Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-27
CHAPTER V-(Csrtinueb

Lindsay was horror-stricken.
Il must be plain with You, Mr.. Lind
s2y,' said the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ia
heavy against you that you have assas-
Sinated the ~viscount's little grandson"
And ~Lindsay's wife shrieked aloud
with terror.
"Infamous!" the accused man indig-
nantly exclaimed. But this will estab-
fish my innocence"
And he gave into the magistrates
hands the letter which had been
brought to him from the viscount.
This letter." said the IN magistrate, ex-
aiming it, lis dated the second Of Feb
ruary, and the viscount died ON the
thirty-first of January"
Dead. the ~viscount dead!" exclaimed
Arnold Lindsay, trembling beneath q
violent emotion.
Yes" they told him, "the viscount
had fallen asleep in his chair to awake
no more in this world. This lett >"
said the magistrate, which you pretend
TO have received Is therefore, Of neces-
sity, n forgery"
Amidst the shrieks and lamentations
CT his wife, Arnold Lindsay was carried
away to prison.
At his trial he told Of the viscount's
family ring that had been shown 10
him by the lady to whom he had
given the child.
Alas, it was proved that the Wis
counts family ring had been given to
the lawyer to whom his last will lad
been entrusted.
That ring. stirl In tn lawyers posses
Cin,, N,o prnl,,nnl. md tIn -iCoN,,r+'z
last testament was itself read in court;
and, in case Of his grandsOn's death,
Arnold Lindsay became the sole in
heritOr Of all the late viscount'S vast
posse SSiOnS.
Earnestly. but vainly, did Arnold
Lindsay protest that he was innocent.
He was convicted of having, by a
murder, removed the feeble obstacle
which separated him from the WIS.,
counts vast possessions.
Arnold Lindsay was condemned to
death, and persisted on the scaffold.
He died bravely, and to the last mo-
ment declaring his innocence.
He is dead" said Norton Sowerby,
as he presented himself before Eugenia
Reckless, about two hours after the
execution Of the wretched Arnold Lind
say.
Horrible! horribler cried Eugenia.
s%huddering and trembling from head
to foot.
And Norton, observing her agitation,
said:
Your conscience, Eugy, will cease
TO trouble you from the mo1lent tiiat
1 have made you Viscountess Dare
leigh"
About to take possession Of the late
~viscOunt's fortune and estate, to Nor
ton Sowerby's great Consideration, he
found it was beyond his power to claim
them.
A nearer heir-a nephew Of the dead
~viscCunt's, had presented himself.
This nephew, who, years before, had
set forth to wander around the world,
had long been supposed dead; indeed,
strong seeming proof had been given
that he had ceased to exist. .
Put dead he had not been, since nov
he had returned to find himself, to hi!
WI great Amusement, v~iscount Dare
leigh. and the master Of enormous
wealth.
Not even the smallest legacy wa
there now for Norton Sowarby.
And now, too. EIgenia Reckless
loathed him for the torturing remorS
which he had given TO her heart.
Stormy and r~eproachful words wer'
exchanged between them, and cursln.
themselves, and each other, they separ
ated. and went their several ways
And 1t was not long, very long, ert
again they met.