Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-03-08

1our egotism has undone you,
Jeanne" said Mrs. Nolan with no
little cautious JUNCTION. II had no
sooner laid my eyes on that beautiful
young creature than i knew if he
: ever was in love with her once he
would be again."
"For mercy's sake, dry up!'' COM
manded the furious woman This is
no time for you to lecture me. Do
you know that we shall be stranded
ktere without money enough to keep
us? Do you know that he defies me
to expose the matter and that he
swears l shall never touch the girls
money,
mot after her death?" asked Mrs.
Nolan, her own face growing sudden
ly grave.
death, you idiot? The girl is as
sound as dollar"
81 thought you said"
'>@1t makes no difference what I
said" broke in Mrs Goddard ''She'll
never die till l get back to America,
end"
Mrs. Nolan caught the excited wom-
IN by her shoulders and forced her
to look at her.
do you mean that-that you in
tended to commit murder, Jeanne?'
IF he did not give me the greater
part of the girls money-yes," was
the sulien answer.
""Well, you must not draw me into
that. Jeannc!
81 shall draw you into nothing, but
I shall expect you to hold your
tongue
would he hold his Tiff you re-
escorted to-if you killed her?" asked
Mrs. Moan in low. qnivering voice.
They had now returned to the lit
tie sitting-roon in the cottage. Mrs.
Goddard was looking through a box
of writing-paper, with nervous. fun
bling fingers. Mrs. Nolan stood over
her and ventu:ed cautiously to repeat
her question.
4 Mrs. Goddard hesitated as she
found telegraph blank, and dipped a
pen.
He'd have to, or be implicated with
ahe in-in the whole business" she an
, swered, dogsedly. ''If she died sud-
Adenly or was shot. the law of self-pres-
ervation would be too strong for him."
"And what then?' Mrs. Nolan
seemed scarcely to breathe.
'"Then Icou.d win him back to me
If l wanted him."
:. Are yol sure?''
! "With her out Of the way, yes.'
! There vas dead silence in the room.
Il The Quite circle of the underground.
j railway IAN beneath the garden, and
passing train shook the room like an
r. earthquake.
"Wha are you going to do now ?"
asked Ars. Nolan, curiously, cycling
the telegraph blank.
Mrs.Goddard was writing, and when
she hid finished and laid down her
pen se held the sheet, to her compan-
ion. was addressed to Maj. Rowland
Godd<'d, Lyndhurst-on-the-Hu
N. Y. U. S. A. The message was but
q sin lie word and no signature went
whit. The word was: "America."
'ltwill pass most eyes as word
fromsome Geographic code" said Mrs.
Godfrd; "but the major will under
stan it in full. Now, Lucy we must
pacA We are going back on the first
stea,e I shall run out and send this
andinquire about the passage. Go to
wor. We have no time to lose
Int what if you were recognized on
thesteamer going over?" faltered Mrs.
Nom.
'.s'hvre is no likelihood of that. !
KIN" 50 few people,,
But Henry Dugdale is in New
j Yc'k."
Y, He may not be now; but we have
&c run even that risk. We are Playing
apig game, Lucy"
You mean you are said Mrs Nolan.
shall never take hand in the-the
oher."
l.I"l shall not ask you to-" answered
Mrs. Goddard. She put on her cloak
and FASTENED away down the road to
the telegraph station.