New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11

from the tone of his voice. But she woad not
look ut him inst then. because she felt that nc
was looking at her, anu she prcierre" 'hat thcir
| eyes should not meet
Will You do anything about this? She asked,
after pause. and not referring to what he hal
last said viii you destroy those vile things ~
since they are addressed 10 me, l suppose
have a right 10 do so.' answered Ghislcr, and
he hegan slowly to tear up the sheets OF tlr
| There can he no doubt about their being
genuine" asked Laura with sudden emotion.
host N i" lr az Of that You should know her hand
with "1 short aush, Il will go and show them
to her and ak her if she Wro, tem r shall ira
who knew that he was quite capable of follow
ing such cours" as he suggested.
There was apparently n9t nn T., TO ne done me-
of the two remaining letters would be n abortiv3
~ the first, and there could certainly be no n.c
in keeping those which ad hctn seht to on ao
| Preserved chance might throw item into hands
in which they might become far more dangerous
| than they We're. . ~
~Yon might send her another five francs,
answered Ghislcri. grmly. " II would show her
| how much YOU value the documents she has for
sale ayr
II will" said Laura. with a laugh. " How
| furious she will he. or course IL Is Adele VINO
gets these things
"Of course. Five francs is quite enough" =.
And Laura, little knowing or guessing how ~
would he u,cl against her. sent a fivc-franc note
| with her card in an envelopes and addressed IT,
On the card she had written in pencil, For
Maria T., with best thanks ~. - .
| There is one other thing would Xix" to do;
| she said But do not know whether yon womb
approve It would give me such satlS,actoh-
you know ! am only woman after all: ,u,r
| what is that" asked G!slerl, ana WHY
should you need my appr6val?'
| only this Tomorrow, and perhaps the next
day, when she is quite sur" must nave Icce,'f y,
| A.. I l,I Ito fp
| an open carriage where we should ID" sure 10
meet Adele. | would give anything to see hcr
| face y
| Ghslcri laughed The womanly side of Laura ;
| nature was becoming more apparent OF late am
| its manifestations pleased ana surprised MN
| He thought Laura would hardly nav. T"n rna
| human il she had not wished To let Adele SCI
| how completely the attempt had failed which she
had 50 ingeniously planned and carried ont
If anything would make the town talk that
would" he answered. The only way TO manage
il would be TO get IN" Princess TO 20 with you
and then take me as lie stopped short, rather
| awiwarllv.
turning her face away 10 hid" her amusement M
the slip of the tongue Of which he HAD bccl
guilty. III, a,
Princess of t.crano and Der daughter would have
been almost equivalent 10 announcing his engage
mcnt to Laura.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Adele had not anticipated such complete failure
in the first instance. The Gyc-franc not" with
Laura Ardcns card told her plainly enough what
her stop-sstrr thought Of the matter but she had
no means of finding ont whether Gh:s"ri had been
informed Of what she had done or not. and her
efforts 10 extract information from him when sh"
met him were not successful. His tone and his
manner toward her were precisely the same ~
formerly. and he was ready as ever TO enter
into dcsultory conversation with her; DHt II she
ycntur"d 10 lead th" talk in such direction a.
to find ont what she wanted 10 know. he instant
IL met her with a countcrallu-lOn 10 her do!ngs
which frightened her and sllcnc'd her ciicctualT.
50 the months passed IN sort Of petty sklrinsh-
ing which led to no positive result. and she
secretly planned some further step which should
complete those she hal already taken. reverse
Iaura's Judgment. and completely ruin flctro
Ghi-,r with her and lcforc ia" world. III" M
easy workings ~ her unsettled brain grew NOR"
ard moro tor'uous every day. until ~ last III"
felt uuabl" 70 reason the question OUT wthoIl
ia" help Of som" experienced person. N" i"it
uuli. sure that there must b" som" way ont n all
her difficulties, by a short cut to victory, ana that
= clever man. good lawyer. for instance, II h"
could be- deceived into believing III" story sh" had
concoc'cd. would know how Ia max" ~" OF II
AGAINST her enemies The difficulty was two-iold
In the int place she must pHt together such
body Of cyid"nc" ~ no experienced advocate
could refuse a. ground for an action al law. ana,
-.coudly sh" must find the SAID advocat" and "\-
plain the whole matter 10 him from her own point
~ view tn" action would be brought IN self
defence against P"tro Ghisl"ri. who would be ac-
cus.d Of having Systematically attempted 10 levy
blacknail. That iii" crude form in which
the idea suggested itself 10 Adclo when she set 10
work.
partally awar" Of IN" substanc" OF the lost con
f"~sion and that the letter containing IT was still
at Gcrano This Icing the ease. sh" could freely
speak Of II 10 her lawyer and deScrih" the con
tents in any way she pleased. 50 as to turn tho
existence of III" document 20 her own advantage
In the letters she had sent Laura and IN the other
two which -l. kept bv h"r for futmr" use. she Ind
Maria T. had indeed spoken of ia" transaction az
heinz ended but that could he interpreted the
unfonndcd suppo~ition of a person not fully ac-
,uaintc~l with III" facts, and d'~lrous oi maang
money ont of them ~ far ~ possible. h" hard -
thing would probably he to produce IN" woman
who was supposed 10 have written - Laura IN
case she should be- needed Money we'll bestowed,
however. would do much toward stimulating the
memory oi som. INDECENT and Inscriptions per
son. and the part 10 lp played would, after all. b"
small ana in-ianlIlraht one. oh 'l' "th.r nah'''
III" weak point IN the cns' would b" that Ace,
while abb" To produce an unlimited nnmbcr of
her own letters - Ghslerl. would not have a sin
gle Lnc Of his writing 10 show. Sh" could.
indeed. fall back upon her own natural sense
Of caution. and d'clar" that shr hn destroyed all
H.. had written In the mistaken belief that il
would hc safer to d. 80 and her lawyer could
faunt his opponent with his folly in not doing
lik,wisc: hnt that would. after all. l- rather Il
poor r>lrdicnt Or il might he pretended that
ricfro had invariably written 10 her in u frisn~l
handwriting signing himself, perhaps with
single initial, prccauiion IN case his letters
should fall into III" wrong hands. In that ease
she couHl produce whatever She chose. tn" lr'st
possible plan would liz to extract one or two
short notes from him upon which IN Ambiguous
construction might be put by the lawyers. All
this Adct' reflected. would n~'1 considerable"
time. and several months mutt clap>c before sl"
couId expect 10 be- ready Her mini too. worked
spasmodirallv. md shc was subject to long III,
OF apathy am extreme depression in tn" intervals
between her short hours OF abnormal activity. |
She knew that This was the rrsult Of the NOR !
phinc she took in such quantities, and She re-
solved 10 make n great effort 10 cure herself |
of the fatal habit if il wcr" not already too late
A. has been said more than once Adele Savell |
had possessed u very determined will. and il had |
not vet been altogether DESTROYED Having once |
made up her mind TO free herself If sh" conld sh"
made tho attempt bravcly and Systematically |
The result was that, in the course Of several |
months sh" had reduced the amoun; Of her daily |
dnse- considerably Tn" suffering great. but |
the objcci to be gained was great aso and che |