The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-02-23

risked the respect of all good men
and women who knew him. Ii the
matter should be known he would
rather be where he could not be called
upon to face 1t. Perhaps by the time
he returned, IL any trouble came Of 1t.
1t would have blown over. These con-
siderations however. did not seem to
him of great Importance. for he had
little doubt that the fellow he had
hired to personate Bedding had simply
pocketed the perquisites and left the
job to take care of itself.
Three months after Shotwell had
laid his plan for revenge upon Miss
Gwynne he went to Europe. There
after time the matter he had come
away to get rid of ceased to occupy
the greater part of his attention, AMI
eventually he thanked heaven that the
man he had 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 said to him, among
other things:
81 hear your old flame. Virginia
Gwynne, Is to marry the rich young
pumaneniUiaSt iio""iu pe.us'
oho' WEI" ""S as'oni'ueu' ooio,
e.'ieAeh. e.a' 81 'ons NV .o ne'
repented of his meanness the damage
had yet been done. He questioned his
'hio' ine, "' " "nen 'ne "euuins ""'
eApec'cu ~ eo'ie W. oa' .eeei'e" Nv
satisfaction
one desire now TOOK possession Oh
sho,wei-'o reach AHlerica oeiofe VIZ
gina Hwyhhe shouia iui! irreVoca.
piy INTO the trap lie niiiiseil hau 'aia
Tor her Making Tor GENOA, ne Iouhd
q steamer about To sail LOT new Aork.
For two weeks he paced the deck,
looking OUT on Tue same WINERY WISH
trying 10 stihe us impa.iehee. ihey
were the longest TWO weeks ne nau
ever known. but Ut iast the voyage
was ehded' anu ne las.ehea ushoie'
his first object being to learn II Miss
Gwynne had married.
me wedding had not yet ahen
place.
Shotwell wrote his former love
note telling her that he had something
of great Importance to her welfare to
communicate to her and asking for an
interview, lie received BRIEF reply
appointing the next AFTERNOON ut D
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. lie was all of tremor
when he entered the drawing room.
where he had had many happy tete-a-
tetes with Miss Gwynne and where
he had parted with her In anger.
Presently she came In ana stood with
her hand resting Oh the pacK OF u
chair. He rose ana stammereu:
Ihank heaven am not TOO iate.
FOR what!
ITO save you from marrying man
whom you suppose TO pe eehueihan'
but who Is really
"Heayensf'
Il am mere TO make cohiessioh' vi
the day ! leit you ! ie,t ',uen assreV-
ed. uio 'h"' Which, "'n''' ""' ~"
worthy OF me. Seeing iiian ~ '"ss
VINO was the periec, nnase Vi a,u
beioihs' Persu"ueu nm " pei"unao1
that person 10 WIN 9o"i ne".'' n''
never ih'ehoeu 'n"' 'ae n,".'e. enou'u
go SO iar' Anu ,o' heoii"s i'o"' NY
man III NY eou,e, n'on.e' US, .,,soA
era'uia'eu my seh .ha' nc ia. ","p
peareo Mi'hou' 'aA'ns "n9 "e.o".
MISS u"y'he s'oou ioi u 'no'N. ,,s ..
II Trying u 'eeo'e' .., ,U,n ,no 49, Nv.
then WIN o"e "oi"' "n.' on
Tue room III inoipen. on ,, -"
hearu tue TING Vi 'e'epnoho oe''' ,io
remained where he was io' sumo nm,
utes' Wneh Tue iron. uoo. openeu ai'
MISS u"yhne en'eieu WIN nv n'"e.'
we've met "sm'n. saiu ' ''r nun wno
hau come III 'lo'"e, e., p"' "a'o
you 10 say asainst me,
ehotwe'' was aS'o'''Siieo At Tue ma"
"ssur"pce'
iou h,'o" VIM, you aie anu ,, VI ~, 'no
bargain A'"oe Win you S"'' '"o''
wen.
know OF the bargain most assur-