The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-02-07

suppressed Joy he took her hand aud
said:
MY dear wife, / hope you may live
long 10 enjoy your wealth. / see
have mistaken you. aud / humbly beg
your forgiveness for my harshness
toward you. You see.n he continued.
IL was madly jealous of that Reming-
ton, aud feared YOU still cherished his
memory. and il made me act unbecom-
ingly. But after such an unmis.aka-
BILE evidence of your love / can doubt
no longer. | shall return presently
with lawyer" Aud he hastily left
the room.
Josephine east a scornful. malignant
glance at the rctreatlng figure OF her
husband.
Fool! does he think TO blind me
with his maudlin sentiment? | will
outwit him yet"
Fenton. fearing to let her resolution
cool. soon returned with lawyer and
a will was quickly drawn up anil at
tested and signed. This will jose
phine gave 10 her husband with every
appearance of satisfaction. and Fenton.
locking il securely in his private sec
Rotary. muttered exultantly: IL never
hoped to secure it so easily. 1t shall
now he my care 10 sec 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 dolefnlly 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 mir of summer would come she
would be lying in her grave, but the
thought OF her second secret will was
the source OF an exultant Joy even on
the borders of the tomb.
Fenton, too. knew that she was dy-
ing.
IL will search thought he; 'she is
sly and crafty. and perhaps she ha.
eludcd 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; aud he watched
her with cunning cautious eyes. He
soon detected her nervous habit OF
feeling about her pillow. and once
thought he saw the corner of paper
The sly jadc!n he fiercely muttered
"She has one beneath her pillow; but.
by heaven. I'll have ii and destroy itr'
Watching his opportunity. he enter
ed the room where she had been left
nj IL Il LII.
drown his anger and disappointment.
and when Josephine saw his tiend-like
face, she shricked with fear.
Hush your noisel You thought TO
fool me- but I'll have that will that
you've secreted about You, If have TO
choke you 10 get it.
He made a rush toward the bed and
snatched 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.
lie attempted TO shake her of. but she
chung to him with deathly grip. Her
sunken eyes glared frightfully; the
round. red spots on her cheeks deep
enod, showing more wildly the ghast-
IL pallor Of her face. and her Grill
cry for help rang through the house.
The servants rushed To- the room.
and dragged the Infatuated mailman
FROM the bed just rs his frantic clutches
ut the bed clothes had disclosed
legal-looking document. The dying
woman sank back exhausted. The
glazing eyes grew filmy and express
sionless. the jaw dropped, and the
cenched hands relaxed. She was
dead.
Casper Fenton was handed over TO
the authorities. and the last will and
testament bf the unhappy Josephine.
beggaring her husband. was executed.