The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-01

bride
ali9a dear is life sighed End. Il
an tAe aappiest GiII in the World.
1tere Mas 81 electric pulsaIioM OF the
rug th- ~tormented t. tpping OF a little
f9oi. i loo ked at Mrs B9gardus. Her
hIls H-re coinpre Sod her Checks ashen,
her eyes cast down ana c"Qriousiy mar
rpMrd i4er bosom th~rolbiug Violently.
#lIl not endule it, size murmured, ali
unconscious.
Should she lose them n0w. She might
be The most miserable i Whispered.
Rack TO life and light came the lady
in 2 fash OF comprehension.
rs it you, Macaire?" she said slow
~. All, at last, / understands"
And Will help? Think what a ridicu-
lous an~ti-clinaX-a diamond wedding
without the diamonds. O. ye tears"
Her eyes met mine, and in their
smoky dept s, where flame warred with
~plackness, ] read qualification surely.
But was there not something else,
something fiercer, more vindictive? AS
we lawyers say, l mentally reserved a
point.
'Have you a pistol?" she asked after
a u
Have l a hat?' bantered back.
All, but you dropped your hat
"A hat should come off in the pres
ence of II lady"
And a pistol should go off in the
e. " G WV u =. IAb, lds w a
nonsense | am talking, to be sure! But
keep cautious and vigilant-a hint may
be forthcoming. Who knows?" And,
as the ladies rose, she glided, again
smiling and composed, from the room.
L went to my room at IL o'clock. A
White glimmer on the edge of my dress
ING case attracted my notice. | drew
out Il sheet of paper-nay, two sheets,
folded together; the first bearing an
orderly line or two of writing, the sec
ond, crossed and interlineated, a.
scrawl, a studied, persistent attempt at
copying. Evidently, in fetching hur-
riedly the one, someone had caught up
inadvertently the other.
The orderly note. in a round,
tional hand. read as follows:
If Maeaire WOULD have fortune
thrust upon him, he must stand in the
archway by the stairs. on the second
story. at l O'clock
The second sheet was covered with
writing OF a different style. l recog-
nlzed IL at once as a p%alpable, yet sue
cessful, attempt TO initiate the hand of
the little note l had received hat aft
ernoon-the little note from Allan Adj
olson inviting me to his room. With
the rapid concentration of Il crisis. [
constructed out of the fragments the
form of a note. which ] felt convinced
was finally adopted, running as fol-
lows:
Darling: I am threatened with dis
grace, arrest, ruin. The diamond neck
lace is my only hope. Twill be in the
archWay by the stairs, on the second
floor. at 1 o'clock. AS YOU love me,
bring it to your desperate Allan.''
Oh, a most cunning plot. From it's
very nature acsured of success.
Enid, that warm hearted. impassioned
girl, world never hesitate. Her love,
her pride, her faith in her power over
her fnthar would oil ;,,,,,l1 l,N, -
grant such an cntreaty from Addison,
impulsively, implicitly. Her maidenly
refinement would exact silence. and
speed in her mission of mercy. In less
than two hours, then, L had but to put
out my hands and the diamond neck
lace would drop into them.
But l was not content. An insistent
Why, why? kept appealing to my judg-
ment.
Was it likely that Mrs. Bogardus
would take such pains, would run such
risks, merely to crafty a spite? Had I
not discerned the shadow of a deeper
feeling lying in wait, fierce, relentless?
There must be, aye, there must be one
other person involved in their machina-
lions, a person to fight, a person to be
fought, to the death.
l stepped out into the hall. No one
was around. / heard Addison's blithe
laughter from below, where the men
We're smoking.
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dressirg VAN tnbla "iiI H. = ule in c.o an4 on b ms
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safe behindf mn bnltad Gao, 80
The same note vas ,yritter Il, mo
same ro,,n1 ~coG,anti o,ai H., a :. -
hand as he tfrsf. II r@aG ~ f%o low
nj You are prudent in Sour love, be
second tloor Al o,aioc. !" ''1
Al last go No lSnaa ,d,,s s,,a
~fatuation of q middle aged woman for
d man Y9Qhsef man herself, Who al
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