Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

with all the arts OF nypnOtlsm, and the
| power I was thus able to get over most
| people who approached me, they would
shun me, they would see the harm, not
, the good, of such knowledge, and pass
me by. And yet this tabooed field Of
, physical science will yield revelations
! as rich in vital truth as any of the dis
| ocveries that have marked the past Gen.
| taTy. ard that, too, without making
tools of wretched women like me-
| was above all things anxious that the
character of my fathers pursuits should
not become known TO Lord Straubenzee,
ard l exacted Il promise from the Sal
| ter,on doctor that he would not betray
me, then contrived in the dead of night
| to destroy all the books, chemicals and
papers belonging to my father, and
though the doctor suspected he never
denounced me, and was saved. At Sid
mouth later I met you, Antoine. who
had only just returned to the neighbor-
hood, there to hear Of my fathers muir
der. being indeed OH your way to me to
learn the truth In the Knowle. gardens
you taxed me with the murder, and aft
e1 a terrible scene. in which l implored
you not to cut me off from my last
chance of salvation, you consented to
depart without unmasking me, and de-
parted
''And how have you used my Glenn
ency, Hagar?" cried Antoine sadly.
you have tried TO destroy two human
souls, you have separated husband and
wife. Where would your deviltry have
ended had not Lord Trelawny suspected
you and advertised for information:"
II could have done no more" said
Hagar in broken tones, and turning to
Will. "You were proof against every
thing. 1 could gain 10 real influence
over you, and drunkard, poisoner, I'M
faithful wife rs you believed her to be
s!,. was too deep III your heart to be
rooied out. l was pressed for time, or
would have dragged her through endless
scenes of shame-taken her step by step
from degradation to degradation. 1
would have disSraced her before the
wEole county, and what other people
knew you could not have ignored, and
i'll the end / would have parted you, )"
she cried. maddened by the look of dis
gust and hatred stamped on Wills pale
face.
Never" he said cruelty; mot if you
had convicted her of every crime under
the sun. So you made her simulate
simulated
"Intoxication. said Hagar "Yes,
it is very easy. Poison? L gave her the
stuff ard willed her TO put it in the
tnlnhler, and she did. Laud Abbey? I
willed her to go there and tell Blake
Trelawny she loved him, and she went :"
And me"' cried Will, striding for
ward. his eyes flaming. What infamy
did you will me to do:''
ITO love me-" she said with so OK
quisite an information that the words
We're "a caress, land l failed. I would
have gone with you to the ends of the
earth. Shame? There is no shame i'll
true love. 1 thought no man would
stand what you had 20 stand-tipsy-
your own flesh and blood disguised in
drinh-disgust must surely stay appe-
tite, and then that poison, her indecent
haste to be rid of you. her murmurs CT
Treiawny i'll her sleep, her flight to
him, the long hours they were alone to-
gether."
She broke off, laughing slrilly.
Il willcd her into his arms" she
said, with dreadful look of meaning.
1.-The rest was his. How do you know
that she has told you the truth? You
have brought her back. l know, but is
Trelawny the man to fling TO one side
untasted his hearts dcsire:''
by God, HaCar Gregorias," cried
Will between his teeth, IF you We're a
man, l would kill you
"Oh. you have done that. though |
am woman" she said mournfully,
land probably Trclawny will die, too,
, and you and your Mamie will frisk OH
to the end OF the chapter in your brain
, less. soulless way. happy. She came
| very easily under my influence at school,
and here also moved her about like q
, pawn: You have Treiawny to thank,
| not her, but you will have 10 more
trouble with her, for the motive power
is broken
. Lady Lirriper sprang up, keenly
/ alert. She felt death in the air. vet
knew not how to avert it, but Hagar
put her back. "You have been good to
me, Antoine" she said, turning her
face, wild and lovely, stamped, too,
/: with something neither of heaven nor
} earth, upon him. land when you lie
a'dy;ng you will be glad of it. -
She turned and staggered a step or
two toward Will, her eyes bllndly be-
seeching him, crying out:
Say one kind word to me, Willie,
Willie, before"-
AS he turned away from her she put
, one hand to her lips, and instantly a
, strange odor spread through the room.
Ire hoilowed ring had yielded up its
poison, and with her glazing eyes fixed
> TO the last On Will she fell dead in An
| toine's arms.
THE END.