Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-02
CHAPTER XVII.
A TERRIBLE REVELATION.

| Two evenings after the events recorded in
the preceding chapter, Mrs. CRANKY Du-
mont was to attend select masquerade at
| friends, Mrs. Elbert Carlton, in Morrisania.
The General cared little for such scenes, but
he believed that his young wife wished to ap-
| pear at the soiree, and he was willing to
sacrifice his own happiness to hers although
he did think that her experience at the
Academy of Music would keep her from at
| tending any more, at present, of the same
sort of entertainment, even if it were private.
AS he was waiting to attend his wife to
the masquerade, servant entered and
handed him letter, which informed him
that if he would come to the masquerade
alone, he should see, with his own eyes, and
hear with his own ears, the guilt of the wo-
| man whom he had welded. It was signed
| ssLady Friend"
81 will gop exclaimed CRANKY Dumont
'tSurely shall be able to fathom this vile
plot"
He assembled to the dressing-room Of his
wife and informed her that an unexpected
summons called him away. He wished her
| to go without him.
Mrs Dumont was inwardly glad that her
husband was not to be present at her
friends house.
The parlors were comfortably filed with
beauty and fashion, but there was no form
there more graceful than that of Mrs. Gran
by Dumont.
After the first quadrille, Mrs. Dumont
contrived to drop the arm of her partner
and to disappear.
She went out upon the piazza at the back
of the house and descended the steps to the
grounds below.
''They will be here shortly after eleven!"
she murmured, drawing the thick shawl
which she had flung over her costume close
about her.
She had not to wait long.
Two men entered the grounds by the car
| riage-way- William Gorton and Levinto,
the Spaniard.
''You both know what to do?" she asked
eyes, madam, replied Gorton eve are
only to watch, and to be ready, should our
services be needed"
Precisely so-one of you will be near me
wherever 1 go; and you will make it your
business to keep your eye upon Mr. James
Dalton, if he appears here tonight"
The two men glided silently away beneath
| the skeleton trees
''Would it not be better to end this sus-
pense now?" muttered Mrs. Dumont. NO.
she added; 81 will go forward-I will see
what can be doner
| The General went in coach, which he
hired from livery stable, but he took his
own driver
"Why do these people persist in SANDER
ing her?' he thought. 81 will believe in
her and trust her to the last, and it shall be
my business to unravel this mystery
| About half mile from the house, the
coach was brought to stand-still
The General thrust his head out of the
window.
eff you are General CRANKY Dumont,
| stopT said voice. ''You are close to your
destination"
81 amp" answered the General, proudly,
alighting from the vehicle.
The man who had accosted him babe him
follow, and, in few minutes they reached
a dilapidated building.
This house was empty.
General Dumont said nothing, and the
stranger requested the coachman, who had
refined in his horses at the door, to drive on
a little further. So soon as the vehicle was
gone, the man entered the house, the Gen
eral following. The shutters were closed.
The Generals guide pointed to ladder,
leading to the second story, which the two
assembled
The General looked around him, and, by
the dim light which issued from a lamp be-
low, he beheld, in the further corner of the
chamber a form whose presence sent thrill
to his heart. For the third time he beheld
that white-robed figure.
"You do well, CRANKY Dumont," said the
igure-''you do well to obey my summons.
Perhaps, now, you will credit what you see,
and know that have spoken truly"
sit is the appointed hour, said the guide,
whose voice was mufled In the folds of
huge scarf. ''You have but to watch and
listen" He knelt down and slid away
portion Of the flooring ''You may watch
without fear of being SEEN
The General stationed himself at the aper-
ture, and waited with wildly-beating heart
He had been watching about ten minutes
when he heard door open. A moment
afterward, he saw two persons enter the
room beneath him.
They were both masked-one was man,
and the other o woman, who was dressed,
| from head to foot, in black domino.
''Thank Heaven" thought the General,
sit is not Maud! She wore different
dress" But, in moment, he murmured:
sab, misery, it is she!''
''Why have you brought me to this placer"
exclaimed Mrs Dumont looking around
the apartment.