Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
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that possibility might, perhaps, De car
ried into reality.
Gratefully yours,
HELENE tenure"
The charm is working Quayle said
to himself. warmly. I'VE shall have
only to keep the bait dangling before her
eyes until she gets TO hunger for it, and
the thing is done. We must not be too
hasty. We must not consent too quickly.
Women hate being kept waiting. Moth
ing drags so much at their nerves as
suspense. When they get impatient, they
lose their ready judgment and their pow
ers of calculation.
''The difficulty is the Identification of
the body. 1t would not serve my pur-
pose to do away with her, and to have
the fact of her death disputed. 1t will
be easy enough, If / can get her outside
the lines, to put abullet through her head
and TO say that she was killed by a stray
shot from the pickets. but who will prove
for me that the dead woman is Helene
Berinquay? There lies the difficulty"
''VellT' said Henri, vat you say to
ERR"
Il say TO her nothing for the present"
was the reply. Il have TO make inquiries
timer
Ca, yes" answered Henri, IAN she
make sleeps eyes ike zis."
Here Henri gave a clownish imitation
OF Helene's persuasive glances, with the
result that Quayle threw himself upon
his bed and roared
Acting is not in your line" said
Quayle, still laughing. THE Only part
~ - Lot &c
a drunken man. You know all about
him. But 1 have no doubt, when the
time comes, you win allow this wench
to do what she likes with you"
do vat she Hke?" exclaimed Henri
with a sneer of disgust. II know vat
due<to me. l not forget. 1 ollvays re-
member Toulon."
'We will see" answered Quayle "If
1 were to take you at your word'-this
with a cruel glitter in the oblong eyes,
and the words Kissed between the set
| teeth-"do you think you would have
the nerveY'
Nerve for vat?" exclaimed Henri.
Nerve to pay her for the injury she
did to US. Nerve to return to her with
interest payment for our years in chains.
Nerve to strike, if necessary, blow that
will avenge all we suffered through her."
Henri had turned pale beneath the
olive of his skin, and he sat on his
chair, gripping the arms with his hands
His dark eyes flashed and his brow dark
ened. At last he rose with his face dis
torted by the evil passions which his
companions speech had aroused.
II pay out Eat 'ound Adams" he said;
AN l will pay out re woman who be-
tray u.s."
Very well. l win send for you when
L am ready"
Quayles. next step was to again pene-
trate the Union lines and have another
talk with Captain Demon. The evening
found him at Savage Station. Walter
was under strict surgical surveillance,
and nobody was allowed to speak to
him, but the surgeons gave Quayle per-
mission to see Demon. Demon was over
| joyed when he heard that his letter had
been delivered to Helene.
do you think she will come?' eh ask
ed.
II can't say" was Quayle's reply.
"She has your letter. She has asked to
see me, but hitherto l have not been
| able to meet her. / can only say | will
try my best"
Miss Tenure win be doubly glad to
come when she knows that Major Adams
has regained consciousness and that there
is great hope of his recovery" said De-
non. ''The strange thing in connection
with his improvement is the fact that
he thinks he is not Major Adams, of the
Louisiana battalion, but somebody else
altogether.
Quayle stared.
Somebody else altogether he asked.
"Who does he think he isP'
He says that his name is Walter
Glaydes, and that he is the son of an
English nobleman, Lord Yorley."
If bullet had struck Quayle at that
moment, he could not have started up
more excitedly. His face was ashen.
Does the doctor think he is likely to
recover soon?" he asked,
THE doctor has every hope that a
week or ten days will see him fairly on
the road to recovery.
That night Quayle crossed the Chicka-
hominy. and took northeasterly direc-
ton to search for a spot where the viii
famous deed he was planning might be
safely and effectually committed.
1T will have TO be done near enough
to the Yankee pickets to get her into the
Yankee lines" he said, "and it will have
to be done when Mr.. Walter Glaydes
will have thoroughly recovered his mem
DRY. When he knows all about himself
he will be able to recognize his fair
cousin. Luck is in my way. L have been
bothering my head to get the body identi-
fed Mr.. Walter Glaydes -.lmself shall
identify her when she is dead.