The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-06

What do you meangn he cried in sud-
den anger
She drew her hand ont Of her pocket,
4 slowly took or her engagement ring, and
said;
t'That
OH Wen have none of that. You
may put your ring on again. =
y shall never wear it again.
Yes, you will
~ shall not
Look here, Miss Denny. Well have
no nonsense. You are going to marry me
next week, suppose you know that
mortgage is to be foreclosed on Monday,
and yon and your father will be beggars.
know how to stop all this, and can do
it. Marry me and go to New York with
me on Wednesday, and the mortgage will
be withdrawn
sfWe may find the will before that. -
'Oh! You may, you may. You and
your father have been searching for that
will these ten years. You haven't found
it yet, and you won't /"
Alma, under any ordinary circum-
stances, would have quailed before this
man. AS it was, those trails of copper
wire down her dress kept her busy. She
rapidly sent off through them nearly all
that was said, and her knight Of the bat
terry sat upstairs copying it off alone in
his room and almost swearing with anger
and excitement.
Suddenly the message stopped. He lis
tened sharply at the door, Not u sound.
The old house was as still as @ grave.
Several minutes passed, and nothing
came. What has happened? Had he cut
the wiress Had Alma fainted2 Suddenly
the sounder spoke out sharp and clear in
the silent room:
Elmer, comeip
He seized Il revolver h-om the bureau,
and, thrusting it into his pocket, tore off
the white strip of paper that had rolled
out of the instrument, and with it in his
hand he went quickly down stairs. He
opened the door without knocking and
advanced into the middle of the room.
The moment he entered Alma sprang up
from her seat, pulling out the two wires
as she did SO, and throwing her arms
about the young man she cried out in an
agony Of fear and shame:
.'Oh, Elmer, Elmeri take me awayi
Take me to my fathcr!'
He supported her with his right arm
and turned to face her assailant with the
crumpled ribbon Of paper still in his hand.
.sWhat does this mean, sir? Have you
been ill treating my cousin?''
$50 to bed, boy. It's very late for
school children to be up
ssYour language is Insulting, sir. ! re-
peat 1t. What have you said or done to
Miss Dennys''
sob, come awayl come away, Ellner''
''None of your business, you puppy. -
ssThere is no need to ask what you said,
sir. know every word and have made a
copy Of it. 2
'sAlll Listening, were YOUR
ssNo, sir. Miss Denny has told me- Do
you see those wires2 They will entangle
You yet and trip you up.
Como away, Elmer. Come away.
tsFor the present will retire, sir; but,
mark me, your game is nearly up
by, by, children Good night. Re-
member your promise, Miss Denny. The
carriage will be all ready
Without needing this last remark, FL
mer with his cousin on his arm, with
drew AS they closed the door the tele-
graph wires caught in the carpet and
broke. The man saw them, and picking
one up, he examined it closely.
Suddenly he dropped it and turned
ashen pale. With all his bravado he
quailed before those slender wires upon
the carpet. He did not understand them.
He guessed they might be some kind Of
telegraph, but beyond this everything was
vague and mysterious, and they filed
him with guilty alarm and terror.