The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-11
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CHAPTER LII1.--THE CONSEQUENCES OF A
ADVERTISEMENT.

ADVERTISEMENT.
The trouble WI made by Iris for her
self.
In this wav-
She saw Fanny's advertisement. Her
hrst impulse was to take her back into her
sity for concealment. She must not place
herseif-sho realized already the fact that
she had done u thing which would draw
upon her the vengeance of the law-and
her husband III the power of this woman,
whose fidelity might not stand the shock
of some lit OF jealousy. rage or revenge
for fancied slight. She must henceforth
be cut off altogether from all her old
friends.
She therefore answered the letter by one
which contained no address, I'M which
she posted with her own hand ut the Gem
eral Post-Uilce. She considered her words
carefully. She must not say too much or
too little. +
81 tnclose,n she said, "a bank note for
ten pounds to assist you. am about to
travel abroad. but must, under existing
circumstances, dispense with the services
of n maid. In the course of my travels l
expect to be in Brussels. If, therefore,
you have anything 10 tell me or to ask of
me, write to me ut the Poste Restante of
that city aud i'll the course of six months
or so am tolerably sure to send for the
letter. lu fact, ! shall expect to find a
lciltE llOli SOu. ~ uotlnluh pIid L ittSC
forgotten you or yonr faithful services.
though for a moment | am not able to call
you to my side. BE patient.n
There was no address given in the letter.
This alone was mysterious. Ii Lady Harry
wa in London-and the letter was posted
not give her address, If she was abroad,
why should she hide her address,? In any
case. why should she do without a maid
she who had never been without a maid
to whom Il maid was as necessary us one
of her hands? Oh! she could never get
along at all without n maid. AS for Iris
business in LONDON and her part in the
conspiracy, of course Fanny neither knew
nor suspected.
She had recourse again to her Ouly
friend-Mrs. Vimpany-to whom she sent
Lady Harry's letter, aud imploring her tG
lay the whole before Mr.: Mountjov:.
"He is getting SO much stronger" Mrs.
Vimpauy wrote back, that l shall be able
TO tell him everything before long. Dc
not be in n hurry. Let us do nothing that
may bring trouble upon her. But l ar
sure that something is going on-some
thing wicked. have read our account
OF what has happened Overland over again,
be that my husband and Lord Harry
are trading on the supposed death of the
latter. We can do 40 hing. Let us wait
Three days afterwards she wrote again
THE opportunity for which have
This morning, seeing him SO well aut
strong, l asked him II l might venture tt
place In his hands Il paper containing ,
narrative.
els it concerning Iriss' he asked.
cit has to do with Lady Harry-indi
rectly.'
For a while he made no reply; Then hi
asked me if it had also to do With her hus
band"
.'Xyith her husband and with miue,"
told him.
again he was silent.
After q bit lie looked up and said: :.
had promised myself never again to inter
fere iu Lady Harry Norland's affairs. Yol
wish me to read this document, Mrs
"'Certninly. l am most anxious tina
you should read it, and should advise upol
"'Who wrote itt'
"sFanny Mere, Lady Harry's maid
".If 1t is only to tell me that her hus
band is a villain he said, Il will not reat
sIf you were enabled by reading it It
keep Lady Harry from a dreadful misfor
tune?' l suggested.
".Give me the documents he said.
Before | gave it to limit was in IN
pocket showed him n newspaper con
tanning a certain announcement.
Lord Harry deads' he cried. 'Impossi
BILE! Then Iris is free
".Perhaps you will first read the docu
ment.'
~ drew it out of my pocket, gave it tt
him, and retired. He should be aion
while he read it.
"Hnlf an hour afterwards l returned.
found him i'll a state of most violent agi
tation, without, however, any of til
f. kyanynpss which hp hntlnyal IN r1.ayiptS
occasions.
"'Mrs. Vimpany,' he cried, this is terri
blel There is no doubt-not the leas
ioupt-iu my mind that the man Oxby
Is the man buried under the name Z
Lord Harry, aud that he was murdered
murdered In cold blood-by that worst o
villains
"tMy %husband,' / said.
"'Your husband-most unfortunate o
wivesl AS for Lord Harry's share in tn
murder. 1t is equally plain that he kne'
of it. even if he did not consent to it. Goo
i. realize what they have doneS Your hus
band and Iris husband may be tried
) actually tried-for murder, and put to
q shameful death. Think of itr
~ do think of it, Heaven knows!
{ think of it every day. think of it all da
{ long. But, remember, / will say nothiu
, that will bring this fate upon them. An
Fanny will say nothing. Without Fanny
& evidence there cannot be even q suspicio
:. ".What does Iris know about it.'
. al think that she annot know an,
thing of the murder. Consider the date
On Wednesday Fanny was dismissed; Q
Thursday she returned secretly and wi
messed the murder. 1t was on Thursda
morning that Iris drove to Victoria on h,
. return tn Pussy, rs we all supposed: Ut
:, as l still suppose: On Saturday Fanr
. was back again. The cottage was deser
. ed. She was told that the nan OXbyeh hi
) got up and walked away; that her mistre
j, had not been at the house at all. but W;
y. travelling in Switzerland, and that Loi
(, Harry was gone Oh a long journey. Al
) she was sent into Switzerland to get Ii
: out of che way. l gat Ter from all til
that Lady Harry was taken away by h
i likely by highland that of the murd
r she knew nothing
".No-no-she could know nothin
: That, at least, they dare not tell her. b
about the rest? How much does 81
| know? How far has she lent herself
| back to London tonight. We will tray
by the night train. | feel quite stroI
a enough
% II began this letter in Seotland; l flni!
1--WE are back again in town. Come
n the hotel at once. and see us"
So, there was now Il la to advise. T
!, once, Fanny was thankful FOR the CREATE
of man. To the most misanthropic fems
there sometimes comes a time when s
s must own that man has his uses. The
y two women had now got a man with who
to take counsel.
81 do not ask you" said Mr.. Mountic
with grave face, .'how far this stateme
s Of yours is true: | a see plainly that it
!, true in every particular"
e. at Is quite true, sir; every word of it
true. I have been tempted to make ont
n worse case against the doctor, but l ha
~ kept myself to the bare truth"
= "You could not make out q worse CT
a against any man. II is the blacklist CT
that / have ever heard of or read. 1t
the foulest murder. l do not und
stand the exact presence of Lord Hal
y when the medicine was given. Did he
" the doctor administer 1t? Did he say al
k, thing?"
y. HE turned white when the doctor K
him that the man was going to die-ti
day. perhaps, or next day. When the d
tor WAS pouring out the medicine he tn,
ed pale again and trembled. While
doctor was taking the photograph
ed trembled again. I think, sir-I rea
& tNink-that he knew all along that
IL man was going to die, but when it ca
III to the moment he was afraid. II 1t
depended upon him, Oxbye would be al
Cd still"