Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-31

IIerc Us only one pOltl dCklllS' i'
said. Did Tremaine know of your m
tention to tell Drysdale the story
"Yes-he even charged me with h
intention"
'Ah-he has listened at a keyhole,
probably"
He said that Mr.. Drysdale himself
had told him. / might add, Mr.. God
frey, that j met Mr.. Drysdale and the
officers in the hall that morning, as
they were going away, and implcred
him to tell them where he "A been. He
answered me with such insult and con-
tempt that / thought he must be mad"
And no wonder! You were playing
at cross purposes. ] presume, then,
that Ii was not you who wrote Mr..
Drysdale this note?' and he handle her
the crumpled sheet Of paper he had
fished from Drysdale's w~aste-basket.
She took ii with trembling hand; al
ready beginning to suspect, perhaps,
what IL contained.
"'Be at the pergola at nine, she
read. IF ] am late, wait Tor nie y.
/ certainly never wrote n such note
AS that, MIR. Godfrey. Where dld II
come FROM"
rs it in your handwriting
why, yes" she answered. looking at
it more closely. THAT is, IT Is some
thing like. oh! / begin 10 see!" she
cried, and | saw her seized with a sud
den couvulsive shuddering.
Yes" said Godfrey, 1T was a pretty
plot. This note lured him from the
house. and kept him away until the
storm came up and he was Forced 10
abandon the hope of meeting you. lie
concluded hat you were playing with
him-when he returned to the house,
he found that you had spent the even
ing with Tremaine-afterwardD in his
room. he did a number of violent ana
folish things Finally, he determined
TO go 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 tell
She stopped him with a wild gesture.
"Oh. l must see him!" she cried.
something must be done
Something shall be DONE Godfrey
assured her. rising. The real culprll
shall be i'm custody tonight"
THE real culprit?' The words arrest
ed her attention.
"Who but Tremaine?"
'Tremaine2 But he was in the house
las you know, / talked with him for q
long time
I'm the same vein?'
She colored a little at the one
Yes" she answered. You will, per-
haps, thinks me weak, Mr.. Godfrey;
but despite his villainy, there was a
fascination. a sort OF brutal power.
about the man, which it was very hard
to resist. And then, l believed that
Mr.. DrysdaIe had deliberately broken
his engagement with me. Otherwise. |
should not have given Mr.. Tremaine
another opportunity to- To
She did not attempt to finish the
sentence-there was no need That Sla
should. have often wondered, since,
what the end would have been had fate
not interfered-had Tremaine's plan
worked itself out as he intended. Re
Numbering both of them-man and
woman-I think she must have yielded
In the end, submitted; gone witn hiih
out into the world to conquer 1t,
There's no questioning Tremainc'S
fascination" agreed Godfrey, nor MS
ability; yet / fancy that In spite OF his
precautions We've got him fast in tac
net. That is all, l think
One thing more, Mr.. Godfrey SIC
said: DO you think we'd better tell Nj.
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 ~frankness has al
ready cost one human life. Your SIS
ter has incurred no guilt; she has COM
United no fault. Her husband VIII have
nothing Ia forgive"
And the pub,ic?"
1.-THE puhllc2 What has the pubic
to do with it?"
@Rut ] thought-you s~ce-yoU
"Oh, you thought / would write il u2
In the Record? | have no such lnten-
lion, Miss Croydon shall let
that first tragedy rest-this second one
viii he ~enough-and, after all, Ire
maine has only one life for the law TO
take
Pardon me-" she said quickly, hold
ing ont her hand. II see i have Of
4 you. You must forgive me-"
'-oh. / do he said, taking her hand
and smiling into her eyes-allowinS
himself a moments reward. Even a
yellow journalist, Miss Croydon. has
his %reticences. That's hard to believe,
isn't itN'
Not when one knows them, she an-
answered. and opened the door for us.
Thomas was waiting in the ball.
Anything else. sir?" he asked.
NO said Godfrey. We've finished
here. Now let US have our trap.
He stopped n ONE In the library
70 say goodby to Delroy. He came for
ward eagerly to meet us.
''Wer?" he asked. Can you clear
Iack9n
Yes, said Godfrey, Eve can. What's
more. we WILL"
Thank God!" and Delroy passed his
hand across his forehead. ''This whole
thing has been a sort of terrible night
mare to me, Mr.. Godfrey. I'm hoping
that | may even yet wake up and find
tina IL was all only a dream
Godfrey smiled a little bitterly.
'T'm afraid you won't do that, Mr..
Delroy,n he said: but. at least. ! be-
lieve youll and that, In the end, ii will
sweep a great unhappiness out OF your
life. And I'm sure that. with Mr.. Les
ter's help. ] can clear Drysdale.'s
Thomas came TO tell us that u trap
was waiting. and Delroy went down
the steps with me.
II hope to have you here some time
under more favorable circumstances
he said. and shook US both warmly by
the land.
Evening had come. and the darkness
deepened rapidly rs we drove back
along the road to Babylon.
we can't get a train till S.4g." said
Godfrey, $50 wen have dinner at the
hotel then go around for a talk
with our client. ! think we have some
news that will cheer him up"
Ut seemed to me-" l observed. that
II was not ct all about his arrest thar
he WAS Worrying
1T wasn't" agreed Godfrey. That's
what I meant"
The iights OF Babylon cleaned oI-
ahead. and a few minutes later We
drew UP before the hotel. As We en-
tered the cnice. I saw the proprietor
cast a quick glance Mt a little tat man
t4a-ra1u face. whe n heeis !eass-