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

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"'Well, Bob,' she said, She con1a.
have chosen better agent. Wa W.
make terms at once. / could baro o
tanned money for these letters ~ vi
give them to you, will you promise NJ
to interfere with me?' uN
Have you the letters with voru
" Y es. Redmond's quite canahIo !
brlblng my servant to get at them !, \
lett them at home. He's a clevar ~,
is Mr.. Redmond, but Pm quito 'u' y
clever \
"She gave a harsh little laucb o,,
took from little ornamental bao ~
carried bundle of letters. '
There they are. Now is It h,
gain?' O''
"'Give them to me!' cried qr
settle with him for these ~
II seized the letters; she endeavo,.,
to keep them.
No she said; mot till you agree i
my terms
cit was short struggle. / was v;g
fierce. I was maddened that this wom
an, my wife, should be what she W.,
that she should even dare to be aljva
"Suddenly she let 90 the Ietts,
'Ohp she cried. It must have bean,
fierce pang of pain in the nerve oftb'
tooth. She put her hand in her pocks
drew out her handkerchief and pnt N
to her face. Then she seemed to FAM
with the pain, and, turning half ronnd
let her head fall in the corner with bs
handkerchief still pressed against he
face.
II had the letters. I was mad with
rage, jealousy, l know not what
Stopping the carriage [ jumped out and
said to the coachman, Home
THAT night late, / saw Redmond and
gave him the letters. To quarrel with
him would have been useless. To teT
him that his mistress was my wit
would have blistered my tongue.
told him nothing except that circun
stances had happened which would
prevent my remaining under bis roo
another hour. | fetched my DON
manteau down and put it on the cal
and drove away. could not see YOU
[ wanted to get away-to think oya
what I should do, and then write
you.
II slept that night at Chaying Cns
Hotel, the next morning | left by It'd
mail and went abroad. [ wanted 10 g
away where there was life. Anywhet
to think what [ should do. And thel
I read in the English papers that Bell
Fullerton had been found in bel
brougham dead. That a handkercht
saturated with chloroform had beeI
found ON the floor of the carriage, an
that the man who was with her hal
lump ped out Of the brougham hastily
half way to her house, and that lM|
the man.
II guessed at once THAI the boti
must have broken in her pocket wit
The jar Of the collision which threw he
lp against the side Of her carriage.
5urmised she must have held the SAT-
rated handkerchief to her mouth, an
that when she tainted the side oft
carriage kept it fastened over her no
.rils and mouth, and that this, with
weak heart, killed her.
"But the evidence against me
tanning. She was my wife, Id
another Woman--I had lean
>ut of the carriage had fed n
England.
II was coward then, as 1 almy
nave been. There was no wit1t
Of what really eccurred-the eNdH
vas enough to hang me. | felt the D
round my neck.
II left my hiding place and made
Spain, | went to- Lisbon. From LEb
reached the Cape. Why need vea,
YOU with my history? l prospereda
40 one recognized me in the wild pan
[ went to. BY % lucky coup made
fortune, but it WAS no use to me.
''Then | determined to come back
England and give myself up and
he truth. Should l be believed? No
Then | should be hanged. May, w
\ coward to the last. The very ides
anding in England drove me mad vii
ear. [ shall give this letter--a et1
written before | set sail-to the CAPITA
and then l shall end @ life which b
oeen a curse to, myself and curse
others.
1.-The fortune I have made ! leags
VOC. Don't think too badly Of me
You, but you were saved 10
over being really my Wlfe-and VII
NY dying breath I swear to you tA1
was innocent of the death OF
Nletched woman who marred my TCu
and cursed my naanhood-BeIle Eal1
.oM."
a year after the suicides lettsNs
placed in the hands of May Sumnt
May Summers became Mrs. carry
Of the fortune left her by Eos
howell she refused to accept one pT pr.
for herself; but when it was resa
She made tie amount over to the ltD
VIOLENT institutions OF En9lanc WIN
befriend poor governesses, "ou''D
and education, ol'en
dNced to the lest miseries and tofN 4,
Of destitution. ,.1o p
And when Mrs. Redmond dieu
ner wretched husband went to A Al y,
for reasons which only transpl,re s.,
his departure, May took the l'"s
VIII ON she had grown to love a.
own, and the one big WOUND u
heart was healed.
Capt. Carlyon is the happieS' Cd ~
He has abandoned the sea- sIa
company have given him sp pbsr
berth on shore. Sometimes "n osd
talks over with Mr.. Bates inc lind n
which bromght him SO much nSp'