The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-29
A FAIR FRAUD,

but.the men who saw her at least were
unanimous In the opinion that she was
divine in dress as well rs appearance.
AS for Glen Lander, the richest young
man in town, he seemed to have com
pletely lost his head. He was engaged
TO marry Lou Putney. but after Miss
Montmorencis appearance in town, he
deserted her entirely and became the
reigning bellies most devoted admirer.
He showercd presents upon the new
divinity and in due time they were mar
ricd Mrs. Lander developed the quail
ties Of a reckless married flirt after mar
rage, which caused Glen the greatest
misery, for he was of very jealous dis.
position. Particularly was she friendly
with an Englishman at the hotel who
called himself the Hon. Mr.. Lydney.
They sang together in the evening, and
went out boating and succeeded in work
ing the poor husband into terrible state
of mindg
Glen demanded that his wife should
not see the Englishman any more and
when she refused he went in search of
the cause of all his trouble with the
avowed intention of killing him. The
Hon. Mr.. Lydney received him very
placidly and the two held q long con-
ference with locked doors.
The sharpest ears only caught Clem's
voice raised now and then, and once a
listener fancied he heard him say;
"You lcl'
But the Englishman's tones were not
perceptible.
1t was three hours before Glen Lander
came out, and then he was as white as q
dead man and walked like drunken
one.
lie did not go home. He went off
toward the woods, his lips set, his eyes
staring straight before him, like sleep
walker.
But the Hon. Mr.. Lydney had never
worn face of more serenity, an air of
more bland complacence and self-satis-
faction.
He went that evening, as usual, to call
on Mrs Lander
b. Glenn had not been home. How late
the Englishman stayed there was never
known. He did not go back to the hotel
at all, and in the morning a note was
found in his room desiring his luggage
which was ready packed, to be for
warded to an enclosed address, a Cana
dian one.
Subsequently 1t was learned that Mrs.
Montmorenci-Lander had disappeared,
too.
In short, they had gone away to-
gcther.
Glen came home in the night, but did
not seek his wife, and of course knew
nothing of what had happened till Mrs.
Lander's maid came and told him her
mistress had gone and gave him o letter
she had left for him.
He just glanced, at it and tore it in
two.
1.-THE william" he muttered. eff he
had not given me such absolute proofs,
should think he lied yet"
Not twenty-four hours later Mrs. Ian
der was applying the same complimentary
term to the same individual.
She sat in an elegant room in the st.
Lawrence Hotel in Montreal, and the
Honorable Mr.. Lydney, or the gentleman
who called himself that, stood before her,
smile of exultation and triumph on his
lips.
"You mean to tell me your name is not
Lydney at all?' she exclaimed.
az do"
And you have no right to the title
Honorable?"
ono more than you have, madame"
"Then what are you?"
"Have you not guessed ?"
GLOW should I?' she answered, scorn.
fully. 81 don't care what you are. 1
shall 60 back to my husband, 1 was a
fool to leave him."
He threw back his thick coat, and
showed her policeman's uniform under.
meath.
She grew white then, but threw up her
head haughtily.
"What does that meanS'
at means that l have played my
game and won It, You are Adelaide
Clancy, eX-companion to Lady Mont
morenci, whose jewels and the sum of
$4,000 you stole and ran away to Amer
lea witK. You were foolish to take that
name. tracked you by it, and as could
not arrest you then in the States, and
knowing your fondness for Irritation. |
made love to you as an honorable, and
got you to run away with me to English
ground, were | can arrest YOU
"You villianp' she uttered. "It was
we'll done, was IL not, to deceive woman
so brutally, for the sake of arresting
herr"
THAT is my business" he answered.
"What To deceive women? To be
brute? / believe you. But / shall
write to my husband, and tell him my
letter to him was jest He loves me;
he will believe me. He will come and
save me from you, II ii takes his whole
fortune"
every likely" he returned, sarcasti.
cally, "but which husband Lander
knows all about the other one, for told
him. l did not tell him you were a
thief, nor who / was. / could see there
was enough love left in his heart still for
you TO make him warn you If | had, and
spoil my game. But | left letter for
him, and he knows that, too, now"
She was silent for a little, the hand
some face set like a stone. Then she
said:
"Do you mean to take me back to
England"
II do"
81 will never go"
I'VE shall see about that.
81 shall escape you" she answered,
lie smiled and never left her for an
instant till the carriage came that was to
take her to prison quarters.
She leaned back in her chair and
closed her eyes. Half an hour after
when he spoke to her, she did not
answer.
"Wake, Adelaide Clancy" he said,
touching her on the shoulder with his
hand. "You must come with me to
prison now"
Then he saw that she was dead. She
had taken n subtle and quick poison,
almost with him looking at her, She
had escaped him truly.
To the day of his death he will not