Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-15
CHAPTER XVII

To make up oncs mlu.i to Yos a. fni
yu1ur woman " ho hss DISAPPEARED ritt0ut
having a traor D. oue thing hni hcr b
another Ihc world L. a Iiaoe n considerable
.ns. AMI chanos ue .tinEs are Mt ao comm0n
A. tha c,und.nr novel rcsier l. asked o. D.
lieve such Wa at least The experience of
to men. eho. from different motive. ucrr
oquaily anrinus o. tni The fugitive Ih'
Or, Maurics Hervey The sacgud Frank Car.
ruthcrs.
Hsrvey. who. having paii q seconi Visit b.
Oakbury. hsd In sluie way manascd to learn
thai neairlc.. 'he 10y AMI Tho uurss hal gono
D. I.onion. tade a hasty adieu o. hlack'osn
AMI rrturu,d o. a. capital Ihe more hs
.tudic.i tn situation. tha more aHarrut %
is.ame that to uI' b. osu woris. a. Nas
In = cioft stick ~ long as bcafrico couli
oonccal hcr whereabouts from him. so long
Wa b. utterly helplcst hr cuuld. ofo'lra..
compass a CERTAIN amount n revenge
lut ~ oost would D. tol terrific However
sweet thing nav D.. ii may D. housht too
dearly. le cuui walk bodily up a. Sir
Maingay ClAuson and proclaim him-alf hls
son-in.l .law lle could - o. ths-e laltsrts
ami show them that ho marr.ei thelr nieoe
when shs Wa little more than a s,hool girl
But that good wouh this doi Ills h0lt
wouh h. shot, AMI has quiver held no other.
I, might bring down Beatrioe bui noe hor
MONEY. Ne wouli have % deal with men of
tho world Instead ~ woman over vbo M D.
hsld the terror q cHrosunc ~ had one
articis % III sllcnce Ih.re Wa one Gus
tou,sr Zoe IL, his wife. With hcr he could
trade b advantage. but the moment he
broke luck f0r another market bis olm.
modify bccame all but vslusi.s
Arain. there Nas that cursed clause IA Old
Talicrts will Hervcy couh easily prove
that Heatrics was his wife. hut In doing so
he al-o provci that he hai marrirl. vhcn
under agc withou, her trustee cunsont.
aud tho sali trustees could 10 almost ex
artly a. they llkei Nith her foftune' frob
ably they would throw him two hundnoi a
year 80 lonx a. h. kep; cut a the way
What was two hundred year vhen We
know that hal he net i,s.stei on bringing
some ones head down - % dust. hc might
have had ten timos the amount Why hal
he not taken the money AMI forcsone hi, r.
vengci
In fact Beatrioes fight. although no,
effected for s,rategical reasons va a mas
tertiece: a move which houni hcr enemy
hani and foo, savageiy h. lookei forNari
D. the time when circumstances would force
him b take the tcst Offer made him. Well be
knew that The momeni Beatrice nervci her
elf D. reveal ths truth q her friends. The
moment she elected a. cunfs-. hcr giflish
folly. and facs What shame and blame might
h. due 70 her, every .hrcl of power h. bci
wouh L. gJne. II va. therefore. imlcra.
tive he should INT B-a,rioc ami rcoT-'n NJ
gotiations upun basis more favorable %
hcr. Rehection and the risk h. nov ran q
losing everything made him inclined to lower
his demands he would take hftccn hun
drcd, even a half % his wife's income AMI u
abe wished Il would enter into a n'galar
deci 81 judicial SEPARATION he would H.
silent so long a. the m0ney was paid o. -
long a. u paid him better 81 b. silent
What N h. gave cut that b. VA dcai and
waiie,l until he had married againi fhcn
nj. sway wouli h. supreme. Bat % gain
this advantage h. must D. silent, u might
L. for yoars and in the meanlune must
somehow make living. Perhaps after her
former eKperienoe. shs Nouh not marry
again. ANY way the state q his e1ohoquer
put a veto GA the waiting scheme.
lie expected no uneKiortei help from her
lie lookel for ~ mercy he ha showed
none. lie had blasted ha lie. robbed her
year. u early womanhooi o. their sweet
ne-s; be had tradsl on the romance which
lies In the heart q every young girl, then,
for merccnary purpose., hal turned and
crushei u out lie had shown her, nay,
hal. In brutal words. TOLD her that he hal
marTiei her 30 rai-e moncy In order b ave
himself from the penalty due 10 his crime.
He well knew what he hsd done. AMI know
ing this he had not even venturct al a..
tempting 10 cajole her when they measured
strength al Backtown. Had IL been necisi
the stern .et Of her features-tho soorn of
her manner would have told him that he
bad no mercy 10 expect, that ~ was duel
between ths two
lie must ind heri A. the months went On
the necessity of finding her became more and
more obvious He bad. after the manner u
. gambler, who feels that sny hour may
bring the great stroke of luck. lived luxur,-
cuzly. His money had by nov 70 odiminished
thet be NV b must shortly do one Of thrss
thipgs. fnd Beatrice, sArn monsy or stArve
Ths hryt the mo>f desirable coars In
every way, rcsmsi impossible lie had
made both In psrson and vicariously, such
inquiries 81 Sir NAingays house - ooold Be
made without exciting ccmmsnt and sus-
pic.op Hs had even b-en down oocs more 70
ITO be Continued.l