Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17

startled the metropolis. WOmdl
named Belle Fullerton had been founo
murdered in her brougham. She hao
driven home with gentleman from the
Alhambra on the previous evening
He had left the brougham halfway
When the carriage stopped at the doo1
Belle Fullerton was dead.
When poor May Summers read the
account the paper fell from her hands
She nearly tainted in the street.
But she summoned up all her strength
and went back home. She remembered
the conversation she had heard, and
she felt convinced that Belle Fullerton
had been got rid of by her husband at
the instigation of Redmond. Belle
Fullerton was the woman whose letters
Mrs. Redmond had discovered in her
husbands room.
From that hour May Summers never
heard again of the man she married d.
At the inquest it was proved that the
woman, who had a weak heart, had
died under the influence of chloroform.
Mr.. Redmond was called, for his knowl-
edge OF Robert Howell was soon made
known to the police. He stated that
Howell was to have sailed for Australia
the day following the murder-that he
had hidden him good-by and taken his
luggage with him. He was absolutely
unaware Of any reason why Howell
should have murdered the woman. He
admitted his own acquaintance with
the lady, but it bad been broken off
long ago.
Inquiries made at the docks had
ing the description of Bobert Howell
Io %o1y q
adjourned and finally closed without
any clue to the whereabouts of the
supposed murderer, or the discovery of
the motive of the crime. Mrs. Fuller
ton had valuable diamond bracelet
and diamond earrings on, and these
were untouched. The motive could not
have been robbery. 1t was therefore
probably revenge or jealousy. The
coroner's Jury found verdict of willtul
murder against Robert Howell, and
the matter gradually dropped out of
general conversation and was for
gotten.
The position of the young wife was
terrible. What could she do? II she
left the Redmonds she would be unable
to get another situation. She felt that
it would be an infamy to enter family
under false name, and who would
take her if they knew she was the wife
of an uncaptured criminal-an assassin
at large?
So she stayed on, and suffered, and
endured, avoiding Mr.. Redmond as
much as she possibly could, finding her
only comfort in the child.
But although no word ever passed
between them On the subject OF Robert
Howell, Miss Summers found that Red
mond was suspicious of her. He thought
she knew more than she ought to have
done. The poor girl tortured herself
over and over again with the thought
that she ought to have made public
what she did know. But she would
have been a wife coming forward TO-
prove her husbands guilt. That no one
could expect her to- do.
One day climax came. Redmond
instead OF avoiding her, took to counting
her society. He tgled to be friendly
with her-to enliss her sympathy for
his miserable position with drunken
WIFE At last she could no longer be
blind to the fact that every feeling Of
honor and selt-respeet demanded she
should quit his roof. It broke her
heart to leave the wife, to part with the
child; but Redmond had made it i'm
possible for her to stay.
Misfortune seemed TO- dog her foot
steps. ALI the money! she had in the
twenty pounds she had
managed to save from her paStry salary
was stolen from her the day she drew
it out ia ORDER to go doWnin country
town where she had been sent by an
agency She had conquered her
scruples as to concealing her name. She
had ono more chance tnom an agency
she could have secured the place
to. whom could she refer? To the
drunken, almost imbeoile wife, or the
husbanGl-the man she loathed and de-
tested-the man to speak whose very
name aloud now brought this burning
blood to- her cheek.
She hesitated-the lady to- whom she
YEAS to. be- governess noticed lb-the girl
bmrst into tears-that WAS enough. The
lady feared Miss Summers would not
swift her.
Amonth of hopelessdespa55, month
of.agony of mind, and them slow starva-.
tien of bedy-everything parted with to,
raise the rent Of one noom, and then,
tbs story is as old as the hills, and yet
told again day after day liz the great
cities, the choice OF three things, the
the street. or the river!
Dhe f1st day she was homeless she
naTdiy BGAIlZSu ILe SfUWS1siOu. one
knew that she was hungry, and her
limbs aehed, and her brain reeled. She.
knew that when night came on, terrified
80 the fsg, weak, helpless, and hopeless,
she tainted and fell. And Capt. Carlyon
knew 81, the rest. Such WAS the story
which, little by little, Caslyon and the
gathered and pieced together
from May Summers OWN Lips.
Thaa night when they were alone.
I'M the smokingreom, the Captain and
the solicitor decided On their line of
action.
The first thing tine solicitor cid was.
to advertise that d letter addressed to.
Miss May Summers had been lost.
probably in Hyde Park, and offered a.
reward to anyone restoring it. Three
days after working man called at the
office. Going to his work through the
park on the morning of tie 18th of