Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
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ebt | owed my father who
/ strong enough to bear your
victory and my mother, whose life
| the money you Wrested from us might
| have saved This is melodramatic, Of
course. But / think most things in
| real life are | came here. | worked
| for you. / won your confidence, your
respect, your trust Perhaps you
! think it was a pleasant task | had
set myself? l am not trying to justi-
| fly it. If it was unworthy, I have paid
You say I've eaten your bread and
lived on your money | have. And |
have received your confidence. But
have / ever eaten mouthful or re-
ceived one penny that | did not earn
three times over? You yourself have
said again and again that | was worth
to you ten times what you paid me.
You have begged me to let you raise
my salary, to accept presents from
you. Have / ever consented? II there
is money balance between US, the
debit is all on your side. | owe you
nothing for what condolences you have
lavished on me. Have | ever asked
for them or lured you into bestowing
them? Have not all such condolences
come unsought even repealed, by me?
Have | ever spoken to you with more
than ordinary civility? Have I ever
SO much as voluntarily shaken your
hand? The Judas parallel does not
hold good Mr. Conover."
Che vuai+o5 auojy for ron1v puf
none came Conover merely shifted
his heavy gaze from the fire to her
pale, drawn face.
"In all these years." said Anice, II
have waited my chance. I could not
take your life to atone for the two
gentle lives you crushed out. Nor
would a life like yours have paid one
hundredth of the debt So / have
waited until your life-happiness, your
whole future, should be bound up In
some one great aspiration. Until you
should stake all on one card. When
such time should come I resolved
would make you taste the bitter
shame and despair you have made
others groan under. Oh 1t was long,
weary waiting, but | think the end Is
coming. 1t has come"
"You talk fine, Miss Lanier," OBJ
served Caleb, all master of himself
once more, "but talking's never quoted
at par, except in poker game and a
wedding ceremony. You've been
reading novels, and you've framed up
dandy line of story book revenge.
It's as good as any stage villainess
could have thought of. But, honest,
it clean surprises me how woman
with all your brains could have took
such fool plan seriously. It's
grand stunt to grab the centre Of the
stage and drive the wicked oppressor
out into the snow Only it don't hap
pen to be showing tonight. Neither
really nor f1g'ratively. No, no, Miss
Lanier, your hands four flush, and
/ hold a whole bunch of aces. Go
ahead with your little fireworks, If
that's your diversion. 1t won't bother
anyone. Certainly not me. The only
regret I've got in the whole business
is finding you've SO little horse
sense"
eff / had SO little" answered Anics
calmly, "the affair would have to end
here and now. AS it is"
"Well?"
"It's going on"
ooh, you've extra cards to turn that
four flush into win, Ell? Show EN-
out. / call"
eff you put it that way. I'm told 1t
only needs one card to convert a
'four-fush' into good hand Per-
haps l can play that card later. Per-
haps you won't oblige me to play it
at all. ] hope you won't"
go ahead"
ST have not been, unwillingly, in
your confidence all these years for
nothing"
Caleb whistled.
"I'm on!" said he CURLY. eff
don't stand aside and let your little
friend Standish win the race, you'll
do some exposing? Sort of like the
girl who showed up John d. in mag
azine? Well, fire away. In the first
place, I'm not John d., and the Amer
lean public (outside the Mountain
State) amt laying awake nights to
find out how Caleb Conover got his.
And if you mean to use Confessions
of a Secretary for campaign docu-
ment this fall, you're welcome to. I'll
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