The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-09

guide enough for his services 10 insure
quiet tongue. rode back toward III
Moro. where he was met aud sent on to
Si..'a I'e as alreedy relsted
-Soh IS re real explanation Of the
well nigh unlntelllgible scrawl found
ia Mrs. Fairbrother's hand after her
aeath As to the one which left Miss
Crews bedside for this same house It
was, alike in the writing and sending,
the loving freak of a very sick but
tender hearted girl she had noted the
look with which Mr. Grey had left her,
and. in her delrious state. thought that
line in her own hand would convince
him OF her good condition and make II
possible for him to enjoy the evening
She was. however. too much afraid Of
her nurse to write Il openly, ami
though we never found that scrawl, It
was doubtless not very different in
appearance from the Que with which
had coufounled It. The man TO whom
II was intrusted stopped for too many
warming drinks on his way for II ever
TO reach Mr.. Ramsdell's house. He
did not even return home that night.
and when he did put ia an appearance
the next morning. he was dismissed
This takes me back 10 the bail and
Mrs Fairbrother. She had never had
much fear Of her husband till she re-
ceived lis old servants note in the pc
ruliar manner already mentioned.
This. coming through the night and the
wet and with an the marks Of hurry
upon It. did Impress her greatly and
led her to take the first means which
offered Of ridding herself Of her dan
gerous ornament The story OF this
we know
Meanwhile burning heart and a
scheming b-ain were keeping up thei~
deadly work a few PAGES of under the
impassive aspect and active N )ve-
ment0 o. tho caterer's newly hireG
yaiief A6ner Fairbrother, whose real
character no one nad eyar be.n able TO
SCUM. unless it was the ham who
haG known him in his days Of struggle,
was one of those dangerous men Nho
can conceal nnder stlll brow and a
noiseless manner the most Violent pas
sions and the most desperate resolves.
H. vas angry with his wife, who was
deliberately jeopardizns his good
maine. and he had come there 10 Kill
her II ne found her Haunting the dia-
monJ N sr Grey's eyes; and though
nc one could have detected any change
sr his look and manner as he passed
larough this room where these two
were standing. the doom Of that lair
woman was struck when he saw the
eager scrutiny ana indescrihable air
OF recognition with which this long
defrauded gentleman eyed his own dia-
mona
re nad reant &c attack her openly,
seize he diamond Hing it at Nr.
areys feet and then kin himself. That
had been his plan }ut when be found
after round or two among the guests
.has aoDccy looked at him and nobody
-ecoealze, ,le 5feli ,ncwp millionaire
re al tolstcn-iiS, 1Sp with the
fcrpa.. arranged wrlskers nd sleek
Il ccmeat AIR. ccl6eT purposes inter
gsasL. sal he asked himself II il wouh
ret De possible 70 pcmt upon ner alone,
strike bic bloig possess hImself OF the
diamond ant make for ,jaeis unknown
before his ideEtlty cculd be discovered
lie loyeC lie even without the charm
cast ever It by this woman It's strug-
giles anG rs hard bought luxurics fas
clnated him II Mr.. Grey suspected
him, why, MI Grey was English and
he resourceful American. II II came
to an issue the subtle american would
win II Mr.. Grey were not able 10 point
20 the flaw which marked ibis diamond
as his own. And this yairbrother had
provided against and would succeed n
II he could hold his passions In checl
and be ready with all his wit whet
matters reached a climax.
Such were the thoughts and such ihi
plans OF the quiet, attentive man who
with his tray laden with coffee an,
Ices. came and went an unnoticed uni
among the twenty other units siml
larly quiet and similarly attentive. IL
waited on lady after lady, and when
on the ressulng OF Mr Durand from
the alcoye he passed "a there with hi
tray ahc his two cups OF coffee nObOd.
needed and nobody remembered
II was all over In a minute, and h
came ont still unnoted, and went &
the supper room for more cups Of cot
fee. But that minute had set its sea
on his heart forever. She was sttln
there alone, with her side TO the en-
trance. so that he had TO pass aroun
IN order 20 face her. Her eleganc
and certain air she had Of remote
ness from the scene OF which she wa
the glowing center when she smiled
awed him and made his hand loosen
little on the slender stllett0 he hel
close against the bottom Of the ira,
But such resolution does not easl
yield. and his fingers soon tightene
again, this time with n deadly grip
He had expected 10 meet the Hash Z
the diamond as be bent over her nm
dreaded doing SO FOR fear Il would a
tract his eye from her face and 30 co..
him the sight OF that startled recogn
ii0n which would give the desired poll
10 his revenge But the tray. as
held H. shielded her breast from yie'
and ttfhau hn la.raraI a. ~ Strike n