The Lamar register., 1901-11-13

] were also Nllsou anu ohiHucf, anu the
| perspiration broke from my forehead
as went on with the gigantic lie.
at seems he could not resist attempt
ing an investigation himself, and-and
so came here. was in the cellar when
he came down, but it was as dark as
pitch, and thought it was one OF the
robbers and that was trapped. did
not discover the truth until too late"
"Ah, that explains it ALL Mr.. Perry
said, when had finished. "That was
Morley, truly. He was always that
kind of man, and would never de-
pend upon another to accomplish
things when he could do it himself"
could not help glancing furtively
at the two detectives, and received
from each nod of approval.
In one room-once the dining-room
of the old house, bright young fel-
low is working, planning, thinking. ex-
perimenting all day long. and at times
all night long, too, on the problem of
voice-transmission without the aid Of
receiver or transmitter. He has made
some progress, and, as he is n patient
young man of brilliant parts, make
bold to prophesy that the world will
soon be startled by a lightning stroke
of genius which will blazon the little
hamlet of Nelsonville in characters of
fire on the present generation.
| My wife and are spending the sum-
mer at her residence on Sunset hill,
and we drive over to the old house
every day to talk and to encourage
the young genius.
A year has passed since Mr.. Morley's
death; six months after that tragic
event Florence became my wife.
The first evening Of our arrival at
Sunset hill l was sitting on the porch,
watching the violet tints down in the
valley. My wife was slowly pacing up
and down the walk.
| She had been very quiet and sober all
that day, and l attributed her mood to
the sorrowful recollections which the
place would naturally call up.
Presently she came and knelt down
beside me. Resting her head on my
shoulder, she spoke.
81 have something to tell you, my
misunderstanding which have
kept hidden from you. But have been
punished sufficiently; for there has not
been that absolute trust and confidence
between us that wished. 1t is all my
fault. Promise to forgive me, and 1
will tell you my secret"
| / laughed at her, and placed my arm
around her. at must be something
terrible indeed" exclaimed, in pre-
tended alarm. But rs you are my wife,
of course there is no other way but to
forgive the wrong"
Il believe-papa was concerned
in the bank-roboery," she finally mur-
INJURED, in broken tones.
Good heavens, Florence! What can
you be dreaming Off" exclaimed, in
great surprise.
at is no dream; how I wish it was!"
she answered, the tears falling fast
NO dream, my husband. 1t is the
truth"
"How do you know itT' / asked.
"When heard that jackson was the
guilty one, and that papa had been
killed by him, I suspected then that
papa had something to do with the Of.
fair. 1 knew there was some business
relation between them that could not
understand; and then papa's secret
trouble during the six weeks before
he died was significant"
But, after all, this is only surmise,' u
I said, in an attempt to comfort her
"Think of your fathers position. Think
how he loved you"
"Oh, Nelson, will never forget that;
will always remember him by that
strong affection he had for me. But
what / have told you is not surmise.
| Inc hafnra MN tal MT fNv
my detective, and insisted on knowing
the truth"
"Why, l thought Wilson and Skin
ner knew nothing about Mr.. Morley's
connection with the affair."" I ex-
claimed.
"Oh, yes, they knew it, but out of re.
gard for you and me they had deter.
mined to keep it secret, seeing that
papa was dead and revelation of II
would do no good. If papa had lived,
they would have been compelled to
bring him to Justice. l assigned all
the property to the bank, all except this
place, which was bought with money
left me by my mother. Papa was not
nearly so wealthy as most people sup
posed, but / believe what he had, along
with what was obtained out of Jack
sons estate, and what still remained of
the stolen property, fully reimbursed
the bank. That is why 1 came to you
n poor girl instead of the heiress you
had reason to expect. So you see, my
husband, you married not only COM
paratively penniless girl, but a-a-oh,
Nelson!-a great criminals daughter!"
she faltered.
IL IN
~ married an angel. God help me to
be worthy of you." said, huskily.
Now, dear heart" l added, after
awhile, do not distress yourself for
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