Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-16

A curious smile cuFl0u LEI lips.
81 shall tell you nothing" she re-
piled.
"Do not be obstinate, madam. Think
of the lives that you have ruined al
ready"
"Have 70" she cried. IT am right
well pleased; that is just what I in
tended to do. I tell you candidly that
you are all right in your superstition.
l, and I only, SO far as know, can
solve the mystery of Sir Karl's fate.
You want to know, of course, if he
went away with me or Motif he asked
me or L asked him-if he thought the
world we'll lost for love of me-if it
was he who placed this wedding
ring upon my f1nger-if he be living
or dead. All these things you want
to know; but you never shall. am
the only one who can tell you, and
never will-never!"
''You shall be compelled cried
Lord Fielden.
II do not think so. No human pow
er can compel me. I would rather.
mind you of one thing, my young
lord, " she said. "Be pleased to bear in
mind that you are laying yourself open
to heavy penalty, if not imprison-
ment, by the course you are pursuing. ("
Harry knew that what she said was
perfectly true.
Justice before men and justice be-
fore Heaven are very different things, .
he said Before Heaven you know
your own crimes; you know the lives
that have been ruined by your sin;
ard, whatever man may say, Heaven
at least will not misjudge."
The smile she gave them was most
insolent.
You will find out your mistake, {"
she said. Il am queen of the posi-
ton
''Will you tell US one thing at least?
Is Sir Karl living or dead?" asked
Lady Fielden.
.'That is the one thing, Lady Fielden,
that I refuse to tell,' she re-
piled def1antly.
but you know?" said Lord Fielden.
Certainly I know; but I will never
share my knowledge. You can do
anything you please-imprison me,
place me in madhouse, kill me, if you
anything; but my secret and his
you shall never force from me. You
cannot prove single thing against me.
defy you!"
1--WE have your letters, remarked
Lord Fielden; land you must remem-
Der how they criminate you
II do not believe she said, |sthat il
you laid them before the most skillfu]
lawyers in England, you could find a
single damaging statement against
me-"
He feared that it was true, no matter
what their own opinions of her might
be. They could take no proceedings
against her for anything she had writ
| ten.
ut will be your wisest course" she
| said proudly to Lord Fielden "to let
me co. or I may probably do what you
are doing to me noW-imprison you.
have warned you. If you keep me here
until l die what will you gain if I re-
fuse to speak,"
UNLESS you had something to con-
ceal or something to fear you would
not have struggled so desperately with
me in the park, declared Lord Fielder
II wanted to be free" she said. q
came over here in disguise, I wanted
neither to be known or to know any
one. The plain fact of the matter is,
saw your advertisements, and l wished
to know why I was wanted-what had
happened. Foolishly enough, I left
my home and came in disguise"
do you know why you are wanted? p
asked Lady Fielden.
'No," she replied. II am still in the
dark about it." Lady Fielden ap-
peared surprised.
During all these years." she said
Sir Karl'S name has been associated
with the commission of a great crime;
but the time has come when people re-
fuse to believe him guilty of that
/
here demands, in childlike, guileless
fashion, proof of his innocence to give
to the whole wide world"
Lola de Ferras smiled again the
hooking, hateful smile for which Lord
Fielder could almost have struck her.
Innocence is most charming
quality" she said; the difficulty in
the present instance is to prove that
it ever existed. refuse to speak I
have not kept silence all these years to
be compelled to speak now; there is
no power which can force me to do
So
mot if you have lost all womanly
feeling" said Lady Fielden. eff pity,
compassion, justice, and honesty are
all dead in your heart, then is all ap-
peal in vain, both for the living and
the dead"
II appeal to you, Miss de Ferras, .
cried Lord Fielder, ''by the memory
OF that which on earth you loved most