The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-18

could ma nuJhlng To explain lue uu-
usual sound. You ordered her to go
into my brothers room, but she de-
INJURED unless you accompanied her.
The girl entered FIRST You followed;
my brother was found lying on tho
floor. a pistol wound in his head.
know all that. but know much
more
III you know more, why did you
not tell it to the coroner when he
was hero?" demanded Mrs. Dalrymple.
culdly. Her tone was frm but ner
lips lost their ruddy hue and mute ter
ror filed her dark eyes
Il had good and sufficient reasons
tor Withholding what l knew de-
clarcd Dalrymple. dryly. Il deemed
it wiser to tell you first To be frank
with you, / will say that my brother
came to me yesterday morning and.
| told me that he had learned certain
/ facts concerning your conduct before
and since your marriage. lie had
made an investigation and was salts
/ ned of the truth of what he had heard.
From what ne told me of his inten-
uons concerning your future, l am
sure he neither laughed or joked with
you when he returned home. !, there
fore. believe you misrepresonted mat
ters that far to the corner
Even If this be true" retorted Mrs.
Dalrymple, her courage returning with
the hope that this was all her brother
inlaw knew, would you have had mo
reveal these matters to be banded
about through the papers? should
think your family pride would shrink
from such scandal
you did not conceal your real con-
versation with my brother out OF re-
gard for our family pride he re-
, turned quietly. 1T was done to save
d yourself. yet | thank you for 1t. To
proceed, the sound OF a pistol shot
3 on the second floor may sound like
the crash of an unfastened shutter to
those In the kitchen, but 1t would
, not sound so to any one in room
! not ten feet away. Why did you
5 not investigate the strange sound In
stead of ringing for a servant?'
. q was doing at the time. and
[ could not determine from whence tho
$ sound proceeded" Mrs. Dalrymple
, averred, note of triumph in her soft
d " modulated tones "1f / had been
= awake would undoubtedly have
p known that the sound came from Ed
y wards dressing room
Perhaps So" returned Dalrymple,
II in tone by no means reassuring. L
g, have one question to ask, however.
- Why did you place my brothers pis-
ID tol close to his hand as the servant
IL left the room to summon physi-
is cian?"
SO 81 didn't! It is false!" stammered
u Mrs. Dalrymple, but her actions dis
proved her words. Her head fell for
IL ward on her breast, her hands drop
X ned nervelessly by her side, and she
Ig trembled visibly under the storm OF
proof that her brother-in-law had hurl-
l ed upon her.
m "You did," William Dalrymple had
'h risen and lowered above her shrinking
,e form like an avenging spirit. His
III tones were cold and stern without q
trace of pity. you sent Nora for a
8. doctor, and as she left the room, you
Id drew my brothers pearl-handled re
e. volver from your bosom, and placed n
so that the world would think he had
1t, committed self-destruction. You kill
a ed him!"
Mercy! Mercy" she walled, fall
he ing upon her knees and clutching hi
| hand in the agony of terror. Have
is mercy and | will do as you wish
Only don't send me to prison cell.
lt, Dalrymple drew back from her al
er II her touch polluted him. Il shall no
IN send you where you would receiv'
II your just punishment" he said. quiet
We ly IF you do what l wish. The prid
nd of the Dalrymples alone saves yo
I'm from the fate you so richly deserve
IA The faint of suicide is hard enough [
lp- endure. but the trial and execution @
one bearing our name would trail ou
ass pride in the dust. For this reason
d's will not divulge the truth II 20
'od agree to my demands
ou But Nora" gasped the guilty won
an. TREMENDOUSLY. She will tell, an
Dal- it will come out"
he Il have provided for that" reptile
he Dalrymple, coldly Mora is an ol
The servant of our family, and is di
iig- Greet. TO make sure Of her silenc
en-, | have agreed TO pension her Tor n
I'M rest of her life. and. at her deaf
on give a certain amount to her childre
in the event of her maintaining pc
ore petual silence. My brothers pro
.u." erty is devised to you, as you pro
her ably know. You may take 1t witho
ook any objection on my part, If you lea'
yes as soon as the funeral is over and
nan to Europe, assuming your maid'
name, and promising never to l
ner turn to this country or to use o
Oal- name in any way. If you do this al
ow, adhere to 1t, you may go free. wi
only your remorse to haunt you.
IN YOU fail TO do 1t in any particul
ALL whatever you shall be prosecuted a
cor punished
y .1 lii do what Won wish - fnltar