Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-17
A Subtle rIot.

"All is ready?"
Everything. My housakeeper, whom
we can trust, will act as nurse and is
In the mex room. L will receive tha
Marshalls when they arrive and pave
the way for you"
make no mistake"
1t was the afternoon Of the day sue
ceeding that which had witnessed Beat
rice MERGERS strange act of generosity
Beatrice herself, In propria persona.
the disguise she had hitherto adopted
now abandoned, lay upon a couch in
one corner OF her sleeping apartment.
She was no longer disguised, but
there was a change in her from her
ordinary appearance that was most re-
markable.
Her face looked thin and w~retchedly
white, her eyes heavy. AS she lay
back on the pillow, her labered breatn-
ing and hectic cheeks seemed to indi-
cate a hot, burning fever.
T. hot burning fever she hat, but
produced by artificial means. This
ruthless schemer had paused at nothing
to accomplish her ends. To further her
schemes an assumption of mortal i'll
ness had been necessary, and her
worthy coadjutor, DR.. Simms, had not
prevaricated when he told her that
the contents of the little phial he had
given her the day previous would bring
about the result she desired.
These two had plotted well in uni.
son, and as he entered the outer room
of the suite he assumed that grave.
serious expression of face that the aver.
age physician wears while attending q
natiant I'm tho lnGf nytpapaify
He opened the door with warning
ly. A servant stood there, two per!
sons at his side.
Gentleman to see Miss Leslie, sir,'1
he announced, withdrew, and Doctor
Simms ushered his two visitors into the
room and pointed to chairs, his serious
| manner evidently surprising them.
Col. Marshall was the one, his son
Raymond the other. The former was
all curiosity and excitement. AS to
Raymond, as he sat gazing ~vacantly al
the floor. his hollow cheeks, haunted
eyes and detected bearing generally
told that the present visit had no inter-
est for him.
Doctor Simms!'' calculated the colo
mel. why! i came to see
MISS Leslie
YES"
miss Leslie is a dying woman.
Colonel Marshall"
"What!r
With an i%ncredulous gasp the colonel
started to his feet.
"Yes, she has been i'll for some time.
I was summoned yesterday afternoon
/ found her fevered, almost delirious.
She asked me to receive you"
Doctor, you amaze me! This strange
lady"
HAS an iron will even in death. She
has explained everything 10 me. She
insists upon seeing yourself and your
son, even in her dangerous condition.
1 told her that the shock might Kill
her, but she insists
Doctor! / am at a perfect loss to
understand this lady's remarkable gen.
crosby in my behalf-thc mystery sur
rounding her
Here are the notes she took yester-
day. She babe me destroy them in
your presence"
"Wait! DON'T I really cannot accept
all these favors from a stranger"
The colonel spoke too late. The docu-
ments were blazing on the hearth. He
was n free mai! A stranger had liber-
ated him from all the financial entan-
clements of the hour.
"Doctor.' he painted, "this mystery
Is m~addening. Who Is this Lady,"
you will be surprised when you
know. Come; you, too, Mr.. Marshall"
to Raymond.
CTo be Continued)