The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-19
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CHAPTER XX.-(Continued.)
BY ID. G. Murray


disarranged, ran out of the room. skim
med downstairs like swallow, opened
the street door with her own hands, and
LEFT It wide behind her. The coachman
jumped down, but she was at the carriage
door before him, and he stared at the
wild disorder in which she appeared.
THE Palace Hotel" she said. Quick
". Go as quickly as you can"
She was taken at once to Angela's
apartments.
"Oh, julia" Angela began, "how kind
Of you to come 80 soon. We only reach
Cd town yesterday"
Read that |" said Julia, in a voice SO
harsh and strange that It surprised her
self.
: Angela took the wet and twisted letter
from her 'outstretched hand.
"Julial You are i'll. You are in trou-
bic. You are crying. What Is the mat
terT"
She fastened toward her friend, who
repulsed her and said: Read thai"
again In the same strange voice.
Angela SKINNED the letter as bird
skins water, and arose to her feet.
Angela Butler" said the little widow,
"did you have that sent to msT'
"No," said Angela. How dare you
think such a thing Of me? How could
you think it2"
"Who sent it?' she sobbed "Who
dared to send it7" AEgela's mind was
darting this way and that in swift in
Quiry but she knew too little of the pat
riot and his affairs to find the faintest
clew to an answer. Who could have
known enough to write the letterf Lucy
Farley, Maskelyns and O'Rourke himself
these were all. 1t flashed across her
suddenly that O'Rourke had possibly
boasted Of his own insolence. Men did
such things-she had read Of them. Even
To the confused mind Of the sufferer An
eela's passionate start at this fancy
meant no less than discovery.
sHe' 10 q wretch!" cried Angela.
'Who? Who is a wretch?" demanded
the little widow, with appealing hands.
Angela began to cry with her friend, and
fell to kissing and mourning over her.
"Oh,", cried Mrs. Spry, wringing her
hands and weeping all the more for these
demonstrations of sympathy, "who-who
b a wretch"
y, "He Is a wicked, bad, unprincipled
man." said Angela ''Oh, my dear; l am
30 sorry. / saw that you we're beginning
: 10 care for him; but could not warn
you. Why are we 80 tongue-tied when
we see things going wrong2"
angela" said Mrs Spry, gulpingly
show dare you say so2 I'm sure he's
the best and noblest of men,"
,"He's the basest and most dishonorable
--eof men r. cried Angela, stung by her new
suspicion of him, which, following on hel
old certainties, made her feel altogether
merciless.
angela" said the widow, clinging tc
her and looking at her imploringly, "dit
he make love to you before he met meF
"Only few days before" Angela an
swered "And he knew then that Georg'
that Mr.. Maskelyne- He professet
10 be Mr.. Maskelyne's dearest friend.
hated him from the first"
II don't believe it !" said Mrs. Spry
Withdrawing her clinging hands and be
X taking herself to walking up and dow
the room. "You wanted him for your
self. You know you did"
"You are very grieved, know, dear,
= said Angela, cor you would never thinl
or say such things. l did not want hin
for myself. You know that Mr.. Maske
lyme and are going to be married?
loved him long before he came over t
Belgium to visit us. l should never hav
Z married another man IL he had neve
spoken to me. But Mr.. O'Rourke hear
that had money and he tried to com
between us and-t separate us. IL ne ma
not done that, might have liked .hir
very well. But be succeeded for awhile
and made us both very unhappy. The
he met you, dear, and found that 70
had more money than I, and SO he PR
bended to fall In love with you-the me-
canary wretch Then he boasted--I en-
saa n ALTO some man friend OF b
) about his impertinence to me, and a
made to seem as II he had thrown n
away like an old glove. He Is bas
unworthy creature, Julia. Throw hi
swav. Be brave and forget him."
This was one OF those thigs which a.
< . much easier to advise than to do, b.
Angela since her engagement had learn'
from her lover most that was to
known from him, and she tried
strengthen her friends mind with It
such effect that at length she drew fro
her a declaration that she would 8
O'Rourke no more. When she nj
achieved this triumph, sue tooA pen, Al
and paper and wrote this note, Will
Mrs. spry still lay dissolved in grief I
the sofa. 1GsA
.sir-oblige me BY reading the incic
cd. Should you desire to answer 1t "
= may do so In person. I am staying wi
Miss Butler, and you may meet us
sether at any time it may suit you
6 appoint
After a prolonged effort she succeed
m persuading the widow to copy this, Al
10 address II. to o'Rourke, accompani
By the Fraser letter. This feat accol
plished, the poor thing was got to b
and after a weary while to sleep. A
CELIA rejoiced In this victory for Nj
Spry's own sake. and held her saved fre
the most terrible Of fates.
- CHAPTER XXI.
Mrs. spry and Angela were sitting
rether when O'Rourke's hastily pencil
card arrived Mrs. Spry tore open I