Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

remember the morning-I recognized the
box. | offered you one OF them. but You
were cautious then as you arc now.
substituted a harmless sweet and gave II
TO Eva and all the rest have still in my
possession.
.'Ynu have been concoctine fairy tales
There Is not word of truth in VIA
you say against me- And what your OBJ
,ect is beats me. lie spoke SulIenil-
RE was turning logged.
Il 10 not lie. Lord Broadstone- Noi
know that every syllable is truc-as trn"
as that last night YOU made another and
even more desperate attempt Here *
the little bottle of poison YOU dropped III
my room in your fright, and here Is Tie
one which YOU placed in one of my trunks
in order that the deed YOU hoped 10 ac.
complish should be charged against me.
The latter part of your scheme you bor-
rowed from Mr.. Dorgison. whose servant
had already purchased poison of the kind
in my name i'll the village here.
Have you any further falsehoods? You
very dangerous woman. But you
shall answer for these ISLANDERS. What
is your object? Why do you conc here?
You shall not stay another hour this
house if ! have TO call the 20 ana
turn you out. If you think to b. mail
me YOU make a mistake.
Mr.. Dorrison has not told you, fhen,
who ] am. He made the same threst-to
turn me from the house-but YOU remem-
Der how that interview ended"
who arc you?"
81 crossed from New York with him IN
the same steamer, and he knew me rs
Mrs. Porlock. a wealthy American WonI-
an and wished To marry me- When l
tested him-saying ! was no more than
an adventureSS-he told me of YOU. Hs
wished me to personate your first vile
and blackmail you. | came TO see Broad
stone for myself. and then remained 70
protect Eva from you and him. ] am
very rich woman. Lord Broadstone, and
have no need to blackmail
Then you admit you are here in a false
name? AS for the rest of your story.
don't believe it-whatever your name and
object. And the sooner you take your
self and your wealth and your false
NameS away from BroadStope the better
for all concerned"
You have no regret. no remorse, no
professions even of either for all the foul
wrong YOU have done? You deceived her
about your first marriage-even As You
have just lied to me about the girl you
married years ago. and when you found
yourself threatened with exposure by Mr.
Dorrison you listened To his schemes and
meant to take her life to save yourself"
That Is your version he sneered.
1T is the version that shall b. told ~
the world when you answer the charges
that shall be brought against you. Had
1 found you other than what YOU are
would have spared you. Having betrayed
this sweet innocent girl had you but play
seeking to murder her i'll a conspiracy
with the man TO whom you paid five thou
sand pounds for having killed her BROTH
er; had l found I'm you single spark or
manlness, courage or virtue. I would
have gone quietly away and taken my
secret with me"
Struck by her last words, he stared AT
her. seeking to make some show of In
difference in word or look, and falling
because of his fear.
r1nr yyta do 7 nd
you always were in the days whom men
dubbed you the camp Sponge-a selnsh
coward at heart. In whom the malice or
a murderer is fortunately limited by the
wits Of a fool: thing of contempt liar
"a schemer-a thief In no way changed.
except in name and empty rank. from the
Bert Hunter you were when you stole into
your wife's sick room that night at Hell
ena and would have poisoned her, had not
your drink-Soddened wits blundered as Ia
which was the poison you meant for her.
He had listened with strained intentness
and now attempted denial ITS an
other falsehood,' he said
You shall have a chance of proving It
false. IT has taken long to find you. but
you shall answer the charge now. That
l declare
What is all this TO you?" he asked,
huSkily, after pause.
Had you been other than YOU are You
would have asked yourself that question
long since. What woman in all the world
had the strongest motive in tracing you
Who was most likely to interest her
self so in your doings. Who alone knows
the true history of that part of your life?
Who would have n motive strong enough
to seek you out and denounce You to the
world for the thing of evil and lies and
faseness that you are? Who, but the
first wife you wronged and then sought
to murder?
He had been staring at her as she
spoke but as the truth began 10 dawn on
him he turned his head away and
crouched back in his chair. In that mo-
ment Sadie removed her disguise and
threw aside her cloak.
There is but one woman in the world
who would do all ths-she who stood be-
tween You and murder last night"
The words were like fresh sword
thrust, and he started round to deny
them but when he saw that she was in
truth the wife of whose death he had
made so comfortably sure but few
hours since, the last fragment of his
courage failed him, and he covered be
fore her, helpless in amazement and
terror.
Sadie YOU he gasped at length,
under his breath.
Yes / Sadie-your wife-here TO make
you answer for that treacherous attempt
or my life for your bigamous marriage,
and for all the vieness you have COM
mitted since. And answer for it all you
Shall. for | will deal with you as merci
,essly as you have dealt with me and
your latest victim whose life you
sought.
The blow fell with IA force which
crushed out all thought of resistance or
denial reviving all the agony OF hor-
ror which had tortured him on the previ-
Gus night Al the very moment when he
had been comforting himself that all
danger to himself was past. he was hurled
back into the darkest depths of despair.
For many minutes he could not find
strength TO utter a word. Indeed, he
had nothing to say-no plea or pretext
TO urge against the punishment she
threatened And his towards heart turn
ed sick with dread and belated remorse.
tTo be continued tomorrow
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