The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-02-26

eight, and because ne dld NOT come
she concludes that we have killed
him. Now, why should he write
such a letter if he intended to run
awayW
ii must confess, Wallingford,
chat it is very strange"
''Has it ever occurred to you
that some accident might have
happened to him, and that he did
not absent himself willinglyp
"No; | hac never dreamed of
such thing"
IL am afraid we have been too
TASTY in this business. | love my
darling sister as | do my life, and [
begin to repent ofmy rashness in
this matter. She refused to let me
touch her, she shrank from me as if
l was a savage wild beast, ready
tostear her to pieces, cast upon me
such strange, wild look, as caus-
ed the blood to freeze in my veins,
and spoke of my hands being
stained with Ed Demar's blood.
Then all at once she broke down
and when the doctor came he said
that she was threatened with brain
fever, and before midnight she was
unconscious"
"That is very unfortunate, Wal
lingford, anG as soon as she regains
consciousness, I'll go to see her
and tell her that you did not hurt
Demag she certainly will believe
me-"
"Ifyou will take my advice, you
will not let nv sister see you, un-
til you can prove Demar to be
alive and unhurt. The manner in
which she spoke of you was any
thing but complimentary, | can
tell you. She regards yon as the
cause of all the trouble, accuses
you of influencing me, and the
trnth is, Heartsell, you did ner-
suade me into it. We have been
rash and hasty in this matter, and
begin to repent Of the part
have played in it, | wish | could
do like other men, but my unforlu-
nate temper won't let me. Other
people always think before they
act, but | act first.and then do the
, thinking after it is too late, A
most horrible suspicion is crawl
ing over me; begin to think after
/ all that Demar has not run away.
, He owns halfinterest in a drug
} store here with ten thousand dol
, lars; he made no disposition of it
:. except to will his interest to my
sister, in the event he was killed.
4 He lefta sealed paper with his
clerk, to be delivered to Lottie,
and it turns out to be will. Now
if he had been married to the other
woman why should he will his
property to my sister,"
"Indeed, Wallingford; that does
look little strange; but what can
} we do to clear up the mystery?"
} "Put detectives to work 20 find
out what has become of Demar.
} Had it ever occurred to you Heart
J sell, that the woman might have
, been some relative of Demar's?'
"No; have never dreamed of
: such thing; bat why should he
elope with her if she was a rela-
tion!"
J II don't believe he went away
with her, because he took a
freight train and started to Horn
Lake. l believe he intended to
keep his appointment with US, out
! he has met with an accident; per
, haps been murdered.
"Wallingford, your language per.
t plexes and puzzles me; give ne
: time to think"
eyes, it is very proper we should
both do little serious thinking.
! 1t is a pity we didn't do that be-
5 fore. Instead of acting so-rash We
. should have demanded an expla-
r nation Of Demar, and afforded him
an opportunity to make it. can
t see now the great error we com
mitted, He might have been able
to explain it all to our satisfaction,
t but we did not give him a chance"
# When Harry left Heartsell his
d affection for that gentlemen was
considerably decreased, and he be-
IS gan to realize thelfact that he had
h suffered Heartsell 10 use him as 4
tool FOR the accomplishment Of his
:; own selfish purposes. Time con.
. tinued to drag along exceedingly
slow, or at any rate it seemed so TO
II Harry Walllngford. Lottie's life
o seemed to be gradually but surely
a. drawing to a close Her beautiful
e golden hair had commenced ID
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