Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-11-05

Won saw, Beware how you accuse ah
innocent man"
.Innocent, say that word again ana
will take the law into my own hahus
ana you shall meet your rate here ~
this very ROOM /,
What, Would you XIII me!
"Ip No. | would not rot the nahg-
mani You know the evidence nave
against yo,l-you know the crimes
which YOU have committed. Yet you
sb,li 90 free on one condition.
what is it,
.you must leave the country to-
night never To return
~Sneakingly he began to edge toward
the door.
Not so fast" said Ernest OBTAINING
him. Il have "A few words 10 say "
o before you go. ..,.
BIT" interposed Sir llarolu' WY
le; the villain escape? III he u Suiits
If he is guilty: LOOK at nm DOES
be look like one wron2tully accuSeu /.
Is lis bearing that of an ihhocehl
crnstfalIen. CHASTITY pale and treFnb-
ling in every limb, he was tue 'e.s
picture of guilt.
LET the law takes its course, saiu
Sir Harold. Il am Il magistrate
and" han
mo father. let him go. 1t shaii
MAYOR ha said that L,nest Haftrey
harmal the husband OF one for Wnonl
ha loved How could | face May II l
had procured the condemnation OF her
| husband, unworthy though he De OF
herr
Then turning TO Gridley, who STOOD
the picture Of abject despair, he said'
"rhlnk heaven. you wretcled creature.
tlat vol, are protected by one whose
min and disgrace you would nave
! hroughr about had you had your w
wicked Way. Think OF her rs your
Guardian angel: and If your lips can
frame n PRAYER let il be for the welfare
| o., her YOU have so cruelty wronSed.
Co"
Egt this time il was Miss Agatha
Henypod who barred the exit OF tie
| discovered criminal.
Not vet" said she, standing before
The door. You have 1t III your power
70 make some reparation for the wrong
YOU have done. DO you know to what
| aliudeI'
MI ~ ~ go
All his confidence and assurance
were gone. AS before said, his bna!l.
Though cunning and subtle, was slow
in working. He had been taken abde..
by the suddenneSs Of his accuser's APP
~pelrance, and he had tacItiy acknowl
edged his guilt.
John Grldley, answer rae tue truth,
or it may be the worse for you. Is
May Rivers your wife,!
Yes, she is. All" he added, turning
~savagely and shaking his list at Ern-
est, YOU loved her, did youg You
thought TO make her your wife; but IL
my other plans have failed, II has
succeeded. | have my revenge! She
Is my wife-my wife. Do you mark
me-. Nnere are all your bright lovers
dreams now? She can never be yours
never. Ii my fortunes are married.
there is no happiness for you. Ii | ain
driven from the country, il makes me
none the less the husband of her you
love. What good a ii do you that
I am driven to foreign lands? | shall
live, and while l live you cannot
wed her. Some day, perhaps, in
years To come. you will hear that |
anu dead; but then her hair will i've
white. her face wrinkled. her hands
withered and there will be "A bonny
bride 10 lead to the altar! Ha! ha. |
have that consolation"
Detected, Ernest hid his face in his
hands. for he knew the man spoke the
truth. and that he had reason for his
tiendiSh eXultati0n.
Is was very bitter to him to hear
these words, 10 know that John Grid
ley had tllched from him the prize he
had set his heart upon gaining.
1t was not even as il May had given
her affections to him. Had that been
the case his pride would have helped
him to conquer his sorrow; bnt know
ing. as he did, that not a whit OF her
love for him had abatel, it was hard
to bear with his rivals speech.
Sir Harold watched his son with
some anxiety; and Miss HenwoOd. still
standing before the door, fixed her eyes
upon John Gridley with a piercing
glance, as she said, Were you ever
! married before"
Never" he answered, after a scarce
ly ~perccptible hesitation.
May Rivers was your first wife,"
YES"
who was it, then, who passed for
| your wife when"
II decline to answer n questions"
Interrupted Iiridley, with something OF
the old bravado in his amer. Il am
not in the witness box and will not be
cross examined"
Miss Henwood looked meaningly at
he nephew, and in that glance Ernest
saw something which revived hope
within his brpn~t
In a second he was again at John
Griiley's side, with his strong hand
firmly twisted i'll the others necker-
chief.
But | say you shall answer. Yes,
even II | have to wrench the word /,
FROM you,'
Then. in a whisper to his aunt, 'l'o:
PHYS sake 10 not raise false homes
within me. Have you any reasons for
asking these questions. Z"
Many she answered in the same
low tone. See here
She produced a small piece OF parcb-
ment.
1t was a certificate OF marriage be-
tween John Gridley and Lucy Rush.
Read that" exclaimed Ernest. hold
inc the certificate haforn Voh, n.;l