Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-10

mystery was connected with the dead,
and that Mr.. Ederm0nt was about TO
diyUlge it.
What did my parents do that YOU
should be sorry for me?' she asked
pointedly.
shall never tell you what they did,
Dora. 1 have limited too much already.
1t is sufficient for you to know that
they sinned, and that their sin Will be
visited on you"
How dare you speak to me like
this. cried Dora, cleuching her hands;
what right have you to terrify me
with vague hints? l demand an eX-
planation,'
You viii never obtain Ore-from
me- said Edermont in a quayering
voice; and If YOU are wise YOU viii
seek one nowhere else.
FL shall ask Allen.
"He is bound by O promise to me,
not 20 tell you.
Then / shall question Lady Bur
viIe.".
EGeruOnt rose with a bound, and
gripuel her arm with q strength of
which she had not thought him capa-
be. Girl ne cried earnestly, do
U0t go near that woman. she is an
evil womau-one who has brought
harm i'm the past. ana viii bring harm
in the future. When / saw her in
church it was no wonder that I turned
faint. She has hunted me down; and
she brings trouble I'm her train. Leave
me 90 dght my own battles. Dora. and
come not into the fray. IL YOU cross
her path she VIII shew you sucn mercy
as she has shewu me. I im9lOre You
to say nothing. to think nothing. If
YOU disobcy me I cannot save you,
YOU must be your own salvation
throughout this strange speech he
kept his eyes fixed upon her face.
When il was ended he dropped her
arm and turned away. Leave me
now" ne said family; Il am not
myself
The poor creature seemed so ev-
hausted that & would have been ALSO
lutte cruelty to have questioned him
further, and, anxious as Dora was TO
do so. she was moved from sheer pity
90 spare him Without q word she left
the room, closing the door after her,
and went slowly downstairs 90 the hall.
Here she paused and considered.
81 knew that some evil wos coming"
she thought, with q chill of fear. and
my premonition has come TO pass. Ac-
cor5ing TO that coward upstairs. there
is danger and evil on al sides. lie
has separated me from Alien; he warns
me against Lady Burvi'le, yet he re-
fuses to enGghten my ignorance and
warns me against going 90 others.
but 7 must know; 7 must learn what
it IS that threatens the future happi-
ness Of Allen and myself / can cit
down with folded arms and await the
bolt from thu h'ue. / must know, l
must consider. 7 must act.'
AGAINST two people Edermont had
warned her; but ne had omitted to
specify q third. Out ON the lawn, I'M
der the cedars Dora saw the black fig
we of J0ad. Tt would appear from his
parting words To his patron that he
knew what had been told Of Alien.
Dora was ON the point OF crossing 10
him. and Wripging, if possible, the
truth from his reluctant lips but her
instructive repulsion TO the man pre-
vented her from taking him into her
confidence. IL she vented help she
must rely UpOn herself or upon Alien
He was her 2fianced lover, and She felt
that she could trust him. But if his
lips were scaled by the promise given
to EdermOnt, why
"But ne VIII tell me-he must tell
me" she said with an angry stamp. IT
shall 90 into Canterbury at once. She
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