Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-10-16

parted four years ago, and | have no
intention of troubling you now.
have kept the secret of our marriage to
myself, and travel under an assumed
name. No matter why | have been so
true to you; perhaps it has been salts.
faction to me; no matter All have
to say now is, that shall be glad to be
of assistance to you, if can be"
She paused here, keeping her eyes
fixed upon him steadily. With the CO.
lerity of lightning, and almost with it's
vivid effect. new light leaped into
Boyden's eve, flush mantled his pal.
lid face, and he seemed to experience
some triumphant satisfaction. Drop
ping down upon the edge of the pallet
beside which the young woman sat, he
said, with swift eagerness:
DO You mean what you say, Cora?"
Every word"
You're a good grill" he murmured,
trying to take her black gloved hand
in his; but she resolutely withdrew il
from his clasp, saying, with cutting
smile:
According to you, it is too late for
| any silly sentiment between us, and
agree with you"
He bit his lip, and his manner
| changed.
Every we'll" he said, terseIy "our
| time is short and we must make the
most of it. Tell me, how are you get.
hing along?'
"As usual"
what are you doing?"
! "Oh singing in music halls and the.
aters in various parts of the country,
wherever engagements call me-"
"Do you make all the money YOU
want ?"
The fine dark eyes cleaned hungrily
as the woman replied:
81 should not have money enough if
possessed the wealth of the Indies.
I'm furnishing for it! ] want to ride
over these proud ladies who look down
upon and despise me. would give ten
years of my life to compel them to rec.
pgnize mel~
Boyden fairly smiled with satisfac
ton in spite of himself; she was as
soft wax for his hands to mold /:
she was an instrument awaiting his
touch.
Cora" he said. his voice trembling
with eagerpess, "you say that you
would be glad to be of assistance to
me?"
| She bowed her beautiful head affirm.
atively.
you can bep
"How?"
you can be, and with advantage to
yourself. / would not ask you to do
me favor unless l could make you
some recompense. Being able to do
this, ] will speak frankly. You knew
my uncle, Orrin Clifford, as we'll as 1.
You know that it was he who came be.
tween us, he who refused to recognize
you because he did not consider YOU
sufficiently wellborn, he who has
driven you to SINGING before the lowest
slasses for your living! You remember
And being dead, you hate his memory,
DO you not?"
Il hate him dead and alive |" came
the low-toned, venomous reply.
you also know the story of his past
as well as l. Well, that child of his.
that troublesome brat, Grace, whom
Nicholas Garland fathered, has turned
up with the law on her side."
He fixed his eyes upon her face and
saw that she was keenly interested; in
fact, that she was drinking in every
word he uttered
"On the very day of his DEATH he
went on, "the old man made will
leaving every cent of his property to
this Grace, though he died without
acknowledging her as his child. How
she has got wind of the fact that she is
his child, don't yet see; but such is
the case. Moreover, the will is miss
ing, and until it is found you have the
same right to his property as have!D
81 see. Go on"
Now, should the will be found and
Grace come into the property. she
would set heel upon your throat Just
Is surely as her father did. Being here
for the present, of course l am tied
hand and foot, and can't act. You
beng clever woman, say to you, 20
in and winl All that you can make
out of it you shall have"
And what do you get out of it,"
My revenge Stay There is one
condition | must impose upon you; and
that isl want you to stab this girl,
Oracle, deadly blow through her love
for an artist named Rupert Arnim.
Fascinate him, get him into your tolls
and bring him to your feet, as YOU can
II you will. Bear in mind that when
these people find out that you have a
claim upon the estate, every one OF
their hands will be turned against Won.
and they will hate you, as they hate
mel"
She drew tablet and pencil from
her pocket and handed them to Boy.
den.
Write the addresses of these people
50 far as you know them, that / may
lind them without delay, she said, and
by the words he knew that he had
found ready accomplice in his infa.
nous scheme.
Scarcely had he finished writing
down such directions as would assist
her, when footsteps sounded in the cor
rldor outside the cell.
They are coming for you, Cora, he
sNid, hurriedly; "do what you can in
your own behalf; shall probably never
trouble you for division of the spoils.
since | am doomed man, but l shall
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