The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-22

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him then, as before. He did not seem
like himself at ALL and he never recov-
cred from the shock. Although he liv-
ed many years afterward, it affected
him until his DEATH"
WAS there child or were there
children by that second marriage,
James?'
mo, sir - that is. don't really
know, but l think not. l think Mr..
Pendletor would have told me had
such been the case"
LET me sum this business up little.
According to your statements, Mr.. Pen
dleton lived with his second wife two
months and then came north again. Is
that right%'
about that, sir"
How long after that was it that you
made the second trip to Mexico?"
about a year-a little more than
that, l think. No, sir, pardon me; it
was something less than a year. My
memory is not AS clear as it used to
be-"
How do you account for the fact
that he remained so long a time away
from his bride?'
Il hardly know how to reply to that.
1 know that he was very fond of her,
and it is my belief that when we came
north and left her there he expected
that she would follow him very soon.
I think there was some trouble of some
kind, but | never knew what it was.
He was overwhelmed with business. I
know that he received letters from her,
or at least from Mexico, constantly,
and | know that he wrote to her very
often. | think it likely that her COM
| ing was delayed from week to week
and that he refrained from going to
| her during that year at her request. l
am sure that nothing else could have
| kept him here waiting"
He did not take you into his conf
dence in this matter. then"
mo. sir; only concerning the mar
riage itself"
| Did you ever see tie lady"
Never sir
| Nor picture of hcr?'
| 81 did not"
| 81 wish you could remember the
name under which your master lived
in Mexico, James,
| Il am sorry that | cannot" replied
| the ole man obStinately, but it has
| gone frCm me entirely. | would not
| recognize it even if | should hear it.
1t was plain to Wyndham that James
| had determined that he would not re-
| veal the name ard had adopted the
| piln OF fOrTptfunC%S as the best means
| CT Avoiding argument, and the old
| mars resolution could be accounted
| for IL only one way. which was that
| he had given an absolute promise that
| be WuNid never tell it.
| "It0Hert p"ndlptcn must have had a
~-,..-.,.; lUi Dlnulig his servant
| 10 such inviolate secrecy" unused
| Wyndham. and he also must have
had a strong reason for adopting it in
! the first place."
| He turned to James again.
"Why did Mr.. Pendleton make use
of an assumed name at ALP he asked.
! "He never told me that, sir"
"Do you know"
81 think so-partly. l do know that
! it had nothing to do with his mar
riage, for he chose the name before we
left New York. and he never saw her
until after we arrived in Mexico. lie
went there on some business that had
been his fathers. He believed that he
could best attend to it if he were not
known. And you must remember one
thing, sir-althOUgh people in Mexico
knew him by a name not his own, his
wife, although she never bore his right
name openly, must have known what
it was, for the letters he received were
properly addressed. | believe others
were deceived. but that she was not.
Now, sir. have really told you all l
know-more. in fact, for | have made
bold to conjecture a great deal. Per
haps out Of it all you may find the
missing links in the broken chain. l
am sure [ cannot help you any more
unless you take me to Mexico and let
me point out the house where lie lived.
That might help you, sir