Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-01-11

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! having made tho false declaration Of age and
! locality would be enough to ipvaldato tao
, marriage, as would certainly bavo been the
case If had also made false declaration ot
names; and my impulses ana interests
prompting mo to take the risk, | married
that lady. Then it was that you hunted me
down, and then for tie first time did what
/ ought to have done before, aUd took ito
best legal opinions - - the validity of tho
former marriage, which, to my horror,
found was undoubtedly a binding one. You
also took opinions and canc to tho s;tmo con-
ciCsions Since then the history has been u
sit'ple one. out Of ny wiies fortune OF ten
thousand pounds | paid you no less than
seven thousand as husl money, on your I'M
dcrtakiug to leave this country for America
and never returning here again. | should
have done better to face it out, but | feared
to lose my POSITION and practice You
left and wrote TO me that you, too had
married in Chicago, but in eighteen months
you returned, having squandclyd every far
thing Of the money when l found that tho
story Of your marriage was an imVulcnt lie"
'Ios, she put in with a laugh, "ani g raro
timo | had with tlat seven thousand, tco.'
You returned and demanded move black
mail, and had no choice but to give and
Giye ard give. In eleven years you had
something over tWenty-tLrec thousand
pounds from me, and you continually do
mand more. | believe that you Will admit
that that is truthful statement Of the case"
and l.? paused.
"Oi, yes she said, ~ an not going 10
dStNIe th4t, LuJ wat them | am your wife,
and H3u haze committed hieamy, and if you
don't - cl paying lao III lave you III iail,
and that's al about it, Old boy You can't
get cut O.; it any way. YOU nasty mean
brute, she wont or, raising her voice and
drawing up her thin lips 50 rs 20 show tl3
white teeth beneath. 80 VOC thought that
You were going to play it down low on HI il
that fashion, did You! We'll, you've jGs5
m1@c a little miSlaHc e.: olcc in your life,
AID Iii tell you what is IS, you shall smgrt
for it. I'll teach you what ii i, to leave your
lawful wife to starve while you 70 md iiya
with another woman in luxury. You can't
help yoursc.,, | can ruin you if | like. Sup
posing l 80 t. Il magistrate and ask for u
warrant, what can you do 10 keep me quictN
Suddenly the viraGo stopped p though She
We're shot, and her fierce couut-uance fr1zj
into an appearance Of terror as well il ini-Gt
Mr.. Quest, who had been sitting listcn.lC to
her with hi hand over his eyes, had li.en,
and his face was as the face of a.iicnd. alieh7
with an intense and quiet fury y,hich seemed
to be burning inwardly. On the mautcl-
peco lay a sharp pointed Goorka knife,
which one of Mrs. dAubignes admirers, who
had Travelled, bad presented to her. 1t was
an awful looking weapon, and keen edged as
q razor. This lie hal taken UP and held in
his right hand, and Nth it he was advancing
toward her lying on the sofa.
IF you make sound | Will kill YOU al
once he said speaking in a low and husky
voice.
She had been paralyzed with terror, for,
like most DULLES, male and female she was a
great coward, but the sound of his voice
reused her, and the first note of harsh
screech had already issued from he, lips,
when he sprung upon her, and placing tho
sharp point Of the knife against her throat,
priCkcd her with it. BE quiet he said, ''or
you are dead woman"
She stopped screaming and lay there, her
face twitching, and her eyes bright with ter
rOr
Now, listen he said, in the same husky
voice. You incarnato iien1, you ASKED mo
just now how | could keep you quiet. VIII
tell you; can keep you quiet by running
this knife up to the hilt in your throat" and
once more he pricked her with its point. st
would be murder" he went on, but do not
care for that. You and others between YOU
have not made my life so pleasant for mo
that am especially anxious to pcrserve it.
Now, listen. l will give YOU the two hun
dred and fifty pounds that | have brought,
and you shall have the two hundred and fifty
year; but if you over attempt to cStort
more, or if yOu modest me, either by spread
ing stories against my character or by means
OF legal prosecution, or in any other way, l