Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-07

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strange anxiety in his eyes; and .
was afraid TO ask him what it NJ
He told me himself at last when hal
down, and said that Sibyl Graham.
tune was all gone, and that Mr. 4
who was lOInt-trustee with him b,S
away before the smash came.
II hardly understood the terribls,
ing that lay behind his words. h
only by degrees that he told ma
how, in his careless way, he had NJ.
ed to look as carefully as he one
have done after his wards Interest,"
how Dir. Dene, a daring unscul1
man, had taken advantage Of the n,
ness Of John character to Speculate
SibyFs money, and had lost every sbF
of it.
my husband was not to blame.ba,
only too easy-going and too indoleDtt.
a businessman, and Mr.. Dene deco
him all through. With what AEON,
realized the fact that John was resT1
BILE for the thousands his eo-trustee
lostl
"'They can't do anything to YOU q,
I said, with my heart full of anunBn,,!S
fear; and ne smiled his tired wearvNs
and answered.
eyes, wife; / am innocent; but =
not prove it, and so | can be punish.
You see Dene has run away, and 4
were not for you and child, ! should
much care
"Oh, it was an awful timel And
could we do? They say women's VITA
strong, but | think it is love that mai
them 50. What l had heard was
enough; but my husband had worse rg
in store for me, which, when | hs
it, made me feel as if / had gone thr
the bitterness of death. And vet it \,
what many wives must have
through before-at least, surely
other wife must have felt as felt vAa
he told me gently-oh, SO gently-t
there was something he had kept n
me for months-that he was dying
by dav of an incurable disease.
" That is why, my wife, he said a
", Il became careless about matters. a
left it all to Dene. You see l had
strength or energy for anything, and
trusted him.
Miss Clark, you can understand W
time that was for me when he told
he was dying. Ruin and fisgr @e seana
light in comparison. Dyng-~ddIlv.I
him so! But, when ! looked up agan |
the twilight, after a silence in which i
two hearts were near breaking waI
sorrow, my mind was made up-no "A
should take him from me. The lawmgl
be strong, but a wife's love was strong
still.
"And so, when, after two days Of ung|
terable terror and anguish, during whE i
l had seen my husbands name in "A
! papers and found that disgrace hadfaIa
on us. Sibyl Graham came to my hGs
to glory in her revenge, she found Onl7 ]
tall old lady sitting by the fire, who "
manned silent while the girl who said "a
would have died for him swore beigs
| Heaven that she would take no rest 4
night or day until she saw him In It'd
felon's dock.
Il ordered her from my house. Oh
cannot tell you of the plotting and ID
1 planning, OF the heart that sickenedw wit
terror when the police came to arrest nj
husband, and found only the same q
/ lady comforting the wretched wife! Ns
/ Clark, have you not guessed--dO youm
know that the old lady upstairs is "a
! my mother, but my husband-my pa
| dying husband-and that the police a
| looking for him still, and"-pointing
/ the man waiting outside-"haye near
! found him at LAST"
As Mrs. Darlington finished her sta
she burst into tears. was only an d
maid, but | cried bitterly too, for it va
a sad story, and my heart ached for d
| poor wife.
"Wiil YOU come mp and see him! g.
asked at Last IN whisper, while her tea
/ fell fast; and then almost a smile oreI
/ into her poor wan face as she added,
think he viii have gone home beforetls
find him.
! stayed with her to the end, whc
came that evening, as the night VII
! moaned over the sea. | hid my face .
/ the husband and wife took a last m
farewell, and held poor frightened lIll
Reggie to receive his fathers last hs
And so all the mystery was over, anda
! pale moonlight shone through the wi
/ dow upon a thin white face from whla
the lines of suffering were fading fore7a
The next day the blind tapped again
the framework of the open window wha
the dead man lay. | looked up at 1t S
/ ". and whispered to the boy in my ari
| that papa was in heaven. Even a
/ spoke cab pulled up at the door Of N
/ .: and / hurried in to tell Mrs. CarrlngI
! that some one had arrived.
l shall never forget the expression
her face as she glanced out OF the wnl5
and saw a tall weIl-dIcssed figure gettn
out of the cab.
1T is Sibyl Graham come for her
venge, she whispered; and | asked e
erly if ! should not spare her the pam
the interview, for following Miss ia
/ ham were two men who / guessed We
/ detectives. -.
"No: let her come" said Mrs. Carna
ton quietly: and i'm Il few mo vents %.
were all in the room, and the you.
widow went forward to meet them WI
a pale face. al
'Ncu have come for my husband !
said. i'm q clear voice. He Is up-s@A
will YOU not come up:'
Miss Graham looked at her wlthMs
preston of almost iiendish delight IL
eyes.
| ',At laetr' heard her mutter, as wei
followed Mrs. Darlington swiftly up
staircase.
AT the closed door she paused fa
moment, and then opened it vide
walked straight up to the bed where RI
lay in the awful rigiiity Of death /.
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