Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-13

no God, well, then this earth is a
SHAMELESS and the innocent have no
friend She shall not der
What can you do to save herY
Give her something TO live for
give her SO strong reason why she
should live that the tide of life will
flow back 10 her veins, the weary
heart win heat strong with nope and
love"
You are mad"
NO, am not mad, Go and get
fly Can she be moved, do YOU think?
Could she bear to be driven a little
wayy"
God knows. She is as weak as an
nfantr
80, only go and get the carriage, We
will manage it, we5win carry her, Go;
1 have but to whisper in her ear, and
she will have the strength Of q lioness.
Bring the carriage 10 the door yonder;
| win run on and see your wife"
Dmand thought she must be mad; but
her earnesmess, her energy We're elec-
rical, and he oheyed her. In a case so
hopeless any CLEAN Of hope was vel
come. There was some secret to be told.
some revelation coming He scarce
asked himself what, but hurried off
TO engage the first proving fly he could
find
Suzon ran upstairs to the third floor.
She listened as the door of kathlccn's
sitting-room. There was "A faint muir
muir of voices within. and she entered
without knocking.
Kathleen was lying on the sofa near
the fireplace, her wasted cheek white
as the pillow on which it rested. Rose
sat 10y her, bending over her, talking
to her in low murmurs. The room was
dimly lighted by a lamp on the mantel-
piece.
Suzon went across the room and
knelt by the invalid's side.
1T is |, Suzon Michel" she said.
"the woman who once hated you, but
who has since learnt to pity YOU and
who now honos you. Is it true that
you tracked that wild beast to his lair?
that when all the police in Paris had
failed to find him, you hunted that
tiger DOWN.
Yes, l found Serizier. They say he
win be shot"
"Sacre nom yes, he shall he shot,
The women Of the Place dItalie the
people who lived in fear and dread
Of him, to whom his name was a ter
ror they will not let him escape, now
the law has got him. Madame Morte-
mar, will you come with me? | want
! to take YOU to my home, yonder, close
TO the spot where your husband fen"
Kathleen started up into sitting
pos don. 1t was like a sudden awaken
/ ing to life, as if some magic wand
had been waved over her, magnetising
the feeble clay.
'Whatw she cried, you live there!
/ I thought it must be SO, that night.
/ Yes, yes, take me to the spot where
he fell, Let me see it once more-once
before | die. To me il is as sacred as
a grave. ! cannot 80 to his grave, -
she added despalringly
Dear love- you are too weak 20 STIR
pleaded Rose tenderlv, with her arms
about her sisters wasted form
She is not too weak to come with
me. She should come if she were in
4 her graye-clothcs You can come with
us-you can help me carry hen down
stairs Your husband win have a fly
ready. Ycsr' cried Suzon running to
the window, 'it is there, at the door
below Bring some brandy in bottle
wet her lips with a little first. A
warm shawl SO, wrapping it round
her as if she had been a child You
|are not afriad to come are you, my
little one? l have good news for you
at the end Of the Journey
Her lmpemosity evolved a cores
bonding energy in Kathleen, who was
uomulous with excitement. Rose UNI
/ jerStood that there was new life at
The end of this sudden journey Yes,
there was revelation at hand, about
CASTOR She kept herself calm and
STEADY While these two others were on
fire with excitement Between them
| she and Suzon Michel carried Kathleen
| down stairs 10 the fly, the three wo-
/ men got inside Kathleen wrapped in
thick shawls. Philip got on the box
beside the driver; in a crack or so of
his whip they were rafting into the
Boulevard ST. Michel
II was a longish drive to the Place
dltalie; but, urged by Suzon the man
got over the distance very quickly
I The dun side-sreet looked unspeak-
ably dreary in the wintry gloom, the
lamps burning dimly, the windows
showing little light-signs of failure
and poverty on every side.
4 The fly stopped before that empty
house which Kathleen had noticed in
the summer cleaning. The board was
still hanging above the door the win
dOws were all blank and dark; but
Suzon opened the door witch her key
while Durand lifted Kathleen out Of
the vehicle
Garry her upstairs, following me,
said Suzcn, but she and / must *
into the room alone. You others mus
stay outside"
1T IS not a trap, is it?' asked Rose
fri,,bfonnd uyo,, mean har no harm y