The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-14
ESTABLISHED 1879.

looking so much alike as to deceive
you at first glance"
"Yyes. it is!' she stammered, lean
ing on the back of chair for support
and speaking through bloodless lips.
you do not find in me a resemblance
to any gentleman called the judgeY he
queried as he looked her full In the
face.
"N-no-tha is
'But l am keeping you. Pray. be
seated. and | think l see your husband
coming this way. Hope the fine wealth
er will put you in good spirits"
At every meal Major Davis faced the
guilty pair. Some of the passengers
suspected nothing, but others insisted
that there was a queer mystery afoot.
The major gave nothing away. 1t
wouldn't have been good form. The
woman avoided him as far as possible,
but two or three times day he found
excuse to speak to her If she had
hoped for a miracle, her hopes were
dashed at the first close sight of him.
Major Davis was Judge Dale. and
Judge Dale was the husband she had
fed from and disgraced. She knew
him for a quiet man, but also for an
implacable one. He was torturing
them at the stake, but that would not
be revenge enough. In his desperation
Bemis again attempted to approach the
man he had wronged. He couldn't
plead for himself. but he would plead
for the woman.
Judge, 1t was my fault, and on me
should fall your vengeance" he said as
he cornered his man.
Mistaken again. Ha, ha, hap laugh
ed the major. Really, but 1 shall
come to think that l am your judges
twin brother. See what a cloudless
sky and how beautiful the sea. trust
that your wife has had no more trou-
BILE with her heart She is not looking
at all we'll" rs
"God! God! But what. mang gasp
ed Bemis as he turned away with a
hunted look in his eyes.
The steamer was to call at the
Azores One morning about 10 o'clock
she made harbor, and 1t was given out
aboard that she would not get away
before midnight. Everybody was anx-
ious for brief run ashore everybody
but Mrs Bemis. She feared that she
might overexert and bring on another
attack of heart trouble Mr.. Bemis
had decided to stay with her when Ma
jor Davis hunted him out and said:
st trust you will make one of a little
party going ashore, and that you will
bring your revolver along, as shall
miner
'The party isis began Mr.. Be
mis- as his face blanched.
"a very exclusive one-Just the two
of us, you see. You have pistol,
suppose?"
Eyes"
"Ah, of counsel We may find game.
you know. Do you wish to speak to
your wife firstY
''No."
"she's gone to lie down. ehH Well
let's be Off"
The two engaged a boat as soon as
landing and pulled away to wooded
cape, and two hours later a dead man
was brought back In the boat. 1t was
Mr. Bemis. He had accidentally shot
himself while shooting at a bird, or
at least the major said so, and no one
doubted his word. He told his tale
without excitement He was cool and
serene as he announced that he would
remain and see the body placed in its
grave. He came aboard the steamer
with the personal effects of the de-
ceased, but he did not ask to see Mrs.
Bemis. He delivered everything to the
captain, and as he added the sum Of
$1,000 in gold 1t is probable that he
told at least part Of his story. When
the accident became known, and 1t was
found that Mrs. Bemis was to go on
with the ship instead Of ashore to see
her husband to his last resting place,
there was an cutlery over her want OF
feeling, but it did not reach her ears.
She was in her stateroom under the
doctors care, and none of the passen-
gers saw her again. When the major
had finished his work at the island, he
took steamer for New York and
home, and upon entering his office at
the usual hour and in the usual way
he said to his chief clerk:
'Thomas, am back and feeling bet
ter Bring me the balance sheets for
the last four weeks"