Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-29

Cerlsse had forgotten her home and
children. tiolii7 anu
0otn Cer1sse and Harcourt stopped
actual murder. They began to play
a royal game. The resemblance be-
I"eeh Cerlsse and Narcisse made this
easy They kept Narcisse under the
lnnuence Of the loco blossoms-drneeed
ner poor mind almost to imbecilitv
When Narcisse lay stupefied from the
u00ily powders Cerisse paraded before
'ne world as Mrs. Harcourt. Cerisse
was "as Always jealous of their child. the
little Harold, Jr.
ote DAY Harold. Jr., fell by acct
oene into the lily pond. The poor drug
sed mother was watching him ar toa
time and sat by the window too still
pehed TO move or rescue him. Har-
court tried, but he was too far AWAY
al distant corner of the garden. Har-
ola dead, he decided 1t would he hest
10 leaVe India. Hackleye and father
were growing suspicious Of Cerisse's
lohs absences, and Mrs Harcourt's
h11ellus IN India were becoming unduly
exercised over the changes that apDar-
ehtly mad come over her, for of course
tnls strange exchange Of personalities
was known to none. So Harcourt gave
out that he was to travel for his wife's
health. In my pitiable shape I could
w AlIle TO protect my cousin, but
Irleo 10 travel closely enough in their
wake 10 prevent their ever killing her
For my aff1ictiOn Cerisse felt no pity
she loathed the sight of me, and her
evident hatred soon drove me to aIly
myself in spirit with my sadly injured
brother LAW and cousin. Harcourt
and Cerisse had planned to spend the
summer here. She was to go to live
in lodgings till she could find a home
in which to remove with his wife, and
then Cerisse would join them, and the
same old farce was to have been re-
newed. To that end Harcourt leased
the Flanders house"
A distinct All" ran through the
court room and Harcourt Simultaneous
ly uttered a denial.
ITO that end" continued LIE NAL
heureux, "Harcourt leased the Flanders
house. For some Whim or other he
took it under the name OF Hamley
Hackleye. l think HarcOurt had in
tended to make an end Of Narcisse
there, for he knew that Hackleye was
close on the trail. Then Cerisse was
to have stepped into her cousins shoes
and Hackleye would have believed
that it was his wife who had died. &C.
risse took rooms at the OBSTETRICS and
almost Immediately secret doorway
was cut through. [ tracked Harcourt
to the house at "a Briarsweet place the
night of the murder. l waited till l
had a chance and secreted myself in
the house. l saw him remove the
plaque and climb into my sisters room
followed, hiding in the closet.
"Cerisse and he quarreled nearly sill
evening. Cerisse in one of her petu
liant moods was provoking him beyond
endurance. She was becoming wear
led with him. The letter that was
found on the floor urging her to live
ND to the demands Of womanhood and
to return to H had been recently re-
ceived by her from Harcourt, and she
made it the pivot on which to turn
many a Joke and jest. Finally she told
him she was tired of him, and thought
she would go back to her husband
They suuabbled and wrangled till final
lv Cerisse made ready for bed Har-
court started to go home, but at length,
fully dressed, threw himself down on
the bed and began to smoke, at the
same time Gliding Cerisse for using so
many cigarettes. Then she asked him
for money, claiming that her losses at
the races had, as she termed 1t, laid
her flat He said he had no money,
and then she turned on him with re-
nroaches Of an er-fondness for rou-
Iette, They bickered about money till
nearly daylight and till Harcourt would
not talk any more. Cerisse dropped off
into a doze. but Harcourt lay there
smoking in moody silence. Cerisse
ronsed and asked him to get her a
drink of water. He refused at first,
hnt she kept at him, Finally he got
I'M went over to the stand, fumbled
+bara for moment and came back,
handing her the glass half filed with
water, and said, Never ask me for
drink again
"rerisse lay back on her pillows, and
onnarentIy fell into slumber again
uarcourt resumed his place by her side.
nos about to go. wishing to make
NV way back home before the dawn
broke. when suddenly Harcourt turned
over on his elbow and moaned like
whipped lioness.
"what have done. what have L
aone?" he cried over and over again.
ssEv temper. my temper! MY aWful
jealousy! Cerisse, I have killed YOU
killed you!"
"He kissed her again and again and
went and dug his nails into his Hesh'
The sunlight came in at the Wlndo"
and the breakfast gong changed in the
hall Reality came back to him. he
cautiously slid from the bed ana maze
his way back into the house He knew
that safety lay in flight
Handicapped by deformity' knew
T couId do nothing, but l relied on
Hackleye. Together thought we
,,,igbt take the body away with US
through that trap door. l went over
- +be bed and assured myself that Ce-
~;ssa was quite dead. I smelled OF the
Loss and from the lack of odor and
tbe condition of Cerisse's body guessed
t t Harcourt had depended upon his