The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24

He turned aside. and rem aimed silent
for some seconds. When next he spoke
1t was in altered tones. "Tell me what
you want? Is it money!
Money! she cried. Money from
youl Look here" and she tore open a
lady's reticule that lay upon the table;
there are the two hundred dollars you
sent me enclosed in your farewell letter;
look what / do with them." And she
tore them into shreds. Here are the
presents you gave me; see what l do
with them" And she took out some
trinkets, and crushed them beneath her
feet. Now will you ask me if it is
money l sSant of you?"
Her face was something awful to look
upon in its deathly pailor, and convui.
sive quivering. aud those glaring eyes
That man, with al his iron will, quailed
before her.
What do you want, thenr'
Respect, and / will have 1t. Let me
refresh your memory. You found me in
a travelling show. / vas O mere child
then, possessed q a strange power over
certain minds-a power thsf - an am
bilious, unscrupul.'us schemcr Ike your
self, might one Gay prove invaluable.
You saw no way 60 use me at the time,
but you were 10th to lose sight Of so ad-
mirable an instrument. {ou worned
yourself into my confderHa. and got
from me that l cas- discortented with
a mode Of life which give me 5ut a
bare living. and filed the pockets of my
employer. l was vain Of tae atterticn of
a fine gentleman--I wtc had been
brought up in a pack alley. You told
my father that if ae likec to go to Bury
St Edmund's you wound help to set
him up in businesS-that you would rec
ommend him custom, as you possessed
some influence in the neighborhood."
Have you ever had reason TO repent
taking my cornselY
MY father nit upon a more easy and
profitable trade than shoemaking," she
went on. not needing the interruption.
Had we depended upon your promises,
we might have starved. You thought no
more of them, and years elapsed after
our parting at Spalding before 1 ever
heard anything of you again. One day
we met in the streets of Bury. Although
years had elapsed, we recognized each
other instantly. You expressed great
delight at the meeting, which certainly
was not feigned. as it gave into your
hands the exact tool you required. to
fashion one of the most diabolical
schemes that was ever Matched in hui
man brains. But before you dared to
propose it to me it was necessary to
make me your slave. When you last
saw me / was an ungainly looking. ugly
girl: now / was a well-grown woman,
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several offers of advantageous marriage.
But | was proud, ambitious: the life
/ led. and all its associations. were hate
full to mel longed to be free CT them
all, and l waited and waited. You, with
your fendish cunning. OWNED my secret;
professed love for me. blinded by am
bition and vanity, | believed you-be-
Ieved that you. the fire gentleman.
would marry me. But at that time you
simply lied. to serve your own purpose.
You were very cautious. tto-you bound
me down to breathe no word of your
secrets TO my father You said. once
in his powe'.. you would lever be free
from his extortions.''
"Silencev' thundered Roewell. spring
ing to his feet.
"Well. enough Of that for the pres
ent After the girls fight, you left
Bury, and / did not see you again for a
long, long time. At last. ylu returned.
So you have got her into rour clutch
again. What is it to be this time-mur-
der or marriageT
How my heart leapedl Gould it be
Clara of whom sic was speaking? The
portrait / had seen in his iamesake's
cottage-the likeness to her forgotten
until that momen., flashed uptn me with
ly, how breathle&sly, l listened now!
How dare yen speak such words to
me in the preselce of a stranger?" he
cried. "You are venomous en~ugh to en-
deavor to establish such change against
me-"
II believe you to be capable of any
crime, John Rodwell." she ans rered, dis
painfully: although you wouLi give the
preference to tnat which compromised
you least"
Suppose l adsait that inteed to mar
~ her. what thenY' he demarsied. bold
~. "You will seek to thwart me?
81 keep my mentions to my,elf. But
had forgotten; perhaps yor are not
aware you have q rival?" she Sc id. mock
ingly. You would not imagine Mr..
Carston in the character of gay de-
ceiver; yet, | can assure you shat, dur
ing a short absence from his losing wife,
he was makipx violent love to Miss
Clara as a single gentleman, and not
unsuccessfully, 7 believe"
'sThis is no subject to Jest lpon," he
said. haughtily. do you mean to say
IL foff koo 4 y
He advanced menacingly towards me;
but. weak as l vas. l rose up, and con-
fronted him. felt no fear oil him. al
though I was ito agitated to sr-sak-too
overwhelmed ty the thoughts Of my
worse than poxerless position.
He paused; then. with a loc4 OF SUI
preme scorn. he turned upon his aeel and
addressed Judita. "Such an Object is too
contemplate to excite anger. However.
I presume thai for the future Sou will
restrain in hisa such rowing nopensi-
ties, more especially after the Confidence
you have chosen to repose in h m this
c-ening- Now let me understand. Do
we part friends or foes?''
Il pledge myself to nothing either
way. Fer years you used me as 4 tool.
Now we have the reverse of the saedal;
you are utterly within my power. and
viii use that power to minister solely
to my own interest, or caprice, ~ the
case may be. without one thought .. you.
You should have remembered that those
who love intensely, hate intensely
He regarded her for q moment With q
disconnected look, which she met b. one
of determination. He tried to laugh OF
fbe effect of her words. bus the :augh