Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-01

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"Yes-he even charged me with that
! intention"
"Ah-he has listened at a keynote
probably
He said hat Mr.. Drysdaie hlulSeil
had told him ] might add, Mr.. COD
frey, that / met Nlr Dry sdale ana Jhe
officers iu the ban that morning, az
they were going away, ana lmpioLtH
him 10 tell them where he had been he
answered me with such insult ana con
tempt that ] thought he must De mao.
And no wonder You were paying
at cross purposes. ] presume men
that IL was not YOU VINO wrote MI
Drysdale this uutc?' and he handed her
the crumpled sheet OF paper ne ma"
nShed from Drrsdalcs waste sh'''
She took it with iremDilhs halu' AZ
ready beginning 90 suspect p'rh"pS'
what it contained.
BE at the pergola az nine, She
read. " II ! am late, wait Tor me. -.
/ certainly never wrote any such Iote
AS that Mr. Godfrey. Where dlu II
come FROM"
is it in your Handwriting!
why yes" she answered: looNlng aI
il more closely. That IS II Is SOM
thing like. Oh! / begin 10 see. si'
cried, and saw her seized Wlth SUD
den COuVulsive shuddering
Yes" said Godfrey. I'll was pretty
plot This note lured him from 'ht
house. and kept him away until the
storm came up and ne was forced To
abandon the hope Of meeting you lie
concluded that YOU were playing with
aim-when he returned TO the mousse
he found that YOU had spent the even
ing with Trcmaiue-afterWards IN ms
room, ne did a number of violent ana
Iolish things Finally he determined
20 go away; ne started 10 PACK ms pc
Iuugiugs-aud then, in the hall you, as
he thought added insult 10 injury by
asking him 10 tell
She stopped him with Wild gesture.
"Ob I must see himl" she cried.
something must be done
something shall be done" Godfrey
assured her rising. The real culprit
shall ua i'm custody tonight"
a,Ths. real ruIprit"'' The words arrest
ed her attention
..Nybo bur Trrmaiue2"
.Trpmaineg Eut ne was ia the house
as YOU know. talked with him for
long lime"
In the same yciua"
ssna roIor,l a UtiIp at the tone
Yes" sb, answered You viii. per
hams thinks me weak, Mr. Godfrey.
Iut dosuifa his yillaiuy. there was a
rascipation. sort Of brutal power.
ahout. the man. which il was very hard
to resist And then. believed that
Mr. DrvsdaIe had deliberately broken
his engagement with me otherwise. 1
sbot,Id nor have given Mr Tremainc
another opportmiy to- to-"
She did not attempt 10 finish the
sentence-therc was no need that she
should. | have often wondered, since,
/ what the end would have been had fate
not iuterfered-had Tremaine's plan
| worked itself out ae he intended Re
pe,nberiug both of them--man and
woman think she must have yielded
In the end. submitted gone with him
ont into tb. world 10 conquer il.
There's no questioning Tremaine's
fascination" agreed Godfrey. nor his
| ability. VET | fancy that i'm spite Of his
precautions we've got him fast I'm the
net That IL all. / think "
cone thing more. Mr Godfrey" she
said. do YOU think wed better tell MI
Delrov the story? p"
YES" answered Godfrey decidedly
Tell him the whole story. That's al
yays The hest way and the safest Re
member your lack of frankncss has al
ready cost one human life Your sis
Ter has incurred no guilt. she has com
,nitted no fault Her husband will have
nothing To forgive"
And the public"
The public What has the public
80 do with it?'
.Rut | thought-you see-yOu--"
.Oh. you thought | would write il up
I'm the Record? / have no such inteu-
lion. Miss Croydon-I shall let
that first tragedy rest-this second one
will he enough-and. after all. Tre-
maine has only one life for the law TO
take"
Pardon me" she said quickly, hold
ing out her hand Il see | have Of
fended you. You must forgive me-"
oh | do" he said taking her hand
and smiling into her eyes-allowing
himself a moments reward Even a
y.eIInU- journalist Miss CroydOu has
his reticences That's hard to believe
isn't it?"
Not when one knows them. she an
answered, and opened the door for US.
Thomas was waiting in the hail.
Anything else, sir?" he asked.
No" said Godfrey We've finished
here. Now let us have our trap"
He stopped a moment i'm the library
to say goodby to Delroy. He came for
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