The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-23

-Douw soooped the boord bot ways.
Hes been here ahead OF us
my quick ears. its the cat under the
settle that done US. She 10 here
We bot swung around. There, truly,
In stattoo posture stud q tall Teddy IN
black, her appraised hand, wan sparkle o.
Jewels rare. 'risting lightly on a panel'ef
n If I pri.s this button, .she remarked in
10y tonSs. vt viii alarm our three hired
men In the coach house. They are armed.
Their orders are In such an emergency TO
shoot fust and let the CroMner inquire
artsrward. Il think they win carry thin
Her thin lipc rev 4 smile which med the
moonlight feel topical and there wa
about ss much warmth In the stare OF ner
iriyit.kie eye:i.aeAs unds. = masses
Of white hair rolled baok a. you might
ind in tho headlight Of an ingine stuck m q
wonderful woman. she faced US with
- little oonsarn ~ she might Q couple OF
frusnt boys osft at the fruit. Indeed 70
her whols personality there chung an at
taohed air which eaid stronger than amy
words that she had no fear becuz she had
Somehow, whin I fought over all that
wan Of her posshun and appearance must
have bot hoped and feared / felt sorry
Tor her. Nevertheless I gov large a dubus
look, Weighing whether she cud be quicker
JsrEs wud hev nown Of %: desprit a
hazard. Priesing forard. he bowed low,
his hand on his heart.
THE game isn't wuth the scandal.
madam he said. sYou know, even bot
ter than We do. that whatiycr II was We
were after we didn't get. We hey every
thing to lose and nawthin' to gain eIelpt
nOnatd0raa hgin- HOW
may We servo your Fol you wud have
sprung the alarm long since II therehadn't
Tell me ali that occurred to bring you
here and what you meant by. saying ne
had been ahead Of your b demanded.
She shook her head as large finished
Nope abe REFLECTED. '.You two were
A rufHsn like Douw wud take his time.
feeling that the way was open to him
all the night. What did you mssl,
tsnn ans. 70 N, he; .s sSH y.u and deT I soid her 70 ike ike
the Muse Of History. stripped OF her vain
she tux a cluster Of di'monds from her
finger. and held 1t up like q Hoodoo idle.
u thought So she mummured. in tones
that tucked an ioiole down me oack.
well, thin, there il work to do at wanet;
Keep fait' with me, as ! will keep fat
with YOU, and this bubble shall be your
There was no doubling the didly yet
impressive earnestness OF her words, n
90 while abe called up the coach house on
the telephone and slnt wan Of the men
to fetch his master from tho park pa
vilyun VI stud mute and contfnt. awaiting
her. commands.
III.
1T 10 all a. plain Is .intwig. extrava-
canoe and base ingrstitude, In the light
Of what you hev told. kin be to wan whose
eyes hsYe iver been set Of higher tfngs.'
she whit on. with q touch Of sanctimoney-
ness which med me pity her the less. MY
uniortunit husband, a. I hev known for
long, Is deeply involved in debt.
.Becux ] wudn't give moro to pour into
Q bottomless pit after much, ali, how
much. he has plotted to rob me. his awful
widded wife! The package which he said
held unl1 wuthless papers In reality BON
tanned family jewels Of imminse vally.
leastwise the package which he fought
was still In the safe did.
.Howiver, suspictins some such infamy
from his aoshuns. I he'd alrddy removed
the gins I'd q place of safety and substi-
footed in It's stead-what do you t'ink7'
.Dinnermite,' I guest, .or p'raps
sorosis clubyermIte.' .
Something which he wud be as wild
TO replace a. he had kecn anxus to get
large suggested, thus giving you the
ohanct 70 catch him hands down and ad-
minister eeder the fatal scoop disgrace
or the mussiful kiss Of pease.'
In response 10 his c~hverness her
face wal again Lit with a wand smile like
the Last sput Of fame over the ashes Of a
homo.
my will. to wit she agreed. MY
last will and testamint. med In the impoe-
siblo clamor Of our honeymoon. giving
him all, all I possess. absolutely, unde-
servedly to t'row to the dogs' Of eeder
to oot destr'y have declared | have destr'yed
my win which embodies all his future
II don't say hoped-that particular
leaf Of aitches was torn long since from
my matrimonial dioshunary-but mebbe
idly dreamed that the sight OF 1t, stu in
sound Of me declarin' that I shud let it
etdau to an extent Els Sunny heart;
but now that is garn. that is sarnl'
Like the mi6t8 OF the marnlng are
missed OF . marning.' l murmured poeti-
cal.
aFor why,. abe whit on. more decom-
posed. -Becux the vile wretch Of . woman
who has ruined my life has also betrayed
him.
.Cat's ey e, truly 1t was a cat indeed
who, learning in some undetermined way
Of her lowers disprit plan, by flching his
letters p'raps. hid hcrsilf in the pavilyun.
overheard the talk with DOW, the NUM-
bere OF the c~ombinashun and thin sped
away like some Campfire, unmoved
by the tout ht that she was leaving the
wan who had sacrificed 90 much for her
stunned, bleeding, dying for all she knew
or cared.
1T VA she who got here before you,
who stole the ~packagel 1t Ii she, II is
she who will speed back the swifter on
the wings OF her unholy avarioe and
ambishun as soon a. she knows the con-
tinta to replace the will that may mea
70 much for her.
sYou must lay in wait for her; you must
seize her and bring her into the front room
In order that I may confront her In all
her cruel degradashun with my wounded
husband. Do you acoipt the task?'
We dooes,' ] answered prompt. and
likewise the sperklere.'
With supubb GESTURE she handed me
the di'mond oiu ster and thin at the sound
OF wheels without hurried out Of the room.
With wan eveu moro dramatically ef-
fective / tucked IL awav for keeps.
we may as ell await the De Newman
yawned Gentleman George. Il have q
c,rio.ifv RI seo THAT OIr feltne frind