Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-08
CHATTER .xxylI.

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',ne nand Wnicn heid had ceased. to
tremble She put the vial down, and
drew step nearer the, bed. with one
arm she raised her husba ndss head.
supporting II uponfd.pr breast. with
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when st<r rhs,axd clear voicek W ich
sounded "a 49, 4, S,refrt.d ,.,ns.s z, " e ys
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u w's -. 80 ~ ~ oe
shot nnpeo9s coHimanu
STOP " cned. @
AZ the sounq the gias3 i frosn her
nand. The iiqxd strearned upon the
s0ssr,e, sUN ns. ,eav,ns YIN oeepsSf3'pw stain =
ana paie 70 shaatiiness pn8 APoked up,
70 see before he 4hs eessf1.sation OF
ner worst fea5es GER ft wsS y Win
dom VINO now p0Qisx liet the
curtains fall behind him. and very qui-
city and composediy entered the room.
h 4oug Your she gasped.
es~-IH@he answered. calmly sffad
2 second report OF my death reached
YOU gthat my presence should so start
le v0un sora1aas r. fnterefered with
some Shertshed plan9 Hou told me
tnaH you We're desperate, Helen. but
dio Rot 'dream that you would. IN very
trutR R---snuruers' sT as-E ~
SLOWLY distinctly, emphasized by the
ne let the last word drop from his lipa-
Mprders she repeated, In low.
tremoiing tones "murderl How dare
you BRING that foul accusation here?
Nou forget you spoke aloud mo-
Hent since. ny giri, out even had you
not done go couid nave read your
purpose 10 your race. one glance
would have suhced TO tel me all the
uuth, nad your Whispered speech no.
already betrayed you so you would
XIII MN ana the better 70 40 TINS
aeeu you iaiieq " Keep your appoint
ment Win me. kL.s.,.
!, went % meet you, she murmur-
CO. put you were gone. go. now
Tom Heree-here 10 all the money
could md. Take " and 30. Al any
minute tgiancing toward tne wRte
Iace 2n the pfhoWs) ne may recoVcsg
CONSEQUENCES. Aiready ne may near
ana unoerstanp. On. take tne money
ana soi
sne heid. the purse toward MIN
He caught q from her hand. opiy to
throw ft on the carpet at her feet.
The money was but pretext 70
bring you, he said TAKE ~. \ want
ten timesithe amount, ana IN nave III
too, before ieave TINS mouse. you
can murder, Helen SWinooin, p - ga Gan =
stealiY l1
Tom, Tom. YOU wouldn.t sdafe
II wouldn't dare en-! ana ne
laughed o, strange. low. malicious
laugh II thought you knew me pet
ter than 70 suppose lever wasteo
words. might not dare pour poison
down the throat OF q man uneon-
scious and in my power. but Ia not
hesitate long to help myself TO the
gold Of man who could well afford 10
spare II. Ahi I've watched the house
tnanysa night. Many right I've seen
your form fit to and fro and throw It's
shadow ON the blind. Once or twice
you have stepped out on the balcony
for air. Once he was with you. andI
saw him put his arm around You and
bend his head to kiss you. and !
laughed Laughed to myself In the si-
ience and the darkness, as remem-
bered how once once Well let that
pass. But tonight. when YOU did not
meet me, I came to the old place to
look after You. There was no shadow
on the blind. The houst was dark and
silent, and thought ia climb onto
the balcony and take a look inside
ia thought of doing ii befo-e. I'd not
been In Washington this long without
hearing of the Reynolds plate, and I
knew II 1 were pushed to the wall. I'd
turn my ke6s@ieige TO account. You
know the rest. You were not In the
room when first iooked.i The wind
ow was half omen. raised it a little
further and concealed myself behind
the curtains. had hardly done s.
when van entered. was a witness TO
All that followed. i wonder now why
dldn,t let you xiii the poor wretch
living there. He'd have been better
IN . ess.ss -
..I wish you ware IN his nlane ;, NUT
,e,es TIaien
~ "A not ao,,bt n ma csere ~ he
ra,,,4nea ..ysnt tba tables are turned
a,,,t ~. S. " y{v,,,v 4, is vnu who are IN
NV nau,sr r',rv ns,uer a. Won hear
rIs,s,, r,sar, - x. ranaa ted draw.
ine ao close tnat h,s bot hrrath famed
ha, chesr ssA',,,os,sv svc,, never NAV
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