The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-31


onc,?' inquired Raymond. with inter
es' tempered by incredulity.
"Of course. You should have seen
each giarc at the other three as she
noted the sign which was to distin-
guish her from all others. kept dis.
creetly in the background up here.
and saw it all, myself invisible.
" But abolt the seventeenth
well. her letter was different; and
a. she seemed to be . jolly widow. l
thought I'd have little fun under
the rose You know that Alice is so
confoundedly jealous. tho mischiefs to
pay II / look at another woman; sc
this was temptation. She said she
was twenty-scvcn. that her income
was sufficient to maintain her, but she
desired the companionship and pro-
lection OF a husband. She had been
the belle Of her native town in Ken
lucky before her marriage and subse-
ouent removal; she had had some
thoughts Of studying for the operate
sta,'e Q. but had shrunk from the ordeal
Of public appearances; then she had
dabb,ed In art, but she was not salts
fed with the achievements which her
friends so warmly commended.
thought there must be a hitch some
where. that such woman should an.
swer an advertisement. But ] wrote
to her and made an appointment.
which both OF us kept. She was q
sumner. and no mistake-just lots Of
style. and as pretty as picture;
while her manners were wonderfully
fascinating
~ wonder what Miss Dennison
would have thought Of her?" thought
fully remarked DR.. Raymond.
"Oh. keep still. and let me get
through. will you? She was pretty
we'll gone on me from the first That
isn't vanity
sounds like 1t might be-" CON-
mcnted Raymond. critically.
wait till you hear ii all. She was
awfully soft. and when We could not
meet she insisted that / should write to
her. OF course l couldn't SEQ her
every day. but she seemed to be salts
fed with letter when told her II was
impossible TO come. But she wasn't
very easy to please with the letters.
She reproached me TO- my GOODNESS
continually. didn't want to pile it
on too thick. but l got deeper into II
than l had any notion Of when I be-
gan. Finally. one day. wrote her
one TINT was pretty warm. and the
next day she was here
Had you told her who you were?'
inquired Raymond. with some surprise,
and keener interest than the case
seemed to warrant
what do you take me for. any
how? I'm not quite fool, or ut least
l thought then that wasn't / called
myself Mr.. Edwards. and told her ]
was book-keeper; don't know how
she found out tho truth. but hero she
came, anyhow.
1T is singular how ones concealed
identity can BIO discovered in 4 big city
like this. isn't it2" remarked the ply
stefan. philosophically.
VERY. But. then, suppose she
followed me stealthily from some oi
our meetings. and made inquiry Of
sone one that spoke to me. Well. she
came, she saw, and may as we'll con.
Tess that she conquered. She insisted
upon interviewing me in the inner of
fee. although assured her that We
would not be interrupted here.
showed her in there; sho stood mo.
ment with her hand upon the knob, al
II she had half-changed her mind
Finally she sat down.
What did she wanto" was the curl
GUS inquiry.
"She wanted to make fool Of me-
and she did 1t to Perfection was the
savage response. She spoke Of The
letters which she had received from
me, and said she supposed that woulo
not like Miss Dennison to see them
She seemed to have found out all about
me. somehow or other She admitted
, that they were not signed. except b,
the initial Z, but remarked that m,
handwriting was peculiar, and woult
readily be recognized; and when sh,
said that they would be rather difi
cult to explain away. knew that /,
was 50. ! knew we'll enough that l
Alice were t. see those letters / nigh,
as we'll make up my mind never to gt
there again; but | was SO thunder
struck ut the woman's confounde<
impotence, that could do nothing blu
sit and look at her.
".What do you think it would b.
worth to get possession OF the docu
mcnts in question:? she asked me, witt
sneering laugh.
demanded to know II she ha
them with her; and my voice sounds
hoarse and unnatural. just a. move
hero's would under similar circum
stances.
IL have them here, she answered
and took them from her pocket rs sh
spoke; If you will give me two hun
dred dollars | will destroy them her,
in your presence; II you refuse. wi
scream until the attention Of people
the building is attracted
1T happened that had received
J remittance Of two hundred dollars tn;
J very morning; it was nearly every Gel
had in the world, but resolved tina,
, would have those letters. ! tried n
J best to beat her down in price. but 81
was Obdurate. She told me that sh
knew | had the money. and that
J was foolish to expect her to sell the
: for any less. So paid her. got hol
Of the letters, and burned them. That
; ALL"
8 DIR. Raymond sat silent
I Come now, old boy, that won
r do demonstrated Mr.. Carter; II,
8 told sou what a fool was; lets ha,
your experience.
: you needn't emphasize your pr
i. nouns in that way returned the othe
Q with an air Of offended dignity; ~
y member that ! went into it fancy-fre
Have yo,, ,s.cr ha. ~ NJ n0ch thin,