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

mond Instantly conducted the solicitor
to his room.
"Mr. Redmond" said Mr. Bates, II
am Miss Summers solicitor. Unless
you instantly hand over the letter and
pockeJ-book you received, L shall apply
for a summons against you, and the
whole story Of the man who wrote that
letter may be revealed, together With
your share in the transaction. What
do you intend to do?''
Redmond hesitated.
"And if have destroyed the letter
accidentally?'
''Then you can explain that to the
magistrate. Remember you have de-
MED the possession of that letter to
Capt. Carlyon."
II will be frank with you, SIR" said
Mr. Redmond. This letter has come
into my possession, and [ have opened
it. l have learned from it that Miss
Summers was the wife of this Robert
Howell. AS she had concealed the fact
so far, think | am right in persuming
that she doesn't particularly wish it
proclaimed to the world now!'
$50 on. sir"
snow, if [ confess that I have not de-
stroyed the letter, for reasons of my
own, and l agree to give it up, will you
pledge yourself not to use the portions
which are Injurious to me?"
The solicitor thought the matter over.
"Mr. Redmond" he replied, ''you
are clever man. I agree to your terms
so far as this: Ii the information in the
| letter is of great value to my client,
will guarantee that the part affecting
you shall not be used, providing am
not, by so doing, doing anything de-
rogatory to my professional status"
"That IS sufficient. [ will bring the
the letter to your Office this after
| noon.
That afternoon the lost letter was in
the solicitors possession. He did not
| read it; he took it at once to the lady to
whom it was addressed.
With a trembling hand May Sum-
mers drew the letter of her dead hus-
band from its enclosure and read 1t.
This is the message Robert Howell
had sent to his wife by George Car
lyon:
"May-When you read this I shall be
England and give myself up and face
the result, but my courage failed me.
[ am miserable coward-I have been |
coward all my life. But before | die
l want to make you all the reparation l
can for the misery [ have done you. |
When I married YOU | thought you |
were just the kind of woman who would |
make me good wife and help me in
my fight with fortune. wanted good
woman's society and compsnionship,
for had been burdened in my young
manhood with bad woman. She
robbed me and left me when | was only
%, and l never expected to
see her again. One day Redmond, the
man who was associated with Me In a
big mining scheme, which we were
going to make fortune out Of ssked
me to- see q woman who had hold on
him and bargain for some letters OF his
which she had threatenedsto make use
of-letters in which, with the madness
of man infatuated with bad woman,
he had betray ed himself. He had tsied |
to dazzle her with visions of the wealth
which, was to- be his when his scheme
came eff, and IN this wealth she WAS to
share. 1t was one of those letters
which hundreds Of better men than he
have written to women who have en-
shaved them but had it been made pub
hc it would not only have ruined HIM.
but given our scheme it's death blow.
It betrayed the dishonesty of the whole
thing.
81 arranged on his behalf to make
her an offer. He wrote her letter
saying Ibis ambassador would CALL
When arrived at the house she had
gone to, the ALEXANDRIA. | thought [
might est her pointed out to me. It
was most important that [ should see
her that might. w nile l was walking
about o. woman passed me; woman,
tall, beautiful and elegantly dressed.
Our eyes met-we both started. It was.
nv wife,!
. DON'T make 81 fuss here,' she said,
recovering herself In a moment. 'My
broughazn's outside and Pm going |
home. Dnn mad with the toothache p
81 followed her; almost in dream.
We walked down, to- where the brouph-
am, was waiting. Home, she said to,
the ooachman.
"''Well, Bob,' she said, we've met |
at last. You've forgotten the past-so
have j.. Its long time ago. Fancy my
meeting you after all these years. I |
thought YOU we're ia America
s. And | hoped; shat you were dead.
and that we might never meet again. I |
said bitterly.
"Well, we have, and Ted better
agree mot to bother each other, eh,
Bob,2 Don't be- cross to me tonight. |
for nay toothacheTs driving me mad :
'She drew fnom her pocket g. bottle |
of ehloToform and put some drops into |
ha1 tooth.
g. Its the only thing that stops the |
pala,' she said. Then she put the bottle
back into her pocket.
"The carriage at that moment gave a !
violent jerk. The coachman> in avoid |
Ing cab, had run into post at the |
corner OF narrow street. NV wife was |
thrown violently against the aide of the
carriage.
Il sat there like man in dream. I
hadn't known for certain that NV wife |
was dead had hoped sos had per-
suaded myself 80, and l had married
You, and there l was sitting by her side |
IN brougham. I had forgotten all