The Washington times., 1910-10-22
BY ALBERT BOISSIERE
Translated from the French By Florence
CDezOe- Jones.

as suddenly as William did? You think,
IN your simplicity, that one can throw
OF this tuniC OF Nessus as easily as
one does a dominOe at a masquerade
ball.
William, in his wounded vanity,
tried TO deceive himself He tried 10
think that he no longer cared for her,
and so he threw himself head first at
the first girl who happened to come
along, and she turned out to be your
daughter Evelyne. IL also happened
at an opportune moment that you ap-
peared on the scene. as though made
! TO order from a pattern, 10 play the
part OF Williams real father.
And you think ii was ali marvellous
! There is nothing marvellous about II.
| There was the sure concentration Of a
schemed and planned and accumulated
all the chances to my side, SO that
car now have my revenge in full
I think" ] said, coldly. that you
exaggerate your power"
IT is you who diminish Lucie Weils
power. l tell you, the doctor can esteem
you as father and respect Evelyne as
his wife, but both you and he are de-
ceiving yourselves ii you think that he
I loves Evelyne. He worships and viii al
ways worship Lucille Well. Do you think
that he would have thrown away my
fortune for EVelyneZ Do YOU think that
II / had taken Evelyne away from him,
as / did LuClr he would have entered
into conflict for her. No! Mo- But
.
was ready to throw him over. All an.
how that stung him. ana he went TO
/ Evelyne for consolation. You need not
take OnenSe at what I am saying,
Charles. but let me tell You IL IS not a
sweet, good girl Ike Eveiyne who could
win the doctors love. II is the women
like LucIe Well who WELD the greatest
power over mems hearts, You and Mar
Cadian were blind fools TO try and make
| him care for Evelyne--
The millionaire gazed at me with a
D n nj H~FFn
What a weakling you are, Charles!'
he continued Did YOU really think
: that 1 was capable Of killing LuCie2 A
first l thought you were doing a bit OF
killed my Wife?'
II do not think so now William gave
me a proof that you did not, replied
And what about Douglass2"
I an quite sure You are guilty OF
that crime 1 said, firmly.
You are making a mistake, my
friend. did not kin Charles Douglass
I He fell over Niagara Falls just as l
/ told you, but j had no hand in his
death I have only one regret IN life
| a regret that haunts me in a different
way from what you call remorse- Il IS
/ that ] did not kill Doug ass 7 have
| lived under a cloud all these years.
! Many thought that 1 killed him !
have been Stunned. 1 have suffered. but
1 l swear that he met his death by acct
\ dent All, I ought to have killed him
! Il shall taste little Of my revenge"
/ he continued, the day when William
/ learns that you are not Douglass. the
/ day when he learns that he has been
/ imposed upon by a stranger he has
! cherished a stranger as father, he has
given him a sons affection, All, ahi
that will hurt as much as anything
He Will never know" 1 said, vehe-
mently.
How do you know he Will not. my
friend?' sneered the millionaire.
- to hot
you have done"
Fool ne said. zone cannot argue
with vel Let US return 70 DuCie We'll 20
And NJ explained his plan 70 me in a
ldry and imperative voice
/ ''Lucie is 10 marry your adopted son,
he began. Il am going 10 give them
$4,000. as you VIII Then they can give
themselves the pleasure OF waiting for
our death for the rest Square the
Figures. Charles Now. attention. Here
Is the approximate statement Of the
TWO wills that I have had prepared by
& LAWYER I have left Lucie We'll the
half of my fortune-SlOO00 1000 You viii
leave to Theodore the same sum, and 10
your daughter Evelyne the other half
that is, II you Ike
You are leaving all this money 70
those two so as TO deprive William OF
three-Quarters,' I said quietly.
1T viii not be that which will hurt
him. He does not care about money.
II is not in that way that 1 am going 10
strike him
How are you going TO striker" I
asked.
THAT Is a secret that the future
holds" he said but for the present
rest assured that he will suffer deeply
to learn that Lucie Is living and that we
deceived him about the gitriol and that
the idiot in his asylum was your son
and that you and are accOmpIices who
intend TO marry the idiot 10 the girl he
loves and wants for his wife. When he
/ knows this his hatred for me will in
crease a thousandfold and his hIal love
for you viii submit TO a fatal eclipse
All, an my plan is working well"
7 smiled at the milliOnaire's pretension,
and I said, with a certain haughtiness:
We shall see. But I am not quite SC
sure that your plan Will work so well
as you think"
! The Continuation of This story VIII
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