The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-01
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writ you are Q loole
.,caIl me what you IKE. % long -
you DO not slander herr
u have heard OF. but never befOrs
seen, man irfatuHted With
Haye q care.
'rWm you listen 3 me7s
eNo.
sVery well % and marry 4 woman
who Is disgrace to her sex More.
ahe Is devils
go you and choose your second. for
tomorrow at dawn we meet to prove
that you cannot blacken the character
Of one who Is pure os an angel"
Wins1ow Manchester left the room n
4 frenzy at the terrible situation, and
Writ Dixey gave way to the violencs
she,feIt at the asper5lons cast upon the
woman who had infatuated him Man
chester had not been In his room np
hour when he received a visit from ons
who bore q chauengs from his friend
he consented to a meeting 70 tal<e
place the next morning.
As soon rs Manchester was Alone IN
stead OF going to bed or IN any way
endeaxorIng to compose his nerves ns
meet what promised to be tragedy
he called a cab and drove to house II
one OF the prominent avenues.
'Teu your mistness," he said 10 tnf
servant, that WInsiow Manchester de
aIres to speak to her on matter OF me
and death"
A Few minutes later a woman came
into the room and stood facing Man
chester. She was simply and tastetuliy
dressed, without jewelry- She had once
possessed physical beauty to rare oe
gree, but It was beginning TO race
though she had not endeavored to NOS
the coming change by the use OF COS
unetics- From her appearance no one
would have judged her TO be what shs
vas. an INSCRIPTIONS adventures.
At supposed, . said Manchester, when
I last parted from you that 1t WouiN
LOT be necessary for me to meet you
again. paid high price Tor hslYlne
fallen into your tolls, but was content
go long as you kept your contoct ono
rafrafnel from annoving me. Now you
bove bewitched my most intimate
friend, and tomorrow morning ne y
going to shoot me for telling him what
You are"
ssked-
about you go to him. tell him tnnt an
TJrbt ana prevent tae meeting"
She turned and walked to the other
md Of the rom, with her face averted
40 knew that she was celebrating ano
bor,eIi that she would show mercy. aeI
mlnd was soon made up.
trYou paid well for your own release
she said. but you must pay more foI
Ehe release OF your friend"
s'nSame the sum-"
aft Is not a sum, but person There
g one way only by which you can pre
vent 4 marriage between Writ DlAey
and myself Marry me Refore yo N
meeting. with him takes place, ana ne
VII have no reason 20 propecI hie AAO-4
your aspersions."
sSYou? marry you'll You mary mel
Hen and heaven are not more deadly
enemies" :.
81 have at my disposal two means o.
ua+IsryIpg my enmity. leave You 70
.boose between them. II you 6Sht DIX
AZ one or both Of you may die. II you
MARX me I will play with You during
The rest of your life as a cat VIII Worr'
mouse"
the former, and set in that event yop
would carry ont your purpose Win
Dixey." -,
understood the alternative. he 1Ieni
no fine that remained before the meet
inr celebrating and ut the last mo
ment chose the marriage. WhTa inc
cIock struck he was the husband OF
tbIs creature, whose object was not
now money, but revenge. As soon az
fbe ceremony was over they stepped In
| "a n carriage and drove to the place
onnointed for the duel. DiSey was
oacing back and forth excitedly. he
saw Manchester alight and hand OUT
| he woman he was to marry.
asaear from her own lips" he saio,
what you would not believe from
tsyylrt Dixey,' said the woman. u
6rst made fool OF Winston Manehes-
Ter and bled him for $4,000. But hs
wns not so great fool as you ana
you'd not marry nae. At last now
gyer, through you, have foreeu MN
% be my husband"
| She T,ausefI for a moment anu vas
about to proceed when she was inpeF'
rlpted by Dixey's second.
aGentlemen.v he said to those pres
emf "you have heard this woman aver
that She forced Wlnslow MahchespeI
to marry her" -, -.
"And suppose they have?' asked IN"
~ am a lawyer, and with that stnte-
ment, considering your character
Will engage to secure On annulmenI Ol
die marriage"