Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-12

Eustace Grant. / cursed my faithlo8 wife,
l cursed myself and my impotence. Such
was my state that, could I have obtained a
pistol, I would have waited on that door.
step and shot the mah who had BETRAYED
me, as soon a. he emerged from his place Of
safety-shot him deal without compunc.
ton. Nor was my mind any way soothel
by hearing the window thrown up, and ses-
ing my hat tossed out contemptuously. I
wa fain to stoop aud pick it up, In order to
save myself from becoming IN object Of
curiosity to passersby.
What was to do! Ny mind at present
could only grasp one fact-tha. Grant had,
by some dia1ollcal means, induced Viola to
leave mo and give herself to him. For a
while my course seelnel limited to one
issue: l must wait here, outsids his house,
until at last he came forth. Then l must
dog his footsteps until they led me to the
falthless wolnan who bad ruined ny lite
and brought me to shar ia. Igroaned 1t the
Thought Of what littls more than twelve
hours had done. THIS morning I was the
happiest man in Engla nd; tonight I wa
the most miserablel
SO, for hours I walked up adl down In
front of the house which held TIC tor.
I saw the light extingu. shel. o :, or
twice l saw tho blind drawn o.. de, and
guessed thai Grant was looking out to see if
HAL left my pot. No. you traltorl YOU
v lain! 1 am still there, and shall be th,rs
until you come out. Then I wilt dog you to
the bitter enl.
The hours won't bv, the dawn beoan to
break. Stiil-aa object Of curiosity, II not
suspicion. to Che policeman-I kept my
post, and shoull have kept it for hours
longer, had it NOT all at once occurred 10
me that so long as 1 was t era so long would
Grant remain whore he was. I must meet
craft with craft Nevertheless l must
r%erforce keep watch unil could find sorno
ono to whom thu task might be deputed.
At Z O'CLOCK I was abls to gain aimi ,sion
to an oi-fasnio1e l family AMI erc al
inn which stood some snort distance off.
The bay window o. ths coffee roon com.
manded a view of Grant, hous. Her, I
seated myself, and. Lavin, obtained a Lon
don dir, ctory, w1oto aal dispatched a Letter
10 a ~well-known private Diet ,ctive. requsst-
ing that u clover. trustworthy nun might
at once be sent to ME. Then, from the w4n
dow Of thu hotel, resumed my watch.
At 9o'c.ock tho man whom l had sum-
moned arrived. l told him what TO do. He
was to wait until he saw Grant depart. He
was to FOLLOW him, and, having a~scsrtained
his destination, was 10 telegraph to mo at
once. Then 1 left the accurssd spot, went
back to my hotel, and tried to sleep
As l entered tile room which Viola and I
had occupied l could almost persuade my
self that I hal dreamed the events of the
last twentv-four hours All her personal
effects were as she left them; her gloves,
her brushes, her toilet indispensables were
all there. Even her watch she hal left
behind her. She broke the spring at the
seaside, and there was no time to get it re-
paired before we started for tao continent;
besides, | had inten lei buying her q new
one in Paris. To-morrow-yes, tomorrow
would liz Thursday-to-morrow We had
proposed crossing TO France. Heavensl
what did it all meant
Sleep, with my mind in this whirl, was
unattainable. Later in tho day, mora for
something to do than in pursuance of any
hops, 1 vent to Viola s old hons and asked
if she had boon there to-day. No, not since
yesterday morning. This tho servant rather
wondered at, as Miss ROSTER was very i'll;
two doctors were with her now.
In my present frame Of mini I cared
nothing for the old lady's illness; but I
knew that thu motive which kept Viola
from her side when suffering must be a
strong one. Ye:, little a woman who
could leave her husband, US she had left
me, would rack for the ailments of a friandl
Curses OIL her false, fair facet
The hours passed somehow. At 3 O'Clock
a tele graphic message was brought me. ]
tore it opsn. 1t was sent from FolGestone,
and ran 50:
Followed him here. He left by Blu,
| logne boat. Was Joined on pier by lady.
Tall, closely veiled, tair hair. Wore costly
ring of diamonds. Seemed Ill and upset
Did not follow to France, having no IN
structions to leave England"
The last, the very last hope was gon,l
Viola aud Eustace Granthad q ID togethsri |
ground my teeth. I bit my lips until the
blood cams. I cursed the detsctive'a
stupidity at not having followed them, II
needs be, half over thu world. Surel / hal
given the fool ample instr uction,i For the
future, ! would trust no on but myself.
threw a few things into a p~ortmanteau;
rang for a time table. Was there a train
could catch-was there a steamer VIII OF
crossed tonight Perhaps, at Boulcgne, ]
might get once more on the track Of til,
lugitiveA
But before had solved the doubt abouI
trains and steamers I had chan9ci my
mud. Why should I follow. Let them go
and my curse so with them. I will not take,
Mt present, one step in ruriuit. l will have
vengeance. but vengeance by waiting vii
be the more cmnplote. S,ei she must love
thi; man madly, even as l love her, or IL
would not have done this hing. BE. too
must Iowa her. Lat nv silence, my qu.e5
ness, lull the into false security. l.,
them dream their dream Of lappinasa evel
as l dreamed mine. Then l will fni then
and strikel For lswore thai 90 ler or later
by fair means or foul, Eustace Grant snou4e
dis ~ my hanl!