Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-30

closed tho door carefully behind him.
1 have seen few women more regal.
more ma gnificent. yet there was about
her-in her face. in the droop OF her
exquisite suffering. that. after the first
moment. one forgot to admire her II,
the desire to be OF service.
You wished to see me?" she asked.
In n low voice.
Eyes. Miss Croydon" replied Godfrey.
more gently perhaps than he had In
tended to speak. This is Mr.. Lester"
he added, who has been engaged to
defend Mr.. D%rysdale."
She acknowledged the Introduction
with the faintest of bows.
II hope Mr.. Lester will be successful"
she said. IN the coolest OF tones. One
would have thought her Il mere chance
acquaintance OF my client.
1 saw Godfrey looking at her with
searching eyes,. and his face hardened.
I'VE mean to be successful" he said
CURLY. You may as we'll nss us to
sit down. Miss Croydon. because our
business here will take some time and
[ am sure 1t will tire you to stand.
She raised her eyebrows with q lit
tie gesture OF astonished disdain.
"Peally." she began; then her eyes
met his. burning with meaning. "Oh.
very WELL she said family, and sank
.ISO I0 CIldlk c ACAs
1 felt my checks flush with indigna-
ton at Godfrey's manner: surely this
woman had enough to Dear already!
I opened my lips to protest. but he
silenced me with a glance.
Now. Miss Croydon he continued.
in the same coldly imperative tone.
II intend to speak to you bluntly and
directly. We have beaten about the
bush too long alread". / see that you
ere not inclined to deal frankly with
1s-you have not been frank with us
from tho first-you have sought to
blind US. to throw us of the track.
Therefore I shall tell you what we al
ready know. in order that you may
realize o useless 1t Is for o to try
to hold us off. We're going to see thai
the guilty mar Is punished. not for this
crime alone. u also for that other
n Mt the Marathon. of which you
were the only witness. You shall not
be permitted to keep him from justice
a day longer"
She raised her head ena looked at
him. her face white as marble and as
immoble; but she did not speak. She
grew livid and more livid as he con-
eyes. and at n moment I thought
she would collapse: but I did not know
her strength Of will.
I'm the first place." went on God
frey evenly. removing his eyes
from hers. I'VE know that this man
Tremaine inveigled your sister into a
school-girl elOpement and marriage;
she was rescued from him: she thought
him dead: she married Delroy: came to
attempted the extortion of blackmail:
you met him at the Marathon: while
you were talking Thompson interfered
and Tremalne killed him. escaping be-
fore the officers arrived. You did not
know Thompson, but you saw Sim
monds and me take out his p~ocketbook;
you heard me read a I or two from
n of a packet of clippings we found
there, and while we were in the bed
room. o took those clippings from the
body and hid them under the edge Of
the carpet
She breathed a long sigh and sat
erect again.
"Ah." she said with q little smile,
II was beginning to e you. all that
seemed SO supernatural. But now I
see where your information came
from"
ut is correct. them" asked Godfrey,
a CLEAN Of triumph flashing across his
face.
She glanced at him in surprise.
"Oh. I understand: 1t was merely
theorizing. Well. 1t wa very cleverly
done. MIR. Godfrey"
And 1t is correct?" he persisted.
was no denying the importantly Of his
gaze.
YES" she answered: YES"
Godfrey leaned back in his chair
with a long sigh Of relief. He had won
the battle.
Miss Croydon" he said. I'm going
to reward you for your frankness by
telling you something which I had in
tended to keep secret a while longer,
was the wife of Tremaine and has
nothing whatever to fear from him; he
has n 10 hold OF her at all. She has
never been anybody's wife but Mr.. Del
roy's."
She was staring at him with widely
opened eyes. her hands clasped above
her heart.
"oh. il it were really col" she cried
III It were really so!"
ut IL so." repeated Godfrey. and tool
Q little yellow envelope from his pocket
Read this and he unfoided q sheet
Of paper and held It toward her.
She took It with trembling hand and
read the message written upon It; hui
seemingly without understanding 1t.
Records correspondent at Dieppe. You
pardon, Lester" he added with q Meet
Ing smile: II forgot I o show It 4
you on the trip out. Please read
aloud, Miss Croydon"
1.-The widow OF Victor Charents,'
she read In . low votes. ."'died her,
again." She looked up. her brows stil
knitted. "Wellf" che asked.
WELL" said Godfrey. "'Victor Char
onte 70 the real name Of Tremaine. 81
! married hat GIRL many years befor
he met your sister. She was his egs
the Legal wtfe o. anyons excsp
/ Richard Oolroy."
: NE Understood now. ana the ia
teasU burst forth understandable. II
deed che made no effort to restraI
them. but only ooked back and foetl
THANK 0odl" she oobbod, Than
0oai" and then she started Nh from II
CHAIR. II muse tell her, sno oaid, =