The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-26


The papers iu his hand, and page after
page was turned as he followed tho ar
Sunont % the lawyer. At least. T
Thought. when ne had finished the
document and the cigar he viii 90 to
MS room. but before he had reached
the end of either there came 81
remarks bic development, which t57rned
our thoughts into quite smother chan
mel
Several times 1 had observed that
MllVerton looked at his watch. and
once he had risen and sat down again.
with gesture OF impaticnce The
idea. however. that he might have am
appointment at 50 strange an hour
never occurred to me until a faint
sound reached my ears from the
Neranda outside. MilVertOn dropDed
his papers and sat rigid in his chair
The sound WAS repeated and then
there came gentle tap at the door.
MliNert'n rose and opened it
We'll" said he. CURLY, you are
nearly half an hour late"
So this was the explanation or the
unlocked door and or the nocturnal
vigil of MilvcrtOn. There was tho
gentle rustic OF q. womau's dress
had closed the slit between the cur
tainS as Milverton's face had turned iu
our direction but now I VeuturCd very
carefully 10 open it once moro. He
had resumed his seat. the cigar stfU
projecting at AN inSoIent angle from
him. in the fun glare of the electric
light. there stood n tail. slim dark
woman. "a Veil over her face "a mantle
drawn round her chin. Her breath
came quick and fast. and every inch
of the 1.-THE figure was quiveriu- with
strong emotion
Well said Milverton. you've
made me lose a good nights rest my
dear hope yoU'U prove worth IL.
Y on couldn't come any other time-eh -
The woman shook her head.
We'll If you couldn't YOU couldn't
/ IF the Countess is q hard mistress. you
have your chance to get level with her
| now Bless the girl what are YOU
shivering about That's right Pull
yourself together Now. let us get
down to business" He took note
| book from the drawer OF his desk You
say that you have FIVE letters which
compromise the Countess d'AIbcrt- You
want 20 sell them. 1 want 10 buy them
SO far 50 good Tt only remains to fix
/ n price | should want to inspect the
! letters OF course If they are really
good spccim-ns-STcst heavens. Is il
you2'
The woman. without a word had
/ raised her veil ana dropped the mantle
/ from her chin. tt was a dark. hand
some. Cledr-Cut face which confronted
/ NHverton-a face with "a curved nose
strong, dark eyebrows shading hard
ElittcrinS eyes, and straight. thin
Tipped mouth set in n dangerous smile
1T * T. she said. the woman
whose life YOU have ruined"
NTiIverton laughed. but fear vibratod
i'm his voice You were 50 very obstiu-
ate said he Why did YOU drive me
to such extrcmities2 7 assure YOU 7
wouldn't hurt r. fly Of my own accord
| but every man has his business. and
what Was 7 to do 7 put the price well
within Eour means on would not
gay"
So YOU sent the letters 10 my hus-
+ band. and he-the nobIest gentleman
that ever lived man whose boots T
/ was never worthy TO laCe-ne broke his
gallant heart and died You rememh.r
that last night. when 7 came through
that door. ! begged and prayed Won for
( mercy. aud you laughed i'm my face rs
Won are trying to laugh DOW. only
Your coward heart cannot keep your
! lips from tWitChinEo Yes you never
thought to see mo here again. but -
was that night which taught me how
could meet YOU face to face. and alone
! Well. Charles NIiIvcrtou. what have
/ YOU TO say"
Don't imagine that YOU can bully
me- said he. rising TO his feet ct
/ have only 10 raise my voice. aud Z
| could call my servants and have Won
I arrested. But 7 viii make allowance
! for your natural anger Leave the
! room at once as YOU came, and I viii
/ SAY 10 more
/ The woman stood with her hand
/ buried in her bosom. and the same
/ deadly smile on her thin lips
! You viii ruin no more lives as You
| ruined mine You viii wiring no more
| hearts as You WrunE mine I VIII free
! the world Of d poisonous thing Take
| that. YOU hOUnd-aUd that,-aud that
and that'-and that
! She had drawn n little cleaning re
/ volver. and enlptied barrel after barrel
/ into MiIverton's body. the muzzle
/ within two feet OF his shirt front He
/ shrank away and then fell forward
/ upon the table. coughing fUTiOuSly and
/ cIawinE among the papers Then he
/ sta ggered to his feet, received another
/ shot. and rolled upon the floor. You've
| done me- he cried. and lay StiIl. The
! woman looked at him intentIy. and
/ ground her heel into his uptUrned face
She looked again. but there was no
| sound or movement. I heard a sharp
| rustic. the night air blew into the
! heated room, and the avenger was
gone
No interference upon our part could
| have saved the man from his fate, but
as the woman poured bullet after bullet
into MilvertOn's shrinking body I was
about to spring out, when J felt
Holmes cold, strong grasp upon my
! wrist I understood the whole arEU-
ment Of that firm, restraining Er'p-
justice had oveTtaken a villain. that
we had our own duties and our Own
| objects which were not to be lost sight
Of But hardly had the woman rushed
from the room when Holmes, with
! swift, silent steps. was over at the
/ other door. He turned the key in the
| lock. At the same instant we heard
voices in the house and the sound OF
/ hurTying feet. The revolver shots had
| reused the household With perfect
GOODNESS Holmes slipped across to the
/ safe, filled his two arms with bundles
! Of letters. and poured them all into
! the fire Again and again he did it. uU-
| til the safe was empty. Someone turned
the handle, and beat upon the outside
Of the door. Holmes looked swiftly
/ round The letter which had been the
messenger Of death for MilvertOu lay
/ all notified with his blood upon the
table. Holmes tossed 1t in among the
| blazing papers. Then he drew thu
, key from the outer door, passed
I through after me. and locked 1t on th'
, outside. This way, Watson said ne
eve can scale the garden wall IN this
direction"
could not have believed that AZ
: alarm could have spread 50 swiftly
I Looking back. the huge house Was on