Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-24

ildIluS tIenlDle 50 IL was over III an
instant; yet | had caught q glimpse
of his secret, ! understood
1T was nothing" he said; II was
glad TO do it, was deeply pleased
when that message came this morn
ing"
You've been kinder to me than I de-
served she said, and / more thar half
agreed with her. How, with his eyes
before her, could she fail to under
stand! Perhaps she did underestimate
was never sure.
In the first place. then. Miss Croy-
don, he went on, in a different tone.
how did our father succeed in getting
your sister away from Tremaine?"
They had gone to Paris" she an
Swered, and In two or three days
Edith had awakened from her dream
she saw something I'm the man Which
terrified her, and she wrote a pitiful let
Ter TO father who went over TO Paris
at once, and finally succeeded in buy
ing the mar off. Father paid him
o0'OO0 francs, 1 believe-perhaps it was
the fact h a he knew he was not really
hdlths husband-that he himself had
committed a crime-which made him
take 1T. He agreed to leave the country.
ana IN the following December he wrote
rather that he was about to sail for
Martinique In a ship called the Cen
~ h"Ib nv lIllCilutu 10 DlV "A
plantation in Martinique and make hat
ms nome. In February. we learned
that the Centaur had been lost, with
All on board. After eight years. IL
seemed certain thai he was dead, and
Edith felt free to marry again"
was Mr.. Delroy informed OF this
carly indiscreticn?"
"Certainly-and forgave it, as any
good man would"
pardon mo for ncLtnc. tI,o a,,z.,,z.
Miss Croydon; but It was necessary.
When was 1t you first learned hat Ire
maine was still alive?"
one night nearly two months ago
Edith brought his letter to me Sbe
was Wild, distracted, ready to kill her
is what / have feared every
DAY since. She loves Mr.. Delroy. Mr..
Godtrey; and yet she believed herself
the wife OF another man. He demand
ed that she meet him in that apartment
mouse. L knew she could not bear such
a meeting, and yet he must be seen.
oltered 10 go In her stead; | had some
Wild idea OF appealing to his better ma
lure. OF persuading him"
She stopped. silenced by her own
That, of course. would not have al
tered the fact hat your sister was his
wife" observed Godfrey.
NO: that was the terrible part OF
{; nothing could alter that. There
must, OF course, be a separation: but
thought we would solve that problem
after we had settled the other. So |
went. He opened the door to me. |
had never seen him, and l confess his
appearance and were not at all
l expected. He did not look I'm
least like a ~scoundrel, nor did he
act like one, lie listened to me with
Intention and Snpnrincr paGngp. 10 ,,vo.
ipeared moved. Oh. L know now what
l ~hypocrite he was; / know that he
vas laughing at me; that he was plan
llng something deeper, more villainous.
had brought 81, 200 with me-ail that
We could gather together at the mo-
| pressed it upon him. urg-
.ng him to take it and go away and
would send him more. He pretend
to refuse the money. to protest that
{ was not in the least what he wanted
but | compelled him TO AXE II. And
as | was hoping that / prevailed
him. the door of the bedroom
opened and a horrible drunken mar
out.
Well, Vic he cried. so this is tn
gal. is it, She's a likely piece. 1
give her up. Vie. no. not fer
"'Go back 10 bed, you drunken
cried Tremaine. and he took him
'oughly by the arm.
But the other shook him off.
Don't lay your hands on me. Vic,'
cried. Don't dare lay your hands
On mel
Il saw the very devil spring into Ire
names face. He ooked about him for
some weapon, n picked up a piece
Of pipe that lay beside the radiator.
Thompson saw the action and lurched
heavily toward him.
Coin Z use that on me, Vic?' he
asked. You'd better try it, and he
made a pass at Tremaine and tried to
the pipe away. You try 1t on
an I'll blow your game like l did once
before down at sydney
He struck ut Tremainc again. but
latter sprang away ana IN an in
had brought the pipe down upon
his head. Thompson fell like a log;
that hendish lock flashed into
rremaine's face a second time; he
snatched out q revolver dimly un-
what was coming-indeed,
had my own revolver in my hand- and
[ fired at him, but my shot went Wild,
She stopped and buried her face in
hands. overcome for the moment |
by the terrible spectacle her words
had evoked.
She controlled herself by an effort;
took down her hands
HE put his pistol away and stepped
over very close 10 me.
Miss Croydon he said rapidly. IL |
will be wei, for you TO say you did
not know me. / have committed no
was the aggressor-what
was done in self defence. One
thing more-your sister has nothing
to fear from mel shalt never bother
again. promise you that
He was gone in an instant and
then the janitor came INK you and
the detectives"
Godfrey nodded thoughtfuliy.
That supplies the motive, Lester"
said II have felt that my explain
alton or the crime was not quite ade-
quate. But 1t was not only desire for
that urged T'remaine ont
was also the knowledge that Thompson
OF his first marriage and threat
ened, with a word, to wreck his plans
a second time
Yes" | agreed. and sal silent. pom
deriug the story.
WHY did you take The clippings,
Miss Croydon? asked Godfrey after a
moment.
From what you read of them, I sus-
pected how vitality they concerned my
sister. That was a secret. 1 felt. which
must be kept at any hazard. IL was
Gone without consideration, on the
spur of the moment. or I should never
have a the courage Ia de- Ii al all.
And why did You hide them Under
the carpet"
She laughed outright --she load was