The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

suppressed JOY he took her hand aud
said:
y. MY dear wife. hope you may live
long 10 enjoy your wealth. / see 1
/, have mistaken you. aud humbly beg
your, forgiveness for my harshness
toward you. You ee." he continued.
Il was madly jealous Of that Rcming-
ton, aud feared you still cherished his
memory. and it made me act unbecom-
ingly. But after such an unmis.aka-
BILE evidence of your love l can doubt
no longer. shall return presently
with lawyer" And he hastily left
Josephine cast a scornfuI. malignant
glance at the retreating figure of her
husband.
Fool! does he think to blind mo
with his maudlin sentiment? / will
outwit him yet"
Fenton. fearing to let her resolution
cool. soon returned with lawyer, and
will was quickly drawn up anil at
tested and signed. This will JOSEF
phine gave to her husband with every
appearance of satisfaction, and Fenton.
locking it securely in his private sec
retary, ,muttcred exultantly: II never
hoped to secure it so easily. 1t shall
now be my care to see that she makes
no other"
But Josephine was match for his
cunning. The very next morning she
had another will drawn up, leaving
everything TO some distant relative
whom she had never seen.
Her health gradually failed. and
when the cold, raw winds of March
swept dolefully around her dwelling
she was confined to her room, and soon
she was too weak to rise from her bed.
She knew that before the balmy, life
giving air Of summer would come she
would be lying in her grave, but the
thought of her second secret will was
the source Of an cxultant Joy even on
the borders of the tomb.
Fenton, too, knew that she was dy-
ing.
II will search" thought he; "she is
sly and crafty. and perhaps she has
eluded my vigilance and made later
will than the one hold"
So he searched the house over, but
found nothing.
If she has any, it is secreted about
her bed. he thought; and he watched
her with cunning. cautious eyes. He
soon detected her nervous habit or
feeling about her pillow, and once
thought he saw the corner of paper.
The sly jade!" he tierccly muttered.
"She has one beneath her pillow; but.
by heaven, I'll have it and destroy i'll"
Watching his opportunity. he enter
MI In xxyha ha lnf
alone. He had been drinking to
drown his anger and disappointment,
and when Josephine saw his tiend-like
face. she shrieked with fear.
Hush your noise! You thought to
fool me, but I'll have that viii that
you've secreted about you. If l have to
choke you 10 get it."
He made rash toward the bed and
the pillow from beneath her
head. Filled with fierce strength born
of excitement. his wife clutched him
about the neck with her attenuated
hands. thus impeding his movements.
He attempted to shake her off. but she
chung to him with deathly grip. Her
sunken eyes glared frightfully; the
round. red spots on her cheeks deep
ened, showing more wildly the ghast-
~ pallor of her face, and her Airill
cry for help rang through the house.
The servants rushed to the room.
md dragged the Infatuated mailman
from the bed just rs his fraDtic clutches
Mt the bed clothes had disclosed
document. The dying
woman sank back exhausted. The
glaring eyes grew filmy and express
the jaw dropped, and the
clenched hands relaxed. She was
dead.
Casper Fenton was handed over to 4
the authorities, and the last will and \
testament of the unhappy Josephine,
her husband. was executed.