The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-09-05

very long ago I stood by the grave
of man ! thought you loved
you didn'tr' she whispered. HE
isn't deadw
/ recoiled as from blow and stared
at her
II have felt this in my bones," said
| slowly. Il have dreamed it at night
We buried Shenstone."
Swear to me-" she cried, that you
will not tellr'
Give me the story" said l. "You
have my word,
Mr. Shenstone was taken ILL.," said
she, Just at the beginning of great
| fight. don't fully understand"-
Il know all about that He was man
aging a mighty big pool"
ut was thought that If the news of
his serious illness got about" she con
tinued, "the enterprise would fail"
''The speculative public would have
swamped it in one day"
yes; that's it. Now, Sidney had been
to see Mr.. Shenstone for you to ask him
for photograph of himself, which Mr..
much he looked like Mr. Shenstone.
Really the resemblance was very close,
and as both men had been i'll the decep-
tion was made easier. They offered Sid
ney $50 week merely to go to Mr..
Shenstone's office every day and sit in
the private room, but, of course, they
didn't let anybody in who knew Mr..
Shenstone well, And Sidney has been
living in Mr.. ShenstOne's house. They
were both there together until Mr..
Shenstone became so i'll tbnt it was
seen he must die. Then ht WIS secretly
smuggled into the hospital Us Sidney
Colbert. They begged ms n 80 to tie
funeral but could not. i7G'Ould have
died at the sight of him.
You wouldn't have seen him." said
/. "The coffin was sealed"
"They don't want Sidney any more"
she resumed after a shuddering pause.
SIT will be announced that Mr. Shen-
stone Is going abroad, And his wife Is
going secretly to Dakota, where she
will get divorce for abandonment.
And he is dead! Won't it be dread
fulT
"And Sdney"
"He and shall be married very
quietly and we shall go to Italy. They
are to give him a thousand dollars"
"What"
"A thousand dollars"
"My dear young friend" said l. "if
this story comes out 1t will drive those
men up the tallest tree In the United
States. They'll have to run for their
lives, A thousand dollars, indeed Just
let me drop hint In certain quarters,
merely hint and you'll see what will
happen. You don't understand the
fraud and trlckery of which Sidney has
been the mainstay TO you his act even
sayored of virtue. Ii seemed unjust
that Mr.. Shenstone's enemies should
triumph over him merely because he
was III, and Sidney seemed TO be doing
no harm in taking his place, But
there's been more in this game than
Beelzebub himself could keep track of.
Let me talk to those fellows"
At first she wouldn't listen, but |
finally showed her that those sharks
We're merely laughing at Sidney at play
ing him for a fool, and, with her wom-
anly resentment aroused, she agreed at
least TO tell them what she thought of
them. She nearly frightened them to
death. They executed eontortOns OF
apology ana performed miracles OF ex-
planatlon, and the result was that Sid
ney got life pension of $4,000 year,
upon which well earned income he and
she are living In the most delicious con-
tent by the blue Mediterranean, and
Sidney Is writing book, which will
make his name famous No; not his
name. for that ls on tombstone. as
know, because | paid the bill fer the
carving, Perhaps the book will be by
Edgar shenstone