Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-06

| uptoroQa an oSc16mat1on OF W04l%Leleue0t
surprise.
rs it possibls?" she cried.
She started forward, put q repellant
gesture. and q look of disgust on the part
| Of Mildred, repressed her.
You knew very well that she was alives
allthe time, said Warren, rather warmly.
Was it not your tool, Slyme, there who
| pretended to be her brother and pre-
! scented proof Of her death2"
Yes. but not with my knowledge. far
less at my inst cation.
| AT whose, them"
Oscar Slyme was working uuder the,
| orders-of Eugene Cleveland Ten min
utes after he was married he received q.
/ letter from my husband notifying. hiEl
that as bridal present he would make
him, 81 partner in the publishing house
where he was employed. This changed
| his ideas at once. He saw that ne could
| look higher. Excusing himself, he
| sought Slyme and set a plot in motion
which sent Mildred fly ng from the city
that very night. Is not that true. Mr..
Slyme?"
The beautiful woman paused, laid her
white hand upon her heaving bosom and
turned her dark eyes. so full of witchery
and fascination, upon the face of the ex-
secretary.
Slyme hesitated a moment. That he
had lost all chance of gaining the-love of
| Flora Cleveland he fully realized. He
waVered for moment. The eyes of the
siren seemed burning their way into his
very soul An instant later his resolu-
tion. was taken.
.The lady is right" he, faltered. Il
hate to acknowledge it, but 1. acted for
! Cleveland in the matter. Heheld a whip
| over my head, an old folly of which he
| had gained knowledge, and was forced
| to perform the dastardly part.
| ~And you were the catch he had in his.
mind" added Mrs. Elliston. speaking to
| Flora, and bestowing a.gloWing look of
| gratitude upon Slyme.
1T is false!" cried Flora. Your wiles
have led Eugene to wrong me-. but he was
never capable of such perfdy, such in
THANK GodI"
These words in fervent tones, caused.
| every one present a start of surprise.
At that instant Eugene Cleveland.
| bounded throu n the window tn at opened
on the verands and stood in the midst of
| the astonished company.
He had seen Slyme and Cora enter
the house, and from place of espionage
had seen and heard all that had trans
pired.
The knowledge that Mildred still lived
had been a shock, but its effect had lost
much of its weight. so great was the mem
tai excitement under which he was. Ia
| boring.
Il know ALL" he went Oh, speaking
rapidly. almost incOherently. al have
sinned beyond all thought, all hope. of
pardon, but I am not the cold blooded,
heartless wretch that woman would make
me appear to be-.
This man Slyme acted for her, and I
have written evidence to prove it. Con-
Vinced that my Mildred was no more,
fell victim to her wiles, and have I'M
til lately continued in her tolls. I urge
it not in mitigation of my grievous Of
thrslldom, and cannot do less than ac-
knowledge my disgrace and ruin.
AS Eugene Cleveland uttered these
words, the face of Cora Elliston lost
everything of fascinating beauty and
took on an expression that would have
done credit to an incarnate fend.
1t is you who have brought me to this, "
she raved. turning upon Flora. You
came between us-took from me all that
I ever valued in this life, his love; but
you shall not live to enjoy your triumph. "
AS she finished speaking she drew
| from the folds of her dress a small gold
plated revolver, which she leveled at her
fair and innocent rival.
No one was near enough to arrest her
murderous hand, and Flora CleVelands
doom seemed sealed.
But with the quickness of a cat Eugene
sprsng forward and covered with his
own body that of the woman whom he
now loved better than his own life.
There was a report. a wreath of smoke,
and the two fell to the floor together.
Without an iDstant's delay the desper-
: ate woman recocked the revolver and
placed it over her treacherOus, guiletul
heart.
Ascend report, fall. brief struggle,
> a parting groan, and she had entered the
r precincts of another world.
A scene of indescribable dismay ensued.
3 FlorS was found unframed, but heI
, husband had received the bullet in his
: breast and was apparently in dying
condition.
/, Before losing consciousness. he
seemed to believe that his death was al
q hand, and begged and received the full
= pardon of the wife he had SO cruelty
wronged.
@Good-by," said he to Mildred. Il see
where your affections are placed. Prom.
Use me that you will marry W arren and
be happy"
Il promise" was the fearful response
The unexpected often happens in rea
life, and why not in fiction?
Eugene Cleveland did not die. For
. long time his life was despaiged of, bu
& the careful watching of devoted Flori
brought him back to life and ultimate
health and strength.
The existing complication was a sac
|; and trying one, but it was not without
= remedy.
: Mildred felt that she had no CLAIM
upon the husband from whom the besuti
= full siren had parted her, and as she wa
devotedly attached to Warren Leland. sh
procured legal separation from Eugene
and shortly afterward married the hus
band of her choice.
!; AS for the truly repentant Eugene ant
his faithful Flora, they were remarri
. and constitute happy. loving pair, whom
= not all the sirens on earth can put asun
e der.
4 Warren never agsin saw WEIGH, the oil,
rag-picker, who disappeared from tn
y country with his daughter and her chill
= dren, but he learned that the old MAJ
was an uncle of the wronged wife of Ho
u bert BroWnen.
Q Mr.. Metcalf is hale end hearty in hi
years, and Clara Denton happy in hi
: love and that of her charming and prom