Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-05-06
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moved the wreck OF his fortunes, IN
Guiding his family
The marquis waited certain length
of time
Then one afternoon he appeared at
the new home of the Livermores.
To himself he declared many times
that he intended this visit as posi-
tive means OF increasing his hold upon
the captains wife, over whom he
seemed to be exerting some peculiarly
hypnotic power, with the eventual aim
in view OF inducing her to leave
home and seek some asylum on the
continent.
For years he had looked forward to
this same moment with the keenest
anticipation; for years he had in his
mind gone over every little detail, had
seen her surprise and alarm, with his
own great triumph, as he sent his
shafts home with the arm of ample
revenge; yet, strange to say he did
not approach the subject with the
eagerness he had expected, the fever
ish thrill was only conspicuous by its
absence, and he even started guiltily
when from some distant part of the
rambling old structure peal of child
ish laughter was borne to his ears;
there was something SO condemnatory
in the merry sound
BY degrees he brought the subject
around to where he wanted 1t, and the
manner in which he accomplished this
declared that his strategic powers had
not waned a particle,
Have you had any American
friends?' he asked.
yes, one" came the rather confus-
ed reply, and the listener knew he had
caused her mind to revert to that un-
happy past about which she even
usually avoided thinking
Pardon me but once knew poor
fellow, an artist out in Mexico, who
said he had been well acquainted with
Captain L.ivermore's WIFE he went on
deliberately
An artist she echoed, looking
panied, ana yet showing an eagerness
in her voice
Yes iJy IrRnfy chanced hi
do him several S4ors and he even
confided his histc8 to me- Poor fell
low, he had suffered bitterly.
"Confded to yot-7then you know
in alarm
That YOU andt he were once be-
trothed-yeg. That while he labored
increasingly in the hope of gaining
fame and fortune, your love for him
began to grow cod He had been the
means Of reconciling you to your
proud old English grandfather. In the
whirl of society YOU met Captain Liv--
ermore. then the lion Of the hour You
forgot to write 10 the man who be-
lieyed in you as he did in Heaven. lie
came to London unable to breathe
outside your presence. Then you
crushed him by declaring that while
you still loved him, you loved position
still more and that yon had agreed to
marry the captain
Fedora's head had fallen on her
wildly heaving bosom but she neither
looked UP nor uttered a word as yet,
being too stunned as the tremendous
revelation was forcing itself upon her
mind
lack sought quarrel with the
man who had robbed him Of ali he
had on earth-perhaps YOU never knew
Of IT, but thew met at dawn in the
deadly dnello. each determined to kin
the other The CAPTAIN, as they adj
yaneed toward each other. fired first
and only inflicted wound. He was
then at Jacks complete mercy. since
he was allowed the privilege OF walk
ing m as close as he ploased and send
Inc a bali through the heart Of his
adversary
Fedora rroaned b.t never moved
"The ceptajn was no. coward beIiey-