Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-16
CHAPTER XyII-(continucd.)

You. Norton" she said. ARE skilled
in the use of poisons: give me some
thing that will enable me. if driven to
hay. TO escape contamination from the
hingman'S hands,.
Tie viScount sought by ridicnlc TO
dispcl her fears. since those reasons
which had rendered them again hope
full had been lost on her. but Mrs.
CheSter,on continued still dcspairins.
And so the viscolint brought from
secret drawer and gave to liugcnia a
small rhal which contained few
drops of a darliish liquid.
And holding up the phial, Mrs. Ches-
terrain said inquirinsly:
u should not lingcr after this. to re-
cover. as did Nicholas ShearmanT
No" replied the viscount, Its eff
fectS are certain and instantaneous,
and his eyes flashing, his teeth set
hard. "Oh. if l had but given of that
To Nicholas Sherman. this moment
oil our danger had never arrived to us,
Eugenia.'
Farewell. Norton" cried Mrs. Ches-
terton. as. about to leave. she stood
upon the threshold. and fixed a last
look on her accomplce.
How readily YOU despair" said the
Ntscount. 81 do not the least doubt
That all will yet go we'll with us
Mrs. Chcsterton shook her head dcs-
pondingly.
I'VE Slnll see each other no more.
Norton Sowcrby: and would to heaven
we had never met.
The more the NiScount reflected the
more assured hc became that the let
ter which he had lost would not rise
lp in Judgment against Mm' every
chance. he considered, was now i'll his
favor concerning that letter.
But that he WAS still very far from
facing perfectly secure must be We'll
understood.
And 50. having thought deeply for
while. he came to the resolution TO re-
tire into concralment until certain
perfectly certain-tllat he could Walk
abroad safe and unsupported.
Theodore alone should know ms
hiding place: Il very simple Invention
would furnish Il satisfactory reason
to the young man for his father con-
cealmcnt. while on all necessary m
formation from Theodore. ana on ms
inviolablc secrecy the viScount would
be able to depend.
So he started up and proceeded, Tor
the second time that day, toward me
odorc's study; and he had intended to
commence with the young man. D! m
forming him that his marriage Win
Mrs. Chcsterton's daughter was, LOT
the present, at all events, not TO DC
thought of.
MAT news would delight and rem
der Theodore pliablc for that winch
still he had to ask of him.
Amazed was the viscount by the
trouble he saw in Theodore.
What was the cause of the pallor nc
hchcld? Had Theodore been taken
suddenly ill? ,.,,,o am
Should his father summon some one
to his aSsistane! .,-
No. Theodore hastily but ialn'iy
said, only the viscount must hsten ~
that which now his son was apou' u
speak. Who,
What is the matter with him: VIVA,
can he have to say to me! "ohoeieo
the yiscount, as. with an omlnous 'rep
idation. he seated himself, ana pre-
pared TO listen. o,,o u,h,
Slowly ana solemnly now spoke inc
odore. ,...,. o,,or A,
..If Won had come q little sooner,
he began. 'you would nave seen i'e'
a Young girl. clothed With h"'liii'i't
and who was entrcatlns oil ne tii,'
would Justify the memory Oh ne nv,
f,thnr laud T,cntlore'S voice now lal
tered WHO died by the lia''aS oi Wv
ayccutioner-of her father. VINO WI
;n,onnut and who WAS called Arnold
Lindsay. ,,,,,,1
"You have been deceived. Ihco
dorrn tho yiscount boldly said. al
7
demned.
"Hcavens justice alone is in1ail1
hlc," exclaimed Theodore. 1.-The Grim
attributed to Arnold Lindsay WAS III
infamous work of three assassins
one of them expired last night, an
was named Nicholas Shcarman: til
second, already denounced to justice
is called Mrs. Chestcrton; and til
third
And the Young man paused
"NNcll. the third:' and the visconl
was really trembling now.
And Theodore. looking full into III
fathers face, said, with strong Ell
phasis:
e! know him.
"You know him, Theodore"
Eyes; but at present ] alone"
The viscount brcathed again; tn:
word "alonc" had been as heav
weight lifted from off his heart.
'Betraying the mission which hi
been contided to me- pursued The
dore, 81 was about to seek that man
was about to say to him, Were sc
81 thousand times guilty my first du
is to save YOU One day yet remail
to you. Fly, father, fly"
The viscount desired to know if
were really in danger. and so he sal
blusteringly:
"You are perfectly dclirious, The
dorc. What testimony, what pro
can they invoke against me?'
1.-THE deposition of Nicholas Shea
man. mortally wounded last night
one Of his accomplices."
"Is that all?" sneered the viscoul
while his breast was swelling wi
triumph.
"No, not all. There is, besides,
letter staineia with blood-a lett
which was lost by the murderer a
which has bepn confided to ME, a
of which ths signature is-Nort
SS,,,,nrI1,is,