Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-08

screws with hard wrench, Your hos
band will be denounced tomorrow as
something worse than n common thief
and you-have you any idea where you
will be when that time comes? il eter-
nifty. as surely as you aren't on your
way to New Orleans with me"
She scarcely fiinched. though siNo be-
lieved him quite equal to such deed.
Her lips quivercd. then set. Heaven
forgive you, Varick, for the act to which
you will drive me tonight she said,
slowly. the words dropping liks Zones.
IL don't think either you or need
expect Heaven to- answer our calls"
said Varick, brutally. Does that mean,
Mignon, that you are willing to 60 with
me?"
Willing? Scarcely that. Before j
promise, what guarantee have that
you will not abuse my confidence; that
you will leave the funds of the bank be-
hind. provided / go?"
He turned, and lifted a valise from q
shadOwy corner.
They are all in here. bonds, mortgages,
securities and greenbacks. There's a
show Of gold and silver left in the vault,
but II came near being a clean sweep.
Ill just keep back the amount of capt.
tai paid in, and you shall put the re-
mainder in the safe with your own
hands, if you wish
She watched him while he unlocked
the valise and took out some packages
OF bonds and notes, counting them I'M
der her eyes.
"You bring the rest" he said, brief
ly. "Fll 90 ahead and light the gas. :"
''Varick." said Mignon. softly, stand
ing near him with the valise in her
hand, ''why were you so set on this
thing? You could have taken this
money, had your revenge, and said
for me so much as to outweigh the
gain
Then you don't give me credit for
the half feel, said Varick, with sud-
den energy. I'm not the man to 60
mad and throw ali things to the dogs
for the sake of n woman. I'm fond of
you, La June, and always was. Be
sides" with a cunning CLEAN, Il
hedged to win. I'll get fifty thousand
dollars when / take you back to New
| Orleans, and that's better than three
times the amount, lCithOW YOU, and
the law at my heels. Here! before l
lock that safe want your promise"
81 promise TO forSake my husband
and stay with you until death parts us. :"
- don't ask more'n that muttered
Varick, bending over the combination
lock, and the next instant bullet
crashed into his brain, and stopped its
crafty scheming forever.
Rodney France had started that aft
ernoon on n trip which would have kept
him from home for n night and day,
but by the mereSt chance he found the
man with whom his business was on the
same train, going the same way. They
had short conversation, arranged for
a future meeting, and Rodney got off at
a wayside station where he took the
next returning train to RivertOn. He
went around by the bank on his way
home to tell Tendyke his news. just as
he turned his key in the lock a flash OF
light sprang up in the vault, and Var
lex was working with the door Of the
safe, when the outer door turned on its
hinges. Neither ne nor Mignon had a
suspicion of the intruder who paused
within it, held spellbound at first by the
unexpected sight of his wife there at
that hour.
He stood still and heard the last few
sentences which passed between them,
heard Mignon call him Varick. heard
her promise To leave him her husband.
Then he stirred. made rush forward,
with deadly fury awake in his breast.
The next moment that shot was fired,
and Mignon, looking up to catch sight
of her husbands white, wrathful face
cleaning against the darkness.
screamed, and fell in a dead faint to
the floor.