Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
fathomea secrets which he had hardly

fathomed secrets which he had hardly
acknowledged cvrn to himself.
"Iou wondered" she continued, s.und
my dear mother wondered. why left
home. L will tell yGu. | knew that, 50
long as that will WAS in existence. IN;
III" was III danger: YOU We're bent uunn
comprising my death. You believed that
the pl;.ls you laid We're unknown To mo:
but they We're not. You sent mo py,r,ose-
ly that winter day where the irr WAS
weak. and you knew it would not bcar
mo: You Tempered with the boat. hopiny
that | should he drowned; and resolved
tn leave home. and not to return until
the will was destroyed. knew that.
while it was in existence. my life was not
safe from hour To hour; and that. Cap
tain Wynyard. was why 1 left home"
He mutterel a curse between his
clcnchcd teeth.
II did not tell my poor MOTHER con-
tinurd Angela. why | was going away;
hut l wrote to her secretly, asked her to
have that will destroyed. and, when 1T
was done. TO let me know by a certain
sign. when would return home. have
:'eccived the sign. and l nm returning to
nor. never To leave her again. l might
nave exposed You then. as l might eN-
pose you now: but for my mothers sake
! refrain. You have married her life:
broken her heart; hut VOL, shall not.
through my agency. bring disgrace upon
her name"
Again Il mnttcr"l curse cscapcd him.
and. had it not been that the man was
utterly unnervcd. Angela Roolrn's life
would probably have been cut short.
"lf ever II man was caught in his own
tolls. You are that man; if ever Il man
was s''ourgrd 10y his own sins, Won are
that man"
SAY no more" he cried. 81 have heard
enough..'
II have something more to saw" she
cried. "and you must hear me. have
becl III Your power and now YOU are i'm
min". do not know whether | do right
III letting you go free. and in not cXpos-
ing y"u To the world; but 1 do it for nv
mothers sake. to save her from further
misery. will keep your hidcous secrets
and say nothing of what l know ON one
condition. Are you prepared to accent
it."
What is it:" he asked. hoarscly.
That You free my mother forever
from your hateful presence. that you
leave England. never to return"
"lour mother would not be willing thu.
l should leave her" he said, with a sheer.
My mother will thank heaven" An
gcla declared. "You have caused her
such bitter suffering that she longs to be
free from the pain of Your presence"
And what" he asked. IF L rcfusc:"
81 have thought of that promptly an
swercd Angela. .'If you refuse, L shall
go at once to my fathers lawyer, Mr..
Sansomc. shall lay the whole matter be-.
fore him. and ask him to take criminal
proceeding against YOU"
"lou can prove nothing" he said.
II ran prove sufficient to make Won de-
tested in all decent society,"" she replied.
IL can prove that you married my mother
for her money and broke her heart; l can
prove how You have tried to take my life.
in order to obtain my inheritance. / am
not the only IL who knows it,"
WHO else knows it" he gasped.
II shall not tell You. | need have no
regret that the law will not be called
upon To punish you. for heaven has nj.
ready done so. The curse of Cain will he
forever upon YOU. and your heart will be
heavy with the knowledge that with your
own hand You have slain the one woman
whose life was dear to you."
(To be continucd.)