The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-11-23

peheNe. next 20 hclp MIN IN fetilnS
the command OF this money some wo-
men. | said easily lose their sense OF
honor and Of truth when they want TO
please their lovers. AS for marriage.
he declared for the hundrcdth time
that there was but one woman IN al
the world whom he would marry my.
self Now do you understands lie
had deceived me .yery well Then n
would deceive him. At drst my pur-
pose was 10 await in the church the
coming OF the bride and expose the
character Of the man. Since she was
not coming l would take her place"
what? II was you. then you
youY
Eyes, Jack was the woman you
saw at the rails. / had a pink silk
cloak like thai of Molly. am about
the same height as Molly wore
domino as had been arranged. You
took me for Molly"
"But if you were the BRIDE
Il was the bride am the Countess
OF Fylingdale Cor my sins and sor-
rOws-his wretched wife,"
But you would be reyenged. And
vet you suffered this nonstrous fraud"
II was reycnged Yet why did | say
could never forgive meg Well, ] have
no excuse only when said that WON
en- like me, with nothing 20 do some
times 90 mad after a man and for his
sake east away honor and care nothing
for shame and III repute. say, Jack.
she repeated earnestly, that make
no excuse. tell you nothing but the
plain truth. oh. how ugly it Isl"
l said nothing. | only stood still.
waiting for more.
When took off my domino In the
vestry, my lord. with the man Purden,
only being present. he was like a mad
man. That | expected. After raging
for awhile and crying out that he was
now ruined indeed and after cursing
Mr. Purden for not destroying the reg.
listers be listened to Mr.. Purden's al.
7 vice that we should consider "A way out
OF IL. Accordingly. In my lodgings, the
man Purden, who Is the greatest Invent
or and encouragcr OF every evil thing
that lives, set forth the ease with which
this marriage could be claimed unless
there was any obstacle such as sudden
illness which might be proved 70 have
made Molly's presence impossible. In
other words. we were TO assure the I'M
fortunate Molly that she was already
married. and we were TO act as n that
was The fact We ascertalned without
trouble that she had not left the house
TINT morning Howe we sent the
musicians 10 congratulate the bride,
and the captain sailed forth IN his
wrath ard drove them of"
And 70 this you consented ont OF
your passion for the manT
Partly. There Is always more chan
one reason, you know Tor woman's
acts and words Iii this case there
was a bride I confess thai have al
ways ardently desired Jewels ] can
not have TOO many jewels. lie prom
lsed jack, thar should have them an
Perhaps 90 not know the promise
~ the jewels decided me oh. Jack
they were wonderful. 80 such bride
was ever offered 10 woman before"
| gazed upon her with amazement
Truly IN explanation complete. Yet
what a confession Cor n proud woman
70 makel Love tina, made her trumple
on honor aud truth and virtue and a
bribc to quicken her footsteps
and now said. you are willing
20 make this story public"
81 have thought about the business
good deal Il has caused me more an.
noyance than YOU would believe" An.
noyancel She spoke OF annoyance!
"Rcsidcs. have been cruelty abused.
| have been the cause OF that poor girl
losing a great part perhaps the whole,
OF her fortune. | have been robbed OF
the jewels. lie swore TO me a dozen
times that he had never had them 1
may by tardy confession save some
thing from the wreck for that poor girl
He has wronged me In every way-n
ways that 10 woman viii or can for
give | revenge my wrongs by making
him beggar few weeks or months
before he can come to the end OF his
money"
81 lh AufN hlHAlutAtu WY eNt tdlhtu
till one could not tell whether she was
most noted by the thought Of revenge
or by pity for Molly or by whole
some repentance OF her sin.
"Jack" she said, "your honest face
is pulled out as long as my arm
could laugh II were not so miserable
Tell me what should do next Mind,
| will DO exactly what you bid me do.
| have lived so long among kites.
hawks. crows and birds OF prey. With
foul creatures and crawling reptiles.
that merely to talk 10 an honest man
sofiens and subdues me. Take me IN
the humor Jack Tomorrow or next
day. should the idea OF the man pos
sess my soul again II he should stand
over me and take my hand know not
Il know not what would happen. Per
haps even for Mollys sake ! could not
resist him. ! am but n poor. weak.
miserable woman. And he has led me
hlthcr and sent me thther and made