Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-09-12

and buried and forgotten. In the novel
| the man turns up after no b suppose
| to be cast AWAY -wrecked-drowned-
dead long ago. But he never turns q
Van Wrinkle. By CAD, Irisi When "
Ere old people we will 60 home and %
| the old places together. It will be some
thing to look forward to-somethtng to iv
for-ehf
81 feel quite happy this evening. Irii
happier than have been for months. Tn
fact is. this internal place has hipped q
= 3i DIT out Anu % nave YOU iI3 mSGs yol
brood over things. Now. for my part,
like to look at tho bright side. Here W
are comfortably cut of from the past
That's all done with. Nothing in tn
world can revive the memory Of tn
disagreeable things if we are only true u
ourselves and agree to forget them. Wha
has been done can never DO discovered
Not q soul knows except the doctor, ant
between him and ourselves We are goini
to put q few thousand What's tn,
matter, Irlsi What the devil u the mat
terp'
For Iris, who had been steadily reading
while her husband chartered on, sudden
~ dropped the book, and turned upon
him a white face and eyes struck will
horror.
what is 1T" Lord Harry repeated
"Oh! Is this true?"
"Whatr"
81 cannot say it Oh. my Godi can thil
be truep
"Whati Speak, Iris. He sprang to hi
feet. "Is it's it discovered"
"Discoveredi Yes, all-au-all-is dis
covered"
where, Howl Give me the thing,
Iris. Guickl Who knowsi What I,
known"
He snatched the book from her hands
She shrank from his touch. and pushed
back her chair, standing in an attitude oil
watch dangerous creature.
He swiftly read page after page, eager t.
know the worst Then he threw the bool
upon the table.
"Well," he said, not lifting his eyes.
'The man was murdered-murdered
she whispered.
He made no reply.
You looked on consenting! You arc q
murderer
~ had no share or part IN It. did moi
know he was being poisoned"
You knew when was with you. Oh
the dead mantle murdered man-was in
the house at the very momenti Your hands
were red with blood when you took me
away-to get me out Of the way-so that
should not know" She stopped, she
II did not know. Iris--not with certain.
~. thought he was dying when he came
into the house He did not die; he began
to recover. When the doctor gave him his
mediCine-after that woman went away
suspected. When he died, my suspicious
were stronger. / challenged him. He did
not deny it Believe me. Iris, l neither
counselled it nor knew OF il"
You acquiesced in it. You consented
You should have warned the-the other
murderer that you would denounce him II
the man died. You took advantage OF
1t. His death enabled you to carry ont
your fraud with me rs your accomplish
With mel am an accomplish in q muir
derl"
No, no. Iris: you knew nothing of it
No one can ever accuse you"
You do not understand. 1t Is part OF
the accusation which make against my
self"
AS for what this woman writes" her
husband went on, sit is true. l suppose it
is useless to deny a single word of it. She
had hidden behind the curtain, then! She
heard and saw ALL If Vimpany had found
herl He was right. No one so dangerous
as q woman. Yes: she has told you exact
~ what happened. She suspected all
along. We should have sent her away and
changed our. plans. This comes of being
too clever. Nothing would do for tho Soc.
tor but the mans death. hoped-we
both hoped-that he would die q natural
death. He did not Without dead man
we were powerless. We had to get dead
man. Iris. will hide nothing more from
You, whatever happens. / confess every
thing. l knew that he was going to die.
When he began to get well l was filed
with forebodings. because knew that he
would never be allowed 10 60 away. How
else could we find q dead bodyi You can't
steal a body; you can't make one up. You
must have one for proof Of death. I say''
his voice was harsh and hoarse-'T say
that knew he must die. I saw his death
In tho DOCTORS face. And there was no
more money left for a new experiment If
Oxbye should get well and 60 away.
When It came to the point I was seized
up neutrality-suspicious. see the man
get up from his bed and go away. But it
was too late. / saw the doctor prepare
the final dose, and when he held 1t to his
lips l saw bv his eyes that it was the drink
of death. have told you ALL" he con-
cluded.
.You have told me ALL" she repeated.
"Alli Good heavensl Alp
II have hidden nothing from you. Now
there is nothing more to tell"
She stood perfectly still-her hands
clasped, her eyes set, her face white and
stern.
what have to do nov" she said, Piles
plain before me-"
"IrisI implore you. make NO change in
our plans. Let us 60 away - We proposed.
Let the past be forgotten. Come with
me"
Go with your With your With your
Ohv She Shuddered
'Irisi have told you ALL Let Us 90 on
as il you had heard nothing. We cannot DO
moro separated than we have been for the
last three months. Let us remain IS we
are until the time when you will be able to
feel for me1to pity my weakness-and to
you do not understand. Forgive your
1t is no longer . question Of forgive
ness Who am ! that my forgiveness
should be Of the least value to Jou-or to
any,"
Il don't know. A horrible crime has
been committed-s horrible, CHASTITY,
dreadful crime-such thing as one reads
of in the papers and wonders, reading 1t,
what manner Of wild beasts must be those
who do such things. Perhaps one won
ders, besides, what manner of women
N st be those who associate with those
wild beasts!-my husband!-mv husban dl
and IL am one OF the women who are
.ne at companions Of these Wild crea
iuresp'
"You can say what you please. Iris; what
sea please!'
II have known-only since came here
nave really known and understood-that
have wrecked my life IN blind passion.
have loved you. Harry: It has bean my
curse. followed you against the warn
IS Of everybody; have been rewarded
by this. We are in hiding. II we ere
''0und we shall be sent to q convict prison
or conspiracy. We shall 30 lucky il we
are not tried for murder and hanged by
the neck until We are dead. This 10 my
rewardr'
II have never played the hypocrits
with you, Iris. I have never pretended
to virtues which do not possess. So
far"
"Hushi Do not speak to me, have
something more to saw, and then I shall
never speak to you any more. Hushi Let
me collect my thoughts. cannot fad the
words. l cannot Wait-waiti Ohp
She sat down and burst into sobbings and
meanings. But only for a minutA Then
she spranG to her feet again and dashed
back the tears. thine for crying" she
said. when all Is done. Harry, listen
carefully; these arc my last words. You
viii asvef haar from me any moro. You
10 ust manage your own life in your own