The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30

"Never mind what my name is or
what am! know what you are and
what you have done! And unless you
pay me, here and now, not eighty dol
lars but eight hundred. your husband
shall know as much as dol"
Not SO loud, sir, if you please inter-
posed the judge. Il don't think you can
tell me anything about Mrs. Ketelle that
1 do not already know. But if you think
otherwise l am ready to hear you, and I
fancy Mrs. Ketelle will not object.
Pauline inclined her head contemptu-
ously. "Let him speak," she said.
"Oh, I'm going to speak-don't make
any mistake about that" Dupee ex-
claimed, beside himself with mingled fear
and rage; for he was wholly unable to
account for the security of Pauline's de-
meanor. I'm going to speak, and what
l say shall be heard not only by your
husband, who imagines you to be virtu-
Gus and respectable woman, but by all
New York, or wherever else she may go.
l tell you, Judge Ketelle, that the sooner
you turn that woman into the street the
better it will be for your credit and repu-
tation! She has deceived you ever since
she was married to you! Let her deny it
if she can! Let her deny that she visits
fellow-her lover-in his lodgings in
Harlem, and drives with him in the park!
Let her deny that if she daresl She
meets him every day; he is a younger
man than you are, judge, and better look
ing, and they laugh at you for an old
fool when they are together. And they
are together every day. say, the sooner
/ you kick her into the street the better, or
you will have all New York laughing at
/ you! I've got the facts, and i'll make
'em known, and prove 'en, too!'
Are you prepared to maintain said
/ the judge, in quiet tone, that there is
anything unseemly in the relations of
the gentleman you speak of and Mrs.
/ Ketelle?"
Dupee laughed harshly. ASK him.
he returned. Bring him and her to-
gether and ask them what their relations
arer
II am fortunately able to do that, ="
answered the judge, because the gen.
tleman in question happens to be at
/ hand. will summon him." And step
ping to the door of the inner room, he
/ partly opened it and said, Come in"
+ The next moment the figure of tall
1 young man appeared en- the threshold
and advanced into the apartment. He
was the very man whom Dupee had seen
in the park and afterwards traced to the
Harlem fiat. But how came he to be in
waiting here? What was the meaning
of it all?
is this the gentleman you speak Of"
inquired the judge of Dupee, indicating
the newcomer.
'Oh, l suppose they have fooled you
with some clever lie or other" said Du-
pee, with a snarl. ''All the same, what
l tell you is the truth; and the world will
believe it, if you don't!"
You seem to know so much. sir" an
swered the judge. that you probably do
not need to be informed that Mrs. Ketelle
was formerly Miss NoIen, and that she
had two brothers. One of them died
from the effect of injuries received mys-
teriously, while in the company of one
Horace Dupee, several years ago. The
other brother, Percy by name, was ac-
cused, year since, of robbery at Cas-
tellani's jewelry store. He left New
York and was reported drowned; but the
report turned out to have been an error.
He returned to New York about ten days
ago; but his presence was not generally
made known, owing to the fact that the
true perpetrator of the robbery had not
yet been identified. The Identification
has now been made, however, and there
fore the necessity of concealing Mr.
Percy Nolens presence no longer exists.
well, and what has all this rigma-
role to do with me?' demanded Dupee
! defiantly. what have to do with
! Percy Nolen?"
Il am Percy Nolen," said the gentle
man in question, regarding Dupee with
very stern expression, land this Lady
is my sister,"
Dupee saw at once that he had been
outwitted and trapped. The check had
been stopped in order to induce him to
come to Judge Ketelle's office; and it had
been previously arranged that Mrs. Ke-
teiie and Percy were to NEE: him there
and effect his discontinue. There was
nothing left for him to do except to re-
tire like the baffied villain in the melo-
drama. muttering, Fooled! but l will
yet be avenged" or words to that effect.
Dupee, however, failed to grasp the
dramatic opportunities of the situation;
but he said, as he moved towards the
door, you have been known as a pick
pocket, Percy Nolen, and it'll stick to
you" With that he opened the door,
and would have gone out of it, had he
not been confronted there by broad
shouldered, athletic gentleman, with a
brown mustache and piercing eyes, who
was accompanied by detected person
age wearing the familiar aspect of Mr..
John Crush, the only true and genuine
proprietor of that name.
The broad shouldered man, after hand
ing Crush into the room, followed him
and closed the door. Good morning,
Mrs. Ketelle and gentlemen" he said,
cheerfully "Well, Horace, you see
have friend of yours here. Jack has
been complaining to mo of you. He
says you not only stole his name, but in
fringed his patent blackmail scheme.
And so, by way of retaliation, he has
been telling very bad tales of you. I'm