Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-17

in his face, arrested her hand before
she could ring.
81 am going to dispatch messenger
to summon Captain Byrnholm-the
afternoon train, I think, has come in
and demand an explanation in your
presence of all with which you have
charged him. she said, with a reso-
| lutte air.
The man looked bafaed for an
| instant. Evidently he had not antici-
pated any such straightforward pro-
ceeding as this on her part, and was
not prepared for it. Then with look
and vehemence of manner that startled
| Pearle almost entirely OFT of her forced
composure, he laid his hand heavily
upon hers as it rested upon the bell
rope, and said, fiercely:
'"The messenger that goes to summon
| Captain Byrnholm will be followed by
one to bring an officer to arrest him on
the spot"
Pearle reeled, and leaned weakly
| against the wall for support, as these
| threatening words. and her white face
4 grew agonized. Clearly this wretch
| intended to show no mercy. He had
laid his own plans, and meant to carry
| them out to the letter.
''Why did you come to me with these
| facts? What is your motive for laying
all this black catalogue of crime before
me?'' she cried wildly, as she sank
| helplessly into chair, and threw on
his hand as if it had been viper.
'sYou sent for me, did you not?' he
asked, with malicious grin.
She stamped her foot angrily; he
goaded her to desperation.
eyes, I sent for you, because your
vile hints and insinuations haunted me
continually giving me no peace, and
driving me wild with suspense. What
are your wishes, intentions, and mo-
tives in all this?" she demanded.
''Well, l have wishes, have inten-
TONS and I have motives he began,
slowly, while the look softened in his
eyes, and longing expression
quivered over his face, as he gazed on
her who despite her pallor and anguish,
was surprisingly lovely.
She made an impatient movement
| for him to go on.
"You have said truly" he continued;
ssI have been Richard Byrnholm's
sworn enemy for years; | have vowed
| that he should one day dearly repent
having thwarted me in a cherished
purpose. Had he been poorer than l,
| would have drawn him so deeply into
pecuniary troubles that he would never
have been able to extricate himself;
but he was rich and | was poor. |
have laid numberless plans to be even
with him, but none seemed feasible,
and so I was Obliged to drop them.
When he wanted a commission, |
thought my time had come. told
him I could procure him one through
/ the influence of friend; did, and in
| a regiment which was destined to go
into Immediate action, where I hoped
he would be killed, and I should never
meet him again. But some change
was made, and I was thwarted in that.
I was glad of this afterward, for |
thought should be better avenged to
have him suffer some living torture
what a wretch!-to plan all this
simply because he won a paltry prize
from you at school; somebody must
win, Pearle cried, amazed to see how
much he made out of so little.
cit was not paltry prize to me; it
meant a great DEAL" he answered,
holly; 81 was a poor boy. belonged
to a good family, but we were crushed
with proverty, and l had to work my
way in the world have been
trampled upon on account of it, jeered
at, and twitted of it; and have sworn
that l will yet rise to the level Of
those who have sneered at me. Ihe
prize was to be set Of very valuable
works, or their value-thirty guineaS
in gold. wanted the gold; l needed
it. 1t would have kept me whole
year at school; but I lost it, and had
to go out and earn it before I could
finish my course, and I lost a year by
that means. Think you that was a
small loss-a whole year of ones life?
If he had not treacherously kept his
purpose a seret, might have won
even them would have won; would
have strained every nerve. He was
the only one had to fear and l might
have outstripped even him.
"But Richard would gladly have
helped you to defray the expense Of
that year. / know he would have
been eager to make it up to you, if it
was simply money that you wanted
Pearle said, as he paused for breath
Simply money!" he repeated,
wrathfully. 81 lost my degree also
lost my self-respect, for I believed
there were none to go ahead of me;
and to be left behind by mere lad,
years younger than myself could
not brook the modification and disap-
pointment of such a defeat. / vowed I
never would forgive it. | never have;
never WILL" he concluded, gloomily.
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