The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-12-01

condemned me to What { am
you made me"
The two walked slowly down lhs
corridor Motonlns 10 Larry and Bet
" to await his return Johnny followed
In their wake. Through the main
building and across to the south room
wing they went. stopping in what was
evidently h old mans sitting room.
There the discussion broke out afresh
4 hate you. I say A thousand
times more repeated the old man.
rUnhlial SOM! But I have outwltted
you. Ny cohorts. my good black ne
groes. n one OF them worth a thou
sand such sons as you. have found out
your secret castle. the gate to thos8
bonanza fields where the diamonds lie
so closely bedded together that a nee
dlepotnt could not separate them. am
free Of YOU now. forever. free: do you
understand That wealth that your
mother ard young aunt 50 long de-
MED me Is mine. mine and Cerisse'a
An, there is devotion for you. devotion
for you. She is a girl after my own
heart What vim. What nerve! What
daring! Ny Cerissel No chicken
nerved fool like you. and you. my sonl
Baht Now that I have the path 10 tho
mines, now that ! need him no longer.
Hackleye may so. and his children
with him II he wishes They are but
poor offspring for my beautiful daueh-
ter to OWL. Small wonder she never
loved them Nor him either. Her heart
has long been with. one man. and now
with all this new wealth she shan have
him. Money buys ~anythingl Diamonds
are money Cerlsse shall be rid OF this
Hackleye. 1 hate him. tool
Another hgure stepped out Of the
Johnny recognized the early
morning visitor he had traled nom
the Desterie home into the Flanders
mansion. months before.
Don't believe that for a moment
this man rasped You blithering old
fool yous cerisse Is deadi DO You
heari She's deadl Dead"
The old man dropped his stan and
fell back into the arms OF lie Malheu-
reux. who led~him 10 a seat near By.
-Hackleye. Hackleyei" walled the
old a you didnt-you didn't. You
didn't XIII herr"
Hackleye pulled a roll OF -newspaper
clippings from his pocket and dangled
them before the old mans eyes and
spread them out on the table before
him. With Quivering lips the stricken
read. p~unctuatinE Zach sentence
with a moan. He saw the headlines
only. then nung the papers from him
tried to reach Hackleys with his
stan.
And you. you he m~aIevolentIy
called to lie Malheureux. why did you
not prevent it2-
How could IL answered lie Nal
and why should II You
know what cerisse was. father. A muir
ieress at heart. and my own sister. Ny !
mothers daughterl-
Yes. and mine" snarIed the old man
Where are those brats OF H~ackleye'sf
N kill them-kfn them. i tell your I
lie Malheureux rang sharply on a !
'eiL Benoni entered from the han. and q
ogether they bore the old man from I
room Hackleye gathered up the =
clippings and with darkenlng brow :
'aused before h portrait Of the two h
hiidren that hung on the ran before 4
Opposite was a life size painting :
{ the mother. and his wife-radiant. !
milling as she had been IN her early I.
irlhood. and when she had listened !
o the ardent Iove-making OF her fu- I
ure husband. 2
As the man looked the froun van =
'hed- A breeze stealing In from the o
rindow swayed the portrait forward
n the wall With outstretched hands 4
lips apart he girl In the picture d
semed to move towards the weary n
ian. to offer him the roses she held IA =
er hands. The dim lights compIeted Z
illusion Hackieye sprang forward :,
/, embrace the girl In the picture. soft =
'ords upon his lips
sweetheart sweetheart" he cried. =
Tousve come back to me. ] know II, .
nd you'll never so again. win you. q
sar7 Just my girl again. just mine. v
Ist mine q
He had touched the canvas now and
) cIammy surface woke him from his D.
,eam. Hurting Il back against the m
all. Hackleye snarched a 5eweied n.
life from the table. n slashed the ~
into finest fringe. ~
And all for love OF a woman ouoth
Ihnny 10 himself. as HackIeye un- r
eng rushed down the corridor in a
Ind rage and almost knocked him
er.
(To Be eontinaed.l