El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12


Inere was strange intensity in his
manner Mr.. Sutherland regarded him
with amazement. He had seen him In
every mood natural to a reckless man,
but never in so serious a enc, never
with look of awe or purpose in his
face. 1t gave him quite a new idea OF
Frederick.
Eyes" the young man went on. rails
ing his right hand, but not removing
his eyes from the distant prospect on
which they were fixed: II swear that
will henceforth do nothing to discredit
her memory. Outwardly and inwardly
1 will act as though her eye was still
upon me and she could again suffer
grief at my failure or thrill at my sue
cess"
A portrait of Mrs. Sutherland paint
ed when Frederick was a lad of 10
hung within a few feet of him as he
spoke. He did not glance at it, but Mr..
Sutherland did and with look as IL he
expected to behold a responsive light
beam from those pathetic features
''She loved you very dearly" was the
slow and earnest comment. I'VE have
both loved you much more deeply than
you have ever seemed to realize. Fred
erick"
81 believe it." responded the young
man, turning with an expression of
calm resolve to meet his fathers eye
"As proof that am no longer insensi-
BILE to your affection / have made up
my mind to forego for your sake one of
the dearest wishes of my heart Fa-
ther"-he hesitated before he spoke the
word. but spoke 1t firmly at last-"am
right in thinking you would not like
Miss Page for a daughter?
Like my housekeeper's niece to take
the place in this house once occupied
by Marietta Sutherland? Frederick, 1
have always thought too we'll of you
to believe you would carry your forget
fitness of me SO far as that, even when
j saw that you were influenced by her
attractions"
You did not do justice to my selfish
ness. father. l did mean to marry her.
but / have given up living solely for
myself. and she could never help me to
live for others. Father, Amabel Page
must not remain in this house to cause
division between you and me-"
81 have already intimated to her the
advisability of her quitting a home
where she is no longer respected" the
old gentleman declared. ''She leaves on
the 1915 train. Her conduct this morn
ing at the house Of Mrs. Webb-whO,
perhaps, you do not know was most
cruelty and foully murdered last night
was such as to cause comment and
make her an undesirable adjunct TO
any gentleman's family"
Frederick paled. Something in these
words had caused him a great shock.
Mr.. Sutherland was fond enough to be-
lieve that it was the news of this eX-
traordinary woman'S death. But his
sons words. as soon Is he could find
any, showed that his mind was running
on Amabel. whom he perhaps had
found it difficult to connect even in the
remotest way with crime.
"She at this place of death? How
could that be? Who would take
young girl there".
The father. experiencing perhaps
more compassion for this soon to be
disillusionized lover than he thought It
incumbent upon him to show. answer
ed shortly. but without any compro-
mise of the unhappy truth:
"She went She was not taken. No
one, not even myself, could keep her
back after she had heard that a murder
had been committed in the town. She
even intruded into the house and when
ordered out of the room of death took
up her stand in the yard in front.
where she remained until she had the
opportunity Of pointing out to Us a
stain Of blood on the grass which might
otherwise have escaped our attention"
Impossible" Frederick's eye was
staring. He looked like a man struck
dumb by surprise or fear. "Amabei