Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-19

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There were dozen others In the
party at the Gedars, and almost from
the first / learned from the butler that
Captain CareW. who was one OF the
party, had paid Miss Montague marked
attentions and that there would have
been a match except for his poverty.
On two or three occasions during our
stay without in any manner playing
the spy caught on to several little
things to convince me that the love af-
/ fair was not dead and would not end
with the girls marriage. -, S..... !.
: Well, the wedding took place in two
months, and1after a trip lasting two
weeks Sir Edward and his bride re
turned. She didn't like me, and I
didn't like her, but r stayed on. or
I course the old regime was, upset. and
a new one instituted and It seemed to
the sold: servants as # we were stand
ing on our; heads half the time. ~ - :
After. SIX weeks, ia spite of all my
efforts and the cordials Of the doctor,
Sir Edward could hardly hobble about
and looked to be eighty. There were
days at time when he could not leave
his room, and the young wife treated
him with illsconcealed contempt >>Azs
: In six months Captain -Darew called
only three times, and i had begun to
believe the old love affair udead when
the gardener informed me- that Lady
Edward and the captain had met more
than once OF an evening lin certain
summer house. ~. ,NIS =.
I dared say nothing to- master, at
least until had seen with my own
eyes, and one EVENING" posted myself
where could either corroborate or dis
prove the gardeners assertions. In
my own mind I believed him mistaken.
The young wife might despise her old
wreck Of husband but did not be-
lieve she would tritie with his honor
and hers. tys<"s.. ''sl - .>..>
On this night Sir Edward had gone
to bed early after a<feeble: day, and he
appeared to be sleeping as I stole away.
1t was fairly bright night in mid
summer. and I walked across the
grounds to find man and a woman,
he with his arm around her, slowly
walking up and down one Of the paths.
AS they approached me I: hid behind q
bush, and they passed within ten feet
Of me. 1t was the captain and Lady
Edward. and they were talking of love.
They walked on for perhaps twenty
rods and then turned to come back,
and as they did so I felt hand on my
arm, and voice said in my ear:
mot a word or move, Tench.
have long suspected this, and 1 am
here now to make sure"
1t was Sir Edward. I wouldn't have
thought it possible for him to dress
himself and walk the distance. L be-
gan to protest. but he cut me short
with:
mot a word, I say. and don't moye
an inch" =
We stood there like two men of stone.
Sir Edward was rigidly upright and
firm on his legs, and l BELIEVED heard
the beating of his heart as the lovers
slowly came forward, When they were
exactly opposite he stepped out ANanN
fred at Captain Carew point blank,
and before could raise hand bic
turned the pistol on himself and sent
bullet into his Head. The bullet In.
tended for the captain missed him by
hairs breadth, though he staggered
and fell, and Lady Kildare went dow1
In dead faint. 80 =
At the coroner's inquest next day
they called it temporary alteration Of
mind and suicide, and year later the
widow married Captain Carew. I could
have created sensation and a scan
dial, but said not word. should
have been f1,000 richer had accepted
the gift Of Captain Carew sent me on
his marriage day, but l returned it. =
NJ. QUAD.