The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-11-24

On the ny lear OF q trcncu blulc, IA
= woman's hand-an odd hand with
peculiarly forcibie strokes-were these
entries:
Married January 10. 1899. c~erisse
Corella Wayne. daughter Of Desiree
and John Francis Wayne. and Ham
leye Hackleye. third son Of sir Walter
and Lady Evelyn Hackleye-
Born. November LIST. 1900. 70 &C.
risse Corella Wayne Haekleye and
Hamleye Hackleye. a son. Walter
Hamleye Hackleye.
Born. October Is. 1901. to Cerisse
coreua Wayne Hackleye and Hamleys
Hackleye. a daughter. Paula cerisse
Haekleye.~
Gradually there became fixed more
securely the public idea that Hackleya
had murdered his wife. And the grow-
ing impression was that Hackleye and
Harcourt were one and the same. but
the most inexplicable OF all was the
dual resemblance between the two
women. but at that the Man-Aperl-
Ia puzzled.
Mark Flanders. the old attorney from
whom Hackleye had rented the house
at "a Briarsweet place. was 50 upset
by the sensation in which the staid old
hons was figuring tina he nearly went
Wild AS It was. he cut short his Eu-
ropean trip. and came home in a ji6y
to see that the beloved old homestead
was not Whitfield TO bits By enterpris-
ing sleuths who were seeking further
for secret passages and subterranean
ways
Mrs Desterle died early in the fall
and her heart-broken husband took
their accumulated savings and went
home TO Paris Harold Harcourt was
stiil sitting behind the bars OF the
jail. The British government did not
come aud lead him out Of captivity.
HarcOurt's wife was slowly getting
better IN the hospital to which they
had removed her. There had been
shocking days Of rawlings so ~extraordi-
nary that the nurses a stood abash-
"a at the horrors revealed there had
been times when Airs. Harcourts
strength outranked that OF even the
strongest attendants. and in her NO
lence she had essayed to xiii herself.
but oftenest she was weak as a sick
kitten. and lay inert and helpless on
her narrow bed. moaning as If within
her slender frame fermented the an
guish Of the world Philip Hartley
came daily to see her His quiet pres
always had a calming effect upon
The sick woman. and she seemed 70
recognize him. Philip called frst be-
cause b paper sent him. and yet. es
The months drifted by and the Wayne
murder mystery was reiegated grad
nally from a first 10 a second. and then
10 a fourth and even to a fifth page
place IN the paper. he went because
wanted to. not confessing to him.
self why. He couldn't have told He }
resist the emotion that drew .
him 10 the sick woman :
The most expert doctors were called
b attendance. Mrs Harcourts condi-
ion was most baming. One day there =
drifted IN an aunt % the inferno. a .
s~ray-haired doctor who had lone mis-
sl0nary work in India for thirty-nve 7
years The inferno discussed the case :
with his aunt. n took her around 70
see the patient. The old doctor-Foth-
erglH was her name-examined the 2
young woman closely.
4 think. john she said. after she
had looked at Mrs Harc0urt. accord y
70 the prescribed ritual for medici- !.
81 inspection. that the poor little I
ning has been drugged 10 death. They !
10 these things beneath the tropic suns
'ery frequently There are weird drugs
nj 10 queer purposes over there
Where they stop at murder. even by
poison. death in life IS no more =
han q convenience to them n B so g
'esire ] think she's. dr1r-sick. cive :
.er light food. ~stimulants. ana pienfv p
Z morphine It's the best reaeent I've 3
ound Tor those indiscriminafe dr1ex 9
bat grow over there. Also a powder
bring you8 y
The inferno quoted his aunt to the .
ttenolng physicians. And because Of
pc lame Of d.. Fotberein. which had !.
fafeied even across the broad seas =
me line Of sex they listened 10 n
hat she said They followed Dr.
'~otnereifs advice and slowly but sure Z.
I Mrs Harcourt began to improve +
me day she reused from her sfupo
a. ~ and looked az her purses
i 40 not refaemDer." she sfammer-
q cannot remember. and-rm
iad' FOR the hurt has all gone from
A. b spoke she pressed one ba,a q.
2 her heart and the other 10 her bes5
There Philip Hartley found her IL
e came an hour later He had 4 rfo., M.
~ bunch Of asters FOR her-aven6er.
mites. soft pinks-and ashes or roses M,
Sweet flowers with their colo 10,
away" she murmured as she (
out for them There was fbe L.
ime innocent fricndlness between ~,
iese two pure-souled ones as there ~
.ieht have been between Two sera- ~,
hims.
Your flowers OF the north coun- sal
'les seem 50 pale-and yet 50 pure you
pc ~eontinuew, Is she buried her face Ye,
Thin The shaggy petals. But they ten
ave no perfumes@. pbe
-An' yes. they baYe.~ denied Hart sen
y We have rose gardens here. too. ran
% violet beds IN s~prineiime. and car ner
'tons IN June. when The roses are son
feeI n misnonette. and towering don
syrlnga. and sweet alyssum- ran
? nave Our perfumes. too. my LADY. sfsi