The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-05-04
cHAprER xxIy.-.continuedl

you Wtlt- is IL money
Money! she cried. Money from
you. Look here" and she tore open d
lady's reticue 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 | do
with them" And she took out some
trinkets. and crushed them beneath her
feet. Now win you ask me II 1t IS
money | want OF your"
Her face was something awful to look
upon in its deathly pallor. and convul-
sive quivering. and those glaring eyes
That man. with all his iron. will, quailed
before her.
What do you want. then?N
Respect and / will have it. Let me
refresh your memory. You found me in
a travelling show. l was q mere child
then. possessed OF a strange power over
certain minds-a power that TO an am
bilious. INSCRIPTIONS schemer ike your
self. might one day prove invaluable.
You saw no way to use me at the tIme-
bur you were 10th to lose sight OF so ad-
nlirable an instrument. You worrned
yourself into my confidence. and got
from me that l was discontinued with
a mode OF life which gave me but
bare living and filed the pockets OF my
employer. l was vain OF the attention of
4 fine gentleman-I who had been
brought up in a back alley. You told
my father that il he liked TO go to Bury
St Edmund's you would 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 counselY
MY father hit 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 ut Spalding before l 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 il to me il was necessary to
make me your slave When you last
saw me l was an ungainly looking, ugly
girl; now l was a well-grown woman.
with good looks enough to have secured
several offers Of advantageous marriage
But 1 was proud. ambitious; the life |
led. and all It's associations. were hate
full to mel longed to be free Of them |
all. and 1 waited and waited You. with |
your fendish cunning, OWNED my secret;
protested love for me- Blinded by am
bition and vanity. | believed you-be-
lieyed that you, the fine gentleman,
would marry me- But at that time you
simply lied, to serve your own purpose.
You were very cautious. too-you bound
me down to breathe no word of your
secrets to my father. You said, once
in his power, you would never be free
from his extortions."
'..Silencet' Numbered RodweIl, spring
ing to his feet
swell, enough Of that for the pres
emit. After the girls fight. you left
Bury, and | did not see you again for a
long, long time. At last, you returned.
so you have got her into your clutch
again. What is it to be this time-mur-
der or marriageT
How my heart leaped, Could it be
Clara of whom she was speaking? The
portrait I had seen in his namesake's
likeness to her. forgotten
until that moment, flashed upon me with
he force OF conviction. Oh, how eager ,
). how breathlessly. 1 listened now. 9
@How dare you speak such words to
ne in the presence of a stranger?" he r
ried. you are veRomous enough to en-
eavor to establish such a charge against 4
ner' c
81 believe you to be capable of any 4
rime, John Rodwell." she answered, dis 4
ainfulIy: although you would give the n
reference to that which compromised
GU least
; Suppose admit that I intend to mar Il
' her. what thenY he demanded. bold a
:. "You will seek to thwart meY'
II keep my intentions to myself. But c.
had forgotten; perhaps you are not a
ware you have rival?" she said. mock n
Ugly. ''You would not imagine Mr. s.
arston in the character of a gay de- n
liver; yet. can assure you that. dur II
x a short absence from his loving wife,
: was making violent love to Miss al
lara as a single gentleman, and not al
I believe" ~
This is no subject to jest upon.- he :,
i'd. haughtily. do you mean to say =,
at this fellow has dared" =,
He advanced menacingly towards me:
1t. weak as | was. rose up. and con- nc
onted him. I felt no fear Of him. al =
ough | was too agitated to speak-too 80
by the thoughts of my
orse than powerless position.
He paused: then. with a look OF su- su
eme scorn. he turned upon his heel and %
dressed Judith. 'Such an object is too io'
to excite anger However, Gu
presume that for the future you will
strain in him such rowing propensi- "
IS, more especially after the confidence er
u have chosen to repose in hing this ~
ening. Now let me understand. Do I'M
part friends or foesY I'M
IL pledge myself to nothing either
~. For years you used me as a tool. tin
wv we have the reverse of the medal; "a
u are utterly within my power. and ito
II use that power to minister solely TIL
my own interest, or caprice, as the ria
se may be. without one thought OF you. wa
u should have remembered that those FIRE
70 love intensely. hate intensely" doc
He regarded her for a moment with mo
concerfed look which she mot Inv ona me