The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-11-21

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retorted coolly. Il am offerin'
sigh for. 1t in q future tina
1 sigh for. TOO; that I have sighe'
for from the first ome l saw you
and which / am going to make com'
uue. Together, we viii conquer III
world. ~ NY wife
Your wife," In~sc pas scorn, anger
Tear in the words, and in the glance sh'
east at him.
"Certainly-my wife" he repeated
VITA emphasis. IF | should prove II
YOU"
stopped him by an imperative
gesture.
a limit TO what ever | will endure
30 not push me too far: do not rely
900 much on my for~bearance A mar
capable of any crime"
He held her by the motion of a
sn-er.
rs a mar who appeals to you" he
concluded. ITO be capable of any
crime, and yet to commit none. is a
virtue"
TO commit none," she echoed scorn-
fully.
He looked at her without the flicker
of 4 ash.
"To commit none, yes-your W con-
| Fhltlltt dtUlllS itlt. III ItpciLSu "a
ily. But 1 would pause at none to
gain possession OF YOU. Look at me
10 doubt it?"
She looked at him with q little shiver.
No" she said.
is there any other man you know
~ho can say as much?'
She wrested her eyes away from his
and turned again to the fire.
You strangely mistake me" she
said in II cold voice. You are reading
Our own ature into me. / would
ask no mar To commit 4 crime for my
sake-I should abhor the man who
did.
He did not answer. but stood gazing
ut her with a gaze which seemed to
enveIop her. To pierce her through and
through. Drysdale felt the perspiration
start across his forehead; he wished to
cry out, but could not
A door at the farther end of the hall
opened and Delroy came in. The bonds
loosened and Drysdale fed back to his
room. lie needed To compose himself.
Mrs. Delroy did not come down to
dinner, pleading Il headache. and af-
ter the meal was over, DelroY carried
Trenlaine off to the library for a last
talk over the details of the railroad en-
terprise. The intended going into New
York in the morning for an interview
with certain capitalists that would be
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their plan of attack.
Drysdale, left To himself, threw away
his cigar and went straightway to seek
Grace Corydon. He found her sitting
befor. The fire in the hall, gazing into
it, her head in her hands. She did not
hear his approach. and for Il moment,
As he gazed down at her, he doubted
whether he had really witnessed that
strange interview of an hour before.
Had lie not rather dreamed it" Was
it not merely a wild imagining? He
passed his hand before his eyes and
dropped into the chair beside her.
She started at the sound, turned. saw
him, and smiled. But it was not the
smile that had greeted him the night
before: it was not from the heart: it
Gid not reveal, it dissembled. He saw
the change and trembled as he guessed
It's meaning. Then he put hesitation
behind him.
Grace" he said gently. las 1 was
coming down to dinner tonight, I hap
pened to see you and Tremaine stand
ing together. and. without intending to,
4 overheard q sentence which stopped
me up there at the turn OF the STAIR
She looked at him, her eyes dark with
apprehension.
You mean that you %listened?" she
asked.
After that first sentence, it seemed
TO me that l had a right to listen"
Her lips were curling in scorn her
ewes We're burning thre,,a ~ Ihn = hef
ooh. a ris.,t!" MI
Yes. a right" he rena,+ed ho,a,,,
No man should he nermjttad ~ ali.
60 you as he talked. WHY. he insnlted
YOU. he threatened yon.-Ie.,en ,s.nn'.
what Outrage he WAS reaav 70 aon,n,it
Why did Vol, permit II
She turned away from hin, ana har
ar,,s 6rnnna, 49, ~, mn aiiu ief
Your proper course IS 70 infor,o No,
roy. he continued 1oeeediv bra ~
the certainty of ofrendinr her ...n.e
better SIM ! wi1 .ra ths VI,
scoundrel ont. I've s,raadv I haa ~
quarrel wifi, I,iclie ahnnt b;m. ;, of
Have youp" she asked iistlass,,
eyes. i d]istr,st him, WI a.
permit him to talk "a yo,, ia w nv sb ~
did veg ~
n emit teli va, sho
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But + have n ripht Ia kroyr.,
yes. + supposa Won have VIZ. -
break II off, rshep ,.on r,n, "hs .
worry abo,it me any move, hseu "
He started from, b;s ah.i a..
dowa a-am. "u sae
break ii orr" he demanded in . o,,,. -
fling voice. do you mean that Won can
possibly care for that,
She turned JUROR him with hlazinr