The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30

! hands spread for their ruin. You and
shall part. Do you hear, part, now and
for always | will be no wife of yours
for the future, and if | can avoid it, SO
help me heaven, I'll never look on your
hateful face again "
The man listened in silence, and
when she ceased waited before answer
ing, looking at her with his head lit
tie on one side and his eyes half closed.
"All right Goodby," he said at
length, turning away to whistle.
"What, not gone yet?" he added aft
er pause in tone of surprise. pray
don't stop on my account. Any show of
politeness between us would be such
superfuity of foolish pretense. " And he
resumed his whistling.
Presently he stopped and, getting up,
went close to her and spoke in differ
ent tone, seriously and directly:
Look here, Lola! Don't make fool
of yourself You can't leave me. You
know that well enough. My silence is
as necessary to you as your beauty is to
me. There was never any other bond
between us and never will be probably,
but you can't break it. And you must
own that I've done we'll for you. You
live on the best of the land; you've
never staid at any but the best hotels;
you spend what you like on dress;
you've any amount of lovers What
husband could do more than that?"
The wife made no reply in words,
hos l,rk oil
$50 long as you don't go too far with
any of them, never say a word, and
the fact that while they are making
love to you l am making money out of
them ought to give zest to the bust
ness which you should appreciate. Don't
be fool. OF course you want your hys-
terics in some form or another-all wo-
men debut don't let 'em lead you over
the Rubicon. This German pig that
re stalking now may be the last we
need trouble about. He's rich enough
to yield any amount of gold, and if
know love in fat FOOLS face when /
see 1T he's mad on you and he'll give
half his wealth if only you give me the
chance to handle"-
"Stop!" cried the woman hotly
May rot if ever move a finger to
help you again. If you want to rob
men, go and do it like other thieves.
Be at least man and don't skulk be-
hind my petticoats I'll never speak to
that German again, l swear"
The man turned shade pale now
and bit his lip. Then he swore under
his fair mustache, and his voice was no
longer steady when he spoke. He began
to fear that she was in earnest and this
made him angry
81 will make you do what | WISH"
ne said, and he laid his hand on her
wrist
She shook it off with toss of con-
tempt
BAIL Do you think l am afraid Of
you?" she cried. do you think have
ever done what you wished because |
feared anything you could do to me?
You poor, conceited fool. I'm no more
afraid of you than of rat!' And she
laughed derisively
AT this all the color left his face with
rage He gripped her wrist firmly and
leld it while, with threatening brow,
le said in voice harsh with anger,
'Unsay that at once or your father
shall rot in jail"
You coward" she cried, and, stung
oy the words and the gesture into a
paroxysm of rage, she raised the light
umbrella she was carrying and struck
him with all her force across the face
while wrenching her wrist from his
grasp.
He was standing close to the edge of
The steep rock, with his back to it, and