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


Very well." agreed Godfrey. I'VE
Will wait for you here"
She disappeared through a door at
the farther II of the ROOM. but in a
moment came softly back again.
She is asleep" she said. Il will wait
until she wakes. What a joyful awak-
Ing 1t will be-" and she sat down again.
She wiped away the tears. but her eyes
were still shining. Godfrey gazed at
her with Il face full of emotion.
Now. Miss Croydon" he began.
you've told me that my theory's cor
rect. but there are three or four points
1 should like you TO help me clear up.
If you will"
II shall be glad to n cam" she an
| .:wered. and smiled at him. her yes
trimming again. You've lifted such
n load from me. Mr.. Godfrey. that I'd
do almost anything to show my graft
tude."
Why. looking at her. did his face
change SOFTEN. ha -den? Why did his
' instant; yet I had caught n glimpse
OF his secret. l understood
1T was nothing" he said: IT was
glad to do til was deeply pleased
when that message came this norm
Ing"
you've been kinder to me than 1 de-
served" She said: and I more than half
20 "ASAA AAON " AAo SySS
before her. could she fail to under
stand? Perhaps she did underestimate
was never sure.
I'm the first place. then. Miss Croy-
don." he went on. in a different tone,
how did your father succeed in getting
your sister away from Tremaine?"
"They had gone to Paris" she n
swered. and In two or three days
Edith had awakened from her dream
h saw something In the man which
terrified her. and she wrote q pitiful let
ter to father. who rel over to Paris
at once. and finally succeeded in buy
Ing the man OFF. Father paid him
$4,000 francs. I believe-perhaps It was
the fact that he knew he was not really
Edith's husband-that he himself had
committed a crime-which made him
take 1t. He agreed to leave the country,
and In the following December he wrote
father that he was about to sail for
Martinique in n ship called the Cen
taur. He said he intended ia buy a
plantation in Martinique and make that
his home. In February. we learned
that the Centaur had been lost, with
all on board. After eight years, It
seemed certain that he was dead, and
Edith felt free to marry again."
Was Mr.. Delroy. informed Of this
early indiscreticn?"
"Gertainly-snd forsave It. as any
l 6OO0 HAL WOulu.
Pardon me for asking the question.
Miss Croydon: but 1t was necessary.
When was 1t you first learned that Ire
maine was still alive?"
"One night nearly two months ago.
Edith brought his letter to me. She
was wild. distracted. ready to kill her
self-that is what I have feared every
Godfrey: and yet she believed herself
the wife of another man. He demand
ed that she meet him in that apartment
house. I knew h could not bear such
a meeting. and yet he must be seen. I
offered to go in her stead: I had some
wild idea of appealing to his better ma
ture. Of persuading him."
She stopped, silenced by her own
emotion.
THAT, Of course, would no nave al
tered the fact that our sister was his
wife," observed Godfrey.
f! mo: hat was the terrible part Of
1t: nothing could alter that. There
must. of course. be u separation: but
we thought we would solve that problem
after we had settled the other. So I
went. He opened the door to me. 1
had never seen him. n I confess his
appearance n manner were not at all
what 1 expected. He did not look in
the least like a scoundrel. nor did he
act like one. He listened t. me with
attention and seeming respect. He even
appeared moved. Oh, I know now what
a hypocrite he was: I know that he
was laughing at me: that he was PLAN
ming something deeper. more villainous.
l had brought $1,000 with me-all that
we could gather together at the mo-
ment-and I pressed 1t upon him, urg-
ing him to take 1t and go away and
we would send him more. He pretend
ed to refuse the money. to protest that
1t was not in the least what he wanted,
but I compelled him to take 1t. And
just as I was hoping that I prevailed
with him. the door Of the bedroom
opened and a horrible drunken man
staggered out.
"'Well. vic.' he cried. so this IL tn
wouldn't give her up. Vic. no. not fer
ten thousand
ECO back to bed. you drunken
brute!' cried Tremaine, and he look him
roughly by the arm.
But the other shook him of.
""DOn't lay your hands on me, Vic!
he cried. Don't dare lay your hands
On met
II saw the very devil spring INTO Ire
maine's face. He looked about him fol
some weapon. Inc picked up q piece
O pipe that lay beside the radiator
Thompson saw he action and lurchet
heavily toward him.
. "'Goin' t. use that ON me, vic7' h,
asked. You'd better try st. and h,
made q ass at Tremaine n tried I.
snatch the pipe away. You try Il OF
an I'll blow your game like I did onc'
> before down at Sydney
} HE struck ut Tremaine again, bu
/ the latter eprang away and In an in
i slant had brought the pipe down upol
his head. Thompson fell like q log
then that nendish look dashed int
Tremaine's face a second time: h
snatched out Z revolver dimly un
derst00d what was c~0ming-indeed,
4 had my own revolver n my hand an
{ nred At him: but my shot went wilt
while his 1900"
She stopped and buried her face I
4 By the terrible spectacle her word