The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-08-18

nently successful in that undertaking,
and have indisputable proof to show that
you are that heir. You will remember,
also, that Mrs. Oliphant tainted dead
away at the mention of her first hus-
bands name, quite in accordance with
my expectations, since | knew at the
time what repeat, that she committed
the deed for which he suffered the PEN
atty. Shall tell you, how knew It.
Miss Dana FranceP-to give you at last
The name which is rightfully yours"
"Go on" in whisper. Tell me
ALL" L4
He looked at her doubtfully.
Death itself could scarcely strike her
more CHASTITY than this he was telling
her. His first passion at having been
detrauded of his lawful prey was begin
ming to wear itself out, but no feeling
of either pity or remorse came to him.
al happened to be an eyewitness to
the deed. No matter why | was in the
bank that night; l a0ds there, unsus-
pected by any one, when she came to
make terms with the partner, Tendyke,
who had her in his power There's no
denying that he was hard on her. He
was an old lover, and he had made
| wager of fifty thousand dollars that he
would take her away from her
husband He had wound up the
affairs of the bank, and was going to
decamp with the funds that night, leav-
| ing the worst of the blame to fall upon
| France. He gave her one chance to save
her husband-by going away with him
and she agreed to it, or he thought she
did, but if the man hadn't been blind as
an idiot, he ought to have seen that she
was up to mischief when she said
the words. Her promise was to
leave her husband and stay with him
until death should part them, and she
had the pistol in her fingers at that
minute with which she shot him dead
the next. 1 saw it all, but wasn't the
only witness to the deed. They didn' t
hear key turn in the door or see it
open, but l did, and Rodney France
came in just in time to hear his wife S
promise, and to see her act The pistol
was still smoking in her hands when she
looked up to see him there--his own
pistol, as was proved at the hearing
she fell down, as dead for the time as if
she had been shot herself.
''He made search through the rooms
I've thought since it was to remove
any signs of her being there-and you
may be sure, as 1 had kept myself hid
den before, / didn't show myself then.
| Well, along about midnight he went
away, taking his wife with him. She'd
only come out of one faint to 90 into
another, meanwhile, and | haven't a
doubt but he carried her every step of
the way home 1t wasn't long after
ward until | got out myself | don t
mind saying that | had a fright that
night which made an honest man of me
for the rest of my days. | was only a
boy then, and afraid of my life if it
should be found out that / was there
that night, thinking that the murder
might be laid to me. | knew what
justice meant when it lay between the
rich and the poor, and before daylight
came l was twenty miles away.
didn't follow up the course of the trial
in fact, to avoid knowing anything
about it, for fear I'd be taken as wit.
ness, if nothing worse, l 'prigged a
wipe and got myself sent up for three
months. When came out | went back
to Riverton, and found that he d giver
himself up and been hung for the muir
der, and no one there knew what haC
become of his wife. kept my OWL
knowledge to myself, for had an ides
that the day would come when woulC
make it tell.
"And the time did come. / knew
Mrs. Oliphant the first time / sat eve.
on knew that my hold on her wa:
worth fortune to me-but there were
some things which | couldn't under
stand. Power Oliphant was supposed
to have married Miss Rose Sanger
ford and my first impression was tina
, Mrs. France had deceived him by tax
ing that name. Research showed mi
that such could not have been the case
Rose Sangerford and Mrs. France wer,
two distinct people. l won't enter int
details, but | struck clew when
found that all three of them had beer
in Cuba the year after his marriage anC
your fathers death. | went to Havan;
I and found grave marked Rose, wifi
of Power Oliphant, and after that tn
: rest was easy. discovered that he hat
been in Kingston before leaving tn
: West Indies. l went there and had m,
; reward in unearthing an old register il
which second marriage was recorded
between Power Oliphant and Rose
Mignon France.
z "All this does not concern you s.
nearly as the rest which l have to tell,
that :" rest being the story of her owl
t identity, which the reader already knows
J There was nothing in the whole histor
which Harmon Quest had not ferrete
! out, enough-Heaven knows!-to crusl
l the girl who listened with stilled breat
: and dumb sense of anguish that TO
J the time overcame keener pain. Sh
could not realize yet the magnitude c