The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24
PAGES II TO 20.
THE BLUE DOMINO.
Continued from Page Is.

They waited in silence. pale. terrified.
hardly able 10 believe that such a dreadful
thing had happened, and hoping that It
might be nothing serious after all-the
freak OF a jealous woman perhaps. No one
guessed the truth.
Inside the vestry. In the presence Of the
unwedded bride, Violet Hearne had stated
that she Interrupted the marriage because
the man who described himself as Hugh
Folkard. bachelor, was in reality Frank
Marden, wldower. and she accused Frank
Marden OF having poisoned his first wife.
Col Folkard, pale and agltated, listened
silently and then grasping his sons hand
began in a low voice TO tell the clergyman
the true story but he had hardly mastered
his voice sufficiently to utter the first few
words when one of the church attendants
entered and told him that someone want
ed to see him at once.
The Colonel followed the attendant, ana
found that the person who wished TO see
him was the London solicitor who had been
employed to discover the whereabouts OF
Frank Marden.
Il thought Il best 10 come on here" said
the solicitor who had no knowledge or
what had happened in the church., as
there Is no time to be lost. went to your
address, and they told me you were here.
"Well, WELL" exclaimed the Colonel, anx-
iously. what is it you have to tell mes
Qulckl"
1--WE have found Frank Marden."
Found him; he is here in London nowY'
Eyes, but IL you wish to see him you
must come Al once"
IT do wish to see hint I must see himf'
said the colonel. 'wait one moment
lie went back into the vestry and at
- u 4 raFa IN
and told Miss Hearne that she had better
accompany them II she wished to be con-
WINGED of her mistake. After moments
consultation IL was agreed that Madge
should return to her home with a friend.
and there wait the result Of the new turn
which the affair had taken.
on the way the solicitor explained to
the colonel what had happened. That
morning a person had called upon him
with a cutting from a newspaper. 1t was
the advertisement asking anyone who
knew of the whereabouts OF Frank Mar
den to communicate with his firm.
I'm the proprietor of common lodg-
Ing house In the Borough, sir" said the
man, "thls morning a man who came in
late last night was found TO be so serious
ly IN that he couldn't get up or be NOV
ed. He seemed to be a gentlemanly sort
OF fellow As is usual in such cases, I
look possession OF MS Things, anu SEARCH.
ing his pockets to see what he had about
him, found pocket book, and In IL this
address, which he had evidently cut out
and kept. Thinking II might perhaps lead
to something, / brought 1t on to YOU. I
asked him II his name was Marden. and
he seemed startled and frightened, and that
made me more and more sure he was, so
/ came on at once"
A quarter OF an hour later Hugh Folk
l. H. IA ok1
by the bedside of dying man whose re-
semblance to Hugh was remarkable. Vio-
lei looked at him for O moment, then her
face went deadly pale.
my God, what have I DONE" she cried,
this is Frank Marden."
The dying man opened his eyes for n
moment and looked at the woman who
had cried his name aloud.
He knew her--the other people about his
bed were strangers 10 him.
"So-you'ye found me out, W. he whis-
pered, well, II does not matter now. Was
II you who advertised for me?"
mo"
"Ah. thought 1t was ! found out as-
ter Iii was dead that she'd got a letter
to YOU through one OF the nurses, and Z
was afraid.
'4'hat she'd told me the truthp'
''Yes. / went away. ! changed my
name, hid myself from everyone. oh, God,
what a life of terror 1t was; every mo-
ment expected TO be taken, but hadn't
the pluck TO kill myself. tried to drink
the fear awa5 as long as my money last
ed, but that wasn't long when I came
TO this sort of thing, and last night T
spent my last shilling In a drink that
The dying man was stopped. The doc
tor who had been called in returned TO sees
how the patient was progressing. The
colonel took him on one side.
Doctor" he said, what Is the matter
with this man7"
The doctor" young assistant to q
local practitioner, hesitated. "Weun ha
said, II haven't quite made up my mind.
The symptoms may arise from alcoholic
olsoning-or-weil, / shall be able to tell
better later on"
Two hours later Frank Marden was
dead, and the young doctor not having
made up his mind, left the decision to a
coroner's jury, who found from evidence
which was forthcoming that the deceased
died from this effects Of poison administers
ed by his own hand.
The Colonel did not attend the iuouest-
Proof of Identity was given by Violet
Hearne, who, from the moment she dlscov-
cred the mistake she had made was any
ious to spare the Colonel and his son WHAT
ever pain she could. The Colonel, for the
sake of Hugh and his affianced wife.
agreed that 1t was better his own secret
should never be known. II was terrible
blow TO hlm--the fate OF his elder son--but
he had a duty to do to the living. and that
duty now was silence.
Six months later Hugh and Madge were
quietly married In the country, and all
their friends knew was that their marriage
had been interrupted by a woman who had
mistaken Hugh for another man and had
since acknowledged her mistake.
The subject was never referred to again
by Hugh, or his father. 1t was a painful
memory to them both. They know that
their terrible family secret viii be kept by
Violet Hearne, and that she will do all In
her power to atone for the wrong she UNI
Willingly did them.
The End
Dvspepsia and general debility are cured