Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-06-01
"Re free and speak your mind. Mr.

SldlT, StilQ 1.
"'Tis this" he cried. gathering him
self as with an effort you've claimed
my daughter as your wife before them
all, and when you die tomorrow morn-
ing you'll leave her neither wife nor
maid. think-I think youd best make
that lie of yours the truth"
If one of his thin hands that clutched
the chair arms had pressed a secret
spring and loosed a trap to send M.
gasping down an oubliette. l should
have been the less astcunded. Indeed,
for some short space l thought him
mad; yet. on second thought. l saw the
method in his madness. Could Margery
be brought to view it calmly, this was
sword to cut the knot of all entangle-
mentS.
AS matters stood, the world would
call her widow at my death; and since
a woman 10 first of all the keeper of her
own good name, she would never dare
aver the truth. SO in common justice
she should own the name the world
would call her by Again. as matters
stood no wrong could come of it to her,
or Richard Jennifer, or any. Dick
would love her none !hc less because n
dying man had given her his name for
some few hours. And IT, at any future
time. the lretcn title should revive and
, this poor double dealing miser should
be forced TO quit his hold ON Appleby
Hundred. my fathers acres would be
hers In her own right. one breach in
all this sudden builded Wall | saw but
could not nerd 1T. With the Iveton
acres hers by double right the baronet
would press his suit with greater vigor
than before. But as to this. no further
act of mine could help on hinder; and
if died her husband she would in de-
cency delay a while.
M n o. In far limo f,.,yo
1T has cost to write 1t out for you, l
gave my host his answer
II told you you might name the deed.
and would do it. Mr.. Stair. If YOU can
make your daughter understand !"
The Jade will do as she is bid" he
cut in wrathfully If she will drag
my good name in the lnire. m damned
If she shant pay the scot And now
about the settlements, Captain lreton;
you'll be making her legatee residu
ary?''
AT this l saw his drift again. most
clearly; that he would never stickle for
his daughters honor. but for the quiet
ing of his title to my fathers lands
a title that my cousin Septimus might
dispute. 1T was enough To set me OBJ
stinate against him; but | constrained
myself to think of Margery and Rich
ard Jennifer, and not ut all of this poor
petty 1nlSer.
III sign a quitclaim in her favor. if
that is what YOU mean, said 'liut
It's a mere pen scratch for the lawyers
to Maggie over. AS you said while
ago. the wife will be the husbands
heir law. In any event
True, but we'd best be at it in due
and proper form" He rose and hob
bed to the door and WAS so set upon
haste that his Shaking hand played a
rafting tattoo on the latch. Il III
go and have the papers drawn, and YOU
will sign them, Captain Ireton; have
your passed word that you Will sign
them ?"
Aye; they will be signed
He Went away at that and Tybee
entered Much 10 my comfort the lieu
tenant asked no questions SO far from
it, he crossed the room without Il word,
flung himself into the great chair and
left me To my own comrnunings.
Continued Next Week.)