Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-08

spread
Mr. Quest shivered visIbly, aud stretching |
out his hand. stopped her from coming near
him
mo. thank you." he said, 81 don't like
paint"
The tannt stopped her, and for mornsnt
an evil light shone in her cold eyes
mo wonder have to paint" she said
''when am 50 worn out with poverty and
/ hard work-not like the lovely Mira O.,
/ who has nothing 10 do all day except spend
the money that ought to have III tell you
/ what II Is my fine fellow; you had better be
careful, or III have that pretty cuckoo out OF
her soft nest, and pluck her borrowed feath.
err or her. like the monkey did TO tho
parrot"
perhaps you had better stop that talk, and
come To business ! am In no mood for this
sort OF thing, Edith,r and be turned round,
shut tho window, and drew the blind.
'Oh, all right; fm agreeable, I'm sure
Stop a bit, thought must have brandy
and soda first am as dry as lime kiln,
and 50 would you DO IL you had 20 sing comio
songs mt a music ball for living. There,
that's better" and abe put down the empty
glass and threw herself ON 20 tho sofa snow
then, tune up as much ms you hka How
much tin have you broughtn
Mr. Quest ant down by the table, and then,
as though suddenly struck by n thought. rose
again, and going 20 the door. opened IL and
looked out into the passage. There was no
body there, 30 be shut the door again, locked
IL, and then. under cover Of drawing the cur.
tain which hung over IL, slipped the key into
his pocket
"what are you at therer' said the woman.
suspiciously.
81 was just looking TO see that Ellen was
not at the keyhole, that's all IL would not
be the first time that ! have caught her
there"
Just like your nasty low ways again. shs
said you've got some game on. III be
bound that you have got soncs game on"
, Mr.. Quest seated himself again, and with
out taking any notice Of the last remark, DO
, gan the conversation.
81 have brought you two hundred and fifty
, pounds" he said.
, Two hundred ard fifty pounds" she said,
. jumping up with a savage laugh. mo. my
boy, YOU don't get of for that " ! know it.
Why, owe all that at this moment"
"You had better sit down and be quiet. /" he
said, "or You viii not get two hundred and
, tifty pence. In your own interest ! recon.
| mend you to sit down"
There was something about the mans
, voice and manner that scared the female
savage before him, fierce ms she was, and shs
sat down.
, "Listen," he went on; "you are continually
. complaining OF poverty. l come TO y0lr
/ house-your house, mind you, not your room.
Z and ind the debris o. card party lying
I about see champagne bottles freshly
, opened there In the corner. zee q dressing
0 gown on the sofa that must have cost twenty
i or thirty pounds. hear some brute associ
/ ate of yours out In the street asking you u
~. IL.
d poverty, and you have had over four hun
4 dred pounds from me this year alone, and
a know that you earn twelve pounds week a
a the music hall, and not i've as you say. No
' do not trouble to lie TO me, for ! have mad
v Inquiries"
' "spying again." said the woman. with
o sneer.
r YES, spying, II you like but there IL Ia
q And now to tho point | am not going OF
\ supplying you with money ut this rata
o cannot do II. and will not do IL am 20
IS ing 20 give you two hundred and fifty pound
n now, and as much every year. and not on
Is farthing mora"
n Once more she sat up. "You must b
Z mad, she said, in tone that sounded NOR
Q like a snarl than human voice. Are yo'
such fool as 20 believe that will be put OF
with two hundred and fifty pounds year
|, your legal wifel I'll have you in tho doc
tirst--in the dock for bigamy."
YES" he answered, II do believe Il, for
reason that shall give you presently Blu
hrst ! want 10 go through our joint history
i very briefly, just 10 justify myself, II yo
:. like. Fiye-and-twenty years ago or WINS |
% six -and-twenty, was q boy of Is and yo
were woman of ~, house maid In m
4 mothers house, and you made love to ms
Then my mother was called away to nurs
y my brother who died at school at Port
% mouth, and fell sick OF scarlet fever, an
you nursed me through tit would hay
q pecn kinder II YOU hal poisoned me-and q
!, my weak state YOU got great hold ovsr IN
. mind, and became attached TO you, aud 20
= were handsome In those dayS Then 20
4 dared mo to marry you, and partly out @
bravado, partly from affection, took out
y license, to do which made a false declars
= tion that was over age. and gave falls
namo Of the parish in which we reside,
. Next day, half tipsy and not knowing what
y did. went through the form OF msrrias
= with you, and few days afterward m
:, mother returned observed that we were ul
y I, duly intimate, and dismissed YOU You wer
:, - without word as to our marriage, which y
y both looked on as a farce. aud for years
~ lost sight Of YOU Fifteen years afterwar,
- when had almost forgotten this adventuI
- Of my youth, became acquainted ~ith
young lady with whom | fell In low,
= and whose fortune, though not large, wa
~ enough TO help me considerably IN M
profession as n country lawyer, Ia which
= was doing we'll ! thought that You wei
~ dead, or, that II you lived, the fact OF IN
having made the false declaration OF age an
X locality would be enough to inyalidate Il
= marriage, as would certainly have been a
:, case If had also made false declaration
y names; and my impulses and interes
- prompting mo 10 take the risk, naarris
:, that lady. Then II was that you hunted n
- down. and then for the first time did whl
| ought to have done before, and took ii
= best legal opinions as 10 the validity OF ii
\. former marriage, which, 20 my horror,
q, found was undoubtedly binding one Yo
- also took opinions and came to tho same cor
y illusions Since then the history has been
~ simple enc Out OF my wife's fortune Of &c
thousand pounds | paid you no less tina
N seven thousand as hush money. on your vi
=. =. dertaking 10 leave this country for Americ
- and never returning hero again shoul
y have done better 10 face II out. but feare
70 lose my position and practice. Yo
left and wrote 70 me that you, too, la
!. married Ia Chicago, but in eighteen monti
:, you returned, having squandered every Ia
= thing OF the money, when found that q
= story OF your marriage an impudent lie
:, : YES, she put In with q laugh, "and a raj
:, time | bad with that seven thousand, too"
- "You returned and demanded more blacl
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