The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-11-10

Wynns. he shall never think
that he brought disgrace into it
by me- |
"Y,u are going to shoulder the
disgrace Of being the sister of q |
| murderer, then7"
She shuddered, but did not an
tswer.s
"you will not ask Wynn for the
| money?'
mo"
"Nor marry him7"
Il never will" she said, sinking
into a chair, and beginning to cry.
I "Then - marry mel" hissed
Sarti,, springing up, and STOPPING
lover her. ''You told me that the
fortune, left to you by your moth
Ter, was.to be paid to you on your
wedding day. 1t does not matter
who the man is, that you marry,
the money must be- paid, all the
same.'
'Marry your" Her lips scarce
4y formed the words. "You?"
! She feebly lifted both hands, to
thrust him away, but they fell,
lpowerless.
| eyes, mel john Sarth. From
fthe very first day I saw you, I
meant to have you fog nry wife.
But what matters that?'' recol-
lecting himself. "You care moth
ing for me. But in this way you
can save your brother. It is the
only way. Whom Fred sent me to
you, to ask help, he said, Little
Lee will refuse you nothing, for
me- You say you cannot be
j Wynn's wife, or get money from
him. Then take this other way.
Go with me, now-tonight-to q
, magistrate, and marry me. have
: shown them all the power I have
!, over you, purposely, to explain
, such course. They will think it
love; love for me, not mesmerism
4 Ehli do you see?" lowering his
r voice, and lifting her hand. She
> attempted to draw it away, but be
, made rapid gesture, and it lay
. in his, cold and nerveless.
/, Tomorrow" he continued.
5 "the money will be paid to you
/ 1 will telegraph it, by draft, tc
t Denver, as I have done the othel
D funds you have given; and FREQ
will be saved. Will you do it?''
b She tried to rise. "Give me
: time-my father" she muttered
a "Time? As much as you choose
provided you don't risk poor Fred
8 life with the delay. But I woule
not be slow in deciding, if 20,
want to keep the boy from being
e hung"
His very brutality forced her il
q the way he would have her go. I
e was something SO alien to herself
}, SO outside of any former expert
!, ence of her life, that it stunne'
1t her. This talk of the gallows
this dragging her into marriage b
re sheer brute force, felled her rea
,r son, as the attack of an OK woul,
N her body.
She rose to her feet, however
Id with something Of the dignity
ss which had always belonged to Ii
Page. ST cannot marry maj
he whom I do not love-" she sait
81 But her words sounded to her Ill
at one of the feeble platitudes of h
10 copybook. Lover Who had talke
ur of love?
gu She must marry him TO sa'
ed Fred's life. Love had nothing |
!" do with it.
he She went out of the room, in
b. = long passage, from which Il
ed doors of the sleeping-chamhe
he opened. Sarth followed her, qr
ID. etly. She walked hastily towar
,as her fathers room. laid her hal
for upon the door-knob. She cou
,ar hear his moving inside. A sen
,n- of rest and calm fell on her,
,ur the thought of telling him all.
i'm ALP That his son was a m,
derer7 Her hand dropped.
,,a cannot do it," she said.
;n, GAS soon as Fred is set free,
AN will come home, and begin n
life,' Sarth eagerly whispered,
he had followed her. sit "
~ make your father a happy ms
He need never know what has h.
~. pened. But if Fred is found gui
pp' when your father hears it"
" She turned on him. "Have J
no mercy?" she cried. "No n.
could torture womrn as you
mel"
ney .'It is not I. It is you, who
III fuse the only chance of esca
Marry me, and Fred is say
} to Come, come," gently drawing