Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
10 look Of venomous hatred as he sank

to look OF venomous hatred as he sank
into the nearest armchair and began to
think.
Was there nothing. he wondered, which
even now could st p this marriage, What
IL Caryi could be actually convi ted OF
Turner murder Surely en- the baro-
net would t marry his $ star 1t was
not yet too late to give the police h mt,
and 1t might DO worth trial, unle $ in.
dee something should chance TO come
out at the in NEST. which was fixed for
eleven O'Clock that morning
The inquest was held but beyond rcre
formal evidence a to the finding of the
unfortunate man and he wo nds he ha |
received, no information seemed to be
forlhc oming. There )re the roceedin -
were ad OIIned until saturday In order
TO & We the police two days more in which
/ to p rsue in uiries.
So far matters were settled by noon, in
the pres nee of an excited crowd, which
numbe ed among its members both Sir
| Godfrey Bertram aud his nephew. Afte :
| wards, while the people were still stream
| in out into the sunshine or standing
| about in lit @ groups discuss at leisure
| once again the or me in all | s bearings,
| the ar0n't made his way towards the
| Vicar GO
Ia the drawing-room, alone, Odeyne was
seated b fore tn. p an0 running her n
gers in purpUseless way over the keys
and wondering whether her future hus
band would come to see her that morning.
when Sir Il re was announced AS
she Ose and. wi h one hand still upon
tie keys, waite for her lover to approach
her she formed picture ia r enough to
gladden. the hea I Of any man-above all
that of the man who loved her.
You will forgive me for coming so
early could not wait longer le'o
/ Ianking you, deyne," muir nur d the
BarOnet al most tmidly, as he cidspe | The
rett nnge : which she h I'D out to him.
The hot color lew suddenly to the girls
face.
"Then you want me still" she sad,
with smile lurking abo It her lips in a
manner which Sir Godfrey found Sutfi-
GENTLY al,urin'.
want you " no echoed. could never
cease tn want you, darl ng. All, deyne,
indeed, my dearest you shall not repent
having u ed me-
For a IN ,ment she hes tated Then she
raised her | eeye> to his. wnilst the b God
slowly eb ed out ct her cheeks and lips
lea ing her very pale.
81 have no tear tor myself she told
him firmly. ut is for III. upp ,se that
ter we were married you were sap.
pOinte in me beca I>e -Lecause | do not
love you more with a | tie culver in
her voice. suppose that YOU should
grow jealous of the memories in my heart.
Suppose
II wi suppose nothing, dear he at.
swe ed tenJe ~. 'Une lueSt on | am go.
Ing 10 ask you, Odeyne, an | no other
Little one, as the pa q lips uvered b..
meath his z ze- do not trtmble So and
pray MT be raid. is On thi
want to hear. Tat other m II" a d his
ice sank low aud It's To re deepened do
y care TO-. huns i'll WoLld you ratAer
be h ~w g than nine ="
w til isiJIe effort, Ode ne con uered
her ag ia ion. she had US no idle word
when she wrote of h trust in him and
she wa willing that he should unders and.
"ihan you for not a king me his
name she said. L think -. believe |
CO lit no tell you that ye. b t. AS tC
your question, les a arait tina I do
love him 5 i |. But wo Id Tot marrf
him not il he were to entreat L OF
me- Oh h W shall say it she cried.
In 81 Iden agony OF anne. " erhaps
II "a As my fault that he gained my heart
50 easil Il he ried to 10 it-rh. IN.
deed 90 tried And then he sli Shted me
In cry look he told me that he wa
aware that I loved him but tb It he care |
nothin { rme. No. Sir Geo fIey | would
not be his ite-l would rather-far rath-
er he ypu -
WhereupoI she burst into tears; nor
was she conscious of any feeling of sur
a nf " bun oh |
herself being dra An into le BarOn-t
arms, and was Above weep out all her
grief upon his breast.
AT last tn girl raj ed her heal from its
Resin t-pIace.
= on are very good to me" she said
gratefully. smiling through her tears and
look ng up In his face. - viii try to
deser'e your Kindness -indeed-indeed
will"
My darling be sure tina my faith In
you is ust as strong as yours is in me
he murmurrd. las to this $ o ndreI be
he whom he may. hpncefOrth he is moth.
ing to Us SO ne y. my sweet one, when
you Wish to hav no sc r It from yoIr huS-
band, y vii tell ma who it is that has
treated you thus. That, deyne, shall
be the proc If you Ike, of our per Get
love. But, however many wear may pass
before it comes, re ember that will new
or ask OF you. And now let us for Iet
him shall we >
THANK YOU" she whispered. Then,
very softly and modestly-' | did not un
derstand before that men were gentle and
tender, as you ae Will you kiss me.
Geo rey!' and she raj ed her lips to his
The memory of the Wa m touch of her
Urea and the bashful loneliness of her
face was st II ca ISM : the Baron IS pull ,es
to thrOb when he re-entered his an house
so soon TO lie her home.
mo; will ONE again AMI see your
father, then, If ! may. | will not ay
now he had sa d when dc ne ra her
timidl asked him to tay to luncheon.
10 that SeCon visit he was no looking
forward with as much Gag rness as thong
Is entire fut re We | beng rested upon
it. An In his Oy Allan Bertram, with
his frant C anger and disappointment
was al Ogethrr tUrgp.ten. Even had it
been otherwise, Sir Geo frey would
not have CUES eel how his nephew hap
pened at that moment to he employed,
nor would g haze rediIed the fact that
in few seconds more the 70 lowing com
munication despatched by Allan would I've
on its way to Scotland Var
why nave no in .uiries been made as
to how Caryl Eane OF UlthO pc Vicara 20
was employed upon the night Of the mur
der Man persons can prove his return
from Hull wearing mud Iy clothes Which,
bore witness TO strug ,le,"
TO BE CONTSUED.