Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-21

why, looking at her. did his face
change soften, harden? Why did his
hands trem5le SO? 1t was over In an
instant: yet had caught glimpse OF
his secret. l understood.
ut was nothing" he said. II was
glad to do It. l was deeply pleased
when that message came this morn
ing"
you've been kinder to me than de-
served" she said; and more than half
agreed with her. How, with his eyes
before her, could she fail to under
stand? Perhaps she did understand.
was never sure.
'Tn the first place, then, Miss Croy-
don," he went on, in different tone,
how did your father succeed In get
ting your sister away from TremaineT
"They had gone to Paris" she an
swered, "and In two or three days
Edith had awakened from her dream.
She saw something in the man which
terrified her, and she wrote q pittful
letter to father, who went over to
Paris at once and finally succeeded In
buying the man off. Father paid him
$4,000 francs. believe. Perhaps 1t was
the fact that he knew he was not really
Edtth's husband, that he himself had
committed crime, which made him
take it. He agreed to leave the c0un-
try, and in the following December he
wrote father that he was about to sail
for Martinique In o ship called the
Centaur. He said he intended to buy
plantation at Martinique and make
that bis home. In February we learned
that the Centaur had been lost, with all
on board. After eight years 1t seemed
certain that he was dead, and Edith
felt free to marry again"
"Was Mr.. Delroy informed Of this
early indiscretion?"
certainly, and forgave 1t, as any
good man would"
Pardon me for asking the question.
Miss Croydon; but 1t was necessary.
When was it you first learned that Ire
maine was still allve?"
Zone night nearly two months ago
Edith brought his letter to me. She
was wild, distracted, ready to kill her
self-that Is what have feared every
day since. She loves Mr.. Delroy. Mr..
Godfrey. and yet she believed herself
the wife Of another man.. He demand
ed that abe meet him in that apartment
house. knew she could not bear such
meeting, and yet he must be seen.
offered to 60 in her stead. ! had
some Wild idea Of appealing to his
better nature, Of persuading him
She stopped, silenced by her own
emotion.
'aThat, Of course, would not have
altered the fact that your sister was
his wife," observed Godfrey.
"No. That was the terrible part OF It;
nothing could alter that. There must,
of course, be a separation, but we
thought we would solve that problem
after we had settled the other. So l
went He opened the door for me.
I had never seen him, and confess
his appearance and manner were not
at all what / expected. He did not
| look In the least like scoundrel, or
| 010 ne act IKE one IAo AcsSASO ~ 49,
with attention and seeming respect.
He even appeared moved. Oh, l know
now what hypocrite he was. l know
that he was laughing at me; that he was
planning something deeper, more VII
famous. 1 had brought $1,000 with
me-all that we could gather together
at that moment-and pressed 1t upon
him, urging him to take it and 80 away
and we would send him more. he pre-
l, tended to refuse the money, to protest
that that was not in the least what he
wanted, but I compelled him to take
It. And just as was hoping that ]
had prevailed with him the door OF
the bedroom opened and a horrible
drunken man staggered out.
"Well, VIC he cried, so this is tn
gal, is it7 She's likely piece. !
wouldn't give her up. Vic, no. not fer
| ten thousand
eco back to bed, you drunken
brutev cried Tremaine, and took him
roughly By the arm.
| "But the other shook him off.
"sDon't lay your hands on me, Vic!
he cried. Don't dare lay your hands
- Meg