The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-22
CHATTER xxx1II.

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morning was vacant, as n by oen
they gathered in the breakfast room.
He had taHen a hasty cup Of coffee
before he clock struck seven. then had
walked down TO the lodge, where he
and Tyrrell had been closeted for fully
an hour.
At the end Of that time he had or
dered his horse saddled, and had ridden
over, with all speed. to h village, but
this time he drew rein before the Jail.
He asked to see Bertram Talbot. and
was at once conducted to h bare,
whitewashed walls which the iron
grated window converted into a cell.
The door closed behind him. The
taller withdrew. The two, men were
alone.
Talbot sprang up from the side OF his
cot, where he had been sitting in utter
dependency. I'm.
.she is dead!" he muttered, in a
hoarse whisper. SIT Is fitting that at
your hands I should receive this last
fell blow" VI.
chester smiled. Then, folding his
arms across his chest and bracing him
self for support against the wall. he
fixed his hooking gaze on Bertram Tai
bots face. 3sl %
NO. she is not dead" he answered.
'.It was only a swoon last night. She
recovered soon after you left. But
whether her fate may not be worse
than death rests with you. We have
played a desperate game, Mr. Bertram
talbot. Do you, or do you not, ac-
knowledge yourself defeated?"
Defeated? MOI" answered the 9th
er,, throwing back his handsome head
with a gesture Of proud dtsdain. You
bring me new life in the knowledge that
she lives. So long as I have her to
.wirk for, her cause to redeem, 90 you
think I will confess defeat? All, tam
.dolph Chester, you little know the man
with whom you have to deal! S..
The smile, as he listened. never left
Randolph Chester's lips. NJ S
tsPerhaps,"' he asserted. 81 know you
better than you know yourself. I DID
not come here this morning to thrust
INV steel against the strong portions OF
your aalrmor, but to slip In between the
links. where its shap point might PEN
citrate the flesh. It is true, what have
told you, that Beatrice Markham lives.
sRnt listen to ms, and weigh well my
words. Unless, within three days, she
rives her full and free consent TO be-
cnme nv wife-a consent to be instapt-
~ ratified by the performance OF the
marriage ceremony-she shall ~ one
become the inmate OF q private e
house. in which ~henceforth her life
shall b ea living death. This retresst n
Won skall never discover--thisS IsAWear
Oh. Or even discoyery Wonldsspe q
no avail, since, the law makess rneSher
Guardian and I can*prove her r mad
white and trembling. like "a
stricken with come sudden fear, TaIbot
1tottered backward on htsFs w y 81 ne
couch. S ...ssMMsss x,s 3, "a ~.
murrnured, 3 would = Sc yo eIs
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