The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-03-12
CHAPTER xx.-fContinned.l


The widow with her tear-stained fac
and crumpled dress. and her hair Wild
disarranged. ran out OF the room. skim
med downstairs like a swallow, opene,
the street door with her own hands. AM
left Il wide behind her. The coachmaI
jumped down. but she was at the earriag'
door before him. and he stared al III.
Wild disorder in which she appeared
The Palace Hotel" she said Quick
~. Go as quickly as you can"
She was taken at once TO Angela's
apartments
'0h. Julia" Angela began. -how kind
OF you to come 50 soon We only reach
ed town yesterday"
Read thar p said Julia, in a voice 50
harsh end strange that il surprised her
self.
Angela took the wet and twisted letter
from her outstretched hand
Julia You are i'll You are in trou-
bic You are crying What is the mat
ter5'
She FASTENED toward her friend. who
repulsed her and said: Read that r
again in the same strange voice
Angela SKINNED the letter as a bird
skins water. and arose TO her feet.
Angela Butler" said the little widow,
did you have that sent 10 mel"
NO" said Angela How dare you
think such thing OF met How could
you think it,"
who sent it," she sobbed. "Who
dared TO send it," Angela's mind was
darting this way and that in swift IN
Quiry but she knew too little 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. AIaskelyne and O'Rourke himself 4
these were all 1t flashed across her
suddenly that O'Rourke had possibly /
boosted Of his own insolence. Men did /
such thihgs-she had read OF them Even
TO the confused mind of the sufferer An
geIa's passionate start at this fancy
meant no less than discovery.
He is a wretch - cried Angela
''WhoT Who is a wretchs' demanded
the little widow. with appealing hands
Angela began TO cry with her friend. and
fel 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 a wretch
He is a wicked. bad. unprincipIed
man." said Angela .-Oh, ny dear; am
so sorry / saw that you were beginning I
to care for him; but could not warn c
you. Why are we 50 tongue-tied when
we see things going swrongz7
angela" said Mrs Spry, gulpingiy. '
show dare you say so7 I'm sure he's a
the best and noblest Of men" $
Hes the basest and most dishonorable
of men :" cried Angela. stung by her new a
suspicion Of him. which. following on her G
old certainties. made her feel altogether
merciless- A
Angela" said the widow. clinging to
her and looking at her imploringly, did z
be make love to you before he met me.'' 81
Only a few days before" Angela an
swered- -And he knew then that George Il
that Mr.. Maskelyne-- He professed y
10 be Mr.. Maskelyne's dearest friend D
hated him from the first b.
Il don't believe it - said Mrs Spry.
her clinging hands and be Dc
aking herself to walking up and down
he ROOM You wanted him for your n
elf. You know you did" IN
You are very grieved. know. dear
aid Angela, '-or you would never think re
II say such things l did not want him ca
or myself. You know that Mr.. Maske- re-
IL anu Alc eOAu5 70 Dt 4uArElelf
oved him long before be came over to nc
Belgium TO visit US I should never have
larried another man If he HAD never an
poken 10 me. But Mr.. O'Rourke heard ed
nat / had money and he tried to come vii
etween US and to separate US. II he had
OF done that. / might have liked him AM
cry we'll But be succeeded for awhile, shI
nd made Us both very unhappy. Then her
Al 4
I'd more money than l. and so be pre- mu
nded to fall in love with you-the mer- VOL
nary wretch Then he boasted-I can ear
e It ALTO some man friend of his ert
,out his impertinence to me. and I am %
ade to seem as If be had thrown me for
way like an old glove He Is a base. snr
lworthy creature, Julia. Throw him hon
way Be brave and forget him" one
This was one Of those thies which are doz,
uch easier to advise than to do. But ing
ngela since her engagement had learned q
ON her lover most that was to be cust
Iown from him. and she tried TO dow
rengthen Der friends mind with II to His
ch effect that at length she drew from half
r & declaration that she would see bers
hourke no more. When she had with
hieved this triumph, she took pen ink ente
rs. spry still lay dissolved in grief on thou
: sofa with
~Sir-Oblige me By reading the ineIos- bega
Should you desire to answer It you and
y do 50 in person. am staying with II
IS Butler, and you may meet rs to ragir
her at any time it may suit you to the
point at Il
After prolonged effort she succeeded "y
the widow to copy this. and locki
address it to O'Rourke. accompanied face
the Fraser letter. This feat accom- "A
she'd, the poor thing was got to bed. linn
after weary while to sleep. An He
4 rejoiced In this victory for Mrs. siona
US own sake, and held her saved from roski
most terrible Of fates rnorr
usual
CHAPTER XXI. rethe
frs. Spry and Angela we're sitting To- the
her when O'Rourke's hastily penciIed door
q arrived. Mrs spry tore eeen the and
elope and uttered q little cry