The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-28
CHAPTER xx.-fcontinued.)


and crumplea dress, and her hair wildly
disarranged, ran out Of the, room, skim
med downstairs like swallow, opened
the street door with her own hands, and
left it wide behind her. Vhe coachman
Jumped down, but she was at the carriage
door before him, and he stared at the
wild disorder in which she appeared.
'"Fhe Palace Hotel" she said. Quick
b. Go as quickly as you can"
She was taken at once to Angelas
apartments.
"Oh, Julia" Angela began, "how kind
Of you to come 50 soon. We only reach
Cd town yesterday"
''Read, that p said Julia, in a voice so
harsh and strange that it surprised her
self.
Angela took the wet and twisted letter
from her oxtstretched hand.
"Jtllia! You are i'll. You are In trou-
bic. You are crying. What is thsmat7
terri
She FASTENED toward her friend, who
rspulsed her and said: "Read that T.
again In the same strange voice.
Angela skinned the letter as a bird
skins water, and ARISE to her feet.
Ibid you have that sent to. me?"
''No," said Angela. How dare you
think such thing Of me? How could
JON think ita''
'Whs sent itr' she sebbed., "who
dared to send it?" Affgela's mind was
darling this way and that in swift In
quiry but she knew toe littIe Of the pat
riot and his affairs to End the faintest
clew to an answer. Who could have
known enough to write the letter? Lucy
Farley, Maskeayne and O'Rourke himself
these were all. 1t flashed across her
suddenly that O'Rourke had possibly
boosted Of his own insolence. Men did
such things-she had read of them. Even
to the confused mind of the sufferer An
gela's passionate start at this fancy
meant no less than discovery.
HE is a wretch!' cried Angela.
"Who? Who is a wretch?" demanded
the little widow, with appealing hands.
Angela began to cry with her friend, and
fell to kissing and mourning over her.
"Oh," cried Mrs. Spry, wringing her
hands and weeping all the more for these
demonstrations of sympathy, "who-who
Is wretch?"
ne Is WiCKeu, Udu, uHPi iANiPiSo
man." said Angela. "Oh, my dear; I am
so- sorry. I saw that you were beginning
to care for him; but I could not warn
you. Why are we SO tongue-tied when
we see things going wrong?"
angela" said Mrs. Spry, gulpingly,
show dare you say SO? I'm sure he's
the best and noblest of men,"
Hes the basest and most dishonorahle
Of men" cried Angela, stung by her new
suspicion of him, which, following on her
cid oertainties, made her feel altogether
merciless.
angela" said the widow, clinging to
her and looking at her imploringly, Ibid
he make love to you before he met me?''
'Only a few days BEFORE" Angela an
swered. "And he knew then that George
that Mr.. Maskelyne- He professed
to be Mr.. Maskelynes dearest friend.
hated hisa from the first"
81 don't believe it ~ said Mrs. Spry,
withdrawing her clinging hands and be-
taking herself to welking up and down
the room. "Yos wanted him for your
self. You know you did"
"You are very gHieved, know, DEAR -
said Angela, 'or you would never think
or say such things. l did not want Him
for myself. You know that Mr.. Maske-
lyme and l are going to be married? l
loved him long before he came over to
Belgium to visit us. should never have
married another man il he had never
spoken to nae. But Mr.. O'Rourke heard
that 1 had money and he tried to come
between us and to separate US. If he had
not done that, l might have liked him
very we'll, But he succeeded for awhile,
and made us both very unhappy. Then
he met you, dear, and found that you
had more money than 1, and so he pre-
tended to fall in love with you-the mer-
cenary wretch! Then he boasted-I can
see it ALTO some man friend of his
about his impertinence to me, and 1 am
made to seem as If he had thrown me
unworthy creature, Julia. Throw him
away. Be brave and forget him."
This was one of those thiys which are
much easier to advise than to do. But
Angela siace her engagement had learned
from her lover most that was to be
known from him, and she tried tc
strengthen Der friends mind with it tc
such effect that at length she drew from
her a declaration that she would sex
O'Rourke no more. When she hat
achieved this triumph, she took pen. inl
and paper and wrote this note, willis
Mrs. Spry still lay dissolved in grief OF
the sofa.
"Sir-Oblige me BY reading the inclos
cd. Should you desire to answer it 70,
may do 50 In person. l am staying witt
Miss Butler, and you may meet us to
gether at any time It mary suit you t,
appoint"
After 4 prolonged effort she succeede,
In persuadfng the widow to copy this, ant
to address It to O'Rourke, accompanies
by the Fraser letter. This feat accom-
plished, the poor thing was got to bed
and after a weary while to sleep. An
gela rejoiosd In this victory for Mrs
Spry's ewn sake, and held her saved from
the most terrible of fates.
CHAPTER XXI.
Mrs. Spry add Angela were sitting to
gether when O'Rourke's hastily pencile,
card arrived. Mrs. Spry tore open tn
envelope and uttered little cry.