Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-05-26

little ungrateful, when you consider
what I am Sow asking in your behalf"
SIN my behalf. You made a hard
enough bargain to protect yourself end
salve your wounded honor. say your
manner has been unbearable since
since-since we have been"
'sAccomplices! Exactly, my lady.
You cannot play with the fire without
the danger of burning your fingers"
'sWell, a truce to this levity. sent
for You to discuss most important mat
ter. Lord Scarborough suspects that
there is something wrong; and, if he
discovers the plot I am engaged IN,
shall die with shame. Yet, heaven
knows it Is not formy own aggrandize
ment, but for him and the children
that I allowed you to allure me into this
mad project"
81 know that his lordship has not the
enterprising spirit which you enjoy,
and might feel that there was some
slight stain on his escutcheon If he only
knew the extent Of your ladyship's di-
plomacy; but as for saying that I in
duced you to exploit the scheme, In
dignantly-''
''Pshaw! You would deny anything. I
say that you first brought me news Of
| my brothers illness, and pointed out
how easy it would be to promulgate the
! statement of his death before he had
defrauded his family of their inherit
ance. Did not advance you q thousand
pounds to send this man, Archer, out to
hide him away till death, which you
told me Yves certain and immediate,
should relieve US of the danger7"
You did. my lady, and I think that
you will acknowledge that the thousand
| pounds was we'll invested"
Eyes, that ! acknowledge, but you
have deceived me concerning Harry
Grahame's illness: and, If he RECEIVERS
| and returns to England, we are dis
| graced and ruined"
b "You forget that Sir Harry Grahame is
| dead, my lady"
''Dead!"
"Well, if not in the spirit, In the body
as dead to all the world as though he
| lay In his ancestral tomb"
II ''But there is such a thing as a resur-
rection, Mr.. Colburn; how are you GO
ing, to keep the lid Of this apocryphal
tomb over him, if he regains his health?''
by the simplest process in the world,
by main force"
''But he is not q man to submit to
! force. He who could break through
the barriers of an Indian temple would
laugh to scorn your petty bondage"
You are unnecessarily alarming
yourself, my lady. The Sir Harry Of
| to-day is not the Sir Harry of twenty
years ago. This illness, which I believe
! you piously limited at in our last inter-
view as an especial dispensation Of
! Providence to prevent him from perpe-
trating base injustice, has left him a
wreck, and, even if he should recover
his animal strength, he will be help
less imbecile to the end of his days"
sit is terrible" the woman said, for
] the moment conscience-stEicken-
''But not more terrible than il he had
returned to England" the lawyer spe-
ciously pleaded, where he would be
immured In private madhouse. There
he enjoys, thanks to your ladyship'
liberality, home on the banks of a no
bic river, In one OF the lovelicst coun-
tries in the world"
''And the clirnate?'
''Wcu, not very salubciorzs to Euro
Teans, am afraid, but in his condition
life has no pleasures, no hopes. no
ties
''And he has every comfort, Mr.. Col
burn?''
''He is treated with infinite kindness. -
"Ah. well, perhaps it is all for the
best. Now, if we can only allay Lord
Scarborough's suspicious, all may go
we'll yet. You have relieved me Of con-
siderable anxiety"
Lord Scarborough is not very wise
man." the solicitor said, didactica1ly,
land ! do not think it will be difficult
to throw dust in his eyes. The only
| thing that remains is to be true to each