The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

N.f- WAS a IfIIIHl N.H nI t." reward
THAT Hai nasa offered iar her roooverr.
One I-udra1 pounds. H'r father bad
uaj beuu raId-aulrf. Ee had done his
utmost ro reg0Ecr lg.
She burst into tears. She shook her
I hands She might have gone back then
and been welcomed Bow could sine go
now
but sine would not pause. Plenty OF
+ time Tor trIIacIatloE when her task was
/ ended The next lot of papers were
/ Tabled '-buutOu affair. Nelly actually
/ laid those aside as worthless useless.
/ She knew u0 GuutOu or Guutou S. But
1 most of the other search was ended. The
/ receipt might Dee there so she opened
them. A slip of paper-a.pieCe cut out Of
a column futtered down at her feet. II
was an account of George Treveryau's
! fatal tragedy. Mark name was slightly
mixed zap in 10. Not sufficient for Nelly
| 10 more than slip her eyes over She
! turned 10 the letters. Some We're from
| Roy, Maisie, Charlie GuntOn, and one at
least was in Mark Gown writing To
turn that and read II was the work of
moment. u took the form of d diary,
and was dated February g. 80.
He has written this here, this very
year, thought Nelly.
What shall do if Charlie betrays me2
/ 1t is useless swearing to him that I shot
! TreYCryau accidcutlV-he saw IL all.
Good heavens the fool I was to do this,
and all for the sake Of proud, naughty
girl True, Treyeryan angered me, but l
could have got over that if he had not
won what I wanted, Luckless wight!
that Charlie should have seen me. I
might have dispatched him. only he was
my friend(D and l was little senu-
mental
Il have used every persuasion to induce
! Charlie to let bygones be bygOnes, but he
I mo Gfi1l { fVly h.
will set me dangling at the rope end, else
| why has he not done it before, For days
[ / lived in dread. Once | would have let
! the train crush me in despair, but She
| the evil star of my life saved me. Was
| there ever a worse fate for man than
! that | embraced when ! married. Bah.
| | have not married. Olga lives. l imposed
ON her. She is as hard, however, to throw
off as if she had been my wife. | would
| shake her away tomorrow only worse
| luck for me, what would be the cOnse-
| quencel She would be back at her pre-
cious fathers, and should have a horn
| cts nest about my head. What the deuce
made me take her from Slackaby! l was
hot sharp there. | do not like poison or
murder in any shape ] am not naturally
bad, but / must get rid of her somehow
Mark, my boy, fate was too strong for you
in TreVeryan's case; your aim was too
sure, your passion too strong there Now,
no blubbering, you would not do it again
! if time could roll back. OF course not
You committed murder for nothing
you
Air 70 OOpstairs or mott" shrieked Mrs.
Smiths concerned and angry voice:
cheers master a thunderin' at tn gate,
and I thowt yo'd better hev warmth"
A thunderbolt at Nellys feet could not
have caused her greater dismay and con
fusion
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in utter fright and bewilderment; oh
don't let him find me heren'
She thrust the diary she was reading
into her breast and bundled the papers
back into his deck. But that, instead of
returning TO its proper place, she hid I'M
der the bed.
There was no time for thought; she was
scarcely conscious of what she did She
was aware that some horrible nightmare
was over her, that some dreadful Objec-
ton to ever seeing or speaking to Mark
again convulsed her very being. Yet he
was here: he would find that she had dis
covered MS guilt, if She were not sharp,
subtle. Perhaps he might even kill her
if he found out what she had done. She
must dissemble, be wary. Yet how
dreadful she felt, and how could she
meet him againl How give or receive
kiss2
Trembling in every limb, she went
down, and was in time to take u seat be-
fore he entered
Fine reception, this" he growled,
excepting a man outside his own doors
fully five minutes to get starved to death"
He made no attempt to salute her He
was too thoroughly angry, not, as he
averred, however, at his detention; that
would have been sufficient in itself had
not something far more serious previously
interviewed
Did not Mrs. Smith hear You}" Nelly
managed to say.
Go and put the blame on her, do just
like your charity. You, an idle useless
thing, can't even undo the dOOr!"
1t was too good an opportunity to lose.
Not for retaliation, not for protection,
sympathy, redress. Those were all for
gotten, unheeded, but for conversation.
Anythingon which to concentrate her
thoughts, her tongue. Mark must be en-
crossed. She must have time to decide
what course to pursue. So for the pres
ent she would have to interest him.
is it better to be locked out or in2" she
| asked
Mark gave her one of his odd, scrutniz-
! ing chances, as if to penetrate how much
or little her query implied Her gaze
was fixed on the wall opposite, and she
| did not see his look
In, YOU simpleton of course; you are
warm in the hOuse!n
"Outside you are free said Nelly;
INSIDE YOU are coerced against your
will" She rapidly detailed the events of
! the morning. Mark gave a loud laugh as
| she ended.
"Bravo! Mrs. Smith She gave You
| one there, Nelly But where is my dinnerl
! You begin to worry me as usual directlYI
! arrive. Why don't you have some consid-
GRAFTON for me-"
! Nelly suddenly remembered that she
! had had no dinner herself. Something
warm would do her good. She rose and
rang the bell.
why don't you go and see what that
| poor, over-worked woman IS doing, and
| help her. instead of sitting there with
your hands ioldcd; fine lady. ringing
[ for all you require!' sneered Mark.
Nelly made no reply She had grown
| accustomed to such Urea tmcnt. even had
not sterner thoughts been hers at that
moment
what is there for dinner, Mrs Barry"
! Il don know. l."
You don't know" exclaimed Mark,
/ only too glad to at last find some substau-
tial cause Tor grievance: and YOU have
/ the cool uudacity, the startling effroltery
/ 10 calmly admit il. A truly luudable
/ ho1sekeeper. Pray, if you. don't know
/ what there is, who shoald A pretty state
/ Of things, thisi'
Mark, YOU are aware that am not