The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-01-30

There is only one point lacking" he
said. did Tremaino know of your i'm
teutlon to tell Drysdalc the story"
"Yes-he even charged me with that
intention."
"Ah--he has listened at a keyhole.
probably"
HE said that Mr.. Drysdale himself
had told him. I might add, Mr.. God
frey, that I met Mr.. Drysdnle n the
officers in the hall that morning, as
they were going away, and l implored
him to tell them where he had been. He
answered. me with such insult and cor
rempt that 1 thought he must be mad"
"And no wonder! You were playing
at cross purposes. i presume, then,
that it was not you who wrote Mr..
Drysdale this note?' and he handed her
the crumpled sheet oe paper he had
fshed from Drysdale's waste-basket.
She took it with trembling hand; al
ready beginning to suspect, perhaps,
what IL contained.
"tBe at the pergoia Mt nine, she
read ".If l am late, wait for me. O..
4 certainly never wrote n SUCH note
as that. Mr., Godfrey. Where did IT
como from
Us # in your handwriting?"
Why, yes.' she answered, looking at
IL more closely. That Is, it is some
thing like. OH! / begin to see!" she
cried, and 1 saw her seized with a sud
den conclusive ~shudderinG.
Eyes" said Godfrey, lit was a pretty
plot. This note lured him from the
house, and kept him away until the
storm came up and he was forced TO
abandon the hope OF meeting you. he
concluded that o were playing with
him-when he returned to the house,
he found thu you had spent h even
ing with Observation-Disclosures in his
room. he did Il mi or violent and
tolish things. Finally, he determined
TO 20 away; he started to pack his be-
longings-and then, in the hall, you, as
he thought, added insult to injury by
asking him 10 tcll--
She stopped him with a wild gesture.
'Oh, 1 must see hint" she cried.
-Eomething must be done
something shalt be done" Godfrey
assured her. rising. The real culprit
shall be in custody tonight"
''The real culprit 2" The words arrest
cd her attention.
"Who but T~remaine?"
s'Tremaine? But he was in the house
las you know, ! talked with him for a
long time
'In the same vein?"
She colored a little at the tone,
yes" she answered. You will, per-
maps, thinks me weak, Mr.. Godfrey;
but despite his vilIainy, there was a
fascination, a sort OF brutal power,
about the q which it was very hard
60 resist. And then, 1 believed that
Mr.. Drysdale had deliberately broken
his engagement with me. Otherwise. l
should not have given Mr.. Tremaine
another opportunity To- To-
she did not attempt to finish the
sentence-there was nc need that she
should. I have often wondered, since,
what the end would have been q fate
not interfered-+had Tremaine's plan
worked itself out as he intended. Re
membering both of them--man and
woman--I think she must have yielded
I'm the end: submitted; gone with hiin
out into the world to conquer 1t.
There's no questioning Tremaine'S
fascination agreed Godfrey, o his
ability: yet / fancy hat In spite of his
precautions We've got him fast In the
net. That is all. l think
%One thing more, Mr.. Godfrey" she
said; do you think we'd better tell Mi.
Delroy the story?"
YES" answered Godfrey decidedly.
'"Tell him the whole story. That's al
ways the best way and the safest. Re-
member. your lack of f~rankness has al
ready cost one human life. Your sis
ter has incurred no guilt: she has com
mitted no fault. Her husband will have
nothing to forgive"
And the public?"
THE public? What has the public
10 do with it?"
"But I thought--you see-you--
ooh, you thought l would write it up
In the Record? l have no such inten-
don, Miss Croydon-I shall let
that first tragedy rest--this second one
will be enough-and. after all, Ire
maine has only one life for the law to
take
Pardon me-" she said quickly, hold
ing out her hand II see I have Of
Tended you. You must forgive me-"
"Qh. I do he said, taking her hand
and smiling into her eyes-allowing
himself a moments reward. Even q
yellow journalist. Miss Croydon, has
his reticences. That's hard to believe,
isn't ito"
Not when one knows thcm,' she an
answered, and opened h door for us.
Thomas vas waiting in the hall.
tAnything else. sir?' he asked.
mo" said Godfrey. We've finished
here Now let us have our trap.
He stopped a moment in the library
to say goodby to Delroy. He came for
ward eagerly to meet u.s.
'TWeli?" he asked. Can o clear
Jack"
yves" said Godfrey. I'VE can. What's
more. we will"
Thank God!" and Delroy passed his
hand across his forehead. This whole
thing a been a sort OF terrible night
mare to me, Mr.. Godfrey. I'm hoping
Tint ! may even yet wake up and find
that II was all only a dream"
Godfrey smiled a little bitterly.
I'm afraid you won't do that, MI.
Delroy," he said: but. at least. I be-
ileve you'll find that, in the end. It will
sweep O great unhappiness out OF your
life. And I'm sure that. with Mr.. Les
ter's help, I can clear Drysdale."
Thomas came to tell us that u trap
was waiting, and Delroy went down
the steps with me.
II hope to have o here some time
under more favorable circumstances"
ne said. and shook us both warmly by
the hand.
Evening had come. and the darkness
deepened rapidly as we--drove back
along the road TO Babylon.
we can't get a train till S:42," said
Godfrey, $50 Wen have dinner at the
hotel and then go around for a talk
With our client. / think we have n
news that viii cheer him up"
TT seemed to me-" / observed, that
II was not at all about his arrest that