Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-10

Yes, I had written my last note
to you. say It now plainly, so that
you, will not keep me waiting so long
again" 4. t, =
II assure You, Lucy Nolan, thst I
came only by the merest accident" I
'Oh, 7 don't care why you came,
just so you came with the money. /
have my room-rent to pay and several
other bills. If you had not come this
morning, / was going to Maj. Goddard
with my whole story. It makes me fu-
rious to know that you are rolling
in luxury while I am living like this.
l haven't had a new dress for"
1T is as well as you lived when You
were my forewoman," said the visitor,
with sheer; land when you had to
work from morning till night. You
can't brighten me, Lucy; you had as
we'll realize that. Now, what will you
say when I tell you that have not
brought you any money-not one
cent?"
"What!" gasped the angular wom-
an, "you mean to tell me-
II mean to tell you that the hen
(begging my husbands pardon) which
has been laying golden eggs for you,
can't do it any longer. Goddard has
lost every thing he has except Lynd-
hurst and an income barely enough
for parsimonious man to keep it up
on.':'
Mrs. Nolan sank on to . rickety
sofa, and sat stiffly erect.
"You are not IN earnest, Jeanne?"
"Yes, am. I left him yesterday"
"Left him?"
II was obliged to. I can't live on
his present income; besides, when you
told me Dugdale was here looking for
me, 1 knew that he'd hunt me down
sooner or later. Lucy, 1 must make
for Europe, couldn't live here with
that fellow on my track. He is as
sharp as can be.'
"How are you going to Europe with
out money!" asked Mrs. Nolan, sus-
piciously.
II have a plan; q desperate one,
too, but I had to conjure up some
thing. What I have in view includes
you"
'Includes me?"
eyes, it happens that I may really
be able to put you to some use at
last
II will do nothing without being
paid, tell you that
"We will have good bank to draw
on, if everything works well.'' Mrs.
Goddard lowered her voice, hitched
her chair nearer to her confederate
and explained salient features of her
scheme. Before she had finished Mrs.
Nolan was trembling all over, and her
eyes were batting rapidly from sheer
excitement
Isis the girl so dangerously ill?"
she asked.
'In a most critical condition."
s'Why did you smile when You said
that, Jeanne?"
Il don't know; did smile? Be-
cause our success depends on the
state of her health, you know"
II never heard of such a-such .
bold idea
1T will work like a charm"
"But what part shall play2"
II shall need you as companion
of my travels; and you know I sha'n't
be able to make creditable exit from
this life without somebody to testify
to my demise"
20! you want me to shoulder the
risk"
"Puh! don't be silly; the whole
thing will rest on me-"
IL should love to go abroad, Jeanne"
SWELL, there is nothing to hinder
you. Goddard, after his marriage,
will be involved as deeply in the mat
ter as you or I, and with all that for
tune to draw on, we sha'n't want for
money, and we shall have the world
before us. Lucy, I am simply enchant-
ed with the thought of freedom-glori-
Gus freedom! l have not closed my
eyes in really sound sleep since you
wrote you had seen Henry Dugdale.
I shall kill two birds with one stone
get out of his way and get plenty Of
money into the bargain. I wish you
were less cowardly. I haven't the
slightest fear"
*'Well, you may count on me-" said
Mrs. Nolan, forced in spite of herself
to enter into the buoyant spirit of
her friend. "When once get started
I'm regular war-horse."
ITO Be Continued