Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-04

Thank Godr' she sobbed. "Thank Godw And then she started up from her chair. "I must tell her." she said. ''at once. If you knew how she has suffered! She must not be left in that cruel position an instant longer"
 "very well," agreed Godfrey. "We will wait for you here."
 She disappeared through door at the farther end of the room, but in a moment came softly back again.
 "She is asleep" she said. 'T will wait until she wakes. What joyful awaking 1t will bew And she sat down again. She wiped away the tears, but her eyes were still shining. Godfrey gazed at her with face full of emotion.
 "Now, Miss Croydon" he began, you've told me that my theory's cor rect, kut there are three or four points I should like you to help me clear up. if you will"
 T shall be glad to If I can," she answered. and smiled at him, her eyes brimming again. "You've lifted such a load from me. Mir. Godfrey, that I'd do almost anything to show my grati- tude."
 Why, looking at her. did his face change-soften, harden? Why did his hands tremble SO? It was over in an instant; yet I had caught glimpse of his secret. I understood.
 "It was nothing" he said. T was glad to do 1t. I was deeply pleased when that message came this morn ing"
 You've been kinder to me than I de- served" she said; and more than half agreed with her. How, with his eyes before her, could she fail to under stand? Perhaps she did understand. I was never sure.
 "In the first place. then. Miss Croy- don," he went on, in a different tone, how did your father succeed in get ting your sister away from Tremaine?"
 They had gone to Paris" she an- swered. "and in two or three days Edith had awakened from her dream. She saw something In the man which terrified her. and she wrote a pitiful letter to father, who went over to Paris at once and finally succeeded in buying the man off. Father paid him 5000 francs, I believe. Perhaps 1t was the fact that he knew he was not really tx1t hn haI committed a crime. which made him take 1t. He agreed to leave the coun- try. and In the following December he wrote father that he was about to sail for Martinique in a ship called the Centaur. He said he intended to buy a plantation a. Martinique and make that his home. Tn February we learned that the Centaur had been lost, with all on board. After eight years it seemed certain thnt he was dead. and Edith felt free to marry again"
 "was MT. Delroy informed of this early indiscretionT
 Certainly. and forgave it, as any good man would"
 Pardon me for asking the question. Miss Croydon: but 1t was necessary. When was 1t you first learned that Ire maine was still alivey'
 -one night nearly two months ago Edith brought his letter to me. She was wild. distracted. ready to kill her seIf-that is what I have feared every day since. She loves Mr. Delro-. Mir. Godfrey, and yet she believed herself the wife of another man. He demand ei that she meet him ia that apartment house. knew she could not bear such a meeting. and yet be must be seen offered to g in her stead I had some wild idea of appealing to hi. better nature. of persuading him
 She stopped. siIenced by her own emotion.
 That. of course. would not have altered the fact that your sister vas his wife observed Godfrey.
 -No. That was the terrible part of if: nothing could alter thst There must. of course. be a separation. but ws thought we would solve that problem after we had settled the other So I vent He opened the door for ne | had never seen him, and I coafess hb appesrance and manner were nof If m ytat | ex1er1rd Be ca nGf