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81 want you to marry. Mrs. Jackson The
marriage can DO performed quietly and nobody
minister and the necessary Witnesses As soon a.
the marriage Is solemniIedI want you logo away
and stay away for-.-wo as long as YOU wish,
Just you are gone long enough TO give my client
grounds for divorce on the plea Of wiul deser-
ton. Three or four months think, will suDUe.
nothing in the way 10 prevent tho scheme attain
ing a beautiful iruition am young lawyer,
but have such strong pull in ono Of the courts
utmost secrecy and no one viii ever know whether
the lady was married TO Mr. jackson Ave weeks
ago OF fivo years | want you TO give my pro.
position careful consideration, | trust you will
decide TO do what have asked Of you. II II will
be any inducemenI sdiure you e Ie pS'n
jackson My client is wealthy assure you Tia,
neither you nor ! will have cause for regret from
"1ho man ceased talking. lie So, leaning far
over in his swivel chait, He scanned my face
sudaci,y Of lie fellow fairly stunned me and I
made no reply. We sat there staring at each
Other n silence for several minutes 'well'' he
but the Other manr said. VIVA, about him.
why said the lawyer. coolly. 'thero is nothing
and live happy ever After. and that is his HES
history In a nutshell
7 fell TO thinking again, I am authorized to
subtly. II is that at tho moment you bid your
wife farewell she will make you present Of $1,000
study Of my business affairs he could not have
touched upon more vital point needed ca
&c the se IN
and had been cudgelipg my brains for month
trying 70 devise some plan whereby mig hi raise
in my face some signs OF relenung. Before you
come to a definite decision. one way or another,
s s. ). ' ssgs S
diagonal scar which was the fatal and ineontro-
IL, a. k, la ~
eligibility for the position Of Mrs: jackson g hrst
husband, At tho same istant beheld a radiant
vision Of q check for $50 Yes. said l. IN
"At five minutes before on the following day
! was at Lawyer Walkers Office. Mrs Jackson
wel-dressed woman. and II was easily seen after
few minutes conversation with her that abe
but little part in the discussion Of ways and means
but what few words she did say counted muro
with me than the lawyers wordy. harangucs
Before We separated that afternoon had agreed
TO lure Mrs Jnckson's Hypothetical husband
from his ethereal abode and 10 assist in his cm-
look a Trip 10 some .ou,of-the-way mining VII.
lago on tho shores Of Lake Superior, and there
Mrs jackson and were made one We took
the afternoon train back TO Duluth II had been
arranged that ! was 70 go up into Canada for u
few weeks and as soon as We reached the city
was to leave on the evening train for the East
Walker and my wife went with me. They
bade me goodbye very kindly. Ny viics leave
my hand at parting the remainder Of the money
was TO receive as alimony, and II seemed TO me
81 nsysT h n1Ss
she would have cried
The next night shortly. after leaving Ssult
Ste. Marie | received a telegram. Stop oN at
Sturgeon Falls, the message said. DO not ful
Important This telegram, was unsigncd., but
/ supposed, Of course. that IL was from Walker.
and that would find some important communir1.
ton awaiting me there Sturgeon Falls Wa :
little station on the Canadian Pacific, shout MY
10 address me there instead Of q sud-
bury l was at a loss To understand.
the strange incidents Of the past few days waa
naturally anxious 10 learn anything rlSc that
might follow PERTAINING to The mntter. - de-
sisted Of the station and a few frame ant l.r
houses set down in the midst Of the nm forest
IL was an easy matter 10 make a CAnyas, ~ tho
place, and in less than an hour after alil.hti-g-
from the train | had interviewed every man n
the village and assured myself that no message
OF any description had been received for such a
person as Horatio Jackson. was disappointed.
but feeling sure that some word would come for
me later on. determined to await developments
All the next day / loitered around the lonely.
miserable little hole in regular fever 81 ir,pa-
uencc. The second night came on and sui
had been youchsafcd no explanation ui the Hb-
surd command TO stop oil at Sturgeon Falls
When the eastbound train came through that
day and darkness Fad fallen cnfly and eve. even
had | tried. | should have been unable Ia DIS.
Germ through the gloom surrounding the station
senger / noticed, however, that the newcomer
was a woman, and presently wnlSct up - tho
station door near which she stood talking 10 N"
agent 1 am looking for a Mr Jack son, heard
her say as approached. 'AMr liorauuJa,Ason.
Can you tell me II he is here, and where can find
Upon hearing my name | Joined the couple
at the door I am Nj. Jackson SAID. 10
you wish N me"
-rbs woman threw back her veil then and to
my CONSERVATION beheld my wife i thought
she said. that you would guess at once that Il
xlNG ..0tt Ma
No ieltered' I thought It was Walker
Mr. Walker she repeated Why what on
earth could he want with you
, And what on earth can you want with me-
III don't wan, you, who dors?' she returned.
That was a question could not answer fpr
up 10 that time | had not been aware that there
was any one who had serious designs unon me-
said 80. must have spoken with undue scYcI-
iiv for my oDr wife began - cry bitterly
sottrncd litle then and took her hand aud led
Train go by soon went away and left MF> jackson
and The agent and myself in possession II ths
little log house. The agent fell asleep on a bench
in the corner and Mrs Jackson and were nee
70 talk undisturbed. As soon as she could r.
OF her story without INDUCING in any usrlr,,
pieilminarlrs i thought a. one time she SAID,
that was very fond Of the man | intended to
marty, but since marrying you have found
out that II In you whom | really cafe for on
you don't know. iiora,io, how like YOU are To my
70 hr WO IehS IN Vie same pod
could not resemble. each other more closely Nel
Their can you realize how much ! thought II
that man Why, studied him like a book and
came 70 know every one Of ms little wilkins and
pcculiantics by heart No woman with a rod
live husband eyer got hall so well acquainted
with him as did with lIoratio. | knew all hit
likes and disikes especially in regard To cooking
He was very hnicky about his meals, Mir Jackson
was, lie liked his coffee awfuy sweet, four
Jumps OF sugar 70 the cup Is that the way you
take yours lloraio"
folt myself turning hot and cold alternately
and my head whirled diZily. YES said weak.
ly, four lumps
81 knew, IT, cried my wife tiumphantlv And
then Mr. Jackson liked his steak very Tare and
lots OF salt In his potatoes and real cream for his
oatmeal tie was very fond Of corn bread on
was familiar with every queer turn II his nppc.
tte and knew how 10 cater 10 ii, lie was vc,y
funny about his clothes, too Take his socks
for, instance. Mr.. jackson would go barefoot
II he could not have his socks lav"nder.colgrrd
silk with white toes and heels That scar on NV
MI Jackson's face was the result Of . burn Ito
fell across the kitchen stove once when he Hp4
a little boy and the burn was so deep that IL would
never wear away. Is that the way you got your
scar Horatio" '''
licked me '''''"
MY wife sighed nlaintively. I'm sorry for
he hut hon upi1 L.. hi