Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-10

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Dur sister neUer 1Cds the 1cUe Of Tire
maine
Thank God" she sobbed. THANK
IT, And then she started up from
chair. Il must tell her" she said,
once. If you knew how she has
fcred. She must not he left in that
bel position an instant longer"
Very WE'LL agreed Godfrey. Eve
| wait for you here"
he disappeared through n door at
farther end of the room. but in Il
|ment came softly back again.
She is asleep" she said. Il will
it until she wakes. What a joyful
aking it will be- And she sat
IN again. She wiped away the
RS, but her eyes were still shining
lfrey gazed at her with n face full
emotion.
Now, Miss Croydon" he began,
Pu've told me that my theory's cor
I, but there are three or four points
hould like you to help me clear up,
'ou will"
shall be glad to If I cam" she
wered, and smiled at him, her eyes
inning again. you've lifted such a
d from me. Mr. Godfrey, that I'd
almost anything to show my graft
e."
Thy, looking at her. did his face
nge-soften harden? Why did his
Ids tremble SO? 1t was over in an
liant; yet l had caught a glimpse of
secret. / understood.
Ut was nothing" he said. Il was
II to do it. l was deeply pleased
ZEN that message came this morn
You've been kinder to me than I de-
Eed," she said; and more than half
eed with her. How, with his eyes
ore her. could she fail to under
nd? Perhaps she did understand.
never sure.
In the first place, then. Miss Croy-
- he went on, in Il different tone.
W did Your father succeed in get
your sister away from Tremainc"
They had gone to Paris" she an
bred, "and in two or three days
tn had awakened from her dream
saw something in the man which
'tied her, and she wrote a pitiiul
er TO father, who went over to
lis at once and finally succeeded in
ling the man Off. Father paid him
100 francs. | believe. Perhaps it was
fact that he knew he was not really
this husband, that he himself had
omitted a crime. which made him
e it, He agreed to leave the coun-
and in the following December he
bte father that he was about to sail
Martinique in a ship called the
ltaur. He said he intended to buy
lantatiOn at Martinique and make
his home. In February we learned
the Centaur had been lost with all
board. After eight years it seemed
lain that he was dead, and Edith
free to marry again"
WAS Mr.. Delroy Informed of this
y indiscretion?"
Certainly, and forgave it, as any
d man would"
Pardon me for asking the question,
Is Croydon; but it was necessary.
EN- was 1t You first learned that Ire
inc was still allve?"
Dne night nearly two months ago
tn brought his letter TO me. She
wild, distracted, ready to kill her
that is what have feared every
since. She loves Mr.. Delroy, Mr.
wife Of another man. He demand
hat she meet him in that apartment
Sc. | knew she could not bear such
peeting, and yet he must be seen.
Tered to go in her stead. / had
Re wild idea Of appealing to his
Ter nature, of persuading him
le stopped, silenced by her own
Ption.
iidt, VI tOuiNt, NOulu nOC nave
red the fact that your sister was
wife, observed Godfrey.
No. That was the terrible part of it.;
hing could alter that. There must,
course. he a separation, but We
light we would solve that problem
II we had settled the other. So
bit. He opened the door for me.
nd never seen him, and confess
appearance and manner were not
all what | expected, He did not
In the least like scoundrel, or
he act like one. lie listened to me
attention and seeming respect.
even appeared moved. oh, ! know
what a hypocrte he was. know
he was laughing at me: that he was
Inning something deeper, more vii
GUS. ! had brought $1,000 with
all that we gould gather together
hat moment-and / pressed it upon
urging him to take it and go away
we would send him more. He pre-
led to refuse the money, to protest
that was not in the least what he