Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-11

owltzerland or elsewhere. As for her M!
cress, a letter addressed TO hfs care shouI
ship.
Her business, I take 1t. was the proyin
OF the viii aud the arrangement of Tia,
That was the business which kept her
In town"
Lady Harry" Mr.. Mouutjoy went on
had a little property OF her w apar'
from what she may ultimately get iron,
her father. About five thousand pound
NO more
.lndeedt She did not ask nv assistanc,
! 10 respect or her property
suppose u isinvestcd and in the hands
OF trustees. But, indeed, do not know.
Lord Harry himself. ] have heard, was
generally In a penniless condition. Were
tpere any insulaDces'"
Yes; happily there was insurance pail
Tor him by the family. Otherwise there
would have been nothing for the widow"
aud this has been paid mp, | supposep"
account"
Thank you" said Mr.. Mountjoy. "with
! yonr permission, | will address a letter to
Lady Harry here. Will you kindly order
y 10 De forwarded at the very earliest OPP
Iris, " he said, Twill not come to Lon
don any more. She has been persuaded
by her husband to JON in the plot. Good
heayensi She has become a s8indler-a
conspirator-a fraudulent woman. Irisl-
IL IS !ncredible-it Is horrible! What shall
We dotp
He first wrote a letter. 70 the care OF the
lawyers. He informed her that he had
made q discovery OF the highest import
snce 10 herself-he refrained from any
thing that might give rise to suspicion. he
implored her 10 give him an interview
anywhere, in any part OF the world
alone. He told her that the consequences
OF refusal might be fatal-absolutely fatal
10 her future happiness. He conjlred
her % believe that he was anxious for
nothing but her happiness: that be was
s~till--as alwa s-her most faithful friend.
Well: ne could do no more. He had not
the least expectation that his letter would
do any good: ne did not even believe that
q would reach Iris, The money was re-
There was really DO reason at all why she
should place herself again in communica-
ton with those lawyers. What would she
do, then? Que hing only remained. With
her guilty husband. this guilty woman
must remain in concealment for the rest
Of their days, or until death released her
of the man who was pretending TO be
dead. Al the best, they might fad some
place where there would be no chance
of anybody ever finding them who knew
either of them before this wicked thing
was done.
But could she know Of the murder'
He remembered the instruction given TO
Fanny. She was to write 10 Brussels.
Let her therefore write AT once. lie would
arrange what she was TO say. Under his
dictation, therefore, Fanny wrote as fol-
lows:
"My Lady-I have received your lady
ships letter. and your kind gift OF ten
pounds. note your directions TO write 10
you at Brussels, and obey them.
mr.. MonntjOy, who has been Ill and in
Scotland, has come back 10 London. He
begs ME to tell you that he has had an it,
terview with your lawyers and has learned
that you have been in town on business,
the nature of which he has also learned.
He has left an important letter for you at
their Office. They will forward it as Don
as they learn your address.
"Since | came back from Passy | have
thought il prudent 10 set down in writing
an exact account Of everything that hap
pened there under my w observation.
Mr.. Mountjoy has read my story. and
thinks that / ought without delay 10 send
a copy OF 1t TO you. therefore send you
Que. in which I have left out all the names.
and put In A. Il, and c instead, By his di-
rections. He says that You will have no
difficulty in filling up the names.
Il remain, my dear Lady,
Your l~adysnip's most obedieut and
humble servant, FANNY MERE"
This letter, with the document. was
despatched 10 Brussels that night. Aud
this is the trouble which Iris brought upon
herself by answering Fanny's advertise
ment.