Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-09-27

I REoouED As PROM BLOW AND sTARKD
At EER-
very long a-o ! stood by the grave
q man l thought YOU lovei--
You didn't she whispered. He
isn't dead
l reco.led as from blow and stared
NJ her.
y have felt this in my bones" said
slowly. 4 have dreamed it at night
We buried Shenstole~
swear to me- she cried. that you
will Lot tell
Give me tie story" said l. You
have my word"
Mr.. SheAS,one was taken H." said
she. just II the beginning Of great
fight | don't fully understand
i know al about that lie was man
aging q mighty big pool"
1t was thought that If the news Of
his serious illness got about" She con
tinuei, the enterprise would fail"
The speculative pablic would have
swall@l il i'll one day"
Yes; that's it. Now. Sidney had been
to See Nr Sbeas-aue for YOU 10 ask him
for q photograph Of himself, which Mr.
SheuStune refused. - they knew how
much lie looked Ike Mr. SheAStone.
Really the resemblance was very close.
ana . both men had been Ill the deep
ton was made easier. They offered sd
uey So a Week merely to 20 TO Mr.
SLen~toue'S office every day and sit in
the private room. but, OF course, they
didn't let anybody IN who knew Mr.,
SLel>trnp well. And Sidney las been
Twin. in Mr. SLeuSt1ue's house. They
Were both there together until Mr..
SheustoHe became 50 Ill that it was
seen he must die. Then he was secretly
Struggled into the hospital Is Sidney
Colbert. They begged lie 10 90 10 tie
funeral. but could not. l should have
died at the sight Of him"
You wouldn't have seen him" said
l. The coffin was sealed"
They d,u't want Sidney any more, -
( she resumed after q sludder.nc pause,
1T will be announced that Mr.. Shen-
stone is going abroad. And hts wife Is
going secretly to Dakota, where she
will get divorce for abandonment.
And lie is dead. Won't il be dread
fun"
And Sidney
He and l shall be married very
quietly, and we shall 90 to Italy. They
are 10 give him a thousand dollars"
WHAT
"A thousand dollars"
My dear young friend" said |. '.if
this story comes out it will drive those
men up the tallest tree ia the United
States They'll have to run for their
! lives A thousand dollars. indeed, Just
let NE drop hint iu certain quarters
merely hint. and you'll see what will
happen. You don't understand tie
fraud and trickery Of which Sidney has
been the mainstay. To you his act even
savored of virtue. 1t seemed unjust
that Mr.. ShenstJue's enemies should
triumph over him merely because be
was Ill. and Sidney seemed 10 be doing
no harm in taking his place. But
there's been more In this game than
BeeIzebub himself could keep track Of
Let me talk 10 those fellows"
| At tir<t she wouldn't listen. but
finally showed her that those sharks
We're merely laughing at Sidney at play.
ing him for fool, and. with her WON.
nuly resentment aroused, she agreed III
least to tell them what she thought Of
them. She nearly frightened them u
death. They executed c1ut0rtions Of
apology ana performed miracles of ex.
PLANTATION. and the result was that Sid
ney got life pension Of 5000 a year
upon which we'll 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 is on tombstone, as
know. because paid the bin for the
carving Perhaps the book will be by
Edgar Shenstoue.