The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-04-14
sadly. You have been victimized by .
base woman"

sadly. You have been victimized by .
base woman"
James Dalton sighed.
Gay. she is a sinful woman, but I know
that she loves me, wicked as such q love
may be. She is much like you in her pas
sionate nature, and swears she would take
her lite. if she dared She has begged of
me boon, which l am anxious to grant,
but cannot unless you also consent"
''What il it?'
''She pleads that nothing more shall be
! said Of Mrs. Dumont's crime-that no fur
ther steps shall be taken to punish the
guilty."
GLOW can that concern her? Why
! should she wish me to forego taking the re-
venge seekS'
''She desires it for the sake Of her hus.
band. who planned the crime, which was
carried out by his friends"
''Ah, I am glad you have told me thisr'
exclaimed Clarice. .'And you are weak
enough to suppose that will give my con-
sent to hush up this dreadful crime! Never
will crafty that wish"
%'Clarice, be woman, not an aveneing
angel" said James Dalton. almost sternly.
You have succeeded in destroying Maud
Dumont. Let that suffice"
Suddenly Clarice burst into tears
''Oh, what am I to do?" she moaned.
What am to say? am lost, bewildered,
reckless OF the future-eager only for death!
Ny heart is dead to all feeling-to every
emotion"
"Yes."
''Many things have happened to-day.
Clarice. came here from Madison Ave
nus-from the Ovington mansion"
''Indeed"
death has been busy in that splendid
dwelling"
'.Deathr' repeated Clarice. IN dull voice.
Eyes; the wife of CRANKY Dumont died
fiis morning by her own hand"
''She is. s.dead, then, this beautiful feud-
the destroyer Of Clarence Suydam?"
"What If she were not his Destroyer"
''Not his Destroyer
''No, no. nor cried Clarice, passionately.
dazzling. binding ray Of hope would kill
me!'
Il only ask you to consider that strange
mistakes have happened before to-day"
said james Dalton, quietly. What il the
wrong man had been lured to death?"
You torture-you madden me-" gnsped
Clarice. ''Was Clarence Suydam murdered
OF was he not2"
''He was not!"
''And you know this.
"From his own ips!" cried q familiar
voice behind Clarice. and in the same mo.
ment she was clasped in the arms of Clarence
Suydam.
Clarice uttered a wild cry and fell faint
ing on her cousins breast.
Clarence Suydam had escaped, almost By
a miracle, from the hands Of the wretches
who had plotted to destroy him.
Upon the night of the ninth of October,
when he had left his studio to keep the ap-
pointment at the Metropolitan Hotel, be
met his half-brothes, Henry Raymond, who
been drinking heavily. Claren % left him
there, intending to rejoin him after seeing
Mr.. Spencer, the gentleman who had ap-
pointed the meeting with the artist. Henry
Raymond. the artist conjectured, must have
followed him, and have been mistaken by
the waiter for Clarence. At any rate, the
waiter had handed q card to gentleman,
somewhat intoxicated, who, when asked if
his name was Suyda1n. had replied in the
affirmative, and accepted the card, bearing
the name Charles Spencer" which the
winter rendered him and directed him to the
waiting-room. This had evidently been .
joke, which proved fatal to Henry Ray
nond. Failing to find Mr.. Spencer, Clar.
ence Suydam left the hotel more disheart.
ened than ever. He stood outsido the
building few minutes in deep thought.
''What if I should leave this city7" he
muttered. Il have nothing to hold me
here; AIaud's treache.y has made me detest
civilized life. I'll do it'll leave for Eu-
rope tomorrow morning, find my old ohum,
Dalton. spend q few days with him. and
then hide myself in some out-of-the-way
place."
He did not dare return home, for fear
his cousin would discover his plans, so he
took lodgings for the night. On the NOR
row, he started for foreign lands.
But he did not feel content after reaching
England, and after wandering about for
time, miserable and sick, he returned to his
native land.
His first visit, upon reaching New York.
had been to the house of his friend, James
Dalton, whose address he obtained from .
fellow-artist.
Within year after his return. Clarence
Suydam led his cousin Clarice to the altar
of quiet little church in the suburbs of the
city.
Mr.. James Dalton frequently visited the
widow of Henry Raymond, and little BERTHE
became more and more attached to him.
Perhaps it was that which led Mrs. Ray
mond to think SO much OF the calm and Dig
niied artist; and perhaps James Dalton
wished to have Bertie always with him, for,
two years after the marriage of Clarence
Suydam, another domestic alliance was
formed, the parties being Mr.. James Dalton
and Mrs. Henry Raymond.
William Gorton and Levinto fed from
New York Immediately after the suicide Of
Maud Dumont, but were overtaken and pun
ished for their crimes
The wretched Celeste Kicker was released
from prison, after the sentence of her hus-
band. and disappeared.