The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-07-23

which she had used me to persuade
Master BERTHE to take the Vessel IN
stead of the Santon road No doubt sht
had told Clarence To follow IN that di'
r%ection, If by any chance we escaped
him on the island. AMI her despair
when she heard :n the church porch
that / had killed Clarence at the ford
And her utter abandonment to fear
poor guilty thins-when h thought
that all her devices a only led he,
With us to Il dreadful deathi These
things. in the light in which l nov
viewed them. We're cogeat evidences
against her.
one about u.s." said the duchess a;
length. ITO some one in our conf
dence. on u side of the door, as he
calls it."
Yes; that is certain" I said.
And on the wrapper he STYLES her
Mistress Clarence. Now. who"-
who could it have been? That ts
the question we have to answer" Mas
ter BERTHE replied dryly. Hearing his
voice, / knew he had come at last tt
the same conclusion to which I had
jumped. II think you may dismiss the
tinued. The bishop of Winchester
would scarcely write to them In that
style"
Dismiss the servants? Then who is
Left" h protested.
Il think He lost courage. hesitate
n broke off. She looked at him Won
deringly. He turned to me, and gaining
confirmation from my nod began agair.
I think I should ask A g." he
said.
A b" she cried. still not
seeing one whit.
sternly.
She repeated his words softly and
stood a homer gazing at him. In that
moment she saw it all. She sat down
suddenly on the chair beside her and
shuddered violently. as if she had laid
her hand unwittingly upon a make.
oh, Richard she whispered, 1T is too
HORRIBLE
II fear 1t is too true" he answered
gloomily.
shrank from looking at them, from
meeting her eyes or his. I felt as IL
this shame had come upon us all. The
thought that the culprit might walk
with terror. / turned AVA and looked
through the window, leaving the hus-
band and wife together.
Is 1t only the name you are think
ing off," she muttered.
No" he answered. Before / left
nglan to go to Calais 1 saw some
thing pass between them-between her
and Clarence-which surprised me.
only In the confusion Of those last
days 1t slipped from my memory for
the time. -
II see" she said quietly. The vii
lain."
Looking beck upon the events OF he
last week. 1 found many things made
plain by the lurid light now cast upon
them. l understood how Master Lind
strom's vase had come to be broken
when We were discussing the letter,
which. IN my hands. must nave been a
perpetual terror to the girl. discerned
that she had purposely sown dissen-
sion between myself and Van Tree and
recalled how she had striven to pep
suade US not to leave the island; then
now n a induced us to take that
MUCK road. finally how on the road
her horse had Jagged and Jagged be-
hind. OBTAINING US all when every min
ute was precious. The things ali dove
tailed into mi another. Each by itself
was weak, but together they formed a
strong scaffold-a scaffold strong
enough for the hanging of a man, il
she had been a man! The others an
pealed to- me, the duchess feyerishiv
anxious to be assured one way or the
other. The very suspicion of the exist
ence Of such treachery at her side
seemed to stife her. Still looking out
Of the window, I detailed the proofs T
have mentioned, not gladly hea Ven
49, ".J PAl il revenge, DuI
my duty was rather to my companions.
Who had been true to me, than to her
l told them the truth as far as I Knew
it. The whole, wretched. miserable
truth was only to become known to me
later. 49,
Z viii go to her" the duchess said
presently, rising from her seat
My dear!!" her husband cried. He
stretched out his hand. and
her skirt detained her. you will nnt,'9g
DO not be afraid!' she replied sadly
as she stopped over him and kissed his
forehead. ut is a thing past scolding,
Richard. past love, and even hope. and
but past pity. / will be mercifuI
as we hope for mercy, but she can
never be a friend OF ours again. and
some n must tell her. T Will do 30
n return. As for thai mani" she
continued, o~bscuring suddenly the fair
n noble sides OF her character which
she had Just exhibited. and which, /.
confess. had uIprised me, for I had not
thought her capable OF a generosity so
uncommon. As for that man" she
repeated. drawing herself to her fI,IIs
height. while her eyes spanked and
cheeks grew red. who has
turned her into a vile schemer and
a shameless hyprocite, as he would
fain have turned better women r
VIII show him no mercy nor grace if 7
ever have him under my feet. 4 WIN
crush him as I would an adder. though
l pc crushed next moment myself"
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