The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-04-29

Finally bel made up his mind that q
r. sen4n resembling MI. W9WdedsF sesds
Hing we're paying marked saAehHd1 TO
Miss Gfwyn1e IL would be known and
,ksl6hetwelb would ~lcerthliiyE hear III
II There was but one i~nference-the
IMAM HAD eithersgone OF without even
an attempt Ito make Miss Gwynne's
acquaintance OF he had betrayed his
employer with d view to making CAPT
tai With the young lady. Either Fotf
these propositions was s~ufacienti to
throw Hhotwell into a fever. He fret
tedaand worried and {pried till ut last
hs could stand the strain no longer
ana concluded 70 getIaway from It by
makipg|a trip abroad.
He came to this conclusion not only
becauseff he wished to get the matter
of HIS mind. but BECAUSE having
somewhat cooled, he felt that he had
risked the respect Of all eqqea5r 4 4
and, iwomen' who knew hiA ffs1fT Tie
matter lshodld fbe known BE @watbIuid
rather be where he could not be called
upon to face itl Perhaps bg.the time
he returned, If Any trouble Ecnrse2 i.
It would hate Aown Saverl IfhesS
s%iderations. however, Aid no f.; | ess9ashs .
him Of great Importance. ffofst heeS had
little doubt that the felloNT4ssha, had
hired to personate Belding had Simply
pocketed the p%erquisites and II lefttts.tie
job to take care Of itself. Y fHfsisasr'-
Three months after Shotwell5sl1faid
laid his plan fbr revenge upon Miss
Gwynne he went o Europe.-@-Therte.
after a time the matter hhtes~-7 had~c0nle
away to get rid of ceasedll to 9, J,
the greater part of his attention. and
eventually he thanked heaven that the
man he hadI employed to revenge him
had gone off without doing so. He
was feeling much relieved when in
Venice he met an acquaintance from
America. who ssaid to him, among
Izother- things: ~ E3JEHl
&'fa hear your old fame, Virginia
tGWynne, is Ito marry tile. rich young
phi1anthropist Howard Belding."
shotWell was astonished, terror
stricken that 50 long after he had
repented Of ibis meahness| the rdamage
had Vetaabeep done. He questioned his
inforhmtiaTs as Ito when the wedding was
expected to come off, but received no
satisfaction. 4it3 ~ ~
One desire now took possession. Of
).ShotweI-tof reach America before vir-
ginia tGwynne should full irrevoca-
bly, Into the trap he himself had laid
for her. Making for Genoa, he found
a steamer about=torsail for-NewfYork.
For two weeks he paced the deck.
looking out on the same waterYz waste
trying to stife his impatience!sf They
were the longest two weeks he sthad
ever known. But at last the voyage
was ended, and he hastened ashore.
his first object being to learn If Miss
| Gwynne had married. Oh
~ The ..-w wedding had not yet taken
place.
Shotwell wrote his former love a
!, ot 81 sst I'LL Ill ii Il u ts ii u N n, n glhaaadlss sssomeee tt a a
Fvf~greut- Importance otHfer 1weifare-tu
interview. He receiKed@a~-brie reply
appointing the next afternoon at 8
o'clock at her house. The clock was
striking the hour when he mounted
the steps leading up to her home and
rang the. bell. He was a1liof a tremor
when he entered the drawing room.
where lie had had many happy tete-a.
tetes with Miss YGYynne- and where
he had parted with her in angers
Presently she came in and stood with
her hand resting ION the, back Of q
chair. he roseSand istammered: !
"Thank heaven l am not too late"
--''For rw5hart??' "'- -'''--- !
$40 save you from marrying a man
~ H1aR sl Egs, fs ygI'is .9,Pf 7 gentleman
"Heavens!"
IL a1ns hereto make b confession. On
the day l left you l felt much aggriev1S
ed. Ibid that which, 1 admit, was unf
worthy Of me. Seeing a man in rags
who was the perfect image Of Howard;
] Rsellddinagg. i persuaded. him to personals
that person. TO- win. Your heart. But
never intended that the matter should
go so1Affaf.s "A nndafssnatii hearing from my
man, in my cooler moments l con-
graduated. myself that lie had tdisap-
peared without taking any action"
rsNIiss. Gwynne' stood FORA moment as
If trying to- recover from the blow;
then With one. word, s.Waitt!!' she left
the room. In q moment shotwelll
heard hes the ring ii Of a telephone bell. He
remained where be. was for some min
.,%oo xrbo, thu FrornE door nnonod on6