The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-03-06
CHAPTER vi.
A CLEW'.

+,, tasl of describing what manner
nsa led during the nex5 two years. 1
~. +ha memory Of everything connected
IL t tI time l wish it could b, b.otted
Iu ..om ms mind. Two years which hold
, ',i no thought of my own 10 which
~. =, loo,; back With any pleasure. must
ea a.. If that wretched time. but viii make
uscoy, as short as possible.
y,rortheless, | will be candid. ana snow
",,f IN as bal hight a. truth compals.
y mt seek to excuse mysali by sa;ing
~ many another in my place would have
NJ as l acted. I hope there are few in
world who have passed through such
.of anil shame as mine.
~ first. without for moment losing
IN Of the vengeance which I meant to
T. m the traitor, Eu=5acs Grant, set
ssa,f the task OF forgetting the false
imam who had fled from my side. I
wed would destroy the love bora her,
4 lear,, to look upon her with scorn and
.,enp.. as the basest Of her sex. Ii the
oocbt Of suing for divorce c,lte3ed mi.
III banished 1t at once. I cared not to
nm. my freedom. So long a.; was
uu1 TO one NOIllttA NAACl was llO SulUtc OI
hejne cajo.ed and deceived by am ther
ey,r Icould be fool enough to love and
,st another woman as had loved aud
nsted Viola.
Ra,idei. l shrank from the exposure: I
rank from the thought of being made a
Sbc laughing stock, as man whose wife
him a fortnight efter her marriage.
!. would teach myself to scorn. lpathe.
raet her-that was all.
IBat how to forgets If cursed her by t!ay
Dreamed Of her by night. Then sac came
me- sweet and pure as thought her on
day when l made her nv wife. saw
soft eyes, h,r graceful form; I heard her
! sh young loving voic., AMI in my dreams
s happy. for could never dream evil Of
But again ana again, when lawoke,
N remembered wEat she now was, Isobb d
few strolg nlen permit .hamselye, to
b and then only in the dead Of night.
ben none can hear or see them.
B would forget! lswora would forget!
! in search of forgstfulness, l plunged
30 whrl OF fierce dissipa ton. became
all appearance the most reckless OF
) kless set l gamble for large sums. !
h or won thou: anls at sit. ing: vet only
|oyed to myself that was as indifferent
money as was to everything else save
loss OF Viola. Curiously enough. did
!: ruin myself at this gamin: taLl>. On
who'll, won largely, and so constantly
bit my luck became II byword. My luck!
smiled bitterly us men spoke OF m, az
|cky Lorraine
= tried in every way to forcs the memory
Viola from my mind. For y while-I
lsh to say SCI drank to excess; perhaps
tOpe1 to kill myself. In these aud other
worthy way passed half tho year
|lGen came the Ieactiou--the lcaiilin. of
(t-the DISCUSS Of the lie was leading.
Fckened al the sight OF my boon com.
|Mons' Every thing was wearincss; moth.
p brought the flush IF excitement to my
PEEK Or carried III, for Il moment away
|om nv grief. Suddenly l t,,rned my
Pcs unon all my pursuits. l went down
Har'tal Abbey, which was now ut my
fposal, aud, with IA supreme contempt
mankind as ever my predec essor felt, ]
Pnea myself even as he had done.
ana people around said that eccsn-
1cty ran in families. and that young
p Lorraine was following in his fathers
tps
But why during these months had I not
|usnt the excitement of revenging my self
pom the man who had wron ed me? Why
" not kept my vow OF killing him when
: ureain OF JOY was at its height! Simply
[causa knew not where to look for him.
n y. his no less guilty companion had
~ no trace behind them-no clew that
l:lh he followed until it brought me facs
iace with them. I had made inquiries,
W inquiries were still being made on my
t1al'; but as yet had not discovered
rant hiding place. Hs seemed to be a
NJ Win, SO far IL coull ascertain, TIC
!, ENDS or connections. Mis-, ROSTER, with
nm 1T is possible he CT Viola might have
s died two days after the elope-
WI ner brother fo,nt. nut he could
y. me no lntellig mce. Mr.. Monk, the so.
''o'. aching, he SAID on Instructions, re-
"a 10 give IN, an. Sa could do moth.
: y. 'ut grind nv teeth and long for the
W., ,s "hs, nv path might once more cross
' ';.s "rants. l was fatalis5 enough to
''e tnat, sooner OF later, this must hap
u = nved on in the d,eury solitude OF Hev-
NJ. NJ :looey Each day found me more
r. ,.a' an" n'isanthropical: by, each day
,,ns"ed my vow of vengeance. It., ac-
was tho only thing IN life 10
~ , y could look forward. Wh,n Grant
a'ao at my feet. life for me wtu.d be at
.. i'1 w.. >" the months passed. It ;ho orig
- T. '"'ian Lcraine could have seen me g, l
!, r "our after hour brooling in his chair,
M "" ,' have thought the son of his atlop-
g. wen worthy OF his choice.
.. ' '''e long months passed. Spring, sum.
:, - ia, a"tumn. winter came and went, max
s. n,'is differences to HE. One, or twice l
VIZ. myself to quit my seclusion and pay
'i;" a 70 iAondcn OF Paris in the nope Of
FmtS distraction and forgetfu!,,e,s. Ny
Y h',,' a'a'ied nothing. and returned to
hen "',s more moody and miserable than
rms a''. Tor ths sake of occupation. per.
ws',. a task until now postponed.
ID nn as through my ,pputed fathers lstters
INV 'ate papers. found nothing that
rit4s s way bore upon myself, except q
~, account IF the skinwre,.k au,l me-