Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-07-10

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YOU say, Irene
The consequence Of that conversation
was that in ii few days afterward Nant
Forester, to his surprise. received a note
TO say that the office he held was abol
ished, so that his services would be NJ
longer required.
And then Eane FORESTER began to won.
der what fate pursued him; he could get
nothing to do. Long since he had run
! through his private fortune; he had
drunk and gamblcd. and had done every
thing on earth that he ought moi to have
done. For years he had hung about the
clubs. and had fastened himself on rich
men. one after ;u.otner. getting what he
could from them. Sir Hubert had prom
ised him he would Use all his interests for
him. He had done SO, and the result
was that the dLEe had found him this
appointment w..lci was to make him i
rich man for litt: now he had lost it,
and a curse seemed to have fallen I'D
him.
Have / a hidden foe!" he cried out.
Does some eneIny dog my footsteps, and
follow me to set everyone against Ue i:
The first time | go anywhere | am well
received, the second tine the doors are
closed against me. | cannot understand
it."
| While the pockets Of the solemn. silent
man who had had a long interview with
the Duchess of Bayard were filled with
; gold. and she herself almost wondered TO
find how much money she was spending,
until Nane Forester grew desperate and
gave up the struggle; it was useless.
Every door was shut in his face, every
man seemed to be against him. The men
who had been his friends would have
nothing more to do with him. They told
each other there WAS something against
him, and though none of them knew
what it was, the rumor grew and spread
until his oldest friends passed him with
out Il nod, and he was alone in the world.
The end of it was that. gaunt, hungry,
almost friendless, the once brilliant,
wicked man presented himself before Sir
Hubert Estmere.
Il nave reserved you," he said; you
are my last resonrce-you must help me
l helped YOU
Il would not help you more If you
were dying. lou did what 0 pleased
to call a service for me. | did one in
return for you, and now We are quits
| shall do no more
Il am a ruined, broken-down man. he
returned.
Serves YOU right" said Sir Hubert.
Il deserve shooting myself for my sin;
but | never forget that you led me into it.
But for such men as you, men ike my
self would be ten thousand times better
han they are
Il thought you would help me- said
Nane Forester, his face quivering, and
his voice hoarSe with emotion.
Il do not see why you should. l, base
ly enough. asked your help; YOU gave it.
and | repaid it. Would to heaven You
had refused NE when | asked it. | loathe
you for your compliance
Il could swear to heaven" cried the
man. that | have d hidden foe; it is
just lis though someone had sworn ven
geanre against me. | can never succeed
in any single thing, AMI yet | now of
no enemy in the wiGe world"
lie paused abruptly, for Sir UuiDert's
eyes were fixed upon him with an eX-
preston OF stunned ami bewildered
amaze.
What makes you thin that he ask
ed. slowly, with a curious whiteneSs com
ing over his face.
Il could swear it," he cried. Il can
not tell who, or what. or wny-it cannot
all be coincidence, there is too much SyS-
ten iii it. | swear that somewhere IN
der the pitiless sky | have a foe VINO
follows me, and tracks ME, ami ruins
ne"
Sir Hubert was silent for a few min
utes. Could it be- possible that the beau-
tiful. injured woman. VINO had threaten
him with vengeance. had absolutely
looked like it.
Who found for you the position You
held in the Inland Revenue Othce:'' he
The answer was: The Duke OF Bay ,
How did you lose it,"
1t was taken from me: given up be-
cause they were reducing expenses, l
was told"
Have you asked the duke to help you
Yes, | have; but | received a letter
that he declined to use any inter
est that he might have for me, and that
| was not to trouble him again"
Have you ever seen the Duchess of
They tell ne she is very gen
might
No woman can help me- he cried; Il
want the Influence and interest of a man.
| nave not seen her: If | did it would
be Of no use-she would not help me-"
He never dreamed that the beautiful
woman. Respondent in jewels, VINO had
looked at him that night at the opera,
the girl at whose mock marriage he
had laughed as the very cream of jestS.
There is no homeless dog in the street
has been so driven, and worried, and
ll-used. as have been" cried Vane For
'ester. Give me a few p~ounds-enough
% begin life with in another land, and
you will not hear of me again"
SO it happened that he left England in
81 fety. and after some years became
a famou man in New York. The
price Of his crimes was to be paid him
Dy other hands than those of the woman
whose life he had helped to MAJ and
spoil.
CHAPTER Xxx.
The summer came again. the brilliant
London season had ended. Saxonhurst
TO be more gay than ever this year.
)ne of the royal n ."eS had accepted