The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-26
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F., Working. A who attends his friends |
funeral has no suspicion that the dead is
| still living, depend upon it. If there is |
any object in this world that is convinc-
ing it is corpse.
Il merely tell you the result of my OBJ
!, serva TONS she said. "In my opinion |
he has come here to learn what he can"
'He can learn nothing" answered the
dead man. If it were his con-
founded friend Jevons now, we might
have some apprehension;- for the inge- |
nuity of that man is, Eve heard abso-
| lutely astounding. Even Scotland Yard
seeks his aid in the solving Of the more
difficult criminal problems
| Il tell you plainly that T fear Ethel |
wynn may expose us his wife went
on slowly, d distinctly anxious look upon |
! her countenance. LAS YOU know, there |
| is GOODNESS between us, and rather
| than risk losing the doctor altogether she !
may make a clean breast Of the affair"
NO no, my dear Rest assured that
she will never betray u.s." answered
| Courtenay. with light rea ssuring laugh. |
True, you are not very friendly, yet you
must recollect that she and ! are friends.
Her interests are identical with our own;
therefore to expose us would be to expose
| herself at the ame time"
"a woman sometimes acts without
! forethodght.'
quite true But Ethelwynn is not one of
those. She's careful to preserve her own
position in. the eyes Of her lover. know
! ing quite we'll that to tell the truth would
| be to expose her own baseness.. A man
may overlook many offenses In the woman
he loves hut the particular one of which
she is; guilty a. man ueYer forgives.,
f. His woNls. went deep into my heart.
Was not this further proof that the crime
for undoubtedly a crime had been &C
cohnplished in that house at kew-had
i been committed by the hand of the wo-
man so fondly loved? All was so amaz
ing so utterly bewidering, that I stood
there concealed by the old tree motion
less though turned to stone. =.
There was a motive wanting in it all.
| Yet l ask you who read this narrative Of
mine it, like myself, you would not have
been staggered into dumbness at seeing
and hearing man whom you had your
, ing, and, moreover in his usual health
He loves her!'' his wife explained.
speaking of me. He would forgive her
anything: My own opinion is that if we
would be absolutely secure it is for us to
heal the breach between them
He remained thoughtful for few mo-
ments, apparently in doubt as to the wis
dom Of acting upon her suggestion.
Surely in the situation was an element
of humor, for happily I was being fore
armed. .
st might possibly be good policy" he
remarked at last IF we could only bring
: them together again he would cease his
, constant striving to solve the enigma
We know well that he can never do that
? nevertheless his constant efforts. are as
2 annoying as they are, dangerous
$ That's Just my opinion. There is dan
ger to us III his constant inquiries. which
4 are much more ingenious and careful tina n
we imagine. -,
well. my child" he said, you've
:. stuck to me in this in a manner that
e few women would. have dared. If you
really think it necessary to bring Boyd
and Ethelwynn together again you must
e do it entirely alone, for I could not possi-
: bly, appear on the scene. He must never
meet me- or the whole thing would be
}. reNealed." .,- ~
> For, your sake am prepared to make
Y being .EthelWynn's sister gives me license
to speak my mind to him.
V and to- tell him some pretty little fc-
n ton about herr" he added. laughing
d Yes, it will certainly be necessary 10
: put an entirely innocent face on recent
t events lin order to smooth matters over
: she admitted joining in his laughter,
Sra ther6a difficult task to make the
tragic occurrence: at. Kew appear limo
:. cent? he observed, But 'ou,re real
~ wonderful woman, Mary. The way
you've acted Your part in this affair is
simply marvellous You've deceived
:, everyane-even ! that old potterer Sill
= Bernard himself
= i've done 1T for Your sake was hel
e response. Il made a promise and ":
IL kept it. Up to the present we are safe
" but we cannot take too many precau-
h tons. We have enemies and scandal
,r seekrs OH every side
: 81 admit that he replied, rather i'm.
ID patiently, I thought. IF you think it &
S wise course YOU had better lose no, tim.
lie in placing Ethelwynn $ Innocence before
ST her lover, You will see him in the morn
rs ing I suppose?" 80
n Probably not He leaves by, the
j. o'clock train. she said. When m,
E; plans are matured VIII call upon him il
IS London" ).
Y. a.sAnd II any woman can deceive hin
er you can, Mary he laughed 'tIn thos
lie widows weeds Of yours you could de
Il ceive the very devil hin1selfy'
IT Mrs. Courtenay's airy talk of decep
er3 ton threw an entirely fresh light upol
8. her character. Hitherto. l had held he
le in considerable esteem as a woman who
N being bored to death by the eccentricitie
Of her invalid husband, had sought dis
d traction with her friends in town bu
:. nevertheless honest and devoted to tn
- man she had welded. But these word
= of hers caused considerable doubt t
"a arise within my mind That she ha
~ been devoted to her husbands interes
re was proved by the clever imposture sh
,d very much as if those frequent visits t
or town had been at the dead mans sug
gestion and with his entire consent Blu
fe the more : reflected upon the extraordi
al nary details of the TRAGEDY and its as
to founding denouement the more hopeless
O.. and maddening became the problem.
lTn be continued to-morrow.)
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