Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-22

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81 don't see what have to do with
all this. :"
"You will in a moment. If the truth
is exposed, the knowledge must come
to this girl of who and what her fathe.
was, besides the fact that her uncle kill.
cd him. This I have determined shall
not be. Justice makes no such demand,
and choose to give this girl future
unclouded by such past. -
"How will you hide the truth?"
"I must invent tale which will Fl.
the circumstances, and you must sub
stantiate the story"
II will do nothing Of the kind"
"Ohl Yes, you shall. You will have
no choice in the matter. -
81 tell you l will not. Who is this
girl? The daughter of the woman who
crossed the sea to take my husband
away from me-"
"You and that man, by your heart
less treatment Of that woman, hastened,
may say caused, her death. "
"What do I care for that? If you
think will help you to spare the deli
cate feelings Of this girl, you do not
know me-"
"It is just because imagine that
do know you that am so confden.
that you will aid me.
"What do you mean?"
"You must choose between obeying
me and absolute poverty"
Chow so?'
II will explain. Marvel married this
2Rirl's- mother and she is his child. His
wife was alive when you married him,
and, according to your confession to her,
when she met you in Paris, you knew
Of this first marriage, but chose to ig
more it. If you had been united in this
state, 1 could easily have you imprison'
"a for that bigamous marriage, but for
tunately for you, you were married
abroad. However, Twill not let you slip
through my fingers for all that. think
you did what you attributed to the real
wife. You were anxious to share Mar.
vel's position and his fortune, and there
fore / believe you will do anything 70,
money. So I intend to manage you
through your cupidity. If you persist in
your obstinacy, will reveal all that
have learned and will see that steps are
taken to gain possession Of Marveli
property for his rightful heir, his daugh-
ter. Moreover, you shall be made to give
up whatever moneys you now have OF
his, as they become part of his estate.
This will be simple, for, as you can
easily be shown by the records Of the
Partisan court to be the bigamous wife
only, of course you would be entitled t,
no share in his property"
"How is it that you are so well in
formed?"
"It is my profession to be we'll in
formed. I have no time to spare.
Choosep'
"You are devilr" Then, after few
minutes hesitation, "What is it that
you wish me to do?'
$50! You decide that my way is
best, do you? You are wise! Well, then,
you will return with me, and Oh the
way will explain what l require OF
you Obey me and no harm shall come
to you. u."
The inquest over the dead body which
had been found in the secret room at
tracted even more interest and greater
crowd than had the first. All looked
eagerly forward to the explanation
promised by Mr.. Barnes, and loud were
the praises which he received Oh every
side. At length the moment arrived,
and the woman whom the detective had
brought with him against her will was
made to take the stand. Prompted by
Mr.. Barnes, Mr.. Tupper conducted the
examination of this witness:
"Will you give your name if you
please, madam"
"Mrs. Horace Paul"
'You have seen the body Of the de-
| ceased?"
Il have"
"Do you recognize it?'
IL do. 1t is the body Of my hus-
band" This caused sensation.
"Can you give any reason why he
should have wished to harm Mr.. Lewis?'
"He knew Mr.. Lewis long ago and
did some work for him. My husband
was all architect and practical car
penter Mr.. Lewis engaged him when
he first came to this town to build q
secret apartment in his house. Mr..
Lewis was very anxious that no one
should know of this hiding place, and
that is why he brought a man from
distant city to do this work. His ankle
ty to keep his secret, coupled with the
fact that he paid my husband an i'm
mense sum of money and stipulated tina,
he should never return to Lee, made
my husband suspect that it must have
been as q storehouse for money that ne
wished to use it. He spoke SO often OF
this that, fearing he might be tempted
to investigate it, at length l persuaded
him to 90 with me to Europe. Lately,
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