the man.
Heayens-what user l have not cent TO
bury him!"
aCome now! you had better go home It's
getting late"
She glued her forehead TO the glass again. standing
there motionsss until the ocer. not ungentiy put his
hand on her arm and drew her away.
az cannot even get him to kiss him good-by" she
%oudn't want to II you. my good srL Come.
ss best sS up on the
strrsts-I shall always live the strsets George prom.
i;sd 20 tsx so Sst' o OH m Oh Oil"
sss1 Sas q sns s sS'S
lightly down the steps OF the morgue and stood Thought
fully iSSkos hs .d 70
be better sua Tas Of
tomorrow. and this one is exactly what want hAS
The chaps wife was here-sad she too poor to
bury it-don't think IL will be claimed DOCTOR"
Gan have Il 70 nishts"
Gooa Casey. know can trust to FOUR discretion r..
Of own and II Is 70 be sen, 40 my ahs
to get an ambulance and bring this to me at my home
viii be there receive it, and will contrive to have
You and bring in Here Is $50 Tor your troabie
anayog are t. mage No ns there to the minute sir
and many thanks. My wife will make good use Oh TINS
Ins great surgeon left the morgue his carriage watt
ed for outside the hospital gate and was dri'en
rapidly toward home
CHAPTER H.
On the previous day DR.. Fordyce had been
summoned to the house of his next door neigh
Dor, Mrs Remington On his arrival there he
found Mrs Remington and her daughter Flora
in the agonies of grief. On bed was stretched
the unconscious form of Clymer, the son Of
Mrs Remington, desperately wounded by
pistol ball in the right side.I
How did it occur?"
'Oh doctor, Is ne dead!" whispered Flora.
:. Not quite my dear, not quite. His heart beats
The surgeon turned down the sheet to examine the
e soopsS over the patient heard viosnt
ringing the bell and knocking Of tns .treet dooa.
IA xtop at the -" Chamber door soon foo~sd Dr. For
syss s to s to into tine
Tine o,hcers mere with warrant tosarest our
wasn't fit 10 be laid hands on"
Ask them step stairs with as little noise as pos
Presently two wideawaKe officials came win an
O Oo Wecan be- by That
We're going to do our duty, IT you are ricn psopis
!. What do you want, my men ~
We ave here TO arrest Clymer Remington. answered
thu reading from paper for the killing OF
Cadet Edouari DE Vvo"
e Is young De vivs dead" asked the surgeon muea
.'Asa doornai."
In all man probability % will not live the night out
He is shot In the right lung IL impossible for yoa 10
tor your elves the condition the boy is in"
The officers came in on tip toes an saw at glance
that few minutes would close mis- mortal career.
When Liz found that her lovers body had disappeared
and heard of the duel, mad instructive idea
what DIR. Fordyce's object had been in buying her
bands body. Gambler and rogue as he had been
loved him. and. with bruins snarpened with restitution.
she resolved TO make her market out of the
81 will make these proud in silks know that
/ am a match for them"
She smiled haggardy to herself to think that George
would be spared the horrors Potters feld-tnat he
would be dressed IN broadcioth anI sn'ohe'ed undsr
tuberoses and jasminss in MS hue rosewood coffin
with the solid silver handles. IL almost deaoened the
dull pain ut her heart little while to tnirx OF the splea
sumpuous hearse for miles ana miles and followed by
hall the proni ladies' an. gentlemen ct Firth aysnus i
As Tor herself shs would take a cheap ride Green
wood by IND OF the Eemingtons.
and e on nanu 10 see her lover pat In the ground with
the BsnJp himself To read the prayers
CHAPTER Ill
A beautiful child of II years was sitting in a
mer house in the midst of blooming garden
looking the broad blue Hudson. wound by the Pal
isades.
The house to which the garden belonged called
the Hall and the home of Madame De Viyo,
widow of French descent.
The lady had married Capt. De vivo after reaching
this country. Both we're wealthy, and had purchased
and improved elegant place on Washington Heights.
The Captain had DIED after fifteen years of tranquility
passed in his American home. leaving two children.
boy OF IL and a girl of s.
True her race, which had always been military in
the instincts and ambitions Of its male scions. the
know that he within few hours svel o, his home
while fitting for the career beloved of ali true
Kdouard vivo sr~w up toward with all tbe
ya ana OF snS poor
What matters II what he might have been, since
he was doomed to so early deathr
Let as go back to that bright. sweet afternoon IN late
May when Dulce DE Vivo, lovely little girl OF H. satin
her bower que lost In the destinations OF volume OF
the Arabian Nights"
Her brothers. particular friend. Cymer Remington,
had bought her this bewitchng book. IL there was
person in the world whom she adored II was Mr. Rem
ington. Dulce had as ARDEN and afectionate htte
heart as ever beat in child's bosom; She loved r.
mother her old grandmother, her brother but the fes
ing she had for Edouards friend kind of worship
ping admiration.
While she musing on Clymer's PROJECTIONS the
dead body of her beloved brother brought home.
He had been slain in a duel with Clymer Remington.
CHAPTER Nv.
The mock funeral over, and the gambler and the
George buried in the vaults of the Rem
ingtons when Liz tho gamblers wife. made her appear
ance at the stately mansion OF the RemnGtons Hers
she tells Flora what she has discovered and demands
hush money.
"You didn't hurt my husband; he was dead afore.
You gave him splendid funeral But your secret Is
worth a mint o. money Tn poor-starvins! / mean