Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
CHAPTER xxIy.-tContinued)

you want? Is it money!
Money! she cried Money from
youl Look here" and she tore open
lady's reticule that lay upon the table;
there are the two hundred dollars you
sent me enclosed In your farewell letter.
look what l do with them And she
tore them into shreds. Here are the
presents you gave me; see what / do
with themw And she took out some
trinkets. and crushed them beneath her
feet. Now will you ask me II 1t is
money l 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 quaied
before her
What do you want thenT
Respect. and l win have it. Let me
refresh your memory. You found me in
a travelling show. | was a mere child
then. possessed of a strange power over
certain minds-a power that to an am
bilious, INSCRIPTIONS schemer like your.
self. might one day prove invaluable
You saw no way to use me at the time,
but you were 10th to lose sight Of so nd.
mirable an instrument. You wormed
from me that l was discontinued with
a mode OF life which gave me but a
Dare living, and filed the pockets of my
employer. | was vain of the attention Of
a 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 busness-that you would rec
on, nd
some influence in the neighhorho
Have you ever had reason to repent
taking my counselE
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 at 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 NEST diaboical
schemes that was ever Matched in hui
man brains But before you dared to
propose It TO me 1t was necessary Ia
make me your slave. When you last
saw me | 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 l was proud, ambitious; the life
| led and all its associations, were hate
full to mel longed to be free of them
all. and | waited and waited. You, with
your fiendish cunning, OWNED my secret
professed 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 fire,
from his extortions."
silence Numbered Rodwell, spring
ing to his feet
"Wen, enough of that for the pres
ent. After the girls fight, you lef
Bury, and | did not see you again for
long. long time. At last, you returned
So you have got her into your clutcl
again. What is it to be this time-mur
der or marriage
How my heart leaped Could It b,
Clara of whom she was speakingl Thu
portrait | had seen In his namesake'
cottage-the likeness to her. forgotten
until that moment, flashed upon me Will
the force Of conviction. Oh, how eager
= ly, how breathessly. l listened now!
q "How dare you speak such words L
; me in the presence OF a strangerp h
cried. you are venomous enough to en-
deavor to establish such a charge agains
, mer
II believe you to be capable Of an
, crime, John Rodwell." she answered, dis
painfully; although you would give tn
preference to that which compromise
> you least"
Suppose l admit that intend to maj
~ her. what thenT he demanded. bold
+. ly. "You will seek to thwart me?"
81 keep my intentions to myself. Blu
had forgotten; perhaps you are nc
!. aware you have a rival7" she said mock
7 ingly. "You would not imagine Nj
S Carston in the character Of a gay d,
; ceiver; yet, l can assure you that, dui
: ing a short absence from his loving wifi,
he was making violent love to Mis-
Clara as a single gentleman, and nc
7. unsuccessfully, believe"
'"This is no subject to Jest upon" h
4 said. haughtily. DO you mean to ga
q that this fellow has dared
3 He advanced menacingly towards m,
: but, weak as l was, / rose up. and COZ
. fronted him. / felt no fear of him, a
though I was too agitated to speak-tc
overwhelmed by the thoughts of m
:. worse than powerless position.
2 He paused then, with a look OF 81
& preme scorn. he turned upon his heel an
Q addressed Judith Such an object is tc
contemplate to excite anger. Howeve
= l presume that for the future you wi
> restrain in him such rowing propens
b ties. more especially after the confden,
? you have chosen to repose In him tn
3 evening. Now let me understand. L
we part friends or foesi"
, Il pledge myself to nothing eth,
y way. For years you used me as n toe
. Now we have the reverse OF the media
you are utterly within my power, and
o will use that power to minister sole
0 TO my own interest, or caprice, as Il
g case may be. without one thought OF 70
a You should have remembered that thoi
o who love intensely, hate intensely"
= He regarded her for a moment with
. disconnected look. which she met by OF
OF determination. He tried to laugh q
the effect Of her words, but the laul
q was a woful failure. What a fool
must be to stand listening TO the wor,
10 OF a mad woman he cried.
o. He was leaving the room when 81
C. called to him. Where are you goini
s. IL you are going TO her room. have Il
o key. I will accompany you"
= He looked more aehast than ever. III,