The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-04

I've got you by the hair and you're going to pay BY
heavens you're going to pay me-
'You can a rich daughter
can always raiso money even II she Is dlsnherited
Think tonight I'll be back tomorrow. IL
haven't got idea by that time L Will have one. So
long"
Fagleby cudgeed his brains all night for way OUT
of his horrible situation but presented Itself He
knew that Draper was unscrupuious and fearless II
he appeascd by being given the amount named
he would not In his efforts to destroy no matter
what the cost to him But Faeleby came to his desk
escape the who had Of his past
Draper was waiting for him .'Well?" he demanded
There is no change In the situation was Eagle
bys reply. Il haven't cent OF money over my salary
do" said Draper promptly us your wifes
$4,000 In your fayor?"
Yes answered Fageby. without thinking How
did you she insured And what difference
does 1t make to your Dn you do you mean to say you
right here. matter what happens afterward
Draper held up his hand soohinsly Nobody s!y ~, Is
going get killed But we're going to get that $4,000
you l, nobody be the wiser
three weeks later that announcement
OF the serious illness of Mrs. FaGeby. In these
many things had happened Fagleby had
confessed all to his wife He had offered leave her.
drop out Of her life never to return and to let her
forget that she had married an ex-crminal She
and declared that she would stand
by him to the last Because she loved him with all her
womans heart che agreed to the plan Draper offered
means OF saving her husband Armed with vial
containing drug which Draper had given her husband
Mrs Fageby became Ill. Three days later she died
Doctors certificate of death was properly nlled out
presented the office of the life insurance com
pany and within two DAYS check for $4,000 was on Its
way to his address.
or course the not dead. She
ly the influence of drug which rendered her life
being Tho plan for her TO awaken
on night before the funeral and make her escape
the filled with lead and buried as II con-
tanning body. difficulties The old father
brought his by his daughters death. came to
the house and insisted that he be present In the
morning when the coffin lid was screwed DOWN tor ue
last time Furthermore. he had placed watch OF
wants and detectives outside the know
Ing enough the OF stealing the body
holding for ransom might appeal to a desperate
gang body snatchcrs
Fogeby who had paid off Draper and him
aboard distant parts when he discovered his
determination to be the last 10
have an earthly glimpse OF his daughters vsage. was
driven nearly frantic the coffin must not be
closed Fagleby inside And yet II could
taking last look at the remains Fagleoy tore his
hair and his luck Now, when al his plans had
seemed fulhment. he stood face TO face with
exposure punishment 1T seemed that ne would
better have things they In the beginning
and Draper expose him forger But now he
had gone internal insurance swindle and he
But how he TO see IL through
There seemed escape from certain destruction for
him.
Then he thought the trap door In the roof
Working with frenzy despair he placed lad
der on the outside, swiftly UP to the roof and
through window in the garret. pred open the trap
door called softly to his drugged wife.
In sho while the effects Of the drug LETT her
and she called speedily from her coffin
and standing up able to reach the opening In
the ceiling husband caught her by the wrists
pulled her together they made their escape
When the watchers the morning and
found her gone, Mrs FaCeby two hundred miles
away. speeding toward a port where she boarded
for Europe
AS has been told the mystery worked by
the police for month and then dropped for good A
month Martin Fagleby left the city He and his
wife are living. exiled, but fairly happy in coun-
try where what left the insurance money after
paying Draper gives them a comfortable income for
life.