The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25

these men. Her frame was chill as
with the shadow of death, but the one
overpowering thought that smote her
was that her husband s approaching de-
cease was the direct answer Of an angry
Judge to her wicked cutlery against her
fate and longings to escape it. In this
grisly shape was the freedom to appear
for which she had painted But she
knew that when the cage was torn
down she would feel like murderess.
She never forgot the short Lived horror
of that moment NEE IS :, e p
Mr. Withers dismissed his visitors
when the witnesses had affixed their
names to the will, and they. bowed
themselves out, each noting, more, or
less furtively, as he passed, the dilated
eyes and colorless face of the wife. and
drawing his own conclusions there
from. %r ;: - .s{55z@ #sS:- 553:.
III She got up and walked totteringly
forward at her husbands gesture. He
was no paler than when she left him,
and smiled more easily than was his
habit, when he noticed the signs of her
extreme alarm. II was afraid you
would be frightened if I talked in your
nearing OF making mywill," he said,
.encouragingly. ITO avoid this. i ar
ranged that Mr. Hall should wait upon
ME while you were driving. He was Be-:
hind his time, and your are back earlier
than anticipated I regret the meet
ing only for your sake. Perhaps it is
as well, however, that I should acquaint
you with some Of the provisions of tht:
instrument you saw in + MI. : Ha1rs
EanG."% ~ ~ 5s 'E'% -. e. y &@$E4
-" Please do not! I cannot bear to-
hear or speak Of itr' protested Con-
stance, the tears starting to her eyes
1T all seems so dreadful. I, q y B .ss3
1T will not hasten my death one
hour. :" y Mr. Withers was not quite ready
to pass over without rehuke an absurd
superstition he considered unworthy a
rational being, even though d the Of
fender was his wife. 8 Oh shall know.
this:@.@I made another will two years
since, but. circumstances have led me
to regard it as injudicious, if not UNI.
fair. We. bushes men are superior to
the dread Of looking forward to the
one certain event of mortality. We:
calculate the probable effect of our.
demise, as we do other changes in the
mercantile and social world BY the.
terms of this will, as I was about to
remark !, my property with the excep-g
ton of a. legacy to Harriet Field, is 5di-s
vided equally between yourself and Ed
ward. And he is appointed sole ex-
ecutor In the event OF my death lie.
will be your nearest con- ctions andSsaf-
est adviser. ~ wish you to remember
this. It is hardly to be expected that
you, al though ~ ffair Judge OF charaeter,
should be as conYersant with the quail
tiles that ct him to assume these re-
sponsibi lities as I am, Who have been
his sbusi ness rtner ever since he was
ItWenty-on one. 's5 5Ss
He was stonished hat his wife, In
stead OF rendering a submissive verbal
acquiescence to his spoken and writ.
Item decree, began to- weep so violently
as to hinder herself from listening Or
wing to his speech. She had never
conducted herself In this iii atiional
fashion before in his sight, and he was
natural u exceeding perpl exed. Aware
/ that any attempt to soothe her would
be awkward work to- him he lay quiet
1 for q minute hoping the Iemot lon would
expend itself thout his interference.
Finally he al Judged It to BE but reas-
enable that, she should set the bounds