The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-13

taken with him large sums OF money
! enough, indeed, To constitute a nice Ett'
! fortune. on which he could subslst very
| comfortably IN foreign land. Mon
! crIeff. IN the first shock OF tn" discovery
! was inclined TO prosecute, but the pub
ilrlfy OF prosecution would nave beei
very p'iHiui 10 tue "io-e idhliS, ana 1
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Ana now 10 business. resolved T.
max" Il fortune out OF E"u. To this end
Sarrlt!ced an that stood IN the way.
iouf '"idhesS toward your chIiHreh gave
me 4 great many chah1e>. h"H We're 5"
easily suspicious OF them that 1t was 10
hard task Ia throw blame on them a
thousand times when they were perfectly
innocent. | began With wishing 10 make
competence: before long wanted your
whole fortune | resolved 10 make you
east oil both your children. and leave your
property 10 IN" by viii. When that viii
was made. thought that You would prob
ably soon give me possession of the es-
tate Becau>" your affections are pretty
strong, although you hide them with Il
coating "1 ice and when your heart AMI
spirit were broken, aS meant them IL
pc .! Your son : diSSipat"nS and your
d2ughtrrS disgrace" you would not bear
Your Unhappin"SS long. You would either
have @on" ont of Your mind under the
circumstances, AIan Moncri"f. or You
would have committed suicide. Knowing
You aS DO feel sure ~ that. R"rti"'S
scrapeS. too, were partially known to
Pennington. @ad dld hot quI'o like the
l'ra OF Your hearing thaj / had been re-
Sponsihl" Tor most 81 thomas he would
u"hp'l'ss nave IN "rmed You. In the
l'a''er "l me forged cheek, II IS perhaps
""iH IAN L" say as WISH To Go the
h"i''>"HlP ming pE YOU All III leaving the
T""li, Ih"l hefjir was Httlc 70 blame.
II" h'n haH cohNileFah}e pressure put
upon MN ana ne was 50 frightened Of
H"ur>riI liat he thought anything pref
'I1L'o 80 ''ItiilG You the truth.
VII set your mind 1t rest on point
Nhlrh one" disturbed yon more than you
Would ailoW-the fate OF that stone which
Went 10y the name Of The Luck Of the
House. 1t was | who took it away tas
ny the by. Molly. with unusual acumcn
always Suspected. and for two reasons
Eirst. | wanted to have the stone tested.
as L had notion that il might prove
more valuable than we thought But in
TINS | was wrong; the stone was intria-
SicaiIy worthless. Secondly. knew thai
Us disappearance would perplpx and per
hapS. distress you. for the family super
Nttlon had never been eradicated from
your mind. In this | was right. l am
quite willing now. however. TINT van
should have the stone. if Won can ind II
In fit Of unreasonable yc1atinn at its
wort hlcSSncss. | flung if our of = window
in the tower. into The midst of = thir,Iv
growing bed of brackcn. Il may no tbnro
vet. for augbt | know. If Won, ran trd
IL, Won are welcome ia il and IN al H.,
luck that il may brine y X,
Monrrirff read this letter viii, , racrir.-
Of rage ana shame rf which bo fa,,nI !.
difficult To- rid himself search u.,.
made for the stone. Lur nrn,od 1,nqv,i1-
ing. II must have hn.o,no ;u,I,a,3,1od j.,
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