The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-06

b n his domestic condncf--in ths aattsf
to which ycu have aIIuded?'
II have no reason to suppose other
wise. have neves been on the scene Hs
the event. / knew nothing Of Il until .
year after ii happened. and then my
sources Of information were Of the STEM
derest. and my knowledge Of painful DE-
tails never yent beyond this Office. Pray
b. assured that l do not wish to say one
word that can pain ron. ] wonld only
ask you 10 consider me a. = totally unln'
formed person. / have no charge 10 make
Upon anybody's account. | have no
| questions TO ask. The past Is forgotten.
70 far AZ | and my firm are concerned.
.Mr. Parga meat. for me the past -
still living. and Ii Is exercising a baneful
influence over my present existence. IL
may blight the rest Of my life. You. per
haps. may help TO extricate me from a
labyrinth OF perplexjty. want to kiow
Who my first wife was. What Was me
real na spe OF the young lady who cal.a
herself viyien Faux. and whom marif'a
under that ma me before the British consul
at Fiorcncey Nho were her parents:
II cannot Tel, you. | know that GER
tain persons were interested In the yoahs
lady.s welfare. and that certain suilas
we're placed in our charge for her mSih-
| tenanee. After her death. the capital
for which we had been trustees reverted
10 those persons. That is the sum toiai
Of the lads's history so far as il Is known
10 us."
..Wfll yoa tell me the name OF the per
son who gave ms wife her income. VINO
pIared her nj the school at Brussels, ~
whose instructions she was transferred 20
the care of Mr.. and Mrs. Mortirnef: !
want TO know thar mans name Tor iast
man must have been her father.
when my father and ! undertook that
business for my client. we pledged or
selves 10 absolute secrecy. The facts 81
the case are not known even to tue oth'r
members Of the firm. The person III
question was our client, and the secret
was lodged with u.s.
DO you happen to know the name OF
my second wife,
n did not even know that ysn had
married again. You were known TO our
firm as Mr.. Ransome. We lost sigst OK
you when you changed your name Ia
Grcswold."
Il have been married-happily ms riAd
for fourteen years. and the name 81 my
wife was Fausset, Mildred faussef,
daughter Of John Fausset, your client.
yiyien Faux. Does not that sound to
your ear like an assumed name, Mr.. Fer
eament 2" pursued Greswold. Faux the
first three letters are the same as in faus-
set"
And then George Greswold told the so
licitor how his second wife had resDg-
ntzed his first wife's photograph. as the
likeness of a girl whom she believed to
have been her half sister. and how this
| act threatened to divide husband and wife
forever.
sBe plain with me. Mr.. Pergamenr
Was the girl who called herself Viviec
Faux. John Fausset's daughter, or was
she not."
Il regret that | cannot answer your
question. Ny promise to my client was OF
the nature of an oath. | cannot violate
that promise upon any consideration
| whatever. l must ask you. Mr.. Ores
void. as a gentleman. not to urge the
! matter any further"
Il submit said Greswold hopeiessly.
IF 1t is a point of honor with you, !
can say no more"
Mr.. PERMANENT accompanied him to
the threshold of the outer Office, and the
elderly clerk ushered him to the wide old
landing place beyond. The lawyer had
been courteous, but not cordial. There
was a shade OF distrustfulness in his man
ner, and he had pretended to no aympa-
thy with Mr.. Greswold in his difficulties
but George Greswold felt that among
those VIC knew the history of his for
mer marriage there was not much likeIi-
| hood of friendly feeling toward him. Ia
them be was a man outside the pale.
He left the Office sick at heart. This
had been his only means OF coming at the
knowledge of his first wife's parentage,
| and his mean had failed him utterly.