The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-05

am u weary III ana scoc,lllrra geuI
man, h he answered 4 may have been
unjust to you IN the bitterness of a Git
ter past. Let the future atone I, ]
AZ But you have loved anot her Sti
/ 'Hush!" Oh, what desecrations 81
seemed, that this last course she had
adopted, in his despair, should drag;
Avice's name into this woman I.
mouth I'VE will not speak Of her, I.
he continued. with. forced calmness.
"She has deserted me. All I now care
to knowis where she may. be, to have
some assurance that she was Y. UNI
worthy of me. If could know this.
would forget her. %##y 4
'You are sure-sure Of that?" Bar.
bara questioned, speaking in a low, in.
tense tone. Suppose prove it to
you-what shall be my reward?" l.
NAolCNCA Ou 1Ady ooh.- TDuJ yOU--
how can you prove it? You know
nothing" +
"You are right" she replied, Il
know nothing; bit with such an end
in view l may discover much. She is
but girl; children cannot thus cover
their tracks in great city. will find
her for. you, or, If she is married to
this man-this DR.. Hayes will show
you the certificate of their MARRIAGE,
Perhaps the ceremony has not been
performed as yet. If I find her I will
see that be thus rights her without de-.
lay" /
Her voice rang with triumph. She
remembered white, despairing face,
worn and thin, with eyes that seemed
to her seeking to recall a past buried
in oblivion-remembere how easy it
would be to force this poor. helpless
girl to do her will; and as for the man,
she knew what arguments to use with
him. But what was Milton Lennox
saying?
Unless he has already righted her,
| fear it will be too late in this world"
What could he mean? Surely the
note she had sent had done it's work.
what do you say" she gasped Cut.
"Only that Dr. Hayes and I met, not
two hours ago, in mortal combat, and
that it was he who fell"
Dead! Is he dead?"
did you know him so we'll that you
thus ask me?"
NO." she replied, forcing herself to
calmness, Except in that far-off time
when he and you were friends. You
have killed him, then?''
"He was alive when left him. How
long he might live the surgeon could
not say"
why did you fight?"
In the midst of his trouble, Milton
could but admire the simulated inno-
cence with which she framed cle
question. Surely, to this woman, all
the world was stage, and all man
kind but puppets in her hand.
I'VE fought" he answered, very
slowly, because we both loved the
same woman. Can you guess who it
was?"
. Ere she could answer the question
loud peal from the bell had startled
them both.
In moment Feline appeared at the
portiere, and in obedience to a mys-
FERROUS summons she followed him
into the hail.
Several men stood there, bearing a
litter they had just brought in from
an ambulance at the door.
"The gentleman is sorely wounded,
and babe us, before he was hurt, if ne
survived the duel to bring him here"
See that he is made comfortable
at once, Feline. He will occupy the
east room, and call Marie to assist
YOU"
Then, without one glance, even of
pity, for the unconscious form of the
sufferer, she retraced her steps and
that the sound of the excitement
might not arouse suspicion in Lennox's
mind-careful.y closed the door
through which she had passed.
Milton had risen to go. The part he
had assumed was intolerable to him.
The very beauty of the woman nause-
ated him. He felt as though some
deadly weapon were coiling itself
about him.
Milton" she said, coming close be-
side him and lifting her face to his,
will you not kiss me once-just once?
It has been SO long since your last kiss
rested on my lips!"
81 dare not" he answered. "Find
out for me all I would know, and YOU
shall then forget the past in the pres
emit"
Long after he had left her she stood
living over the memory of those words.
Her youth seemed to have returned to
her.
If only this girl were swept from her
path-were dead-if she could prove it
so-perhaps the old dream might meet
with it's fulfillment
All, what was that?-a baby's wall
that echoed through the room? No.
no!
She covered hack m the sofa and