Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-20
Trixy.

woman OF twenty-three.
There was only one man she thought
she loved in the world.
Advisedly, we use the word thought.
She did not know, even matured as
she was, the reasoning of her own
mind. She loved her father, as what
true-hearted girl does mott Her
love for him was that of a woman,
to use the words of King Solomon, it
surpassed that of a woman"
And now her heart was broken, for
another was to usurp her place in her
fathers affections.
On the morrow her widowed father
was again to be married. The idea
was wormwood in her mind. Hither.
to she had been sole mistress of her
fathers household. James Holloway
was a wealthy broker in the city. In
a few. a very few years, he had amass-
ed quarter of a million of money.
And now Trixy was to have step
mother; a little blue-eyed woman,
whom she had always known as an
humble dependent of the household.
True, that Marie Estelle was pref
ty little creature true, she could
speak French, German and Russian |;
true, she always acted as mother to
the motherless child under her charge
yet Trixy instinctively shrank from
her. She seemed to wither and shrink
in the presence of her prospective
material relation.
Trixy lay restlessly tossing to and
fro for nearly half the night, when
suddenly she leaped up in bed.
what was that?"
She could swear it was door either
opened or shut.
Carefully and noiselessly she donned
her dressing-gown and slippers. Then
with fearless heart, she tripped down
the broad and spacious staircase.
To her astonishment, she saw be-
meath the dining-room door narrow
streak of light. Her heart palpitated,
and her bosom rose and fell. Then
she stealthily crept forward. At once
she learned the truth.
- There, in the dining-room stood two
,ures-that of a man and woman.
9TH were in close proximity.
just over the upper portion Of his
ce the man wore a piece of black
9TH or Grape.
As the moonlight streamed in and
ended with the gas.light, throwing
a lurid glare upon the object which
intercepted its passage, it illumined the
features Of the burglars companion.
That nez retousee and the perfect
cut Grecian chin, there could be no
denying.
1t was Marie Estelle.
SPECIFICS, and almost stricken
dead with amazement, Trixy stood
there and listened. Listened to the
most villianous plot that had ever
been concocted.
The innocent, plausible Marie had
long ago contracted an alliance with
this man in the mask.
1T is of no use talking, mon mig.
non," he was saying; "you know, ma
chere, you never can marry the old
fool Why not then let him give
you a present-say of ten thousand,
and let him go?"
She looked up at him, her blue eyes
like two for-get-me-nots that had been
moistened by the early dew.
"How can you speak so when you
know what good-hearted man James
Holloway isl" she cried.
Forget not that you are my wife y
said the man, with brutality that
caused the listeners blood to curdle
in her veins.
Marie Estelle shrank back.
Have you no pity, no mercy y she
(; cannot you even show me
some charity'"
"Never I"
He seized her savagely by the shoul-
der and shook her.
Marie |"
She looked up at him with pale
and frightened face.
Listen to me-"
She bowed her head upon her boz
,om. She could not speak to this
ruffian whom she had once been fool
enough to trust with her whole heart
and soul.
"Look here ?" said the brute "you
must go through this marriage-service,
and you must get control of the old
FOOLS wealth, then"
II must hand il over TO you'll"
Exactly"
Marie gave him look of contempt,