The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-06
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self Eut te you this, sir, plainly: have
been convinced of her guilt by the evidence
laid before the court an while am willing
to join you in making every effort TO obtain
for her the mercy Of the crown-nay, MIR.
Fosdyke viii tell you that / am already tax
ing steps for that purrose-I am not pre-
pared TO try to say, her, whom | believe to
be guilty, by throwing her sin upon another
whom / know to be innocent"
What could do in appealing to man
whose very cruelty was founded upon his
love of what was right l could not answer
mis- logic. and saw that it would be useless
to upLraiI him Bur in my heart hated
and despiszd him.
aThen," said at last, seeing that no help
could be hoped for here, Il shall act for my
self, and if l have to spend every farJhing l
have in the world and to devote every day
that remains to me Of life to the task, you
NAV depend upon it that l shall yet con-
found you all by proving her innocence"
OF my interview with Daisy, when at last
/ was admitted to her in the condemned cell
at the old Castle, shall say nothing that
does not bear directly upon the subsequent
events She was changed greatly when saw
her; but she declared that l was far more se-
riously altered than she was And probably
she was right; for l had nothing of that
noble courage and resignation which had
borne her up through all this time of agony.
But dared not spend the precious minutes
in lovers talk had other work to do for
her sake,
NV first business l felt must be to get
from her her own theory, if she had one,
regarding the murder; and to prepare her
way for that, told her freely all my own
suspicious, and the story of my abduction,
of which she had only heard for the first
time during the course of the trial.
@And you really believe that my uncle
caused you to be spirited away in that fash
ionq Depend upon it, dearest, you are en-
tirely deceived My uncle was innocent"
"Then who could have originated the plotP
GFlinter must have done so. Let me tell
YOU all know about him He has been en-
ployed for nearly eight years at my uncle's
chief station at Wangoora-the place where
we lived. l am told that he had been In
some serious trouble, and that my uncle, who
was usually one Of the kindest as wei as one
of the most simple-hearted men, befriended
him Very soon after he came to the station
as an ordinary shepherd he saved my uncles
life when he was nearly drowned in crossing
a swollen river on our run. That, you may
be sure was never forgotten by my uncle
He very quickly raised him to one of the
chief posts on the estate, and at the time that
came to live at Wangoora, six years ago,
he was the constant companion OF my uncle
In his journeys, and had evidently secured
his confidence"
"But you spoke of him to me ~ danger
GUS"
%Yes; he is dangerous, and bad, too. /
very soon discovered that But cannot Tor
moment imagine that he would have
plotted against his benefactor's life He
had everything to lose and nothing conceiv-
able to gain by my unc.es death.
That was perfectly true and it was the
one great stumbling block in the way Of my
theory regarding the murder. Flinter un-
doubtedly had nothing to gain by it.
@Daisy," said, @you must forgive me for
questioning you on a subject that has long
puzzled me, but about which l saw that you
did not wish to tell me anything want to
know al that you can tell me about that
man whom saw in the railway station here,
on the day we first met 1t is necessary that
you should tell me all, my darling
She blushed slightly, and then faint
smile lighted up her worn face
GAh, how happy an accident it was that
led me to the carriage where you were
seated IQab QayI nave OOCA "AOAA-
out friend now but for that"
"But about this man-GregsonP
II should have told you all about him Ii
there had been any opportunity of doing SO
after you spoke to me at the hall. For, do
You know, that at one time he had tried to
make me believe that he was in love with
me. and when he found that cared nothing
whatever about him he began to persecute
me in a mean, paltry kind OF way, till l
| positively became afraid of him.
%Where was it that he first began to annoy
youi"
GAt Wangoora, about three years ago.
| You see, he was my uncle's confidential
clerk, and came great deal to the house
| He had not then given way, as fear he has
| done now, to bad habits, and he was great
| friend of DIR. Branksome's. | never cared
| for HMM the least" Dear hearth she
i looked up at me with the happy smile OF a
maiden who tells her story for the first time
| to the man she loves, and for moment we
| forgot all about the prison bars and the two
women who sat mutely watching US at the
other end of the cell
GWhen he found that did not care for
| him he became as / said, very disagreeaDle'
| He would try to waylay me and hint dread
| full things about having me in his power
| and think that very soon he came to hate
me as much as he had once professed to ike
| me. Then he became careless and disobe-
| dent in his work, and he quarreled with
| F1inter and was insolent to DR.. Branksome,
| and the end Of it all was that he was dis
missed"
"And what happened thenP
! aOh. a great deal. He professed to have
| discovered some dreadful plot in which we
| were all engaged for the purpose OF inn
posing upon my uncle l laughe at him at
| the time. for I knew of course that there
was no plot of any kind and little dreamei
of what was coming But the man became
| hateful both to me and my uncle, especially
when we found that he had actually folio wed
| us to England. / have never seen him, how
ever, since that day at York"
STell me, dearest, who were the persons
whom he charged with being in this plots"
aOh, believe l was the chief sinner OF all
He several times met me when was alons,
and accused me of it Then he hated Fill
ter. and said dreadful things about him, and
| even about DR.. Branksome But l never
knew what the plot was to which ne re-
| ferred
@Did DR.. Branksome know what the man
was saying about him|
/
next to me, he hatel Dr. Branksome the
most. and remember his saying once that
/ he could have sent him to penal servitude if
/ he liked"
an DIR. Branksomes presencea
Eyes
was startled by what had heard, for
remembered how Branksome had disclaimed
any knowledge of the meaning of Gregson's
language to me in the railway train when
had renorted it to him Some strange fam
cies stole into my brain.
"Tell me, Daisy, what do you think of Or.
Branksome himselff
She glanced up at me, and that troubled,
doubtful look which had noticed more than
once at Scarborough passed over her face
ado not know how can answer your ques-
tion. she said, after a pause. and speaking
yery slowly, as though weighing all her
| words. DR. Branksome is a wonderful man.
| never met any one like him. When ] am
with him he can make me do everything he
wishes-or nearly everything. 1t is only
when am away from him that doubt and
fear him"
aThen you do doubt and fear him some
timesp
| Is hardly seem to have any will OF my
! own 1t is very strange. cannot explain
| Il. Sometimes l think he is a very, very
rood man; but there are times when | think
very differently of him
aWhen did you see him last, Daisya"
asked. feeling as though were on the brink
Of some great discovery.
sThe day before the trial began. Did you
not knowl Has be not told your
9He has told me nothing.
@That is strange, for he promised that he
would do SO. He brought me my viii, which
it seemed that it was necessary should sign