The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-01
JneIs Arches Wife.
CHAPTER X.

suffer SO much ?" he said, with keen
remorse and selt-reproach In his tone.
Heaven knows | would have died. my
darling. rather than give you one pang
But what could do while had the
shadow OF doubt that the woman
you called your uncle's wi'e was the
person / took her 10 be had no
right TO share my suspicion even with
voui and when | had made suspicion
certainty"
II had ceased 10 trust YOU" / inter-
rupied penitenily. Poor Dick, you
were hardly usedl But I know no.
thing yet beyond the bare fact that Es-
telle was not my uncle's wife--that in
some mysterious way she was an inn.
poster whom you recognized and un-
masked"
Yes" and Dick, nodded gravely.
"You remember that af ernoon she
came In while we were at tea here;
recognized her face ut once, but
could not remember where or in what
circumstances ! had seen IL before.
though | was sure that its features
had been stamped upon my mind in
some remarkable fashion. All through
the evening the fancy haunted me; i
could scarcely keep my eyes from her,
though uneasily aware that my per-
petual gaze had attracted both her at-
tention and yours. She was ilattered
by 1t; but you"
'Do not speak OF itl' | interrupt
ed. remembering the torture OF that
fiery jealousy, which, Heaven be
thanked, had faded now. Dick. IL
was shameful TO distrust you
"No; IL was only human, dear But
let me finish my story, please. |
know all the time that was watching
for some expression which Estelle
Gerrard's face had not yet worn. She
had looked brillian'. alluring. tender.
coquetiish. and indignant by turns;
| wanted TO see her face blanch and
her eyes dilatc wi h terror, or else
flash with defiance and hatred. Why.
| hardly knew, but | felt MS though
such a look would set NJ rest the ha "
doub that troubled me. Naturally.
however, nothing happened TO stir up
such feelings In my handsome hostess's
heart; and | was on the point OF tell
ing myself that | was mistaken-that
had never seen her face before
when, after some hesitation, you may
remember, she began TO sing-and
then at once the light had been seek
ing broke in upon me, and / remem-
bered all. y
"And that 'all'?n / questioned
eagerly. as he paused with curious
ly panied and troubled look.
THAT all was terrible. Irene. 1t
meant. | feared. broken heart 10 the
kind old man who knew nothing OF
his strange wife's gift OF song-pain
and trouble TO you all. AS | listened
TO that wonderful voice. and looked at
the singers rapt beautiful face, | saw
her amid other and widely different
saw her laden wi h |
flowers, radiant with success. bowling
her thanks upon public stage TO the
plaudits OF an enthusiastic crowd, hap |
by, envied and enviable, the idoli ed |
heroine OF the hour
"Dick'-I touched him half timid- |
ly, for, as he spoke with eager forvor,
he seemed really TO see the things he |
escribed--"Dick, did YOU really |
know--did you really see her on the |
stage?"
"On two stages, Irene, playing two |
widely different parts, but in each the |
heroine OF the hour When saw her
next, she was in court OF Justice, |
standing whte-faced and defiant be-
fore n crowd as strongly moved as
that which had applauded her before:
but this crowd hooted and Missed, aud |
poured out curses upon the woman
who had first betrayed her husband,
and then had done her best 10 swear
his life away"
ellis life--her husbandp" | echoed |
incoherently. II cannot follow you,
Dickl Tell me in plain words what IL |
all means.
1T Is a story you may have read, |
dear-it happened only n couple OF
years since, and made great sen IA |
ton at the time. DO you remember |
the murder OF young French olilcer
at Dijon--tho attempted murder Of the |
celebrated singer and actress Ina |
YertuniPn
by her husband in n frantic fit OF |
Jealousy? Oh. yes, | remember IL |
Welt" / cried; and indeed the wild
tragedy OF love and jealousy and MUIR
der had stirred even sleepy Ludleigh |
10 something llkeinterest. "But, Dick.
you do notyou cannot mean that
-
THAT Estclle Girrard and Ina YER
tuni were one and the same person. !
do Ircna. | felt anro OF IL NJ nncn. I |