Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-01-23

Rene ae MsFsae 70 himself he viii
40 better il The world than his father.
Roger has strain o. weakness. u
su5ts u his grand exterior be w01lG
aiways t. 10 some extent what . NO
man made hirn. whereas LaRceloE gil
lead AMI rule
Well. 70 the point, be said. aloud.
You must forgive me i ] say things
THAT distress y0u, bat your father
wishes you 70 knox The truth Col
yanbrughs wife IS living she has
lived apart from him TOR many years
but there ID no legal separation There
vas. ID tact. never any question o.
that II may perhaps relieve your
mind 10 hear that II vas mere guar
rel-a certain lncompaiibiiity Of sentl-
rnsnt that separated them.
gl il quite unnecessary for you 70
say 10 to me. said I.auceiot
The count gave bin quick glance
and frowned a little az he vent on.
You are not we'll acquainted with the
world or you would know how neees-
sary al assurance u that kInd some
times Is. Your mother. Mrs Van
bfugh was P0ie-I ID not know
whether you are aware of tGat fact c.
and / had the inestimabis privilege Of
becoming acquainted with her when
she was Mime. Zaveftai She was a
woman OF great gifts-yery beautiful,
very clever and charming but Of
strong political prejudicss. Natural
enough on her part Her parents had
suffered greatly from Russian despo-
tism indeed. / have heard that her
mother VAS knouted 10 death IL 3
public square and Nine. Zagertal
could no, but be affected BY such an
occurrence"
Naturally. said Lance. With a
ahudder
Just 90 she found X better to
live 10 Paris than tn her native land
and there she came across her com
patriots and aided them az much as
possible Then she married married
your father and was borne away To
free. happy England where your
father was the best enyied man In
! London for time Then. then the
disagreement began Political only,
m5 dear boy, not personal"
eOf course. l understand"
NJ friend. Roger an officer in the
English army. was troubled and per
picked by her conduct. Every Polish
Or Russian refugee. however discredit-
able. was sure Of refuge al his house
aud Of help at her hands Mrs. Van
bungh was very generous and very
rich. At last there came a time when
Capt Eanbrngh he was captain then.
you know felt that line must be
drawn He forbade her ID help her
reuntrymen further
Forbade her to help ikem, Surely
not There must be some mistake.
We'll" said the count. gently. Il
put II too sweeplnglg. perhaps. For
babe her to help The nndeserving, I
should say Especially one man who
VAS more 81 h desperate than Mrs
Faabrugh understood believe he
had been Guilty OF some terrible crime,
but he WIS a kinsman Of your mothers
and she would not give him up At
last government demanded his extradi.
tios Roger Vanbrugh knew this and
warmed his wife that the house was
watched ana that he himself could not
facilitate the mans escape. therefore
Site had better not See him again. She
wanted to see this kinsman Of hers,
and he came But the police knew"
How did they kno@ asked Lance
lot
4 curious look stole into Rene de
Marsae's fare IT. smiled 70 hinself
AMI slew few rings, III smoke into
Tie air Who can tell = he said.
gently There arc traitors in all
bodies Of conspirators The police
were told aud Roger Eanbrugh was
tolai and both burst Ii upon thp scene
Al the same moment. Mra vanbrugh
VAS bidding the man fars VEN. when
Ter husband fell upon him he was
naturally enraged and shook The Eel
low dke dog until The police sepa-
rated them and then
Yrs said Lance breathlessly nj
de Narae paused
What happened nest " dihcuit to
relate Young Leon. THE criminal.
drew i revolver from His pocket ana
deliberately blew out his brains before
them #ll was not there have
thanked heaven ever since that / was
MOI thsre and i shudder ran, tn
oaatasti through thn mans whole
frama AZ Jhe thought 81 III bit / have
Hesn toid Aat she Neaetta Mrs Vaa-