Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07


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Your hpe1t oeed. IA yoer
II dsnd tooss' he fepeated aIM6t i1
credaIouely. Ters1t1a. my dear child
an you telllng ~ Tue truth i. Z
! why should 5ou doubt ne?ss she
cried. sYou have no reason for doing
! so.'
because / feel that you are hiding
something from me- he said. rs II
any use my imDlordng YOU to condiae
in me? You know that I am your
friend. and that ! would help you to
the best Of my ability"
II know you would" she answered.
You were always a good and kind
friend to me-. All 1 ask OF 0 now,
however, is to leave me alone. l am
unhappy enough IS it is. Do not
seek to add. to my misery.
Heaven knows I have no desire to.
do that" said Godfrey. But if 0
think l am going to leave o as o
are now, without trying to assist you,
| You are much mistaken. If you would
only be brave and tell me everything,
it might simplify matters"
Impossible she cried. 'Haye /
not told yon there is nothing to tell?
Oh. why did | not go another way
home.
Because it was to be" he answer
ed. "You were in trouble, Providence
sent me to help YOU. Believe me, that
is the explanation"
A few moments later the cab turn
ed from the Tottenham Court road
into a narrower and darker street.
Halfway down this dingy thorough
fare it came to a standstill-before a
house on the right hand side. 1t
was by no means a cheerful dwelling,
and at that hour it was wrapped in
complete darkness. They descended
from the cab, and Godfrey, who had
no desire that the cabman should
overhear his conversation with Tere-
sina, paid him off with a liberal lar
gesse. and allowed him to go on his
way rejoicing.
is it any use, my again asking you
to tell me your %trouble?" he said to
the girl beside him, when the vehi-
! Gle had disappeared and a policeman
had passed, after taking a long sur
vey of them.
Not in the least" she answered.
Please do not ask me-"
In that case, will you make me a
promise, Teresina? If you will do sc
| will ask no further questions for the
present"
what is it q am to promise?'
THAT you will not leave this house
without first letting me know whittier
you are going?"
II will do that" she answered. Il
house"
Here is my card then. You had
better take care of it. A letter Or
telegram will always find me. And
now goodnight, my poor girl. Re-
member, | am your friend"
Goodnight, and may God bless YOU
So saying, she disappeared into the
house, while he, in his turn, after TAX
ing the bearing of the house, in case
he should want to find it again. set
off in the opposite direction to that
by which he had entered the street.
Meanwhile Teresina, choking down
her sobs, climbed the stairs to the
room she occupied in that ramshackle
tenement. Unlocking the door, she
entered and started across the floor in
search of a box of matches she remem-
bered having left upon the chimney
piece. She had not advanced more
than three steps, however, before she
was seized by the throat from behind,
while at the same time a keen-bladed
knife was driven as far as the handle,
between her shoulders, only to be with
drawn and thrust in again and again,
until she fell with a little gasp upon
the floor.
When her assassin had made sure
that she was dead, he lit the gas and
knelt beside her for a few minutes.
/ Then he rose, placed something in a
box upon the table, turned off the gas
nee more, picked up the box, and
went out, relocking the door behind
him.
, To Be Continued.