San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-03


entered the room.
"Wellf" She uttered the single sylla-
BILE question without allowing q sign
or symptom of her feeling to be seen in
her face.
81 mean" and his voice grew trifie
hoarse and unsteady--'I mean that Sir
Jaffray is the one obstacle in your path,
and it is necessary for your sake and for
mine that the obstacle should be re-
moved.
Lola clinched her hands till the nails
nearly ran into her palms, and she bit
her lip hard in her agitation, and it was
fully a minute before she trusted herself
to speak
The Frenchman filed up the interval
by lighting fresh cigarette and walk
ing MP and down the room. He was
glad Of the pause, for the strain Of the
moment told ON him. He was very pale,
and the perspiration came out in line
of beads ON his forehead.
81 think I understand you," said
Lola ut length when she could trust
herself TO speak. "And what is to hap
pen after-after what you meant"
He was by the door of the room when
she spoke, and he turned and answered,
standing still. He tried to speak lightly.
"What should happen?" he cried,
with wave Of the hands and shrug
of the shoulders. "You would be free,
and would claim you as my wife. "
"You would claim meP she repeated
.,l L. oa,l x,aaokarfttllxy
"You would be my Wife
He stopped suddenly without finish
ing the sentence and turned toward the
door.
Whats that?" he cried. He rushed
to the door and tried to open it quick
ly, but in his haste fumbled with the
handle and then threw it open and
looked out
There was no one there, though he
thought he could hear the whisk Of q
dress, but he said nothing Of this to
Lola.
az was mistaken, he said, returning
to the room and closing the door behind
him.
at must be q DEVILS plot indeed"
said Lola, when II makes even you
imagine that there are eayesdroppers.
He made no answer to this.
"Well, you know my plan now, :" he
said. at is the only one possible to
get us out of this mess. What do you
say9"
"You don't expect me to reply off,
hand that am ready to take part in
plot to murder my husband?"
"Wby not? You have already re-
hearsed the part with me.
The malice in his tone and face made
Lola clinch her teeth and flush with
anger. But she did not let the hot words
that rose to her lips escape them. In
stead of this she asked as calmly as she
could force herself to speak:
"How do you propose to carry out
the plan?"
ooh, there are 80 ways. Any one
of a hundred drugs that can be got
without difficulty will do all that we
need, and any one of hundred oppor-
tunities which can be as easily found
or made will let us, either you or /, do
it"
"And when would you propose that
you or I'-she paused on the words
should do this?'
1.-THE sooner the better, " he answered
as coldly as il he had been discussing
some trifiiDg matter of everyday rou-
tine. 81 can get you the drug, or you
can get me the chance and tomorrow
should see you free from your troubles.
Even il / could bring myself to do
what you ask, said Lola, 81 could not
do it at once. I must have time &c nerve
myself. "
"You needed no time on the DEVILS
rock" he said hastily.
81 will not do this without considera-
tion. Tomorrow will give you an an
swer-yes or no.
"You are a fool, Loiai Any hour
may bring that girl LEICESTER back
here, or she may write her cursed
knowledge. We dare not delay an I'M
necessary hour.
"You know me, and that what l say
mean. I am not even clear that will
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