The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-25


rs that whas you cnll a schemc?"
you win see whc,her it is or mot.
After listening to ta;s peech Madame
Fauvel viii feel inclined TO throw
herself i'm my arms by way Of cx-
pressing her gratitude and ioy She
/ will refrain however, ON account of
her niece. She win ask me to reliu-
! quish my claim on Nedclcine's hnnd.
| now that ] ann rioHl ] win roundlv tell
her no. She has been promised t1
me, and ! uust insist upon this ono
article Of our agrcment rhs must
bc the price of my silence. And. TO
prove that avn not influenced by
fortune. give yru my -lcrcd prom.
Use that the day aftcr thc wedding.
viii settle on Room twenty-five
/ Thousand per aurum
Louis expressed himself with such
convincing candor that Eaonl. am art-
ist in lnmcry. was charmed aud
astouishcd
beautifully done, he cried. clap-
| ping his hands with glec. THAT last
sentence viii create chusm Satoccu
Madame Fauycl and her niece The
promise OF fortune for me win GER
tainly bring my mother over TO our
side"
~ hope So" SAID Louis. with pre-
,.u-cd modest, "lu remember. YOU
lnUs' som receive amy assistance
rom G. You m-t swear that You
wt 5.ave AN prieetions. want FAM
4 il'o even, rather han accept % son
from base man whom you hate and
! despise; man Who But you
know exactly what YOU are to say.
can rely upon you COR good acting
"No one can surpass me when ! ain
Interested in my part In pathetic
roles | ann always a success. when
| have had time TO prepare myself"
~ know you are But this disiufcr-
estedness need not prevent you from
-cSumjng your dissipations You must
gamble, bet, and lose more money
than you ever did before. You must
increase your demands, and say that
you must have money at all cost You
need not account to me for any
money you can eStort from her All
you get is your own to spend as you
please
You don't say so. If you mean
| hat"
You will hurry up matters, in be.
oound'
81 can promise you, 70 time shall be
wasted
| ~"Now listen TO what YOU are to do,
! Raoul. Before the end of three
months YOU must have exhausted the
'csources OF these two women. You
must force from them every franc
hey can raise, SO that they will ne
Wholly unable to procure money to
npply your increasing demands. In
! hrce months / must find them pep
niless, absolutely ruined, without even
jewel left"
Roo' I was startled at the passion
ate vndictive tone of Louis voice az
he uttered these last words.
"The day on which you lead Nine
FGuyel and her niece to the eNtrem,
of the precipice, pointed out it's darh
| depths, and convinced them that they
| are irretrieyably lost, / shall appear
and rescue them, Why, it viii he the
crowning scene of our drama. l viii
| play my part with such grandeur
such lofty magnamity, that Made
leine viii be touched, win forget heI
| past cnmity, and regard me with ia.
yorable eyes. When she finds that il
is her sweet self, and not her money
that ] want she will soften, and in
| time yield to my entreaties. No true
woman can be Indifferent to a grand
| passion. l don't pretend TO say that
she will love me at first; but, if she
will only consent to be mine, 1 ash
! for nothing more; time viii do much
even for poor devil like myself"
Raoui was shocked at this cold,
| bloodcd perversity Of his uncle, but
| Ciameran showed his immense supert
ority in wickedness, and the appren.
! tce admired the master.
You would certainly succeed, un.
Gle he said. 'were it not for the
+ cashier. Between you and Madeleine.
Prosper will always stand; If not in
person, certainly in memory"
Louis smiled scornfully, and throw,
ing away his cigar, which had died
out, said:
~ don't mind Prosper, or attach
any more importance to him than TO
that cigar
but she loves him"
80 much the worse for him. Six
months hence she will despise him;
he is already morally ruined, and al
the proper time 1 win make an end
of him socially. With your aid I will
so cover him with disgrace and in
fanny that Madeleine viii drive every
thought of him from her mind, and
her love will turn 10 hate"
"Louis tone of rage and ven
geance startled Raoul, and made him
regard the alair IN worse light than
I ever.
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